Chapter 765 A hard-fought victory
Now Solskjaer has a habit.
Whenever the team is in trouble, he is always the first to look forward to the summer trip.
No wonder, since he took over Manchester United, Xia Xing has turned the tide many times and saved the team from dire straits.
Now the team is suppressed by the opponent's offense and has never found a chance to counterattack.
At this time, the team changes from defense to offense, and we look forward to Xia Xing's wonderful performance.
Now 25 minutes have passed in the game, and the two sides are still 0-0.
Although Manchester United is more famous, they were the weaker side in the past half hour.
Facing Brighton's onslaught, they were unable to withstand and retreated continuously.
Xia Xing's occasional passes were wasted by forward players.
Xia Xing was so angry that he was helpless in the backcourt.
He really wanted to scold these young guys, but he held back.
For Xia Xing, he, the captain, has a principle.
Teammates who are in poor condition are not a reason to be reprimanded.
Only those boys who were dawdling would be scorned by Xia Xing.
In this game, or in these games, Rashford and Greenwood worked very hard.
But I just can't find the status for a long time.
Indeed, it is indeed difficult to find form after not playing football for nearly a hundred days.
Not to mention Manchester United, many wealthy teams have also seen a significant decline in their status during this period.
For example, Arsenal and Tottenham even suffered two consecutive defeats.
Many star players are out of shape.
In the context of a global pandemic, football players are also having an increasingly difficult time.
But as the team captain, Xia Xing must change and help the team win.
In the 38th minute of the first half, Xia Xing got a chance to break into the midfield.
Facing the defense, Xia Xing suddenly accelerated his sprint and directly broke through the opponent's middle defense line!
35 meters away from the goal, Xia Xing kicked off and shot!
Goalkeeper Matthew Ryan failed to react at all!
The ball hit the outside of the net!
Just a hair’s breadth!
What a pity!
Xia Xing shook his head and shook his ankles.
Not to mention the young people, even he himself was in some decline.
Although he has been dragging the team forward during this period, he knows very well that he is not at his best at all.
At the end of the first half, neither side scored a goal.
Nonetheless, Manchester United is not without its bright spots.
At least Maguire and De Gea performed well.
After the restart of the league, Manchester United's defensive players quickly found their form and performed well in two consecutive games.
The connection between McAllister and Trossard made this game very active.
But facing Maguire and De Gea, they still failed to score.
During the halftime break, Xia Xing came to two teammates: "You worked hard in the first half."
Maguire looked serious: "Captain, don't worry, we still won't let them score in the second half!"
De Gea looked at Xia Xing seriously: "Xia, we have to score a goal as soon as possible."
As a teammate who has a good relationship with Xia Xing in the team, De Gea and Xia Xing have a good relationship with each other.
This sentence even meant a bit of urging, and Xia Xing knew it in his heart.
He didn't blame De Gea for his attitude.
Because he really didn't help the team score.
At this time, behind Xia Xing, Rashford and Greenwood looked at each other, both of them a little embarrassed. Because they all heard what De Gea said just now.
Why didn't the team score a goal?
It's not because they wasted too many opportunities.
In the first half, Xia Xing sent at least four exquisite passes to the two of them, but neither of them caught it.
If you seize an opportunity, you won't be so passive now.
In the second half, we must work harder!
The two young men clenched their fists hard.
At this time, Xia Xing turned around and saw the two of them.
Xia Xing walked over and patted the two of them gently on the shoulders: "Boys, don't be anxious, take your time, you will find your form soon. Don't forget the last game, you played very well. "
Greenwood scored a goal in the last game and Rashford also created several good opportunities.
Xia Xing gave the two young people enough patience.
In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again. Manchester United's attacking group seemed to have some special chemical reactions.
Rashford and Greenwood ran much more flexibly. Ighalo in the middle didn't have many chances in the first half, but he received a lot of balls in the second half.
This has something to do with Rashford and Greenwood.
In the first half, Ighalo served more as a tactical center, relying on the defense to create opportunities for the two of them.
But that changed in the second half.
Rashford and Greenwood ran in large areas, stretched Brighton's defense, and passed more passes to Ighalo.
This gives Ighalo more shooting possibilities.
In the 64th minute of the game, Ighalo ran in the frontcourt.
Rashford, who received Xia Xing's pass, sprinted quickly and passed diagonally to the center from outside the penalty area!
The ball comes to Ighalo!
Then Rashford accelerated and sprinted!
When people arrive, the ball arrives!
Ighalo has knocked the ball back!
Wonderful one-two!
Goalkeeper Matthew Ryan quickly struck out to block the near corner!
But he didn't expect that Rashford, who had been wasting opportunities continuously in this game, did not choose to shoot when faced with a single goal!
Knocked across the middle of the penalty area again!
Ighalo is already in place at this time!
He was not fast and could not find the most suitable shooting position.
But he still tried hard to throw himself out!
Try your best!
The ball bounced off the toes and refracted into the net!
The ball went in!
Wonderful cooperation!
1 is better than 0!
Manchester United finally scored!
Excited, Ighalo rushed to Rashford and hugged his young teammate tightly!
Not far away, Xia Xing also rushed up quickly to celebrate with his teammates!
"Wonderful pass, great!"
"Haha, not bad."
Hearing Xia Xing's praise, Rashford beamed.
Just five minutes after Rashford's assist, Manchester United scored again.
It was like the floodgates for goals had been opened, and the goals kept coming.
This time it was Greenwood who received Xia Xing's through ball and ran out of a single opportunity.
Faced with Matthew Ryan's block, Greenwood chose the same method as Rashford!
Knock across the middle!
This time Ighalo moved ahead of time and was accurate!
Easily pushed the ball into the far corner and the ball hit the net!
Matthew Ryan is completely helpless!
2 is better than 0!
Manchester United scores another goal!
Wonderful cooperation!
This time it's Xia Xing's turn to exaggerate Greenwood!
"Boy! You're awesome!"
"Haha, if you can't find the feeling of scoring a goal, just pass the ball, it's pretty good!"
Greenwood was all smiles.
Finally helped the team score a goal, I feel really good.
In the end, Manchester United defeated their opponent 2-0 in this game.
A hard-won victory is even more precious.
What makes the fans even more happy is the unprecedented atmosphere of unity within the Manchester United team!
This is what the Iron-Blooded Red Devil feels like! (End of chapter)
