future king

Last week in the Premier League, Manchester United went to great lengths to narrowly beat Bolton away, paying the price of Wayne Rooney and Giggs both injured and unable to play.

The second round of the Champions League was a guest at Mestalla, which was a key battle for the group. It was a pity to draw with Rangers in the first round. Manchester United was very cautious about challenging La Liga leaders. Ferguson also gave up commanding the League Cup and went to Spain to scout the enemy. By the way, he inspected the goalkeeper of Atletico Madrid De Gea.In the 53rd minute of the game against Bolton, Giggs was replaced by Park Ji-sung. The camera quickly caught him discussing the injury with the assistant coach. After the game, it was confirmed that he had a thigh strain. "Ryan will be absent for at least two weeks." Mestalla will definitely go no.

Ryan Giggs is not going, the most sad thing is not Ferguson, but the Spanish international Mata in the opponent team, he is still waiting to exchange jerseys with Giggs.

Mata is also left-handed. When he was 13 years old, he watched Manchester United visit and was impressed by Ryan Giggs' skills. Since then, he has used the Welsh elf as his idol: "I always said Giggs mighty in school, and Scholes is also my idol."

Park Ji-sung is most likely to replace Giggs, but he is not in much form. He has played 3 games in the Premier League, and the two substitutes were away games. After he played, Manchester United conceded 3 goals, scored only 1 goal, and conceded 4 points.Although there is no direct responsibility for conceding goals and losing points, at least they have no contribution.At the beginning of the season, fans were worried about when Giggs would fall due to injury, but they didn't expect it to come so soon.

People talk about Rooney the most.He was also removed less than 10 minutes after Ryan Giggs left the field. At first people thought it was dissatisfaction with him, but soon the camera cut to his fat left foot, and there was a large piece of ice on it. It was a sprain at the Allianz Stadium last season. Rooney's injury has not recovered, and he was kicked again during the game. The so-called "It's not that Rooney is bad, it's that the ankle hurts too much."

Manchester United deputy coach Phelan hesitated after the game: "Rooney should be fine and can play in the Champions League." The inspection results showed that Phelan was too optimistic. Ferguson said, "I will be absent for two to three weeks."

There is no state on the court, and there is no peace off the court.Before visiting Bolton, Rooney went to Tarzan’s home to visit Colleen’s adoptive sister. When Rooney’s embarrassment was reported in the newspaper, she had a heart attack. Now that her condition has improved, Rooney took the opportunity of visiting to admit his mistake to his father-in-law and mother-in-law: “It’s my messing around that made you lose face. .”

Although the two elders are still angry, they let the past go for Colleen's sake and hope to settle the matter as soon as possible.But the media refused to give up, and former England coach Keegan criticized Rooney in the "Daily Mail", saying that the latter deserves it for being low-key, "You can't turn on a tap and ask for cheap from the media (the inside story of the wedding) sell it to a magazine), and turn back and blame others for exposing your **, want to turn off another faucet?"

The first playboy star in English football was Best, and then Keegan was at the same level. He also served as the captain of England and Liverpool back then. Keegan is closer to today's Rooney, but he is more talented than Rooney, and he is better at socializing with the media. At least Rooney has no chance to kiss the strong woman Margaret Thatcher on the cheek in front of the media.

Ferguson was worried before: "This kid doesn't have a problem with self-confidence. He may finally realize that he is a mortal, and he is not used to the media staring at him all day." His teammates sympathized: "He is still the same on the training ground. If he can’t get the ball, he’s really distracted by things off the court.” Keegan disagreed, and after watching Rooney’s performance in Reebok, he said bluntly: “This kid’s self-confidence has collapsed. He’s not Rooney from last season. He can’t play. , Manchester United even played one less, this is tofu mixed with shallots, it’s a clean thing.”

Without Rooney, Owen is most likely to partner with Li Yu.He scored twice in the League Cup and Ferguson didn't see it. He immediately came off the bench to score against Bolton and scored the [-]th goal of his career. The media asked, "Now Ferguson won't ignore it anymore?" Win was a little annoyed: "Scoring goals is part of my career, it's just that this milestone didn't bring victory."

In addition to Rooney and Giggs, Scholes did not travel to Spain with the team.Due to a calf injury, Ginger will also be sidelined for 10 days.Manchester United lost Ryan Giggs and lost Ginger in the midfield. Maybe it really depends on Gibson's whole kick to save his life.Carrick's timely comeback may be able to alleviate Manchester United's dilemma in midfield delivery. He suffered an ankle tendon injury after the first European Cup qualifier against Bulgaria.

From all perspectives, Manchester United's trip to Spain will become a watershed in the Champions League, which will affect the next Premier League game.

Many teams now do not hesitate to give up the domestic league to ensure the qualifying situation in the Champions League. In everyone's eyes, Manchester United is not immune. The biggest difficulty now is that Manchester United encounters a serious absence of midfielders.

If the ideal score is not obtained on Valencia, Manchester United's subsequent league results are likely to be affected.

The media agreed that the Champions League match against Valencia is a game that Manchester United must win, and use a victory to overwhelm the biggest opponent in the group and firmly grasp the favorable situation of qualifying first in the group.

The Spanish team is also aware of this. After the game started, they played extra cautiously.

It seems that Valencia is more willing to accept a draw at home. They are not in a hurry to attack. On the contrary, Manchester United must fight for victory. However, this also gives the Spanish team more opportunities to counterattack. In terms of threat, it is Valencia. Offensive is more dangerous.

Manchester United met Valencia twice in the UEFA Champions League group stage, achieving 2 win and 1 draws and remaining unbeaten, including two draws as a guest. In the UEFA Cup in 3, Manchester United lost 198283 to 1 to Valencia as a guest.Manchester United have only won one of their previous 2 visits to Spain.Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic partnered for the first time this season in central defenders. The injured Carrick started for the first time since the Community Shield. Rafal, Anderson and Park Ji-sung also rotated into the starting lineup.The La Liga leader Valencia also rotated 18 starters in one fell swoop. They had remained unbeaten in 6 consecutive European home games.

Li Yu's role as the single arrow on Manchester United's striker in this game will definitely become the focus of Valencia's entire team.

There can be no slack in Manchester United's No. 9, which has become a practice in all teams playing against Manchester United.

The single arrow also means that the offensive pressure on Li Yu will be great, and the opponent will not easily give him any chances.

It can be seen from the first half of the game that when Li Yulian turned around, he had to face more than two defensive players.

The most heard communication from home team players is, "Don't let him turn around!"

"Seal his angle!"

"Don't let him shoot!"

The game became a field to restrict Li Yu. It seems that not letting Li Yu score is the goal of Valencia's game today.

Li Yu was restricted by the tight defense, but with this kind of treatment, Manchester United's No. 9 has more or less adapted to it now. He can play for other teammates without a chance, and use his own running position to restrain his teammates to create opportunities.

The game was very silent, and the two wing attacks in Manchester United's original tactics were also successfully restricted by Valencia.

Seeing that a dull draw was about to happen, Manchester United staged a lore in the 85th minute. Nani broke through from the right. Li Yu had no intention of stopping the ball at all, but crossed Javier Hernandez from the edge of the penalty area. Swaying past Navarro, he flashed an angle, and shot into the lower right dead corner from 14 yards before Maduro blocked it.

Li Yu used an assist to help the team take a 1-goal lead in the away game.

Xiaopea also completed his first goal in the Champions League.

With this goal, Manchester United scored three points in the away game as they wished.

Valencia's Mestalla Stadium has never been a blessed place for Manchester United.From the first encounter between the two teams in 1982, Manchester United had never conquered Valencia's home court before the start of this campaign.

Before the game, Valencia had 4 wins and 1 draw in the start of La Liga, leading the standings, and the state can be described as very good.And they have maintained a record of 11 consecutive unbeaten home games in the European war. Even until 2007, Valencia had never lost to an English team at home, with 11 wins and 7 draws in 4 games.But in the 06-07 and 07-08 seasons, Valencia was defeated by Chelsea at home for two consecutive seasons.

Valencia has always had a lot of experience playing against English teams. In the UEFA Cup final of the 1979-80 season, Valencia defeated Arsenal in a penalty shootout to win the cup; in the 1980-81 season, Valencia defeated Nottingham Forest in the European Super Cup to win the championship; On the way to promotion, they defeated Arsenal and Leeds United consecutively, and finally reached the Champions League final in one go.

On the other hand, Manchester United, first of all, is not doing well. They have conceded 3 goals in the last 7 league away games. In the last round of the league, they only relied on Li Yu's savior to narrowly beat the underdog Bolton 3-2.

The historical record is also very unfavorable to Manchester United. In the previous 18 away games against the Spanish team, the Red Devils only achieved a poor victory, specifically 1 win, 1 draws and 8 losses.The only victory was the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals eight years ago, beating Deportivo 9-8 away.What is even more embarrassing for Manchester United is that in the last three visits to Spain, Manchester United failed to even score.

Before the game, the 26-year-old Manchester United midfielder Fletcher said that against the Spanish team, possession is king. "Possession is important and if you lose the ball easily against La Liga teams in Spain, they punish you. Or at least you don't see the ball for a few minutes because they have good possession."

In this game, facing Valencia, which is known for its technical flow, Manchester United's possession rate in the away game reached 46.6%, which is not low; and in terms of pass success rate, Manchester United's pass success rate Reached 76.0%, although not high, but controlled Valencia's pass success rate at 79.6%, which is relatively low among La Liga teams.In other words, in the restraint and anti-restraint of the two teams, Manchester United basically played a normal level, but failed to make Valencia normal.

The 1-0 away victory over Valencia is of great significance to Manchester United. This is not only the first time Manchester United has conquered the Mestalla Stadium in the past 28 years, but more importantly, this victory has reversed Manchester United's qualifying situation in one fell swoop.

Manchester United once again took the initiative in their own hands, and qualifying for the top spot in the group is undoubtedly Manchester United's first goal.

On October 10 and November 21, Manchester United will play consecutive home and away matches against Bursaspor in Turkey.

Judging from the situation in the first two rounds, Bursaspor did not score a goal and conceded 5 goals. Their strength is really limited.

Under normal circumstances, Manchester United has a great hope of scoring 6 points in both home and away games. In this way, Manchester United, which has scored 4 points after 10 rounds, will occupy the most favorable position to qualify for the group.On the other hand, Glasgow Rangers and Valencia, the two teams will continue to fight to qualify.Manchester United will play Valencia at home in the last round. With the favorable schedule at that time, Manchester United may have qualified ahead of schedule. The Red Devils can even decide which of Valencia and Rangers will qualify with them.

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Carrick finally made his debut. Ferguson sent an England midfielder to play in a relatively important game for the first time in Manchester United's away game against Valencia today.Previously, Carrick only played a total of 1 minutes for Manchester United this season: 1 minutes in the Community Shield, his performance was acceptable; the other 96 minutes were in the league against West Ham. Veteran Paul Scholes rested.

As Manchester United's three consecutive Premier League champions and the champion of Europe two years ago, even in the middle of last season, the midfield combination of Carrick, Scholes and Fletcher was still majestic. Full of drive is one of Ferguson's indispensable trump cards.However, since Manchester United eliminated Bayern at home in the Champions League last season, the former Tottenham general's state began to decline, and the speed was amazing. He was quickly abandoned by Ferguson and Capello at the same time, and he did not even play a minute in the World Cup in South Africa. get.

If you watch today's game, I believe the fans will have a deep memory of Carrick's obvious mistakes in the first half, 2 of which almost directly led to the team conceding a goal.

In the 16th minute, Carrick, who didn't pay attention to the situation on the field in time, caught the ball near the penalty area and turned around. He found that there were already two Valencia players chasing him. He hurriedly chose a cross, and the ball was just sent to the home team At the feet of Pablo Hernandez, whose powerful shot from outside the penalty area shocked Van der Sar into a cold sweat.

In the 28th minute, the "Cal's error" reappeared. His careless pass gave the Valencian an opportunity to attack directly into the hinterland behind his side. Fortunately, the Spaniard did not form a final attack.

In the 41st minute, Carrick's free through ball was a bit aimless and sent directly to the opponent's feet.At this time, the commentator on the broadcast side lamented that the precise direct pass was Carrick's unique skill in the past, and it was what Ferguson valued most about him.In the 45th minute, Van der Sar flew forward and made a world-class save. The reason was that Carrick was half a beat too slow at the front of the penalty area. But this detail also shows Carrick's current poor physical condition.

Doesn't Carrick, who is a defensive midfielder, have any brilliant defensive shots today?

In fact, Carrick did have zero successful tackles today.According to opta's post-match statistics, Carrick only had 0 tackle, and it was still 1 unsuccessful tackle.I don't know if it was infected by him. The other two starting defensive midfielders, Fletcher and Anderson, both had 1 tackles in this field.

None of the 3 Manchester United snipers made a successful tackle within 90 minutes!This also reasonably explains why the offensive of the Bat Corps has the upper hand for most of the game. For this situation, Carrick himself can hardly shirk the blame.

Although Ferguson explained to the Daily Express ahead of the game that Carrick only returned to the squad on Friday after missing some training with an ankle injury, and the United midfielder missed England's recent Euro [-] qualifiers as a result. However, it is clear that Carrick's cold reception in the recent period is not only due to injuries.

In the whole game, the England midfielder ran 11.5 kilometers, almost half a kilometer more than the undead Fletcher, but the poor game state made him too inefficient and made frequent mistakes throughout the game.After the game, whether it was the official score of "Sky Sports" or the fans' spontaneous scores, Carrick was the lowest score in the team.In other words, Carrick in this state is no longer worthy of Manchester United's starting lineup.

If Ferguson saw the outstanding performance of Tottenham teenager Bale on another field, he would definitely be upset.The Welshman not only scored a goal today, but also made a penalty kick.

When he competed with Tottenham for the former Southampton teenager, Ferguson was defeated for various reasons, but in the end he bought Carrick from his competitors at a high price of 1860 million pounds.

Compared with Bell's downturn today, the latter is one underground and the other heavenly.If Carrick is affected by injury as Ferguson said, then Ferguson may have the patience to give him a chance; but if time and one chance to play still cannot cure the sleepwalking of the England midfielder, then This bitter man, who has been troubled by the sound of transfers recently, has only one option left to run away.

How does Ferguson solve the defensive problem in the midfield?

Is it really necessary to wait for the rumored Sneijder? Now everyone knows that Sneijder is not an expert in defense. The defensive midfielder is the most serious lack of Manchester United.