Chapter 19: The New Season Begins

The Community Shield isn't a big trophy, but it's a joy for both Manchester United players and fans to win a title before the start of the new season.

Especially Li Qingshan, who scored a hat-trick, his good form almost made the other 19 teams in the Premier League desperate.

Who can stop him?

If he could, the managers of the other nineteen teams in the Premier League promised to put out millions in rewards.

Although the new signing Pogba is not in good shape, as long as Li Qingshan does not have problems, Manchester United's fighting power this season still makes the Premier League team dare not be careless.

The same goes for Manchester United fans. Although Pogba spent thousands of pounds to buy it back, it is 120 million when converted into euros, surpassing Li Qingshan to become the most valuable player in team history and the world's most valuable player. But in the hearts of fans, the team's biggest player is still Li Qingshan, although Pogba is expensive, but he is only a newcomer.

Perhaps in such an environment, Pogba is much less stressed - because all the attention is attracted by Li Qingshan.

Pogba's news is more about his hairstyle, and he has posted some awkward dances and other lace on social networking sites.

However, in training, the United players still felt the change in Pogba.

He's getting the ball quicker now and seems to be finding his rhythm to play with the rest of the United players.

Especially on the line with Li Qingshan.

In training with the ball, when Pogba's long pass from the back accurately found Li Qingshan, and then Li Qingshan took the ball and pushed it into the net, Ancelotti also applauded the connection between the two sides on the sidelines.

'As long as he finds his rhythm in the Premier League, we won't have to worry about midfield for years to come!'

Ancelotti said to the assistants next to him.

Carlo Ancelotti does need a player who can pass and shoot in midfield and can dribble forward at key moments, although now in the summer transfer window, Manchester United's several target introductions have not been smooth, but Pogba is a surprise, with Pogba, Manchester United's midfield creativity can undoubtedly improve a notch.

Just like this time, the long ball from the back goes over the defender's head and directly connects with the striker, which is not easy for Manchester United to play such an offensive combination in the past - first of all, the footwork of the long pass directly in the back field is not easy to master, and the pass is directly to the goalkeeper.

Last season, Manchester United often mentioned this kind of attack with long passes in the backfield, but most of them relied on Li Qingshan as a frontcourt bridgehead, and after taking the ball down, they waited for the attacking players to keep up, instead of directly and sharply creating opportunities for Li Qingshan to directly take the ball and face the goal directly - let a striker of Li Qingshan's level take the ball and face the goal head-on, think about it, you will know how threatening this is.

Moreover, Pogba's long ball footwork and vision can support him to quickly and quickly deliver accurate long balls to both sides of the midfield at the right time, making full use of the width of the pitch so that players on both sides can rush.

Carlo Ancelotti is more confident than ever about his prospects for this season.....

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A week after the Community Shield, the first round of the Premier League was quickly underway.

Defending champions Manchester United will take on Bournemouth away from home.

Manchester United are naturally going all out to win, and as the defending champions, Manchester United will embark on a new journey this season, and the goal is definitely to compete for the title.

Bournemouth, led by Eddie Howe, had a solid season last season, finishing 16th and successfully avoiding relegation. The Cherries have been boosted this summer by spending £30 million to bring in Ibi, Cook, Musset, Brad Smith and loan left-back Ake from Chelsea. Among them, Ibi, who is worth £15 million, is worth keeping an eye on, and the former Liverpool winger is likely to start in the opening game against Manchester United.

However, the first game of the season did not go well for Manchester United.

First of all, Juan Mata suffered an injury in training and was unable to start this game. Di Maria, on the other hand, was suspended for his first Premier League game of the season due to yellow cards last season.

What makes Carlo Ancelotti laugh is that even new signing Paul Pogba has been suspended for yellow cards: after accumulating two yellow cards in the Coppa Italia last season, even if the Frenchman moved to Manchester United this summer, his suspension in the Coppa Italia will still carry over to the Premier League, meaning that Pogba, the first game against Bournemouth, will be suspended for a briefing.

However, there was some good news for Carlo Ancelotti before the game began, with Villarrelal centre-back Eric Bailly close to signing for £30 million, and if nothing else, the Ivory Coast centre-back will be joining the team after the first round of the Premier League.

Since the Italian coaches Conte and Guardiola have come to the Premier League one after another this season, counting well-known coaches such as Ancelotti, Wenger, and Klopp, the current Premier League can be described as a concentration camp for famous coaches. So Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe also addressed the topic before the game: "I think the league has become more competitive, there are a lot of big managers coming to the Premier League and the club is spending a lot of money on signings. I think Bournemouth have improved as well, but there's no doubt we're going to have a tougher challenge ahead of us in the new season. ”

However, Carlo Ancelotti didn't say much about it: "We are Manchester United and we have to fight for the Premier League title! The opening game against Bournemouth, their coach has been with this team from the Championship to the present, and it has been very consistent, so it will be a tough game for us. ”

With Juan Mata, Di Maria and Paul Pogba all unavailable, youngsters Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford were given the opportunity to play in the front, standing behind Li Qingshan as two attacking midfielders, while the back three midfielders and the back line are still the same as last season's lineup.

Although Di Maria and Juan Mata were not present, Bournemouth did not dare to be careless at all - as long as Li Qingshan was on the field, it would be a huge pressure on the Bournemouth backline.

Bournemouth also fielded a 433 formation, with Adam Smith, Steve Cook, Francis, and Daniels as the back four, while the midfield three were all physical interceptors, even at their home turf, Bournemouth were very cautious.

Eddie Howe rubbed his palms together and sat in the dugout, still looking a little nervous from the look on his face.

Facing Manchester United in the first game of the league, it seems that it will not be easy to get off to a good start to the league, and Eddie Howe will be aiming to pick up at least a point against Manchester United – which means not losing at home.