Chapter 144, Powerful Center

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Although Kintag failed to communicate with Mourinho, he still did not give up. The next day, he went to find Woodward and asked him to come forward and communicate with the Chelsea club to see if he could think of a way, whether he could persuade Mourinho to take De Bruyne away, even if the price doubled. No hesitation!

Seeing how determined Kintag was, Woodward decided to go to London in person to talk to Chelsea's top management. Woodward is full of confidence. He believes that since the same price is paid, Chelsea does not need to offend Manchester United.

But Woodward left in good spirits and returned in disappointment.

Woodward said with great regret to Kintag: "If it was a few months ago, it might be easier to handle. I have a good relationship with Chelsea's Ron Gourley. If he came forward, this matter should be fine." Big. But at the end of October, Gurley had resigned. Now Chelsea is run by club chairman Bruce Buck. After I talked to him, he said that Abramovich has authorized Mourinho, All transfer matters are under his control, and even the club chairman cannot make decisions. So, Tiger, we have to find a breakthrough from Mourinho in this matter."

Kim Tagton felt depressed: "Ed, if I can talk about Mourinho, I don't need to ask you for help"

Woodward shrugged: "Then we can do it, we can only think about it."

Jin Taige was very depressed, but there was no rush for this matter, so he could only think of other ways.

In the past few days, Jin Taige has focused most of his energy on the winter transfer, thinking and planning in advance, and he is very busy.

But the game is the business, and the next round of the Premier League is just around the corner.

In the last round of the league, there were several injured players with different injuries. Both Martial and Mahrez were only slightly injured, and they resumed normal training after two days of recuperation. However, Giggs' injury was very serious. When he fell to the ground, his toe was seriously injured. According to the treatment after the game, he will need at least 3 months before he can return to the court.

This made Jin Taige very depressed. Now the team's midfielder is already short of major generals, and Giggs' fall is even worse. Seeing Kim Taege's worried face, Giggs smiled and comforted Kim Taege: "Captain, I'm old, and it's normal to get injured often. Don't worry about me. Even if I'm still on the field, I may not be able to bring the team back What a help."

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Jin Taige hurriedly said: "Ryan, you can't say that. As long as you are on the court, even if you don't do anything, the influence on the team is huge."

Giggs said with a smile: "Well, if this is the case, I will stay at Old Trafford as a mascot after I retire."

Although Giggs is injured, there is good news that Ferdinand has recovered from his injury. He has now practiced with the team and will be able to play in the next game. This made Jin Taige's injured heart calm down a little.

On December 10, Manchester United defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 at home. On December 14, Manchester United came to Birmingham in central England one day earlier to prepare for the next day's match against Aston Villa.

Compared with the previous 3-day game time interval, the interval between this league and the last Champions League is 5 days, which is two days more than before. Don't underestimate the two days. Under such an intensive schedule, two more days of rest will be of great benefit to the recovery of the players' physical strength and state.

Aston Villa's strength is mediocre. Manchester United has just reached the top 16 of the Champions League and their morale is high. Kintiger is full of confidence in this game.

On December 15, in the sixteenth round of the Premier League, Manchester United challenged Aston Villa away.

In this game, Manchester United still sent their strongest lineup, which is still the familiar 442 formation: the goalkeeper is De Gea, and the defense is Smalling and Vidic partnering the central defender combination.

On the left and right are Evra and Rafael in the midfield position. Due to Giggs' serious injury, the starting lineup during this period is the combination of Kante and Carrick. Mahrez and Martial are one on the left and one on the left. The right forward is a combination of Rooney and Van Persie. The seven substitute players are: Alisson, Alonso, Jones, Ashley Young, Valencia, Nani and Icardi.

From the first minute of this game, the overall situation was completely in the hands of Manchester United. After experiencing the joy of being promoted to the Champions League, the morale of Manchester United's players has greatly increased, and they have become more confident in handling the ball.

In the 23rd minute of the game, Kante broke the ball in front of the Manchester United penalty area. He handed the ball to Carrick not far away. Reis made a low pass from the left side of the penalty area, and Van Persie, who was well outflanked in front of the goal, made a contribution with a light push.

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Manchester United lead 1-0!

In the next period of time, Aston Villa's offense improved somewhat. They played two high-quality cooperation through counterattacks. No one in the defensive line could keep up with his speed. Near the bottom line, his cross found the tall center Benteke in the penalty area. Benteke's header was very powerful. But De Gea in front of the goal played bravely. He didn't hold back, but chose a more secure double boxing. Aston Villa's counterattack failed.

The Manchester United fans who followed away were amazed.

In the 39th minute of the game, Manchester United scored again. This time it was their young star Martial who scored the goal.

This time it was Rooney and Van Persie's continuous passing cooperation in the penalty area. The two of them are now Aston Villa's key targets, and they haven't found a kicking opportunity for a long time. At this time Martial moved forward very vigilantly and also came into the penalty area. Rooney flicked the ball back. After Martial received the ball, he dunked to the right, dodged the angle, and then shot angrily. The ball went into the nest.

2 to 0! Manchester United expanded their score advantage!

After 45 minutes of the first half, Kintag's team returned to the locker room with a two-goal lead.

At the beginning of the second half, Aston Villa launched a fierce attack on Manchester United's goal. Their offensive fulcrum Benteke has become the core of the team. He is tall and strong, with comprehensive skills, good header and good foot skills. He caused a great threat in Manchester United's penalty area for a while.

The young Smalling was close to marking the big man, and Vidic was next to protect the second point. Even so, Benteke still got a chance to kick in the small penalty area. Fortunately, De Gea is in excellent form, otherwise the score would have been rewritten.

Watching the wonderful performance of Aston Villa's powerful center forward, Kintiger off the field is full of thoughts (Successor of the Red Devils)