Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 790 Manchester United will change their luck in 2022 in this match!

Snapped!
Rodri sent the ball into the penalty area, where Dembele, arriving at the far post, easily took a shot.

The ball went in!
"1:0!"

"Dembele!"

"Pretty!"

Seemingly haunted by his recent bad luck, Dembele checked the linesman immediately after scoring to confirm he was not offside before beginning his celebration.

"Wow!"

As he slid across the court to deliver the ball, Dembele slapped his ear in response to the jeers from the home fans, seemingly asking them to yell even louder.

Ten Hach clenched his right fist and swung it out, causing Van der Gach behind him to shake his head repeatedly.

Eric has become completely obsessed.

Regardless of who scores the goal, as long as Ronaldo is not on the field, it's a good goal for Ten Hag.

What a fantastic shot!
After randomly pressing a few keys on the keyboard, Van der Gach turned his head and glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye.

Cristiano Ronaldo was sitting two rows back, still wearing his down jacket hood.

Ugh……

Van der Gach was convinced that there should be a good solution to this problem, but it just hadn't been found yet.

“TY!”

"xuuu!!!"

"TY!!"

"xuuu!!!"

Aston Villa fans are very unhappy.

"Why!"

Dembele walked back to his own half and complained to Tang Ye next to him, "I scored the goal, why are they starting to yell at you!"

"Ha ha!"

Tang Ye grabbed Dembele's hand and raised it upwards.

"xuuu!!!!"

Do you know why they're insulting me?

Tang Ye leaned close to Dembele's ear and asked loudly.

"Oh, you scared me... Why did I yell at you?"

Tang Ye patted Dembele on the back: "Because you have such a low profile..."

"..."

……

"Press down their center! Center back!"

Gerrard is giving his instructions.

Abandoning the full-backs and focusing solely on suppressing the two center-backs – that was Villa's tactic today.

If you look closely, you'll see that Villa's tactics today are a knock-off of Wolves' previous tactics.

In short, Villa learned from Wolves.

Experience against Manchester United!
Lima is looking for De Ligt next to her!

Danny Ings and Buendia rushed over at the same time.

At this point, De Ligt should pass to Wan-Bissaka.

But Buendia's route was very unpredictable, and he blocked De Ligt's passing lane to Wan-Bissaka.

Snapped!
The only option is to pass it back to De Gea.

De Gea didn't hesitate and sent a long pass directly to the frontcourt.

"Oh!"

"..."

“Well…we can see that Villa seems to have found some…well, we could call it a trick? Because describing it as tactics might not be quite right.”

"Actually, we can see that Manchester United is not entirely without ways to deal with this kind of pressing. They only need to have Rodri and De Jong drop back to easily neutralize the opponent's attack."

"But that's the problem. If Rodri and De Jong both choose to drop back, then Manchester United's proud counter-attacking style won't work..."

The commentator expressed his concern about Manchester United's situation, and Ten Hag seemed to be aware of it as well.

In the 32nd minute of the first half, Manchester United made their first substitution of the match.

Replace Rodri with Bruno Fernandes!

"xuuuu!!!"

"Tennhav is trash!"

"Rubbish!"

The ones hurling insults are Aston Villa fans; they don't think Ten Hag's decision to swap Bruno Fernandes for Rodri was the right one.

Tang Ye cuts to the left.

Look at the far corner!
But choose to push the closer angle!
boom!
He sent in a low, ground-hugging kick, but Martinez successfully pushed it away.

Wow!!!

"What an incredible save, Martinez!"

Martinez was very upset that he didn't fall for Tang Ye's trick.

Soon, Villa also found their own attacking opportunity.

Martial's loss of possession in the attacking third was intercepted by Konsa, who then dribbled the ball all the way forward.

B tried to intercept during the incident, but failed.

Konsa delivered a precise pass to Watkins.

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With a dribble and cut inside, Watkins cleverly avoided Dalot and, with the help of Ings and Douglas, successfully entered the penalty area.

Finally, he was brought down by De Ligt as he raised his foot to shoot.

boom!
"Beep!"

"Beep beep beep!!"

The sound of fake whistles filled the stadium, and De Ligt realized something was wrong, raising his hands high in the penalty area.

Before his teammates could even speak up for De Ligt, referee Kut awarded Villa a penalty.

"Holy shit!"

This situation... doesn't seem too good...

"fine."

Tang Ye hugged De Licht's head and kissed the latter's hair: "It's a small problem, it's nothing."

De Jong stood next to Tang Ye with his hands on his hips, the Dutch midfielder squinting his eyes.

The penalty was taken by Watkins himself, who had won the penalty, and his opponent was David de Gea.

"come on! Come on!"

Go Watkins!

"Beep——"

approach!

boom!
He took a shot, but De Gea guessed the direction correctly!
Snapped!
The ball was hit, and Bruno Fernandes reacted quickly, rushing over and kicking the ball into the stands.

"Nice!!!"

Lima decisively hugged De Gea, and their chests collided.

When did the duck learn to save penalty kicks?

[So you won't let De Gea save penalties, huh?]

[Wow, that's awesome! It scared me to death!]

Aston Villa are really impressive; is this the fighting spirit of the 7th-placed team in the Premier League?

[I'm seriously fed up with Wolves. Manchester United should have just surrendered in that FA Cup match. What if they found out our weaknesses?]

Don't panic, don't panic, we can stay calm. This Manchester United is not the Manchester United of the past, they're not so easy to deal with. Watch me, King Tang, use a long-range shot to crush them!

Gerrard was furious when the penalty was missed.

In high-level matches, wasting even one opportunity can be fatal.

In the eyes of the fans, Villa just lacked a goal.

But in Gerrard's view, just now, Villa missed their chance to pull off an upset against Manchester United!
38th minute!

Upon receiving a pass from De Jong, Tang Ye decisively passed it to Bruno Fernandes next to him.

Bruno Fernandes lobbed the ball into the penalty area.

Martial!
"Do it!"

Upon hearing Tang Ye's voice, Martial headed the ball back, aiming at Tang Ye.

Facing the ball flying towards him, Tang Ye raised his left leg and struck the middle of the ball with the instep of his foot.

Snapped!
The sound is very crisp.

The angle wasn't ideal, but the ball speed was fast enough that Martinez didn't have enough time to react.

The ball went in!
"2:0!!"

"Beautiful, Tang Ye!"

Boom!

Bang bang bang!
……

Halftime report: Tang Ye scored with a volley, De Gea saved a penalty, Manchester United led Aston Villa 2-0 at halftime.

Manchester United's performance in the first few games of 2022 was not very good, leading many fans to have the misconception that "the Manchester United dynasty is dead".

If everyone says it's an illusion, then this idea is obviously wrong.

At least for now, that seems to be the case; Manchester United's core competitiveness has not weakened.

"We need to be careful in the second half. They like to press our center-backs. I'm very unhappy to see that because you should know why they press our center-backs. It's because they think our center-backs are weak."

Ten Hag looked at De Ligt: "But I think that's absolutely wrong. Our center-backs are not weak, never have been. They just learned something from our previous opponents, and I don't think that's a big deal. We just need to focus on ourselves and not let anything else distract us."

"Now, we need to secure our first clean sheet of the year!"

"Wow!!"

In the locker room, the Manchester United players stood up and came to the center.

"3, 2, 1!"

"United!" "Wow!!!"

Ten Hag looked serious as he watched the Manchester United players rush out of the locker room.

This match was clearly special for Manchester United players, very, very special.

They need to use this match to regain the winning streak they lost in the FA Cup!

Suddenly a shadow appeared in front of him, and Ten Hach thought it was Van der Gach walking over.

Turning around, he realized it was Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese player standing right behind him.

"Oh? They've all gone out."

Ten Hag pointed to the locker room door, where Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the only player.

"...May I ask when I should start warming up?"

Cristiano Ronaldo gritted his teeth and looked into Ten Hag's eyes.

“Oh, this. I need to assure you, Cristiano, that everyone has a chance at Manchester United, but that chance will come when the time is right. When the situation on the field requires you to play, you will of course play, without a doubt.”

Ten Hag gestured with both hands in front of him to comfort Ronaldo.

"Should I start warming up before going on stage? I can only go on stage when I'm properly warmed up."

"Well... you might be a little too hasty."

Ten Hag put his hand on Ronaldo's shoulder: "There's no need to rush. If I see the right opportunity, I'll let you know immediately. I promise you that."

"All you need to do now is wait and conserve your energy."

"Then... trust your teammates."

As he spoke, Ten Hach took a step back, and finally turned and left.

"..."

At this point, only Cristiano Ronaldo remained in the locker room, unsure of what to do next.

Gritting his teeth and letting out a long breath, Cristiano Ronaldo finally left the room.

……

"Welcome back, everyone! This is the second half of the match between Aston Villa and Manchester United!"

"After replacing Rodri with Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United have made no other substitutions for the time being."

"Villa hasn't made any adjustments either!"

"Both sides are very confident in their tactics!"

"..."

On the left flank, Bruno Fernandes dribbled forward and made a long run, while Rashford immediately started his run down the wing.

Martial came to meet them.

After receiving a through pass from Bruno Fernandes, he decisively set up Rashford.

He sprinted a distance, and just before encountering a defender, Rashford cut back and passed the ball back to Martial.

Martial cuts inside!
"Oh!!"

"Stop him! Stop him!"

"Steal!"

The fans are getting anxious.

This is because the view from the stands often allows for a very clear perception of the changes in the rhythm of the game.

Manchester United picked up the pace in the second half!
boom!
The pass was pushed to the middle and found Tang Ye.

Tang Ye feinted a shot with his right leg, but actually passed the ball to De Jong who was coming up from the right.

De Jong passed the ball to Dembele.

It was a simple attack, but almost all of Manchester United's midfielders and forwards were involved.

Hey!

Seeing Bruno Fernandes raise his hand, Dembele gave a triangular gesture.

The ball flew over, and Bruno Fernandes stomped it onto the grass. Tang Ye came up from behind.

Snapped!
The through ball found its way between Konsa's legs and found Martial, who had made a run into the penalty area.

"Martial!"

Snapped!
The shot is awarded.

The ball went in!
3: 0!

“Beep beep beep!!!”

"Beep beep beep!!!"

The third goal was scored, and Gerrard finally sat down.

To be honest, Vera really didn't have much of a chance at this point.

To reiterate, the penalty in the first half was arguably the turning point of the game, but Villa failed to capitalize on it.

74th minute!

With Lingard and Mata on the bench, it seems Ten Hag is going to replace Tang Ye.

However, Manchester United still had a corner kick to deal with, and that corner kick was given to Tang Ye.

"I'll just call."

Tang Ye and Dembele whispered to each other, and the latter relayed the information to his teammates in the penalty area.

"call……"

My chest heaved, and the jeers from the home fans behind me were a bit irritating.

Snapped!
"Give us a corner kick!"

"Back position!"

"Rashford!"

The ball's trajectory was somewhat unusual, causing many defenders to hesitate to jump.

Rashford is preparing to launch a feint!
Martinez and Rashford jumped at almost the same time, with Martinez punching Rashford in the face first.

Rashford temporarily lost control of his head, and Tang Ye's curved shot was blocked by his head.

"what!!!!"

Rashford fell in the penalty area, and the referee blew his whistle immediately.

"hiss……"

"This could be a penalty!"

"However, Rashford's situation doesn't seem very good; we'll have to wait and see."

Rashford rolled around in the penalty area.

The team doctor was preparing to enter the field, and Ronaldo seemed eager to get on the pitch.

He looked at Ten Hach.

Unsurprisingly, due to Rashford's injury, Ten Hag also looked back at the bench, seemingly looking to select a suitable player to bring on.

"Mason!"

"Get ready quickly!"

"..."

Cristiano Ronaldo stared at Ten Hag, then his body, which had just sat up straight, slumped back down and continued to lean against the back of the chair.

Rashford's face was broken, and although it was only a superficial injury, Ten Hag decided to take him off the field.

Martinez received a yellow card for the foul, and Manchester United were awarded a penalty while leading 3-0.

Tang Ye held the ball in his hands and spun it around.

"Attack here! Attack here!"

Martinez pointed to his right, even deliberately leaving several centimeters out, and said to Tang Ye, "You can score from here, I'm not lying to you!"

"..."

Tang Ye put his hands on his hips and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "What if I don't get in when I shoot there?"

"Just type here, I've already assessed it for you."

Martinez hopped and skipped, occasionally taking a step forward to try and get closer to Tang Ye, who was taking the penalty kick.

"What are you doing!"

Dalot stepped over and stood between Tang Ye and Martinez, giving Martinez a final warning: "You better behave yourself!"

"I didn't do anything!"

Martinez raised his hands.

"it's okay no problem."

Tang Ye gestured for Dalot to go back first, clearly not expecting to be bothered by Martinez's words.

"So I'm really going to shoot to the left?"

Tang Ye smiled and asked Villa's goalkeeper for advice.