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Chapter 245 The nightmare starts!

The first "Manchester City Derby" of this season has arrived, and the entire English football world has attracted attention. The previous Community Shield... does not mean anything!

Manchester United did win the game at that time, but they only won the second team of Manchester City, and Guardiola did not send all the main players at all.

But this time it was a meeting in the league, especially since the gap between Manchester City and Manchester United has now widened to 4 points. It would be strange if Guardiola didn't want to win this direct conversation. Unless he really gave up on the Premier League championship this season, he had to fight hard at Old Trafford Stadium.

At the press conference before the game, Guardiola looked extremely serious when facing the reporters, without a smile on her face: "This game is very important to our entire team. This is a game that may affect the final league championship. The team and I will do our best to win."

Guardiola didn't say much before the game, but he really attached great importance to this game at Old Trafford. He also ranked the strongest lineup in this game, a set of extremely similar to Manchester United...4-3-3!

On the attack line, Jessus in the middle is at the front, French winger Koeman on the left, and Aguero goes to the right.

The midfield is led by De Bruyne, and Gundogan and Ilia La Mendi are assisting.

The defense line consists of Tierney, Bellerin, Stones and the old captain Kompany.

Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson is still the one who serves as the goalkeeper.

At the same time, Van der Beck, Delf, Sterling, Aspars, Brandt, Otamendi, Johart were also sitting on the bench... These people were definitely the main players when putting them in other teams, and only in the "Blue Moon" would sit on the bench and wait for Guardiola's call.

Manchester United's lineup is not surprising. The attacking line consists of Yang Xiaozhuang, Rashford, and Martial, midfielder B Fe, Herrera, Aliyu, defense line Luke Shaw, Maguire, Varane, and Wan Bissaka. The goalkeeper is still De Gea.

When the players from both sides entered the court, the commentator of Old Trafford Stadium was supporting the team: "We all know that the team has changed a lot this season. We changed the head coach, and several important players left the team. Instead, nine young players who were transferred from the reserve team to the first team. They are still trying to prove themselves."

"The team's structure has also changed a lot. Currently, there are 23 players in the first team. How big is 11 of them are from our own youth training camp. This will make the youth team's youth team full of hope for the future. They will train harder. In the future, the players from the youth training camp will have higher levels and stronger strength. When this virtuous cycle is formed, we may be able to rely on our youth training to continuously transfusion blood to the first team in the future."

"Actually, for us, this season, it is not necessary for these young people to defend the league championship. As long as the team can guarantee the top four and qualify to participate in the Champions League next season, it will be acceptable for us! The growth of these young people takes time! For the long-term prosperity in the future, I think it is acceptable to pay some performance prices!"

The commentator's action of giving the fans a vaccination was actually just a subconscious action. He actually hoped to see Manchester United win, but... after seeing Manchester City's strong lineup, I don't know why it was a bit weak!

If Manchester United will win against Manchester City... this is a nice saying, but it really doesn't have the confidence!

The people sitting on the Manchester United bench were all players like Andreas Pereira, Mark Tominayi, Mansa, Joe Reilly, Toonzebe, Warren, and Romero. They were sitting on the Manchester City bench... Forget it, don't compare!

Not only that, but even the strength of the lineup on the court, Manchester United's attack line may be slightly better than Manchester City because of Chinese Yang, but when it comes to the quality of the midfield and backcourt... that's really a bit worse!

The commentator told the truth, but Manchester United fans don’t like to listen!

Because the supporters of the "Red Devils" don't think so at all. In their opinion, the team's attack line includes China Yang, B Fee, Herrera, Maguire, Varane, and De Gea. With such a strong central axis here, Manchester United has the strength to defeat any opponent.

But at the beginning of the game, Manchester United's situation was... not very good!

In today's game, Guardiola and "Blue Moon" finally showed their true strength. After the game began, Manchester City controlled the ball. Manchester United on the court often had no ball for more than a minute.

Off the court, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had already nervously raised his fist. He had expected this situation and told the players before the game that he had to stabilize in this situation. Manchester City's pass control level is not comparable to Arsenal, who has just changed to pass control. Once a flaw is revealed in the defense, the "Blue Moon" will definitely attack the attack as fast as possible.

It is precisely because of this concern that Solskjaer gave Luke Shaw, Wan Bisaka, Aliyu, and Herrera early to get a vaccination: When you encounter a long-term ball control by your opponent, don't be in a hurry, don't rush up and press. We just need to wait for our opponent to make a pass mistake and fight back immediately after getting the ball.

When challenging Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, Manchester United used their number of advantages to force their opponents to make mistakes and eventually successfully reversed the game. Solskjaer was very worried that when he met Manchester City, his players would still have such thoughts, and then... the result might be very bad!

Facts have proved that Solskjaer underestimated these young players from Manchester United. Even Wan Bissaka and Luke Shaw are not old, but they have a lot of experience in the game. Although Aliyu is only 17 years old, he is quite calm. With Manchester City's long-term possession of the ball, Manchester United did not show any impatience. They defended steadily on the court and were patiently waiting for the opportunity.

The situation that Solskjaer was worried about did not happen, but there was a problem with Manchester City...

In the 21st minute, Aguero's pass to Jesus on the right was blocked by Varane and passed the ball back to De Gea!

De Gea immediately made the ball to Aliyu who came back to pick up the ball, and the French midfielder passed it to Herrera in the front right. The Manchester United captain immediately gave the ball to B Fee on the left side of the center circle.

Facing Gundoan who was pressing up, although B Fei was not fast, his skills were good!

He dunked the ball to the left with his right foot, followed it immediately, kicked the ball forward, and moved the center of gravity to the left. B Fei used such a light "fried croquette" to pass over Gundogan.

The next moment, I didn't know what Gundoan had to do wrong, so he turned around and shoveled towards B Fei from the slanted back!

Damn it!

Damn it!

What to do!?
Chapter completed!
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