Among the players who joined Manchester United from Southampton, Blind and Luke Shaw were still reused, but Mkhitaryan seemed to be struggling. Although he has strong offensive ability, Van Gaal's lineup
He didn't quite have his position. Sometimes Van Gaal asked him to play Rooney's position. He still played a lot in the first half of the season, but with the transfer of Mata in the winter, his position was slowly lost.
After all, in the attacking midfield position, both Mata and Di Maria are worth more than Mkhitaryan...
Noriya also has some regrets about this. When he sold Mkhitaryan to Manchester United, Manchester United really used him. He is actually very adaptable to the Premier League. As an attacking midfielder, his training in Southampton
He can also play as a central midfielder, so he has a place in Manchester United no matter how he looks at it.
But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes.
He was originally partnered with Carrick in the midfield, and his ability to dribble the ball forward and distribute the ball in the back row was very good. However, Van Gaal used Robin van Persie as the only center forward, and Rooney could only play deeper.
Some, but Rooney is not used to playing on the wing and will come to the center from time to time, which squeezes Mkhitaryan's space and makes his performance not so good. In theory, this is not a big deal. After all, with the running-in
, top players like them can slowly develop better spatial coordination.
However, Van Gaal introduced Mata again in the winter. In this way, Matana's characteristics of being able to play in the middle and wide, and cooperating better with Di Maria in the frontcourt, Rooney's position can only continue to retreat. In this way, Mu
There is no place for Hitarian...
After all, Van Gaal can't take down Carrick without someone good at defense in the frontcourt.
"Poor Henrik."
Ji Ya silently mourned in his heart, and then turned his attention to the game.
After the game started, Southampton began to keep possession of the ball in the midfield. De Bruyne, wearing the captain's armband, has performed very well recently. It can be said that he has thoroughly demonstrated his level. He played in the midfield.
He is omnipotent. He can assist the defense when he retreats, he can launch an attack with long passes, he can break through and cross when pressing forward, and he can also score goals on his own. He is a standard all-around midfielder.
Sometimes I think that Prowse is quite pitiful. He is obviously a good core midfielder, but because of a monster like De Bruyne on top, it is difficult to get the main position no matter how good his performance is.
Under such circumstances, Southampton's midfielder gradually began to take advantage.
Manchester United's players are very active in running. Last season they set a humiliating record of the lowest ranking since the establishment of the Premier League, and a series of embarrassing records were broken by them. They must perform better this season.
And from summer to winter, they really spent a lot of money. Di Maria, Mkhitaryan, Luke Shaw, Herrera, these people are worth a lot of money. The total value is more than 100 million pounds. Plus
Last winter in Mata, they spent at least 150 million pounds.
If you spend so much money, even if Van Gaal is average, he can still lead the team to play a few good games. Moreover, although Van Gaal is old, he is still a top coach.
Under their active running and fierce confrontation, Southampton's offense was interfered to a certain extent. This was actually the case in the first round. In terms of midfield control, Southampton had the upper hand, but Manchester United's tenacious
Running and confrontation prevented their offense from scoring, and then they seized two relatively unexpected opportunities. Van Persie scored twice and finally won the game.
In this game, Manchester United obviously wanted to do the same.
But to do this, the premise is not that they seize the opportunity, but that Southampton cannot create a good opportunity to seize it.
In that game, Vardy's performance was very average. He missed two opportunities. It was after that game that the media thought that he was only good at ordinary teams, often invisible when playing against strong teams, and was not trustworthy.
.
Vardy has not responded to this evaluation, but everyone in Southampton knows that he is holding his breath and waiting to prove himself.
This game is his chance.
Compared with Manchester United's three central defenders, Vardy has no physical advantage. He is 1.79 meters tall, and his speed and strength are not very good. Among the opponent's three central defenders, Jones and Smalling are both.
Players are about 1.9 meters tall, and although they are tall, they are also very flexible. The shortest Blind is only 1.83 meters.
In such a situation, of course, fighting hard is not possible. Vardy never likes to fight hard with defenders. All he has to do is run more actively, look for opportunities, and wait for his teammates to create opportunities for him.
The deadlock between the two sides lasted until the 36th minute. Southampton took a corner kick. Bailly grabbed the point and headed towards the goal. De Gea saved it. The ball came to Lukaku's feet. He once again
Passing the ball into the penalty area, Smalling was about to head the ball to clear the ball, but Vardy came around from behind and took the lead to attack the goal before he could clear the ball!
In response to this extremely sudden close-range header, De Gea could only wave his hand symbolically, and then saw the ball fly into the goal!
"The goal is scored! One to zero, Vardy! Recently, he has not scored as many goals as he did in the first half of the season. He had not scored in two consecutive league games before, but at this critical moment, he stood up again!"
"This is Vardy's nineteenth league goal this season! This allows him to continue to consolidate his position as the top scorer! Is this grassroots shooter going to win the Premier League top scorer this season?
?If he can do this, then he will be the first player in history to win all the top scorers in the English fourth-tier professional league!"
"On the current scorer list, Costa ranks second with 15 goals, and Aguero ranks third with 13 goals. However, since Aguero scored on December 4 last year,
, I haven’t scored a goal until now, and compared with Vardy’s consistent performance, it’s still a bit worse!”
The commentators began to praise Vardy's performance. Indeed, although Vardy has not been scoring as many goals as he was at the beginning of the season recently, his efficiency is still not low.
As a local player, even if he is a grassroots player, after such an outstanding performance, he will still get the attention and praise of the media!
Vardy hugged his teammates one by one. Although this goal cannot completely take off his hat of "weak team killer", after scoring such a goal, he will definitely be able to use a calmer mentality in the following time.
to face any opponent.
Maintaining a stable mentality can make his performance on the court even better.
