Chapter 18 The Road to Revival

After four rounds of the English Premier League, Simon Grayson and his team caused another round of heated discussions. Manchester United, who had won all four games and accumulated 12 points, has become the leader. Behind them are Chelsea and Aston Villa, two unbeaten teams with 3 wins and 1 draw. Later on, Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur and Everton. Although "Blue Moon" Manchester City remained unbeaten in the new season, they were 2 wins and 2 draws behind the standings.

"Simon Grayson has become a representative figure of offensive football in four games!"

"Manchester United finally showed domineeringness, and the favorite to win the championship is amazing!"

"Simon Grayson is an offensive madman. After the 'Young Guards', he will build the 'Red Devils' into an attacking team!"

"Four rounds of games, Shaq scored 7 goals and 3 assists, and Rooney scored 6 goals and 3 assists. After leaving Leeds United, Shaq and Rooney became the 'Manchester United Twins'!"

"Shake and Rooney's wonderful performances became Manchester United's forward engine!"

Ninety-five percent of all comments about the "Red Devils" are good. These people believe that Manchester United averaged four goals per game in the new season is a reflection of the team's strong attack power. Shake and Rooney's consecutive goals are the driving force for Manchester United to move forward.

Those who black "Red Devils" believe that Manchester United scored 16 goals is indeed the most, but Shake and Rooney scored 13 goals, reaching 81% of the team's total goals. This ratio means that Manchester United's offense mainly benefits from the performance of these two Manchester United's biggest stars. Once one of the "Twins" is injured or in a sluggish state, the "Red Devils"'s attack power will be greatly reduced immediately. Manchester United will face a very embarrassing dilemma.

However, more people still believe that the "Red Devils" will become stronger and stronger under the leadership of Simon Grayson, because according to Simon Grayson's coaching experience, the team led by this head coach who advocates offense has stronger attack power every year.

During the 2012-2013 season, Simon Grayson led Leeds United to score 119 goals in 38 Premier League games, with an average of 3.13 goals!

In the 2013-2014 season, Simon Grayson led Leeds United to score 138 goals in 38 Premier League games and won the Premier League championship in one fell swoop, with an average of 3.63 goals per game!

This season, Simon Grayson coached the "Red Devils" Manchester United. After four rounds of games, Manchester United scored 16 goals, averaging 4 goals per game!

The number of goals increased so significantly, although it proved that the team led by Simon Grayson is getting stronger and stronger, it can also prove that the coaching ability of this rising young English coach is steadily improving, and it can also prove that Simon Grayson's "Solar System Tactics" pioneered by Simon Grayson is becoming more and more complete.

As for Shaq, will Rooney affect Manchester United's progress due to his poor condition, this question is obviously just something Simon Grayson needs to consider, and others are just worried about it.

On September 17, the first round of the new UEFA Champions League group stage began. The "Red Devils" Manchester United visits the Paris Saint-Germain Princes Park Stadium.

Paris Saint-Germain has received foreign investment in the past two years and its overall strength has become much stronger. Stars such as Pastorre, Ibrahimovic, Jeremy Mene have supported a All-Star lineup for Paris Saint-Germain.

But such a Paris Saint-Germain team seemed so vulnerable in front of the "Red Devils" Manchester United. Moreover... Simon Grayson also started to rotate his team. Flani played as the starting midfielder, Gansu was pushed to the left winger position, and Rooney was moved to the right.

Just 2 minutes into the game, Manchester United got the opportunity to counterattack. "Little Fatty" Rooney dribbled the ball on the right and ran wildly. After being filled with all attributes by Shaq, Rooney transformed into a human-shaped monster on the green field. He fought and clashed along the way, but no one could stop him.

When Rooney ran to the frontcourt on the right, he saw that only one of the Paris Saint-Germain defensive players had returned, and the others were completely thrown away by themselves and Shaq's speed. He directly passed the ball to Shaq's feet in the middle.

"Bang!"

Facing the goalkeeper alone, Shaq kicked a curved ball with one shot, and directly hanged the ball into the blind corner of the upper right corner of the Paris Saint-Germain goal... 1:0!

After gaining the lead, the "Red Devils" played even more fiercely, not giving Paris Saint-Germain a home game at all. They slapped the opponent's face in front of 50,000 French fans on the scene, and... again and again!

In the 31st minute, Gansuo took a free kick on the left and arrived in the small penalty area on the right of Paris Saint-Germain. "Little Fat" seemed like a flying tank, bombing in the air at high altitude, directly smashing the ball into the goal... 2:0!

At 43 minutes, Rooney was tripped by his former teammate Evra in the penalty area and scored a penalty kick himself, and the score became 3:0!

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Paris Saint-Germain was cheering up. Ibrahimovic volleyed back in the 49th minute. But Shaq turned around and took Ganso's pass from the middle circle in 52 minutes, dribbled the ball all the way to Paris Saint-Germain's left penalty area, and shot from a small angle to send the ball into the opponent's goal again...4:1!

The "Red Devils Gemini" who scored twice each became even more excited. In the 59th minute, Shaq received a cross pass from Di Maria in front of the penalty area on the left side of Paris Saint-Germain, pulled the ball behind him, turned around quickly and followed up, reaching the top of the penalty area...

"Bang!"

The unrivaled "Saker goal" reappeared, and the ball was shot straight into the upper right corner of the Paris Saint-Germain goal...5:1!

After completing the hat-trick, Shaq was calm, but "Little Pang" was still unsatisfied. With his efforts, Gansuo was pulled to the ground in the penalty area by receiving a wonderful pass from Rooney in the penalty area in 67 minutes. "Little Pang" also took advantage of this penalty kick to complete his hat-trick... 6:1, there is no suspense in a massacre that marks the return of the "Red Devils" to Europe!

Paris Saint-Germain was still unwilling to give up. In the 77th minute, Mene received a cross from his teammate on the left, and shook his head three meters in front of the small penalty area goal on the right and rubbed the ball into De Gea's goal.

But Manchester United was unhappy. Then "Xiaopang" dribbled the ball from the right to Gansuo on the frontcourt in the 88th minute. This time the Brazilian did not give his opponent a chance to pull himself up, and flexibly got rid of Paris Saint-Germain's defender. After dribbled the ball to the small penalty area, he scored with a low left foot, and the score was locked at 7:2!

After the game, the captain "Xiaopang" who scored a hat-trick and assisted twice in the game won the honor of the best player on the spot, but Shaq, who also completed the hat-trick and Gansuo, who scored a goal and completed the hat-trick, were also highly praised.

Simon Grayson felt that Shaq, Rooney and Ganso could be more at the forefront, and the rhythm of these three people seemed to be more in line with each other during the game. At that time, he had already decided to give these three young people another chance to cooperate after returning to England.

As for Van Persie, Hernandez... that was the dish of "The Old Lord" Ferguson. It was not in line with Simon Grayson's appetite.

In the "Solar System Tactics", what Simon Grayson needs are two wingers with comprehensive skills and excellent team consciousness, rather than Van Persie who has been transformed into a shooter by the "professor", or the technical forward "Little Pea". These two stars have escaped because they have cleaned too many players this summer, otherwise Simon Grayson would not have left them at all.

At the post-match press conference, a reporter asked Simon Grayson if he would lead the "Red Devils" to attack the Champions League trophy this season. Simon Grayson laughed and said, "Do you think our team, which has just been reorganized in the summer, has the strength to compete for the Champions League? Oh. Then I really thank you very much, this will make my players more confident."

Simon Grayson's words were called a model of modesty by the media after the game, and were regarded as Simon Grayson's performance that was not overwhelmed by the team's continuous victory. He believed that he was a wise and calm head coach role model.

But just three days later, someone scolded Simon Grayson as a liar because Manchester United won again. They easily defeated Aston Villa Shaq and Ganso at home 2-0 in the fifth round of the English Premier League game. They scored a goal in the first half 24 minutes and 41 minutes.

The score is only a small 2:0, but why did Simon Grayson be scolded?

Because the 75,797 fans who watched this game at Old Trafford said that their team's performance was "perfect". And countless fans who watched this game through TV would also give "perfect" evaluations of the "Red Devils"'s performance, and even think that this is the best game Simon Grayson has played since coaching Manchester United.

Manchester United played calmly throughout the game, but they were firmly in their hands from the beginning. 69%: 31% of the ball-handling time ratio is enough to show what the "Red Devils" did in this game. The 89% pass success rate is 67% that of Aston Villa.

During the game, Manchester United created countless shooting opportunities, and 20 shots formed 8 shots within the goal range and scored two goals.

In terms of defense, it has achieved almost no leakage. The team completed as many as 40 steals and also won 24 headers. After 29 interceptions, Aston Villa only had 5 shots in the whole game, and only 2 of them hit the goal range, which has not yet posed a threat to Manchester United's goal.

It can be said that in this game, the "Red Devils" fully demonstrated the essence of "Solar System Tactics". The whole team revolved around Shaq to pass the ball and run the ball. When defending, Flanie helped him. Shaq and Shaq kept smashing the opponent's attack like two moving barriers.

After the game, Manchester United players scored an astonishing number of average 7.29 points!

Facts have proved that under the leadership of Simon Grayson, the "Red Devils" have really embarked on a road of revival, and the future of this team seems to be brighter than when the "Old Lord" was coaching!

But even such a team that is "perfect" before reaching its best condition, Simon Grayson actually said that he has no ambitions for the Champions League trophy, which is obviously a lie!
Chapter completed!