Chapter 2110 “Humble” Maya Yoshida!

Southampton is definitely not a weak team. They can still stay in the Premier League while selling talented players every year and making huge profits. They must have some skills.

But it is still difficult for them to overthrow Manchester United.

Although there was a break of almost a week in between, Manchester United had the advantage of playing at home in this game. Secondly, there was only two days of rest before the next game against Everton, and it was an away game.

So Ancelotti made some rotations in the starting lineup.

But he is also an old fox. At the pre-match press conference, he said, "After our rest, all the players are in excellent condition. We will try our best to let the main players play and fight for consecutive victories!"

He also mentioned Manchester City, which has been invincible this season.

"Manchester City's strength is obvious to all. After the introduction of Messi, their ability has reached another level... We will go all out in the next two League Cup games and strive to beat them again!"

"I think it will be very difficult for Crystal Palace to stop Manchester City from taking away three points, but this is the interesting part of football. Everything is possible before the game starts!"

In the words of many female anchors on gambling platforms: the game never stops, the goals never stop, and everything is possible!

"Zhongyang TV station! Zhongyang TV station!"

"Welcome everyone to tune into CCTV5 to watch the 2017st round of the 2018-21 Premier League, with Manchester United facing Southampton!"

"I am today's host, He Wei!"

"Today's game is Manchester United's last game in 2017, and there is no doubt that this year is a fruitful year for Manchester United!"

"In addition to the league and Champions League, they also won the League Cup, FA Cup and Club World Cup!"

"Our famous athlete Ye Chen led the German team to win the Confederations Cup, the Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year!"

The match will be played on December 12th in England and at 30:12am on December 31st in China.

Fans who wait until this time to watch such a game are definitely die-hard fans.

Of course, there are also some people who check into a hotel with their girlfriends and turn on the TV randomly because they are afraid that their happiness will disturb the neighbors.

"Before the game, the head coaches of both teams showed their desire for victory. Ancelotti even threatened to tie Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten record with a winning streak... and Manchester United only has two games left to break Arsenal's unbeaten record."

"Okay, now let's take a look at today's starting lineup!"

At Old Trafford, there was thunderous cheers.

Players from both teams walked onto the field under the guidance of referee Craig Pawson.

The leader of Manchester United was the handsome Ye Chen.

Manchester United's mascot, the Red Devil, high-fived Ye Chen, while the little ball boy beside Ye Chen seemed a little nervous...

"Manchester United used a semi-main lineup!"

"In goalkeeper it's still De Gea."

"Left back Damian, double centre backs Pepe and Ake, right back Dalot."

"The three midfielders are Rice, Herrera and De Bruyne."

"Left winger Grealish, forward Cristiano Ronaldo, right winger Ye Chen."

"Southampton used a relatively safe 4141 formation."

"The goalkeeper is Alex McCarthy."

"The four defenders are McQueen, Wesley Hurt, Maya Yoshida and Stephens."

"Romeu, defensive midfielder."

"The four midfielders are Boufal, Ward-Prowse, Hojbjerg and Tadic."

"Single striker Sean Long."

Fans who often watch the Premier League will definitely not be unfamiliar with these names.

Romeu is a product of Barcelona's youth training, but his playing style is very aggressive.

Maya Yoshida is the captain of the Japanese national team and has provoked Ye Chen before.

He was much more honest this time. When he was interviewed before the game, he directly called Ye Chen the "Empire Dragon" and "the idol and goal of all Asian players"!

As for the content of his previous outrageous remarks about Ye Chen, Yoshida Maya bowed deeply, "I apologize for my previous provocative remarks against Ye Jun. He is now our common idol!"

The players of Japan have taken their admiration for strong teams to the extreme.

Of course, in addition to them, Ward Prowse is the man who broke Beckham's Premier League free kick scoring record. Tadic is a generation of Ajax. After joining Ajax, he achieved super data of 28 goals and 13 assists in a single season, and made great contributions to Ten Hag. After staying in Ajax until 2023, he moved to Fenerbahce and became a general under Mourinho.

There is also Hojbjerg, who later joined Tottenham and became a midfielder with a value of nearly half a billion.

This team is indeed not weak.

So Ancelotti can't take this game lightly...

This is why De Bruyne, Ye Chen and Ronaldo started together.

According to his idea, the battle should be ended directly in the first half and the game should be restrained in the second half.

Save some energy for Everton's away game...

After all, today is the 30th, and we have to go away to play Everton on the 2nd, so time is tight.

"Beep!"

With the referee's whistle, the game officially started.

Manchester United took the first kick-off.

But at the beginning, the Southampton players felt a little excited and started high pressing directly in the half.

Today, Argentina coach Pellegrino's tactical intention was very clear, which was to defend and counterattack.

However, they also knew the power of Ye Chen and C Ronaldo, so they tried their best to cut off Manchester United's passing routes and prevent them from finding Ye Chen and C Ronaldo comfortably.

But Ye Chen had long been accustomed to such targeting.

Adhering to the principle of "if the mountain doesn't come to me, I will go to it", Ye Chen retreated to the middle of his own team to get the ball just 2 minutes into the game.

Ye Chen took the ball and dribbled towards Hojbjerg.

When the two were getting closer, he decisively dribbled sideways to create distance.

But Hojbjerg is a well-known tough guy in the football world.

He walked forward and used his hands and feet to push Ye Chen to the ground.

"Beep!"

The referee's whistle sounded immediately.

Hoibel simply raised his hand to indicate that he knew he had committed a foul, and then ran away.

In fact, he also knew that he couldn't stop Ye Chen, but... he just wanted to let Ye Chen know his attitude.

At the back of the court, Maya Yoshida was also squinting his eyes and looking at Ye Chen who had fallen to the ground.

What I was thinking was that I must get points from Manchester United today.

In this case, it will be his turn to fight back after the game...

Why did Southampton keep a low profile today?