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"Audience friends, this is the 12th round of the English National League, Kidderminster's home game against the new Manchester United, I'm a football commentator, Scarlett Elan, and I'm bringing you the live broadcast of this game at Kidminster's Agborough Stadium right now."

In front of the TV, Scarlett's beautiful face appeared in front of the citizens of Manchester, the first time she had appeared on live television, and despite some previous training in this area, the rhythm of her speech was a little flustered.

"Through the live footage, we can see that the two stands at the stadium in Agborough look very empty, according to the assessment of the on-site staff, there may be less than 2,000 fans to watch the game today, and nearly 800 of them are following the new Manchester United from Manchester, and they are sitting in the stands behind me!"

The TV camera immediately shifted to Scarlett's head, and immediately a group of fans wearing the new Manchester United away team shirt burst into cheers, and many fans even rushed to the camera and shouted: New Manchester United, come on!

"New Manchester United, come on!" Jim in front of the TV also waved and shouted, and his expression was even more like watching a game live.

"Jim, be quiet, don't get so excited, you know?" The taxi driver next to him grabbed him.

Jim smiled and nodded.

"By the way, we're in the office now, what about waiting to get out of the car? Is this game live on radio? Another companion asked with concern.

"Well, of course, I heard that it's also the sound of live TV, so we'll just listen to the radio then!" Jim replied, but his eyes were not taken away from the TV screen for a moment.

'The starting line-ups for both sides have come out for this game, Kiddamminster is still the main team from this season, it seems that they are very serious about this game, but the starting line-up of the new Manchester United is a bit unexpected. Scarlett appears in front of the TV screen again.

"The striker is Serbian and Montenegro Kic, there is no doubt about it, he is now the strongest firepower of the new Manchester United; The two wing-backs on the left and right are Ivic Olic and Aleksandar Hleb, and this is Olich's first appearance on the left wing, which is somewhat surprising; In the middle of the midfield are Juninho Jr., Michael Essien and Christian Paulsen; In left-to-right defence, Patrice Evra, Eric Abidal, Shilvan Distin and Greta Stansson are lined up at the back, with captain Kasper Schmeichel in goal. ”

'When we got this starting line-up, we all felt a little strange, first of all, Olic replaced Knowic as a left winger, could it be that the Pole was injured? Even if he was injured before the game, don't we still have Rich Willens? Why use Olich? ”

'Secondly, the configuration of the midfield is also worrying, Juninho Jr.'s performance this season is completely sorry for his high value of 800,000 pounds, and the youngster Essien although there are occasional flashes, the overall performance is not consistent enough, and his experience is not enough to afford such an important game.

"Finally, the depth of the team's bench, Bruce brought five substitutes, in addition to the substitute goalkeeper Almunia and defender Kevin Evan, Darren Lyons, Rich Willens and Crouch were all on the bench, which can't help but worry us about the new Manchester United defense in this game, you know, Kidminster's attacking firepower is quite terrifying."

"Hey, this Manchester City Evening chick is starting to speak ill of our new Manchester United again!" Jim booed when he heard the scream.

Scarlett's coverage of the new Manchester United has always been a bit critical, so many new Manchester United fans don't have a good impression of her.

"Well, there is not much time left before the game, we can see that the players from both sides of the game walked into the pitch one after another, they shook hands with the referee first, Schmeichel guessed the side on behalf of the new Manchester United, the players began to return to their own half, we can see that the new Manchester United played a 4-5-1 tactic in this game!"

When Jim and the others heard this, they couldn't make any sound, so they just threw themselves into the TV.

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When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, the Kidderminster No. 9 striker, who was the first to kick off, passed back to the backfield.

As a lone striker, Kicic took the lead in rushing to the heart of Kidminster, and the opposing central defender saw Kicic pounce and immediately crossed to the fullback.

The full-back took two steps forward and crossed to the number six at the back of midfield.

No. 6 returned to take the ball, and suddenly felt a hot air rushing behind him, and his body seemed to be blocked by a wall, so he wanted to use his body to squeeze out a space, but he knew that the other party would not let him squeeze back at all, and suddenly made him stumble.

No. 6 was obviously also an experienced player, and he was surprised by the strength of the opponent, but he simply fell to the ground, looking like he was black-footed by the opponent's serious foul.

Essien immediately stretched out his hands and looked at the referee, signaling that he didn't have the slightest extra move.

The referee also ran over and motioned for Kiddaminster's No. 6 to hurry up.

"We can see that Michael Essien rushed to the opponent's half of the court very quickly, tripped the opponent's back, from the slow motion shows, Essien does not have any superfluous movements, the only surprising thing is his strength, according to our intelligence, he is only 17 years old this year, 1.77 meters tall, but the opponent's No. 6 is a 29-year-old strong man with a height of 1.85 meters, but he was easily knocked down by Essien!"

It was the first time Essien had appeared on live TV, and his first impression was of a foul!

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As the game continued, the new United set up a very tight defense in the midfield, with a clear division of labor between the two midfielders, Paulsen protecting Juninho Jr. while also protecting the defence, while Essien ran all over the pitch and rushed over to grab the ball whenever he saw it.

The Ghanaian is really physical, fast and not tall, but he is nimble and always able to find ways to break the ball off the opponent's feet.

Although it was not able to turn into the new Manchester United ball in many cases, it at least slowed down Kidderminster's attacking tempo, which made the home team's attack impossible to play in the first 15 minutes.

However, Kidminster's attack could not be played, and the attack of the new United was also limited, so the two teams did not even have a shot on goal after the opening 15 minutes.

Such a game is undoubtedly dull, but it is also the most test of the team's technical and tactical level and overall strength.

'We can see that both teams have a lot of players in the midfield and obviously they are very serious about this game, and we can see that Kidderminster defended very well against Kicic and he couldn't pose any threat to Kidminster's goal throughout the first 15 minutes of the first half.

"However, the new Manchester United is also very successful in the midfield, Essien, who is running all over the field, plus Paulsen, who is becoming more and more solid in defense, and a tireless Olich, which makes the new Manchester United midfield quite tenacious, Kiddamminster can't get through the opponent's midfield at all, and has to choose a long pass!"

"But if we look at the back line of the new Manchester United, Distin is at the front, fighting for the first point, almost all the long balls that enter the new Manchester United half are easily cut off by him, he is 1.94 meters tall, weighs 88 kilograms, and is so fast that it is almost impossible for the opposing striker to snatch the ball from him."

"Although it is understandable that the two sides are on the defensive side in this crucial game, if the current situation continues, unless the two sides make changes, this game is likely to turn into a dull 0:0!" Scarlett makes her own judgment when commenting.

But almost as soon as he said this, the situation on the field changed.

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Fifteen minutes into the first half, Kidderminster's defense against Kicic was indeed as Bruce had expected, completely limiting Kic's threat, and although they didn't have much to do with the new Manchester United's defense, Bruce was clearly not prepared to continue to wear it out.

Coming out of the dugout and onto the side of the pitch, Bruce looked at Juninho Jr. running on the pitch and shouted "Ribeiro!" Then he made a gesture of movement.

The players on the court, including Juninho Jr., including Kic, and others, clearly saw Bruce's gesture, which was a gesture for them to change their tactics.

After getting this gesture, the players immediately knew what to do next.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the ball went out of bounds, Paulsen ran close to Juninho Jr., because Bruce arranged for Paulson to protect Juninho Jr., so the distance between the two was very close, and Juninho Jr. did not dare to go too far from Paulson.

"Ribeiro, you should hold the ball more, be steady, don't worry about losing the ball, it's me and Michael!"

Juninho Jr. wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded to Paulson.

In the first 15 minutes, his performance was not as miserable as before, but it was also relatively mediocre, and he even believed that if he had replaced Stephen Smith, he might have done even better than him.

Am I not as good as him?

Juninho Jr. doesn't want to admit it, and in recent times, he has been strictly following the diet and training content arranged by Professor Fryer, Derek and the coaching staff, and now his weight has risen from 66 kg to 69 kg now.

Professor Fryer said that according to his height of 1.78 meters, and with his technical characteristics and body shape, the best weight should be between 72-75 kilograms, and he was slightly thin and weak before, which made it easy for him to move and deform once he touched the opponent's body.

My body is stronger now than before, and I shouldn't be as afraid of confrontation as I used to be! The boss was right, I should have been more proactive, more confident and more like a core player, like I used to do when I was at Da Gama.

Thinking of this, Juninho Jr. began to run forward.

Essien cut off a pass near the halfway line and looked up to see Juninho Jr. raising his hand not far away.

Almost without thinking about it, Essien passed the ball to him.

The opponent's No. 6 back has obviously noticed Juninho Jr. and immediately sticks to it!

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