In this way, Modric walked into the dressing room of Manchester United in a special way......

But it didn't take long for Modric to impress his team-mates with an unrivalled performance at the training ground.

"That guy is not human."

"The ball is like sticking to his feet, and you can't take it away from his feet."

Because Modric entered the side of the main group, Park Ji-sung and Fletcher could only be on the bench side, and at this time Park Ji-sung and Fletcher muttered.

"Pique? How are you like following a stake? Fletcher blamed Pique for the problem, "You should have come up in time and flank him together." ”

"My target is the striker, Luca is yours, woo......" Pique pouted, obviously disagreeing with Fletcher's statement, the central defender is naturally dealing with the striker, when to engage the opponent's midfielder.

However, his heart is also very shocked, in his memory, the guy who can stick the ball at his feet, except for Messi, seems to be him. But why hadn't you heard of him before?

Croatia's Luka Modric?

Pique had never heard of it and would not have known if it hadn't been for Modric's spectacular performance on the training pitch today.

Luka Modric then made the squad for United's first Premier League game of the new season, but it was Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick and Ryan Giggs who started. Fletcher, Park Ji-sung and Luka Modric were all on the bench.

The seven-person substitute list, in the end, Park Ji-sung didn't even make the squad, he was really depressed enough. He also started in the previous Community Shield, but in the first round of the Premier League, he could only sit in the stands at Old Trafford......

Manchester United will host Fulham this evening local time, while defending champions Chelsea will also take on Manchester City at Stamford Bridge in the first round of the Premier League campaign.

Desperate to reclaim the league title from Chelsea, United will certainly not underestimate their opponents, with United boss Alex Ferguson saying before the game: "Manchester United will definitely get three points at home tonight, and the goal this season is to make sure they get as many points as possible at home, so that they can attack Chelsea." ”

Last season, Chelsea won 18 of their 19 home games and drew one, meaning they only dropped two points at home, while Manchester United dropped six at home, which Ferguson said was one of the main reasons why United failed to catch Chelsea last season. He said: 'If you look at Chelsea's record at home in the last two seasons, they are indeed home dragons and it has a lot to do with them winning the league title two seasons in a row. ”

'We've found areas where we need to improve and that's the gap between us and Chelsea, last season we drew too much at home, obviously it's not okay for a team that wants to win the title, I think we should do a little bit better at home in the new season, at least not at home without scoring and playing with each other.' We had a very good away record last season and if we can turn those draws into wins, it will put a lot of pressure on Chelsea. It's a shame that we didn't turn that advantage into a win when we were playing at home, and it was a bigger blow to the team's morale if we didn't win at home. ”

The last time United won the league title was in 2003, when they won 16 at home, drawing two and losing one. Alex Ferguson says United will have to be winless at home if they want to regain league domination, as they did in '03.

Ferguson also said that United had a number of injuries to the team at the start of last season, including Gary Neville, Heinze and Ryan Giggs, which was one reason why the team did not reach the top. This year is good, and Heinze is not expected to start training until next week. In addition, forward Alan Smith will also need to return with a broken leg in a few weeks.

Ferguson said: "As long as we don't have long-term injuries in our squad, we are not afraid of any opponent. ”

But Ferguson is clearly not worried about the quality of his squad and in his opinion he is ready to go head-to-head with Chelsea. And full of confidence in the Chinese goalscorer, he said: "This season, Dong can score at least 30 league goals, and I firmly believe in that. ”

At 20:30 Beijing time on August 20 (13:30 local time in the UK), the first round of the 2006/07 English Premier League season will be contested.

Fulham beat Manchester United 3-1 away in October 2003, but the Red Devils are unbeaten in their last seven matches. The two sides have met 34 times in the top flight history, with Manchester United holding the upper hand with 20 wins, 9 draws and 5 defeats. The first Premier League match at the expanded Old Trafford attracted 75,115 spectators, which also continued to set a new Premier League record.

"Welcome, Luca!"

Old Trafford fans unfurled banners to welcome Croatian Luka Modric, the only player United have brought in so far this season, so much so that fans are paying close attention to him.

Modric didn't expect that he would get so much attention from Old Trafford fans, sitting on the bench, sitting on the bench, sitting on the bench seriously, not daring to slack off......

"Brothers, let's start our new season with a big win!"

Walking on the turf, Dong Fangzhuo said passionately.

Playing Fulham at home, United should play a good game to start the new season.

The goalkeeper was Edwin van der Sar, of course, with Neville, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra starting at the back.

In midfield, Michael Carrick was on the right, Paul Scholes in the middle, Ryan Giggs was on the left, and Fletcher and Luka Modric were on the bench.

The front line is definitely a trident.

"It's been a long time coming, Old Trafford fans can't wait to start the new season! Hurry up and blow the whistle, damn referee! But don't fall asleep. Lineker was also a little impatient.

Beep –

After a long wait, the game has finally begun!

Fulham were the first to take the chance, as Patrice Evra made a beautiful tackle on Collins John in front of the box and gave Fulham a set-piece in front, but there was no threat from the ball.

Soon after, however, Neville also gave a set-piece on the right, and Bullard's free-kick was cleared by Diop's left-footed volley from 14 yards on the left side of the box.

Then, the game entered the rhythm of Manchester United.

Van der Sar threw the ball to Carrick, Carrick found Rooney with a long pass, Rooney crossed from the right, Ronaldo rushed to the left side of the box with a header, Giggs on the left side made another accurate cross, Dong Fangzhuo grabbed in front of the goal and headed it into the far corner six yards in front of Pierce.

The whole process of the offensive was smooth and unstoppable.

“goooooooal!”

“goooooooooooal!”

"Dong scored his first league goal of the season and he showed perfect form!"

It only took 7 minutes for Old Trafford to be completely boiling.

"Dong, as always stable, he used the goal to tell the fans of Manchester United, you just need to sit quietly on the bench and eat melon seeds, eat bread, and the goal will come naturally!"

"Cheers to your captain, oh God, can he finish off Henry and get the top scorer this season?"

Conceding a goal too early meant Fulham had to press out and fight Manchester United.

In the 9th minute, Boamot crossed from a free kick from the right, and Diop's powerless header from the far post was confiscated by Van der Sar. Cristiano Ronaldo also converted a free-kick from 30 yards out on the left to return the colour, but his direct shot went wide of the far corner.

Four minutes later, Brad's 30-yard free-kick was parried by Van der Sar. Van der Sar launched a quick counterattack from the penalty area again, the ball was thrown to Scholes, Scholes picked up Rooney with his right foot, Rooney stopped the ball in the middle and broke through the block and distributed the ball to Ronaldo, Ronaldo crossed from the left, Pierce accidentally shoveled into his own door from 6 yards under the pressure of Dong Fangzhuo.

“goooooal!”

“goooooooooal!”

"Own goal, it's an own goal."

"Perfect start!"

With two goals down, the Fulham players were completely disorganized, while United's attack remained unabated.

Three minutes later, Paul Scholes whipped in a quick free-kick and Gary Neville's cross from the right was met by Dong Fangzhuo's left-footed volley from the far post that was saved by Niemi and followed up by Wayne Rooney from 10 yards.

“gooooooooooooooooooooal!”

"3-0, the game has ended early, there is no hope for Fulham."

Lineker announced the end of the game early......

Cristiano Ronaldo then tried to shoot a right-footed volley wide from 22 yards down the middle.

However, his goal did not wait long, in the 19th minute, Rooney's cross from the left, Quedru retreated and cleared the ball unsuccessfully, Dong Fangzhuo missed the header under the marking of Pierce, but Ronaldo was left unguarded at the far post and pushed a right-footed shot into the top corner of the net.

4:0！

“gooal，gooooal，goooooooooal!”

"Fourth goal!"

'It only took 20 minutes for Manchester United to beat Fulham.'

"Manchester United's trident is full of firepower and has staged an attacking storm!"