185 Curtis's Song
At Westen Stadium in Brighton, the stands were packed with 8,000 fans, some of whom were new Manchester United fans from Manchester, who numbered more than 1,000, apparently hoping to see the team upgrade.
In fact, even with the win over Brighton and the next seven league games to play, the title is still unknown, but both fans and outside commentators agree that this will be the game that will decide the title of the season.
New Manchester United are currently two points less than Brighton, so in this game, New Manchester United will only have to win to reverse Brighton to reach the top, which will also be their first summit of the season, and then accept the challenge of Brighton and Cardiff.
Conversely, once Brighton win or draw against the new Manchester United, with Brighton's current form, it may be difficult for any team to prevent them from winning the title in the remaining seven games.
"We all know that the new Manchester United has been established for almost three years, completed two years of league play, won two doubles, and can be said to be a veritable champion professional, but this season the new Manchester United has experienced a change of coach, the former manager Steve Bruce went to Birmingham to coach, and has now led the team to the Premier League train ahead of schedule, and the newcomer Mourinho is not familiar with the team, resulting in a bad start for the new Manchester United, and even fell into the relegation zone for a time."
Scarlett introduced the history of New Manchester United this season before the live broadcast, she has been watching New Manchester United grow and expand, and she naturally felt a lot when she introduced it.
"But after the early pains of the season, the new Manchester United quickly adjusted, the team played a surprising style of football, no matter how tenacious the opponents they faced, they were able to overwhelm the opponents on the pitch and win the game, and now everyone has to admit that the people who thought the new United would be relegated before the season must have been shocked, they are strong contenders for the title, and if they win this game against Brighton, they can even hope to win the title!"
'Yes, Scarlett is right, but we also have to see that Brighton have never lost at home this season, and they have a very good home record just like the new Manchester United's Devil's home, so we can imagine it will be a very tough game!'
Martin Taylor is obviously conservative in his prediction for this game, and he mentioned in his pre-match column that it could be a draw, because the absence of Juninho, the main core of the new Manchester United, will definitely have a great impact on the team, and Brighton are also afraid of the attacking power of the new Manchester United, plus a draw will win, so there is no reason for them to play against the new Manchester United.
As Martin Taylor predicted, Brighton's starting lineup for this game is 442, with two backs, two forwards or a high and one fast combination, but the two full-backs are both strong defensive types, obviously in this game, Brighton made up their minds to defend and counterattack.
"We just got the starting line-up for the new Manchester United, it's a bit of a surprise, Martin, you see, they actually put out a 442 lineup, the main striker Kitson didn't start, instead Crouch and Palacio, the two full-backs are Hleb and Wright Phillips, the central midfielders are De Rossi and Essien, the back line has not changed, it's still Abidal, Terry, Curtis and Bosingwa, and the goalkeeper is Almunia!"
Scarlett was a little surprised when she reported the main lineup, and I believe that the audience in front of the TV must be as surprised as him, because this season, the new Manchester United is a thunderous 433, and De Rossi and Essien have never been allowed to play the starting midfielders alone.
"If it weren't for the fact that the new Manchester United was determined to win this game, I think there would be many people who doubted that the new Manchester United had given up this game!" Scarlett said with a wry smile.
"This won't, I think Mourinho wants to win by surprise, this game believes that both sides are very clear about their respective cards, and Mourinho simply took advantage of the absence of Juninho Jr., boldly changed the lineup, this is a bet, winning the bet is a stroke of genius, and if you lose the bet, you must endure the scolding of the fans!"
Martin Taylor laughed, he was very impressed by the new Manchester United manager who is very good at mobilizing the emotions of the players and the fans in the stands, and at the same time he has a growing appreciation for the team under Jose Mourinho, a team that is always full of fighting and aggression.
"Eh, we saw that the captain of the new Manchester United in this game turned out to be Curtis Davis, who just turned 16 years old and wore the captain's armband of a professional team, which is probably a rare situation in the English professional league and even the world's professional leagues!" Scarlett shouted in even more surprise.
Martin Taylor also noticed, but he smiled wryly, and he even wondered if this could be one of the tactics of the new United to confuse their opponents.
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Curtis slowly came to the referee, and the referee stared at the childish-looking teenager with some surprise, as if he was curious about how he wore the captain's armband, especially when he saw him standing there a little overwhelmed.
After a few words of routine explanation, the referee immediately tossed the coin, because Brighton guessed the word, so the referee defaulted to Curtis's guess of the head, and after turning over the hand, the coin on the back of the hand was a head.
"You say!" The referee pointed to Curtis.
The latter took a deep breath and pointed across from him, "Over there!" ”
"Are you going to switch sides?" The referee was a little surprised.
Although the person who guesses the correct coin can choose which side, it is relatively rare to switch because the players on both sides are already in position, unless there are special circumstances.
"Ah, no, no, I...... Kick off first! Curtis pleaded in a hurry.
Brighton's captain sneered when he saw Curtis like this, it turned out to be a chick who had never experienced it, so it would be easy to deal with!
He is Brighton's main striker, speed is his advantage, and he is also a weapon for Brighton's counter-attack, this season was brought in from the League Two with a lot of money, this season for Brighton scored 27 goals, is the top scorer in League C.
The referee thought this kid was very funny and smiled, "Don't be nervous, it's okay, speak slowly, you have to kick off first, right?" ”
Curtis nodded heavily, just now in the locker room, the head coach explained, if you guess the coin correctly, you will have to tee off.
The referee looked at Brighton's captain, who had no objection and so decided.
After surviving this ordeal, Curtis slowly walked back to his own half, patted his cheeks with both hands, took a few deep breaths, calmed his mood, he felt that he was too nervous!
At this moment, there was a chorus of singing from the stands.
“c-u-r-t-i-s,curtis! c-u-r-t-i-s,curtis! ”
The new Manchester United fans actually spelled out the letters that make up Curtis's name into a song, and then sang these letters with melody, and finally shouted Curtis's name vigorously, which was originally only shouted by some new Manchester United fans, but gradually, it spread to all the new Manchester United fans, and more than 1,000 people sang in unison, repeatedly singing this song specially made for Curtis.
Curtis's excitement at the Pitch Arena made him feel like he was a star at a solo concert, and it was all his fans who came to the scene, and it was a great feeling to be in the spotlight!
Looking sideways, Curtis saw the taxi driver, the fat Jim, he had dyed his face with oil paint, and at first glance he knew that it was the emblem of the new Manchester United, but his chubby face was easily recognizable, he was the first to sing Curtis's name, and he is still singing hoarsely, bringing all the new Manchester United fans around.
This made Curtis very moved, he took a deep breath and ran towards his position, all the nervousness in his mind was thrown out of the clouds.
With so much fan support, what am I afraid of?
The boss is right, we are the new Manchester United, the fearless Red Rebels, the boss is not afraid, the manager is not afraid, the fans are not afraid, the teammates are not afraid, so what am I afraid of?
Thinking of this, Curtiston's head burned and he yelled at his teammates who were about to kick off, "Guys, kill them!" ”
The new Manchester United players, who had long been sung by the singing of their own fans, immediately responded in unison when they heard Curtis's roar, and the momentum echoed the new Manchester United fans in the stands, and they almost wanted to swallow up the entire Westen Stadium.
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"Crouch tee off!"
'The new United are still in the same style as they have been this season, they are very fluid in their passing and receiving and the overall tempo is fast, and after two back-to-the-back kicks, the ball gets to Hleb!'
"Hleb was outflanked by two defenders, he passed the ball to Bosingva who was behind him, Bosingwa moved to the middle, De Rossi passed to the left to Wright Phillips, Phillips dribbled forward, he dipped past one of the opposing defenders, crossed, Crouch headed it over, it went high!"
"We can see that the new Manchester United still maintained the previous style of this game, passing the ball quickly and concisely, but Crouch, who started in place of Kitson, is not the kind of strong center forward, and the header is not his strong point, although his body is really tall, which makes several attacks of the new Manchester United frustrated in the penalty area."
'I've always been skeptical that Mourinho started with Crouch in this game, because Kitson is strong and Crouch doesn't have, he's one of the best performers for the new United this season, and there's no reason why Mourinho can't see that in a tough game like this, when he needs to play in the box. Martin Taylor wondered what he thought he could understand, would Mourinho not know?
And once the attack is frustrated, it is easy for Brighton to seize the opportunity to counterattack, you know, Brighton is a team with super counterattack ability!
Soon, a new Manchester United attack was again in vain, Brighton's goal kick quickly passed to the full-back, who took advantage of the new Manchester United defense to retreat, transferred to the middle, the back straight behind him, the No. 11 captain suddenly started, like a sharp arrow, shot towards the new Manchester United goal.
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