Chapter 151, Streak

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Jin Taige has been busy for several days in a row, and he has settled all his winter transfer goals. He is satisfied and can deal with the next game wholeheartedly.

In the next twelve days, although Manchester United will not have any cup matches, the Christmas-intensive Premier League schedule is still very urgent.

In the seventeenth round of the Premier League on December 21, Manchester United will face West Ham at home.

In the eighteenth round of the Premier League on December 25, Manchester United will go away to challenge Hull City.

In the nineteenth round of the Premier League on December 28, Manchester United will go away to challenge Norwich.

In the twentieth round of the Premier League on January 1, 2014, Manchester United will face Tottenham again at home.

The four consecutive games have doubled the pressure on Kintag, but he said with relief that, judging from the situation on the training ground, the Manchester United players are in good condition recently, and after experiencing a wave of four consecutive victories on all fronts Afterwards, the team's confidence and morale rose.

Even Scholes on the sidelines nodded again and again: "According to this posture, the next game will definitely be easy to play."

And Phelan looked confident: "I guess we can continue the winning streak in the future!"

The fact is as Phelan said, Manchester United really continued their winning streak.

In the seventeenth round of the Premier League on December 21, Manchester United ushered in West Ham at home.

West Ham was very tenacious in this game. They scored a goal in the opening 20 minutes from striker Diame, and they maintained this score advantage for more than 50 minutes. But the Manchester United soldiers were not impatient, they were patiently looking for opportunities.

In the 10 minutes before the end of the game, they relied on a quick breakthrough from the wing, and Van Persie kicked the head and scored twice to help the team win the game.

Scholes let out a long breath on the sidelines: "It's so dangerous."

Kintag said with satisfaction: "The team can go from equalizing to overtaking in the last 10 minutes. This is the spirit of Manchester United I want to see."

After winning this game, Manchester United went to an away game against Hull City in the eighteenth round of the Premier League on December 25. In this game, Manchester United showed strong control. They firmly grasped the rhythm of the game and moved forward while pinching the nose of Hull City.

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In this game, Kintag selected the central defender combination of Ferdinand and Van Dijk. Their cooperation is very tacit. One of them is full of experience and the other is young and strong. The two of them are like two needles in the penalty area of ​​Manchester United. Stop all enemies who want to try to step into the Manchester United penalty area.

The final result of this game was 3-0. Relying on the goals of Rooney, Van Persie and Valencia, Manchester United easily won Hull City and took away three points.

In fact, Jin Taige has gradually increased Van Dijk's playing time since these few games. He is now more and more aware that Van Dijk is really a strong central defender. He has a tough style of play, a good sense of position, and strong ability to control the air. If he is trained well, he will definitely become the second Ferdinand. Therefore, Kintag began to let Van Dijk partner with Ferdinand to learn more about Ferdinand's position selection and defensive skills on the court.

And Vidic and Smalling became another pair of rotation players. Because Ferdinand and Vidic are both old, if the two persist in the 90-minute game, then in the final time, the physical exertion will be very serious. If the two play at the same time, in the final stage, Manchester United's defense line The pressure will increase a lot. The combination of one old and one new chosen by Kintag just allows the old players to support and guide the new players technically, and the new players can make up for the lack of the old players in terms of physical fitness and running. Moreover, Ferdinand and Vidic are very good world-class central defenders. It didn't take long for them to cooperate with their new partners very well.

In addition to the players on the defensive line, Kanter's outstanding performance is also the root of the solid defense. Manchester United this season compared to last season,

The biggest improvement is that the back is hardened. With the joining of Kanter, his large area of ​​defensive coverage in front of the penalty area makes the opponent's offensive players have nowhere to escape. Kintag is very clear that De Gea Van Dijk Kanter and the young defense line centered on these three will be the cornerstone of Manchester United for the next ten years.

After successfully winning two consecutive victories, in the nineteenth round of the Premier League on December 28, Manchester United continued to go away to challenge Norwich.

In fact, Manchester United met Norwich in the League Cup quarter-finals in October. In that game, Manchester United beat Norwich 4-0 at home. Therefore, Manchester United is still full of confidence in this game, and is ready to continue to kill at Norwich's home court, beheading their opponents.

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Norwich this season is very tragic. They are currently ranked second to last in the standings, and their relegation situation is precarious. Because this game is at home, Norwich is going to fight Manchester United desperately, trying to grab points in this game, so that they can escape the relegation zone as soon as possible.

But Manchester United is not a philanthropist, nor is it Robin Hood who robs the rich and gives to the poor. Facing Norwich, who is in a tight situation, they did not hold back at all. They won the game 3-1 in the away game and gave Norwich another lost.

In this game, Kintag replaced some substitute players to allow some of the main players to rest properly. In the first half, Ashley Young, who replaced Mahrez on the left, presented a precise cross, and Rooney rushed to the top of the penalty area and scored. In the second half, Kintag replaced the somewhat tired Van Persie with Icardi, and Icardi lived up to expectations. He scored two goals in a row to expand the score to 3-0.

In the final stage of the game, Norwich relied on an indirect free kick in the front court, and Norwich midfielder Snodgrass headed back a goal. This ball was marked by Smalling from the previous point. It doesn't matter, it was scored by the opponent. Although it had little effect on the result of the game, Jin Taige frowned watching it off the court.

Although Smalling worked hard on the field and trained very hard, his talent determined his upper limit. Not to mention reaching the level of Vidic and Ferdinand, even Van Dijk, who has gradually cooperated tacitly, is more reliable than Smalling.

Kintag thought to himself: Smalling is at best the level of a substitute, while Ferdinand and Vidic are also old, and Bailly of the youth team is too young. It seems that next summer, I have to consider buying an excellent central defender to form a partner with Van Dijk.

In the last three league games in 2013, Kintag's team won all of them. On January 1, 2014, Manchester United ushered in a challenge from Tottenham Hotspur at home. This is the first game of the second half of the Premier League season. In the 13th round, Manchester United defeated Tottenham 2-0 away, but today's Tottenham is completely different from that time (the successor of the Red Devils) )