It's a fraught summer transfer David Moyes stood uneasily in front of the coaching bench at Wembley Stadium in the western suburbs of London, staring ahead with a mountain of brows.
In front, back, left and right of him, there were dense crowds of fans everywhere, which was enough to make people shudder.
It turns out that being the head coach of a wealthy team means you have to bear so much responsibility.
Moyes is now beginning to understand why Ferguson said such a strange thing to him a few months ago.
"I don't doubt your ability on the pitch at all, I worry about it off the pitch."
Moyes's ears seemed to hear the sound of Ferguson telling him these words again.
At that time, he had just watched Southampton defeat Stoke City on live TV, and cruelly received a death sentence.
In the last season of his coaching career, after leading for more than half a year, he At the last minute, he lost the league championship he had won.
At that moment, what he saw was an old man who was dying.
He had never seen such a sense of aging in Ferguson, but at that moment, he felt it.
I'm afraid that until the day Ferguson walks into his grave, he will never forget the humiliation he suffered that day.
Now, as Ferguson's successor, he has been given a lot of titles by the media.
The originally tasteless Community Shield match was hyped by the British media into a revenge match with a Hamlet flavor.
This invisibly put heavier pressure and burden on Moyes.
From the beginning of this summer's preparations to now, Manchester United's overall performance has not been convincing, especially in the International Champions Cup.
Manchester United suffered three consecutive losses in the group stage and was humiliatingly eliminated.
After returning to the UK in the two warm-up games, the performance can only be described as a disaster.
The performance on the court was unsatisfactory, and the turmoil off the court was even more worrying.
With Ferguson's retirement, Moyes brought in the coaching staff he had worked with for many years, including former chief assistant coach Mike Phelan, and the coaching staff from the Ferguson era, including the famous Dutch coach Meulensteen.
It was only natural that they would have to be vacated.
Location.
Scholes, the most creative core of the midfield, retired.
Although Giggs continues to stay in the team, strengthening the midfield has become the focus of Manchester United's transfer.
If the transfer of European professional football is a soap opera, then the unfortunate and tragic Manchester United plays the disgraceful role of a soap opera in this soap opera.
From the purchase of Cesc Fabregas to fill the vacancy after the departure of Scholes, to Vidal, and then to Thiago, the players Manchester United was interested in were blocked by their opponents one after another, and they missed out again and again.
In the past, when he was at Everton, Moyes's signings were usually based on economical and practical considerations.
Sometimes, for a mere transfer fee of several hundred thousand pounds, Moyes would allow the Everton team to negotiate with the opponent. moon.
But the situation is obviously different now Manchester United is a wealthy club, and the players they are targeting are all hot-ticket players.
If you don't have enough courage to make a move as early as possible, the moment you turn around, someone else will immediately snatch them away.
You don't even have time to cry.
Vidal is like this, Thiago is like this too Moyes feels that he is completely unsuited to Manchester United's transfer operation methods.
What he is used to and good at is slow warming and time-consuming, but this style is obviously not suitable for transfers from wealthy teams that are always engaged in an arms race.
Now, Cesc Fabregas has announced that he will stay with the team, Thiago has gone to Bayern Munich, Vidal has gone to Real Madrid, and none of the players Manchester United is eyeing have come.
Not only the midfielder, but also the defense line has more serious problems.
Full-backs, centre-backs, Manchester United's entire defense needs to be reorganized, but now they don't even have a target.
Moyes was extremely busy, but he failed to produce any results.
Instead, he made all Manchester United fans and the British media very dissatisfied, thinking that his performance was quite poor and not up to standard at all.
In this case, the pressure on Moyes' shoulders is so great that outsiders can't imagine it.
He very, very much needs a championship trophy to prove himself and relieve the pressure on his shoulders.
Even if it is just a useless Community Shield, he can breathe a sigh of relief.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn his head and glanced at Southampton on the court.
The Saints' performance this summer is also unconvincing.
After losing three generals, Gareth Bale, Neymar and Vidal, the introduction of Suarez and Sanchez are still adapting, and the team's offense is lackluster.
Therefore, at the last press conference before heading south to London yesterday, Moyes made it very clear when interviewing the media, "I will try to make the Community Shield a good start for me coaching Manchester United."
In order to be more sure, Moyes did not make any changes to the team's tactics and starting lineup, and still used the lineup and tactics from the Ferguson era.
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The goalkeeper is De Gea, the defense is Evra, Vidic, Phil Jones and Rafael, the midfielder is Giggs, Cleverley, Carrick and Valencia, and the double forward is Robin van Persie With Rooney.
Southampton also didn't dare to be careless this time.
The goalkeeper is Neuer, and the defense is David Alaba, Javi Martinez, Varane and Azpilicueta.
The double defensive midfielder is still the partner of Modric and Toni Kroos, but after the transfer of Vidal in front, he was replaced by James Rodriguez.
The front trident has also been adjusted.
Hazard performed well in the International Champions Cup and firmly occupied the position of left winger.
Ibrahimovic is the center forward.
On the right, Bielsa is a bit surprising.
The choice was Sturridge.
The two major new players, Suarez and Sanchez, were placed on the bench by the Argentine Madman.
Southampton made their intentions clear from the start of the game.
That is to use the left wing composed of David Alaba and Hazard to attack Manchester United's right wing.
The first shot of the game was taken by Hazard after taking the ball from the left and cutting inside, then passed it diagonally to the right and found Sturridge.
The latter completed the shot.
Although it was not dangerous, it was shocking.
Startled.
After that, Southampton still did not change its past fierce nature and insisted on attacking from the left.
Although Moyes has coached Everton for many years, there has never been a game as tense as today.
He stood on the sidelines, his eyebrows were like mountains, staring at the court, motionless.
"We're in trouble on the right" Assistant coach Steve Round came over, shook his head, and said worriedly.
"Southampton has a lot of tricks on the left.
Hazard's dribbling ability is quite strong.
Whether he is going down or cutting inside, he is very threatening.
Rafael is already very difficult to deal with, plus there is a late one.
David Alaba”
Southampton's current tactics are to attack very resolutely from the left.
Once David Alaba comes in, Xavi Martinez, Varane and Azpilicueta are a bit like a three-back configuration.
"Phil Jones loses his position too easily, which is quite fatal" As soon as Steve Round finished speaking, Southampton once again organized an attack on the court.
After Hazard cut into the middle, he received a pass from Modric and played a delicate one-two with James Rodriguez in a small area.
He pushed into the penalty area and Ibrahimo Vicky followed up and hit the goal, slightly missing.
This wave of attacks caused everyone in the entire Wembley Stadium to break out in a cold sweat and let out a sigh.
Almost scored a goal Moyes also sighed.
Manchester United's midfielder is very weak, but the defense is not worse.
Ferdinand was sitting in the stands during this game, and Phil Jones was known as the Flying General.
He was very fierce, but just unreliable.
Vidic and Evra are old and have long lost their courage.
It can be said that Manchester United's midfield is very weak, but it is not as good as the defense.
"David, why don't you let all the players in the frontcourt come back and stabilize the situation first?"
Steve Round suggested.
Moyes was a little hesitant.
If he retreated, would anyone criticize him for being conservative?
You know, Manchester United and Southampton are both strong teams in the Premier League.
If the Red Devils are beaten by the Saints, where will the face of the Red Devils fans be?
Will the fans be angry with me?
But just when Moyes hesitated, Southampton launched another attack on the court.
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After Toni Kroos intercepted the ball in midfield, he quickly passed the ball to Modric.
After the Croatian got rid of the defender, he passed it to Hazard's feet.
The Belgian faced Rafael with the ball and resolutely chose to dribble the ball and cut inside laterally.
The Brazilian right-back had to catch up, only for Hazard to pass suddenly to James Rodriguez, who was running in behind.
The unguarded Colombian midfielder passed the ball diagonally to the left.
David Alaba surged in from the left, and after steadily removing James Rodriguez's pass from the left side of the penalty area, he rubbed his left foot, passed the ball, and hoisted the ball into the penalty area. .
In the middle of the penalty area, Ibrahimovic quickly followed up, blocked Vidic with his body, faced the ball, swung his head like a lion, and headed the ball towards the lower left corner of the goal.
The ball bounced off the bottom and hit the goal line De Gea was helpless in the face of this close shot.
After Ibrahimovic completed the shot, Phil Jones, who was supposed to be stuck in front of Ibrahimovic, was late.
"goa" "In the ninth minute, just nine minutes into the game, Southampton knocked on Manchester United's goal."
"Left-back David Alaba assisted Ibrahimovic to score with a header.
It was a wonderful collaboration."
"Replayed in slow motion, after Southampton stole the ball from midfield, they quickly launched a counterattack.
After passing the ball continuously, they reached the frontcourt.
James Rodriguez's kick was so good.
His vision was really good.
Broad, saw David Alaba fucked from behind” "Phil Jones lost his position too easily.
He and Vidic should have clamped down on Ibrahimovic on the left and right, but after he left his position, Ibrahimovic simply couldn't It’s like there’s no one to defend you.”
"Manchester United's defense is still a problem with the back line."
"In fact, as early as last season, when Ferguson was coaching Manchester United, the defensive issue has been the focus of everyone's doubts, because among the top seven teams in the league, Manchester United ranked second to last in the number of goals conceded.
Slightly better than Tottenham Hotspur, this is completely inconsistent with Manchester United's goal of winning the championship."
"Since Moyes took over the team, there have been loud calls to transform the defense, but whether it is from the International Champions Cup or this Community Shield game, Moyes has not been able to improve Manchester United's defense. question."
When the on-site commentator analyzed this, the camera happened to give a close-up of Moyes with a stern face in front of the coaching bench.
This made the on-site commentator sigh with emotion: "The outstanding performance last season has exhausted the last bit of energy of Manchester United.
When Scholes retired and the team's offense was in trouble, the defensive problem could no longer be solved.
Well, Manchester United is in danger this season” I believe everyone who sees Moyes’s expression at this moment will find that this conclusion has already been written on the face of the Scottish coach: