Star Card System

At the King Power Stadium, Manchester United players felt great pressure.

Leicester City's style of play is tough, and this game is even more distinctive.

Because of Vichai's plane crash, Leicester City players are still holding back their energy and want to realize the legacy of their former boss.

They started this season with a poor performance, and Vichai encouraged them countless times, looking forward to the team's return to the Champions League.

And now, they must fight for Vichai!

It's also for themselves!

Facing the defending champion Manchester United, they were not conservative and launched a fierce attack at the beginning!

In the 22nd minute of the game, Madison cooperated with Harvey Barnes in the middle.

Both of them dribbled well and had strong explosive power.

The continuous passing and receiving in Manchester United's midfield and backcourt even made Xia Xing feel the difficulty in defense.

These two young people are good!

Xia Xing tried to get between the two as much as possible to prevent them from playing better cooperation.

However, their ultimate goal was not to cooperate with two people to enter the penalty area, but to pass the ball to Vardy!

Quickly pass the ball, Vardy successfully countered offside!

He took the ball and rushed into the penalty area!

Without any extra moves, he kicked and shot into the far corner!

De Gea was unable to defend and could only watch the ball go into the net!

1-0!

Leicester City scored the first goal!

This was a wonderful cooperation between the Blue Foxes' front trident!

But Manchester United also had good attacking power.

In the 37th minute of the game, Xia Xing intercepted the ball in the backcourt and passed it to Pogba.

Pogba's dribbling breakthrough was blocked, so he had no choice but to pass the ball to Xia Xing next to him again, and then sprinted quickly.

Just when Leicester City's attention was on Pogba's forward run, Xia Xing suddenly passed the ball!

He did not look for Pogba, but passed it to Ashley Young who was flanking forward on the left!

When Xia Xing cut inside to receive the ball and cooperated with Pogba, Ashley Young had already sprinted quickly from behind him and entered the opponent's penalty area!

Xia Xing's pass tore through the opponent's defense line and accurately found Ashley Young who was running forward!

Ashley Young received the ball in the penalty area and shot decisively!

The ball hit the net!

1 to 1!

Manchester United equalized the score!

Both sides are back on the same starting line!

The first half ended with a draw.

In the second half, Manchester United's defense was in crisis again.

Leicester City's frequent fast breaks made Manchester United's defense very difficult.

Left-back Chilwell frequently inserted forward and created many good opportunities.

His crosses were very threatening, and Vardy and Barnes rushed to score many times.

In this game, they lacked a high center forward. If there was a high point like Giroud in front, Manchester United would have lost the ball again.

However, they didn't wait too long for their second goal.

In the 66th minute of the game, Chilwell passed on the left and was knocked down by Matic, and got a free kick.

This ball was given to Chilwell to take the penalty.

There are many free kickers in Leicester City now, but even so, the young Chilwell still occupies a place.

He looked at his teammates in the penalty area, calmed down, and made a precise pass!

Maguire jumped high and headed the ball!

The ball hit the dead corner!

Leicester City scored another goal!

2 to 1!

They saw the hope of three points!

At this time, Solskjaer on the sidelines frowned.

The team's offensive power in this game is not good.

Especially Pogba and Martial, their state has obviously declined, which is completely different from the overwhelming situation last month.

After thinking again and again, Solskjaer still made substitutions.

Replaced Martial and replaced Lingard.

However, he still put Pogba on the court.

He knew Pogba's technical characteristics and personality traits very well. If he was replaced at this time, he would definitely be dissatisfied, and then the harmonious atmosphere in the team he created would be gone.

It is more important to stabilize the players' emotions than to make a gambling-like adjustment.

However, taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Solskjaer called Xia Xing and Pogba over.

"Switch your positions later. Pogba, you retreat a little and give the opponent some offensive changes."

"Okay." Xia Xing said.

Pogba nodded.

Although he didn't want to retreat, his physical strength declined a lot, and he really didn't have the physical strength to sprint forward frequently.

Humph, I'll give you face, I guess there's no hope in this game!

Recently, the issue of the team's offensive core has been very sensitive.

Any team has only one and only one organizational core, which is a must.

Even a dual-core team has a primary and secondary distinction.

In Manchester United, Xia Xing is naturally a well-deserved organizational core.

Whether it is technical ability, honorary status, or spiritual attributes, team reputation, he deserves the position of organizational core.

Moreover, he is the captain and a two-time Golden Globe winner. He is called by fans as a superstar who is about to or has ended the Melo era.

But this obvious problem has been difficult to solve in Manchester United.

Former coach Mourinho was straightforward and directly announced Xia Xing's tactical position, and even gave him enough freedom on the field.

Therefore, Pogba was dissatisfied, which was one of the conflicts between the two.

Now Solskjaer is here, and he tried his best to appease the "Mr. Billionaire" of the team.

He knew very well that the club management's appreciation of Pogba was mainly due to his price.

If Pogba has problems, it proves that Manchester United's transfer strategy has problems, which will be troublesome.

It has a great impact on the management.

So Pogba must be given more opportunities.

In the tactical arrangement, Solskjaer proposed a dual-core strategy.

Xia Xing and Pogba jointly organize the attack. If anyone is frozen by the other party, the other person may take over the organization.

This sounds good, but it is very bad to implement.

In the game, Pogba is usually in the middle, or as a defensive midfielder or a front midfielder.

But no matter where he is, he likes to dribble forward, likes to participate in the attack, and doesn't like to return to defense.

This makes Manchester United often encounter defensive difficulties.

Because of this situation, Matic, Herrera and other teams are very dissatisfied with Pogba.

But so what?

With the management covering him, Pogba is unscrupulous.

Faced with the team's defensive dilemma, Xia Xing had to retreat to defense from time to time and simply give up the offensive authority.

Doing so has advantages and disadvantages for Manchester United.

The advantage is obvious, that is, when Pogba is in good shape, he has the ability to lead the team to win.

And with the protection of a defensive midfielder like Xia Xing, he can relax his attack in the frontcourt.

The disadvantage is also obvious. When the team encounters offensive obstacles, Pogba lacks the ability to solve problems alone.

He does not have Xia Xing's stable shooting ability, nor does he have Xia Xing's super speed and breakthrough ability.

So when encountering the opponent's dense defense, Pogba is prone to silence.

Fortunately, Manchester United has not encountered too strong enemies during this period, and Solskjaer's so-called "dual-core" tactics have not encountered too much challenge... (End of this chapter)