Chapter 803

After Manchester United beat Valencia 2-0 in the second round of the Champions League group match, all doubts and worries about Gao Xiaodong disappeared.

Before that, some people worried that it would be too risky for Manchester United to borrow 80 million yuan to buy Gao Xiaodong. After all, Gao Xiaodong is only 20 years old, and Ronaldo can sell so much money. After all, he is 24 years old, very mature, and has won the golden ball award. Gao Xiaodong has only been in high light for two seasons. The 20-year-old has changed a lot. In case the water falls, no one can afford the result.

Some people even privately suspect that Ferguson has benefited from Mendes, but no one dares to express such doubts because Gao Xiaodong has continued to shine after his transfer.

After Manchester United's double red clubs beat Liverpool wildly and Gao Xiaodong scored a hat trick, the worry about Gao Xiaodong is less than half. Many people believe that as long as Gao Xiaodong doesn't overhaul, he can make a minimum of 40 million.

However, at that time, the United staff was neat, and Gao Xiaodong was surrounded by the master level midfield Paul Scholes. Gao Xiaodong's function in midfield was relatively single, either attacking or defending. No matter the fans or the media, their understanding of Gao Xiaodong was not so clear.

This time and Valencia one war, Scholes rotation rest, Gao Xiaodong in Manchester United midfield's function displayed has no surplus.

Organization and scheduling, long pass straight plug, plug in attack, retreat defense, flank assault, set piece attack Gao Xiaodong doesn't dare to say that he is better than Scholes, but he can do everything.

After two or three years, not to mention all the skills have been improved to the level of a superstar, even if half of them have been improved to the level of a superstar, Gao Xiaodong will be able to pursue the golden ball.

After the doubts and worries were eliminated, the fans and the media immediately went to the other extreme. Many people think that with Gao Xiaodong, Scholes, who doesn't have much defensive ability, can actually play as a substitute. If Gao Xiaodong is matched with Fletcher, Hargreaves or Anderson, the midfield of Manchester United will be stronger.

Some people think that the presence of Scholes, Giggs and Neville has squeezed the playing time of the young players and affected the renewal of Manchester United. Ferguson can no longer favor the class 92 students he has trained. He should let them retire or leave as soon as possible and establish a new Red Devils captain as soon as possible, instead of being equivocal.

Media comments did not have any impact on Ferguson. In the next week's match with Sunderland, Scholes once again put on his shirt and partnered with Gao Xiaodong, Fletcher and Carrick in midfield.

However, the public opinion still had some influence on Scholes, ginger head frequently asked for the ball in the game, it seems to want to prove that he is not old enough to retire.

Gao Xiaodong didn't fight for the ball right with Scholes. First, he understood that time was on his side and Scholes couldn't survive. Second, he knew all kinds of skills and was professional S-class. Without any short board and ball right, Gao Xiaodong could run without the ball and take over Scholes and attack in the back row.

After 90 minutes, Gao Xiaodong didn't touch a few goals, but he scored all two goals of Manchester United, one of which was assisted by Scholes.

After the game, Scholes, who proved that he is still young, felt that he was a little sorry for Gao Xiaodong. He praised Gao Xiaodong to reporters and thought that he was Manchester United's "Lampard" and had a good chance of competing for the best shooter in the league.

Ferguson, the head coach, naturally has to give his old disciples some face. He did not mention Gao Xiaodong's lack of ball power in the game. He praised Scholes for his world-class performance and praised Gao Xiaodong for his cleverness and ability to score goals under any circumstances. He is the most aggressive midfield in the history of Manchester United.

However, the media don't give Scholes face. They think Scholes has too much possession of the ball and he has lost the ball many times. Fortunately, Fletcher and Carrick behind him are his old friends and wipe his bottom. If the opponent is a strong team like Barcelona and Chelsea, these times he may lose the ball.

The media think that it's time for the young Gao Xiaodong to gain the ball. Scholes should not occupy too much ball power. Even if he plays, he should play for Gao Xiaodong instead of forcing the 80 million bought little brother to play as a preemptive shadow forward.

At the same time, the fans and reporters criticized the starting striker Berbatov. They thought that the midfield player Gao Xiaodong far away from the penalty area arranged all the goals, but Berbatov didn't score a goal. The main reason is that Berbatov is too lazy. If Berbatov is as diligent as Gao Xiaodong, he should score at least two goals.

In the eighth round, Manchester United played against the promoted massibromwich. Scholes took a rotation break again due to the Champions League group match in the middle of the week. Gao Xiaodong played in midfield with Nani, Carrick and Fletcher, and the strikers were Berbatov and Hernandez.

As Carrick, Fletcher, Berbatov and Gao Xiaodong do not have strong desire to cooperate, Nani often burn his brain, Manchester United's midfield is not working well, and they are very uncomfortable in the promotion game. In the first half, the two teams played 0-0.

in the second half, Ferguson made a substitution adjustment, park Zhixing and Giggs went on the field to replace Carrick and Berbatov, and Manchester United's attack was very difficult With goals from Hernandez and Giggs, Manchester United beat sirome 2-0 to win the league's eighth consecutive win.After this round of matches, the media pointed out that Manchester United need to establish a midfield with Gao Xiaodong as the core. The original configuration of Manchester United's midfield was based on the characteristics of Scholes, which is not suitable for Gao Xiaodong.

Senior "Sky Sports" reporter Kotler believes that the 80 million worth of Gao Xiaodong came to Manchester United and has been adapting to the United's playing style and configuration. Fortunately, Gao Xiaodong has comprehensive skills and can be competent in any position. It is impossible for anyone else, including Messi and Ronaldo, to play like Gao Xiaodong at this time.

Cottrell thinks it's outrageous to let 80 million worth of Gao Xiaodong adapt to other people. Now it's time for Ferguson to choose a good partner for Gao Xiaodong.

What the media said is reasonable, but Ferguson has some difficulties. He has tried his best to persuade the boss Glazer to buy Gao Xiaodong. Manchester United are heavily in debt and can no longer afford to buy players who can partner with Gao Xiaodong. Now we can only let Gao Xiaodong adapt to Manchester United, not Manchester United.

Rooney finally recovered from injury in the Champions League group match at Middlesbrough this week. He, Scholes, Giggs and Gao Xiaodong all came on the stage to win the Champions League three times in a row and lock in a promotion place.

The Turkish team had lost twice in a row before. This time they lost again, and they were almost certain to be out. In 0708, the head coach of bursa Castle led another Turkish team to play in the Champions League, which was washed 8-0 by Liverpool. Now, facing the powerful Manchester United away, bursa Castle set up an iron barrel formation in his own half to defend one point.

In the first half, Manchester United tried to break the tortoise shell of bursa castle with three-dimensional attack while penetrating from the middle and passing from the side. However, Manchester United's short pass penetration ability could not even penetrate into the defensive counterattack formation, and there was no way for the iron barrel formation.

After the futility of the first half, Ferguson recognized the reality and didn't want to organize in the middle, that is, the side was crazy in the bottom pass and the middle smashed the header; or the middle took the ball and shot long-distance to try to score.

It's really hard to break the iron barrel formation. Ferdinand and Vidic of Manchester United are about to become strikers, but they are still Turks who can't defend with iron heart.

However, Manchester United were lucky. Long range shooters Gao Xiaodong, Scholes and Carrick repeatedly failed to score. In the 89th minute of the game, Nani, who always liked dribbling, suddenly changed his style and made a big volley at the front of the penalty area. As a result, the ball hit the guard and flew into the net. Finally, with Nani's goal, Manchester United defeated bursa Castle 1-0 at home and won the Champions League group Three wins in a row, one foot into the last 16.

Manchester United will challenge Stoke City at the end of the Champions League. If Manchester United can beat Stoke City away from home, they will be able to catch up with the terrible record of nine consecutive wins in the Premier League held by Jose Jose's Chelsea.