Chapter 62, the First Champions League

In the fourth round of the Premier League, Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at home. Manchester United scored one goal each from Icardi and Martial, and Manchester United finally won the game at Old Trafford without a fight.

In addition to being satisfied with the score of this game, what pleases Jin Tiger the most is that Zaha, a winger who was loaned to Crystal Palace by himself, made his debut in the game.

Maybe it's because Zaha is very active in this game against his future manager. He was a big threat to Manchester United on the wing, and if it wasn't for Kante's interception in midfield, Zaha had a few chances to almost form a one-handed shot.

In the 76th minute of the game, Zaha was substituted, Jin Taige came to Zaha's side and patted him on the shoulder: "Good performance."

Zaha smiled shyly: "I hope to return here as soon as possible."

Jin Taige nodded: "Don't worry, if you play at this level, it probably won't take long. Even if you don't want to come back, I have to call you back."

After finishing speaking, Jin Tiger put his left arm around Zaha's shoulder and came to the home team's fans' stand. He raised his right hand and waved continuously, signaling to the fans at Old Trafford to give Zaha some applause.

The fans in the stands immediately burst into applause.

Seeing this moment, Zaha couldn't help feeling a little moved. He looked at the young coach holding his shoulders and was full of expectations for returning to Manchester United's life.

After the game, Crystal Palace coach Holloway shook hands with Jin Tiger: "Tiger, if you can, continue to loan Zaha to me next season."

Jin Taige thought about it for a while: "If he is in average form and does not perform well, I will let him stay in Crystal Palace."

It wasn't until Jintaige went far away that Holloway reacted: nonsense, if Zaha is in average form and doesn't perform well, why would I still rent him? This is simply perfunctory. This Gold Tiger...

Although the game was won and several young players performed well, Jin Tiger also had his dissatisfaction.

Anderson still had a problem in this game. He was too lonely when it was time to pass the ball, so he lost a lot of opportunities. If you replace him with Ryan Giggs, it is estimated that this game will be at least 5-0.

After this period of observation, Kim Tiger was completely disappointed with Anderson. He not only disregarded the team and did not understand cooperation in games and training, but also often did not implement his tactical arrangements seriously, which made Jin Tiger very annoyed.

Take today as an example, Jin Taige repeatedly told him to pay attention to cooperation and reduce personal dribbling, but he just didn't listen.

Later, Jin Taige thought about it, maybe Anderson didn't deliberately violate his arrangement, maybe he played like this from the bottom of his heart. But now Manchester United's tactical system does not allow him to play like this, unless he is Ronaldo or Messi, if that is the case, Jin Taige will definitely not hesitate to develop a new tactical system with him as the core, but Anderson is just Anderson.

Kim Tiger had already made up his mind at this time: to observe for a while, if Anderson remains in this state, he would not mind selling him next summer.

Three days later, on September 17, Kim Tiger ushered in his first Champions League game after taking office, against Bayer Leverkusen at home. These two games are at home, so the team's state is much better.

Jin Taige attaches great importance to this game, and he arranged his own starting lineup: it is still a 4-4-2 formation, with De Gea as the goalkeeper; Smalling and Ferdinand on the back line, and Evra and Laura on the left and right. Phil; midfielder Kante partner Ryan Giggs, left and right are Mahrez and Nani; the forward line is still Rooney and Van Persie. The seven substitutes are Alisson, Alonso, Jones, Ashley Young, Valencia, Icardi and Martial.

Leverkusen's strength is weaker, and the outside world agrees that with Manchester United's current strength,

Absolutely can easily take this Bundesliga giants at home.

Jin Taige didn't think so. He frowned when he looked at Leverkusen's front three.

Thirty-year-old Keasling suddenly came forward. Behind him was a newly introduced player this summer, the South Korean star Son Heung-min; and behind Son Heung-min, he was also a midfield star who just transferred from Bayern this summer, Emre? Jen.

In addition to Keasling, who has been in good form these past few seasons, Kim Tiger is also very familiar with the remaining two.

In the parallel world familiar to Jin Taige, Son Heung-min played two very good seasons in Leverkusen. He became Leverkusen's sharp-edged figure, destroying the city in the Champions League and the league, and repeatedly made extraordinary contributions. ; In the summer of 2015, he was taken over by Tottenham for 25 million euros.

In a parallel world, Emre Can moved to Liverpool in the summer of 2014 and became a Liverpool midfielder. He is a midfielder with excellent attack and defense.

Although the game didn't seem so difficult, Kintag had a trace of unease.

Manchester United's attacking power is still very strong, and the audience maintained a very good competitive state.

In the 21st minute of the first half, Van Persie, who was in good competitive condition, made another contribution. He received a pass from Giggs in the middle, and then without stopping the ball in the penalty area, he scored with a low shot and made a good start for Manchester United.

In 29 minutes, Mahrez also made a contribution. After dribbling from the side, he cut inwards and saw that there was no suitable passing route. He took a decisive long shot from the left side of the penalty area. The angle and strength of this shot were excellent, and the goalkeeper was powerless.

With less than half an hour to go, Manchester United took a 2-0 lead.

But for the next fifteen minutes, Manchester United played very badly. I don’t know if they underestimated the enemy because they were ahead, or for some other reason. In the 37th minute of the game, Leverkusen organized an attack in the midfield, the trident in the frontcourt cooperated with the pass in a row, and Sun Xingmin went straight in the rib of the penalty area. Se, Keasling grabbed in front of Smalling, stabbed the ball into the net, and Leverkusen pulled a goal back.

Before the end of the first half, it was Leverkusen's trident again, this time it was Emre Can, Son Heung-min dribbled on the left side, attracting the attention of two or three Manchester United players, then He passed the ball to Emre Can, who was waiting outside the box. Emre Can made some adjustments after receiving the ball, and then fired a powerful long-range shot. The ball went straight to the blind corner of the goal, and De Gea could only look at the ball and sigh.

What made Jin Tiger even more depressing was that at the end of the game, Smalling injured his thigh muscle. Judging from his condition, he should not be able to hold on in the second half.

At the end of the first half, Manchester United returned to the locker room with a score of 2-2. At this time, Kim Tiger's brows were condensed into a pimple.