I am the king of football

Chapter 323 Everton in Sleep
"It's in! Van Persie scored with a header! Manchester United broke the deadlock first."

Zhan Jun's excited voice rang out the next moment, and together with the fans at Old Trafford, a huge noise was made. At this moment, all the fans who were paying attention to this game trembled in their hearts, and everyone was excited about Manchester United's goal.

"Manchester United, with its luxurious forward line, is never afraid of any opponent. Whether it is Qin Hu or Van Persie, they both have the ability to break through the gates of all teams. If we only focus on one of them, in my opinion, that is far from enough."

When the dust settled, Van Persie, who scored the goal, jumped onto Qin Hu's back and was carried to the corner area. The relationship between the two has become more and more harmonious as the season progresses. Now the Red Devils have formed a super striker combination with Qin Hu as the core.

This was a goal scored with less than three minutes left in the first half. In addition to breaking the deadlock on the field, it also meant that Everton was destined to end the first half with a one-goal disadvantage.

When the celebrating Manchester United players returned to their positions to cooperate with the Toffees to restart the game, the Red Devils did not give the opponent any chance. They guarded every key point and left the opponent no way to attack except for meaningless back-passing in their own half.

The result was naturally clear. When the game time reached 45 minutes, Everton was still passing the ball meaninglessly, and the referee immediately blew the whistle to end the first half.

Ferguson returned to the locker room with his players with a gentle expression, while Moyes had a tense expression. He really found it hard to accept such a result. The team had obviously arranged a tight defense, and now it seemed that it was far from enough to just target Qin Hu.

Back in the locker room, Ferguson was basically satisfied with the team's performance in the first half. The Toffees' style of play has always been dull, and it is almost impossible for their opponents to win the game quickly. There is no doubt that the team has taken the lead by scoring a goal first.

"If we keep up the form in the second half, the opponent will definitely seize the opportunity to press forward. Every defender must be fully motivated."

"Understood, Boss!"

"Very well, rest."

Compared to Ferguson's simple speech in the Manchester United locker room, Moyes on the Everton side was speaking non-stop. As a professor-level figure in this team, every word he said forced the players to be extremely alert.

"You are human beings, not machines. You should adjust your style of play according to the development of the game. Is this difficult to understand? Is Van Persie an opponent who can be easily let go?"

"no……"

"No, then please tell me what you played in the first half!"

"..."

“In the second half, we took it back and continued to take it back.”

He drew a line directly in the opposite direction towards his own goal, and then Moyes did something that surprised everyone.

"Pull out their offense, create set-piece opportunities, kick high balls into the goal, have the two wingers move to the side more often, and then the midfield must be serious, and we must not let them break in and score again!"

"understand!"

By the time Moyes finished his speech, Everton's halftime time was running out. They simply drank some sports drinks, and then the door of the locker room was knocked again.

The two teams met again in the player tunnel. The momentum of both sides did not change much. Everyone looked at each other and then went into the court to exchange half-time.

"Hello, audience friends, welcome back! Manchester United will kick off the second half. In the first half, thanks to a goal from Robin van Persie, Manchester United is temporarily leading Everton 1-0." "Shh!"

With a whistle, the game on the field started again. As Manchester United began to steadily control the ball, everyone thought that Everton, who was one goal behind, would choose to take the initiative to attack.

But that was not the case. The Toffees, who had suffered enough from Manchester United's defensive players in the midfield and backcourt in the first half, were quite conservative in the midfield and frontcourt. Their midfield shrank together to block the area in the heart of their own team's midfield.

This thwarted the Manchester United players' plan to launch a direct attack at the start of the second half, and after several unsuccessful attempts, Qin Hu could only pass the ball to his own midfield to reorganize the game.

In the following twenty minutes, this kind of organization did not have any effect. Facing the midfield defense led by Fellaini, it was too difficult to score when the opponent was completely pulled back.

After twenty minutes, Manchester United's midfield and frontcourt became inevitably tired, and everyone began to slow down the pressure and try to control the ball.

It was at this time that Everton, who had been hiding for half the game, suddenly exploded.

"Pienaar intercepted the ball from Van Persie's feet, and faced with the opponent's counterattack, he passed the ball directly to Osman. Osman did not stop, he did not give Qin Hu a chance to run over and press, but chose to kick the ball directly!"

In the 62nd minute of the game, Everton launched a long pass attack in its own half, and the ball flew over the center circle and into Manchester United's half.

Contrary to their previous attitude, when the ball flew over, Mirallas, Fellaini and Gibson all rushed forward at the same time. Together with their forward Anichebe, there were four of them rushing forward at the same time.

Mirallas, who had taken the ball off the line, sent it diagonally forward without much interference. Fellaini took the ball in the middle and faced Carrick's pressure.

"In a direct physical confrontation, Fellaini's steps were very firm. He held the opponent's body and forced his way to the left. His movements were very neat and clean!"

This dribbling fully demonstrated Fellaini's top physical quality as a B2B midfielder. When Carrick was stuck behind him, he made another exquisite through pass.

"The ball followed Anichebe to the area in front of the penalty area. This was a very good chance to shoot. Sure enough, without hesitation, Anichebe shot directly!!!"

"Oh!"

"Boom~"

The shot was powerful, but unfortunately, under De Gea's keen eyes, it was not curved enough and was knocked out of the bottom line by Manchester United's goalkeeper.

"The ball was saved by De Gea and Everton got a corner kick opportunity!"

This attack made many Manchester United fans break out in cold sweats. The opponent was like a martial arts master who had been dozing for sixty minutes and wanted to take their lives with one move. Fortunately, De Gea's excellent performance made them feel relieved.

However, for the Manchester United players on the field, defense is far from over. As the Everton tough guys represented by Fellaini rushed into their own penalty area, everyone had to tense up.

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