Chapter 658: Appearing Out of Nowhere
"Mason!"
"Greenwood!" Mourinho raised his voice.
Greenwood came to his senses.
Mourinho took one look and understood, this kid was too nervous.
"Nervous?" Mourinho asked.
Greenwood nodded first, then quickly shook his head.
"You're so nervous." Mourinho patted Greenwood on the shoulder. "I guess when you came on the field, Marco Silva was wondering, who is this kid?"
Greenwood made a grimace. This is true, but boss, is it really okay for you to say this?
"Go ahead." Mourinho said happily, "If you score a goal and turn the tide, you will be famous, but if you don't perform well, it doesn't matter. Reporters will only think, Mourinho sent He got a nobody, the score was behind, and he gave up.”
"Stop guessing." Mourinho kicked Greenwood in vain. "Go ahead, just think of it as gaining experience and perform well next time."
After being reprimanded and comforted by Mourinho, Greenwood's mood finally returned to normal. The coach is right, he is nothing. If he performs well, he will become famous in one battle. If he performs poorly, the media will pay less attention to him.
The most important thing is that Mourinho showed in his words that he valued him and would not beat him to death just because of a poor performance in a game, which reassured him.
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Manchester United made a substitution, French genius Mbappe left the field, and Manchester United youth training youngster Mason Greenwood came on.
"Who is this kid?" Marco Silva asked.
He really doesn't know yet.
"Mason Greenwood is a youngster from Manchester United's youth training. He just turned 17 years old at the beginning of the month. He was the top scorer in the Premier League U-18 Northern League last season. He was transferred to the first team by Mourinho in the summer, but he has never entered the senior team. List, today is the first time,” the assistant coach said holding the information.
When Marco Silva heard this, he was immediately happy. He thought that Mourinho had no one to use, so he used a rookie player to replace him.
Although there are no other forwards on Manchester United's bench today, in Marco Silva's view, even replacing a midfielder like Herrera is better than replacing a 17-year-old rookie player from the youth training. Very reliable.
This is surrendering and letting young people gain experience.
Greenwood has played for five or six minutes, but has never touched the ball.
Marco Silva grinned, relieved.
He was really not worried at all, but Manchester United has been too evil in recent years. There are always some super talented players emerging in the team. The European Golden Boy Award has almost been won by Manchester United in recent years. In 2015, Martial, Rashford in 2017 was almost locked in advance by Mbappe this year.
Now, 17-year-old Greenwood suddenly appears, and Marco Silva cannot afford not to think about it.
However, after watching Greenwood's performance in these few minutes, he is now relieved.
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At this moment, Andre Gomez tackled Bruno to the ground in midfield, and Manchester United quickly took a free kick.
Rashford took the ball from the wing and broke through.
"It's so fast! Rashford is dribbling the ball, but Coleman can't catch up with him. He overtakes and Gomez is also passed."
Rashford used his speed to pass Coleman and Gomez continuously, and was still dribbling the ball.
Mourinho squinted his eyes and noticed that Greenwood was advancing in the middle. The Everton defensive players were all focused on Harry Kane and did not pay much attention to Greenwood.
Michael Keane has been on high alert with his focus on Harry Kane.
Rashford passed the ball and it turned out to be Harry Kane.
"Nice through ball."
Harry Kane burst past Michael Keane, extended his right foot and stopped the ball in a very comfortable position.
This is how top players feel on the ball.
Michael Keane reacted quickly and immediately half-turned to intercept.
The best thing about Harry Kane's stop just now was that he turned his body around and faced the goal.
He took a step forward with his left foot, shifted his center of gravity slightly to the left, and the ball rolled under his feet. Follow the left foot with your right foot and take a step forward to the right.
After two or three consecutive fake moves, Michael Keane was shaken and fainted.
"Ride a bicycle!" the commentator shouted excitedly.
"Watch out for his long shot!" Pickford shouted.
Harry Kane is a very good shooter. He has scored more than 40 goals in the past two seasons and has proven his scoring ability to the world.
Moreover, Harry Kane can shoot and score from almost any position in the frontcourt, and long-range shots are naturally an important means of scoring for him.
At this moment, Harry Kane moved his right foot and passed the ball!
Almost at the same time, Greenwood passed through Zouma and received the pass.
"Greenwood!"
"Offside!" This is the commentator supporting Everton or neutral.
"Not offside! Anti-offside successful!" This is the commentator supporting Manchester United.
Zuma was completely dumbfounded. The Manchester United substitute striker, who had been almost invisible before, suddenly moved forward and opened the distance between him and Zuma almost in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, there is no defensive player in front of Greenwood.
Amid roaring cheers at Old Trafford, Greenwood dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
Facing Pickford, Greenwood gently pushed the ball to the right front with his right foot. Pickford fell to the ground to save the ball, but Greenwood cleverly pulled the ball back, accelerated, passed by Pickford, and then gently pushed the ball into the empty goal with his left foot.
3:3!
Manchester United equalized the score!
"GOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!"
"Mason Greenwood! Manchester United's No. 26, he scored a goal, a beautiful goal!" Andy Gray shouted, "This is this kid's Premier League debut, he scored as soon as he came on the field, Mason Greenwood, let us remember this name, no matter whether Manchester United can remain unbeaten in today's game, this kid surprised us."
"Mason Greenwood, a young man promoted by Mourinho from Manchester United's youth team, scored a goal against Pickford in the match against Everton, and it was a key goal to equalize the score. This is really magical."
"No matter what the result of the game is, Mourinho's vision of people has been confirmed again."
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Greenwood was so excited that he felt like he was almost fainting from joy. He wanted to run to celebrate. But when he went up, he was hugged by the captain Bruno, who first shouted "Well done", and then slapped him: "Don't be happy, we just tied the score!"
Greenwood looked at the captain who had already fished the ball out of the net and ran back, and nodded stupidly.
Yes, he scored a goal, which was a happy thing, but for the whole team, it was not time to be happy.
Since it was the moment for the team to create a new unbeaten record in the Premier League history, how could a draw be enough?