What ball king, call me ball god

Manchester United's second Premier League game is on August 8.

The third league game will start on August 4, just 8 days later.

This made coach Ten Hag very dissatisfied.

Because on August 3, 8 days after the third league game, UEFA's draw ceremony and awards ceremony will be held.

Ten Hag and Link are sure to go. Of course, De Ligt and De Jong must go together in the Manchester United team.These are all invited by UEFA.

As for the fourth league game, Manchester United's game time is on August 8, so the schedule is very tight.

This also directly led to Ten Hag expressing his dissatisfaction with the schedule.

"Manchester United's game time is the last among all teams in the second round of the Premier League. The second round of the Premier League starts on August 8 and ends on August 17, and Manchester United's game is played on August 8. Yes. The third round of the Premier League starts at noon on August 20th and ends at the end of the evening on August 8th. The Premier League should arrange for Manchester United, which played at the end of the previous round, to be at the end of the third round. Instead of playing in the afternoon of August 20th, although it seems that there is only one day's time for the game, it has a great impact on the team's overall preparation. In fact, I am carefully looking at the Premier League schedule. Finally, I found that not only Manchester United, but all the teams including the Premier League big8 have basically suffered a disadvantage in the schedule. The Premier League big24 teams not only have to play in the Premier League, but also play European games. I don’t understand the decision made by the Premier League when the teams are dense and they still suffer from the schedule.”

This is Ten Hag's remarks in the press conference before Manchester United's match against Crystal Palace in the third round of the league.

At that time, Lin Kedi was sitting next to Ten Hag.

Soon, the reporter also asked Lin Kedi's opinion on this issue.

Lin Kedi had only one answer.

"I agree with the coach's opinion, and I think he is right." He expressed his support and didn't say much else.

In response to Ten Hag's statement, the Premier League did not make any punishment measures, but it did not make any adjustments to the schedule.

That's it for the game.

Second home game of the season.

Before the game, Ten Hag took the initiative to find Lin Kedi for a chat.

After all, the two have known each other for so many years, and they speak very directly.

Ten Hag asked directly: "Today's opponent is playing offensive tactics. We have many opportunities, but in the second half of the game I will replace you in 50 to 55 minutes. You still have to save enough energy to win the trophy."

"Haha, coach, do you also think I can win the trophy?"

"Of course, who else but you?"

So after some pleasant exchanges, Lin Kedi's tactics of playing for more than 50 minutes at most were formulated.

The opponent Crystal Palace in this round of the league played a standard offensive formation of 433.

The goalkeeper is Guaita.

The defense line from left to right is Van Aanholt, Kelly, Cahill and Ward.

The midfielder in the center is Milivojevic, the left midfielder is Kouyate, and the right midfielder is MacArthur.

Jeffrey Schlupp on the left, Zaha on the right and Jordan Ayew at centre.

In fact, it can be seen from the starting lineup that there are many familiar faces in the Crystal Palace formation.

Such as former Chelsea player Cahill, such as former Manchester United player Zaha.

On their bench there is also Benteke, the man who made Zhan Jun speak out.

Although there are many familiar faces, the overall strength of the Crystal Palace team is not strong. In the first two games, they had a draw and a loss. After two rounds of the league, they ranked 16th in the league. The situation is not very good.

The first two games were a 0-0 loss and a 0-1 loss.

The reason for the loss is also very simple. It is because the team's overall offensive tactics caused the defensive line to press forward, and they were basically beaten one by one.

That is to say, the opponents in the first two games, one is Everton and the other is Sheffield United. The offensive line of the two teams is not very good, so they have a draw and a loss. If they change to a team with strong offensive strength or a good offensive state For the team, Crystal Palace's defense is estimated to be overwhelmed.

However, the offense of the Crystal Palace team was also reflected in the first two games. The number of shots exceeded the opponent, the number of threatening balls and the number of passes outside the penalty area exceeded the opponent.

But judging from the score, this cannot be reflected. Of course, the reason is that the strikers of Crystal Palace are not in good condition and misfired.

Today, the opponent Crystal Palace encountered was Manchester United in good form.

"Today's game is an early game, and the time is 9 o'clock in the evening of BJ's time. It can be said to be very friendly to Chinese fans!"

"Manchester United's starting formation today is 433, not 4231 in the previous game. It seems that Manchester United will often use 4231 formation and 433 formation this season."

"Manchester United's starting lineup has come out. The goalkeeper position is still De Gea, and the defense line from left to right is Luke Shaw, De Ligt, Smalling and Feltman. The single midfielder Matic in the center, the left midfielder Guimaraes, right forward De Jong, left winger Martial, right winger Perisic, center forward Link."

"Manchester United's starting lineup has changed a lot today. For example, Martial started for the first time since the warm-up match to the official game this season. Smalling also started for the first time. Guimaraes also joined Manchester United. It seems that Ten Hag deliberately made personnel adjustments today to deal with the recent intensive schedule. However, Lin Kedi still sits firmly in the starting position."

The game begins immediately.

In the first half of the game, the Crystal Palace team, who played away, took the lead.

Zaha of the Crystal Palace team is always excited when he hits Manchester United, but this time he encountered Manchester United who was defeated by Link. After Zaha kicked the ball, he ran forward by himself.

When Crystal Palace's backcourt players received the ball, their first reaction was to find Zaha.

At this time, Zaha received the ball on the right side of Lin Kedi.

Lin Kedi moved laterally with the trend and then went up to steal the ball.

After stealing the ball, Lin Kedi went straight to the space on the right, and Perisic on the right quickly inserted the ball to get the ball. At the same time, Lin Kedi also rushed to the right.

Perisic swept across the goal, and Lin Kedi rushed to the penalty area to poke the ball, but unfortunately his footsteps were slightly off and the shot missed.

However, the start of the ball grabbing and quick attack was still very smooth, and there was applause over Old Trafford.

When you play well, the fans will applaud.

Afterwards, the two sides began to play against each other.

However, Crystal Palace's offense was achieved purely with heavy pressure.

In the 14th minute, after the Crystal Palace pressed heavily, Zaha took the ball and broke through from the right, but was too impatient and was intercepted. After Luke Shaw successfully intercepted the ball, he made a long pass to find Lin Kedi.

Lin Kedi served as a fulcrum in the frontcourt, took the ball down easily, and then hit the left side.

Rashford cut inside immediately after getting the ball. At this moment, the Crystal Palace's backcourt was seriously empty.

When Rashford took the ball, he succeeded in anti-offside. After the inside cut, he was already single-handedly. Rashford flicked the ball with his right foot, and then shot the far corner with his arch.

A very wonderful arc is drawn.

1-0, Rashford scored, he scored his first goal of the season.

After scoring the goal, Rashford was very excited, and first ran to the corner flag area to slide and kneel.

He stood up and waved his fist towards the fans in the stands to express his happiness at the moment.

Then he turned and pointed at Link Die.

"Lin, your passing is so selfless!"

"Of course, your position is better."

The two said something politely.

Link is not in a hurry, he knows that it will take time for him to integrate into the dressing room of Manchester United, and it will also take time for Rashford to integrate into himself.

It's mutual.

When Manchester United scored a goal first, the rhythm on the field became faster.

In the 23rd minute, Lin Kedi was double-teamed by the opponent's two central defenders and pulled his jersey and brought him down.

Manchester United won a free kick around 25 meters in the frontcourt.

"The two of them tugged on Lin Kedi's clothes together, but they couldn't keep him. It was one of the central defenders who got on his feet to bring him down. This is enough to show how strong Lin Kedi's core strength is!"

This free kick was naturally taken by Link.

The distance of about 25 meters is just right.

This position is slightly to the right, and Lin Kedi is standing on the right side of the penalty spot, obviously about to shoot with his left foot.

In front of the goal of Crystal Palace, they subconsciously prepared to defend the left side of the goal and their right side, but when the whistle sounded, the ball shot by Link Kedi hit the right side of the near corner.

The ball was like a missile, precisely guided to the upper right corner of the goal.

Manchester United lead 2-0 at home.

After scoring the game-killing goal, Lin Kedi didn't over-celebrate the goal, but stood still and raised his arms high, waiting for his teammates to come up to him to celebrate.

After conceding two goals in a short period of time, Crystal Palace was completely panicked.

In the ensuing time, although they still aggressively pressed forward, they no longer had the fearless forward attack that they had when they were 0-0. Instead, they became timid.

It directly caused them to be even weaker on the offensive end itself, and they were also overwhelmed on the defensive end.

In the end, two more goals were conceded in the 30th and 41st minutes.

The ball lost in the 30th minute was a very typical quick counterattack after the backcourt pass error was interrupted.

Lin Kedi was originally cruising in the half of Crystal Palace. The central defender of Crystal Palace made a mistake and wanted to pass the ball to another central defender. However, the pass was too small. In the penalty area, he volleyed.

The ball goes into the net.

Very concise and efficient.

It seems that this is an opportunity that came by chance, but in fact it was caused by Manchester United's high pressure in the opponent's midfield.

Even if the high pressure cannot grab the ball, it can make the opponent hesitate when passing the ball.

This pass error was caused by the Crystal Palace players' scruples when passing the ball, which led to a pass error at their feet.

The goal lost in the 41st minute was scored by Perisic who was assisted by Lin Kedi on the right.

There is nothing much to say about this kick. Linke received a pass from the middle, headed the goal, and was saved by the goalkeeper. Then Linke got the ball outside the penalty area and gave it to Perisic on the right.

Perisic cut inside and hit the close corner successfully, 4-0.

Lin Kedi scored 2 shots and 2 passes in this game, and won the best player of the game.

This is his third consecutive game as the best player.

The Premier League player of the month in August is basically a certainty.

Two days after this game, on August 8, Lin Kedi, Ten Hag, De Ligt, De Jong and others will go to Monaco.

This year's UEFA Awards Ceremony will be held here.

The Principality of Monaco, referred to as Monaco, with its capital Monaco, is located in the southwest of Europe, surrounded by France on three sides and bordered by the Mediterranean Sea on the south.It is often confused with another country, Morocco.

Monaco is a country with tourism as its pillar industry and a famous tourist destination in Europe.

UEFA often hosts award ceremonies here.

Lin Kedi and his team arrived in Monaco on the evening of the 27th, and then went to the organizer's hotel.

In the hotel room, Lin Kedi was going to be interviewed by UEFA.

UEFA officially sent a Swiss host.

As soon as the host came up, he directly asked a highly targeted question.

"Mr. Lin Kedi, tomorrow's UEFA best player award, do you think you will win this award?"

When Lin Kedi heard this question, what UEFA President Ceferin said to himself at the awards ceremony of the UEFA Champions League final 2 months ago - I think this year's UEFA is the best player. The player is yours now!
Lin Kedi looked at the host and nodded seriously.

"I think I can get this award, I feel like I should get this award."

The two seemingly similar words immediately aroused the interest of the opposite host.

"Is there any difference between these two sentences?"

"Of course, everyone can think that they can win the award. This is their own recognition. If they think they should win the award, it is considered from an objective point of view."

"So you feel that you can win the award from a subjective and objective point of view, don't you?"

"Yes! Of course."

"If you were asked to comment in one sentence on the other two candidates for the top three UEFA best players, Messi and Van Dijk, how would you comment?"

"Messi is a legend. Van Dijk is also a legend."

There is absolutely no need for Lin Kedi to offend anyone here, so it is good to just answer the legends all the time.

But obviously, such an answer did not satisfy the opposite host.

"Is Messi your idol?"

"I don't have an idol in football."

Hearing this answer, the host sitting opposite Link opened his eyes wide.

"How is it possible? Everyone has a football idol!"

"When I was young, I liked to play football before I watched football matches. After I went to school, I didn't watch football matches anymore, because in China, watching European football matches often takes time because of jet lag. It's midnight. When I was young, I was equally interested in reading, animation, games and football. If I want to go out to play, I like to play football with my friends. After school, I don't have time to watch games. Later Because of my talent, I was picked up by domestic clubs. At that time, I was already 15 years old. At that time, I started to watch football matches seriously. From the domestic Chinese Super League to the European League, but at that time, what time did I have? I just watch the game. I didn’t say I have a particular preference for the team or the star. After I arrived in the Netherlands, I was tired of training every day. To be honest, I didn’t have time to watch. I waited until I was in the first line of Ajax After the team established itself, after my first full professional season, I started to watch live broadcasts of football matches seriously and systematically. I am generally interested in the style of the team and the playing style of the players. Interest. I’m not too interested in individual football stars, because at that time, at the age of 17, I felt that my football skills were already very good. I don’t think I need to find a football idol.”

It was the first time for Lin Kedi to seriously talk about the fact that he did not have a football idol, and he explained the ins and outs of the future very clearly.

Facing Lin Kedi's long speech, the host on the other side also opened his mouth wide.

He is because of the last sentence - "I think I am good enough, I don't need to find a football idol!"

This sentence sounds arrogant, but after thinking about it, Lin Kedi was the one who said it. Adding all these together, this sentence looks like a genius. (end of this chapter)