Chapter 148 Where Did This Guy Find It? (4/155)
Chapter 148 Where did this guy come from?
No one dares to underestimate Manchester United, and Gao Bo is no exception.
After all, this is the most successful team since entering the Premier League era, and their manager is also the best manager in the Premier League.
Their lineup can be described as star-studded, and Gao Bo felt a headache just seeing their starting roster.
Manchester United's weakest link at present is probably the goalkeeper. Due to Van der Sar's injury, the current Manchester United's No. 1 goalkeeper is England goalkeeper Ben Foster. Now Manchester United fans are still looking forward to this goalkeeper, because in the In the pre-season warm-up, Ben Foster's performance was not bad. However, in Gao Bo's impression, the goalkeeper has many low-level mistakes, not to mention as the No. 1 goalkeeper of a team like Manchester United, even if it is the No. 2 goalkeeper, Ben Foster is not qualified. Gao Bo remembers this The goalkeeper was once ridiculed by Chinese fans as "stupid Foster"
In addition to the goalkeeper, Manchester United's central defender combination is probably the strongest central defender combination in the Premier League, Ferdinand and Vidic! The partnership of these two central defenders makes Manchester United's defense impregnable, and in terms of full-backs, Ferguson chose O'Shea to play right-back, and Evra is naturally the left-back.
The combination of this back line is quite good, and in terms of midfield, Manchester United's starting lineup is Valencia, Fletcher, Carrick, and Nani. Four players are lined up, look at the configuration of this midfield , Gao Bo knows what Ferguson wants to do - Valencia and Nanic on both sides are quite sharp players on the offensive end, their speed is fast, and they can provide a steady stream of impact on the wing.
The forward line, it is Rooney partner Berbatov.
With such a lineup, Gao Bo knew that his team would be uncomfortable.
Valencia and Nani will be two important points of impact, using the flank to quickly attack the opponent's defense has always been Manchester United's forte.
However, Gao Bo did not explain the tactics in detail before the game, because in the past two months, the team has been conducting tactical training, and this game will test the team's training results in the past month. of a game.
Of course, mainly defensively. Manchester United must be the main attacking side.
Can I get the Community Shield? Gao Bo certainly doesn't want to lose, but the focus of this game is to examine the players first to see how they perform.
Players from both sides quickly entered the field from the player tunnel, and then the two sides stood on the field. All the fans stood up.
Before the start of the game, both sides will give a collective standing ovation to the former England legend coach who died of cancer a week ago to pay tribute to the legend.
Ferguson is also watching Luton players.
There have been several changes in Luton's starting lineup compared to last season.
First of all, of course, on the striker line. Griezmann, who spent half a million euros in Luton this season, was brought in from Real Sociedad's B team. Of course, Ferguson's focus is on.
In fact, in England, people still admire Gao Bo's vision. After all, there are several successful examples in the past.
However, Ferguson is also difficult to find information on Griezmann.
And Manchester United's scouts just gave him a very general inductive language: flexible, good skills!
Ferguson wanted to scold his mother when he saw this information.
How could he see a ghost?
And Gao Bo is willing to spend 500,000 to introduce this player, which is enough to show that Gao Bo is very optimistic about Griezmann. In the case of precedents, no one dares to underestimate the players introduced by Gao Bo.
The other new player is Schmeichel. This is very familiar to Ferguson, because this is the son of former Manchester United goalkeeper Schmeichel, but the son of the Manchester United star chose to go to Manchester City's youth academy
Schmeichel's performance in a few games in Manchester City last season was remarkable. His reaction and bottom speed were very fast, and his basic skills were very solid. However, the Premier League game exposed a lot of shortcomings. The first is height. Little Schmeichel is only 184 cm tall. This height is too disadvantageous for the goalkeeper. First of all, of course, the high-altitude ball In terms of control, Schmeichel has a natural flaw, so although Schmeichel's skills are good, Manchester City still let him go - even many Premier League teams have given up after seeing his height. Plan to bring in Schmeichel.
And Sol Campbell Ferguson knows it very well. After all, this is the main center back of Arsenal before. Of course, Ferguson knows the players of his old rivals like the back of the back. But Ferguson is skeptical about how much Campbell can play at such an advanced age.
The other two new aids introduced by Luton, Karl Jenkinson sat on the bench, and Alex Sandro was unable to play due to labor certification issues. At this time, he may be sitting in a corner of the stand. Woolen cloth.
In this way, Luton's starting lineup has not changed much compared to last season. The goalkeeper Schmeichel, the center back combination of Jeffrey and Sol Campbell on the back line, and the left back Solo David S, right back Mitchell Piran, the midfielder is a combination of Drinkwater and Kante, while the two sides are Kevin Keane and Hassan Ali, and the striker is Vardy and Greeze. Man.
Because of the great pressure of defense in this game, Gao Bo chose Hassan, who is more capable of defense, in midfield, while Adam sat on the bench, and the center back chose Jeffrey to start. The main reason is that Jeffrey The ability to head the ball is stronger. After all, Manchester United's impact on both sides can create a lot of opportunities for passing the ball. Luton needs to strengthen the defense of high-altitude balls.
On the forward line, the positions of the two forwards are a bit different from last season.
Compared with Charlie Osti, Gao Bo gave Griezmann much more tactical weight!
Gaubo had Griezmann standing behind Vardy as a nine-and-a-half player. And Griezmann isn't just a nine-and-a-half, Gao Bo has never used Griezmann as a pure striker - because Griezmann's ability is far more than that. When he moved forward, he was a striker, he was a striker, but when he receded from the nine-and-a-half to the tenth, Griezmann played well in the attacking midfield position.
Although Griezmann can play in many positions, Gao Bo believes that the one who can maximize his role is still in the middle.
The lack of a playmaker had a lot to do with the fact that Luton struggled so much against dense defenses last season. Drinkwater is not a playmaker, he is more like a midfielder, and at the same time he has the ability to defend, and Kevin Keane is actually similar to Drinkwater. So Griezmann can undoubtedly fill the gap in this regard.
Wembley was full of people, and soon after the game started, Ferguson was taken aback by Griezmann's performance.
After Manchester United kicked off the ball first, Valencia's side was the main attack direction of Manchester United. He rushed to the bottom line all the way from the wing, and then swept the middle road vigorously, but Luton's players had already taken precautions against him.
Sol Campbell's position stands very well,
He didn't make a big-footed clearance, but pushed the ball to the sideline to Hassan Ali!
Here is the experience of the veteran. Sol Campbell knows that any opportunity to fight back is precious to the team.
Hassan is also just a role in connecting the ball. He quickly passed the ball to Drinkwater, and the drinker did not stop because Griezmann also came back to get the ball!
Griezmann took the ball with his back to Fletcher, but he passed Fletcher with a few fakes, then dribbled the ball forward and shot from the edge of the box, but the ball went slightly wide of the post , but it still surprised Manchester United fans.
Where did this guy get such a talented player from? !
Ferguson glanced at Gao Bo, not far away, and thought silently.