Chapter 8 Even a Dog Can Score Manchester United’s Goal

Manchester United travel to Leicester City on Sunday.

Leicester City lost the first game. It seems that no matter what, Manchester United should not encounter a difficult challenge on the road. The news media all believe that Manchester United should be able to take three points in the away game and win the first league win of the new season.

After being tied by Tottenham at home, Manchester United really needs a victory. If they can't win against Leicester City and their competitors win again and widen the score, it will be difficult for Manchester United to catch up.

Rashford, Martial and Januzaj still have not returned, so Ferguson can only pull over the first-round roster. In terms of formation, this time Ferguson chose several players with better defense. The first one to bear the brunt was Mata, who was abandoned by him.

However, Dong Fangzhuo is still on the front line, and Di Maria and Mbappe are still partnered on the left and right.

Smalling replaced Jones in the defense, and there were no changes in other positions.

But because the fans in Fox City saw Tottenham's performance, they believed that Leicester City might also compete with Manchester United at home.

"The current Manchester United defense is terrible. We are fully capable of scoring goals. Even Harry Kane can score a hat-trick. Can't our forwards do the same? Especially with Vardy's speed, he has the ability to create danger."

"Oh my god, I should buy a lottery ticket right now, I want Vardy to score."

"Perhaps Mahrez should also be brought in. The two of them are definitely a huge threat to Manchester United's defense."

Even Leicester City fans can think of things, didn't Ferguson think of it?

Of course he could think of it, so in the visiting team's locker room, he reiterated the defensive issues and pointed out the speed of Mahrez and Vardy.

"Don't underestimate these two unknown players. They are quite fast. When we attack, we must be careful of their counterattacks."

"I don't want the situation in the first round to happen again." Ferguson was certainly not satisfied with the defense, and so was Dong Fangzhuo.

So after he finished the meeting in Ferguson, as the captain, he reiterated this and reminded his offensive teammates.

"I watched Leicester's first game carefully. Although they lost, their performance was not bad. In fact, they performed better than the opponent. So why did they lose? It was because of luck. They were all over the game There were actually 21 shots, 15 of which hit the door frame. It’s just that the opponent’s goalkeeper played too bravely, and they only scored one goal. But today we can’t think that their luck will be bad, and here they are home field.”

"I would like to specifically remind our offensive players that if the ball is intercepted when we are attacking, we must go back to defend as soon as possible. We cannot think that we are offensive players, and then we have no defensive responsibility. We must help our teammates. .”

"We have to win this game."

Everyone nodded seriously. If they don't use their lives at this time, they will have no place in Manchester United. As members of Manchester United, they are not used to the team's position being ranked at the back. The first place is what they want.

Last season, if Dong Fangzhuo had not come back after the winter break, Manchester United would not have won the league championship at all. This season, they started to fall behind in the first round of the league. The situation is still somewhat similar to last season.

In the home dressing room, Italian Ranieri was giving a passionate speech.

"The Manchester United next door is no longer the Manchester United of last season. Their defense is full of holes. The two central defenders are like two wooden stakes. They can lose three at home and three away from home. We must always keep an eye on it. Their defense.”

"If you can send the ball forward with one kick, never use two!"

“The simpler the way to fight back, the better.”

"Mahrez and Vardy, you two are the two cheetahs in our hands. You must always be ready."

"..."

"Beat them! You will be the pride of England!"

Manchester United has been unbeaten in the league for 20 games since January this year.

No team can beat them. Their dominance in the league in the first half of the year was quite terrifying, but now it seems that Manchester United should be at their weakest. Any opponent who plays against them seems to want to take a bite of them. .

The fans of Fox City created a strong home atmosphere before the game started, and their singing never stopped. Although there were nearly 2,000 Manchester United fans who came to watch the game, they were still overwhelmed by the sea of ​​people.

As soon as the game started, Fox City chose to retreat to defend, providing Manchester United with space to attack. However, when Manchester United's offense advanced to 30 meters in front of their penalty area, Manchester United's offense became difficult.

Italian Ranieri's defensive skills were fully demonstrated. His team defended perfectly, leaving almost no room for Manchester United to penetrate. In order to defend Dong Fangzhuo, the middle was full of people. Even after Dong Fangzhuo got the ball, he couldn't break through. He could only pass the ball out.

But if Manchester United now attacks from the two wings and plays cross balls, it is basically meaningless. Because Dong Fangzhuo was heavily guarded, the ability of others to grab points in the air was too poor.

So basically we can only play ground offense, whether it is in the middle or on the two wings, it is all ground balls.

But Ranieri also thought of it.

Although Manchester United surrounded Leicester City, they still did not get a chance to score. Instead, Leicester City tightened up.

The team's two forwards also returned to defend outside the penalty area. This also allowed Smalling and Jones to get past halftime!

Dong Fangzhuo retreated to get the ball twice and tried long-range shots, but because the distance was too far and the shots were not well prepared, they were rejected by the goalkeeper both times.

In the 17th minute, although his third shot caused the goalkeeper to throw away the ball, the ball still fell to the feet of Leicester City's defender. Then a fierce counterattack occurred, and the defender's first pass came to Mahrez's feet, and then Mahrez just raised his head and sent the ball forward to Vardy. Mahrez's right outside foot was lightly touched, and he passed directly.

Neither Jones nor Smalling had a chance to get close to him! .

Immediately afterwards Vardy showed his terrifying speed! Riding alone thousands of miles.

Finally, he faced the attacking De Gea directly in front of the penalty area.

Hit the lower right corner of the goal with your right foot.

De Gea can do nothing!

"Ah! Even a dog can score Manchester United's goal!"

"What kind of broken defense is this!"

"It's still a matter of defense!"