The gesture of the new United in the second half was clearly somewhat unexpected by Rochdale.

You know, last season in the North West Division B, the new Manchester United were known for their attacking football, setting a record for goals in the 10th division of England, which is no joke, and even when facing Arsenal at Highbury Stadium, the new Manchester United did not give up attacking.

In the warm-up games before the start of this season, the new Manchester United also played attacking football, although it was the kind of power offensive football with a hard bridge and a hard horse, but their style of play was still very unrestrained.

Now it's suddenly recycling, which is a bit surprising.

However, this does not mean that the new Manchester United are not good defensively.

Abidal, Paulsen, Patrice Evra, Stansson, these are the future Premier League, and even European and world-class defensive stars, although they are still young and cannot be compared with the next few years, but their opponents are also not European powerhouses such as Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Once this kind of player set-up is firmly established, it will be quite difficult to break down the new Manchester United defence with Rochdale's not excellent attacking power.

In the 55th minute of the second half, Bruce replaced Gary Turner with Distin, partnered Eric Abidal at centre-back and brought on Crouch for Olich, who, despite his diligence, did not make much of a difference.

Darren Lyons replaced Alexander Hleb and the Belarusian had good movement and pace on the pitch, but he didn't get much chance to perform, given the problems he had with his team-mates and the fact that he didn't speak English until now, was a big problem.

As if he wanted to take advantage of the new Manchester United to adjust the lineup, Rochdale began to attack fiercely from the 55th minute, and because the new Manchester United adopted a recycling defense, so unconsciously, Rochdale's defense was forced to move forward, leaving room for the new Manchester United to counterattack.

In the 73rd minute, after a couple of failed attacks, Rochdale attacked the new United again, and the right wing-back dribbled to face Patrice Evra, who had barely stepped forward throughout the second half since being reminded by Bruce, so he appeared early in his defensive position.

Rochdale's right midfielder is taller and stronger than the skinny Evra, and he wants to lean on Evra with his body, but he didn't expect Evra to rely on his more flexible body, avoid the opponent, stretch out his foot, poke the ball out, and quickly dribble along the left side.

Towards halfway point, Patrice Evra crossed to Kovik on the left, who passed the opposition's right wing-back and came to the corner of the box to get ahead of Rochdale's centre-back.

Danish teenager Paulsen arrived and fired a shocking long-range shot, and the muffled sound of his kick hitting the ball could be heard on the spot, and then the ball was seen to shoot straight into the opponent's goal like a cannonball.

Rochdale's goalkeeper was immediately stunned by a sudden long-range shot from outside the penalty area, and he couldn't even make a save, so he could only watch the ball go into the net.

2：1！ The new United scored a goal after surviving a tough defensive stretch at the start of the second half with a quick counter-attack.

Although the goal was scored by Paulson in the back row, during the whole goal, Kic's running to the right side of the box attracted the attention of Rochdale's defense, which made Rochdale's defense near the edge of the box porous, and Novick's goal was just right.

It can be said that this wonderful goal is not only the credit of the goalscorer and assister, but also the likes of Kicic and Crouch also played a very important role in this attack.

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After scoring a goal, Bruce kept shouting to the players on the field to pay attention, and then kept or retracting gestures, signaling the players to concentrate and not be careless, after all, the opponent is a professional team in the English League, and carelessness means failure!

The move to replace Juninho Jr. with Paulsen in the middle of midfield was clear, not only in terms of the goal, but also in the depth of the midfield.

Paulson's tenacious style, relentless running on the pitch and his ferocious defensive style have injected a bloody and fierce midfield into the new Manchester United midfield, while Karl Maternson is also an excellent runner, and the two have built a barrier for the new United in midfield, and they can be seen almost everywhere.

When Rochdale attacked the left side of the new Manchester United, Poulsen would appear next to Patrice Evra to help the latter's defence, and Marginson must have occupied the middle; When Rochdale attacks the right side of the new club, Karl Maternson will run to help Stansson, while Poulsen will run back to the middle and take position.

Although this is only their first time playing together, the partnership of the two players seems to be very tacit, and it does not look like a partner for the first time.

It is precisely because of the partnership of Poulson and Marginson that the joystick of the new Manchester United is straight, Rochdale's attack has failed again and again, and the counterattack of the new Manchester United has become more and more powerful.

In the 81st minute, Marginson broke the ball in the middle and passed to Darren Lyons on the right, who raised his head slightly and immediately made a long diagonal pass to the penalty area, and Kicic pressed the opponent's central defender to head the goal.

Rochdale's goalkeeper had already stood in position, holding his hands to Kic's header and lifting the ball off the crossbar, a corner!

Darren Lyons came to the corner on the left side, and several tall players of the new Manchester United such as Abidal, Distin, Marginson, Kic, Crouch and Stanson gathered in the opponent's penalty area.

Xiao Yu, who was sitting in the stands, saw that the opponent's penalty area was crowded with players, and immediately burst out laughing.

You must know that the players of the new Manchester United are generally above 1.85 meters tall, and the shortest is Abidal, who is 1.86 meters tall, which looks taller than the opponent's tallest central defender, and Abidal is also stronger, so when preparing for a corner kick, the opponent's central defender kept pulling him, but he never moved.

I guess Rochdale's head coach should be worried by now! Xiao Yu thought happily in his heart.

Darren Lyons' corner kick went high, arced and landed at the back post.

Kic's height of more than 2 meters gave him an advantage in heading, but because the opponent's central defender stopped in front of him, it was not feasible to hit the goal with a header, so he ferried to the front point.

Abidal, who had just attracted the opposing central defender to run to the periphery of the penalty area when Darren Lyons served, suddenly turned around and rushed to the top to meet Kic's header!

The ball is in!

The stands exploded, and all the new Manchester United fans stood up and waved to Abidal as he ran on the pitch.

Bruce's leading backline brought plenty of joy to fans last season, and this season, Bruce has decided to leave the pitch, with new signing Abidal proving his worth in just three warm-up games and scoring a goal against League C sides.

"Eric! Eric! ”

The players in the stands cheered wildly, then shouted Abidal's name in an orderly manner, and the latter also ran to the side of the new Manchester United fan stand and waved at the fans.

The 20-year-old has only played for a semi-professional club near Lyon, but in terms of the club's hardware and ambitions, Duscheret cannot compete with the new Manchester United.

It's as if Abidal had been assured when they approached him, with a fantasy fan base and a generous budget, but more importantly, the club has big plans and amazing ambitions that are simply not something Duschere can give him.

Although he has only been in Manchester for a short time, Abidal is happy with his transfer.

After celebrating the goal with the fans, Abidal walked back, hugging and shaking hands with his opponents along the way, especially Kic, who gave him an assist, and the two hugged him tightly for a while, causing the fans in the stands to respond with warm applause and cheers again.

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The first two goals and then two in a row left Rochdale's boss looking for a draw, so he replaced the striker with a defender and then made a big change in midfield.

There was a tacit understanding, as soon as the opponent made a substitution, Bruce also changed, first replacing Evra with Roy Williams, then replacing Stansson with Kevin Evan, and then replacing Abidal with Danny Collins, who scored the equalizer, and Stephen Smith came on to replace Karl Maternson.

The big substitutions made the game end up in garbage time, and everyone could see that it would turn into a draw, with both sides playing 45 minutes each, and in this game, both sides were exposed to a number of problems.

Especially for the new Manchester United, in this game, the defensive problems on the left side are big, but the bigger problem is in the middle.

Paulsen has played very well and his partnership with Marginson is also very good, but Juninho Jr., the newcomer to Brazil has played poorly, just like the rest of his Brazilian predecessors have not adapted to the style of play in the English league, and there are fears that his transfer will also end in failure.

However, should Juninho Jr., the big name, play, or the more ideal Poulson?

This is obviously something that Bruce will have to think about after this game.

As for the forwards, the rivalry between Kicic and Jonathan Madten has clearly come to fruition, with the former helping the team clearly with or without scoring, while Jonathan Madten was the top scorer in the Northwest Division B last season, but in the amateur league, but this season the new Manchester United are playing in the national league.

Sometimes, professional football is so cruel!

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