Chapter XXVIII: The Community Shield

Ferguson doesn't just get angry at his disciples in the dressing room, if he were just a manager who only gets angry and doesn't have much in his stomach, the players would have been in a big swing.

And he has been able to work as the manager of the Red Devils Manchester United for almost 24 years, so he naturally has his own uniqueness.

Clearly, Van Bizhuang quickly felt the difference between his team and the first half.

Obviously, it was still those people on the field, but in terms of mental outlook, it was completely different from the first half, the players were more active and hardworking, perhaps this team composed of mostly substitutes and young players still had the problem of overall tacit understanding, but because of the players running more extensively, this deficiency was covered up to a very small extent.

And Rooney's position retreat, it can be regarded as taking over Fan Bizhuang's class, with his help, the midfield is no longer chaotic, the operation is quite smooth, at least the midfield and the midfield are connected together, and it seems to have become a close whole.

Van Bizhuang was happy to do so, and to be honest, although he started as a passer on the wing, with Pellegrini fully exploiting his scoring prowess, he preferred to eat the cake rather than feed it. Now that Rooney is acting as a tandem, he can devote himself more fully to the "great business" of finding scoring opportunities.

Anyway, the head coach also asks for this, he doesn't bother to care about the situation behind him, he just needs to do his job.

In the 52nd minute, Fan Bizhuang completed a beautiful solo performance, after receiving Owen's goal, Fan Bizhuang broke through the defense of two defenders on the side in a row, changed direction to the middle, and met the ball with a strong shot, the football bypassed the goalkeeper of Bristol, but it was smashed on the crossbar and popped off the bottom line, and some unlucky missed the first goal of Manchester United's career.

Two minutes later, Rooney squeezed away the defender with his body on the wing, swept the ball into the penalty area, and Fan Bizhuang followed up in the middle to shoot, the ball was subconsciously hit by the goalkeeper and flew out of the bottom line again.

Under Ferguson's instructions, the Manchester United players in the midfield passed the ball more to Van Bizhuang to create opportunities for him to score, and Van Bizhuang was also extremely active, but he was always a little less lucky, and he was slow to score.

Several good opportunities in a row have not been seized, Fan Bizhuang is also a little depressed, the most speechless thing is that in the sixty-third minute, Owen's breakthrough created chaos in the penalty area, Owen swept the ball to twelve yards in the chaos, Fan Bizhuang appeared in this position smartly, in the face of almost half of the empty goal, Fan Bizhuang kicked and pushed, but his shot was blocked by the defender who flew to the end in a panic with his foot.

I didn't take advantage of such a great scoring opportunity, and Fan Bizhuang's goal luck today was really not good.

"Fan, another shot...... Oh, his long-range shot missed the post! ”

"Owen Owen Owen ...... It's really selfless, Owen handed the ball to Fan again, and today's Manchester United is based on Fan to carry out offensive cooperation, but obviously, Fan's shooting boots seem to have forgotten to bring, and his shot once again returned to vain......"

"Van was very positive and his breakthrough was beautiful, but it was in the shooting section...... Maybe it's because he has just come to a new environment and is not yet used to the new teammates around him, Fan has not been able to fully exert his abilities......"

With 80 minutes into the game and the score was 4-0, Michael Carrick and Michael Owen each scored a goal to extend their lead, while Van Bizhuang remained scoreless.

For his "bad luck", Fan Bizhuang is also a little powerless to complain, he and this team does have a lack of tacit understanding, not enough cooperation problem, but no longer familiar, in the case of teammates constantly passing the ball to him, how can he get a few good shooting opportunities, but unfortunately, his shot is either off the goal, or blocked by the opponent, it seems that he has no goal luck today.

Van Bizhuang wanted to work hard for his first goal of his United career, but Ferguson didn't give him that chance, and he was soon replaced by a new signing from Mexico, striker Hernandez, who also moved in the summer.

It's not just Van Bizhuang, at this time in the game, Manchester United's starting lineup has almost been replaced, Owen, Rooney, Correa ...... There were about six or seven starters who came off the pitch early or late.

After all, it is a warm-up game, the main purpose is to train, but also to see the state and preparation of the players, the result is not important, so Ferguson will give more players the opportunity to appear.

Van Bizhuang is a little unhappy with himself, overall, his performance is not bad, Manchester United's two goals in the first half are related to him, to be able to come to a new environment and tactical system, and not enough integration, to be able to play like this, is not unsatisfactory.

However, Van Bizhuang is different from ordinary players, he joined the team at the highest price in Manchester United's history, and the fans and media undoubtedly have more requirements and expectations for him, which is a responsibility and a pressure, and in this game alone, he has not been able to meet people's expectations.

And he himself thought he could have done better, but the end result was just that, no assists, no goals, and although it was just an insignificant warm-up game, his first game for Manchester United was mediocre.

However, Ferguson did not have any dissatisfaction, very different from the grumpy little old man in the midfield dressing room, obviously he was quite satisfied with Fan Bizhuang's performance in the second half, and even smiled and patted Fan Bizhuang who walked past him.

'It's a good performance, you didn't score, but it's just the first time you've played with the team, so it's good to be able to play like that, take your time, don't rush.'

Ferguson's words represent the most true attitude in his heart, in his opinion, there is really nothing to be dissatisfied with, although Fan Bizhuang failed to brush up on a wave of data today, but the performance is still remarkable, in a not familiar environment, has a good performance, and has created a lot of opportunities for teammates, which is already very good, he believes that as long as Fan Bizhuang is given more time to adapt and integrate into the team, Fan Bizhuang's ability, and the important role of the team, can be vividly reflected.

"Thank you, sir."

Fan Bizhuang only consoled himself as the head coach, nodded, and then returned to the bench, found a towel, put it on his head, and watched the next game.

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The final score of this warm-up match was 7:0, in just ten minutes after Fan Bizhuang went off the field.

The appearance of a number of key players made Manchester United even more ruthless in the press, with Bulgarian centre-forward Gobertitar scoring twice in ten minutes, while Paul Scholes, who also came on as a substitute, took advantage of a free-kick from the edge of the box to score directly.

Although the results of the warm-up match did not mean anything, a 7-0 victory still made Manchester United feel hearty, at least it was a good start to the upcoming new season.

However, in this joy, Manchester United itself has also exposed a lot of problems, which are waiting to be solved by Ferguson, if the team is in such a state full of mistakes and omissions to meet the new season of the Premier League, it is estimated that it will suffer a lot of losses at the beginning.

Of course, it's not terrible to find a problem, it's scary to not find a problem and it was exposed during the league period, and now there is still some time for Ferguson and his team to solve it while preparing for the new season.

Unfortunately, on his Manchester United debut, Van Bizhuang performed a little unsatisfactory. However, what relieved him was that after the game, there were not many people who criticized it, and it was relieved to think about it, after all, it was just an insignificant warm-up game, and there was not much difference between good performance and bad performance, and the media would report at most two sentences, after all, no one would really take the results of the warm-up game seriously.

This made Fan Bizhuang breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to relax in the slightest, the pace of the Premier League is getting closer and closer, and now it's okay, the performance can generally be explained by the warm-up game or just coming to the UK and not fully integrated into the new environment, but if the new season begins, his performance does not improve, then the fans and the media will not care if you have various reasons, they will only recognize the final result, the football world is so cruel, you perform well, you can say anything, the performance is not good, waiting for you, It can only be overwhelming abuse and questioning......

Fan Bizhuang felt a lot of urgency in his heart.

But eagerly or not, he still needs time to settle into this new team.

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Van Bizhuang still needs time, Manchester United still need time, but the world doesn't stop moving because of one person or some people.

Four days after the warm-up match against Bristol, Ferguson and his team faced the first test of the new season – the Community Shield.

Although the Community Shield trophy is a bit of a chicken for the big clubs, it is also a trophy anyway, and if they can, both Manchester United and Chelsea are still willing to take home the title.

Although Ferguson has previously made it clear in the team that it is best to win the trophy in this competition, it doesn't matter if they lose the game, it can be regarded as reducing the pressure on the players.

But more people are still very concerned about the Community Shield game, no matter how small the mosquito legs are, it is also meat, no matter how the Community Shield has no gold content, it is also a champion, don't be in vain, the new season of the Premier League has not started, you can put a championship hat on your head, which is also a happy thing.

And this time the opponent is Chelsea, for this "nouveau riche" team that has stirred up trouble in the Premier League in recent years because of capital power, and also snatched away Manchester United's league title, most of Manchester United's players are also deeply resentful, they don't want to lose to Chelsea piled up with rubles, and they also want to use a victory to prove that they are still the only king in the Premier League.