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Although Ye Su had imagined that this game would be very difficult, when the game started, Ye Su realized that the difficulty of the game was still something he had not imagined before the game.

The young Southampton played very positively and very tough at home. Even Ye Su had sent all the main players and let all the main players rest in the middle of the week, and even the players' abilities increased to a certain extent, but they could not get any advantage against Southampton.

This Southampton team has a strong combat power that is somewhat beyond Ye Su's expectations.

In the first minute of the game, Manchester United's goal encountered a test. Southampton attacked the frontcourt, and Wan Yama made a long shot from 25 meters away from the goal, and shot a bounce to the earth. Fortunately, De Gea got into the state quickly and held the ball firmly in his arms.

Manchester United quickly returned to the scene. In the third minute, Manchester United created a free kick through Nani's breakthrough in the frontcourt.

This free kick is just one step outside the penalty area line, and because it is close to the right wing, Rooney and Mata discussed it and decided that Mata would take the free kick.

At the same time, Ye Su on the coach's seat quickly took off the dribble card on Mata and replaced it with a free kick card.

Mata's free kick ability is first-class in football. With the bonus of the free kick card, this free kick was very good. After passing through the Southampton wall, it quickly fell and finally flew out of the baseline by rubbing the post.

Although he did not score, he still scared Southampton up and down.

In the 10th minute, Southampton threatened Manchester United's goal with a wonderful pass again. Fullback Klein inserted an assist and passed the ball to find Wanyama near the penalty area line. Kenya's midfielder took a long shot again, and the ball went straight to the lower right corner of Manchester United's goal, but he still failed to cross De Gea's ten fingers.

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The two sides fought back and forth, attacking wonderfully, defending beautifully, and the scene was very intense and exciting, but the score could not be rewritten.

In this high-tempo offensive and defensive transition, time passes quickly, and half an hour is about to pass.

At this time, an emergency broke the deadlock on the field.

In the 28th minute, Manchester United attacked the frontcourt, and Mata divided the ball to the right and found Nani.

The Portuguese dribbled the ball along the wing and did not choose to pass the ball in time, but was intercepted by the Southampton defensive player.

The Saints made a quick counterattack, and French midfielder Schneiderlin made a long pass in the midfield to find Lambert on the front line.

Although Manchester United is attacking, the defense line is still very complete. Two central defenders Vidic and Ferdinand double-teamed Lambert. Evra, not far away, also leaned over and planned to defend the Southampton player who responded to Lambert.

This trio has been working with Manchester United for eight years and has a very high level of tacit understanding, not to mention that there is now an additional bonus to creating offside tactical cards. Especially Vidic and Ferdinand have a clear division of labor. Ferdinand restrains Lambert from the side to prevent him from turning around and breaking through, while Vidic takes off and competes with the Southampton striker for the top.

In this way, Vidic and Lambert inevitably entangled. The Saints forward secretly hit the opponent's face with his elbow in the confrontation with the Serbian defender. The Serbian screamed and then fell to the ground.

Ferdinand and Evra made a serious mistake at this time. They believed that Southampton center had violated the rules, so they all protested to the referee and did not grab the ball's landing point.

However, both the linebacker and the referee were expressionless about the protests between Ferdinand and Evra, and the game continued. Lambert topped the ball to his midfielder Davis and then stepped forward.

Seeing that the referee had no words, Ferdinand and Evra realized that something was wrong and rushed back to defend. But it was too late. After Davis took two steps forward, he saw Lambert throwing Ferdinand away and immediately sent a diagonal pass behind Ferdinand.

Lambert was already in a good position in the offense and easily got a one-on-one shot opportunity. Facing De Gea's defense, he easily pushed the ball and sent the ball into Manchester United's goal.

The score on the field became 1:0, and the home team Southampton was in the front!

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Southamptonians were celebrating goals wildly, and St. Mary's Stadium was full of joy. Being able to lead Manchester United at home is also a glory for them.

For Southampton, Manchester United is their nemesis. In 113 matches in history, Manchester United has an absolute advantage with 59 wins, 29 draws and 25 losses. Among them, the Saints have 1 draw and 8 losses in the last nine games. Although Southampton faced the Red Devils 56 times at home, the gap is not huge, but Manchester United won 7 of them in 8 matches at St. Mary's Stadium.

How unhappy is that Manchester United has a poor record this season, and they are able to take the lead at home and are likely to win this victory?

At the same time, Manchester United players were surrounding the referee in this game to ask for an explanation.

At this time, people discovered that Vidic's face was covered in blood, but he was hit by Lambert's elbow in the strife just now, staining the stadium with blood.

However, such protests are doomed to be futile. In an era without Var, the referee could not make a change.

Of course, Manchester United also knew that this kind of protest would not have any direct effect, but they could not express anything. At least, the protest was also a pressure on the referee, allowing him to change his subsequent penalty.

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The game started soon again, and the young Southampton was stimulated by the goal, continued to attack strongly and threatened Manchester United's goal continuously.

In the 30th minute, Luke Xiao's left-footed long shot deviated from the target. Immediately, Wonter used a corner kick opportunity to head the ball and was blocked. Lambert's shot at a low angle of left foot was blocked by Manchester United's defensive player.

Manchester United is not easy to mess with. After surviving Southampton's attack, they soon used continuous attacks to fight back.

In the 32nd minute, Manchester United made a quick attack, Nani broke through quickly along the wing, and then chose to cut inside in front of the penalty area line. Southampton midfielder Jack Coke had no choice but to choose to make a foul, and the head coach showed a yellow card to warn.

Because this free kick is still on the right, Mata, who has the left foot, takes the penalty.

On the sidelines, Ye Su, who had just finished communicating with the fourth official, quickly switched the free kick card to Mata.

Mata's free kick was taken into the penalty area. With the increase in the free kick card, the Spanish warm-hearted man passed the free kick very accurately and found Manchester United captain Vidic in the penalty area very comfortably. Although the Serbian had just stopped bleeding, facing this pass, he still chose to fly over and rush to the top without hesitation, pushing the ball into the dead corner near the goal post.

Vader, who finished the goal, whistled to the sky with a very ferocious expression.

It is obvious that the team's concealment of the goal a few minutes ago made him very frustrated. This goal was a kind of emotional release for him.

What's more, this is also his curtain call at Manchester United, and he can end here with a goal.

Manchester United players were also very happy and rushed to Vidic's side. Ferdinand even slapped Vidic's chest and laughed.

Ye Su on the sidelines also cheered. The team just lost a goal because of the opponent's plot, and he also felt very unhappy. Then the players were very successful. After only less than five minutes, they equalized the score through a beautiful free kick. This was undoubtedly the best response.

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The subsequent competition became more open and intense.

In the 34th minute, Manchester United almost overtook the score. At that time, Manchester United intercepted Southampton in the midfield and then launched a quick counterattack. Ashley Young rushed all the way on the left and then sent a high-quality cross.

In the frontcourt, Rooney, Nani and Mata followed in a row. Seeing Ashley Young's cross, Rooney jumped high, but he felt that he could not do well in this position. Because he had two Southampton defensive players around him, he chose to head the ball and saw him rub the ball gently and swing the ball towards the back point.

Nani inserted at high speed. Facing the ball that Rooney flew over, he bent his bow and arrow and shot a blast at the edge of the penalty area. The ball was like a shell that was out of the borehole, whistling straight to the goal.

Faced with Nani's powerful shot, Southampton goalkeeper Boruke basically had no reaction. But the ball hit the crossbar and flew out of the baseline again.

Nani seemed very upset. He felt very good about this shot. He thought he had made a goal, but he didn't expect that it was still a little bit worse. If he lowered the ball a little bit, the ball would have been there.

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In the last ten minutes of the first half, although both sides played very fiercely and had several shots, they failed to pose any threat.

Vidic, who was overly excited, was judged to be a blocking foul when facing Larana's breakthrough and received the second yellow card of the game and the first yellow card for Manchester United.

In the first half of the game, the two teams tied 1:1 and entered the half-time break.

During the intermission, major media highly praised the game. Both sides performed very well and played high-quality offense and defense.

But most media believe that Manchester United suffered a loss in the game. Southampton's goal was obviously a foul first. The referee and linebacker made obvious mistakes in the penalty in that offense. Southampton's goal did not exist, and even Lambert, who elbowed Vidic, should have at least received a yellow card.
Chapter completed!