Chapter 734: Look at Manchester United without Xia Xing
In the first half, Manchester United was in good shape, full of momentum, and their offense was getting better and better.
In the 33rd minute of the game, Manchester United scored another victory.
This time it was still Xia Xing's pass, looking for Greenwood.
At this time, Greenwood had just exchanged positions with James, disrupting the opponent's defense.
After receiving the ball, he quickly rushed into the penalty area and shot low!
The ball hit the far corner!
2 is better than 0!
Manchester United scores another goal!
The excited Greenwood rushed to Xia Xing and hugged his big brother tightly!
"Captain! Thank you for the pass!"
"Haha, you are really talented. Come on, you will become the top striker in the world!"
Five minutes later, Xia Xing once again made a wonderful through ball.
A pass passed between the opponent's midfielder and central defender. Rashford quickly followed up and shot from the corner of the penalty area!
The ball hit the net!
3 is better than 0!
Manchester United scores another goal!
Facing the Bundesliga giants in this game, Manchester United beat their opponents breathlessly!
In the end, Manchester United took a three-goal lead in the first half.
Seeing that the team was in such good shape, Solskjaer also began to adjust the formation.
Martial, Lingard and Mata came off the bench to replace Greenwood, James and Rashford respectively.
All Tridents are gone, and Solskjaer must prepare for multi-line operations in the new season.
Not only the frontcourt, but also the midfield and backcourt have made some adjustments.
Matic and Fred came off the field, and Drinkwater and McTominay came on as substitutes.
Luke Shaw, Bailly, Rojo and Dalot were also deployed on the defense.
Argentinian goalkeeper Romero came on as a substitute.
In other words, everyone except Xia Xing was dismissed.
However, in the 60th minute of the game, Xia Xing was also substituted.
Solskjaer wants to see how much Manchester United's strength will decline without Xia Xing.
Soon, the cruel reality gave him the answer.
Xia Xing was replaced by 23-year-old Brazilian midfielder Pereira, and Solskjaer entrusted him with important tasks.
Since 2016, Pereira has been loaned out by Manchester United to gain experience.
La Liga Granada and Valencia have left his presence.
In the second half of last season, he was promoted to the first team by Solskjaer.
Although he didn't have many chances to play, his performance was very good.
His passing and long-range shooting are great, and he is an excellent frontcourt attacker.
But defense is his weakness, otherwise he can develop better.
But that's normal. After all, we can't expect everyone to be as good at both offense and defense as Xia Xing.
Not long after he came on as a substitute, he fired a long shot that hit the outside of the post and bounced off the baseline.
Just a little bit off.
The next free kick also helped McTominay almost score with a header.
Solskjaer on the sidelines of the court smiled: "It seems that xia has a good substitute."
Perrin shook his head: "He is far worse than Xia. How can I put it, the offense is worse than Giggs, and the defense is worse than Roy Keane."
These words have profound meaning.
Pereira's passing and long-range shooting are good, but his dribbling and passing are much worse.
As for defense, it is incomparable to Xia Xing's comprehensiveness.
That's why he said that. Soon, his statement came true.
After Xia Xing left the field, Dortmund also made substitution adjustments again.
They replaced right back Piszczek and replaced him with 21-year-old Moroccan youngster Achraf.
This young man is on loan from Real Madrid for two years and this is his second year.
In Dortmund, he was called the future "world's best right back" candidate by the coaching staff.
Both defensively and offensively, he is very talented and very experienced.
Especially the offense, passing and shooting are not inferior to the level of wingers, and the comprehensiveness is amazing.
After he came on the field, Dortmund's right wing came to life.
Some time ago, most of Dortmund's attacks came from the center and right wing.
To be precise, it should come from Royce and Sancho.
Needless to say, Reus is the flag of Dortmund.
Sancho is Dortmund's current supernova.
The 19-year-old England forward is also from Manchester, but he is a product of Manchester City's youth academy.
In the summer of 2017, he transferred to Dortmund for 2060 million euros.
You know, if a young player who doesn't have many playing opportunities can be sold at such a price, it is definitely a very high price.
And Sancho did not live up to the high transfer fee Dortmund paid for him.
After joining the team for two seasons, he has already become Dortmund's killer weapon.
After adapting in the 2017-2018 season, Sancho had a big breakout last season.
He played a total of 34 times across all fronts, scoring 12 goals and assisting 14 times.
This data is quite nice!
Xia Xing was amazed by several dribbles and shots in the first half.
When they met in the Champions League in the 2017-2018 season, this young man was still a little immature, but he didn't expect to grow up so quickly now.
After changing sides in the second half, Sancho was still Dortmund's most active player.
It wasn't until Xia Xing was substituted at the 60th minute of the game that Sancho finally had his moment.
After Pereira put in some great attacks, it was Sancho's show time.
In the 71st minute of the game, Sancho got the ball on the right. Facing Lingard who was chasing after him, Sancho suddenly flicked the ball and then accelerated!
He used his speed to pass his national team teammates!
You know, Lingard's speed and explosive power are also quite good!
But behind Sancho, he failed to catch up!
But there are still Manchester United defensive players, midfielder McTominay quickly following up!
Facing the tall McTominay, Sancho stepped on the bicycle twice in succession, pulled the ball to the inside, and quickly accelerated to the side!
But the moment McTominay caught up, Sancho accelerated inward again!
An extremely successful fake move that moved McTominay's center of gravity and he could no longer keep up!
Drinkwater, who was not far away, had no time to grab him.
He never expected that Sancho would choose the channel between him and Matic. You must know that this is the strongest defensive space!
Sancho accelerated with the ball and crossed the Manchester United midfield line!
McTominay was still trying his best to chase back from behind, quickly returned to defense, and made a tackle!
But Sancho's prediction was accurate. He did not confront McTominay, but decisively dealt with him!
Ashraf sprinted quickly behind him, catching the ball and accelerating!
Manchester United's right wing was penetrated!
At this time, Sancho also continued to sprint into the penalty area, preparing to respond!
Drinkwater moved laterally, choosing to defend in a zone and keep an eye on Royce, who was also very threatening.
But unexpectedly, Royce turned out to be a cover this time!
Ashraf was defended by Luke Shaw and passed diagonally into the penalty area!
The ball comes back to Sancho again!
Sancho receives the ball and kicks in the penalty area!
Rojo was a step slower and failed to block it!
And Romero was also restrained by Dortmund players in the penalty area and failed to make a save immediately!
The ball hit the dead center!
3 is better than 1!
Dortmund gets a goal back!
Wonderful fast break!
This attack brought out Dortmund's momentum! (End of chapter)
