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Chapter 419 Burnley: That was done by Chelsea, why was I the one who got hurt?

"The game is over!"

"Manchester United beat Manchester City at home again!"

"Jesse Lingard scored the only goal of the game and became the hero of Old Trafford!"

"The Red Devils advance to the League Cup quarterfinals!"

Under the premise that Manchester City voluntarily gave up the League Cup and sent a large number of substitutes and youth team players, Manchester United also rotated their players and defeated their city rivals for the second time with Lin Huang's winning goal!

For Manchester United, which has ambitious goals, the League Cup is a useless competition.

It is enough to let the rotation lineup and the young players of the youth team find their form and accumulate some experience.

If you can advance, then advance. If you are eliminated, then forget it.

Anyway, their bench depth is average.

And two days later, returning to the league arena, Manchester United struck again!

Mourinho vented all his anger at the defeat at Stamford Bridge on the unfortunate Burnley.

Five to one!

The trident in the hand of the red devil mercilessly pierced the red wine army with five shocking holes, and the blood in their bodies flowed all over the ground.
In this game, Ibrahimovic completed his first hat trick in the Premier League!
Thus becoming the first player to score more than 10 goals in the league this season!

In addition to the most dazzling Ibrahimovic, Ling Feng contributed two assists and one goal, and Martial also broke his goal drought.

"Why is it the Blues who ended your winning streak, but we are the ones who got hurt?! Why!"

Burnley, with blood splattered all over the ground, asked.

The Red Devil just glanced down at him and said coldly:
"Who told you to fight back?"

As time enters November, the Premier League has already played ten rounds of league games and a quarter of the schedule has passed.

Some media also rated the performance of the twenty teams and the performance of their new players at the beginning of the season.

The best rated team, the only one that reached grade A, is naturally the "Red Devils" Manchester United, with nine wins and one loss in ten games.

What amazed the media and fans was the tremendous changes in the team's appearance and combat effectiveness!

First of all, the performance in the game.

Although they were defeated by Leicester City in the Community Shield and missed the first championship of the season.

However, after Ling Feng jumped ship, Mourinho quickly established the football record signing as the core of the team and built the team around him.

As soon as the Premier League started, they won an amazing eight consecutive games!
Mourinho's tactical play did not turn out to be the "bus parking tactics" or "ugly football" that everyone talked about before the start of the season. Instead, under Ling Feng's organization and coordination, the team played a completely different kind of football from last season!
Not only can you win, but the scene is also beautiful!
This also refreshed the public's stereotype of Mourinho.

It turns out that Mourinho, who started out with defensive counterattacks, can also play beautiful offensive football!

However, many football experts and insiders can see that the reason why Manchester United has changed so drastically is entirely because of Ling Feng’s existence!

Ling Feng was given enough tactical freedom and trust, and Ling Feng drove the team's offense with his extraordinary creativity!
Compared to Rooney, Ling Feng is actually Manchester United's current on-field leader.

As an excellent leader, the most basic role is to make teammates stronger.

At least from now on, Manchester United's frontcourt offense has been revitalized under his leadership!

Although Martial's performance and form have declined significantly compared to last season.

However, whether it is Lingard, Rashford, or Herrera, Luke Shaw and other young players in the team, under the influence of Ling Feng, they have become more integrated into the team's tactical system and shown a good upward momentum.

After reviewing the team's performance in the game, it is time to look at the adaptation of the new players.

Manchester United spent the most on signings in the summer transfer window in the Premier League, totaling 180 million euros.

The four major signings, Ling Feng, Ibrahimovic, Kante and Bailly, were plug-and-play. After joining, they immediately became the indispensable main players in Manchester United's lineup and also built the central axis of the Red Devils in the new era!
The front trident formed by Ling Feng, Ibrahimovic and Rooney also reminds people of the trident formed by Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez back then!

Of course, compared to the old Red Devils trident, which had strong running ability, each of which could run, pass and shoot, the new trident has more characteristics and clearer division of labor:

Rooney is responsible for interspersing, pulling and playing some tricks;
Ling Feng was responsible for organizing and dispatching, delivering the fatal pass;
Ibrahimovic was responsible for coordinating the ball in the frontcourt and completed the goal!

Especially Ling Feng and Ibrahimovic, who almost accounted for 80% of the team's goals and were also the pair that created the most goals in the entire Premier League.

Compared with the dazzling Ling Feng and Ibrahimovic, Rooney's personal performance and data are relatively average.

Even so, Rooney, as the team captain, has shown a significant improvement in form compared to last season with the "assistance" of Ling Feng.

that's enough!
. . .

Just after October and into November, Manchester United faced Barcelona in the second leg of the Champions League group stage at the Theatre of Dreams.

This is the second time the two teams have met in half a month!
However, compared with the last encounter, the outside world's predictions and the mentality of both sides have changed significantly.

The media's pre-match predictions, which had been unanimous in favor of Barcelona in the first round, have now become a fifty-fifty split.

Some people think that Manchester United, who have not lost a home game this season, can fight for a draw at home;

Some people believe that the upset in the first round will make Barcelona rethink Manchester United and bring out their best form!
It is worth mentioning that after being upset at home, head coach Enrique was under tremendous public pressure.

Especially before this game, Bartomeu called him privately and told him that he must not lose again!
Therefore, he and other Barcelona players including the MSN combination attached great importance to this game and wanted to take revenge!
He also formulated a more detailed tactical plan for the first round of confrontation.

However, Pique's injury still leaves Barcelona without a reliable player in its defense.

Although Pique was absent due to injury and was not included in the squad.

However, he still followed the team to Manchester.

Having witnessed the fighting power of Ling Feng's Manchester United in the first round at Camp Nou, Pique did not dare to make any provocative remarks before the game even though he held a grudge.

He just posted photos and words like "Go Barcelona" on his social media account.

This also disappointed some media outlets that are not afraid of trouble.

However, the progress of the game was beyond everyone's expectations.

Amid the cheers of tens of thousands of home fans at Old Trafford, Manchester United, who took the initiative, was the first to concede the ball!
Right from the start, Barcelona showed their terrifying offensive firepower.

They pressed Manchester United in the half court and used various passes and cuts to constantly threaten the home team's goal. In the 17th minute of the first half, Barcelona made a long pass from the backcourt, and Smalling jumped up, but made a misjudgment.

Just push the ball back!
Suarez, who had just gotten rid of Bailly's entanglement, rushed forward with his strong sense of smell and got the ball.

And in the next one-on-one situation facing De Gea, he calmly shot the ball into the upper right corner of the goal, opening the curtain of goals in this game!

This goal is similar to the first goal scored by Ling Feng in the first leg at the Camp Nou.

The difference is that that goal was a header from Ibrahimovic, while this goal was a mistake by Smalling!

There is nothing we can do if our opponents score a goal.

However, if a team's own players make a mistake and lose the ball, it will deal a greater blow to the team's morale.

Mourinho, who saw this scene on the sidelines, also became gloomy in an instant.

Although Manchester United is currently the team with the fewest goals conceded in the Premier League.

However, the defense is not as solid as imagined.

If it weren't for Kante and Herrera's sweeping interceptions in the midfield, this defensive line would have conceded at least a few more shots on goal per game.

Especially the combination of Smalling and Bailly, always gives people a sense of instability.

Bailly has outstanding awareness of stealing the ball and has both strength and speed.

But he always likes to rely on his body flexibility to perform unconventional defensive moves, which poses a high risk of potential injury.

Although Smalling is tall, he has strong confrontation ability.

However, he has problems judging high-altitude balls and sometimes lacks concentration and becomes distracted.

In the eyes of Mourinho, who has coached many super central defender combinations, Manchester United's main central defender pair is still a little lacking.

Perhaps he should give more opportunities to Rojo, Blind, Jones and others.
After Smalling's mistake, Barcelona, ​​who were leading away from home, became more excited and got into the game faster.

In contrast, Ibrahimovic and Rooney were in average form in this game.

In addition, the opponent targeted Ling Feng and pulled the "Little Mago" who had the strongest defensive ability to the defensive midfielder position, together with Busquets to limit the Red Devils No. 7 who played like a god in the first round.

Of course, these two brothers, apart from forcibly knocking Ling Feng down by pulling him, did not impose too many restrictions on Ling Feng.
In the 42nd minute of the game, Ling Feng relied on his amazing explosive power to break through the middle with the ball.

With a yellow card already on his back, Marco did not dare to reach out his hand. He could only watch as the black-haired young man in a red jersey rolled over Busquets like a tornado and then completed a powerful shot!
This powerful shot drew a strange arc in the air, first to the left and then to the right, and once again penetrated Ter Stegen's defense!

One to one!

However, just when Manchester United players thought the first half would end in a draw, just two minutes later, Messi, the king of Barcelona, ​​also responded!
"Messi, get the ball!"

"Speed ​​up, feint, and pass one person!"

"Whoa! I passed the second person!"

"Cut inside and shoot!"

Messi dribbled the ball past three people along the "Messi Corridor" and reversed the score with a low shot!
Within just five minutes, Ling Feng and Messi scored two goals that fully demonstrated their superb personal abilities, making the audience in the stands and in front of the TV scream with excitement!

No matter what the final result of the game is, these two wonderful goals are worth the price of the ticket!

Not long after the start of the second half, Neymar also played a beautiful combination with Suarez and Messi in the frontcourt, broke into the penalty area and pushed the ball into the goal.

After the score widened to 1:3, Manchester United was not discouraged, and Mourinho was not very excited. He just continued to calmly encourage his players to press forward.

Or maybe he had anticipated such a situation.

After all, the opponent is Barcelona, ​​which is not so easy to play against.
Then, in the 68th minute of the game, Lingard broke through on the right and created a corner kick.

Ling Feng once again used his unique "Ling-style arc" to assist Bailly in scoring a goal, narrowing the score gap to one goal.

As the game was nearing its end, Barcelona continued to attack, but was intercepted by Kante, who then launched a quick counterattack.

Unfortunately, Rashford's shot did not send the ball into the goal, but was saved by Ter Stegen at the bottom line.

In this way, this wonderful offensive battle ended with Barcelona defeating Manchester United 3-2 away.

Judging from the process and result of this game, this score is reasonable.

Manchester United, which has not reached the Champions League knockout stage for a long time, is still some distance away from Barcelona.

The players' hard power and performance in major competitions are not as good as those of the Barcelona players who reached the top of Europe two years ago.

When both teams have superstars who can change the outcome of a match on their own, the performance of other teammates becomes the key to victory or defeat.

Compared to the slump at Camp Nou, Messi's teammates were very strong this time!
Ling Feng's record against Messi also changed from a 100% winning rate to a 50% winning rate!

This result is acceptable to Manchester United players such as Ling Feng, head coach Mourinho, and the fans.

It is already very good that they can play with this lineup which is not top-notch and the Barcelona team which has exploded with MSN.
After the Champions League match with Barcelona, ​​Manchester United rested for a few days and then came to the coast of Wales to face the eleventh round of the league.

Facing Swansea, known as the "Little Barcelona", Manchester United still easily defeated them.

Red Devils: Tsk, the real Barcelona lost to me, how can you, a small Premier League Barcelona, ​​turn the world upside down? !
After defeating Swansea away, the Premier League finally ushered in a short international match day.

However, for Manchester United, whose starting lineup is basically all international players, only a few players who were not selected for the national team's friendly match roster can enjoy the holiday.

However, if given the choice, these players would rather not take a holiday and want to be called up by the national team.
As a member of the Three Lions, Ling Feng did not report to St. George's Park immediately for personal reasons, but asked head coach Hodgson for a few days of vacation.

As the most commercially valuable young player in British and even European football, he has more than twenty commercial endorsement contracts.

From high-end fashion brands, clothing, and watches to everyday items, sunglasses, luggage, food, and more, he endorses almost everything on his body!

According to preliminary statistics, his annual income from endorsement fees alone can reach 18 million euros!

Coupled with Manchester United's annual salary of 18 million euros, he has become one of the top ten highest-paid players in football.

Second only to Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar!

(End of this chapter)