Chapter 7 New Aid Hot
In the third game of the league, Manchester United defeated Southampton again.
Manchester United defeated Southampton 3-2 in the most dramatic way away from home, and the biggest contributor to Manchester United's victory in this game was Dutch star Van Persie, who came from Arsenal (Weibo) for 24 million pounds this summer.
In an interview with Sky Sports Channel after the game, Van Persie, who got the ball with his hat-trick performance, first said: "This feeling is great after the game. The second goal I scored had a certain amount of luck, and I scored another goal before the end of the game.
In this game against Southampton, Manchester United was once forced into a desperate situation by their opponents with a score of 2-1. Van Persie personally helped the Red Devils get a penalty in the 68th minute, but the Dutchman's personal penalty was of poor quality, which was easily resolved by the opposing goalkeeper Davis.
When talking about the penalty that made an obvious mistake, Van Persie immediately reviewed it: "I'm very disappointed with that penalty. When the score is 1-2 behind, you shouldn't kick that kind of penalty. Some things were wrong at that time, and you have to study them carefully afterwards.
Van Persie scored three goals in tonight's game, which is naturally the only candidate for the "best of the game". But as a "newcomer" to the Red Devils, Van Persie coincidentally complimented the substitute Manchester United veteran Scholes after the game.
He said: "We must thank Scholes well. Every pass he passes after his appearance is just right. This is unbelievable! For me, he is the best player in the game.
People who have similar views to Van Persie include Ancelotti, who led the team to win the "milestone" game. In an interview after the game, the Manchester United coach first thanked the beloved general.
"I think Li Yu's appearance changed the whole game. We controlled the game in the first half, and for most of the second half. But Southampton is very good at long passes, and their two goals also come from this. From a defensive point of view, this is disappointing, but we should also praise their opponents. They are really good at long passes.
"But Li Yu's vision and technology still helped us, and we completely controlled the game in the end." When it comes to goal hero Van Persie, Ancelotti said, "His three important goals helped us complete the reversal. In the two games he started, he has scored four goals, which is really a great set of data.
From a series of interviews after the game, it is not difficult to see that Li Yu kept a low profile on the field again. The position of Manchester United No. 9 last season has been retreating. Now there are two midfielders who have joined the Red Devils. Li Yu's offensive ability has not yet been released. Ancelotti must face this problem. How can he release Li? Jade.
When Van Persie completed the header in injury time, the excited Dutchman ran to the sidelines and freely enjoyed the worship of the fans. Ferdinand, Hernandez, Valencia and other Manchester United players came forward to hug and celebrate with Van Persie.
At this time, on the other side of the court, Nani, who sent a corner assist to Van Persie, did not participate in this bloody carnival. The Portuguese, who had always been flamboyant, ran back to the middle circle in a low profile, as if everything here had nothing to do with him, because he knew that it might be his body. The last game was played in the Manchester United shirt.
Nani, who was out of the list in the last game, was put on the bench by Ancelotti in this game. It turns out that An Shuai's move is right again.
Ancelotti replaced the mediocre performance Shinji Kagawa with Nani in the 61st minute of the game, which can be said to be a great piece of this game. Nani, who was previously affected by transfer rumors and was in a sluggish state, is no longer Manchester United's ace winger, but no one can question his talent and strength.
When Nani came on the field, Manchester United was absolutely passive and had no deterrent attack on the scene, which made the opponent unscrupulously press the whole line and bombarded around Manchester United's penalty area for more than 20 minutes.
At this time, Nani's active front-court steal rewrote the trend of the whole game. In the 68th minute of the game, Nani stole Kevin Davis' pass in the front court and made a cross on the left side of the penalty area. Van Persie took the ball behind his back and was tackled by Hoyveld. Manchester United got a penalty. Although General Fan's bad spoon shot was easily solved by Kevin Davis, Manchester United's counterattack screen was from this ball. It began to be announced.
Since then, Van Persie's make-up shot equalized the score for the team, and the game has been played to the 87th minute. There is not much time left for Manchester United, but the miracle was staged in just a few minutes. In the second minute of injury time, Nani's high-quality corner kick accurately found the gap in the opponent's defense. Van Persie bypassed the defender's front point, shook his head and attacked the goal vigorously. The ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal. Kevin Davis, who was brave in the whole game, could do nothing about the ball.
A typical Red Devil reversal, in contrast, the lonely Nani looks incompatible with the ecstasy of this moment.
He is still a world-class winger. At the beginning of Cristiano Ronaldo's departure from the team, he even quickly became the number one star of Manchester United during Rooney's injury period, but now he has become a team rotation player.
At present, Nani and the club still have a two-year weekly salary of 90,000 pounds, but Nani asked Manchester United for a new contract with a weekly salary of 130,000 pounds, which was decisively rejected by Manchester United, because Manchester United executives believed that Nani's performance last season was not worthy of such a high salary at all. The unwillingness to pay another dime for Nanidol seems to announce that Nani's days at Old Trafford have entered the countdown stage.
In Manchester United's seller plan this summer, Nani was the first to be the target of cleaning. To say rudely, Nani stayed in the team at the last moment before the transfer market closed.
However, players like Nani will never lack the next home. According to the Daily Mail, Zenit St. Petersburg was very interested in Nani before the transfer deadline. The club representative has had an interview with Nani's agent in Amsterdam, and the generous Russians are also willing to pay Nani a transfer fee of £25 million.
Zenit head coach Spalletti is extremely appreciative of Nani, and the Italian said without hesitation: "We are indeed chasing Nani. Of course, the premise is that the price is reasonable and we will not pay too much transfer fee." However, in the end, the deal was not realized for various reasons, so Nani was able to stay in the team.
The unsatisfactory Nani did not make it, but the glory of Manchester United is still continuing.
After the failure of the first round, Manchester United ushered in two narrow wins, which was somewhat worrying.
However, this situation will finally not be staged in the fourth round.
The fledgling Welbeck was once amazing at his creative spirituality, but now, the stronger "black shell" has gradually grown into an efficient front-court meat grinder, especially Welbeck's suspected diving point, which really makes Wigan players suffer.
Although the shooting technique of "Super Black Shell" has been criticized, no one can question his destructive power in the opponent's defense. With his tall and strong body, cheetah-like speed and extraordinary body flexibility, Werbeck can always take the lead in the competition with his opponents.
In the game with Wigan, Li Yugao was exempted from the card and Van Persie was slightly injured. Werbeck started and became the bridgehead of the team's attack. As a result, after winning the penalty for England in the middle of the week, Welbeck was successful again in just 5 minutes.
At that time, Welbeck raided into the opponent's penalty area. Habusi's attack was fast enough, but the explosive power of Manchester United's young player was even more amazing. Seeing that the Wigan goalkeeper was about to destroy the ball, Welbeck shook off the ball and took a big step, supported his foot to Habusi, and then jumped to the ground. The referee decisively judged. Penalty penalty.
This ball is the same as the penalty that Welbeck won on Ivanovic's foot in the "red-blue battle" between Manchester United and Chelsea last season. The ability of this post-90s young player to make a penalty kick made Chamak, who was once known as the "maker's emperor", sighed that his life was terrible.
Of course, Welbeck's offensive destructive power is much more than that. In the whole game, Welbeck is threatening Wigan's city almost all the time.
Just one minute at the beginning of the game, Welbeck's header in front of the penalty area almost scored. In the 18th minute, Nani passed the ball to the middle in front of the penalty area. Welbeck came out from the back of the side like a ghost and swept the ball to the goal before the defender. Unfortunately, the ball rubbed the left post and deflected.
In the 20th minute, Welbeck intercepted the opponent's release ball in the front court. He made a horizontal shot in the face of the defender, followed by an angry shot with his right foot. The ball refracted and popped out the bottom line, shocking Habsey in a cold sweat.
In the 24th minute, Carrick made a cross from the right, and it was Welbeck who detoured the defense and grabbed the front point to complete the cover. However, Heibei's difficult back header was slightly higher than the crossbar. In the 52nd minute, Welbeck received Nani's pass, skillfully picked up the ball under the close pressure of the opponent, then turned around and volleyed in the air, and the ball slid out close to the upper right corner of the goal.
This ball is very similar to the legendary superstar Klinsmann's legendary work at the World Cup in 1994, and it is also similar to Ronaldinho's amazing barb against Villarreal. The spiritual Welbeck almost copied the magic pen of the two predecessors.
In the 63rd minute, it was Welbeck's stirring up in the opponent's penalty area to create a killing opportunity. Giggs' left cross was broken, and the opponent was about to launch a counterattack on the spot. However, Welbeck, who never gave up, rushed crazily and poked the ball to Giggs from the back of the defender's side. Giggs crossed to Batner, Holland Lan's strong oblique shot outside the penalty area was blocked by Hernandez.
In the 82nd minute, Powell's first shot also benefited from Welbeck's unreasonable middle breakthrough that disrupted the opponent's defense. In the whole game, Welbeck's performance may be only one goal away from perfection. As Sky Sports commented on him after the game: Although there was no goal, his threat was everywhere and he had many opportunities.
But in the view of Wigan coach Martinez, Welbeck is a complete devil.
In an interview with the media after the game, Martinez angrily scolded Welbeck for his fake fall: "Look at what happened when Welbeck fell. You can clearly see what he is doing. This penalty is definitely the worst penalty in the Premier League."
In addition, Werbeck's almost desperate robbery also made Martinez very angry: "Welbeck's last-minute foul was too big. Obviously, his foot was higher than the ball and kicked Di Santo. Under the new rules, this is definitely a dangerous move. If it were a Manchester United player being shoveled like this, it would be long ago. He was sent off with a red card.
However, this is Werbeck, the angel in Ancelotti's eyes, and the devil in the other party's eyes. Although the arrival of Van Persie has compressed Werbeck's appearance time to a certain extent, Ancelotti made it clear: "Learning with Van Persie will make Werbeck grow faster."
This summer, the team signed a new four-year contract with Welbeck. The weekly salary of "Super Black Shell" reached 50,000 pounds, which is three times his previous income. If various additional terms and reward mechanisms are included, the 21-year-old young player's weekly salary will reach 75,000 pounds. Such a fat contract also shows that the club is optimistic about the high return on this future investment.
In addition, it is worth affirming that the performance of another young player Pogba is also remarkable. This former golden boy finally shined in the Red Devils, allowing Manchester United to see a rare trace of aura in the back waist position.
When he came to the Champions League, he beat Galatasaray 1-0 at home. Manchester United got a good start in the Champions League in the new season, but the process of the game did not completely satisfy head coach Ancelotti. He thought that the Red Devils played a little hard and occasionally seemed not focused enough.
Carrick's goal brought three points, but Nani missed the penalty and the opponent hit the goal frame several times, which was unsatisfactory. Ancelotti said, "I think we expected before that it will be a difficult game. Galatasaray is a very experienced team."
"In the first half, we continued to lose the ball, but in the second half, all the opportunities fell on our side, and we could have scored four or five goals. You must be patient and make sure that you can turn it into a final gain when you get control of the ball.
"In the game, we occasionally have some lack of concentration, and we look a little impetuous when controlling the ball, which is not common to us. In the second half, our performance was much more stable.
"It's a great advantage to get three points in the first game. Kruj beat Braga away, which made our next game really interesting.
For Manchester United, the good news of this game is Fletcher's comeback. In the 79th minute, the Scottish midfielder replaced Pogba. This was another appearance in the Champions League match at Old Trafford after a ten-month absence. The last time he drew 2-2 with Benfica on November 22, 2011. .
Since that day, Fletcher has not participated in the official competition for nearly 10 months and 303 days. After 303 days and a long wait, Fletcher finally came back! When the Old Trafford live broadcasters shouted Fletcher's name in the 79th minute, the whole audience of Manchester United fans were excited, and they stood up and applauded in this way to express their encouragement and support for Fletcher.
Indeed, Fletcher looks a little out of shape after playing. Several picks and passes are not ideal. After all, he has been away from the field for 10 months. At best, Fletcher can only feel the atmosphere of the game again until he really plays a role on the court. The Soglas obviously need some time.
Ancelotti said: "Fletcher has been absent for a long time, and I think the fans recognize how difficult he has just come out of the time. He is an excellent and honest young man, and the standing ovation of the fans shows their respect for him.
"I'm happy for Fletcher. He didn't perform very well, but he didn't play badly. Don't forget that this is his first game in ten months. I think he showed himself well.
Ancelotti also revealed that in the goalkeeper position this season, he will adopt a rotation strategy to let De Gea and Lindegaard compete. The most important goal I'm trying to achieve is to let them gain experience in England," Ancelotti said. "They are both young and don't have the experience of Van der Sar or Schmeichel, so rotation is not a problem for me. This is also the strategy I have always adopted, and I think it is very appropriate.
This Sunday, Manchester United will face each other in Anfield and Liverpool. The hostility of the fans on both sides is a problem. Ancelotti admits that it is difficult to eliminate. Recently, Liverpool fans' "blame" in the Hillsborough tragedy was finally redressed, and An Shuai also expressed support for the Red Army.
"Sunday will be a very moving day. We will do everything possible to support them. As a club, we fully support Liverpool in the current situation. We know how those families feel after seeing the investigation report."
In last week's league, a small number of Manchester United fans at Old Trafford sang songs insulting Liverpool and took the Hillsborough tragedy as the topic. Ancelotti said: "That's a small group, but in society, there is always a small group of people who want to attract attention. I didn't hear it on Saturday, but others heard it, especially in the director's box. David Gill felt very sorry.
Ancelotti also expressed his condolences for the shooting of two policewomen who shocked Britain. We all feel deeply sad that the two young policewomen who protected our community tragically lost their lives. Fiola and Nicola are both highly regarded members of the Manchester police and members of the local community. In this sad time, our hearts are with their families.