Chapter 763: Amazing Debut
At 7:45 pm on the 14th, when Manchester United's starting 11 and Glasgow Rangers appeared at Old Trafford, all the old Manchester United fans were stunned.
Goalkeeper: No. 29 Kuzzak
Defenders: No. 6 Brown, No. 5 Vidic, No. 12 Smalling, No. 20 Fabio
Avantgarde: No. 10 Gao Xiaodong, No. 24 Fletcher, No. 12 Park Ji-sung, No. 25 Valencia
Forwards: No. 14 Hernandez, No. 10 Rooney,
Compared with last weekend's league game, Manchester United's starting lineup, Ferguson actually made adjustments in 9 positions. Use a lineup that is almost a substitute lineup to meet the first game of the Champions League this season.
Listening to the exclamations at the scene, commentator Martin joked: "Is this the effect Sir Alex wants? When I got this starting lineup before, I thought it was to start against Glasgow Rangers and the League Cup opponents. It's reversed. Now it seems that Sir Alex really treats Rangers as the League Cup. Manchester United's future should be in the hands of young people. Always relying on veterans will be detrimental to future development, but succession cannot be done like this. Well, you have to overdo it no matter what."
CCTV commentator He Hui smiled bitterly and said: "Is Gao Xiaodong and Rooney leading the team to play in the Champions League, or is engineer Fletcher leading the team? This really doesn't treat the village chief as a cadre. After all, Rangers are also in the Scottish Premiership. Rich family.”
In fact, not only the fans and commentators were shocked and puzzled, but even Gao Xiaodong secretly cursed the old man in his heart for being such a cheat. As long as Nani doesn't play, what do you mean by playing Park Ji-sung? What kind of help can he provide offensively? Park Ji-sung anyway. I can still defend. The right back is Fabio, and the center back is Smalling, a new player who has never played in a league game. Do you still want me to happily play as an attacking midfielder?
If Gao Xiaodong thought Ferguson was cheating, then Rooney was in a really bad mood.
Rooney has been in poor form recently. He managed to get into trouble in the league with the help of Gao Xiaodong, and then accidentally received a red card and was suspended. After the last round of the game, he was scolded by the fans. In this Champions League battle, before the game, Skoll Rooney was in a good mood as he waited for the veterans to take a rest. He felt that he had an opportunity to show his leadership skills. However, when he saw this starting lineup, he almost collapsed. Damn, old man, this is harming me. If I lose, I will definitely score points. A big pot.
But looking at Gao Xiaodong, Rooney felt much better, because the 80 million guy probably had a bigger pot than he did.
Unlike the two young big names Gao Xiaodong and Rooney, Fletcher, who was loyal to Ferguson, immediately felt that the boss had given him a heavy responsibility after seeing the starting lineup. Gao Xiaodong was young, Rooney was impatient, and Vidic could only To command the defense, he must shoulder this responsibility. Fletcher even imagined that this was not because the leader wanted to test himself to see if he had the ability to lead the team in a tough battle. If he could win this game, there might be hope. Compete with Vidic and Ferdinand for the captain's position. They are too old after all.
The 26-year-old Fletcher is entering the golden stage of his career. From a substitute for Beckham at right midfielder to an absolute main force at center midfielder, Fletcher has completed a gorgeous transformation. Although Vidic and Ferdinand Beaver have Letcher is more prestigious, but the two are older, and Fletcher is expected to succeed Neville as Manchester United captain.
However, Fletcher has not led Manchester United to win any honors since he grew up. What he needs now is a trophy that he led Manchester United to win.
As a defensive engineer, Fletcher's number of goals has been steadily increasing from 2 to 5 since the 2007-08 season. When his big brothers can no longer play the whole game, Fletcher believes that he can do it this season. will become more important.
Rangers coach Walter standing on the sidelines. After Smith shook hands with Ferguson and said hello, he started thinking, what does it mean for an old friend to form such a lineup? Although Smith served as an assistant to Ferguson when he was the head coach of Scotland and Manchester United, Smith never believed that Ferguson did not want to win this game.
Smith quickly figured it out,
In addition to using this precious opportunity to train new players, Ferguson is not afraid of losing or drawing, because after Manchester United and Rangers draw, Rangers and Valencia will only fight to the death, and Manchester United will also be the beneficiary.
But these are things that the head coach of a wealthy club considers. For Rangers, whose victory is to qualify from the group, the biggest goal is to draw with Manchester United. As for the upset, no Scottish team has won at Old Trafford yet. Passes and draws were all 25 years ago.
Rangers head coach Smith was very pragmatic. He arranged a 451 formation, leaving only Kenny Miller to harass in the frontcourt. The other 9 players formed two lines of defense in an orderly manner and stayed in their own half. In terms of player deployment, Smith placed the well-known former England international James Beatty and Slovakia's popular youngster Weis on the bench. The 19-year-old talented youngster Fleck was not even included in the squad. Hidden Attack With famous line players and all defensive players, Smith just wants to defend a world at Old Trafford!
Although most of Manchester United's starters are newcomers and substitutes, players who can become the world's top giants Manchester United are top-notch in terms of strength and talent. They are top-notch players in other small clubs. Facing Glasgow Rangers, after the opening game , Manchester United's three lines quickly pressed forward, trapping the Rangers in their own half.
Attacking midfielder Gao Xiaodong originally thought that he would be distracted by thinking about defense, but he didn't expect that he would think too much. The Scottish Premiership champion lay down first at the beginning, assuming a posture of allowing Manchester United to ravage him.
Although Gao Xiaodong no longer has to worry about defense, offense has become more difficult. The Scottish players defend Gao Xiaodong extremely tightly. As soon as Gao Xiaodong gets the ball, three people will immediately surround him and prevent Gao Xiaodong from breaking through or crossing the ball. Pass it, forcing him to pass it back.
The on-site commentator Martin laughed: "Gao Xiaodong performed so well in four league games and one Community Shield cup. Now he has received the courtesy of a superstar."
It wasn't until the third minute of the game that Gao Xiaodong got a space to easily handle the ball.
Valencia took the ball from the wing, and Gao Xiaodong cunningly accelerated towards the penalty area, attracting the Rangers' roughnecks to follow him and rush forward. Gao Xiaodong suddenly stopped and turned around, raising his hand to ask for the ball from Valencia.
As a South American player, Valencia is alone in the Manchester United dressing room, and he will not have much status if he joins the local or mainland gangs. Therefore, Gao Xiaodong, who is favored by the coach, is naturally the target of his support.
Valencia is the opposite of Nani. He has no desire to shoot. When he gets the ball, he considers passing it. Before Gao Xiaodong raised his hand, Valencia passed the ball.
Gao Xiaodong turned sideways to catch the ball, but he had super glasses and a wide vision. He had already seen Rooney's movement. Gao Xiaodong pulled the ball with his left foot and turned around. He pushed lightly with his right foot and gave Rooney a through ball in the ribs.
The ball was of just the right size. Rooney caught the ball and accelerated, throwing away Rangers midfielder Davis and heading directly into the penalty area.
Rangers center back Algerian footballer Bogra rushed over from the side, and when he couldn't touch the ball, he pretended to extend his feet to intercept the ball, knocking Rooney to the ground with his body.
Rooney was lying on the ground and raised his hand to signal Bogra for a foul, but referee Debrek ignored it and instead signaled the game to continue.
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