I am the king of football

Chapter 489 New Leader

In Manchester United's battles, Vidic and Ferdinand are no longer the team's regular starting defenders. Although their performance in the Super Cup was remarkable, they also made mistakes due to their personal decline in form.

The renewal of Manchester United's defense is no longer just talk, and Ferguson has also begun to constantly use young defenders in the team.

The two veteran players, Vidic and Ferdinand, and even the team's defensive iron gate Evra had to accept the reality of rotation. Only the 23-year-old Rafael, who had rich competition experience, was able to continue to stabilize his position as left-back.

However, if Rafael cannot continue to improve his strength, he will also face threats from Luke Shaw and Butner as he has always been an unstable link in Manchester United's defense.

In Manchester United's five-game winning streak, Maguire and Phil Jones played three times, Evans and Smalling played twice each, and the Red Devils' defenders had quite a variety of combinations.

In the end, Phil Jones and Maguire, a pair of defenders who had already shown their talent last season, became Ferguson's most common new defensive combination, while Evans and Smalling became rotation players.

Compared with the experiments in the back line, the team's front line has also been constantly fine-tuned, but the overall changes are not significant. There is no need to say much about Qin Hu, who firmly occupies the center position. As the two wingers when the team plays 4231 and as the striker partnering with Qin Hu when the team plays 442, Van Persie and Rooney are not so stable this season.

Van Persie, who is over 30 years old, has begun to decline in overall condition, but he is still the second top scorer of the team after Qin Hu. His skilled technique and sufficient experience allow him to firmly occupy a starting position when he is in good condition. However, the number of his poor condition and minor injuries and illnesses has begun to increase.

Rooney, Ferguson's lucky star, has been under great pressure this season. As he did not control his weight and condition during his vacation, he failed to make the team's starting lineup at the beginning of the season.

With William joining the team and the long-time players Kobe and Welbeck showing good competitive form, Rooney's third position in the team's forward line began to be impacted.

Ferguson didn't need to say much about this. Rooney himself found that his position was beginning to shake. This player who was used to drinking and having fun after the game was rarely photographed by the media entering and leaving the bar during this period. In addition, Rooney also began to take the initiative to approach Qin Hu and learn from him on the court. Such a change was naturally welcomed by Ferguson.

Therefore, in the sixth round of the league, Manchester United's first league match against Chelsea this season, Rooney finally got the chance to play.

Van Persie was in poor form, Qin Hu and Rooney partnered as double strikers. Ferguson, playing at home, deployed a 442 formation. Behind them, William, Carrick, Fellaini and Hernandez formed a four-man midfield, Luke Shaw, Phil Jones, Maguire and Evra formed a four-man defense, and De Gea was the goalkeeper.

This is the new lineup that Manchester United has changed this season after Ferguson's trial and training. When the starting lineup was announced, everyone was paying attention to Manchester United's performance in this game.

Then, the jaw-dropping result came out. Manchester United, playing at home at Old Trafford, beat Chelsea 3-0 in this game even more easily than in the European Super Cup.

In the 15th minute of the game, Lu Xiaopang, who changed his attitude and ran diligently on the court, received a header from Qin Hu and scored the first goal. That was the first connection between the two.

Twenty minutes later, taking advantage of Chelsea's opportunity to try to equalize, Manchester United launched another quick counterattack. This time, the team's new left forward William showed his strength. He rushed into the opponent's midfield with the ball and then made a direct two-pass pass with Qin Hu, who was responsible for the bridgehead mission.

When Qin Hu kicked the ball into the left side of the penalty area, William, who broke into the penalty area, stabbed the ball hard. The ball suddenly rolled out and rolled into the goal past Cech who quickly lowered his body to save the ball.

This goal seemed a bit cunning, but it also showed William's ability to seize opportunities. He excitedly rushed to the sidelines to interact with Manchester United fans. Mourinho, who was watching this scene, felt a little complicated, because William should have been a Chelsea player this season. This high-quality winger was snatched away by Manchester United and now scored against his own team, which was really unpleasant.

The Chelsea players on the stadium were not unhappy about this incident. They were defeated by their opponents and won the Super Cup. Now they were trailing 0-2 at the opponent's home court. This was simply unbearable for the Blues players who all had bad tempers.

So, when the game started again, everything changed. Chelsea no longer simply avoided conflicts and tried to score goals. Starting with Lampard, the Blues players began to increase the intensity for Manchester United.

One collision, two collisions, and several collisions in succession, William and Hernandez in Manchester United's frontcourt both suffered a lot.

However, the conflict broke out in the 53rd minute of the game. After Fellaini was ruthlessly tackled to the ground by Oscar, Oscar not only did not help him up but made a provocative gesture.

When Vidic and other veterans were not on the court, and before Evra could run over from the backcourt, a strong body came over and pushed Oscar away.

When Oscar looked at that figure, he couldn't help but shudder, because he really saw from the other person's eyes that he was going to beat him up in the next moment.

"Qin Hu, he directly stood up for Fellaini. There was no yelling or further fighting. He silenced Oscar with just a look."

Manchester United fans naturally watched the whole process in the stands. When they saw Qin Hu standing alone in front of Fellaini and pushing Oscar away and silencing him, Qin Hu's name resounded throughout Old Trafford.

"Qin! Qin! Qin! Our king!"

Imperceptibly, Qin Hu is no longer the player who had no prestige when he just joined the team last season. With the team's five championships and veterans retiring from the main positions, Manchester United now really needs a new leader.

Obviously, Qin Hu has now entered people's attention. As the core of the team now and for many years to come, he is qualified to try to take over this inheritance at the age of 20.

You see, Ferguson on the sidelines nodded repeatedly after Qin Hu stood up for Fletcher, and the players on the field also stood behind Qin Hu and gave him support.

This is a player who has both charisma, strength and courage, and it is natural for him to become the new leader of the team.

As Manchester United began to collide head-on with Chelsea, the Red Devils' powerful lineup combination was truly revealed. Qin Hu led the way, and players such as Curry, Fellaini, Phil Jones and others began to perform very fiercely.

So, in the 73rd minute of the game, when Qin Hu broke the opponent's goal with an unreasonable diving header, everything seemed so reasonable.

Just like that, Manchester United defeated Chelsea 3-0 at home.

(End of this chapter)