What Xiao Yu and many people did not expect was that in the two European Championship qualifying group games during the league break, Eriksen would use young players so boldly.

In the first game against Slovakia, Eriksen used Southgate's centre-back combination with Curtis Davies, an old and young combination of experience and youthful drive, which is quite reasonable, but there is no doubt that Southgate is getting older.

Curtis was a standout performer, scoring a goal in his first appearance for his country, and David Beckham's header from a set-piece in front of him did with Juninho Jr.

Defensively, Curtis was also outstanding, with solid defending high balls, accurate judgment and aggressive tackling, barely giving the Slovakian striker any chance from his side.

The only goal conceded came from Gareth Southgate, and Curtis was unable to prevent the team from conceding despite his efforts to help him defend, but thankfully it was a big win so no one cared too much about conceding a goal.

However, in the second game against Macedonia, Eriksen suddenly removed Southgate and reused the Red Rebels' John Terry to start and partner Curtis in central defence, which was very incomprehensible to the outside world, and even many conspiracy theory reporters believed that Eriksen must have been under pressure from some side.

However, in this game, England encountered stubborn resistance from Macedonia, and the two central defenders John Terry and Curtis were very well connected, and with the help of Gary Neville and Bridge, the entire England defense was solid, especially the two youngsters who were plugged in by the two full-backs and assisted the defense, which was even more impeccable.

It was a tough 0-1 away game with a narrow win for England, but the centre-back combination of John Terry and Curtis was brutally tested in this game, but they withstood the pressure well, especially Curtis, who started two games in a row and played impeccably well.

England, who have won two games in a row, spoke to the media after the game, captain David Beckham praised Curtis and John Terry, saying that youth is a disadvantage for many defenders, which means they lack experience, but in fact, it has become an advantage for Curtis and Terry, because they are experienced, young and have a great future.

As a backline partner, Gary Neville also has a lot of respect for these two youngsters, thinking that they are very comfortable to work with, they always know what to do, and it is reassuring that they are eligible for the national team and the manager should also be entrusted with the responsibility.

The same praise came from his other team-mates, including Christian Eriksen.

However, everyone knows that when Rio Ferdinand and Campbell recover from injury, Curtis and Terry will be difficult to play in the main team, but they should be able to be selected in the squad, even if their competitors are all from the Premier League, and there is no shortage of Premier League stars such as Southgate, Woodgate, and Esiogu.

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After returning from the national team, the team soon welcomed Nottingham Forest at home.

It's a team with a great history, having had a time when they dominated European football, but Nottingham Forest are in decline, but they have been very attacking in League One this season, ranking third in the league behind the Red Rebels and Wolves.

This team is currently fourth in the league and a very difficult opponent.

Due to the last round against Millwall, the Red Rebels will face a number of key players facing suspensions for this game, including Didier Drogba, Essien and Curtis, especially Curtis, who has been at the heart of the new Manchester United defence, and the suspension will have a considerable impact on the team's defence, especially if he performs well with his national team.

Jose Mourinho also took this game very seriously, pointing out in his pre-match press conference that the game against Nottingham Forest was the toughest game of the season for the new Manchester United so far, but he believes the players will show the will and quality of the Red Rebels at home and get a satisfactory result.

The new Manchester United starting line-up for this game has made some changes, the striker is Villa, the two wingers are Ronaldo on the left, Robben played the whole game in the Dutch youth team, Mourinho decided to rest him, and the right winger is Hleb.

Kaka is still the same midfield, the two midfielders are Juninho Jr. and Senna, and the back line is Patrice Evra, John Terry, Nemanja Vidic and Kolo Toure from left to right, and the goalkeeper is Petr Cech.

The suspension of the first and last two players has indeed raised concerns about the prospects of the new United facing this strong conversation, especially with Nottingham Forest attacking so well this season.

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At the start of the game, the new United were the first to attack, and Hleb was frequent on the right flank, especially in a couple of clever dribbles, and often created a threat for his team-mates, including a sudden inward cut in the 14th minute of the first half, which tripped on the edge of the box and helped the team deserve a free-kick opportunity in front.

Juninho Jr. scored a free kick cleanly with the encouragement of his teammates, 1:0!

After taking the lead, Nottingham Forest played more ferociously than before, especially in attack, they committed more troops and frequently threatened the new Manchester United goal.

However, Terry's combination with Vidic performed very well, the former was as calm as ever, and the latter also replaced Curtis's role very well, although he also had the same problems as Curtis, that is, he was not calm enough and slightly frizzy, but the overall performance was still good, with a few key tackles and header clearances.

Behind them, Petr Cech, who is known as the number one goalkeeper in League One, made a couple of fine saves to keep the back of the net in the net.

At half-time, Mourinho made some adjustments to his tactics, and with Nottingham Forest focusing on Hleb and Kaka, he asked Ronaldo to take more responsibility for the attack and should run more.

After the start of the second half, Xiao Xiaoluo's performance really improved greatly, the team mainly attacked the left side, as a left winger, he frequently staged exquisite passing scenes, constantly impacting the Nottingham Forest defense, creating a great threat, but after passing, the quality of the cross to the bottom line needs to be improved.

For the sake of the players' fitness, Mourinho quickly replaced Kaka with Franck Ribery and Hleb with Palacio.

Ribery played as a forward midfielder before Xiao Yu came out of the season, and he also showed some strength on several substitute appearances, plus Palacio's performance on the wing was better, so Mourinho often let Ribery serve as a substitute for Kaka in the season.

After the two physical players came on the pitch, the new Manchester United's attack also improved more, and the pressure on Xiao Xiaoluo was also less, and his performance became better and better, especially in the 78th minute, near a corner of the penalty area in the face of the opponent's three players' bag defense, he used his personal skills to fight a bloody way from it, into the penalty area, causing the opposing defender to foul and get a penalty.

The Red Rebels fans in the stands were completely conquered by Xiao Xiaoluo, especially this time the skill of three people in a row, it is difficult to see this kind of delicate individual skill in the Premier League, even Palacio may not be able to do it.

Originally, the team's first penalty taker was Juninho Jr., but in the process of walking to the penalty spot, the latter suddenly called Xiao Xiao Luo and signaled that he would take the penalty.

Xiao Xiao Luo was a little surprised, but he still listened to the arrangement of Juninho Jr. and stood in front of the penalty spot.

Teammates came over one by one, encouraged Xiao Xiaoluo, some hugged him, the Portuguese youngster performed well in this game, and was very hard and diligent, and he was quite hard in training, which made his teammates have a good impression of him, if he can score a goal at this time, then his game will be complete!

"Don't worry, Cristiano, you can do it!" Juninho Jr. said with a smile.

Xiao Xiao Luo nodded gratefully to the captain, then took a few steps back, ran slowly, and then suddenly accelerated.

The ball went straight into the bottom right corner of the goal, and the goalkeeper misjudged the direction and pounced to the left.

After the goal, Ronaldo was very excited, and turned to run to practice his long-brewing post-goal celebration, but Juninho behind him hugged him.

"Grab that goal, grab that goal!" Juninho Jr. pointed to the goal that was kicked into the midfield by the goalkeeper.

Xiao Xiao Luo was a little surprised, but he quickly remembered the scene when he first arrived at the team, when he was taken to visit the exhibition hall, although the city stadium was demolished, Manchester United did not allow the Red Rebels to open an exhibition hall at Old Trafford, but Xiao Yu still transferred the exhibition hall to the Newton Heath training base.

When I first saw those footballs, my first impression was that I was going to put my first goal in that and be part of the history of this club.

Now he's scoring a goal, but he's so excited that he almost forgets.

After being reminded by Juninho, Ronaldo immediately ran to the midfield, took the ball away while the Nottingham Forest players were stunned, and then ran to his own dugout, stuffed the ball to the assistant coach, and also accepted the congratulations of the coaching staff, and then went to the sidelines to ask for a ball, and then returned to the pitch.

After the goal, Ronaldo was full of confidence and performed very well, especially on the left side, he completely broke the left side of Nottingham Forest, even if the opponent sent a special person to mark, but it still failed to stop Ronaldo's excellent play, he played a light pass on the left side in the 85th minute, and then entered the penalty area and scored a goal against Villa.

3：0！

Originally thought it would be a tough game, the new United proved their quality with a resounding victory, especially for the two newcomers Ronaldo and Nemanja Vidic, who were voted Man of the Match.

And Xiao Xiao Luo also completely conquered the hearts of Red Rebel fans with this game!

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