Chapter 915 The Fattest Piece of Meat

After more than 20 days of training, Manchester United returned to Manchester and played several warm-up matches, against Preston, Blackburn and Wigan Athletic.

Generally speaking, the players are in pretty good shape, but there are also shortcomings. The key lies in Harry Kane, the center who was cheated by Sun Wu, who is a little uncomfortable with the tactical style.

In the three warm-up games, Harry Kane only scored one goal, and it was a penalty kick.

However, this is temporary. Sun Wu discovered on the training ground that Harry Kane's technical characteristics have almost been finalized. The reason why he is not comfortable with it is mainly because of the two years in Leicester City.

Mid- and lower-tier teams often use three tricks in their offense and have very fixed routines, and Leicester City needs Harry Kane to provide cover for Vardy and Mahrez.

Carrington training ground.

"Beep!"

Rolf blew the whistle for a timeout and said to Harry Kane: "You don't need to get the ball with your back... I know it's a counterattack, but even if you counterattack, you don't need to get the ball with your back unless you can't find it at the first time. Release point.”

Pointing to Herrera who was following, and then to Mane and Shaqiri who had joined the wings at high speed before, Rolf continued: "There are three passing points, so you don't have to stop the ball, which makes the counterattack easier." It’s slowed down.”

Sun Wu walked over and wiped the sweat from his head, "Harry, Manchester United needs a center who can score goals and a frontcourt fulcrum, but they don't need a center who can take the ball with his back."

"Be more flexible in your movement. You don't necessarily need to stand between the two central defenders. You can pull wide or retreat. What you have to do is to make the offense flow smoothly, and then insert into the penalty area to grab points." Sun Wu clapped his hands, "Everyone will get their own tactical running map this afternoon."

The new players were a little confused, but the old players were surprised. The coaching staff in the new season has higher tactical requirements and added various details. Similar things never happened last season.

After the training, Sun Wu specifically found Harry Kane.

Among the newly joined players, Pavard and Fabinho have already talked. Lucas is a strong-minded guy. Kanter, who came up from a low-level league, does not need Sun Wu's care. Van Dijk is a big man who likes to joke. .

Only Harry Kane is worrying. He was abandoned by Arsenal's youth training camp when he was a child. Later, he grew up at Tottenham Hotspur but could never catch Guardiola's eyes. He became the main player at the beginning of the season two years ago but just couldn't get in. Tottenham couldn't stand it and sold it to Leicester City in the English Championship.

Having such an experience,

Harry Kane's mental state is obviously more fragile than in the original time and space. If there is another goal drought, he is really afraid that he will not recover... This is what Sun Wu is worried about.

"Harry, do you know Crespo?" Sun Wu sat on the lawn and waved to Kane to sit down too.

"Of course, Argentina's legendary center." Harry Kane asked in surprise: "Why do you ask?"

"You guys look alike."

Harry Kane is even more surprised, right? Nothing like it!

"I mean, you all need to accumulate strength before scoring." Sun Wu patted Kane on the shoulder and smiled: "Relax."

Harry Kane forced a smile on his face. Sun Wu's consolation did not have any effect. Klose retired and Lukaku left the team. Currently, he is the only center in Manchester United. Rashford appears more often as a substitute. On the wing.

On August 2, at Wembley Stadium, Manchester United ushered in the first Community Shield match of the new season. The opponent was last season's FA Cup winner Liverpool.

Amid the cheers of the fans, the players from both sides walked out of the tunnel, while Klopp, who had already walked out in advance, stood on the sidelines with a strange look on his face.

Gerrard has left the team, and the one who took over as captain of the Red Army was Sun Wu's "old friend" Henderson, who also had a strange look on his face.

"Jurgen." Sun Wu, wearing the captain's armband, walked to the side and asked his teammates behind him to come on. He had to complete the regular process of shaking hands with the opponent's head coach.

Klopp shook Sun Wu's hand hard and said, "Well, you are always the most special one."

"Maybe I will make a mess. That is Liverpool's opportunity." Sun Wuyun said calmly.

Klopp said nothing more. He turned back to the coaching bench, mentally thinking about what his old rival would do in the new season...

Other top leagues have the so-called Super Cup, a showdown between last season's league champions and cup winners, but there is none in the Premier League. There are only the former Charity Cup and the current Community Shield.

The gold content of this event is very low, even lower than the League Cup. On the one hand, it is because it has a strong warm-up match nature... With six substitutions, no one would believe it if it was not a warm-up match!

On the other hand, there is the so-called Community Shield curse. If you win this championship, you may miss out on the league championship in the new season.

Therefore, most giants regard this tournament as a semi-formal warm-up match, mainly to break up the team and train new players.

However, in recent years, as a large amount of capital has been invested in the Premier League, clubs have not only provided high transfer fees and salaries, but also have higher requirements for coaches and stars. Therefore, the gold content of the Community Shield has not increased, but in the minds of coaches His status has increased.

Although he only won one FA Cup title in two years in the Premier League, Klopp's position in Liverpool is very stable. He brought the team back to the Champions League and reached the semi-finals last season.

Therefore, Liverpool has put together a lineup with half the main players and substitutes. Klopp believes that Manchester United will try its best to win this championship, because this championship title is very important to Sun Wu, who has just taken up his new job.

But what Klopp didn't expect was that Sun Wu's formation was even looser than his.

New players such as Pavard, Van Dijk, Lucas, Fabinho, Kante, Bernardo Silva and Harry Kane all started.

In the 18th minute of the first half, Liverpool midfielder N'Zongqi made a long-range shot. Manchester United's substitute goalkeeper Lindegaard actually let the ball go into the net from his armpit.

In the 34th minute, Lucas made a pass from the left, Harry Kane nodded the ball over, Sun Wu cleverly made the ball, and Bernardo Silva's left-footed arc ball spiraled into the far corner.

At halftime, Sun Wu replaced himself and Milner came on.

Milner and Kanter are not strong in organization, and Sun Wu wants to see Fabinho's scheduling ability.

However, the game was fragmented in the second half. Sun Wu and Klopp were constantly making substitutions to observe the players' condition and adjust the formation.

In the 75th minute, Klopp replaced Piszczek with a guy who looked like a monkey. This substitution attracted Sun Wu's attention.

"What's wrong?" Carrick asked next to him.

"It's okay, that's a nice little guy, but it's a pity he's a Liverpudlian."

Sun Wu once mentioned it when chatting with the youth training director last season, and scouts have also made efforts, but Arnold was born and raised in Merseyside and has been a Liverpool fan since he was a child.

Although it is a bit regretful, Sun Wu does not feel regretful. Although Arnold is good, Pavard is even better.

Three minutes later, Fabinho showed his vision and observation. A long-distance pass of 30 meters allowed Pavard to send a precise cross from the right wing. Shaqiri, who came on the bench, volleyed and scored from behind. .

In the next twenty minutes, Liverpool did not press heavily to try to equalize the score. In the end, Manchester United defeated Liverpool 2-1 to win the Community Shield championship.

However, Sun Wu looked very unhappy after the game. In the last twenty minutes, Manchester United had two injured players. Alderweireld suffered a knee injury and Herrera strained his thigh muscle.

At the post-match press conference, Sun Wu admitted that he had signed a short-term coaching contract with Manchester United, but refused to disclose the details.

After more than a month of speculation, the media had long confirmed that Sun Wu would become Manchester United's new head coach. This news did not cause an uproar.

However, the reporters below are gearing up, and they are all ready... Either this is the next Dalglish, or Best will leave the Theater of Dreams tragically, but no matter what, in the next season, Manchester United is destined to be The fattest piece of meat in the eyes of reporters.