Chapter 23: 100 balls, dedicated to you!

After winning the "Toffees" away, Manchester United ushered in the third round of the Champions League group e-group at Old Trafford. This time the opponent was Israel Haifa.

The difference between the "Red Devils" and the opponent is no different from the gap between professional teams and amateur teams. This game became a game where Manchester United scored data. Shaq scored goals alone in 5 minutes, 22 minutes and 78 minutes respectively.

"Little Fatty" Rooney and Nani also scored goals in 30 minutes and 71 minutes respectively. Manchester United easily defeated their opponents with a score of 5:0 at home. Compared with Manchester United's 31 shots in the game, five goals were considered small.

After this game, the "Red Devils" Manchester United also showed dominance in the Champions League this season. Shaq scored 7 goals in the Champions League, and Gansuo's assists reached 6 times and was also the first. Nani's 94% pass success rate was still the first. Even the players' average score list was the "Red Devils". Shaq ranked first in 9.33 points, and Rooney behind, Gansuo tied for second with an average score of 8.97.

The strong recovery of the "Red Devils" this season has attracted the attention of European football. After all, it is the number one giant in England, and the foundation is there. Last season, it was just because Moyes' poor coaching ability affected his performance. Now it's different to be replaced by Simon Grayson as the head coach. Moreover, Manchester United spent over 100 million pounds to buy Shaq, Jose Angel, Di Maria, Van der Welter, Papadopoulos and other stars, and their strength has indeed improved significantly. Even if they soared into the Champions League this season, it is not impossible.

Spain's "As" and "Marca" also issued notices to the teams they support...

"If Barcelona want to make a difference in the Champions League this season, they must be careful about Simon Grayson and his Manchester United. The Red Devils have a strong recovery momentum this season. While winning eight consecutive victories in the league, they also won three consecutive victories in the Champions League group stage. In addition, they won a League Cup. The winning streak in twelve official games has made the Red Devils unstoppable!"

"Ancelotti's first season coaching Real Madrid has not been successful. Although they met Leeds United in the Champions League quarterfinals dialogue, they once again ranked under Barcelona to finish second in the league and have already made Real Madrid fans endure the limit. If they cannot win a championship in the league or the Champions League this season, Ancelotti's coaching career at the Bernabeu will also reach the end. Naturally, they must be careful of their only opponent Barcelona, ​​but in the Champions League, they must be careful of Simon Grayson's new 'Red Devils'."

The support media of the two Spanish giants did not mention the defending champion Leeds United. The reason is that after Van Gaal coached the "Youth Guards" this season, although this team has made a lot of personnel additions, the team's tactical style has never been formed. Even after suffering two consecutive losses in Group C of the Champions League group stage, it has already ranked last in points.

Now Leeds United fans are also criticizing the old Dutch man, and even Leeds United chairman Bierhoff has not escaped. A "four champion" from last season has become so weak this season. However, the Netherlands is still stubborn and put it on the bench because of the big mouth of the "beast". The team has shown signs of collapse in the two major domestic and intercontinental competitions. This is something that fans cannot tolerate after the team's net investment of nearly 100 million pounds of transfer fees.

Compared to Van Gaal's busy days, Simon Grayson's coaching career at Manchester United is really not too comfortable!

Simon Grayson is no longer the talented but flawless rookie when he led Leeds United to the Premier League. He is now able to implement the rotation system on the team without his knowledge.

Simon Grayson's rotation system is carried out according to the team's schedule. Except for Shaq, a pervert who is always tireless, always eager for games, and always eager for victory, everyone else is carried out in rotations of two or three people in each game, which can not only ensure that the team's record is not affected, but also not to strengthen the physical fitness of some players in key games.

On October 25, Manchester United defeated Blackburn 3:0 away. Clevie, who played in the rotation starter, replaced Di Maria, scored two goals in 65 minutes in the game and scored two goals in 68 minutes to complete the double score.

The new "Red Devils" Shaq received a cross from Cleville just 12 minutes into the game. He jumped near the penalty spot and headed the ball to the upper right corner of Blackburn's goal.

After the game, Shaq, who brought the captain's armband and opened the door to victory for the team's first record, was not named the best player on the spot. "Smart Li", who scored twice and assisted once, was selected as the best player.

However, Shaq's performance was still recognized by Manchester United fans. The fans of the "Red Devils" can see more and more clearly the changes brought about by Shaq's joining the team. He scored a lot of goals, but it did not exist for the sake of data swiping. On the contrary, Shaq's goals are very critical in many cases, either to score the first record for the team or to secure the victory for the team. Such goals... are worth a thousand gold!

Before the League Cup on October 28, the "brutal Simon" who had already gained a foothold at Manchester United once again showed his cruel nature. This time, he placed the twin brothers Raphael and Fabio, who were valued very much by "Old Sir Ferguson" on the transfer list.

Fabio and Rafael are two brothers, one on the left and one on the right. They were originally valued by Ferguson and even wanted to train them into the second pair of Neville brothers, but these two talented Brazilian players have grown very slowly at Manchester United, and are now being promoted to the transfer market by Simon Grayson.

In fact, Fabio and Rafael's failure is also because Manchester United is no longer the same as Manchester United as before. The "Red Devils" are already the number one giant in England. There are not many opportunities for young players to get games in the first team. They often need to be loaned to other teams to prove themselves before they can return to Manchester United to be valued. However, the two of them did not choose to be loaned out, but stayed at Manchester United for opportunities. They remained at Manchester United for several years and failed to successfully get on the position.

This season, after Simon Grayson took over the power, he spent a lot of money to buy Jose Angel and Van der Weill. In addition, Evans and Smalling could play left and right defenders. So in the eyes of Simon Grayson, who has always advocated a policy of elite troops, the two brothers Fabio and Raphael naturally became redundant, and it would be a matter of time before they were put on the transfer sign.

In the fourth round of the League Cup, Manchester United welcomed Leicester City at home, and Simon Grayson sent Vidic, Evans, Smalling, Ashley Young and other substitutes.

Even "Little Pea" Hernandez got the chance to start, which is definitely a reassurance for "Little Pea" who has not played for Manchester United this season. Otherwise, this 26-year-old Mexican genius attacker would think he would be sold during the winter transfer period.

"Little Pea" who started the game fought fiercely, and received a precise direct pass from Shaq's scalpel in 16 minutes, and broke the goal of Leicester City with a low shot... 1:0!

Shaq received a pass from Cleville in 28 minutes and kicked the ball into the bottom right corner of the Leicester City goal with his left foot at the left side of the arc. The ball even bounced into the goal after hitting the post on the right... 2:0!

The advantage of two goals leads can already ensure that the "Red Devils" advance to the next round of the League Cup, but the protagonist of this game made a debut in the second half, and then a bloody massacre victory also came, and he was... Rooney!

Rooney, who only made the game in the second half, completed a hat-trick in 52 minutes, 65 minutes, and 77 minutes. The efficiency of three goals in 22 minutes made "Little Fat" look as brave as a god possessed.

Papadopoulos headed the ball with a corner kick in the 86th minute, locking the score at a huge gap of 6:0!

After the fourth round of this League Cup, in addition to two substitute goalkeepers Robert Green and Cussack, the first-team players in Manchester United all had their appearance records, which also indicates that Simon Grayson's big purge of Manchester United... is over.

In the tenth round of the English Premier League, Manchester United welcomed Stoke City at home. This was originally a game with no suspense. After all, the "Red Devils" were already very strong at Old Trafford Stadium. Under the guidance of Simon Grayson this season, Manchester United achieved an amazing record of winning all the games. It can be said that the result was already known without playing in this game.

But Old Trafford Stadium was still crowded by Manchester United fans on this day because there is a very, very important highlight in this game...

During the 2011-2012 season, Shaq scored 26 goals in 42 Championship games for Leeds United, 20 goals in 37 Premier League games in 2012-2013 season, 40 goals in 36 games in 2013-2014 season, and 13 goals in 9 games this season!

So...26+20+40+13…99!

Shaq's goal in the Championship for the "Youth Guards" is also a league goal, so if you count it this way, Shaq is very likely to have his 100th league goal in this game!

After Shaq's "100 League" goal was hyped before the game, Manchester United stars all congratulated him in advance. Everyone wanted to help Shaq accomplish this feat. He scored so many goals in more than three years, which set a record in English football.

The good brother "Little Fatty" Rooney specially prepared a T-shirt with red letters for Shaq, with only three numbers 1...0...0 printed on the front and back!

No one thinks that Shaq cannot complete 100 goals in this game. Just a fierce humanoid monster like Shaq, when his teammates all want to help him score goals, scoring is not a problem!

But no one expected that a freak like Shaq was indeed too perverted. He didn't use anyone to assist him at all. Six minutes into the game, Shaq took the ball in the right frontcourt and was knocked down by his opponent. Manchester United got the opportunity to free kicks in the frontcourt.

This ball was between 35 and 38 meters away from Stoke City's goal, but Shaq stood in front of the ball alone, and after three steps of running, he pulled the ball out with his right foot!

"Swoosh!"

The ball flew extremely fast in the air, drawing an inward-deflecting arc and finally landed in front of the goal in the middle of Stoke City. The goalkeeper jumped up and pounced while moving horizontally, but failed to touch the ball. The ball... was a bit high!

But the next moment...

"when!"

The ball hit the crossbar and bounced into the goal after a crisp sound... The ball entered!

ah!?

This...this is in!?

Manchester United players were all stunned. This goal...is too easy!?

"goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Shaq roared and took off his jersey, revealing a white T-shirt with 100 numbers printed inside. He quickly ran to the Manchester United coach's bench and hugged Simon Grayson, who was cheering down with both fists.

At this time, Simon Grayson, who was lying on Shake's shoulder, had moist eyes because he saw... he saw a line of small red words handwritten on the white T-shirt: My most respected Simon, 100 balls are dedicated to you - Shake!
Chapter completed!