Chapter 128: Continued Highlights

"Originally, I thought that Dong's strength and speed were very good, and what he lacked was experience and awareness on the field, but after so many games, I think the only thing he lacks is the skill of his feet, let's just say that this bounce, his bounce is no less than any player in the Manchester United team."

"There are Manchester United fans on the BBC forum who have posted a lot of photos about Dong's training and games, and it can be seen from those photos that Dong's bounce power is quite amazing, and he also ranked the bounce power of each player in the Manchester United team, and China's Dong Gao ranked first, and the second place was Ronaldo......"

Lineker is now a Dong Blower......

In the 10th minute, Manchester United comfortably took a 1-0 lead at home.

Giggs thanked Dong Fangzhuo for the assist and personally ran over to hug Dong Fangzhuo to celebrate.

Dong Fangzhuo joked in his heart, he just had a meal with Giggs, and gave him an assist, which is really a bit evil, is it easier to score goals or form assists if you have a better relationship with someone in the future......

Falling behind 1-0 left Bolton's players pressed out, and with almost eighty minutes to go, they couldn't afford to sit still and wait to be played to death by Manchester United.

Manchester United needs such a gap, and every time they play a counter-attack, Bolton is shocked into a cold sweat.

Vanney was almost always active in the middle of the penalty area, squeezing Dong Fangzhuo to the left wing, and the position of center forward was still his.

Dong Fangzhuo didn't care, constantly cruising and responding to the left and right, Giggs and Fletcher both tried to hoist the ball into the box, but Ruud van Nistelrooy couldn't grab the ball, and there were not as many opportunities as Dong Fangzhuo's flexible running.

He was very active up front, although the wing was not his best position, but he was very good at running, a guy who could run, there was never a shortage of open space, and after a few attempts to hoist the ball into the box to find Ruud van Nistelrooy, Giggs put the ball at the feet of Dong Fangzhuo.

But Dong Fangzhuo also has a very obvious drawback, that is, what Lineker said just now, lacks delicate foot skills, he can rarely complete the breakthrough with the ball on the side, and can only play the role of opening up the gap on the side, but this itself occupies the position of Giggs, so he should lean closer to the middle.

It's just that Bolton's defense in the middle is very dense, and even if he and Ruud van Nistelrooy are in the penalty area, it will be difficult to compete for a header. Especially after he set up Ryan Giggs with a header just now, the Bolton players have strengthened their defence against him and tightened up to him.

As a last resort, United began to intensify their long-range efforts in the middle.

Keane, Ryan Giggs and Fletcher took turns to burst into the game, but they couldn't knock on Bolton's door again. Luckily, Bolton's attack was too weak to pose much of a threat to United's backline.

The score of 1:0 went into halftime.

Ferguson immediately made a change, replacing the lackluster Kleberson with Paul Scholes to continue to strengthen United's attack.

"Ruud van Nistelrooy's state, how to say it is good, one is good, one is not good, Ferguson has given a lot of opportunities, but if he goes on like this, the playing time may really be less and less."

"Of course, this can't be blamed on Ruud van Nistelrooy, the lack of a striker who can take the ball on the front line is not good, Rooney is the most suitable candidate, Dong and Ruud van Nistelrooy should not be on the pitch at the same time, either Dong and Rooney are partnered, or Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rooney are partnered, or Dong and Saha are better than these two on the field at the same time."

The twisted melon is not sweet, Ferguson doesn't understand this truth, maybe he still wants to let Vanney play to maintain his condition, but Dong Fangzhuo must also play, so the current forward line is a little nondescript and can't play well.

Even with Paul Scholes on the pitch, it still didn't change the scoreless situation, and although the midfielders still got a lot of shots, they were too far from the goal.

Therefore, after a flash of disappointment in his eyes, he gritted his teeth and replaced Vanney with Rooney, although Rooney's condition was not good, but Rooney at least held the ball on the field and was able to take the initiative to create opportunities.

Rooney didn't expect to get a chance to play in the 60 minutes, which shows that Ferguson was not satisfied with Ruud van Nistelrooy's performance.

After playing on the field, it can be seen that Dong Fangzhuo and Rooney have a more tacit understanding, most of the time Dong Fangzhuo is in the big penalty area, while Rooney often wanders outside the big penalty area, and the two people also exchange positions from time to time, so that Manchester United's attack has become much more layered.

Whether it's attacking from the ground, crossing from the flanks or combining long-range shots from the middle, Manchester United have played rich and resilient. On top of that, Rooney often pulled out of the penalty area and pulled out one of the opposing centre-backs, which reduced the pressure on Dong Fangzhuo in the big penalty area.

This is much more flexible than when Ruud van Nistelrooy was on the pitch just now, and the younger Dong Fangzhuo and Wayne Rooney are more difficult to guard against, making it difficult for Bolton's two centre-backs to keep up with a player.

In the 71st minute, Giggs crossed from the left, Dong Fangzhuo singled out the opponent's central defender on the right side of the penalty area and jumped, and he once again seized the hard-won opportunity and jumped higher than the opponent.

In a one-on-one situation, Dong Fangzhuo does not suffer, he can give full play to his physical and bouncing advantages.

It was almost the same as the first goal, except that Ryan Giggs was replaced by Wayne Rooney, who had just come on the pitch.

Rooney made it 2:0 in one fell swoop. Rooney's record of not scoring goals ended up stuck at three games, and the shadow of not scoring a penalty was also removed.

He has to thank Dong Fangzhuo, without Dong Fangzhuo's assist, he can't break the goal drought! If you can't break the ball drought, the pressure on him will increase and he may be crushed in the end......

Whew, the lord on the field finally let out a breath.

With two balls in hand, it is finally time to sit back in the dugout and rest, Bolton has wings and cannot be reversed with their current performance.

In the end, Manchester United beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 at home and still did not fall behind in the league.

"What a ...... this guy"

Mourinho turned off the TV, pouted and shook his head, his mind drifting to the Carabao Cup in January.

"It was a bit of a boring game compared to the previous one, because Bolton never knew how to attack, didn't put pressure on United's backline, just defended alone and didn't get enough points, and in the end Dong used the same two times to set up a team-mate's score...... Lineker summed up the game.

"That's why Dong is still the starter, and it's Rooney's turn to switch places, of course, Ferguson is only half the battle, because having Rooney on the field is better than not having Rooney, and the situation he needs to face is, do you insist on letting China Dong start, let Ruud van Nistelrooy continue to sit on the bench, I mean, unfortunately, Ruud van Nistelrooy may only be able to be Dong's replacement? Oh God, this is crazy......"