27 The gap between professional and amateur
"Hey, Xiao Yu!" Jim was in the stands, shouting at Xiao Yu, who was standing on the side of the court nearby.
Xiao Yu turned around with Messi and Curtiston standing beside him, and Messi immediately greeted his landlord.
"Jim, didn't you say you weren't available?" Xiao Yu greeted him with a smile.
Because the sound at the scene was so loud that although they were close, they still had to speak loudly to hear clearly.
"Hehe, you know, there's just a guest calling for a taxi!" Jim smiled wryly.
Xiao Yu laughed tacitly.
"Oh, Leo, don't tell the landlady when you go back, you see me here, you know?" Fat Jim thought of something, so he hurriedly ordered Messi.
Messi is not very old, but he is quite smart, and immediately nodded in agreement.
"Hey, Xiao Yu, why didn't Rich Willens play today? Watching him warm up on the sidelines, he wasn't injured? The fat man asked with some confusion.
"I don't know!" Xiao Yu is also strange, to say that here Qi Willens has always been the main left midfielder in the new Manchester United warm-up game, and he has a good cooperation with Evra, why did he become a substitute in the official game?
Frank Carrak's ability Xiao Yu knows, this player is just like his person, very balanced, speed, passing, awareness, defense, running, etc., all aspects are balanced, but sometimes balance also means mediocrity.
Why did he abandon Rich Willens, who was a specialty, in favor of the more mediocre Frank Carrack?
Xiao Yu's doubts were quickly answered at the beginning of the game.
The referee on duty blew the whistle for the start of the game and the new United were kicked off by Maiten and Ryan Giggs, the former kicking off and the latter immediately knocking back to Smith in midfield.
Smith dribbled the ball two steps and met a block from the opposition midfielder and immediately distributed it to Frank Carrak on the wing.
Since Karak's position had already reached the opponent's half, the opposing wing-back stepped forward to intercept, but Karak passed forward, and then saw a black lightning shuttle past them.
"Evra!" Xiao Yu was taken aback.
"Patrice! Patrice! The scene suddenly burst into shouts from the fans.
Carrak's pass was comfortable, and Patrice Evra received the ball and went past the opposing full-backs and went straight to the baseline.
At this time, Maiten and Giggs, who were outflanked in the middle, were in place, and even Smith was near the arc of the penalty area, waiting to be answered.
Patrice Evra looked up into the box and whipped in a flat cross with his left foot.
Unfortunately, the intention of this cross was too obvious, and it was blocked by the opposing central defender.
Although it didn't work out, the crowd still applauded the attack, especially Patrice Evra, who showed lightning speed.
"I see!" Xiao Yu finally saw it, but he secretly sighed in his heart, this is the gap between professional and amateur.
Although the amateur team does not require the professional knowledge of the head coach, if Xiao Yu is the head coach, he will let Rich Willens be the starter, because he is also very fast, and can impact the opponent's defense, and then pull the gap in the middle.
However, defending on the left flank becomes a concern, as was shown in the new United's pre-season warm-up game.
Steve Bruce cleverly used another approach, which was to replace Willens with a balanced Carrak, then give Evra absolute freedom to cut forward, and then let Carrak fill in for Evra.
In this way, the defensive problem on the left side has been solved, and Evra can create no less threat than Verens, and even more subtle than Verens's attack, and the most rare thing is that the pressure on Smith and Matinson has been reduced, and Smith does not have to take care of the defense on the left side all the time, but can rest assured that he can boldly attack.
A substitution solved several major problems of the team, and Xiao Yu had to admit that Bruce's wonderful pen was really wonderful!
"Back to the defense!"
Lyons' corner kick landed well, but Bruce couldn't hit the spot under the interference of the opponent, and after landing on the ground, he ran to his own backfield while directing his teammates back to defend.
The goalkeeper's goal kick was headed over by Carl Marginson, and Maiten stopped the ball and passed it straight to Giggs.
Ryan Giggs dribbled past one of the opposing players and crossed diagonally to Lyons on the right.
Lyons looked up and picked up his right foot to deliver a long diagonal pass that went straight to Patrice Evra, who was quickly moving forward from the left.
Worthy of the new Manchester United's David Beckham, Evra just used his speed to overtake the opposing full-back, and Lyons' pass came to him just right, a trip, an acceleration, a cross, all in one go.
Maiten in the middle was already in place, kicking in front of Patrice Evra's quick cross.
The distance was too close, and although the goalkeeper reacted, he still couldn't touch the ball after all, 0:1!
Less than four minutes into the first half, the Reds relied on an assist from Patrice Evra to score the first competitive goal in their history through Maiten.
The fans at the scene immediately exploded, everyone shouted Jonathan's name loudly, some were so excited that they all stood up, shouted hoarsely, and some kept waving flags embroidered with the new Manchester United team crest.
At the beginning, the two offenses were very sharp, which can be seen that it should have been rehearsed by Bruce in training, but Xiao Yu has been in the United States for the past two weeks, so I don't know.
"Xiao Yu, you can win, you can win!" Fat Jim also stood up and kept shouting.
Xiao Yu turned back to him and smiled at the fans who had forgotten their shapes, yes, this game can be won!
Whether it is in terms of momentum, fighting spirit, or even in terms of technical and tactical level, the new Manchester United is far ahead of the opponent, and if such a game cannot be won, it will be a real nest.
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In fact, in the following games, the new Manchester United were firmly in control of the situation on the field.
As an amateur team, the head coach, captain, and club president of Lick CSOB are the same person, a striker in the team, an amateur player, and because he is on the field, he himself feels the pressure and cannot make accurate judgments at all.
When the game started again, the new Manchester United attacked one after another, especially Patrice Evra on the left.
Patrice Evra was at home with Carrak, making the most of his lightning speed, tearing through opposition defences and delivering crosses again and again.
However, it has to be admitted that Patrice Evra's crosses still need to be improved, and he got a lot of crosses in the game, except for the assist goal in the opening third minute, all of them deviated from the trajectory he expected.
But despite this, the fans at the scene still gave Evra warm applause again and again.
The man of the best on the spot should have belonged to Maiten, the professional goalscorer who took three chances in the game and scored a hat-trick that will go down in history as the first in the history of the new Manchester United team.
As Maiden's forward partner, Giggs not only used his pace to open up gaps for Maiten and create chances, but he also provided an assist to help Smith score a goal, and he also added a shot from Maiten that was shot by the opposing goalkeeper.
Equally impressive was Lyons on the right, with the seemingly unassuming copycat David Beckham providing two assists in the game before slotting home from a direct free-kick from a set-piece near the arc of the box shortly after the start of the second half.
0:6! New Manchester United devastating Rick CSOB scored 6 goals.
With the situation firmly under control in the last 20 minutes of the second half, the new United began to bring on substitutes, with Danny Collins replacing Steve Bruce, Victor Moses replacing Smith and David Bell replacing the less physical Rodri Giggs.
However, after Bruce was substituted, the players on the pitch were clearly relaxed, after all, the team is now leading by six goals, and a win is already a certainty.
And it was precisely because of the relaxation of the new Manchester United that led to the second 20 minutes, the pressure on Lick's CSOB was significantly relaxed, and the opponent took the opportunity to launch a fierce counterattack against the new Manchester United.
Fortunately, Lick was stunned before, and the sudden counterattack was also some unorganized attacks, so in the end, the new Manchester United still maintained the score of 0:6 and won the first official game in the club's history.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, all the new Manchester United fans wearing red jerseys on the scene suddenly exploded, and everyone stood up, constantly cheering and shouting, desperately shaking the flag of the new Manchester United and cheering for the heroes on the field.
"Thank you to the fans!" Bruce grimaced and stopped the players who were about to leave the field.
As a legendary former Manchester United centre-back, Bruce has only been in charge of the new Manchester United for a short time, but he has already made a deep mark on the newly formed team, so when he said that he wanted to thank the fans, even the players on the bench ran out and went to every corner of the stands to thank the fans for coming to cheer for the team.
After the game, Xiao Yu also immediately got the statistics of the stadium, a total of 3,016 fans attended the game, which has definitely broken the attendance record for the official match of the Northwest League, and according to Walsh's feedback, the FA seems to be surprised by such an attendance.
Although the attendance of the first warm-up game of the new Manchester United last time was extremely high, it was in Manchester, and the attendance of the away game is still so high, which has to be said to be a miracle of the amateur league.
Despite the success of the new Manchester United on and off the pitch, Bruce was still unhappy with the results, and this frustration was directly vented on the bus back to Manchester
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