Chapter 81 Studying the Vulnerabilities of the Adversary

"Hey! Come on!"

After Ronaldo left, Sun Jihai came over and patted him on the shoulder.

"See you on the field!"

Dong Fangzhuo nodded, and just as he turned around, he collided with a dark guy.

With a pointed head and a pointed chin, this is one of the few Manchester City players that Dong Fangzhuo can recognize.

The French genius Anelka who wandered to Manchester City.

This guy walked a little hastily, as if to catch up with the starter...

This guy who can't think like an ordinary person, you never know what he's thinking.

Dong Fangzhuo had already recognized several familiar players before, and he was still deeply impressed by these guys even after so many years.

For example, David James, McMulman, and Fowler, the three former Liverpool "hot men", they all played for Manchester City by coincidence.

The reason why they are called hot men, but their off-court life when they played for Liverpool was very coquettish...

Of course, now that they are all old, they naturally lose that show. Except for James who continued to become an evergreen tree in football, everyone else retired one after another in the next few years.

If you look at the current Manchester City team later, it is actually very star-studded, although they did not achieve the desired results.

What's more, their head coach's name is Keegan, who was also a great player during his player period, and he was once a banner figure of Liverpool.

It's just that Keegan's current players, although they are all famous, are not so powerful. The main reason is that many players are too old.

Like the defense he sends now, right center back Somer and left back Thatcher are both over 30 years old.

In terms of midfield, left midfielder Bosvelt and left midfielder Sinclair are also over 30 years old.

Up front, Fowler is just a few months away from turning 30.

Sun Jihai is actually the fourth youngest player in Manchester City's starting lineup. Midfielder Button is the youngest at 22, followed by 23-year-old Wright Jr., 25-year-old Anelka, and 26-year-old Sun Jihai.

The combination of old and new like Keegan is actually very reasonable. It may be effective to match experienced players with young players who are as vigorous as tigers.

The same is true of their bench, with McMaraman and Vassell, and Andy Cole, one of the former Manchester United black winds.

Seems like Keegan is like a soccer star stamp collector...

The Manchester United team is not so particular. As long as there are no injured main players, they will all start.

Dong Fangzhuo walked out of the player tunnel, and the Chinese fans immediately screamed his name. That small piece of white stands became the most active fan group.

This is actually not the first time I have seen this at Old Trafford, but it is very pleasant today.

But such cheers are not enough to change the fact that Dong Fangzhuo will sit on the bench.

The camera was aimed at Dong Fangzhuo, and a long close-up came.

In the camera, he was smiling, he didn't seem to be affected by the substitute, and he kept chatting with his teammate Fletcher.

Fletcher, who is also young, has a similar smell with him, maybe because of his personality. When these two people are on the court, they always behave a little more fiercely and bravely than other players. Naturally, they also have common topics off the court.

The fate of the two is actually somewhat similar. Fletcher is regarded as Keane's potential successor, and Ferguson is gradually polishing him into a midfielder for this reason. But at present, it can only be used as a regular substitute and semi-main force.

Dong Fangzhuo definitely supports Manchester United, but he doesn't want his big brother Sun Jihai to be overwhelmed by Giggs on the left.

Coupled with the fact that the active Rooney always goes to the left to cooperate with Giggs, Sun Jihai's defensive task is actually quite difficult.

Fortunately, there is the extremely fast Wright Jr. in front of him to share the pressure of defense.

Giggs failed to open a channel on the left as he wished.

At least in terms of card strength, this Manchester City team may not be much worse than Manchester United. Especially on the front line, Rooney and Saha's threat to Manchester City is actually similar to the threat to Manchester United from Anelka and Fowler.

Both sides have shown great caution.

Sun Jihai is a bold man. In such a heavyweight match, he dared to attack boldly in the limited offensive space. Whether it was against midfielder Button or winger Wright, he was able to rub against each other. Sparks of attack.

Surprisingly, he was the initiator of Manchester City's first attack. After receiving the pass from Sun Jihai, Button quickly gave the ball to Wright. Passed to Sun Jihai, who was in the middle, and Sun Jihai directly kicked a 45-degree cross to find Anelka, but it was a pity that Anelka did not face the ball, and the ball was finally cleared by Ferdinand.

At this time, Old Trafford gave applause, and Dong Fangzhuo followed suit.

It's just that he gave Sun Jihai the applause.

This is Sun Jihai's performance on behalf of Chinese players in the Premier League. Dong Fangzhuo admires Sun Jihai from the bottom of his heart.

Being able to perform normally in this kind of game is very remarkable. Sun Jihai can actually press up and complete the pass. Just for this, Dong Fangzhuo feels that he should study hard.

Of course, even sitting on the bench, Dong Fangzhuo did not give up thinking about how to crack the gate of Manchester City.

Considering the age structure of the Manchester City team, Dong Fangzhuo believes that Manchester United should focus their offense on the right, because Manchester City's left is indeed older.

The left center composed of Bosvelt and Sinclair is a good breakthrough point.

This is very suitable for Ronaldo's performance.

If Ronaldo can penetrate the midfield constructed by these two people, then he is very hopeful to create goals for his teammates.

It depends on how the two forwards Rooney and Saha move.

Anyway, if it was him, he would definitely find Somer, or run to the right to cooperate with Ronaldo and kill the opponent's left back Thatcher.

Of course, he was thinking from the perspective of coming off the bench. Now that the game has just started, the gap in age and physical fitness cannot be highlighted at all.

It is said that a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and a rotten boat still has three catties of nails. Manchester City's defense is not so easy to be penetrated.

Of course, Manchester United's defense is not idle. Facing the Liverpool god Fowler and the French genius Anelka, Ferdinand and the others actually played quite painfully.

Sometimes, as a substitute off the court, he actually has his own advantages. He can have a lot of time to observe the opponent. Maybe after he goes on the court, he can use what he observes and his physical advantages to create shooting opportunities, especially in the When the opponent's physical energy declines.

The fans at Old Trafford sang one after another, but they never waited for their first goal.

"The longer the draw is dragged on, the more dangerous it is. Now Manchester United prefers to open the scoring instead of passively waiting, but often when the game falls into a stalemate, Manchester United can't come up with any good solutions..."

The Sky Sports commentator started expressing concern again...