Chapter 425: I’m so fond of you to love!

For Manchester United, the schedule of the weekly double-games has just begun, and the players are still a little uncomfortable with such a intensive rhythm, especially for the "Red Devils" who are purely using their momentum and using crazy offense to create pressure on their opponents, but their offensive tactics are relatively simple, the physical requirements for their physical fitness are higher.

After a away game with West Ham United, Manchester United returned to Manchester for only one day of rest, trained for a day, and then flew to St. Petersburg, where they were going to play the second round of the Champions League group stage with Zenit.

In the first round of the Champions League group stage, Zenit defeated Athens AEK with one goal away. This victory also made them the second place in Group F, which also allowed them to see the possibility of the Champions League group appearing.

Zenit has not been able to enter the Champions League in the past two years. Although he entered the knockout stage of the UEFA Cup in the last two seasons, he was eliminated in the first round and returned home.

This season, Zenit was able to enter the Champions League and defeated Athens AEK away in the first round of the group stage, which made them feel that they still have a lot of hope to qualify in this group. After all, the strength of Group F is indeed unique in the defending champion Manchester United, and the strength of the other three teams... is not much different!

Look at Leipzig. This Bundesliga team has no star players at all. Its strength is really similar to Zenit. Not to mention Athens AEK, it was killed by Zenit at home. In the second round, both sides still have a way out in St. Petersburg?

Speaking of which, as long as Zenit plays well with Leipzig, it will not be difficult for them to qualify. Besides... when playing against Manchester United, they will definitely lose less and lose less. Maybe in the end they will win against Leipzig!

After playing such a good plan, Zenit still adopted conservative tactics even when he was fighting at home this time. Anyway... under normal circumstances, no team dared to play against Manchester United.

The "Red Devil"'s offensive is simple and crude, but... it's crazy and very fast!

If it weren't for Solskjaer's full implementation of the tactical ideas of "Sir Jay", he wouldn't have gained the current offensive combination that dominates Europe with speed!

Of course, Solskjaer did not use all his strength to play against an opponent like Zenit away. Yang Xiaozhuang was indeed the case on the front line and Martial was too, but on the right he replaced Rashford with Demarle Gray.

In the midfield, B Fei did not have much running distance, so he had no problem with his physical fitness. However, in this game, the old captain Herrera was the old captain, and of course, Aliyu, who was strong in the midfield.

On the defense line, Solskjaer also made some adjustments, Italian left-back Morila obtained the position, and formed Manchester United's defense line with Tuanzebe, Varane and Wan Bissaka.

The goalkeeper position is of course De Gea. After all, this is a Champions League match. Before Pereira became a qualified substitute goalkeeper, he did not have the qualifications to train himself in the Champions League.

Speaking of which, Manchester United's lineup still has strong attack power. Even if the "Red Devils" don't do their best, it's not difficult to play Zenit away.

But during the game, Solskjaer and Manchester United players realized that Zenit's tactical arrangement today... was too miserable!

With a free agent plus four defenders, and two midfielders, the midfielder arranged a player with good footwork to be responsible for moving forward... to kick off his big foot!

With Zenit's passing accuracy, it's really not a company's long pass. It can only be considered as kicking the ball forward, and then relying on the two of their forwards to chase the ball. If you have the chance, you will play, if you don't have the chance... Then you will be over!

Such a meticulous tactical style makes Solskjaer and Manchester United players speechless, so they seized the time to score goals and build an advantage in the game.

But it was not until the 31st minute that Yang Xiaozhuang received a cross from Martial from the left, and pulled the ball into the goal with the opponent... These fighting nations really don't care whether they are fouls or not!

Although Zenit's tactics are very meticulous, their players are very serious when playing football, especially when defending, which is to do their best to prevent you, and make a small foul... they don't care at all.

After opening the situation, when the game was 38 minutes, Manchester United left-back Morria assisted the frontcourt, cooperated with Martial to score two and two, dribbled the ball and made a cross from the bottom. Yang Xiaozhuang headed the ball in the small penalty area on the left and sent the ball into the goal.

In the 44th minute, Herrera pulled the ball to the right and received the ball and sent a cross. Yang Xiaozhuang was pushed to the ground by the opponent's Dutch central defender Douglas when he rushed to the top in the middle. The referee immediately awarded a penalty... Just like kidding, China Yang is now an attacker that UEFA attaches great importance to, and he also needs to increase the influence of the Champions League!

Yang Xiaozhuang took the penalty kick with his own hands and hit the ball against the right post and rushed into the goal... with a hat!

After leading three goals in the first half, Solskjaer didn't want his team to continue to fight his life. He directly replaced Yang Xiaozhuang with Rashford, which could be considered as giving Yang Xiaozhuang some rest time.

As a result, after the game entered the second half, Zenit's players saw that the opponent's most threatening attacker was gone, and they actually... were not so serious when defending!

Then Zenit spread the formation, advanced towards Manchester United's goal, and began to fight against Manchester United!

Zenit's changes really made everyone who followed this game feel very funny... it's very realistic!

Without the deterrence of the European Golden Boot, this Zenit showed the style of their fighting nation. Even when facing the "Red Devil", he was not afraid of it, just do it!

Not to mention, Zenit really scored goals in 61 minutes and 82 minutes in the second half, but Manchester United also scored goals in 59 minutes in the second half, and Martial scored goals in 68 minutes.

During the game, Manchester United didn't see any possibility of winning at all. Even if the team's number one star came off the court after midfield, he always maintained the advantage of at least three goals.

In the end, the score of this game was locked at...2:5!

The most interesting thing is that after the game, Zenit's players all started to exchange jerseys with Manchester United players. Even Yang Xiaozhuang, who had already sat back on the bench, did not let go, as well as Joe Reilly, Warren, and even... the fat guy Adam Miles!
Chapter completed!