Chapter 11 Opening Battle

The entire United squad entered the home dressing room at Old Trafford.

Although Li Qingshan has been to this stadium to play games, but this is the first time he has set foot in the home team locker room of the Dream Theater, compared with the away team locker room, the home team locker room is much more luxurious and spacious, high-end shower equipment, massage therapy equipment, everything.

But before Li Qingshan could take a closer look at Manchester United's dressing room, assistant coach Ryan Giggs clapped his hands and said, "Hurry up and change your clothes and go out to warm up!" ”

Carlo Ancelotti came to Manchester United, he did not bring a very large team, apart from a few of his assistants, there were not many changes in other aspects of Manchester United, even Ryan Giggs, who continued to stay in office to assist Ancelotti in his work.

The players put their things in their cabinets, then changed into warm-up training clothes and walked from the players' tunnel to the pitch under the guidance of Ryan Giggs.

When the Manchester United players appeared on the pitch, Old Trafford, which was already full, roared with joy.

After a long offseason, fans have been looking forward to it, crossing their fingers and counting the start of the league.

Especially for Manchester United fans, this season is quite exciting.

Although Van Gaal's lightning dismissal, fans were a little uneasy, but Ancelotti quickly took over the Red Devils' coaching, and in terms of recruitment, Manchester United is steady, and the few players bought are quite strong, and it also happens to be a reinforcement to strengthen Manchester United's weaknesses.

Even before the league began, there were many media outlets who named Manchester United as the favourites to win the Premier League this season.

Manchester United are favourites to win the league title, which may have been taken for granted in the past. But after two seasons of slumps, even die-hard United fans are a little too sure.

Li Qingshan was warmly welcomed by the fans, who shouted Li Qingshan's name.

Li Qingshan's popularity among Manchester United fans is quite high. First of all, of course, because of his strength, a star who broke the Champions League single-season goal record joined the team, and the fans are of course very much looking forward to it; On the other hand, Manchester United first played for FC United and then were signed by Manchester United. Although FC United is a team that is hated by Manchester United's hierarchy, in the hearts of many Manchester United fans, this team is not actually disgusted by them, on the contrary, many fans still have some kind of affection for Manchester United.

In addition to the usual Manchester United fans, fan groups belonging to Li Qingshan have appeared in the stands, waving Chinese flags, holding portraits of Li Qingshan, and hanging Chinese slogans with Li Qingshan's name written on them.

This fan group hails from Chinatown, south of Manchester city centre, and is the second largest Chinatown in the UK and home to local Chinese in Manchester.

It is said to be a Chinese area, but most of them are no longer very good at speaking Chinese, and even in terms of appearance, after several generations of intermarriage with local whites, there are many mixed-race children who have completely lost the characteristics of Chinese, if you don't look at their surnames.......

However, this did not prevent them from cheering for Li Qingshan.

After the warm-up, the players returned to the dressing room.

In the dressing room, Ancelotti seized the last few moments to explain to several starting midfielders, and Mata, Fellaini, Herrera and Kramer surrounded Ancelotti and nodded from time to time.

In fact, it is mainly the positions of Marouane Fellaini and Herrera, and these two players will often switch positions back and forth during the game. Kramer, on the other hand, is working full-time as a defender at the back to protect the front of the backline.

Li Qingshan changed his training uniform and put on a competition uniform.

It's also quite interesting to say, Manchester United's training uniforms and match uniforms are actually different from the chest advertisement. The commercial exploitation of this team has reached such a level.

Li Qingshan also didn't listen to Ancelotti and the players in the midfield nagging. The only task Ancelotti gave him was to score goals.

He is the freest player on the pitch, Ancelotti has not assigned him any defensive tasks, he can run according to the situation on the field, interspersed with the ball, and has the absolute right to fire.

Li Qingshan naturally knows that such trust is not unconditional, and if he can't score goals, then he will soon lose these privileges.

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"Good viewers, this is the 2015-2016 Premier League opener broadcast by CCTV, Manchester United at Old Trafford against Pochettino's Tottenham Hotspur!" Duan Xuan's voice came from the TV.

China Central Television (CCTV) did not have the rights to broadcast the Premier League last season, and the broadcast rights of the Premier League in China were monopolized by an online sports company, so last season's Premier League fans experienced a season in which they had to pay to watch a game for the first time.

However, after Li Qingshan's transfer to Manchester United this season, the wealthy CCTV bought the TV rights of the Premier League, and CCTV naturally could not charge for it, so the charging model for online live broadcast of Premier League games was only taught by CCTV after one season.

At this time, the players of both sides were already lined up in the player tunnel, and Li Qingshan was chatting with Alderweireld opposite.

After not getting many appearances at Atletico Madrid at the end of last season, Alderweireld sought a move to Tottenham Hotspur.

After meeting former teammates in a game, Li Qingshan and Alderweireld chatted for a while while they lined up in the tunnel tunnel. Manchester United and Tottenham are not rivals anyway, and it is not a big deal to chat with the opposing players in private.

But if it's Liverpool on the other side......... No matter how good the two parties have in private, there will definitely be no communication on this occasion.

Li Qingshan naturally started the game, and in other starters, the starting goalkeeper was De Gea, on the backline, right-back Valencia, and the center-back combination was Hummels partnering with Argentine international Marcos Rojo, and left wing-back Sandro.

Three midfielders: Marouane Fellaini, Herrera, Cramer. Di Maria and Mata are one left and one right, and the center forward is naturally Li Qingshan.

The team's vice-captains, Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick, were both on the bench. The captain's armband was worn on Valencia's arm.

For Tottenham, Pochettino started with goalkeeper Fulm, right wing-back Kyle Walker, centre-back Alderweireld partnering Vertonghen and left-back Ben Davies. The two midfielders at the back are Dier and Bentaleb. The two forwards on the left and right are No. 22 Shazli and Moussa Dembele, the forward Danish international Eriksen, and at the front is England's popular striker, No. 10 Harry Kane!

Kane scored 29 goals in the Premier League for Tottenham last season and was the Premier League's top scorer that season. And his goal distribution is very even, whether it is a set-piece, a long-range shot, a goal on the left and right feet, a fairly versatile striker, can shoot with a burst and shoot, and the speed is not slow. It can be described as Tottenham's "real thighs"!

Pochettino's Tottenham Hotspur is very particular about high pressing in the midfield, using the initiative to cover up the danger of the defensive team as much as possible, Kane can be called Tottenham's "real thigh" last season, adapted to a variety of attacking routines, and another outstanding statistic is the ability to score from distance on the edge of the box and Eriksen's winning goal.

As Manchester United has undergone a change of manager, Ancelotti's tactical play will certainly not be the same as Van Gaal's.

Pochettino is only 45 years old, a young man in the coaching profession. But his coaching experience is very rich. After taking over the reins of Tottenham last season, Tottenham's results have steadily improved, and they have finished fifth in the league.

What medicine to buy in Ancelotti's gourd, Pochettino can probably guess.

Although Manchester United has frequently changed formations and personnel combinations in several warm-up games, the only thing that has not changed is that Li Qingshan is obviously the most core player.

Mauricio Pochettino's side have not played against Li Qingshan. But Pochettino himself has coaching experience in Spain. Therefore, of course, he knows what Li Qingshan's crazy goal numbers mean in La Liga, this is a player as dangerous as Messi and Ronaldo!

Carlo Ancelotti kept Di Maria, Nani and other players for a very obvious purpose, and the main attacking routine of Manchester United was to cross through the wings.

This is actually very logical, Ancelotti has only been in charge of Manchester United for more than a month, and he simply has not had time to design and train any complex tactical routines. Manchester United only signed him on a two-year contract, which is somewhat distrustful of the Italian coach.

Therefore, for Ancelotti, he must slowly enrich the team's attacking style of play while stabilizing the team's results first.

In Pochettino's view, this could be Tottenham's chance at Old Trafford.

In this game, Manchester United had four players on the pitch who had no Premier League experience.

Including central defender Hummels, midfielder Kramer, left-back Sandro and center forward Li Qingshan.

If Li Qingshan can take dozens of minutes to slowly adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League, then the other three players are all players in the defensive system. They don't have much time to adapt!

Compared with the Bundesliga and the Portuguese Premier League, the English Premier League is a completely different league.

The pace of the Premier League is much faster than other leagues, with a greater emphasis on speed and physicality, and the referee's whistle is much looser than in other leagues, which encourages both teams to engage in hand-to-hand combat, but who makes England fans love to watch games like this?

Therefore, many newcomers often find it difficult to adapt to such a game atmosphere at the first time, and some players with poor adaptability may not even be able to adapt to it, so they can only leave the Premier League.........

Whether Humels, Kramer, Sandro and others can adapt to the Premier League, no one knows now.

Just like Schrödinger's cat, whether it was poisoned or not can only be known by opening the box.

As a result, Pochettino decided to play against the visitors, and now he was able to take advantage of the points in United's defensive system in the opening stages.

Alex Sandro felt the pressure of the Premier League when he first played in the Premier League.

On his side are two black players, Kyle Walker and Mussa Dembele, both of whom are quite explosive and fast.

From the very beginning of the game, Tottenham attacked Sandro's side in an attempt to open a gap from his side.

Although Di Maria came back to assist him in defending, the alternating impact of Moussa Dembele and Kyle Walker still left Sandro a little caught off guard and had a hole in his defense.

Kyle Walker crossed from the open field, and in the middle, Harry Kane also specifically looked for trouble with Hummels, but Hummels was very experienced defensively, and although the pace of the game was different from that of the Bundesliga, he still won the one-on-one confrontation with Harry Kane and pushed the ball out.

'From the start of the game, Tottenham were in a rage, concentrating on the left side of Manchester United, and it looked like Pochettino was looking to bully the Premier League newcomers first and see if he could find some chances. The English commentator is still very professional, and he can see Pochettino's idea at once.

However, Tottenham took advantage of Sandro only once, and Sandro looked very adaptable, and he quickly adapted to Tottenham's attacking mode of relying on speed and impact.

Pochettino frowned, it looks like Manchester United have picked up the treasure, Sandro is completely the performance of a top full-back, although it is not yet known what his attacking ability is, but just looking at his defensive skills, his speed and confrontation ability, it is enough to pay Manchester United for him.

If this road doesn't work, Tottenham will change the way.

Elkeson in the middle began to wave for the ball, but as soon as he got the ball, Kramer came up and leaned against him and broke the ball away.

After observing these few minutes, coupled with his previous knowledge of the Premier League, Kramer also cleverly used his physical advantage to complete a beautiful steal while Elkeson didn't know him yet.

After making the tackle, he passed the ball to Herrera, who dribbled forward through the centre circle and went straight to Di Maria's side.

Juan Mata cruising down the middle, ceding his position on the flanks to Valencia on the flank.

Di Maria dribbled forward and crossed with his left foot before Kyle Walker came up to block!

Li Qingshan noticed that Di Maria's cross was a bit overrun, and Di Maria's cross had a strong arc.

But it didn't matter, Li Qingshan took a few steps back and adjusted.

He flicked the ball to Juan Mata.

Juan Mata took the ball and was about to shoot, but the deceived Alderweireld hurriedly stretched his foot, but Mata faked the real pass, he went to the right and just passed the ball to the foot of Valencia, who was coming forward at high speed.

Valencia is no slower than Kyle Walker, and he is a winger.

Valencia did not stop the ball, but directly swept the goal with a low flat ball!

"Li Qingshan!!!!!!"

In the roar of the commentator, Li Qingshan fell to the ground and shoveled and knocked the ball into the goal.

In the seventh minute of the game, Li Qingshan scored his first goal in the Premier League!