Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 329: The difficult-to-upgrade speed attribute, facing Southampton for the second time (1 more, please give me a monthly ticket at the beginning of the month!)
Preview of the football match: Manchester United will play against Southampton at home in the final match of December, and Tang Ye will face Pellegrino again.

Manchester United vs. Southampton, this is the last Premier League game in December.

Although Southampton is not a top club, this game is still worth watching.

There are two reasons.

The first is Southampton's central defender Van Dijk. This guy who has been linked with Liverpool has performed amazingly in the past season.

It is said that Liverpool will bring Van Dijk to Anfield for a transfer fee of more than 7000 million euros!
Although there has been no official statement yet, the fact that this price was reported in the news is enough to show how exaggerated Van Dijk's ability is!

Then there is the second reason, Southampton’s current coach Pellegrino.

Fans who have been watching Tang Ye’s games for a long time must be familiar with this name. He was the head coach of La Liga team Alaves last season.

it's him!
It was this damn guy who developed the tactics to restrict GGBond, which were then imitated by Ajax and Barcelona!
In response to this, the blogger of the Dongqiudi column briefly analyzed the data of the previous game between the two sides.

I was surprised to find that Southampton actually surpassed Manchester United in many statistics!
"Southampton and Manchester United drew in the first half of the league, while Manchester United was still on a winning streak at the time, which is enough to show the threat posed by the Saints to Manchester United. Obviously, this is a game that Manchester United fans and Dons fans should not miss," said the columnist.

[War of Revenge, huh?]

[Why was it a draw in the first match? I saw Southampton was ranked outside the top 10 in the standings]

[Although Southampton is not ranked high in the standings, they can limit GGBond. If GGBond is limited, Manchester United will lose half the game.]

[Ten Hag: The team ranked higher in the standings should beat the team ranked lower in the standings! ]

……

"hurry up!"

"Accelerate! Accelerate!"

Physical trainer Craig held Tang Ye from behind with an elastic band, while Tang Ye sprinted forward with all his strength.

"The last 10 meters, faster and faster!"

The distance of 10 meters is not long, but Tang Ye is now doing resistance training.

Even if it's only 10 meters, he needs to put in a lot of effort!

"Hold on, hold on!"

Craig's voice came again. Tang Ye gritted his teeth and pushed the ground alternately with his left and right feet.

"what!"

Running forward with Craig, Tang Ye finally arrived at the location of the landmark plate.

"Huh, huhu..."

The elastic band fell on the grass and Tang Ye's body swayed.

He wanted to fall to the ground directly, but found that Rashford was not far away from him, so Tang Ye persisted for a while, walked to Rashford and finally fell down.

“Well done”

Craig patted Tang Ye on the shoulder: "Your acceleration is not fast to begin with, the improvement is still very obvious"

"Well, thank you"

Tang Ye and Craig clapped their hands, then rested their hands on the grass behind them.

There were still some snow particles on the grass, which felt very icy to the touch, but Tang Ye no longer cared about that.

Take a deep breath and take a moment to feel your body.

There is a feeling of fullness in the front of the thigh and a tightness in the calf.

Take a look at your current speed.

【Speed: 74】

hiss--

Still not up!
Remember that when his speed reaches 75, he can activate his [Cruyff baseline turn template]. This is definitely a very useful template for Tang Ye who often passes the ball from the bottom.

Unfortunately, the attribute of speed is too difficult for Tang Ye to improve.

He remembered that physical trainer Craig told him that the fastest time for a person to improve his speed is between the ages of 13 and 15, which is when he is in junior high school.

If you miss that golden time, the effect of increasing your speed will not be very obvious.

Looking at Rashford who was also panting next to him, Tang Ye sighed: "Marcus, I wish I could run as fast as you, but unfortunately I can't run fast."

"Hoo, hoo, don't be nervous."

"You are still growing. Once you gain strength, you will be faster. You don't need to practice."

Rashford reached out and pinched Tang Ye's arm: "I feel that you are a lot stronger than when you first came."

Tang Ye's eyes lit up: "Is this true?"

"Of course it's true, you can ask Mata"

Tang Ye confirmed with Mata and received a positive response from the team's senior. The fatigue from the training was quickly replaced by the joy of success.

"Haha Marcus, I've been training my body. When the time comes I'll go to your path, help you knock the people out of the way, and then you can go down to the bottom!"

When Rashford heard that Tang Ye was going to help him complete the physical confrontation, he suddenly became nervous.

"No, no, no, you can't do that. Eric will definitely get mad if you get hurt."

Ten Hag is a relatively calm person, but once a calm person gets angry, the consequences are quite serious.

The last time Ten Hag was angry, Rashford was called a rat.

He really doesn't want to be called a rat again!
"You think too much, Marcus. Mr. Eric will be sad if anyone gets hurt."

"If we pass the ball faster, the opponent won't be able to touch us, and we won't get hurt."

……

Pinned: Manchester United released a warm-up poster for the home game against Southampton, with Tang Ye appearing alone.

"We lost to Southampton in the first half. I know that was not a game worth mentioning, but I have to use this to remind you that although our opponents are only ranked 14th in the standings, they are not as easy to deal with as we thought."

With 15 minutes left in the game, Ten Hag made his final emphasis on tactics in the locker room.

"We need to be ready to deal with their front-court press"

"Mata, you need to support Tom, and Rodri, you have to concentrate"

Looking at Tang Ye who was sitting in front of him.

"Tom will be targeted a lot in this game, and this is something we need to find a way to deal with."

"Okay, get ready, we're going out."

……

"China Central Radio and Television! This is a live broadcast for you..."

"The referee is looking at his watch!"

"The game has begun! Now let me introduce the starting lineups of both teams!"

"..."

"Then it's the visiting team Southampton!"

Southampton (4-1-4-1)

Goalkeeper: McCarthy
Defenders: McQueen, Hurt, Van Dijk, Stephens

Midfielders: Romeu, Boufal, Ward-Prowse, Hojbjerg, Tadic
Forward: Sean Long

"Southampton is one of the few teams that have drawn with Manchester United this season"

"Yes, their record against Manchester United this season is the same as Liverpool's..."

The commentators in the studio started talking about the highlights of the match between Manchester United and Southampton.

When the game entered the second minute, the director turned the camera directly to the bench.

Erik ten Hag in front of the home team's bench, he is GGBond's mentor, and the comment section of the football expert called him "Teng Sheng".

But when the camera turned to the visiting team's bench, the situation in the comment section was not so good.

Pellegrino, the damned GGBond nemesis!

This is the enemy of Chinese fans!
"You go first, you go first!"

Signaling Mkhitaryan to move forward, Tang Ye came to the wing to support Valencia and Mata.

Mata first passed the ball to Valencia, and then Valencia made an over-the-top pass to Tang Ye.

"Go and grab it!"

Pellegrino's voice came, Tang Ye realized that something was wrong, gave up the idea of ​​controlling the ball, and headed the ball directly to Rodri behind him.

Mr. Eric said long before the game started that he would be targeted by his opponents.

Now it seems to be the case.

Then Tang Ye must be prepared to deal with it!
Rodri got the ball and then ran to the front court with Tang Ye.

"Hoohoo!"

Look at the situation before. Between going down the right side and going to the middle, he chose to go diagonally back to the middle.

boom!
Rodri passed the ball straight to Tang Ye!

"Wow!"

"Tang Ye gets the ball in the frontcourt!"

"This position is within his passing ability. This season, Tang Ye has made no less than 10 wonderful long passes in the middle."

"Let's take a look at his options..."

Snapped!
Use the outside of your foot to rub a curve ball!

Directly find Rashford who is making a forward run on the left!

Rashford's eyes were shining as he looked at the ball flying towards him.

Rat, here I come!
Stop the ball!

Taking the ball at his feet and moving laterally is Rashford's favorite move in the penalty area.

Find an opportunity!
boom!
Rashford chose to take a long shot, but the ball was saved by goalkeeper McCarthy.

"Roar!!!"

Rashford roared angrily.

He didn't seize the opportunity!

"Don't worry Marcus!"

Tang Ye and Rashford raised their hands and signaled: "Steady, steady!"

Southampton picked up the tempo at the start of the game, and Manchester United's choice in this situation was to focus on defense.

Look for opportunities to counterattack while defending.

This is Manchester United’s strategy, and it is also what Tang Ye is best at!
[Is Rashford too aggressive recently? He is prone to injury] [The Red Devils play aggressively!]

[No, haha, why does Ten Hag keep looking at the visiting team's bench?]

Ten Hag's action of looking at the visiting team's bench was too obvious, and of course it was caught by the sharp-eyed director.

When Southampton was attacking, Ten Hag touched his chin with his right hand, held his right elbow with his left hand, and then turned his head to look at the Southampton bench, where Pellegrino was.

As if noticing Ten Hag's observation, Pellegrino also turned his head and gave a friendly smile.

Ten Hahe continued to keep a straight face and turned his head back.

"..."

Pellegrino smiled bitterly and shook his head.

I totally don't understand this guy, Ten Hag!
There doesn't seem to be any obvious conflict between the two of them, right?
In the 27th minute, Tang Ye's back pass error was seized by Hojbjerg.

"Depend on!"

Chasing back to Hojbjerg would definitely not work, so Tang Ye could only stick to Ward-Prowse first.

Look at your teammates!

Rodri returned to defense and tried to make a tackle, but his position was relatively forward.

It was too late for Rodri and Tang Ye!

Look behind!

Snapped!
Hojbjerg passed the ball to Boufal.

Boufal goes down!
Valencia followed very closely, but his main focus was on cutting inside, so he gave Boufal the opportunity to go down the line.

Boufal passed the ball!

Snapped!
A very advantageous cross from the bottom.

The position given is at the back point!
Tadic!
Stop the ball!

Cross pass to Southampton center forward in the penalty area!

Sean Long!
Hit the door!

"Beautiful De Gea!"

It was a very standard dive, De Gea used his body to block Sean Long's shot.

Slowing down and running back, Tang Ye carefully observed the several frontcourt players on the opposite side.

Southampton's tactics are similar to those of Alaves last season, but there are some differences.

The biggest difference is the offensive intensity. Although they play 4141, Southampton's offensive intensity is not as exaggerated as Alaves.

Obviously, Pellegrino's coaching time was too short and he failed to instill all his tactical concepts into the players.

Southampton was preparing to take a corner kick, and Tang Ye and Romeu were touching each other.

Thinking quickly, Southampton’s offensive weakness should be the opportunity that Manchester United needs to exploit!
"Referee, he committed a foul!"

Romeu spread his hands to the referee, and Tang Ye spread his hands directly: "It's not the referee, he also pushed me, we pushed together"

"You pushed it first!"

"Damn, it definitely wasn't me who pushed it first, you pushed it first"

The referee walked between Romeu and Tang Ye: "Pay attention to reasonable confrontation, don't quarrel. You have been warned."

Shrugging his shoulders, Tang Ye and Romeu got entangled again after the referee left.

"It was you who pushed it first, brother, please believe me."

Snapped!
Southampton takes a corner kick.

Ibrahimovic got the first point!
Manchester United fights back!
!!!

Tang Ye reacted quickly and ran to the front.

Because he knew this was a perfect opportunity!

"Don't let Tom get the ball, don't let Tom get the ball!"

Pellegrino's voice came, and Ward-Prowse and Romeu ran towards Tang Ye at the same time.

Stretch your foot to stop the ball!

The ball control attribute of 85 gave Tang Ye a very good feel for stopping the ball. Ibrahimovic's header seemed to be stuck to Tang Ye's feet.

Prepare……

boom!
Just as he was about to make a long pass, Romeu kicked the ball directly in front of Tang Ye.

"Well!"

"Southampton know Manchester United too well"

"Yes, they know that Manchester United's counterattacks are all initiated by Tang Ye's long passes"

"We can watch the replay..."

CCTV live broadcast room gave a replay of the corner kick just now.

Soon the fans noticed that Southampton had already arranged a double-team against Tang Ye before taking the corner kick.

Preventing Tang Ye from easily kicking a long pass forward, this is Southampton’s corner kick defense strategy!

Slowly paced on the sidelines.

Ten Hag knew he needed to think of a solution.

"..."

"Here it comes! Manchester United's counterattack!"

"Tang Ye's long pass finds Ibrahimovic in the front!"

"Look at the time now, it's the 37th minute of the first half!"

"The first goal of the game may very well come from this!"

boom!
Ibrahimovic headed the ball back to Mkhitaryan.

Mkhitaryan dribbles the ball down the line!

Quickly rush to the right sideline!

Although the offense was not good, Southampton's defense was still quite solid. As soon as Mkhitaryan reached the baseline, he was blocked by McQueen.

Manchester United's attack slowed down, which gave Tang Ye the opportunity to move forward and provide support.

Run all the way to the top of the arc!
Feeling that there was no chance at the top of the arc, Tang Ye ran to the right where Mkhitaryan was.

"Give it to me!"

Signal Mkhitaryan to pass the ball to him!
Catching Tang Ye's gesture, Mkhitaryan made an inverted triangle pass to the middle.

coming!

Lift your foot and let the ball roll under you.

Turn and cut inside!

Look at the restricted area!
Snapped!
[Modric outside instep template]!
The system determines that this is a passing template, but it can be used for shooting as well!

"Eh!"

"Goalkeeper McCarthy saved the ball!"

The angle of Tang Ye's shot with the outside of his foot was already very tricky, but McCarthy guessed his intention in advance, which resulted in Tang Ye's shot being unsuccessful.

"hiss……"

Taking a deep breath, Tang Ye frowned.

The opposing penalty area defense and goalkeeper were very solid.

It’s not easy to score a goal in this game!
……

Half-time report from Dongqiudi: Both sides drew 0:0, Manchester United drew with Southampton : at halftime, Tang Ye created many chances in the penalty area but failed to score a goal.

[This Pellegrino really needs to be disciplined. Brothers, do you have his Instagram? I’m going to criticize him.]

[Don't be like that, brother. We in the Tang army are all very friendly. Let's see the result of the game first. Tang Ye is the strongest in the second half.]

Tang Ye was the strongest in the second half, this is what fans said in the comment section.

Of course, this sentence did not come out of thin air, but has a basis.

As early as the end of November, loyal fans of Tang Ye analyzed Tang Ye's game data for the past two seasons and found that Tang Ye's chance of participating in goals in the second half was nearly 11% higher than that in the first half.

This illustrates a problem.

Although physical strength is not Tang Ye's strong point, Tang Ye will slowly get into the state, and he will use his own rhythm to slowly influence his teammates!

To sum up, Manchester United in the second half should be a little stronger than in the first half!

In the locker room, Tang Ye took off his jersey, revealing red streaks near his chest.

Rashford stared with big eyes: "Fuck, what's wrong with you?"

Manchester United players gathered around and discovered that Tang Ye had three obvious red scratches on his body.

Tang Ye shook his head, and the team doctor wiped iodine on him: "I had a fight with the defensive midfielder on the opposite side. He should not be able to beat me, but I cut my nails this morning, so I didn't beat him."

Carrick put his hand on Tang Ye's shoulder and pressed it hard: "Be careful."

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt."

Tang Ye put on his clothes quickly.

The most urgent task is how to score a goal in the second half of the game.

With the current 0:0 ending, Manchester United can only get 1 point. Tang Ye knows that this is difficult for the team to accept.

Manchester City, where Kevin is, has won a lot of points, and Tang Ye also has to find a way to win a lot of points!
Bang bang bang!
With the help of Van der Gage, Ten Hag quickly processed the magnetic flag on the tactical board and began his tactical correction.

First, there were substitutions in the second half.

"Although we didn't score, we played well in the first half. We won't make any personnel adjustments for now."

"..."

Looking at Ibrahimovic at the far end, Martial lowered his head.

hiss--

Martial has been in poor form recently and was placed behind Ibrahimovic in the starting pecking order by Ten Hag.

But it doesn’t matter, because Ibrahimovic is about to leave the team.

By then, Martial’s spring will come!
……

(End of this chapter)