Chapter 939 An Incomprehensible Assist
Sweeping Liverpool 6-2 and slaughtering Arsenal 5-1. Through these two heavyweight games, no one has doubted Sun Wu's coaching ability. The most important thing is that Manchester United still maintains a strong posture in the small round-robin competition.
In the first two seasons, despite the strong rise of Liverpool and Manchester City, Manchester United lifted the league championship trophy one or two rounds ahead of schedule. This was largely due to Manchester United's outstanding performance in the dialogue between the strong players. They did not even make small talk internally. Lose any game in the round robin.
In the past two seasons, Liverpool and Manchester City both lost direct dialogue with Manchester United and handed over the league championship. Therefore, many people are watching this game. After Pochettino leaves, whether Manchester United can still be a strong player. Do you always have the upper hand in strong conversations?
A hearty 5-1 victory wiped away the worries of the club and Manchester United fans, and also cast a shadow over Guardiola and Conte.
So although previous national team matches resulted in several injured players at Manchester United, Luke Shaw and Shaqiri returned to the medical room in frustration, and Griezmann was taking medicine at home to recuperate, the atmosphere within the team was very good.
On October 21st, Sun Wu welcomed Wolfsburg at home, the team that allowed him to fly high again from the bottom.
Although they lost De Bruyne, Wolfsburg did not fall as quickly as expected this season. Under the leadership of Black Gold, they once again defeated Dortmund and won the German Super Cup. After that, the league started with three consecutive wins. They were undefeated in seven games, but after losing De Bruyne, they were swept 4-0 by Bayern Munich in the eighth round of the Bundesliga.
The topic of De Bruyne was frequently mentioned in the pre-match press conference, because many German media and even Wolfsburg players and fans called him "the second Best."
And the key is that De Bruyne has performed so well since returning to the Premier League. Last week in the league, Ding Ding came on as a substitute and scored a hat trick of assists within 15 minutes. Yesterday, in the Champions League match between Manchester City and Monchengladbach, Ding Ding passed two passes and scored two goals. The whole place shines.
However, Heijin remained silent on the topic, and Sun Wu reacted in the same way.
In fact, Sun Wu and De Bruyne dislike each other a little. The latter is very arrogant and is not interested in the nickname "Second Best" given by the German media. After joining Manchester City this summer, he has been Public comments have targeted Manchester United, and in interviews he expressed confusion about Sun Wu being the head coach.
In this regard, Sun Wu only used a short and concise sentence to extremely deteriorate the relationship between him and De Bruyne.
"De Bruyne? He is outstanding. Congratulations to Josep, he got another world-class star who likes to cry."
Well,
Manchester United fans immediately edited footage of De Bruyne wiping away tears in the Bundesliga and last year's World Cup...
Therefore, in the past two months since the start of the season, the war of words between Manchester United and Manchester City has never stopped, and it is estimated that it will continue until the Manchester City derby. The derby in the first half of the season is the last round.
Compared to De Bruyne, Sun Wu is more interested in Black Gold. This senior German coach was mediocre in the past few years, but has shown extraordinary coaching ability in recent years. The key is that his style is gradually becoming more and more popular. Klopp, Tuchel and Pochettino move closer.
In fact, if the club rejected Sun Wu at the end of last season, he was prepared to recommend Black Gold to join Manchester United.
Sun Wu has made adequate preparations for this game. Although Griezmann is still recovering at home and Shaqiri is still recovering from injury, Lingard and Alderweireld have already reached the playing standards.
"This is the third round of the Champions League group stage. Manchester United faces Wolfsburg at home. The game is about to start." Zhan Jun knew it without looking at the information. "Manchester United currently has 4 points with one win and one draw, while Wolfsburg Fortuna lost to Roma, beat PSV and are now level with Roma on 3 points."
Zhang Lu commented: "Manchester United has a deep bench. Compared with the last round of the league, Sun Wu has made four adjustments, but Wolfsburg cannot. However, two old Premier League players, Schürrle and Bendtner, have Start the game.”
"Beep!"
"The game officially started, Wolfsburg kicked off first... Oh, Manchester United started to press high at the first moment!"
Next to Sun Wu is an "old friend" who played against him several times at Hoffenheim. Later he went to Bayern and was beaten by Sun Wu, Brazilian midfielder Gustavo.
After several passes, catches and runs, Sun Wu was "pleased" that Gustavo had not improved at all over the years.
Gustavo, on the other hand, was frightened. Although Best was the top midfielder in the Bundesliga back then, he was not without weaknesses, but now Best is an all-rounder.
In the first ten minutes, Manchester United attacked the center. Sun Wu almost ignored Gustavo and sent two exquisite passes to Lucas and Pavard on the wings without stopping. Erdo and Dante twice sacrificed their lives to block the opponent's cross.
"Corner kick... Dante headed the ball to clear the ball." Zhan Jun shook his head, "Wolfsburg are not afraid of headers. Dante and Naldo are both very capable of heading the ball."
"Manchester United's offense needs more combination of wing and center." Zhang Lu commented.
Next, as if Sun Wu heard Zhang Lu's comments, Manchester United's offense began to be layered.
In the 15th minute, Dante, who was unable to play the ball, was entangled in the backcourt by Kante and Bernardo Silva. The Portuguese midfielder intercepted the ball and cut inside to send a reverse diagonal pass. Sun Wu, who was originally in the middle, made a diagonal substitution at high speed. Positioned on the right, he entered the penalty area and made a cross. Although Harry Kane was entangled by Naldo, Lingard from behind easily pushed the ball home.
"It's very easy." Zhan Jun said with a smile: "This attack was launched from the side."
"Manchester United's high-position pressing is very coordinated, and Kante also chose the right time to attack." Zhang Lu greatly appreciated Kante.
Although Dante is often reduced to the villain in jokes, he is a very modern central defender who is agile with his feet and has the ability to hold the ball forward.
But it was this characteristic that Kanter captured. He chose the moment when Dante was walking forward instead of passing the ball and suddenly pounced on him, and then Bernardo Silva found the opportunity to steal the ball.
As soon as the goal was scored, Sun Wu wanted to instruct the team to retreat slightly and lead Wolfsburg out, but Heijing was not fooled and ordered Wolfsburg to continue to hold on.
Although it was unexpected, Sun Wu was not disappointed. After all, the strength of the two teams was too far apart.
In the 23rd minute, Sun Wu and Bernardo Silva once again played exquisite cooperation.
The Portuguese, who was entangled by Dante when cutting inside, looked at Pavard who was cutting in from the right, but suddenly stepped behind him with the sole of his foot.
"Silva...Sun Wu stepped in...crossed...smashed the ball..."
"This goal..." Zhan Jun paused, a little slurred, "go in...go in..."
"2-0, Bernardo Silva expanded the score, and it was Sun Wu's assist again." Zhang Lu twitched the corner of his mouth, and he did not see the goal process clearly. This is really embarrassing for a professional commentator.
This was Bernardo Silva's first goal in the Champions League. He jumped on Sun Wu's back and shook his fist at the Manchester United fans in the stands.
Although Van Dijk is great, Kante is highly praised by the industry, Lucas and Pavard are full of potential, and Falcao made a stunning appearance, among the summer signings, Bernardo Silva is the fastest to integrate into the team. , the one with the highest data.
After Thomas Muller left, both Shaqiri and Mane were eyeing this position. The fierce competition made Januzaj lose his mind, but Bernardo Silva took it away with a diagonal kick. took the main position.
Leading 2-0, there is almost no suspense in this Champions League game. With a lineup like Kruse and Bentley, it is very difficult to break through the door of Manchester United.
"The replay is here. Silva stepped back on the ball. Sun Wu carried the ball into the penalty area. He used a fake shot to deceive Naldo who was rushing up. Then Sun Wu spiked the ball..."
Zhan Jun stared at the screen attentively, "The force of the spike is a little too light, the ball is too close..."
In slow motion, Sun Wu's left foot made a movement to pick the ball, and Gustavo, who was defending, pressed forward...
But at the next moment, the ball was poked away by Sun Wu's right toe. Bernardo Silva got rid of Dante's left foot at the penalty area line and pushed it accurately into the lower left corner.
"It's a very fancy fake move." Zhang Lu said with a smile, "It's very confusing."
"The pick-up action with the left foot was a feint, and the real pass was sent with the right foot." Zhan Jun immediately pulled out an example from his mind, "Arsenal in its heyday, King Henry of Highbury once had something similar passing action.”
At this time, there was a burst of applause from the stands, and the live broadcast camera quickly captured that many away fans wearing green jerseys stood up and applauded.