Football: When you are at Manchester United, you must score goals

On August 2022, 8, in the fourth round of the Premier League, Manchester United played away against Southampton.

In this game, Ten Hag continued to use the lineup from the previous game. Both Ronaldo and Lin Lingqi sat on the bench, and the newly joined Casemiro was also on standby.

There is very bad news for Lin Lingqi. The media has been spreading the news that Manchester United will sign a contract with Anthony these days.

None of his recent performances have impressed Ten Hag?Still want to sign Anthony, the right winger?

Ten Hag won't really take kickbacks, will he?

The focus of the media in this game is still on Ronaldo. He sat on the bench for 10 minutes in the last game, and he is still sitting on the bench in this game. Some media have said that Manchester United bought Casemiro as a substitute Xi chatted with Ronaldo.

At the pre-match press conference, Ten Hager still said that Ronaldo needs time.

As for why he chose to start Elanga, who is also a young player, instead of Lin Lingqi, who has scored goals every game, Ten Hag replied: "Elanga's performance in training impresses me, who is in good condition? , whoever will be able to appear."

Elanga is indeed in a hot state in training. He completed a hat-trick in the team's training match. It is unreasonable not to let him start.

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The referee blows the whistle to start the game.

Facing the powerful Manchester United, Southampton normally chose defensive counterattack tactics. Manchester United's ball possession rate was as high as 15% in the first 80.00 minutes, and they conducted a half-court offensive and defensive drill at Southampton's home court.

The team's poor performance caused the fans in the stands to boo again and again, and the cheers of the Manchester United fans of the visiting team became louder and louder.

Elanga is indeed in good form, hitting the goal twice within the range of the goal frame, but did not score a goal.

Compared with the last game, Rashford's state is very average. He was caught in a hand-to-hand battle with the opponent's two tall central defenders, and he didn't even have a chance to turn around with the ball.

Rashford wanted to change positions, but when he saw Sancho, who was thinner than him, and Elanga, who was half a head shorter than him, he could only sigh and continue to compete with the defender who was half a head taller than him. Grab the high ball.

This time because Martial was injured in training, Rashford went to striker. In the last game, Elanga's performance on the left wing was average. Ten Hag asked Sancho to play on the left wing, and Elanga went to the left winger. Playing right winger, Martial's injury made Ganacho enter the team's squad for the first time this season, but he has a high probability of not playing.

In the first half of the game, except for Big B, the performance of Manchester United's front four was very average, lost in Southampton's strong defense.

B Fee actually made two good throughs, but unfortunately neither Rashford nor Elanga seized the opportunity.

If it weren't for Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea's contribution to save the opponent's header from close at hand, Manchester United would have to enter the dressing room with a score behind by one goal.

During the halftime break, Ten Hag didn't make any substitutions, and he didn't make too many tactical arrangements. He seemed to be quite satisfied with his performance on the field.

At the beginning of the second half, there was chaos in Manchester United's penalty area. Players from both sides quarreled. Southampton players complained about McTominay's handball, but the referee did not say anything.

At that time, Lin Lingqi was warming up with Carlo Casemiro on the sidelines, and he could see clearly that McTominay was not suspected of fouling the first handball, and the ball hit his arm that was close to his body.

But the second handball was indeed suspected of a foul. It seemed that the open arm blocked the ball, but it seemed to hit the shoulder, so it is not sure.

The referee did not choose to look at var, and this incident that may have been a penalty kick was left alone.

At 60 minutes into the game, Lin Lingqi was called by Ten Hager.

Ten Hag didn't say much to him this time, but just said, "Go on the field and prove yourself again."

In the 62nd minute, Lin Lingqi replaced Erlanga, Ronaldo replaced Sancho, and the newly joined Casemiro replaced McTominay, who performed mediocrely!

Ronaldo is at the front, Rashford is pulled to the left, and Lin Lingqi still plays right winger.

As soon as he played, Lin Lingqi got the ball. There was no defensive player next to him, so he turned around calmly. He saw Ronaldo running forward, and sent a straight kick forward!

The ball penetrated Southampton's entire defense, and Ronaldo advanced at high speed on the right!

But it may be that Ronaldo’s body has not fully warmed up when he first played, or it may be that he is no longer young. After all, he is almost 38 years old. Out of the bottom line!

If the ball is replaced by the young Ronaldo, he will have ten chances to shoot ten times!

Ronaldo got up from the ground and gave Lin Lingqi a thumbs up, praising him for the pass just now.

"Hey, rookie, this will be your best chance in the game!" Southampton striker Djenebo said to him with a grin.

Lin Lingqi glanced at him, and taunted back, "Aren't you a striker? How could the coach arrange you to play as a full-back? You're not good enough?"

Jenebo's dark face flushed red, and Lin Lingqi was very angry.

If the team's left back was not injured, how could he, a forward, be willing to play as a defender!

"Rookie, I'll let you know what the cruelty of a professional game is!" Djenepo said angrily.

Southampton seems to have discovered that Manchester United's offensive methods have collapsed, and gradually pushed up the formation.

Lin Lingqi got the ball in the midfield, glanced at Genepo who was staring at him to prevent him from being broken by his speed, passed the ball to Big Brother B, and then accelerated to run forward.

Here you can play a two-over-one cooperation, but Big B just made a fake move and didn't pass it to him.

Seeing B Fei turn his head to the other side, both Lin Lingqi and Genebo slowly stopped their sprinting speed.

Djenebo sneered, "Your teammates don't seem to trust you."

Lin Lingqi ignored him. He was going to wait for B Fei to pass the ball to the other wing and rush to the penalty area, trying to see if he could get the ball, trigger the ability to score a goal, and break the deadlock on the field first.

After B Fei made a fake move to cooperate with Lin Lingqier, his body turned to the left, and he raised his foot to give a long pass to Rashford on the left.

But this action is also a fake action. He attracted Southampton defensive players to shift their defensive focus to the left, dunk the ball, and directly hit Lin Lingqi with a heel pass!

Not to mention that Genepo didn't respond, even teammate Lin Lingqi didn't react immediately!

Lin Lingqi hurriedly sprinted to chase the ball, and Djenepo also came back to his senses, and chased after him, and the opponent's central defender also ran out to stop him.

Lin Lingqi dribbled forward with the ball, giving full play to his advantage of speed, and rushed directly from the outer lane!

Lin Lingqi was like a gust of wind, passing by the defenders!

Then he slammed the ball lightly, adjusted it a little, and entered the penalty area!

Lin Lingqi took the ball and entered the penalty area, you know what will happen!

He's on the edge of the box now, shooting from a tight angle, but what does it matter?

This ball must be scored!

Before another defensive player from Southampton came up to make up for it, Lin Lingqi raised his bow and arrow, and slammed the ball with his foot!

The ball was like a bolt of lightning, passing through many players and hitting the net!

The goalkeeper didn't respond at all!