Manchester United is worth looking forward to in the new season. Captain Vidic, who missed most of last season, has returned from injury, and Fletcher, who almost retired due to illness, has also resumed training. The return of these two people is undoubtedly a huge encouragement to Manchester United.
In addition, Manchester United has made a lot of moves in the transfer market. The joining of Shinji Kagawa, the best player in the Bundesliga, undoubtedly excited the Red Devils fans. The renewal of the contract of young player Paul Pogba is an investment in the future, and Manchester United has three days.
Manchester United has just poached Robin van Persie, last season's Premier League Golden Boot winner, from rival Arsenal, which has further improved Manchester United's midfield and frontcourt capabilities.
Robin van Persie and Li scored a total of 67 league goals last season. Together with Welbeck and Hernandez, even Ancelotti claimed that this forward lineup reminded him of the 1999 Triple Crown.
The four top forwards during the period: Yorke, Cole, Sheringham, and Solskjaer.
But you can't win the game just by having good forwards. Manchester United's weak midfield and backfield problems were completely exposed in this game. Carrick, who was playing as a central defender on the back line, was pushed over by Fellaini and scored. Any one of Ev
Dun's players were able to break through the Manchester United midfield with the ball, and it was like entering a deserted area. The entire midfield and backfield of the Red Devils were turned upside down by Fellaini, Osman, Pienaar and others.
This summer, with Shinji Kagawa (17 million pounds), Pogba (4 million pounds) renewed, and Robin van Persie (24 million pounds), Manchester United has spent 45 million pounds on the transfer market. Although the strength of the striker and the bench
The depth has been further improved, but Manchester United still has not made targeted signings in the back line and midfield where they are most needed.
On the defensive line, Evans is still recovering, Phil Jones and Smalling will not return until September and October respectively, and Ferdinand is injured for another 4 weeks, which means that in the next few games, Cardiff will not be able to return.
I'm afraid Rick will have to continue to play as a central defender.
Carrick's retreat also caused problems with Manchester United's midfield control. The combination of Carrick + Scholes last season has been very stable. In the first round of the league, Ancelotti sent teenagers Cleverley and Ma
Partnering with Mata, Manchester United's No. 23 was positioned further forward and did not play a role in protecting Mata. This reduced Manchester United's midfield control and defensive intensity, and it is not surprising that Manchester United was penetrated by opponents one after another.
I believe that the Red Devils who have watched this game will admit that Everton's Fellaini, Baines and others are fully capable of establishing themselves even if they come to Manchester United.
In fact, this 0-1 game also made the long-standing "Manchester United connection" theory self-defeating.
In this Everton team, Phil Neville is a representative member of Ferguson's class of 92. Howard and Gibson also played for Manchester United for many years and were later "given" to Everton by the Red Devils at a low price. In addition, Manchester United has always played for Manchester United.
Baines wants to get it so much that Everton has always been called Manchester United's second team.
The saying that Everton is a member of Manchester United originated from the match in the 36th round of the 2006-07 season. Everton originally led by 2 goals, but Manchester United subsequently scored 4 goals to overtake the score, and Phil Neville also scored
Oolong gives a big gift.
After that game, Manchester United led by 5 points and ranked first, basically ensuring the league championship that season. Since then, the saying that Everton is "Manchester United" has spread like wildfire. However, this "little brother" has many
Let Manchester United suffer.
In the past 20 years of the Premier League's history, there have only been two occasions when a team that lost in the first round won the league championship that season. What makes Red Devils fans happy is that both championships were won by Manchester United (199293 season, 199596 season).
). In other words, losing in the first round does not mean the end of the world. The defeat in this game also fully exposed Manchester United's own problems: the defense line is not in order, the midfield lacks defensive intensity, and the frontcourt stars need to work together.
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I believe Ancelotti will definitely make targeted adjustments in time, after all, the new season has just begun.
In Manchester United's 0-1 loss to Everton in the first round, Nani, who started the game, performed poorly. He received a yellow card for not being calm just two minutes into the game. He did nothing and was beaten by Matayan in the 78th minute.
Replace.
After the game, "The Sun" revealed that Manchester United was preparing to sell Nani because the Portuguese not only suffered a serious decline in form, but also kept asking for high salary and refused to renew his contract. However, according to "The Sun", after realizing that he was at Manchester United,
After the bad situation, Nani was ready to give up asking for a high salary and renew his contract with the team as soon as possible in order to save his future with the team.
According to the latest news from "The Sun", in order to change his situation, Nani has planned to give in. He now wants to renew his contract with the club as soon as possible.
Nani's current weekly salary is 90,000 pounds. The Portuguese previously asked for 130,000 pounds but was rejected by the club. It is reported that Nani is prepared to accept the original weekly salary of 90,000 pounds unchanged, but he can receive a certain bonus based on the number of appearances.
30,000 pounds.
Nani really has to adjust his condition now. After his ineffectiveness in the first game against Everton, Nani's main position is already in jeopardy. According to "The Sun", in Manchester United's match against Fulham on Saturday,
Mata will get the chance to start.
Although they lost 0-1 to Everton in the first round of the league, for Manchester United, the new season has just begun.
In this summer's transfer market, Manchester United spent nearly 50 million pounds to introduce stars such as Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa. Among them, the signing of Robin van Persie, the silver boot of the Premier League last season, was the most sensational. This summer, the veteran will usher in the 23rd year of his career.
Giggs said that the addition of Robin van Persie is an important signal that Manchester United will make a comeback in the new season.
Last season almost replicated Manchester United's loss of all four major players in 2005. As for Van Persie's joining, Giggs said in an interview with Manchester United's official website: "Van Persie's joining expresses a huge signal. When a player declares that he wants to come to Manchester United, it is very important."
OK. Although this is my personal opinion, I think players should want to come to Manchester United because here you can be guaranteed to always fight for the championship. Manchester United has an excellent team spirit, top facilities and a great coach.
"Coming to Manchester United can add a lot of extra points to your title challenge."
The new season will be the 23rd year of Giggs' career. In the past 20 years of the Premier League, Giggs has played 598 times in the league and is about to reach the milestone of 600 times.
When talking about the new season, Giggs said: "I am more excited than ever. When your career is nearing the end, you will enjoy the game more. I can't wait. The feeling of losing the championship last season was very bad.
, I believe if we work harder and luck favors us, I think we will go further."
The joining of Robin van Persie also means that the playing time of Manchester United's two young strikers Welbeck and Hernandez will be compressed. However, Manchester United legend Andy Ritchie believes that Welbeck and Hernandez will benefit from Van Persie.
Learned a lot.
Andy Ritchie said in an interview with Manchester United's official website: "This is a good opportunity for Welbeck and Hernandez. They can learn from the best forwards in the world. They should learn to embrace the fact that they will be playing against the best forwards in the world."
A good, in-form forward partnership. I don't think either of them should be worried that United wouldn't be there if they didn't think they were good forwards. They should welcome Robin van Persie's arrival and take a lot out of him
Learn as much as possible.”
After losing the away game in the first round, the second round home game became particularly interesting. Manchester United's home debut was also staged as scheduled at Old Trafford a week later.
3 to 2! After losing away in the first round, Manchester United finally won their first win of the new season at Old Trafford.
In fact, the process of this game was also a bit frightening. Fulham used a wonderful free kick to score with Duff in less than 3 minutes. However, Manchester United then launched a vigorous counterattack. From the 10th minute, Van Persie equalized to the third.
Rafael sealed the victory in the 41st minute, and Manchester United scored three goals in the 31st minute to take the lead.
Although Vidic's own goal allowed the opponent to pull a goal back in the second half, the tenacity and momentum shown by Manchester United when they fell behind was enough to make the Red Devils fans happy. The bloody Red Devils who would never give up until the last moment finally finally
Back!
Fulham's early lead really worried Manchester United fans for a while. Could it be that Manchester United, which continues to spend a lot of money in the new season, would start the new season with two consecutive losses?
The last time Manchester United lost in the first two rounds dates back to the 199293 season, when Manchester United lost 1-2 to Sheffield United in the first round and then lost to Everton 0-3. That was the only time in the history of Manchester United that they lost in the Premier League.
Two consecutive losses at the start.
However, such worries did not last long. Manchester United's new aid Robin van Persie stepped forward in time and scored his first goal at Manchester United, sounding the clarion call for the Red Devils' counterattack. Then Shinji Kagawa also scored his first goal in the Premier League, pulling
Phil's header was the icing on the cake, and Manchester United achieved a 3-1 reversal at halftime. In the second half, although Vidic's own goal and Mata's injury made the situation a little tense, Manchester United eventually won the game.
The last time Fulham defeated Manchester United in an away game was back in October 2003. At that time, with the goals of Lee Clark, Malblanco and Junichi Inamoto, Fulham defeated Manchester United 3-1 away from home. However, in
After that, Fulham never got any advantage at Old Trafford. In Manchester United's previous 6 home games against Fulham, the Red Devils netted Fulham 16 goals, and 5 of them had no goals.
Conceded, this time, Fulham failed again.
According to opta post-match statistics, Manchester United is significantly ahead of its opponents in several key statistics: shot attempts 20 to 16, ball possession rate 60.1% to 39.9%, passing success rate 92.7% to 89.7%, total number of passes 600
To 398. Of course, Manchester United did not give Fulham any chance during the game. The Red Devils' defense also had many loopholes due to the lack of personnel. If De Gea hadn't taken the ball high and blocked low, the final result of the game would have been hard to say.
Last season, although Manchester United lost the league championship only because of a goal difference disadvantage, the seeds of the defeat had actually been planted. The reason why Manchester United was criticized last season was not because Manchester United lost several key battles, but because Manchester United lost a few key battles.
It is Manchester United that seems to have lost the courage and magic of never giving up during the game.
According to statistics, in the 38 games of the Premier League last season, as long as Manchester United conceded the goal first, the Red Devils never won!
The last time Manchester United achieved a comeback was back in the Community Shield before the start of the 1112 Premier League season. At that time, Manchester United trailed Manchester City 0-2 in the first half, but the Red Devils relied on Smallin's goal and Nani's brace to complete the game in the second half.
A shocking comeback, defeating local rivals Manchester City 3-2 to win the championship.
After a lapse of 384 days, Manchester United finally achieved a comeback after falling behind again. Although the 3-2 victory over Fulham seemed like an inconspicuous victory, it was very important for Manchester United because this goal allowed them
I have regained the magic that I had lost for more than a year.
In addition, Manchester United also set a record in this game that can be recorded in the 20-year history of the Premier League.
Van Persie's goal in the 10th minute was not only his first goal for the Red Devils, but also enabled Manchester United to complete an unprecedented record: 50 consecutive Premier League home goals. However, Mata's injury in stoppage time made Manchester United
This victory casts a shadow, Ancelo
Ti revealed that Mata will be absent for 4 weeks. If Manchester United wants to continue to expand this record of consecutive goals at home, I am afraid that it will need to rely on Robin van Persie, who scored Manchester United's first goal, to continue to contribute energy, and Welbeck, Hernandez, etc.
People will undoubtedly have to shoulder more important tasks of destroying cities and demolishing villages.
After the two rounds of games, people discovered that Li Yu's position had changed again. In the offense, Manchester United's No. 9 was rarely seen rushing on the front line. He was always in silhouette, or trying to find ways to create opportunities for his teammates.
Manchester United introduced Kagawa just to activate Li Yu and allow Manchester United's No. 9 to score more goals. The addition of Mata was all for one purpose, but now it seems that Li Yu has not found himself in the constant changes in position.
rhythm, but everyone believes that the brilliant Manchester United No. 9 will be back soon.
At the same time, the Champions League groupings for the new season were also announced, and Manchester United got a good grouping situation.
Last season, Manchester United was placed in a group with Benfica, Basel, and Galati Steel. When the grouping was settled, everyone was elated. But in the end, no one thought that Manchester United, which was much stronger than the other three opponents, actually
Exited from the group and directly relegated to play in the Europa League.
In the 2012-13 season, Manchester United's opponents were Braga, Galatasaray and Cluj. On the surface, the Red Devils' Champions League group stage draw still "looks good", and they encountered their city rival Manchester City.
In the "Group of Death" situation, Manchester United's group opponents are not strong enough and have much better luck than Manchester City.
However, after being careless in Jingzhou last year, the entire Manchester United team must not dare to be careless. They need to know their shame and then be brave.
What's more, compared to last year's grouping, Manchester United's grouping is even more dangerous.
A more direct fact is that, except for Braga in Portugal, Manchester United's other two opponents are in eastern Europe. The Red Devils have to make a long journey. The straight-line distance from Manchester to Cluj is about 2,000 kilometers, and to Braga is about 2,000 kilometers.
The distance to Laga is about 1,400 kilometers, and the distance to Istanbul, Galatasaray’s home city, is about 2,700 kilometers. The total distance between the three away games is more than 12,000 kilometers!
After all the hard work and travel, this will be a very big test for the entire Manchester United team.
What's even more terrible is that now that the Champions League schedule is out, Manchester United will face 5 away games in the 6 league games immediately following the 6 midweek Champions League games.
This includes away games against Liverpool, away games against Newcastle, away games against Chelsea, and away games against Manchester City! Therefore, the seemingly easy grouping is actually very dangerous. How to choose between the league and the Champions League will also become a big problem. Of course, Manchester United
They are still one of the strongest teams in Group H, and their biggest enemy is themselves.
However, as the transfer period is about to end, Manchester United fans still haven't noticed any more moves from the Red Devils.
But it was another team that showed people what madness is!
Over the past summers, if you want to ask which Premier League team is the most active in the transfer market, the answer is nothing more than a few traditional giants. However, this year is very different. The answer becomes the relegation team from London last season-
—Queens Park Rangers.
Throughout the summer, according to an old saying, Queen's Park Rangers almost "signed a team". However, the newly promoted Premier League team, which will be relegated last season, did not spend money in a desperate manner, but in a desperate manner.
It spent a relatively small transfer fee to recruit a group of powerful and famous players.
Throughout the summer transfer, the names on Queen's Park's signing list (including loans) are: Magli, Granero, Junio Cesar, Bosingwa, Hoilett, Park Ji-sung, Nelson, Fabi
O, Andrew Johnson (Weibo), Diakite, Green, Mbiwa, most of these twelve names are well known to people, and many of them come directly from wealthy families.
Interestingly, there are 4 players in the Queen's Park team who have won the Champions League (Cesar, Bosingwa, Park Ji-sung, Fabio), which even exceeds the "Mr. Champions League" in the Premier League champion Manchester City team (Tevi
The number of Si, Yaya Toure, Balotelli)!
There may be a view that Queen's Park acts as a "recycling station for wealthy families" - "specializing in collecting scraps that wealthy families don't want", but this is not necessarily the case. Park Ji-sung, Bosingwa, Cesar and others are all slightly older.
The wages are high and the former wealthy owners no longer need them, but this does not mean that their skills and combat effectiveness have been greatly reduced.
Granero, Fabio and others are young players who cannot play the main role in wealthy clubs. Queen's Park signed two people from Manchester United in a row, one as an agent and the other as a clean up, which can further accumulate contacts for themselves in the Premier League.
Players such as Hoilett and Green are also powerful and famous players who have been immersed in the Premier League for many years. Many of the signings made by Queen's Park this summer have zero transfer fees, and at most only require a relatively high salary.
Even so, many of these signings still appear to be just right.
What's more, like Chelsea and Manchester City, the owner of Queen's Park, who is an Indian steel tycoon, is "not short of money." His wealth even exceeds that of Manchester City's Sheikh Mansoor on the wealth list selected by "442" magazine.
With these new players with both strength and fame, in the new season, Queen's Park, which was going to avoid relegation last season, attracted attention from the beginning. Although it was defeated 0-5 in the first round, this game was evenly matched with 1-1.
It is a pity that they lost to Manchester City in 3, but we have reason to believe that after the break-in during the holidays, the strength and experience of their newly signed players will greatly improve their combat effectiveness.
