0305 Confident Ye Su
On September 16, the fifth round of the Premier League began.
In this round, Liverpool, the traditional strong team that took the lead in playing, was tied 1:1 by the wine army Burnley at Anfield, which was a big and small unpopularity. As a result, Burnley and Liverpool both had 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the first five rounds. Burnley even beat Liverpool in the Premier League standings due to goal difference.
Manchester City, who played at the same time as Liverpool, slaughtered the home team Watford 6:0 at the Vicarage Road Stadium. With 4 wins and 1 draw, they temporarily defeated Manchester United, which had not yet played, and rose to the top of the Premier League standings.
Subsequently, Tottenham Hotspurs played against Swansea at their new home court, New Wembley Stadium.
At noon Sunday, the Premier League ushered in the focus of this round. The Blues Chelsea faced Gunners Arsenal at Stamford Bridge Stadium. As a result, the two sides fought 0:0 after 90 minutes of a silence.
At 4 pm, the last game of this round was also a focus game. The Red Devils Manchester United sits at Old Trafford Stadium and faces the traditional strong team Everton.
As one of the six teams that have never been relegated since the establishment of the Premier League, Everton is also a traditional Premier League team. They have a whirlwind of buying a whirlwind in this summer's transfer window.
Although the team's main striker Lukaku transferred to Chelsea and Deulofeu also transferred to Barcelona, the team has introduced some powerful players, including Michael Keane, Sandro, Pickford, Klasson and other good players.
Especially the huge investment of 58 million pounds and buzzer-beating Morata from Real Madrid showed Everton's management ambitions: in the new season, they must enter the European war zone!
However, in the four Premier League rounds that have been completed before, Ronald Koeman's team performance is difficult to satisfy the fans of the Toffees. He only scored 4 points with 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses, ranking 16th in the Premier League, and is only one step away from the relegation zone.
In this game against Manchester United, once the Toffees make mistakes, they are very likely to fall into the relegation zone.
So, Ronald Koeman faces a lot of pressure.
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In this game, Ye Su, who was determined to score three-pointers at home, did not hold back because of his poor situation. The Red Devils made all the elite teams at Old Trafford: goalkeepers Romero, Luke Shaw, Maguire, Van Dijk and Valencia were the back defense, the midfield trio was a combination of Kante, De Bruyne and Mata, and the forward line was paired by Rooney, Harry Kane and Valdei.
For Everton, Ronald Koeman, facing huge pressure, lined up an attacking 343 formation, with goalkeeper Pickford, Manchester United former players Michael Keane, Ashley Williams and Jagilka as three defenders, Bynes, Schneiderlin, Guy and Martiner formed four midfielders, and the three forwards were West Goodson, Lewin and Tom Davis.
A basic judgment can be drawn from Everton's starting lineup. Ronald Koeman's team will focus on offensive tactics in this game today.
Moreover, in the coin guessing session before the game, Manchester United captain Rooney beat Everton captain Bynes. Ye Su felt that this hit Ronald Koeman's idea, because it would allow Everton to get the kick-off. They can take advantage of the opportunity to kick off first and take the lead.
As Ye Su expected, after the game started, Everton took advantage of the opportunity to kick off the ball first and took the lead at Old Trafford Stadium to launch a fierce attack on Manchester United's goal.
Ye Su had a plan for this. Facing Everton's opening offensive, Manchester United chose to avoid the limelight and retreat voluntarily.
This made Everton even more excited and suppressed Manchester United's fierce attack.
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Ronald Koeman sat in the coach's seat, staring at the field, and occasionally communicating with the assistant beside him.
No one knows his anxiety.
The team ranked 7th in the Premier League last season and missed the European competition.
In the summer, although Lukaku left for transfer, Everton, who received a large amount of transfer funds, made great moves in the transfer market. Especially after poaching Morata from Real Madrid, Everton has already signed a net investment in the team.
The club management, which has invested a lot of transfer funds, naturally hopes that the team can perform well in the new season. Not to mention the top four in the Premier League, that is too difficult, but you always have to win one of the Europa League seats.
However, after the start of the new season, Everton's performance was a bit bad. He only scored 1 win and 1 draw in the first four rounds, which made Everton's boss very unhappy.
Although the season has only started soon, Ronald Koeman has felt a huge pressure.
If he loses to Manchester United in this game, he will probably be dismissed from get out of class in the media.
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More than ten minutes after the game started, Everton was in a strong momentum, and they almost pushed the home team Manchester United to attack.
If it wasn't the first release today
Argentina's national goalkeeper Romero performed well, and Manchester United's goal had already pierced.
Especially their center young player Lewin, who performed very well in this game.
People all know that football is an errand for youth, and youth is the capital of football players. But it is a bit cruel. Talent cannot be accompanied by every player, but will depreciate over time.
Two years ago, after Martial transferred to Manchester United from Monaco, he became famous for scoring a wonderful goal in his debut with Liverpool. However, his two-year Premier League career made him a Madam Niu, who was less than 22 years old. There was no way, who made Rashford and Mbappe perform better than him, shocked Europe.
There is nothing wrong with this saying to describe Lewin directly.
When he was a teenager, Lewin played football on the streets of Hillsburg and was snatched by Sheffield and snatched it up by Sheffield Wednesday. At that time, there was not much attention to whether he would be weak due to being too nervous. Everyone's impression of him was just a child who was in good health, had good skills but was not outstanding, and could play in any position.
This is also the cruelty of professional football that Lewin first experienced.
Only by playing a big four in a national game can Sheffield United scouts notice him and then polish it by himself. At that time, Lewin changed his position and went to the English Sixth League team Starley Bridge to practice, and shuttled between the League One and the League Two.
The luck of Lewin is that his efforts outside of the focus have never been in vain, and there is always someone who can discover his subtle highlights.
Legendary scout Steve Walsh helped Chelsea rise, and after Leicester excavated the Mahrez, he went to Everton, who his brother once played for. Lewin's talent was finally discovered.
Since then, Lewin has gained a foothold in Everton, but his performance is a bit tepid: Last season, he just joined the Toffees and served Ronald Koeman, and played in 20 games in various competitions but scored 1 goal. Under the cover of Lukaku, who was in a state of rampage, his performance was not noticeable.
However, as Lukaku returned to the Blue Bridge in the summer, although Morata later joined from Real Madrid, the 20-year-old Lewin still gained more opportunities to perform. After all, Morata has not yet been able to integrate into the tactical systems of Ronald Koeman and Everton.
Lewin was very active in looking for opportunities in the frontcourt.
The active young player who is good at running positions also puts great pressure on Manchester United's defense line. In addition, other Everton players seem to be in good condition, so Manchester United has to return to defense at all and defend the penalty area.
Just watching these ten minutes of the game, it is hard to imagine that the Red Devils Manchester United, who are now under the pressure of Everton, have been in England and even Europe in the past three years, and have been killing gods and Buddhas!
Seeing Everton besieging Manchester United and playing Manchester United so hard that he couldn't even pass the half, Ronald Koeman, who was always nervous, finally smiled on his old face: If he could defeat Manchester United, his position as coach this season would be really stable!
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Coincidentally, Ye Su happened to turn his head and see Ronald Coman smiling.
Is there anything happy? Ye Su said he didn't understand.
Although Everton bombarded Manchester United's goal for more than ten minutes, Ye Su was not panicked at all.
After the growth of the previous three seasons, Manchester United's defense line has been very stable. Maguire and Van Dijk have become the world's top defenders. With the defense line they are responsible for, they are definitely the world's top defense line. It is not easy to break through Manchester United's goal. This can be seen from the beginning of the new season, Manchester United has only conceded 4 goals in seven games in various competitions.
So, although Everton had an absolute advantage in the scene, they did not have any excellent scoring opportunities, and it was still early to score the goal.
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"The time is almost over." Ye Su made a judgment.
Such as attacking crazy after the start of the game cannot last too long. If the offense is effective and goals are scored quickly, this may stimulate the players to be more excited. However, without scoring goals, it is difficult to form a truly threatening scoring opportunity. Then the team's morale and momentum will inevitably not last long.
As Ye Su predicted, Everton began to slow down the pace of the game at the beginning of fifteen minutes and could no longer continue that kind of oppressive attack.
In this wave of offensive, the players' energy and physical strength are greatly consumed. Everton needs to slow down.
Ye Su made a gesture on the sidelines, and the players immediately understood.
Soon Manchester United took the opportunity to regain the initiative on the field.
Ye Su walked back to the coach's seat, and he sat in the seat and stared at the field. Then he seemed to feel that sitting was not as broad as standing, and sitting still made people's brains slow to react. He walked to the sidelines again, grabbed his chin with one hand, and stared at the field.
The tactics the team practiced these days are now the test moment. He wants to know whether the team can give him an answer, an answer he needs to satisfy.
Chapter completed!