Chapter 491： I did n’t expect it

In the seventeenth round of the Premier League, Manchester United unexpectedly lost to the underdog Aston Villa, and they lost the expected three points. But their opponents didn't stop catching up.

Chelsea won a big victory in this round. After they scored three points, their gap with Manchester United narrowed to one point, and Manchester United's leading position was at stake; even the third place Manchester City was only five points behind Manchester United. . It looks like Manchester United cannot afford to lose in the next game.

On Christmas Eve on December 24, Jin Taige gave the players a day off to let everyone go back to accompany the family, and also alleviate the depression of the last game loss, Jin Taige also spent with Winna and two children Have a nice relaxing day.

On Christmas Day on December 25th, the whole of England was shrouded in a happy Christmas atmosphere. Manchester United, Kintag, welcomed their 18th round opponent, Newcastle, at Old Trafford Stadium.

Newcastle's coach is John Carver. In the parallel world of future generations, the current Newcastle coach should be Padou, but now that Padu has gone to Crystal Palace, everything has changed, and the current Newcastle coach Carver was Padou's assistant coach, and he took over as Newcastle this summer. Pointer.

However, this season Newcastle's performance is not good. They have been hovering in the relegation zone. It seems that Carver's strength that is temporarily normalized is still slightly insufficient.

In this game, Jin Taige designed a careful arrangement in advance: for example, how the team played ahead, what tactics the team used behind, what to do if the opponent placed a bus, how to change if the opponent attacked us, and if we had a player injured , How should today's bench players use ...

Gintag was worried about Scholes' incompleteness, and even wrote these into a booklet bound into a "coach manual." He handed over more than a dozen pages of the Coach Manual to Scholes: "Paul, if you encounter any problems with this game, you can just follow the method in my manual."

Scholes is very happy now, he is holding this "Coach Manual", if won the treasure, full of confidence for the next game.

But on the day of the game, the rapid changes on the field unexpectedly made Jin Taige in the private room unexpected.

"Raphael smashed Newcastle's front waist Moussa Sissoko from behind! The referee stopped the game and he ran to the scene! Red card! My God, the game has only just begun for 10 minutes. Rafael Then he got a red card. In the next time, Manchester United will play with ten people. It was a one-sided game. Now the result is hard to say! "

At this time, Jin Taige Teng in the private room suddenly stood up: "This time is basically the ball Raphael first encountered, it should not be a red card at all!"

At this time, the two FA officials beside Jin Taige also stood up, as if they were close to the enemy: "Coach Taige, please calm down."

Jin Taige looked through the glass window in front of him, watching the scene below. At this point Manchester United players surround the referee theory, and Ferran and Scholes are also talking fiercely with the fourth official.

But all this had no effect, and Rafael was eventually sent out. Raphael walked down the field in frustration. He looked up at the location of the private room. He knew that Jintaige must have seen all this. The thought of Raphael felt more uncomfortable ...

Although Raphael was sent off, the game had to continue. At this time, the game had just reached the 10th minute, and Manchester United was sent off a right-back.

Ferran told Scholes anxiously: "Paul, hurry and look at the manual left by Tiger. Did you say what to do?"

Scholes turned for a long time, finally raised his head, and said frustrated, "No ..."

And Jin Taige in the private room saw Scholes clearly reading the manual that he left, Jin Taige secretly bitterly: Even if my manual is complete, it is impossible to predict all the situations. Not to mention Jintaige, even a world-class celebrity like Ferguson and Lippi can't write a manual that “becomes a head coach as long as you hold it in your hand”.

Kintag looked anxiously at Scholes in the private room. Right now the right back is gone. Scholes must make adjustments. How will he change personnel?

Soon Scholes responded, Valencia was warming up on the sidelines, and Jintaige saw Valencia. He immediately became a lot more solid. At this time, he replaced the third captain with excellent offense and defense. Is the right choice.

But when Gintag saw the replaced player, he was worried.

I saw the fourth official placard substitution: Manchester United under 7 and 25!

Jin Taige froze, and he sighed.

Now Manchester United play less and more, then the opponent will definitely use this advantage to storm Manchester United's defense line ~ www.novelhall.com ~ It has just started. If you rashly let the players play against Newcastle, wait until the second half of the team ’s physical strength. It will consume a lot, and the disadvantage of hitting one less person can only be compensated by increasing the running distance of everyone. Therefore, the most appropriate way at this time is to defend the counterattack, waiting to catch Newcastle's neutral position, a fatal blow.

At this time Manchester United played one less and removed a striker to supplement a right-back. This approach is understandable, but since the team is going to fight back, then the faster Griezmann should be left and the center Lei If you replace it, the effect will be better.

In the following time, it really was like Jin Taige thought. Newcastle took advantage of the numbers to attack Manchester United's back line; Scholes let Manchester United shrink the defense and stabilize the scene. Levin, who remained in the frontcourt, was isolated and had no chance at all.

And because of the penalty of one person, the Manchester United players on the field also looked very anxious. They repeatedly committed fouls and out of position. If it was not for Newcastle's poor ability to grasp opportunities, it is estimated that Manchester United would have been beaten 3-0.

After carrying United for half an hour, in the 38th minute of the game, Manchester United's defense line was broken.

Newcastle passed through a series of midfield passes and eventually their No. 9 forward Cisse shot from the edge of the penalty area and the ball rolled into the dead end of the goal.

"1-0, Newcastle led the lead at Old Trafford! Their offense finally paid off!"

Sky TV's Raman said excitedly: "Now Manchester United is very dangerous. They were breached in the goal at the end of the first half, and in the second half, the disadvantage of playing one less will be more obvious. Suspended for two consecutive matches? "