With the referee's whistle, the game officially begins.
Manchester City, who were playing away from home, didn’t know what they were thinking. They didn’t seize the opportunity to take the lead and make waves. They continued to control the ball as always.
Completely different from the previous game, Manchester City, with a full lineup, played a very high ball possession ratio.
Historically, De Bruyne, who has suffered many injuries this season, was not injured, which made Manchester City's midfield look extremely scary.
Before the game, a reporter asked Mourinho if he had any regrets about using De Bruyne. Mourinho just smiled and replied: "I don't regret letting De Bruyne go." Browne, he received great training in the Bundesliga and achieved his current success."
But what Mourinho did not say was the competition with Hazard, Willian and Oscar at that time. , De Bruyne does not have any advantage.
In a player's best period of improvement, it is not a good thing to be crowded on the bench by better and older players.
What's more, Chelsea without De Bruyne also won the long-lost league championship.
No one can accuse Mourinho of making any mistakes in his choice at the time, but now, Mourinho, standing on the sidelines, looks at De Bruyne who is passing a very threatening through ball. The eyes are complicated.
When the scene returned to the court, Kanter had turned his head and looked toward the penalty area uneasily.
Aguero was trying to cross the defense line to catch De Bruyne's through ball, but then a huge red wall blocked his way.
"Uh--!"
Aguero covered his face and fell in the penalty area, looking extremely painful.
For a moment, several blue and white figures raised their hands in the air, shouting "Hey!" "Foul!".
The referee on duty, Andre Marriner, just crossed his hands and waved his hands to indicate that there was no foul.
Henry, who returned to the commentary box, glanced sideways at Neville: "This is indeed Old Trafford."
The implication was that he was mocking this place as " "Referee Federation" world.
Neville snorted and immediately counterattacked: "Aguero didn't control the ball at all. What kind of foul is this? Besides, don't you look at who is standing on the sidelines?"
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Henry touched his chin and did not continue to speak.
That is the public enemy of all referee associations in the five major leagues: Mourinho.
Only the fans in front of the TV smiled knowingly. I have never heard of Mourinho being given preferential treatment by the referee.
While everyone was still watching the replay of Aguero falling to the ground in the penalty area, Manchester United's offense had already advanced past halftime.
Rashford and Lin Mo were the starters this time. Martial and Lingard, who performed poorly in the last game, were once again relegated to the sidelines.
Lin Mo sent Jinqin on the rightCoe gave way to Rashford, and he took the initiative to advance from the left.
According to the pre-match tactical arrangement, Lin Mo serves as the metronome of Manchester United's offense and is responsible for the core of the offense.
This is not Mourinho’s whim. Last season’s offense was extremely weak. The 68 league goals scored were 38 goals behind Manchester City at the top of the list. This is a quite terrifying number.
If there is no midfielder De Bruyne, then let Lin Mo come!
Lin Mo, who was holding the ball, cleverly stepped out of the way and accelerated to get rid of the interference from the B seat. Facing the eyeing Kyle Walker and De Bruyne who was defending, Lin Mo suddenly kicked.
Outside instep, long pass!
The football flew in a beautiful diagonal arc from the left, bypassing the midfield defense and directly finding Rashford on the right.
Behind him, Sterling had not yet returned to defense in time.
"Opportunity!"
"Lin Mo's foot transfer is very beautiful, Rashford one-on-one Zinchenko."
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p>Rashford received the ball and immediately changed direction and accelerated, eating it raw without any skill.
But Zinchenko couldn't keep up at this time. At this time, Manchester City's left wing was like Carrington Stadium in the early morning, so empty.
"Pass the ball!"
Just when Rashford rushed into the penalty area and prepared to hit the goal with his back foot, the roar from outside the penalty area woke him up.
Rashford stopped and passed the ball out the moment Kompany pounced on him.
But the best opportunity has been missed. Lukaku and Laporte have stopped their attack and the pass was destroyed.
"Except for the last pass, this offense is still very beautiful, with advancement, transfer and breakthrough. It's a pity that Rashford is too greedy."
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This is not what Lao Zhan said alone. All the celebrities from Class 92 in the stands smiled and shook their heads.
"Is this kid learning from Chris, so independent?" Scholes shook his head.
"If it had been that guy, I'm afraid he would have shot long ago. He should have shot or not, but he hesitated to pass the ball."
"Even now, he would have been tackled back then. No penalty kick will be given."
Ferdinand added the last sentence.
Everyone nodded frequently, these little guys on the court are playing too softly now.
But in Guardiola's eyes, this is somewhat unusual.
But it was too late to adjust now, because Manchester United's offense came again, and Maguire's long pass accurately found Lin Mo.
With the experience just now, Kyle Walker went up to get close to him almost immediately.
But that's what Lin Mo was waiting for. With a slight knock, Lin Mo disappeared from Walker's eyes.
Almost at the same time, ManAll City players were taken away by Lin Mo, and veteran Valencia was instantly empty.
"Oops!"
Guardiola and De Brau tightened their hearts at the same time, and saw Valencia suddenly cutting inside and heading straight for the center.
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De Bruyne didn’t know what his opponent’s tactics were, but Manchester City’s center goal was obviously wide open.
Guardiola realized that his tactics seemed to have been seen through by his old enemy.
After cutting inside, Valencia cooperated with Matic and entered the penalty area, taking away the defender again.
A series of forward thrusts!
"Bang!"
The open Matic fired a beautiful long shot, allowing Ederson to make a beautiful save.
"Oh——!"
As the scene was full of regret, Mourinho raised his hands and applauded on the sidelines.
Lin Mo’s two attacks on the wing did greatly improve Manchester United’s offense, but the side effects were also obvious.
As the core of the offense, Lin Mo will be subject to tighter defense, which is also a challenge for other players.
"Someone still needs to stand up."
Mourinho thought so, but he did not expect that the other party would react faster than him.
The 19th minute of the game.
Manchester City's offense penetrated Manchester United's defense. David Silva took advantage of Rashford's opportunity to return to defense and hit the wall with Zinchenko on the left to directly enter the penalty area.
Facing Bailly who was covering the defense, he knocked the ball to De Bruyne's feet with an outside instep.
The latter glanced at the penalty area and flicked the ball out the moment Matic retreated.
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"Bang!"
De Gea, who flew to save, felt a chill in his heart and fingertips There was no feeling, and the black spot disappeared from sight.
"Whoa!"
De Gea, who landed hard, hit the ground hard: "Damn it! I didn't pounce!"
Until this moment , he never thought about blaming his teammates.
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