Chapter 9: Believe me, that’s right!

After a week of rest, the English Premier League kicked off again, and the second round of the new season began...

This time, Simon Grayson brought his "Red Devils" to Southampton's home stadium St. Mary's Stadium, which can accommodate only 32,300 people, was full of due to the arrival of the "Red Devils".

However, this time, the fans of Southampton are just watching the stars. They hope that their team can defeat the "Red Devils" Manchester United at home, because from the previous round of the league, Manchester United is still in a transition period and a running-in period. Manchester United in the new season has not yet adjusted its state due to personnel and tactical changes. If Southampton can defeat its opponent at this time, this is a valuable opportunity for the "upgraded team" who returns to the Premier League this season to boost morale.

In terms of bookmaker odds announced before the game, Manchester United still led by 6-4 odds, Southampton's odds were 2-7 odds, and the odds for the draw between the two sides were 4-9 odds.

A well-known lottery enthusiast in Southampton claimed: "I made a heavy bet on Southampton! Although Manchester United led the odds, they struggled to play Swansea at home. When they played against us away, who could have the upper hand!"

Southampton's young Scotland coach Dodge Friedman also boosted morale before the game: "Manchester United is a great team, but they are facing some difficulties now, and this time we are playing at home, so we have a great chance to beat them! Of course, the outcome of the game can only depend on the final result, but at least my players and I will not be afraid of them!"

Dodge Friedman never expected that although his team was playing at home, the "Red Devils" Manchester United is no longer the "Red Devils" Manchester United a week ago. Under some hard and strict tactics of Simon Grayson, Manchester United actually took the initiative as soon as they came out.

Two minutes into the game, Greek central defender Papadopoulos successfully headed the ball. After retracing Van Persie received the ball, he turned around and stuffed the ball to Shaq in the middle.

"Bang!"

Shaq took the ball and turned around, and directly sent the ball to the "Little Fat" on the left. Shaq completed this pass very quickly. During the whole process, he did not look up to observe the situation on the left, nor did he make any extra moves, and he tore open the Southampton team's defense line in an instant.

However, "Little Fatty" Rooney seemed to be affected by the Summer World Cup. He has never been very excited since the start of the new season. He dribbled the ball into the Southampton penalty area and was disturbed by the opponent's defender. When he shot again, the quality was not high. The ball was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Southampton's first shot was completed in 5 minutes. After the left winger Urudag's volley was blocked by De Gea, Subotic, who returned to defense, kicked the ball in front with a big foot, and did not give the opponent a chance to shoot.

When Manchester United attacked again, Shaq used his running position to pull out the opponent's mid-lane defense. "Little Fat" passed the ball with a diagonal pass, but because of the running route of Van Persie, he directly sent the ball to the opponent's goalkeeper.

Simon Grayson nodded with satisfaction. Although this cooperation was not played, it was at least a little bit more chewy than in the last game. The players have begun to apply their tactics to the game, which is better than anything else.

On the court, the "Red Devils" are like a toddler who was seriously injured. They are struggling to walk but make rapid progress.

When the game was 18 minutes into the game, Rooney suddenly moved horizontally while dribbling the ball from the left, passing the ball to Nani on the right, and the Portuguese took two steps to the ball by himself. A roar came from his ear... "Right!"

Without looking up, Nani knew who the voice belonged to... Shaq!

"Bang!"

Nani pushed the ball forward with his right foot with his right foot. When he looked up again, Van Persie had already run to the pass route to catch the ball and turned his head. Nani saw Shaq running to the top of the penalty area in the middle.

Well!

Why do I listen to you?

Nani touched his head for some reason. At that moment, he heard Shaq's shouting, and at that moment, he completely subconsciously passed the ball over, but the effect...it seemed very good!

After the Dutchman got the ball, he turned around and dribbled the ball and ran into the Southampton penalty area. After attracting the attention of the three Southampton defenders, Van Persie passed the ball...

"Bang!"

The ball was pulled out by Van Persie and flew quickly to the top of the penalty area!

Van Persie has always admired Shaq very much, but this does not mean that he is willing to be a green leaf for Shaq and uses a similar volleying footwork to pass the ball quickly to Shaq. This is also a test for the Dutchman on Shaq.

But Shaq obviously did not disappoint the Dutch. He disassembled the ball forward with his left foot and the ball fell into the Southampton penalty area. After further follow, Shaq swung his right leg and hit the ball hard with his right foot!

“pong!”

In the noisy environment of St. Mary's Stadium, a clear and muffled sound like a tire blowout appeared!

"call!"

The ball flying out of Shaq's feet, with a whistling through the air, arrived in front of the Southampton goal in a blink of an eye!

The angle is not too tricky, it is just a little bit right, but the ball is too fast and its power is too great. Southampton goalkeeper Gerken just made a fish-leap save to the left, and the ball has already entered the goal. At this time, his arm has not been straightened yet!

"goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Shaq roared and rushed towards Van Persie, and raised Van Persie with force!

"Hahahaha! Beautiful job! Shaq! You guy...awesome!"

Van Persie also laughed happily after being lifted up. This time he completely convinced this little guy who exchanged jerseys with him three years ago. It was only three years. The back midfielder who only knew how to bully his opponent with his body, had a very accurate footstep and was able to run, actually grew to the perverted front midfielder who regarded goals as a mustard today.

Many Manchester United stars also came to celebrate, and even Nani came to laugh happily. This goal was all initiated by him, and he was one of the heroes, but no wonder this Shaq could become the core of the "Four Champions" last season... He really has his own style!

1:0, Manchester United took the lead away game!

After seeing Shaq's goal, the happiest person was Simon Grayson off the court. He finally saw some of the shadows of the "Young Guards" attacking the city and siege on the court. He transferred horizontally on a large scale, then penetrated forward through the wing, and then knocked the ball back to the middle and ended the opponent with Shaq. This kind of goal method is what he wanted!

"This is... Well, this is a typical 'Shaq goal'! Shaq came to Manchester United and brought his signature goal to Manchester United! Alas, I really don't understand why Leeds United gave Shaq to Manchester United for 50 million pounds? They are not short of money. This summer, they have invested more than 50 million pounds in the transfer market!"

In the 31st minute, Rooney and Di Maria cooperated continuously on the left. Finally, "Little Fat" loosened the ball outside the penalty area on the left. Shaq rushed up and used his body to properly rush away the Hungarian international central defender Wilmos Van Sak, then swept his left leg and directly pulled the ball into the blind corner of the upper left corner of the Southampton team's goal... 2:0!

After the shooting attribute reaches a full value of 20, Shaq's shooting skills and accuracy reach a height that many forward players cannot reach!

Shaq himself has done an experiment. In the small penalty area, he can completely hit wherever he points, and the chance of hitting dead corners in the large penalty area is more than 80%. Only when he shoots long outside the large penalty area, his shooting accuracy will drop to 50%. If there is any interference from defensive players, the accuracy will be reduced by half.

Leading 2:0!?

Manchester United stars were a little surprised and inexplicably. They originally thought that the team would encounter many difficulties away from home. After all, the "Red Devils" are not in the best state at the moment, so it is normal to have difficulty away games.

Unexpectedly, under the tough instructions of the head coach, the team played around Shaq in this game so simply to get two goals in the first half. Shaq... is really not an ordinary pervert!

What many Manchester United stars could not have imagined was that Shaq, who scored twice, had a better performance!

Just as the first half was 41 minutes, as the first half was about to end, Rooney gave Shaq a cross pass on the left. Shaq stood on the sideline of the Southampton team's penalty area, and without anyone defending, he pulled the ball out in one round with his left leg!

Then... Shaq's seemingly random shot made the ball draw a small arc and finally flew into the dead corner of the bottom right corner of the Southampton goal!

3:0!

"Hat trick? Just forty-five minutes in the first half, Shak actually completed the hat trick. This guy... Alas, he is really a rare genius in our English football world in a century! It seems that Hodgson was fired after leading the team to the runner-up of the World Cup. Although he summoned Shak to England first, Hodgson was still too conservative in his use of Shak. I hope the new Stewart can be bolder and give Shak more room to play."

The on-site commentator at St. Mary's Stadium was no longer angry. The meaning of praise for Shaq in his words was very obvious, but the fans of Southampton did not feel anything. Facing Shaq, who had completed a "hat trick" in the first half, this game... was really desperate!

On the contrary, Manchester United's morale and confidence have reached a height of bursting. Manchester United's stars looked at Shaq differently, even the "little fat" Rooney. Although Rooney performed quite well in this game, Shaq is obviously the only star among the 22 players on the court. The light and heat he emits cannot be ignored by anyone!

Such a teammate... is really trustworthy!
Chapter completed!