Chapter 343 Moyes pulls his hips, Sheffield United gets off to a good start

On August 11, with the expectations of countless Premier League fans, Sheffield United and Manchester United, the old rivals in the Premier League last season, met again at Wembley Stadium.

Although the curse of the Community Shield makes Sheffield United fans quite fearful, the Sheffield United team is at a stage of bursting with confidence at the moment and there is no psychological pressure on it.

No matter how worthless it is, this is still a championship, and it is a championship that Sheffield United has never won before. It is right in front of us, and the players of Sheffield United will naturally not let it pass.

Because it was a decisive game, although everyone at Sheffield United was very relaxed, they also braced themselves to deal with Manchester United.

The media can badmouth Manchester United, but Speed ​​does not allow his players to become careless and arrogant.

It doesn't matter if you are joking, it is better to have confidence, but you still need to pay attention to what should be taken.

After all, it is said that changing coaches is like changing swords. Manchester United will probably become worse without Sir Alex Ferguson, but there is also a slight chance that it will be better.

In addition, Moyes always likes to do some odd things from time to time. Speed ​​didn't want to capsize in the gutter. Before the game, he also studied some of Manchester United's recent warm-up matches.

But it would be better not to do research. This research also confused Speed.

Manchester United's signings in this summer window have been lonely. With no changes in the players, Speed ​​naturally believes that Moyes will continue part of Manchester United's style of play last season.

But, although this Manchester United still attaches great importance to wing attacks and has enhanced the tactical richness of set pieces, Speed ​​feels that the Red Devils' tactical thinking has become more "rigid".

However, the performance in the warm-up matches is uncertain. Speed ​​himself took two warm-up matches to experiment with different tactics and formations, so he arranged the tactics for this game based on the method he used against Manchester United last season.

Suppress Manchester United's wing advance and cut off the link between Rooney and Robin van Persie as much as possible. As long as Manchester United is not allowed to steal a goal early on, Sheffield United can attack Manchester United's center step by step.

After all, your Manchester United players are one year older and there is no fresh blood to add. I have a great advantage in the middle and you have many loopholes in the middle, so I will continue to beat you in the old way.

After making enough preparations, Speed ​​was relieved and waited to see Moyes' tactical arrangement after the game started, and then considered whether to change his tactics.

The players of Sheffield United stepped onto their "blessed place" - Wembley Stadium with full confidence and began to warm up.

"This is our lucky place! We have won three championships here, and today we will win the fourth one! You have caught up with your brothers, and you can win the cup after the game is over."

Vardy winked at Neymar and said, it seemed that he really didn't take the current Manchester United in his eyes, which made Neymar, who was still a little nervous, couldn't help but grin.

"Evra is another year older. Don't be afraid today. The brothers will help you open up the defender, so you can break through him! But pass the ball as soon as possible after passing the person. Your confrontation ability is still a little weak now, don't go there."

If you cause trouble for Vidic, it will be enough for you to suffer for half a day if he gives you one."

Li Mo did not comfort Neymar like Vardy, but carefully analyzed the opponents Neymar might encounter today.

Manchester United's defense in the left half is not very strong now. Neither Giggs nor Valencia can completely retreat to the defense line to help Evra limit Neymar.

Therefore, as long as Li Mo and others help Neymar to open up the defenders and create one-on-one opportunities for Neymar and Evra, Neymar should be able to break away from Evra's defense and break into the heart of Manchester United.

Evra has turned 32 this year, and his speed and explosiveness are not as good as before. Neymar has the skills and speed. As long as he is not entangled by Evra, it is possible to blow up the defense on his end.

Neymar nodded seriously after listening to Li Mo's explanation.

He wanted to compete with a strong opponent, but he was not stupid, so he would not take the initiative to provoke Manchester United's superstar central defender.

He is still self-aware, and until his confrontation ability is strengthened, he still tries to avoid direct confrontation with these top central defenders.

The identity of a poacher and wing attacker is more suitable for him now. Anyway, there is Li Mo in the middle.

Thinking of this, Neymar also felt inexplicably relieved.

"Okay, since you are in the middle anyway, I will pass the ball to you more and you can defeat their central defender combination!"

When Li Mo heard Neymar's reply, he smiled and rubbed his head without saying anything else.

As time went by, players from both sides sped up their warm-ups, and as they returned to their respective locker rooms, commentators from various countries also made final preparations, introducing the recent changes and friendly match results of the two teams, and making preparations.

First, lay the groundwork.

It was approaching 14:00 pm local time in England and 21:00 pm in China time. After a series of opening ceremonies, the two teams stood in their respective half-courts. The referee on duty was holding his watch and watching carefully.

time, and then the whistle was blown to start the game on time!

"Okay, the 2013 FA Community Shield has officially begun! This game is between Sheffield United and Manchester United. All Sina Sports viewers are welcome to watch. This game is directed by Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun.

You send a live broadcast comment"

Accompanied by Zhan Jun's familiar and friendly commentary, the Manchester United players who took the lead in the shot rushed into Sheffield United's half, and Sheffield United quickly spread out their defensive formation, with Vertonghen taking over.

Manchester United's first long pass attack was directed back to the center circle.

"Today Sheffield United arranged a 4-3-3 formation that they may often use this season. New players Neymar and Felipe Luis both started, and De Bruyne also replaced Joaquin as the midfield trio.

The new starting member, Speed ​​seems to be very confident in this formation!

As for Manchester United, since Fletcher is still recuperating from injury, Moyes can still only arrange the midfield combination of Carrick and Cleverley today, with Giggs and the youngster Zaha who has returned from loan splitting the midfield two.

On the side, Rooney and Robin van Persie formed a strike partnership."

Under the detailed introductions of Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu, the Chinese audience quickly learned the starting lineups of the two teams today.

In general, Sheffield United has changed a lot, from the starting lineup to the formation, but Manchester United looks almost the same as last season.

The formation has not changed much, but there is a young player Zaha among the players. He seems a little nervous. I don't know if he can perform well this season.

In the eyes of Sheffield United supporters, the familiar combinations of Carrick + Cleverley, Vidic + Phil Jones give them a lot of peace of mind.

They are all "old friends". If Manchester United has not improved, that is the best news for Sheffield United.

The development of the situation on the field did not go beyond the expectations of these fans. After Sheffield United withstood the first two waves of Manchester United's offensive, they started a hard attack in the middle of Manchester United!

Li Mo easily passed the ball to Bell who was running in from the left. Cleverley, who was marking him, was like air, putting no defensive pressure on him at all.

This made Sheffield United's quick counterattack so smooth that in the first attack attempt, Bell and Li Mo almost completed a connected shot. The Red Devils fans watching the scene were speechless.

This defense is really the same as last season, and it is still the same this season. Oh, Carrick seems to be running slower than last season.

The Red Devils fans expressed that they were very tired and could only hope that the team would have something different on the offensive end today.

Moyes was also standing on the sidelines at this moment, constantly instructing the players in the midfield and backfield to make the transmission simpler and transfer the ball more to the wings.

Well, the head coach spoke, and Carrick and Cleverley had to listen, and began to distribute the ball to the players on the left and right who dropped back to respond.

Giggs was quite calm. He looked at De Bruyne and Drinkwater who were in defensive posture in front of him, and after thinking about it, he decisively passed the ball to Rooney in the middle.

Rooney received the ball and sent a cool transfer to the ground, signaling Zaha to try to break through on the right wing.

This youngster spent more than 10 million euros in transfer fees from Manchester United in last winter window and spent half a year training at Crystal Palace. He was considered a killer on the wing in the English Championship last season.

Therefore, many players in the Manchester United team have high expectations for him, hoping that he can perform well and successfully take over the banner of Manchester United's winger.

Zaha boldly made a few dribbling moves after receiving the ball. Felipe Luis did not rush forward and instead safely let Zaha enter the double-team defensive zone between him and Matic.

But just when the Red Devils fans were expecting this young player to make a bold attempt to attack Sheffield United's defense in the right half, Zaha shook his shoulders twice and actually chose to cross directly!

"Zaha, this young player is very aggressive in the Championship! Let's see what he does next. Did he pass the ball? Eh? Maguire got the ball out of the penalty area before Van Persie. At this position, he made the pass.

Doesn’t it seem like a good choice?”

Zaha's sudden show of excitement shocked fans and commentators. The key point was that Moyes applauded from the audience, indicating that Zaha did a good job this time?!

Well, from a technical point of view, Manchester United barely completed an attack. Although Van Persie did not touch the ball in the Sheffield United penalty area, the ball finally flew over the Sheffield United penalty area.

Reluctantly, you can accept it!

Manchester United fans are still trying to comfort themselves.

But when Manchester United sent four crosses in just ten minutes and failed to obtain any reliable points or challenges, Manchester United fans could no longer calm down!

Mainly playing on the wing, Manchester United fans understand it, and Manchester United fans also understand when the wing player makes a cross.

But why did they become more and more confused as they watched Moyes' cross from the wing?

Don't talk about them, Sheffield United fans can't understand what new thing Moyes is playing.

However, Moyes has to work hard. As long as he can't threaten Sheffield United's defense, then let him work. Sheffield United fans don't care.

At this moment, Speed ​​didn't bother to guess what Moyes was playing. He just waved his hand and asked his disciples to seize the opportunity to counterattack. They combined around Li Mo and quickly opened up Manchester United's defense.

Li Mo was not polite and pointed to the top of his head to signal his teammates to pass the ball over.

So when both sides played simple tactics, Manchester United repeated inefficient crosses with basically no threat, but Sheffield United used long passes to Li Mo to find an accurate one, with Bale and Neymar on the wings.

After receiving the ball, there was a violent surge, which made Manchester United's defense extremely uncomfortable!

Especially on Neymar's side, after Li Mo and De Bruyne pressed forward to take away Manchester United's defender, Neymar and Evra faced off in a chaotic manner!

Evra is slower, but his defensive experience is still experienced. After being posted on Neymar, he can always squeeze the opponent to lose the momentum to continue advancing, but there are enough opportunities to try if Neymar can't stand it.

Defense is like this. You have defended your opponent five or six times, but as long as your opponent misses it once, sorry, the entire defense line will have to bear the pressure of being hit!

It just so happens that Sheffield United has Li Mo and Bale in the center and left, the two players who attacked the defense the most in the Premier League last season!

So every pass Neymar made after a successful breakthrough was like a heavy hammer on the hearts of Manchester United fans.

Both Bell and Li Mo are too fast, and they can often get ahead of Vidic in trying to reach the ball. If Jones hadn't worked so hard today and De Gea was in pretty good shape, Manchester United might not have been able to score in the first 20 minutes before the start.

A goal may be conceded within minutes.

And temporary luck obviously cannot bring confidence to Manchester United fans.

While watching Sheffield United launch a ferocious offensive in agony, their own team was using meaningless crosses from the wing again and again. As a result, when the game had not been played for half an hour, a considerable number of Manchester United fans had a confused mentality.

It exploded!

"This is Manchester United's ninth cross in the first half, yes. In fact, if Giggs tried to cut inside just now, Rooney might have had a chance to move forward. We can all see that Rooney was already running.
To be continued...