270. Chapter 263 Still strong in the Champions League
Author: Bei Guoxia
The Champions League is coming.
Manchester United's opponent in the first round of the Champions League Group B group stage is Olympiacos from Greece.
Although this team is the dominant team in the Greek league, it is a weak team in Europe as a whole.
When Manchester United meets him, they are basically in a state of guaranteed victory.
If he doesn't win, Ten Hag can be dismissed from get out of class.
Of course, this is what Manchester United fans think.
Once the game really started, Olympiacos was really vulnerable.
Although Olympiacos plays offensively.
But their overall strength is still inferior to Manchester United.
The defense was quickly penetrated.
In the 7th minute, Link dribbled the ball from the frontcourt to break through the midfielder's defense. Then when facing the Olympiacos central defender, he swayed left and right, entered the penalty area and volleyed.
1 to 0.
Link scored his first Champions League goal for Manchester United.
But this is not the end.
2 minutes later, the Olympiakos center back's pass from the backcourt was too weak. Lin Ke broke out from the center to steal the ball and then directly lobbed the goal and scored again.
2 to 0.
Lin Kedi scored twice.
After conceding two goals in a row, Olympiacos still wanted to resist.
There was a counterattack in the 14th minute, but it was stopped by De Ligt.
Then came another fast break.
Link received a long pass from De Ligt, his chest stopped, his knees knocked, and then his instep straightened out.
The ball hit the net three times, 3-0.
Lin Kedi's condition today is very good, he can play whatever he wants.
This shot is actually very difficult, because if the shot from the instep is not controlled well, it will directly fly away. However, Lin Kedi's shot not only did not fly away, but hit the goal range, it also hit an angle.
The Olympiacos goalkeeper had no reaction at all.
This is quite remarkable.
Experts can tell, if a top shooter comes to watch this goal, they will know what level Lin Kedi’s shooting level is now.
After being scored 3 goals, Olympiacos seemed to be discouraged and stopped taking the initiative to attack.
But United don't want it to end.
To be precise, Lin Kedi didn't want it to end yet.
In the 49th minute of the second half, not long after the start of the second half, when Perisic was about to enter the penalty area after cutting inside, he was brought down outside the penalty area by the opponent.
Manchester United won a free kick opportunity very close to the frontcourt.
This free kick was actually not a good opportunity because it was too close to the goal.
However, Lin Kedi still stood firmly in front of the penalty spot to take the free kick.
Lin Kedi observed the situation in the penalty area and decided to hit the near corner.
It is not difficult to make this decision. Although this free kick is very close to the goal, it is located relatively to the right, so if it hits the far corner and the arc is wider, there is actually a great chance.
Therefore, Lin Kedi predicted that today's goalkeeper's first reaction would be to save the far corner.
If you hit the near corner unexpectedly, the chances of scoring a goal are very high.
All this came to Lin Kedi's mind in two seconds.
Then, the referee blows the whistle.
Lin Kedi took a deep breath, started swinging his legs, and shot the ball into the near corner.
The ball hit the net, and the goalkeeper rushed towards the far corner, but turned his head to look at the near corner.
"Kedi Lin's big four! Lin Kedi became the first player in the history of Manchester United to score 4 goals in his Champions League debut. The last Manchester United player to score the most goals in his Champions League debut was Rooney.
He scored a hat-trick in the Champions League against Galatasaray. And today, Lin scored four goals in his Manchester United Champions League debut!"
After the big four, Lin Kedi relaxed a little.
In order to protect Lin Kedi, Ten Hahe replaced Lin Kedi and took a rest in the 75th minute.
On October 2 after playing against Arsenal.
The second round of the Champions League group stage is also here.
In this round, Manchester United will face Bayern Munich at home.
In the first round of the group stage, Manchester United defeated Olympiacos 4-0 away from home.
Bayern Munich defeated Red Star Belgrade 3-0 at home. The goals were scored by Kingsley Coman, Thomas Muller and Lewandowski.
And today this is a powerful conversation.
Bayern Munich's starting lineup has also been announced, with a 4231 formation.
The goalkeeper is Neuer.
The defense line from left to right is Alaba, Sule, Boateng and Pavard.
There are two defensive midfielders, one on the left and one on the right, with Tolisso on the left and Kimmich on the right.
The attacking midfielder is Coutinho, the left winger is Koeman, the right winger is Gnabry, and the center is Lewandowski.
This is Bayern Munich's strongest lineup at this time.
The two sides are in a tense match at Old Trafford.
At the beginning of the game, the two teams didn't have any tests and just started fighting for real.
However, the defense and goalkeepers of both sides are of very high quality, so when it came time to attack the goal at the end, the shots from both sides were either too direct and within the control of the goalkeepers, or they were intercepted by the defenders.
The first half of the game passed. Manchester United had 7 shots in the first half, but they were all outside the penalty area and none of them hit the goal range.
Bayern Munich had 6 shots, but not a single shot on target.
Some people may think that neither side has a shot on target, so this must be a boring first half, but on the contrary, because both teams play very open, they are very decisive in shooting, often just after kicking a shot.
After it flew, the opponent immediately took a goal kick.
The attack speed is very fast.
But this game was played at Manchester United's home court after all.
So after the second half, with Ten Hag's tactical changes, Manchester United began a more intense offensive battle.
Ten Hag asked Lin Ke to try more headers, and the two wingers kicked the ball and crossed the ball to head the ball.
In fact, in the first half, Manchester United didn't make many crosses.
Mainly considering that Bayern Munich's two central defenders are both tall and strong, so heading attacks are relatively limited.
But in the midfield, Ten Hag decisively pointed out that Süle's concentration was indeed not enough. If he was playing on the ground, with Boateng helping him and Alaba on the left, Süle's pressure would be much less.
But when it comes to crosses, Alaba and Boateng can't help him no matter how much they try.
So in the second half, Manchester United began to change their thinking and play more crosses.
Lin Kedi also started a header attack.
In the 67th minute, Link received a long pass from Feltman on the right. Standing in front of Süle, Link, who was being guarded one-on-one by Süle, swayed to the left, attracting Süle.
Attention, then suddenly jumped up and headed the ball to the right.
The target is the lower right corner of the goal.
The ball flew straight into the net.
Manchester United leads 1-0.
Until the end of the game.
This game is very interesting. When neither side scored a goal, Manchester United and Bayern Munich were playing back and forth. The game was very fast-paced and the scene was very beautiful.
But after Lin Kedi scored a goal, the rhythm of both sides slowed down.
However, no matter what, Manchester United defeated its biggest competitor in the Champions League group stage, and the possibility of advancing first in the group greatly increased!
Chapter completed!