Chapter 676 1 step away
Perhaps only Xia Xing can become the idol of a player three years younger than himself.
In this team, although Xia Xing is young, his reputation within the team is definitely not low.
In addition to the previous support from veterans such as Rooney, Carrick, and Valencia, young people also respect him very much.
Such as Lingard, Rashford, McTominay and others.
After all, Xia Xing is Sir Alex Ferguson's last transfer masterpiece, so young people also regard him as a companion with the blood of the Red Devils.
But some people don't think so.
Since the beginning of the second half, Pogba has not made a forward assist.
Every time the defense steals the ball, he passes a short pass to Xia Xing and then retreats.
Barely involved in the offense.
Acted very negatively.
If you ask me to defend, I will step back and defend. See if you can still score without me?
Pogba's inactivity made Manchester United's offense very passive.
When Xia Xing plays as a defensive midfielder, he will definitely press him if he has the chance.
Manchester United obviously didn't have the numbers in the frontcourt, and it would be even more troublesome to face the iron barrel formation.
Mourinho on the sidelines was so angry that he threw the ball on the ground!
The other party has already set up an iron barrel formation, why the hell are you still hanging around behind?
Use you to defend?
He simply didn't bother to deal with Pogba and directly arranged for Matic to step forward and assist.
If you really want to stay in the backcourt, just stay there!
SB!
Mourinho is extremely disgusted with Pogba now!
And this time Matic's forward pressure did have an effect.
Xia Xing took the ball in the middle and advanced, and the opponent's defense was very dense.
He simply knocked the ball diagonally backward to Matic, and then quickly moved forward!
This is obviously a two-for-one!
Brighton's defense suddenly tilted toward Xia Xing!
But unexpectedly, Matic didn't pass the ball!
He dribbles the ball forward suddenly!
This tall body thrust forward, catching Brighton's defense unexpectedly and immediately causing it to fall into crisis!
And when the defense was in place, Matic didn't take any credit and hit the ball quickly!
The ball is passed to the right!
Lingard takes the ball!
Keep hitting the ball horizontally!
The ball comes to Xia Xing's feet again!
This inverted triangle pass outside the penalty area helped Xia Xing get rid of the defense!
At this time, Xia Xing slightly controlled the rhythm at his feet, attracted the defensive players again, and then suddenly moved the ball to the left!
Rashford successfully countered offside and quickly received the ball!
Keep hitting the ball and volley from a small angle!
The ball hit the far top corner of the goal!
The ball went in!
1 is better than 3!
Manchester United gets a goal back!
This goal was scored beautifully!
With Xia Xing's excellent organization and passing, Manchester United tore apart Brighton's dense defense!
With a ball in hand, they will be more confident next time!
In the 79th minute of the game, Xia Xing got the ball again outside the penalty area.
This time he changed direction and accelerated, breaking through along the left wing!
Quickly swaying past someone, and suddenly making a pass!
This was something that even the Brighton players didn’t expect!
After all, after Lukaku came off the field, there was no high point in the Manchester United penalty area!
But they forgot, why does Manchester United have no high points?
Matic moved forward quickly, leaped high and headed the ball into the goal!
Although the angle of the ball is not tricky, it is extremely powerful!
Slam it hard into the net!
2 is better than 3!
Manchester United scores another goal!
They are only one step away from equalizing the score!
But in the end, they still failed to score another goal.
In the second minute of stoppage time, Xia Xing's free kick hit the lintel and bounced off the bottom line. Manchester United missed their last chance.
Alan Shearer in the live broadcast room shook his head and sighed.
"Manchester United can't expect one person to perform miracles every time. It's such a pity..." In the end, Manchester United lost 2-3 in this game.
Lost an important game away from home.
Manchester United was devastating in the league last season. Unexpectedly, they started this season with one draw and one loss, and were in poor form.
And that's just the beginning of the poor performance.
Seven days later, in the third round of the Premier League, Manchester United faced Tottenham at home.
Facing the menacing Tottenham, Manchester United prepared at home and looked forward to regaining the feeling of victory.
But unfortunately, they are in trouble again.
The defensive midfielder combination in this game is Matic and Fred. Fred, who rested in the last game, starts today.
Mourinho is still ready to give Pogba a chance.
But unfortunately, he still didn't catch it.
Not only did he miss it, but he also caused big trouble.
Just eight minutes into the game, Pogba kicked his opponent during a midfield scramble and received a yellow card.
Three minutes later, there was another fight in the penalty area. Pogba directly pushed the opponent's midfielder Eriksen to the ground!
This is a revenge move!
Eriksen just passed Pogba and rushed into the penalty area. Pogba became angry and pushed him from behind!
How could the referee let him go?
Yellow card plus penalty!
Two yellows turn one red, end!
Pogba was still chattering after he came off the field, expressing his dissatisfaction with the penalty just given.
But Mourinho didn't even say hello to him when he came off the field.
What are you still nagging about?
It's an obvious foul, I'm so sorry for you!
In the end, Harry Kane's penalty kick was scored overnight, and Tottenham led 1-0.
Not only were they behind in the score, but they also had one less player to play right from the start.
Manchester United are in trouble.
However, what Mourinho did not expect was that Tottenham did not rush to attack. Instead, they chose to control the midfield.
Pochettino is a cunning fox!
Mourinho knows what he wants to do. Doesn't he just want to consume the physical energy of Manchester United players and then make the final decision in the second half?
But even if they knew what the opponent wanted to do, Manchester United couldn't do anything.
After all, there was one less player to fight, and it was just like the start of the game.
This has a huge impact on the team's physical fitness.
With Matic and Fred in the defensive midfielder position, Xia Xing felt reassured, so he attacked aggressively next.
This gave Manchester United the advantage on the field for a time.
Mourinho on the sidelines kept praising: "Xia is awesome!"
Carrick on the side whispered: "We sent off one person, but the offense became smoother."
Perrin curled his lips: "Haha."
Yes, it is more effective to have a teammate who is holding you back than to fight alone.
In the 40th minute of the game, Xia Xing took the ball in the frontcourt and suddenly shot a long shot with a cold arrow!
38 meters away from the goal, the shot was very sudden!
World champion goalkeeper Lloris had no time to react!
The ball hit the upper right corner of the goal!
1 is better than 1!
Manchester United equalized the score!
"Key goal!
"Another wonderful performance from xia!
“He’s just amazing!
"Both sides were controlling the ball in the midfield just now, who would have thought that Xia would suddenly take a shot?
"And this position is too difficult.
"But even so, xia's shot is still extremely accurate and powerful!
“His shot is unbeatable!
"Even Lloris, who just shined on the World Cup stage,
“There’s nothing you can do about this shot!
"Both sides are back on the same starting line!
"There is still suspense in this game!" (End of this chapter)
