Chapter 163: The unyielding Tiger

Tiger Lee, two goals, one assist (creating a free kick is counted as an assist), David Beckham, one goal, one direct assist, and one indirect assist, two midfielders teamed up to complete three goals from Manchester United - and they are also the best players in Manchester United since the beginning of this season.

After relied on Tiger's breakthrough and Beckham's wonderful direct free kick to lead again, Manchester United had the opportunity to win the game. However, in the 70th minute, Rivaldo completed another wonderful personal breakthrough to form a single shot. Bart, who returned to the goal, deliberately blocked Rivaldo's shot and was sent off by a red card. Barcelona won the second penalty in the game. Luis Enrique took the penalty and Barcelona equalized the score again.

The situation on the court suddenly became unfavorable to Manchester United. Tiger was originally a player who was almost undefensive in the middle of the midfield. Bart left the court and let the defensive portal open in the middle. Ferguson replaced the forward Cole with Phil Neville to play the midfield as a midfielder. Two minutes later, he replaced Tiger with Scholes - in the middle, Scholes' defense was much better than Tiger.

Tiger was a little reluctant when he left the court. Although he knew that he could only be replaced at this time - York was the only forward who could not move. Although Phil Neville could play a midfielder, his defense was not particularly outstanding. One person could not resist Barcelona's midfield attack and someone had to assist in defense. Beckham's running and long pass were suitable for counterattacks, and Giggs' speed was also a good weapon for counterattacks - but he was in such a good state, wouldn't the threat on the field be greater?

However, despite his reluctance, Tiger still raised his hands to applaud the stands, thanking the fans for their cheers. The fans of Old Trafford also gave warm applause to express their appreciation for Tiger who performed well in this game.

"Beautiful job, Tiger, it's time to defend." Ferguson came forward and patted Tiger on the shoulder, and said to him.

Tiger answered dullly, then sat on the bench. The next game had nothing to do with him...

After equalizing the score, Barcelona did not meet the draw. One more person on the court made them start to play against the home team Manchester United, while Manchester United fell into defense - but in the end Manchester United kept the score until the end. Although they had a very good start at one time, it was acceptable to be able to save a draw with one less person.

Tiger was not very satisfied with this. Although his performance was unanimously appreciated after the game and was considered one of the biggest highlights of Manchester United's midfield, Tiger still believes that if he played the whole game on the court, he might have a chance to help Manchester United win rather than just maintain a draw.

"Don't be too demanding, Tiger." Beckham comforted him privately: "After all, it's the first home game, and we're missing one more person. Maintaining a draw is better than losing. Now the three teams are all the same, and the draw is better than losing. Didn't you see Bayern losing to the Brondby away? The final situation in this group may be very chaotic."

"I also know...but I think we should be able to win this game. I have figured out their defenders' characteristics. If I were on the court, I would have the chance to score the fourth goal." Tiger shook his head depressedly. After the game, he received a reward of 500 training points. It was obvious that he won Koku in the confrontation but failed to lead the team to win, which made his reward not generous.

Beckham shook his head with a wry smile. This was just an ordinary Champions League group match. He didn't know why Tiger seemed so paranoid about victory - but perhaps it was because of this that he was able to go from a League Two player to a player with the chance to be the core at Manchester United in more than a year.

Beckham also vaguely felt that Manchester United's game seemed to be a little different when Tiger was on the court, but he was just a player and did not observe so carefully. When Tiger was on the court, he often became the focus without realizing it. Beckham didn't feel that all the limelight was snatched away by Tiger and was a little dissatisfied, but he felt that playing the game seemed different from before, but whether it was good or bad, he had not felt it yet.

Ferguson seemed very annoyed when he encountered a draw in this game. He criticized the players on the defense after the game. Of course, Tiger was not among the critics. He and Beckham performed the best, not to mention that there were two goals.

Major British sports media also praised Tiger's performance in the game in a long and long way. Perhaps because of Tiger's British identity, they were very happy to have another attacking midfielder with excellent skills after Gascoin. For a moment, Tiger became popular half of the sky, and the calls for him to be selected for the national team are increasing day by day.

This situation gave Tiger some comfort. No matter what, his performance began to be recognized by more and more people, and the pressure brought by his high value was also reduced a lot.

After a long period of depressed, Tiger began to devote himself to training. The reason is very simple. Three days later, Manchester United will go away to challenge the league's biggest opponent, Arsenal!

Manchester United lost to Arsenal in both league games last season. For Manchester United, this game is a good opportunity to revenge. Recently, they won both league games. Although they failed to win in the Champions League, their condition has recovered quite well. Now that they meet Arsenal, it is also a good opportunity to revenge!

September 20, London, Highbury!

Tiger got the opportunity to start again. No one could ignore his performance in the last game. Even though Ferguson felt that he still failed to integrate into the team, he could only use his start!

But behind him, Bart is still the one who assists - Keane's injury has not healed yet, and Ferguson can only use Bart in this position.

The other starting lineups are not much different from those in the Champions League, just that Sheringham replaced Cole's position and partnered with York on the front line.

Arsenal also showed all the elites, all five defenders played, the midfielder was Vieira, Petit, Palor and Ovemas, and the forward partner was Borgkamp and Anelka, who performed well this season.

"The branch mission triggers, Patrick Vieira, who ranks third in the midfielder rankings, and Emmanuel Petit, who ranks seventh in the challenge, can get one thousand to two thousand training points, and if the challenge fails, 500 to one thousand training points will be deducted. Will you accept it?"

Such a voice rang in his mind before Tiger stepped onto the court.

"I accept." Tiger sneered and accepted the task. His outstanding performance in the last game made him no longer afraid of any opponents, even if the opponent is the top midfielder ranked third and seventh, which is much higher than Koku...

Tiger didn't know what this ranking was based on. It was obvious that Vieira's ranking has reached a certain level, but his ranking is higher than Petit - you should know that just a few months ago, Vieira was Petit's substitute...

It is precisely because of this idea that Tiger doesn't care about the other party's ranking at all. He has seen the top midfielder. No one dares to say that Koku is not the top midfielder. He can still act with ease against Koku. Vieira - what is that big black man who is only tall!

Highbury fans welcomed Manchester United with huge boos - reversed Manchester United in the league last season and completed a double kill against the giants who previously dominated the Premier League. Coupled with his victory in the Charity Shield, Arsenal fans were filled with great pride.

What's wrong with you, Manchester United? What's wrong with you spending the most money in summer? Didn't you lose to us? In your heart, it's the era of our Arsenal rule!

In fact, Manchester United's first four rounds were two draws and two wins, and Arsenal was even worse than Manchester United's. After defeating Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the first round, they ushered in three boring zero-to-zero in the league, and were tied to zero-to-zero by Liverpool, Leicester City and Chelsea respectively. In the first round of the Champions League, they were also forced to one-to-one by Ligue 1's Lons away, and their condition was just half a pound of Manchester United. Like the branch, Wenger also urgently needed a victory to boost morale.

Tiger sneered and looked at Highbury's stands - yes, you had won three consecutive games before, but I didn't come in two games last season, and I only played for a few minutes in the Charity Shield game. Now, it's time for you to see how good I am!

Patrick Vieira - I don’t matter if you are the third midfielder in the world or the most low midfielder in the world, even if you are the first in the world, I will defeat you!

However, after the game began, there were not many matches between Tiger and Vieira.

Arsenal's midfield is in parallel, but in fact, Vieira's range of activities is very large, from his own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area, and with Petit's protection behind him, his energy is more focused on offense, exceeding 1.9 meters tall, excellent insight and footwork skills, Bart is quite struggling to defend.

Last season, the No. 1 midfielder in the Premier League was Vieira. With Keane being injured and backed for more than half a year, no midfielder could act as dominant as him. Although he served as a substitute in the World Cup, Vieira became more mature.

Tiger hit another wall - world champion Petit, a handsome blonde man who is well-known for his performance in the 1998 World Cup. Although his most prominent scene in the World Cup was his last goal in the final, his value on the court was actually due to his extensive running and pressing, as well as his tough defensive approach.

Just ten minutes later, Tiger had four confrontations with Petit in the midfield. Tiger successfully broke through these four times, and the other two were knocked to the ground by Petit. Although his strength is already quite outstanding, in such a confrontation, Petit, who is better than him in height and strength, has an absolute advantage.

"Damn... Can this savage defense stop me?" Tiger cursed in his heart in annoyance, then turned around and shouted at Bart who was holding the ball: "Nicky, give me the ball!"

Bart had no time to think, and immediately raised his foot and passed the ball. First, he has always been a team-oriented player, and second, Tiger can often show an extremely positive style on the court, which makes people obey his instructions without realizing it...

Tiger catches the ball, turns around, breaks through!

Petit quickly determined that this was a ball breaking to his left, but he did not completely relax his center of gravity because he knew that the young man's skills were excellent, and his extraordinary movements were very cunning. He could only break through the whole body by him.

But just as the two were about to get close, a strong premonition suddenly surged in Pett's heart - he wanted to break through directly from the left! He would not make fake moves!

Pettit didn't know why he had this premonition. Perhaps it was the perseverance in Tiger's eyes that made him have this kind of intuition-like idea!

However, he was still a step slower. When Pettit was about to stop Tiger with all his strength, Tiger had already hooked his right foot and rushed over quickly!

Petit, who was one step slower, quickly turned around, rushed from the back, and then made a fierce collision!

"Dou—" The referee's whistle sounded, and Tiger was knocked to the ground by Petit. Petit's reaction was faster than Tiger expected, and he was knocked out before he could even do the skills of unloading his strength. After all, there were big differences in their physiques. If we use data to judge, Petit's current strength is at least more than 200, which is higher than Tiger!

Manchester United players surrounded and accused Petit, while Arsenal players protected Petit behind them. The whistle in the referee's mouth kept ringing, and it took a long time to separate the two sides.

Free kick! Twenty-eight meters away from the goal, almost the same place as the Beckham free kick in the last game - but it was a little further away.

"Leave it to you, David." Tiger said this to Beckham.

Beckham nodded and stood in front of the ball.

Running up, shooting!

The ball bypassed the human wall and flew directly to the far corner of the goal!

This extremely deceptive free kick failed to deceive Ximan's eyes. The experienced goalkeeper quickly determined that it was a shot from a far corner rather than a near corner. The longer distance also gave Ximan enough reaction time. He moved twice quickly, then jumped up high, and held the ball firmly in his arms with both hands.

Beckham shook his head and ran back with Tiger.

"Sorry, Tiger." said to Tiger while running to Beckham.

"There will be a chance." Tiger nodded. No matter how outstanding the free kick is, the highest goal rate is 30%. What's more, no matter how outstanding the free kick Beckham's free kick is, the goal rate is only about 20%. At the same time, the position of this free kick is not good.

"That guy's foul was too timely. If I go in a little more, the threat would be even greater." Tiger thought in his heart, and he felt a little more alert to Petit.

Next time you attack, you should pay attention to that guy's foul. Tiger thought to himself.

However, Tiger did not get much chance next time, and Arsenal, who was at home, had a greater advantage - three consecutive victories gave them enough psychological advantages.

Ovemas was extremely active on the court. The winger wing frequently broke through on both wings, not only on the left but also on the right.

In the 21st minute of the first half, Orvemas, who had been on the left, quickly broke through Erwin's defense. When the Irish veteran suffered a loss in speed, he could only helplessly reach out and pull down Orvemas. The referee's whistle sounded, and Arsenal got a free kick close to the left sideline.

Tiger ran back to serve as the wall, he stood with Beckham and Giggs, Borgkamp took the free kick, and both Arsenal's central defenders rushed up.

Without running up, Borgkamp directly raised his foot and passed the ball into the penalty area. A low ball assisted Arsenal captain Adams jumped high and beat Starm to attack!

"gooooooooooooooooooooooo! Tony - Adams! Beautiful header! Arsenal led Manchester United 1-0 at home!"

Highbury Stadium immediately became a stage for Arsenal fans to have a happy stage. They had the advantage in previous games and naturally took a goal to lead, which made Arsenal fans confirm that their team has completely surpassed Manchester United in terms of strength!

"Hell..." Ferguson cursed with great anger. This ball was pushed by Adams overtaken by Stam. Obviously, the Dutch central defender has not recovered yet. What's more serious is that at this position, he can only choose Stam...

Among the few signings this year, Ferguson introduced Tiger as a substitute for the midfield, but Tiger is the best player to now. On the contrary, Stam and York, who were highly expected to make up for the shortcomings, can only be considered average. York scored a few goals, but Stam made many mistakes on the court...

Ferguson firmly believed that his vision of people would not be wrong, he would continue to give Stam time, and he also believed that this Dutch big man would bring him generous rewards.

Tiger put his hands on his hips and looked at the Arsenal players celebrating like a fire.

Isn’t it just a lead? This game has been a long time, so let’s take a look at the next game!

However, Pettit's foul was also a reminder to Tiger. Now he is facing opponents in the top league. If he only cares about breaking through, the opponent will use fouls to defend himself. He still has to learn more passes to achieve it - but Manchester United teammates will not respond closely to each other, and there are not many short passes to find, so this problem needs to be solved quickly.
Chapter completed!