Chapter 133 Is it careless?
The grouping of the UEFA Champions League came to an end. In the second round of the Premier League, Manchester United started the first away game of the season. After a 90-minute match, the defending champion of Te Fumore Stadium, Manchester United lost 0-1 to the newly promoted Ma Burnley. It was the first big surprise of the new season. It has been the first in the first round since 1-2 loss to Fulham last season. The defeat was not only the first defeat to Burnley by Manchester United in 41 years, but also the first time in the last three seasons that they lost three points on a promoted horse. The Red Devils of the post-C Ronaldo era swallowed the first loss of the new season in just two rounds.
This game is the first time that two clubs have encountered in the Premier League, and it is also the first top league dialogue since April 1976. However, the two sides have had 102 league matches before. Manchester United has an advantage of 47 wins, 16 draws and 39 losses. The last time the two teams met in an official match was in 2002. In the fourth round of the League Cup in December, Manchester United won 2-0.
In this game, former Manchester United players Exley and Eagles were excluded from the list and sat on the bench at the beginning of the game. Codwell and Michael Duff were both absent due to injuries. Compared with the first round, Ferguson made adjustments to the third line of the starting lineup, especially the rotation of all four people in the midfield. Owen, wearing a Manchester United shirt, started in the Premier League for the first time in the Premier League and partnered with Rooney in the front line.
In the 19th minute, the promoted Ma Burnley taught the careless Manchester United a good lesson. Black volleyed the goal in the penalty area, leading Manchester United 1:0!
Li Yu did not appear in the list of this game. The promoted horse, who thought it should be easy to deal with, vividly taught Manchester United a lesson.
Although Evra won a penalty for Manchester United in the 44th minute, Carrick lost the ball. This is the closest Manchester United to equalize the score in the whole game. In the rest of the time, the players in the Manchester League can only be described as absent-minded and have no chance to win any chance to equalize. .
Everyone knows that after Ronaldo's transfer, Manchester United wants to win the championships this season, and Li Yu's state is undoubtedly crucial.
In the face of giving up the league game to ensure Li Yu's status, the English media did not accuse him at the first time. This is not that the media have changed their sex. Of course, it is because they continue to wait. If Li Yu's state does not improve in China in the next European Super Cup, these reporters Of course, we won't forget that the season has begun, and they finally have the opportunity to shoot at Li Yu.
For Li Yu Media, who did not play, he was cautious, but in the face of French defender Evra, the English media did not have such an estimate.
In the new season of Manchester United, French left-back Evra became a barometer of the Red Devils' performance.
In three consecutive official games, Manchester United's victory and defeat are almost inseparable from Evra's performance.
Evra's performance at both ends of the attack and defense, sometimes becoming a defensive time bomb, and sometimes becoming a source of attack, which injured and benefited Manchester United. In the media's view, the French left-back has really become the devil + angel of Manchester United's release line.
In today's game against the promoted Mar Burnley, Evra's overall performance can be said to be good.
Especially on the offensive end, Evra almost assisted Owen in the first two minutes. In the final stage of the first half of the game, Evra's previous penetration into the penalty area directly won a penalty for Manchester United, but unfortunately he was missed by Carrick.
In the second half, Park Ji-sung and Valencia also benefited from Evra's pass and almost scored, and the French left-back made his own shot in the 70th minute.
Such an eye-catching performance on the offensive side naturally won a lot of applause. "Sky Sports" scored 8 points for Evra after the game, "real offensive promoter". Evra is almost the best player of Manchester United today.
The problem is that although Evra performed perfectly on the offensive end, it was the direct cause of Manchester United's defeat today in defense.
In the 19th minute, Evra made a mistake under the pressure of his opponent, which gave his opponent an excellent performance opportunity. Black's beautiful volley became the only goal in the game, and Manchester United ushered in the first defeat in the league this season.
In the three official games so far this season, Evra has become the "key player" of victory and defeat for the third time.
In the Community Shield Cup, Evra participated in the game as one of the few main players, but fell to the ground after being pushed by Ballack. Chelsea took the opportunity to counterattack to take the lead and announced Manchester United's defeat in almost 90 minutes.
In the first round of the Premier League, Evra made a great contribution to the goal line to help Manchester United win in the 36th minute.
Since the new season, Manchester United's three consecutive official games have almost become Evra's personal show, and the key to victory or defeat is all related to Evra. And Evra's angel and devil's face obviously made Manchester United love and hate.
After the game, the Mirror, the Observer, the Daily Telegraph and other media did not forget to point out that Evra's poor relief in the backcourt became the main reason for Manchester United to lose the goal.
This is not the first time that Evra has made such a mistake. In the 2006/07 Premier League, it was also the second round. Although Manchester United finally defeated Charlton 3-0, Evra's clearance mistake in the 30th minute almost made Manchester United the lead in conceding the ball. It can be said that Evra's problem in relieving the defense line is already one of his old problems.
In today's game, Evra once again scaled his achievements at Manchester United in 90 minutes: the assists are extremely brave, but there are many mistakes in defense.
Only two rounds of the league began. Manchester United has lost one game or lost to the promoted horse. The prospect of the Red Devils' championship in the new season seems to be overshadowed.
Yahoo Sports reported after the game that Ferguson was extremely disappointed with the loss: "Losing to Burnley was a serious blow to Manchester United's start of the season." I hope that Evra will not appear such a "devil face" on the Manchester United defense line, but to perform more performances similar to today on the offensive end, otherwise the dream of the Red Devils 4 consecutive champion will be suspended.
There is not only one Frenchman who is dissatisfied with the media. Owen, the golden boy they once mentioned, has also become another scapegoat for Manchester United's unexpected defeat!
Capello's visit to the Tefumore Stadium will naturally not come to inspect Burnley's Eagles and Patterson, but several international players in Manchester United may have disappointed the Italian team. Carrick lost a penalty kick, and Owen's poor performance was replaced early. After coming to Manchester United, Owen has failed to score in nearly 240 minutes, so it is naturally difficult to persuade Capello to recruit him back to the team.
After the first round last weekend, Ferguson hinted that Owen would start, hoping that the latter's desire to fight would help him end the summer business war and return to Europe without the embarrassment of scoring.
However, playing with his old partner Rooney did not evoke Owen's shooting inspiration. He had a suspected single shot in the first four minutes, but the assistant referee decided that he was offside first, but even so, Owen had to rely on supplementary shots to defeat the goalkeeper, which not only showed his impetuousness, but also proved that his shooting boots were indeed not well worn. Don't forget that he also missed a must-have single knife in the last round of the league.
Ferguson introduced Owen in the hope that his sense of smell in front of the door could fill the vacuum left by Ronaldo after he left. However, today, the English striker has two opportunities to outflank, and none of them is uncertain.
In the second minute, Evra passed the ball from the left side and passed the ball. Owen was conscious of it, but he didn't even touch the ball.
In the 37th minute, Brown made a cross from the right, and Owen was unguarded, but he just rubbed the ball gently and missed the almost inevitable opportunity to score. Ferguson, who had been declaring that "Michael's goal will come soon", also choked. After the game, he said bluntly that "Irving missed a great opportunity."
Then the England striker couldn't find a similar gap until he was replaced in the 64th minute and never got any decent shot.
The only thing that can gratify Ferguson is that the tacit understanding between Owen and his teammates has improved compared with the previous one. He took the initiative to seek cooperation and retreated or pulled to the sidelines many times to open up space for his teammates.
Carrick's penalty kick was that he took the ball in the midfield and rushed to the penalty area. While watching his teammates running, he found that Evra plugged in at high speed and sent a good quality score. From the three home team central defenders, the weight and the passing route were impeccable, and successfully made a penalty.
But in the striker's job, Owen is not satisfied. Although he has twice succeeded in making the ball for Rooney, in the face of Burnley's iron barrel array, it is difficult for him to fight against him who is at a disadvantage. The success rate of withdrawing the ball and taking the ball one-on-one breakthrough is also very low. In the past, the wind and lightning to get rid of nowhere, at most, it is just It serves as a front-court reception point. In England, Owen and Rooney partnered in 29 games and scored a total of 23 goals, but it seems to be far from a good match at Manchester United.
Divard scored four goals in two England games this summer, and scored a hat-trick in this round of the league, which is much better than Owen. The data is here, and Manchester United's new No. 7 also complains that Capello is not allowed to wear colored glasses. Ferguson hopes that Owen can contribute 15 goals in a season, which is not too demanding, but Owen has not started so far, and the four warm-up goals are still on the weak Asian team.
Biersley, who played for Manchester United and Liverpool, once said, "If anyone can save Owen, only Ferguson." Now it seems that the situation is not good.
The media was very disdainful of Owen's performance. The Daily Mail scored 4 points, tied with Park Ji-sung Anderson, and Sky Sports gave the same score, but no one tied with him, the unique worst.
Burnley Club is undoubtedly unfamiliar to Chinese fans, but if you are familiar with the British team, you will definitely pay attention to this team. When they are not noticed by people, they all play the same role, a dark horse or a giant killer!
The British love David's Goliath-style epic drama, so every time the FA Cup giants meet the upper and lower league teams, they always love to broadcast, believing that only the cold is the greatest charm of this cup. However, Burnley's victory over Manchester United is no less symbolic than those low-level teams and even amateur teams to defeat the strong in the Cup.
The Times said: "Ferguson may begin to regret letting C Ronaldo go or should have put Li Yu on the list of the game. He gave up 3 points for the European Super Cup. Obviously, this is not the result that Sir Alex Ferguson wants!" The Daily Mail said: "Burnley has proved that the Premier League is not It's always the law of the jungle, and curry rice is sometimes more delicious than pie and pea soup.
Burnley's promotion last season is already a miracle. They only ranked fifth in the regular season of the Champions League, but they eliminated Reading in the play-offs and beat Sheffield United and entered the Premier League. Although the meritorious player Elliott's goal is far more lucky than his ability, and the referee ignored the two penalty kicks, it doesn't matter. Question mark In the second round of the league, they made a big surprise. For the first time in 33 years, they played the top league at home, which made Manchester United, who were seeking four consecutive championships, submit to their feet.
Burnley has never played in England's top leagues since 1976. Compared with Manchester United, Burnley is really small. It is a small town with a population of 88,000. Even if the whole city is out, it is only enough to fill Manchester United's Old Trafford Stadium. The team's upgrade has doubled the record for the least populous city in the Premier League. The previous record was held by Blackburn, 140,000.
Empoli, located in Lancashire, is a typical small and medium-sized town in the northwest. Road-by-road residents go to big cities such as Manchester and Leeds to find jobs, and the people who stay there have a meager income.
From the perspective of operating capital, the two clubs are also very different. Burnley's annual income in the Premier League is only 60 million pounds. Manchester United's annual income is as high as 412 million US dollars. The price of selling C Ronaldo alone is higher than the other's annual operating income.
In addition, Burnley's weekly salary cap is 15,000 pounds, which is far from Ferdinand's 120,000 pounds. Of course, Manchester United fans will also envy Burnley's loyalists. After upgrading, the club will give free season tickets to 7,000 loyal members, while at Old Trafford, if you want to watch the one-year game, the cheapest price is at least 525 pounds, almost equivalent to 1/4 of the average annual income of Burnley locals.
Although Black, who scored the winning goal for Burnley, is a 33-year-old veteran, he has never been so honored to be published in so many newspapers in his life.
In 2005, he briefly played in the Premier League in Birmingham. As a result, he only played 11 games and was sold. When he joined Leeds United in 2007, he was only worth 250,000 pounds, but it was this unknown person who was only worth Rooney's two-week salary, giving Burnley a "great and romantic victory".
This victory was Burnley's first victory over Manchester United in 41 years.
Past battle records can sometimes be careless. Burnley has played against Manchester United in the Cup three times in the past 30 years, not only losing all of them but also not scoring a goal. In 1976, it was Manchester United who defeated Burnley, making the latter dormant in the lower league for 1/3 of a century. But in recent years, there have been countless giants at the feet of Burnley. In last season's League Cup, they defeated Fulham, eliminated Chelsea, killed Arsenal in the quarter-finals, and lost to Tottenham until the last minute against Tottenham in the semi-finals.
In January 2005, Burnley also defeated Liverpool 1-0 in the FA Cup. In this way, none of the four giants in the Premier League were spared to fall at their gunpoint in four years!
After the game, Ferguson was very disappointed when he talked about the game. He admitted that Manchester United did not play in the best form and expressed regret for the penalty that did not score. We are very disappointed. Manchester United performed poorly. It's Burnley's night. They haven't returned to England's top league for more than 30 years - maybe today is their night. So many things happened in the penalty area, but surprisingly, we got nothing in the end.
Carrick's opportunity for a penalty kick appeared at the end of the first half. Ferguson said that if the goal was scored, Manchester United was likely to win the game. We should have scored through penalty kicks in the first half and then won the game, but anyway, you can't deny that Burnley's desire to win far exceeds that of Manchester United. They haven't been on the top stage for too long.
"They played very well in about 10 minutes in the first half and entered our penalty area many times through accurate cross, which really created a great threat to us. Blake's goal is very beautiful, and we don't have a good defense. Later, judging from the team's experience, we should have performed better.
Carrick, who lost the penalty, naturally became the focus of reporters' questions after the game. Ferguson talked about why he let the England international take on this important task. In the past two or three years, the team has had one or two fixed free throwers, and Michael is one of them. He is very confident in the penalty kick, so I have no problem with it.
At the same time, Ferguson also gave a different view on Li Yu, another key gentleman of Xuezang. "Although our No. 9 did not play in the game, we lost a game, but from a long-term perspective, the absence of a game can get more wonderful goals, such a deal for many people. I can do it! The results will appear immediately, so for Manchester United, maybe this is a new beginning!"
The old man has admitted that he deliberately made the arrangement for Li Yu, but he did not admit that it was a stupid move, but emphasized the overall situation.
When the media found the party, Li Yu, and asked if they recognized the explanation given by Ferguson. Li Yu only said one sentence, "Yes, our team will return to the right path immediately!"
The next game to test whether Manchester United is back on the right path is undoubtedly the European Super Cup. The opponent of the Champions League champion is last season's League Cup champion Donetsk Miners.
The Ukrainian team has never entered the European finals. This is the first time they have won the European game. At the same time, Shakhtar Donetsk is also the last team to play for the UEFA Cup. This season, the UEFA Cup will be officially converted into the Europa League.
People are watching what kind of trouble the miners can bring to the Red Devils, and whether Manchester United can return to the right path as they said before!