Chapter 6 One Win and One Lone

Manchester United's new season is very worth looking forward to. Captain Vidić, who was absent for most of last season, has returned from his injury. Fletcher, who almost retired due to illness, has also resumed training. The return of these two is undoubtedly a great encouragement to Manchester United.

In addition, Manchester United's move in the transfer market is not small. The joining of Shinji Kagawa, the best player in the Bundesliga, undoubtedly excited Red Devils fans. The renewal of young player Paul Pogba's contract is an investment in the future, and Manchester United just poached Van Persie, the winner of last season's Premier League Golden Boot Award, from its rival Arsenal three days ago. This further improved the strength of Manchester United's midfield and frontcourt.

Van Persie and Li scored a total of 67 league goals last season, plus Welbeck and Hernandez, even Ancelotti claimed that such a striker lineup reminded him of the four strikers during the Triple Crown in 1999: York, Kohl, Sheringham and Solskjaer.

But you can't win the game with a good striker alone. Manchester United's weakness in the midfield and backfield has been completely exposed in this game. Carrick, who played as a central defender on the guard line, was knocked down by Fleny Taishan. Any Everton player could break through the Manchester United midfield with the ball, which was like entering no one's land. The Red Devils' whole midfield and backfield was turned upside down by Fellaini, Osman, Pinar and others.

This summer, with Shinji Kagawa (17 million pounds), the renewal of Pogba (4 million pounds) and Van Persie (24 million pounds), Manchester United has spent 45 million pounds in the transfer market. Although the strength of the front line and the depth of the bench have been further improved, in the most urgently needed defender and midfield. On the way, Manchester United still did not make targeted signings.

On the defensive line, Evans is still recovering. Phil Jones and Smarlin will not return until September and October respectively, while Ferdinand is injured for four weeks. That is to say, Carrick may have to continue to play as a central defender in the next few games.

Carrick's retreat also caused problems with Manchester United's midfield control. Last season, the combination of Carrick and Scholes has been very stable. In the first round of the league, Ancelotti sent young player Cleverley and Mata to partner. Manchester United's position on the 23 is more forward and does not play a role in protecting Mata, which makes Manchester United's middle. The field control and defensive strength have been reduced, and it is not surprising that they have been penetrated by the opponent one after another.

I believe that the Red Devils who have seen this game will admit that Fellaini, Bynes and others in Everton have a strong foothold even if they come to Manchester United.

In fact, this 0 to 1 has also made the "Man connection" statement that has always been broken.

In this Everton, Phil Neville is a representative member of Ferguson Class 92. Howard and Gibson have also played for Manchester United for many years, and then were "given" to Everton by the Red Devils at a low price. In addition, the Bynes that Manchester United has always wanted, this Everton has always been known as Manchester United's second team.

Everton is said to be a member of Manchester. It originated from the game in the 36th round of the 2006/07 season. Everton was originally leading by 2 goals at that time, but Manchester United then scored 4 goals in a row to overtake the score, and Phil Neville also gave himself a big gift.

After that game, Manchester United led by 5 points to the top of the list, basically ensuring the league championship of the season. Since then, the saying that Everton is "Man contact" has been around. However, this "little brother" has made Manchester United suffer a lot.

In the past 20 years of history, only two teams that lost in the first round won the league championship of the season. Red Devils fans are gratified that these two championships are Manchester United (1992/93 season, 1995/96 season). That is to say, losing in the first round is not equal to the end of the world. The loss of this game also made Manchester United fully expose their problems: the rear defense personnel are not neat, the lack of defensive strength in the midfield, and the need to run in between the stars in the front court.

I believe that Ancelotti will definitely make targeted adjustments in time. After all, the new season has just begun.

In Manchester United's 0-1 loss to Everton in the first round, Nani, who started, did not perform well. He got a yellow card because he was not calm in the first two minutes. He was replaced by Matayan in the 78th minute.

After the game, The Sun reported that Manchester United was going to sell Nani, because the Portuguese not only fell seriously, but also kept insisting for a high salary and refusing to renew the contract. However, according to the Sun, after realizing that he is in a bad situation at Manchester United, Nani is ready to give up high salaries and renew his contract with the team as soon as possible in order to save his future in the team.

According to the latest news from The Sun, Nani has planned to make concessions in order to change his situation, and he now wants to renew his contract with the club as soon as possible.

Nani's current weekly salary is 90,000 pounds, and the Portuguese previously asked for 130,000 pounds but was rejected by the club. It is reported that Nani is ready to accept the original weekly salary of 90,000 pounds, but he can get a certain bonus according to the number of appearances, 30,000 pounds per game.

Nani really has to adjust his state now. After starting against Everton in the first game, Nani's main position is already in danger. According to The Sun, Mata will get a chance to start in Manchester United's game against Fulham on Saturday.

Although they lost 0-1 to Everton in the first round of the league, the new season has just begun for Manchester United.

In this summer's transfer market, Manchester United spent nearly 50 million pounds to introduce Van Persie, Shinji Kagawa and other stars, especially the joining of Van Persie, the silver boots of the Premier League last season, was the most sensational. Giggs, a veteran who will usher in his 23rd year of his career this summer, said that Van Persie's joining represents an important signal that Manchester United will make a comeback in the new season.

Last season, it almost copied Manchester United's all four in 2005. For Van Persie's joining, Giggs said in an interview on Manchester United's official website: "Van Persie's joining is a huge signal. When a player declares that he wants to come to Manchester United, it's good. Although this is my personal opinion, I think players should want to come to Manchester United, because here you can guarantee that you will always fight for the championship. Manchester United has excellent team spirit, top facilities and a great coach. Come to Manchester United can add a lot of extra points for your championship.

The new season will be the 23rd year of Giggs' career. In the past 20 years of the Premier League, Giggs has made 598 appearances in the league and is about to usher in 600 milestones.

When talking about the new season, Giggs said: "I'm more excited than ever. When your career is nearing the end, you will enjoy the game more. I can't wait. It felt very bad to lose the championship last season. I believe that if we work harder and have good luck, I think we will go further.

Van Persie's joining also means that the playing time of Manchester United's two young forwards, Welbeck and Hernandez, will be compressed, but Manchester United star Andy Richie believes that Welbeck and Hernandez will learn a lot from Van Persie.

Andy Ritchie said in an interview on Manchester United's official website: "This is a good opportunity for Welbeck and Hernandez. They can learn from the best striker in the world. They should learn to embrace this fact. They will partner with an excellent and good striker. I don't think the two of them should worry. If Manchester United don't think they are excellent strikers, they won't stay there. They should welcome Van Persie and learn as much as possible from him.

If the first round of away defeat, the second round of home games will become particularly noteable. Manchester United's home debut was also staged as scheduled at Old Trafford a week later.

3 to 2! In the case of losing away in the first round, Manchester United finally won the first victory of the new season at Old Trafford.

In fact, the process of this game is also a little frightening. Fulham used a wonderful free kick to score with Duff in less than 3 minutes, but Manchester United then launched a powerful counterattack, from Van Persie's equalization in the 10th minute to Rafael's victory in the 41st minute, and Manchester United scored three in a row in 31 minutes. The ball is overtaking.

Although the opponent scored a goal due to Vidic's own goal in the second half, the tenacity and momentum shown by Manchester United when they fell behind were enough to make the Red Devils fans happy. The bloody Red Devils, who would never give up until the last minute, finally came back!

Fulham's early lead really worried Manchester United fans for a while. Will Manchester United, which is constantly making a big deal in the new season, start with two consecutive defeats?

The last time Manchester United lost in the first two rounds can be traced back to the 1992/93 season, when Manchester United lost 1-2 to Xie United in the first round, and then 0-3 to Everton, which was the only time in Manchester United's history that they lost two consecutive games in the Premier League.

However, such worries did not last long. Manchester United's new aid Van Persie stepped forward in time and scored his first goal in Manchester United, blowing the horn of the Red Devils' counterattack. Then Shinji Kagawa also scored his first goal in the Premier League. Raphael's header was the icing on the cake, and Manchester United reversed 3-1 in the half. In the second half, although Vidic's own goal and Mata's injury once made the situation a little tense, Manchester United finally won the game.

The last time Fulham beat Manchester United away from home dates back to October 2003, when Fulham beat Manchester United 3-1 away with goals from Lee Clark, Malblanc and Runichi Inamoto. But after that, Fulham never got any cheap at Old Trafford. In Manchester United's previous six home games against Fulham, the Red Devils scored 16 goals, and five of them did not conced. This time, Fulham was disappointed again.

According to OPTA post-match statistics, Manchester United is significantly ahead of their opponents in several key data: the number of shots is 20 to 16, the possession rate is 60.1% to 39.9%, the passing success rate is 92.7% to 89.7%, and the total number of passes is 600 to 398. Of course, Manchester United did not give Fulham any chance at all in the game, and the Red Devils' defense also had a lot of loopholes because of the lack of personnel. If it weren't for De Gea's high and low gears, it would be difficult to say the final result of the game.

Last season, although Manchester United finally lost the league championship just because of the disadvantage of goal difference, the seed of defeat has already been planted. The reason why Manchester United has been criticized last season is not because Manchester United lost several key battles, but because Manchester United seems to have lost the courage and magic of never giving up in the game.

According to statistics, in the 38 games of the Premier League last season, as long as Manchester United conceded the ball first, the Red Devils never won!

The last reversal by Manchester United can be traced back to the Community Shield before the start of the Premier League in the 11/12 season. At that time, Manchester United lagged behind Manchester City 0-2 in the first half, but the Red Devils completed a shocking reversal in the second half with Smarling's goal and Nani's second goal, defeating their rival Manchester City 3-2 to win the championship.

After 384 days, Manchester United finally reversed again when the score was behind. Although the 3-2 victory over Fulham seemed like an inconspicuous victory, it was very important to Manchester United, because the game allowed them to regain the magic that they had lost for more than a year.

In addition, Manchester United also set a record that can be recorded in the 20-year history of the Premier League in this game.

Van Persie's goal in the 10th minute was not only his first goal for the Red Devils, but also enabled Manchester United to complete an unprecedented record: 50 consecutive Premier League home goals. However, Mata's injury in stoppage time cast a shadow on Manchester United's victory. Ancelotti revealed that Mata will be absent for four weeks. If Manchester United wants to continue to expand this record of consecutive goals at home, I'm afraid that Van Persie, who scored Manchester United's first goal in this game, can continue to contribute energy, while Welbeck and Hernan Des and others undoubtedly have to shoulder more heavy responsibilities of destroying the city and uprooting the fortress.

After the two rounds of the game, people found that Li Yu's position had changed again. In the attack, it was rare to see Manchester United No. 9 rushing to the front line. He was always in the shadow or trying to create opportunities for his teammates.

Manchester United introduced Kagawa to activate Li Yu, let Manchester United score more goals on the 9th, and Mata's addition is all for one purpose. However, now, Li Yu has not found her own rhythm in the constant change of position, but everyone believes that the high-profile Manchester United No. 9 will return soon. Come on.

At the same time, the new season's Champions League grouping was also announced at the same time, and Manchester United drew a good grouping situation.

Last season, Manchester United, Benfica, Basel and Galáz Steel were in a group. When the group was settled, everyone was jubilant. But in the end, I'm afraid no one expected that Manchester United, which is much stronger than the other three opponents, would be out of the group and directly relegated to play the UEFA Europa League.

In the 2012-13 season, Manchester United drew opponents to Braga, Galatasaray and Cluj. On the surface, the Red Devils' Champions Champions League group draw is still "looks good". In the case of the same city's sworn enemy Manchester City encounters the "death group", Manchester United's group opponents are not strong enough, and their luck is much better than Manchester City.

However, after last year's carelessness was Jingzhou, the whole Manchester United team must not be paralyzed and need to be ashamed before courage.

What's more, compared with last year's grouping, Manchester United's grouping is even more murderous.

A more direct fact is that in addition to Portugal's Braga, Manchester United's other two opponents are in eastern Europe. The Red Devils have to travel for a long time. The straight distance from Manchester to Cluj is about 2,000 kilometers, and the distance to Braga is about 1,400 kilometers to Galatasaray. The home city of Istanbul is about 2,700 kilometers, and the three away games have reached more than 12,000 kilometers!

It will be a very big test for the whole team of Manchester United.

What's more, the UEFA Champions League schedule is out. Next to the six league games after the Champions League in six weeks, Manchester United has to face five away games.

This includes away games against Liverpool, away games against Newcastle, away games against Chelsea, and away games against Manchester City! Therefore, the seemingly easy grouping is actually very dangerous, and how to choose between the league and the Champions League will also become a big problem. Of course, Manchester United is still one of the most powerful in Group H. Their biggest enemy is themselves.

However, when the transfer period was about to close, Manchester United fans still did not find any more action for the Red Devils.

But another team has shown people what madness is!

In the summer of the calendar year, if you want to ask which Premier League team is the most active in the transfer market, the answer is nothing more than a few traditional giants. However, this year is very different, and the answer becomes the relegation team from London last season - the Queens Park Rangers.

Throughout the summer, according to an old saying, the Queens Park Rangers almost "signed a team". However, the Premier League, which will be relegated last season, did not spend money on medical cramming, but spent relatively little transfer fees to get a group of powerful players.

Throughout the summer transfer, the names on the list of Queen's Park's signings (including loan) are: Magli, Granero, Junio Cesar, Bosinwa, Hoylet, Park Ji-sung, Nelson, Fabio, Andrew Johnson (Weibo), Diaquet, Green, Mbiwa, among the twelve names Most of them are well-known, and many of them come directly from rich families.

Interestingly, the number of players who have won the Champions League in Queen's Park has reached four (Cesar, Bosingwa, Park Zhixing, Fabio), which even exceeds the number of "Mr. Champions League" (Tevis, Yaya Toure, Balotelli) in the Premier League champion Manchester City!

There may be a view that Queen's Park plays the role of a "recycling station for rich families" - "receiving waste that rich families don't want", but not all. Park Ji-sung, Bosingwa, Cesar and others are slightly older and have high wages. The old owners of the former rich family are no longer needed, but this does not mean that their skills and combat effectiveness have been greatly reduced.

Granero, Fabio and others are young players who can't play the main force in the giants. Queen's Park signed two people in a row from Manchester United, one for training, the other for receiving and cleaning, and can further accumulate contacts in the Premier League for himself.

And Hoylet, Green and other players are also famous players who have been immersed in the Premier League for many years. Many of the contracts made by Queen's Park this summer are zero transfer fees, and they only need to pay a relatively high salary at most. Even so, many of these contracts are just right.

What's more, like Chelsea and Manchester City, the owner of Queen's Park, an Indian steel millionaire, is "not short of money" and even surpasses Manchester City's Chief Mansour on the wealth list selected by 442 magazine.

With these new players with both strength and fame, Queen's Park, which will be relegated in the new season, was eye-catching at the beginning. Although they lost 0-5 in the first round and lost to Manchester City 1 to 3 in the first round, we have reason to believe that after the holiday run-in, they signed a new The strength and experience of players will greatly improve their combat effectiveness.