striker cool brother

Chapter 192 Chef Fan and the Tinker

Winning the Double Red Club, drawing against Manchester City, and finishing second in the league allowed Van Gaal, who was originally controversial, to temporarily stabilize his coaching position.

The top battle against Leicester City made Manchester United fans look forward to it.

They haven't been at the top of the Premier League table for a long time.

The former Red Devils Manchester United are coming back!

But it is not difficult for careful fans to find that today's Manchester United is no longer the former Manchester United.

After Van Gaal entered the team, in the first season, he spent 1.4 million pounds to introduce Luke Shaw, Herrera, Rojo, Di Maria and Blind.

A loan contract of 600 million pounds, a weekly salary of 34.6 pounds, signed Colombian striker Falcao.

In the early part of the 2014-15 season, Manchester United performed poorly and had poor results. Before August, news about Van Gaal's get out of class had spread everywhere.

But Manchester United CEO Ed Woodward, as Van Gaal's unshakable backer, has repeatedly supported the Dutchman in public and rationally told fans that they should wait rationally.

At the same time, Manchester United's record in the second half also improved. Finally, after the end of the season, they won the Premier League No.70 with 4 points and returned to the Champions League after a season.

Knowing that Manchester United will play in the Champions League in the upcoming new season, Van Gaal couldn't wait to submit a purchase order to the boss in order to prove himself.

Depay, Damian, Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin, Martial, with a total investment of more than 1.1 million pounds.

For two seasons, Van Gaal spent a lot of money in the transfer market, just like a chef buying a bunch of fresh ingredients, and was dubbed "Chef Fan" by fans.

This season, under the guidance of Van Gaal, Manchester United's performance has improved.

As long as they beat Leicester City, they can jump up to the top of the standings.

At the pre-match press conference, Van Gaal uttered bold words that he must win the opponent and successfully reach the top.

Compared with Van Gaal's high-profile, Leicester City coach Ranieri is very low-key.

At the pre-match press conference, he repeatedly emphasized that the team's goal is still to avoid relegation and score 40 points. The top position does not prove anything.

Although only 12 points away from reaching the goal, Ranieri bluntly said that the real difficulties have only just begun.

Speaking of the grievances between the two, it has to start from the end of the last century.

The two landed in La Liga in the same year (1997).

Van Gaal coached Barcelona, ​​who was in full swing, and led Barcelona to two consecutive seasons of league titles.

Ranieri coached Valencia twice, leading the team to win the 1998-99 Copa del Rey and the 2004 UEFA Super Cup.

Although Ranieri's coaching honor is not as good as that of Van Gaal, in the 8 times the two have played against each other, they have 4 wins and 4 losses, evenly divided.

Ranieri also completed three kills against Van Gaal in two rounds of the King's Cup and the league within 9 days.

There is still half an hour before the start of the game, and the team has finished warming up and is ready to return to the locker room.

At this moment, the on-site director's camera suddenly turned to the VIP area.

[Henry, the top scorer in the Premier League, has also come to the King Power Stadium. 】

[The two former Premier League top scorers, Henry and Ruud van Nistelrooy, both sat in the stands. 】

Van Nistelrooy and Henry shook hands warmly. Both were top scorers in the Premier League. Henry won four Premier League Golden Boots, while Ruud van Nistelrooy only won one.

"Will the record be rewritten?" Henry smiled faintly.

Although he has more Premier League Golden Boots than Van Nistelrooy, the opponent's record of scoring goals in ten consecutive games is difficult for Henry himself.

Van Nistelrooy said with a smile: "Records are meant to be broken, but unfortunately I have retired."

The two sat down and chatted.

Henry is now idle at home, preparing to take the coach qualification certificate and change careers as a coach.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is already an assistant coach of the Dutch national team.

This time I came here not only to witness a moment in history, but also to inspect the teenager Depay.

The referee who enforced the game was a young Craig Pawson.

Under the leadership of Paulson, the two teams slowly walked into the King Power Stadium, and deafening cheers came from all directions.

[Welcome to a focus battle in the 14th round of the Premier League, Leicester City vs. Manchester United at home. 】

[Prior to this, Manchester City defeated Southampton 3:1 and temporarily topped the list.Therefore, for both sides in this game, there is no room for loss. 】

[Now let’s introduce the starting lists of both sides. 】

[The home team, Leicester City, is wearing a blue uniform. 】

[Goalkeeper Schmeichel. 】

[The back line is Fuchs, Huth, Morgan and Danny Simpson. 】

[The midfielder is still the defensive midfielder Kanter partnering the central midfielder Drinkwater.The two wingers are Mahrez and Albrighton. 】

[The striker is Rossi partner Vardy. 】

[Valdy is in a brave state this season. Before that, he had scored in ten consecutive league games, tying the record of Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.This game is expected to break this long-standing record. 】

[Next is Manchester United. 】

[Manchester United, who is a guest at the King Power Stadium, is wearing a red shirt and white shorts. 】

[Goalkeeper De Gea. 】

[The defense line is McNair, Blind, Smalling and Damian. 】

[The double defensive midfielders are Schweinsteiger and Carrick. 】

[The three central midfielders are Martial, Mata and Ashley Young. 】

[The striker is Rooney. 】

Last season, Manchester United suffered from a shortage of major generals in the midfield. Out of compromise, Van Gaal put on a set of "big circle tactics".

The "big circle tactic" is actually to take advantage of the two sides, advance quickly, and then pass the ball to Fellaini, the high point in the penalty area.

It is with this style of play that Manchester United returned to the Champions League.

But this style of play relies too much on Fellaini's high points.

In the later period, Mourinho used Zuma to defend Fellaini to death and cracked this tactic.

这个夏天，范加尔从拜仁买来施魏因斯泰格，从4-1-1-4改4-2-3-1，加强后腰出球和控球。

Van Gaal's pass control is not offensive, but defensive.

In addition to the command tower function when there is the ball, the requirement for the defensive midfielder is the prediction of the opponent's landing point when clearing the siege.

Assisted by the central defender's high-position defense and the overall frontcourt pressing on the spot, it is the key to maintaining the oppressiveness of the ball-handling style of play.

In the new season, Manchester United has returned to the top four through the running-in of new tactics and is a favorable contender for the championship this season.

Also seeking victory from change is Ranieri's Leicester City.

The attributes of a tinker made his transformation of the team a very significant success.

The solid defense and sharp counterattack are the most direct and powerful proof of Leicester City's impressive record of 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

A chef who collects many ingredients and can change them in many ways, and a craftsman who lives by tinkering, finally ushered in a face-to-face confrontation.

The game started and Manchester United kicked off.

After the piggy Schweinsteiger joined the team, Van Gaal really developed towards his ideal pass control.

However, his pass-and-control system of defending instead of attacking has made Manchester United a slow league, which has also been criticized by many fans.

In the Premier League, fast-paced confrontation has always been advocated, and slow passing has always been unpopular.

As the game progressed, the tacit understanding between the teams gradually improved, and Van Gaal, who had the Netherlands' total defense in his bones, was slowly reflected.

The inside cutting winger is the key to Van Gaal's quick word.

The winger with strong personal ability is the core of the offense, and the offense is completed around him from the frontcourt organization to the threat.

When passing control to the winger's feet, it can form a change in speed.

This is also an important reason why Martial is a winger.

In just one minute of the opening, Manchester United transferred the ball through a large-scale long pass and sent the ball to Martial on the left side of the front of the penalty area.

Martial swayed Mahrez away with a fake move, cut inward laterally, and the striker Rooney had already advanced to ask for the ball.

If the ball is passed, it will definitely be a threat.

Manchester United, at this moment, is not slow at all.

boom!
A black shadow was as fast as lightning, breaking the ball cleanly from Martial's feet.

Kanter's defense won applause from the fans.

His performance is far from over.

After the steal, Kanter looked forward, kicked directly, and hit the ball to the top of Albrighton on the left.

Carrick moved closer to the landing point immediately, competing with his opponent for the landing point.

Carrick, who has a height advantage, is in a clear advantage in the competition with his opponent. He pushes the ball from behind Albrighton to his front.

But at the point, Rossi followed up to meet, one step ahead of Schweinsteiger, and poked the ball to Mahrez.

Ah!
Schweinsteiger's tackle brought Rossi down from behind.

drop!
The referee blew to stop the game, with his arm flat and pointing at the Manchester United goal.

Direct free kick.

But no yellow card was shown!
Amidst the huge boos of the home fans, Leicester City players gathered around to put pressure on the referee.

Vardy was even more dissatisfied, and pushed away Schweinsteiger who took the initiative to show his favor, which in turn caused a quarrel between the players on both sides.

The game had just started, and the two teams had a quarrel because of a foul. It can be seen that this game is very important to them.

[Oh, the game has just begun, and the two sides are full of gunpowder. 】

[If fans who just turned on the TV see this hot scene, don’t think it’s the wrong channel. 】

[The blue uniform is not Chelsea, they are Leicester City. 】

【Welcome to the battle for the top spot! 】

(End of this chapter)