As a professional reporter for the Manchester City Evening News, Scarlett, who currently follows three teams in Manchester, including Manchester United, Manchester City and New Manchester United, had the impression that the atmosphere at home of the new Manchester United should be the best, as their fans are the most fanatical.

The United fans are the most polite and at the same time the least like the fans, they don't shout and cheer hoarsely even when the team scores, they are like neutral spectators on both sides of the game, as if they are passing by in this stadium, leaving no cloud of smoke.

Why Keane is still stubbornly fighting for a contract extension with Manchester United, is because he is disappointed in the club's management!

However, as the new Manchester United played their first game in the national league this season, they hosted Ruston Diamonds, and when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the stadium was surprisingly quiet.

Is it because the new Manchester United have moved into the bigger Gig Lane stadium, leaving the stands empty?

Obviously, even though there were only 3,000 fans seated in the 8,000-plus seats, these 3,000 fans could have created a home atmosphere that would have been terrifying for guests.

If that's in doubt, take a look at the FA Cup game where the new Manchester United took on Arsenal a few months ago.

The only reason for the frustration was that the new United lost, and it was the kind of defeat that went all the way!

The number shown on the big red scoreboard on the field is 0:3, and as is customary, the home team is in front and the away team is behind!

In this game, the new Manchester United lined up in a 442 formation, with a double-height combination of Kicic and Crouch in the forwards, Novick and Darren Lyons on the left and right, Juninho Jr. and Karl Marginson in the midfield, Patrice Evra, Abidal, Garay Turner and Kevin Evan in the back line from left to right, and Schmeichel as the goalkeeper.

Compared with last season's main lineup, the new Manchester United has changed six main players this season, including all the forward partners.

It is not surprising for a promoted team to change most of their squad, but it was a surprise to see such a rout in the opening game of the league.

Is it a matter of strength?

Scarlett has been a football reporter for more than a year, although she doesn't dare to say that she has more experience in watching football, but at least she still has the vision, she feels that the most important thing is in the midfield, the new Manchester United completely lost to Ruston Diamonds, especially the Brazilian international who spent a lot of money on transfers, and his performance was a mess.

According to Scarlett's understanding, the purpose of the new Manchester United to bring him in the hope that he can control the rhythm of the game and become the core of the new Manchester United attack, but according to the current situation, he is not in tune with the team at all, when all the players are running, his passes are either behind or in advance, and it is difficult to reach the feet of his teammates on time and accurately.

As a Brazilian player, Juninho's skills and quality are not in doubt, the only thing to doubt is how much he can play in this team.

Perhaps, replacing him is a good choice!

Scarlett thought to herself, at least in the first few warm-up games before the season, the Danish youngster named Paulsen performed very well, and his tenacious style made the new Manchester United stand up, and he also cooperated with Marginson tacitly.

It is believed that there are very few people in the whole stadium who have the same idea as Scarlett, including the new Manchester United manager Bruce.

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In the dressing room, all the players hung their heads, even goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who was making his first appearance for the team, was even more annoyed, and it was clear that at this moment, he must be regretting his decision to join the new Manchester United.

Yes, judging by the defeat in the first half, the second half may have been even worse.

Last season the new Manchester United were very strong, but that was in the amateur regional league, now the national league, two very different worlds, and Ruston Diamonds are a very strong professional club.

"I'm ashamed of your performance in the first half!" Bruce muttered.

All the players listened and their heads hung lower, especially Juninho Jr., although no one said anything, he knew that he always used the middle as a breakthrough point, and he did not give Marginson enough help, so that the latter was exhausted, and worst of all, he did not play his due role in attack.

Was my poor performance a drag on the team?

Perhaps, joining an English team was a bad decision in itself!

Little Juninho thought with remorse in his heart, and when this thought arose, it immediately spread like a plague and occupied all his brain domains, eating away at the persistence he wanted to work on!

For example, he doesn't like the wet and rainy weather in England, he prefers the sunshine of Brazil, and he doesn't like the English league's style of play, which always likes to use his body to fight, and he prefers the attacking style of attack in Brazil that emphasizes technology.

Perhaps, I should go back to Brazil before the transfer period is over!

Bruce naturally didn't know what Juninho Jr. was thinking, in fact, he couldn't care what Juninho Jr. was thinking, he just cared about how to turn around in the second half and win this game.

"Christian, you come on in the second half, replace Ribeiro as a midfielder, remember, your first responsibility is to give me a firm control of the situation in the midfield, all the passes that want to pass through the midfield, you give me a stop!" Bruce slammed hard into the midfield area on the tactical board.

The players were taken aback by this hard shot, and after hearing this, Juninho's eyes flashed with a trace of disappointment, and at the same time he was also very helpless, he was mentally prepared for such a substitution, but when it came, it was still so uncomfortable.

Everyone else around him also looked at the club's biggest star with sympathy, he didn't have the casualness of the Brazilians, nor did he have the technical habits of the Brazilians, he was always diligent, whether it was on the training ground or the pitch, he was the hardest working and hardest working person.

But he is also the worst one!

A lot of times, professional football is brutal, you work hardest, but it doesn't mean you get enough rewards!

"Pete, in the second half we have to change our tactics, your role on the field is not obvious, Ivica goes up, plays a shadow striker behind Nikolai, pay attention to more retreats, tandem midfield!" Bruce didn't even look at Juninho Jr., and continued to lay out his tactics.

Crouch and Olich both nodded in agreement.

"Nikolai, you are the most threatening player on the field, your height is the biggest weapon, in the second half you give me a push, as far as you can, it is best to take root in the opponent's penalty area, shoot if you can, and make the ball for your companions if you can't shoot, we should cross more on the two wings in the second half, pass the high ball, and give full play to Nikolai's advantages!"

Kic stood up and nodded in agreement, and he felt depressed that there was no decent ball on either side of the first half.

"This is the first game of the season and as I told you before the game, our goal this year is not to be relegated, to be the champion! We're going to win the title, we're going to get promoted, and next year we're going to League C! ”

After a pause, Bruce spoke again: "This year, the club has invested a lot of money, including the construction of the Newton Heath training ground, including the acquisition of a stadium, including the introduction of a number of quality players, these are enough to show the determination of the club, but through this first half, I doubt, do you have a similar determination to the club?" ”

"If there is, you just show it to me on the pitch, to the boss, to the fans, if not, then I'm sorry, the transfer period is not over yet, I will not be disappointed with the departure of any player!"

Bruce's words made the locker room suddenly filled with a sense of tension, whether it was a new recruit or an old player who was in the team last year, everyone began to become self-assured.

In the past, when the Northwest Division B was playing, the team only had 19 men to cope with the whole season, and now there are 25 players in the first team, and Bruce is happy to sacrifice the flag with a guy who is not eye-opening.

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"Wait...... Wait...... Wait a minute! Jim, you drive a little slower! ”

From a taxi running down Manchester Road, the frightened shouts of male passengers can be heard.

"Don't worry, man, I'm very reliable, no, you see, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to catch up, but judging by the time, we can make it to the second half now!" Jim pressed the gas pedal desperately as he turned back and smiled at the guest.

"Don't look back, you bastard, watch out ahead of you!" The male passenger yelled at him.

Jim laughed, then hit the brakes sharply at the right turn into Gig Lane, almost scaring the male passenger sitting in the back seat to death, and then there was a very racer-like turn, which had the feeling of drifting.

Although the taxi driver's movements and skills were very beautiful, the male passenger behind him did not find it funny at all, because he slammed the door of the taxi and almost smashed the window glass with his head.

"Bastard!" The male passenger wanted to scold, but immediately stopped.

After turning into Gig Lane, the road along the way was full of vehicles parked on both sides, leaving only a narrow gap in the middle to pass through.

"Hey, are you sure it's here?" The male passenger forgot to cry out in pain and leaned out of the window.

Wow, the whole alleyway is full of cars parked on both sides, and the policemen who are supposed to supervise parking are now standing next to those vehicles that park illegally, more like a parking lot administrator, just looking at the stadium behind two rows of double-storey brick houses from time to time.

"John, let's stop here!" Jim shouted at a police officer.

The policeman named John lowered his head in front of the car window, saw that it was Jim sitting inside, and immediately jumped away laughing.

"How? How many goals did we lead in the first half? Jim parked the car, pushed the door open, and asked.

“3：0！” John replied disappointedly.

"Hey, John, I don't know, you're a Ruston Diamonds fan, but that's okay, even if you lose this game, you can still win it back in the next one!" Jim laughed and said that he was very excited when he heard the score.

"I'm a fan of the new Manchester United, okay, Jim?" John fended off Jim's hand to comfort him, "We lost, it was the Ruston Diamonds who scored!" ”

Jim froze.

"Oh my God, 3:0! It's so miserable that I don't think I'll stop watching it! As soon as the male passenger heard the score, he began to retreat.

"Stop me, bastard!" Jim grabbed the male passenger's hand, "You have to go and see it, otherwise, you will definitely regret missing a classic reversal, this game, we will definitely win!" Xiao Yu and Steve, they all promised me! ”

After saying that, Jim turned around and walked to the entrance of the stadium, still muttering to himself, he will win!

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