Chapter 94: Sleepwalking

After playing their respective national team games, the players returned to the team one after another, preparing for the next club game. Regardless of the result of the national team game, his own players were not injured in the national team game, which makes Kintag thank God.

Next, Kintag will usher in a new round of intensive schedule.

In the eighth round of the Premier League on October 19, Manchester United will face Southampton at home.

In the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage on October 23, Manchester United will face La Liga team Real Sociedad at home.

In the ninth round of the Premier League on October 26, Manchester United will face Stoke City at home.

Manchester United will face Norwich at home in the League Cup quarter-finals on October 29.

In the tenth round of the Premier League on November 2, Manchester United will go away to challenge Fulham.

In the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage on November 05, Manchester United will go away to challenge Real Sociedad.

In the eleventh round of the Premier League on November 11, Manchester United will face their old rival Arsenal at home.

Seeing the intensive game schedule on the schedule, Jin Taige became much calmer this time. Compared with the opponents in the last round of the devil's schedule, at least in the next month's games, there are almost no too strong opponents. Except for a tough battle against Arsenal on November 11, Jin Taige is confident that other games should not be too strong. Encountered too big a problem. Moreover, the first four games were played at home, which also saved the team from suffering from exhaustion.

After the players returned to the team, Jin Taige asked them to resume training as soon as possible to find their status.

During the interval of training, Kintag called Martial aside: "How about what I told you?"

"Boss, what you told me, I carried out seriously and observed Anthony's situation carefully. Anthony is a very good player. He has excellent skills. Not only is he very strong in dribbling, but he is also very good at running and finishing. Good." Martial said honestly.

"Compared to you?"

Martial thought for a while: "My speed is faster, but his sense of position and shooting skills are better than mine."

Jin Taige then asked: "What about his personality, is he on good terms with the team?"

Martial nodded: "Anthony has a very good relationship in the team. He is handsome and loves to laugh. He always likes to joke with everyone in the team. In the French U21 youth team, from players to coaches , we all love him."

Jin Taige patted Martial on the shoulder: "I see, you can go back to training."

Martial didn't leave, he asked back: "Boss, are you planning to buy him?"

"I have this plan," Kim Taeg said without hesitation, "If you meet in the future, you can also tell him that the Manchester United coach Mr. Kim Taeg is very interested in him, and I also want to see his attitude."

"I see, boss." Martial returned to the training ground.

On the afternoon of October 19, in the eighth round of the Premier League, Manchester United welcomed Southampton as a guest.

This Southampton team is very strong. In the later generations of the parallel world, Manchester United finally ranked seventh in the league this season, and Southampton ranked eighth. There are many talented players in the Southampton team. The midfielders Lallana and Schneiderlin are both powerful offensive and defensive midfielders; the four generals on the defense line are Luke Shaw, Wundt, Lovren and Clay. Therefore, the strong defense line composed of these four people is enough to match the defensive capabilities of the Premier League giants.

In the later generations of the parallel world, these outstanding players were packaged and divided by Manchester United and Liverpool between 2014 and 2015. Manchester United bought Schneiderlin and Luke Shaw for a total of 74 million euros; Liverpool bought Lallana, Lovren and Klein for a total of 78 million euros. These players later became top stars in the Premier League.

And now, Kintag's team will face the menacing Southampton.

Because many players in the Manchester United team have just played the national team game,

Need to rest, so Kintag has carried out a large-scale rotation of the lineup, but most of the players in the Manchester United team are members of the national team at all levels. Almost all of them played the national team game last weekend, and there is no national team game task There are only Alonso, Kanter, Anderson, and Giggs, who has already quit the national team. Jin Taige can only send players with slightly better physical fitness to appear on the field.

Regarding Anderson, Jin Taige really didn't want to use him, but the team is really short of people now, so he had to put Anderson in the starting list.

In this game, Manchester United was like sleepwalking on the field. Except for Giggs and Kanter who were still playing steadily, the other players were obviously out of shape. Faced with this situation, Kintag decisively let the team retract appropriately and let Martial take advantage of speed Suddenly, a defensive counterattack was launched, but Manchester United was still passive. Their frontcourt attack combination was tightly restricted by Southampton, and they didn't get any good opportunities at all.

Nani on the right faced Southampton's left-back Luke Shaw directly. The success rate of 1-on-1 is extremely high, and he has begun to doubt his life after defending Nani...

Off the court, Jin Taige admired this opponent very much. No wonder the later generations of Van Gaal insisted on spending 39 million euros to bring Luke Shaw to Old Trafford. If he can continue to maintain his current state, he must be the number one left-back in England! However, a serious broken leg incident in September 2015 made Luke Shaw completely lose his aura. A talented left back was completely defeated by injuries and became a mortal.

Jin Taige sighed in his heart: I don’t know how many talented players stopped running due to the troubles of injuries...

Although Manchester United's attack group did not get any good opportunities, Southampton scored.

In the 72nd minute of the game, with the cooperation of two Southampton players in the middle, Schneiderlin's wide-range running involved Kanter, Lallana inserted in the back row, and shot a low shot in front of Manchester United's penalty area, and the ball hit the net.

Southampton lead 1-0.

Although Kintag dispatched troops and wanted to reverse the situation, there was still nothing to gain. The game ended 1-0. Southampton took 3 points from Old Trafford with satisfaction and returned victorious.

Kintag's team swallowed the defeat bitterly.

At the post-match press conference, Kintag tried his best to defend his disciples: "This is the impact of the FIFA virus. You all know that every time after the national team match day, the major European teams will have different levels of state. Ups and downs. A season is still a long time, and we still have enough time to win back the points we lost today."

On the training ground the next day, Kintag asked the players to forget the loss in the last league game, and quickly adjusted their state and recovered their physical strength to meet the UEFA Champions League group stage three days later.

In this game, Jin Taige definitely can't win!