Manchester United's excellent performance this season is inseparable from the team's coaching staff and medical personnel's seasonal planning.
Ten Hag pays close attention to the players' physical condition, actively rotates the main players, and tries his best to protect their health. Thanks to his efforts, halfway through the season, Manchester United has not suffered any major injuries, and the number of players unable to play due to injury has decreased by 20% compared to the same period last year.
Neymar and Renato Sanches, former Paris Saint-Germain players who were plagued by injuries, have not missed many games despite constant minor injuries.
Neymar, needless to say, has played 18 games for Manchester United so far, contributing 6 goals and 14 assists, proving with his performance that he is still a world-class forward.
Sanches has also performed outstandingly. His priority among substitute players has surpassed Eriksen, and the healthy former prodigy is deeply loved by Ten Hag.
The two players who left Paris Saint-Germain have performed even better and are becoming healthier. One wonders what the coaching staff and medical personnel of Paris Saint-Germain were doing.
Time entered the new year.
Wang Qing officially became a nutritionist, directly signing with Gao Nuo's private team. She arrived in Manchester before Christmas, and Gao Nuo finally no longer had to eat outside nutritional meals.
Problems arose in the construction of the Xinjiang Province Youth Training Base. Some fish that slipped through the net in the Chinese Football Association, seeing that the storm had passed, resurfaced, trying to gain benefits from the project. Sun Hai, who was temporarily managing the Chinese Football Association, was furious and thoroughly investigated the personnel involved. Although the losses were minimized, the construction progress was severely affected, delaying it by 2 months from the estimated time.
The first batch of children has been sent to the new youth training base, most of whom were brought up by Coach Sun himself. Local clubs are not very cooperative, symbolically sending some children, mostly those from poor families with little chance to play, but there are also some with good talent.
This model was exactly what Coach Sun wanted. Young players only needed to pay the most basic meal costs, and everything else was covered by the youth training camp. Cultural classes were directly handled by schools in Xinjiang Province. For many families, this provided an additional path for their children's future.
Gao Nuo's agent team is developing slowly. In six months, they carefully selected two new 18-year-old players from China. Including the three young players Yu Shengwen has, the winter transfer window is approaching, and everyone is ready to test the transfer market.
On January 1, 2024, the first day of the new year, in the 21st round of the Premier League, Manchester United faced Burnley.
Manchester United fans were looking forward to the team's first victory of the new year, and Gao Nuo's fans also watched in front of their screens, hoping to see another brilliant performance from Gao Nuo.
The promoted team Burnley against an in-form Manchester United, the outcome was not much of a suspense.
In the 15th minute of the match, Manchester United organized an attack with the ball. Facing a compact defense, Casemiro and Rice pressed high. The ball moved quickly, probing back and forth on Burnley's two flanks.
At this point, the ball was once again shifted to the left. Rashford received the ball, deftly flicked it to the right, and then ran into the penalty area.
Rice, surging forward through the middle, met the ball, adjusted his steps, swiftly swung his thigh, and made a shooting motion. The defending players, seeing this, immediately retreated towards the goal.
Rice and Rashford, as teammates for both club and National Football Team, already had excellent chemistry. After attracting defensive attention, Rice eased the power from his leg and gently poked the ball forward, a fake shot and a real pass.
Rashford had already positioned himself, making a shooting gesture. As soon as Rice's pass arrived, he shot directly. The ball was extremely fast, easily breaking through the goal to score.
Manchester United led Burnley 1-0.
In the 34th minute of the match, Bruno Fernandes successfully intercepted the ball in the front field. While advancing, he urged his teammates to quickly get into position. Since the beginning of this season, as Manchester United's offense has become like a fierce tiger, the Manchester United captain no longer craves goals as much as last season. As he himself said, "The team is above me, and I am willing to contribute more on the field." This season, Bruno has already delivered 14 assists in 20 League rounds, once again being labeled a passing master.
Bruno, advancing through the middle, was not fast, occasionally observing his teammates' positions. Rashford cut diagonally from left to right, Antony charged directly towards the bottom corner of the right penalty area, and Gao Nuo suddenly stopped his forward movement and moved towards Bruno's path.
The highly coordinated attacking combination, their runs during the counter-attack were like butterflies flitting through flowers. In the next moment, the most exciting part came.
After Bruno and Gao Nuo exchanged glances, a spark immediately ignited. The two acted as if they were performing a pick-and-roll, with Gao Nuo circling behind him.
At the moment their positions overlapped, Bruno lifted his right foot, making a motion to pass forward, but his left foot touched the ball first.
The defender marking Gao Nuo was stunned. First, he didn't know why Gao Nuo was leading him towards Bruno. Then he saw the two almost collide. Before he could react, he saw Bruno about to shoot, and without thinking, he lunged with his leg. However, the pass didn't happen. Bruno seemed to have slipped, his standing foot touched the ball aside before the pass, and his right foot kicked fiercely into the air.
The Burnley defender had only time to think that much before he was half-lying on the ground. In the next instant, he saw a red figure, carrying the ball that had just rolled aside, rushing towards the goal at high speed from not far away. On the tall back, the white number 9 was very conspicuous.
Gao Nuo and Bruno executed a brilliant combination, and after getting a one-on-one opportunity, he didn't give the goalkeeper a chance to charge out, directly pushing the ball into the net from the edge of the penalty area.
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Manchester United led Burnley 2-0.
As Gao Nuo's passionate knee slide reappeared on the field, the big screen at the venue continuously replayed the goal. Bruno Fernandes and Gao Nuo's incredible cooperation captivated all the fans present.
Zhan Jun and Zhang in the live broadcast room also openly expressed their admiration for this cooperation, directly praising Manchester United.
"Zhang, Bruno's pass was very imaginative! He faked a right-footed pass to the left, but actually used his left foot to tap it aside. Gao Nuo's run was also very novel. When we first saw it, we all thought it was a mistake, that the two of them ran into the same line. We didn't expect it to be a brilliant combination created by the two of them!"
"Yes! That's right, this goal was absolutely brilliant! Bruno wasn't advancing quickly, clearly waiting for his teammates to get into position. Rashford and Antony's runs created ample space. And then, as you said, Gao Nuo and Bruno created an incredible goal. You can tell the Manchester United players are very relaxed on the field! That light tap, that's worth hundreds of millions! Of course, Gao Nuo's shot was also excellent."
The talents in the bullet comment section couldn't sit still either.
Da Ai Gao Nuo: "This is an incredible assist from the captain, Gao Nuo is eating until he's full!"
Manchester United Iron Fan: "I thought it was a damn mistake! I just cursed Gao Nuo, please accept my apology, glutinous rice flour ."
Shanghai Old Fan: "Manchester United's games are getting better and better to watch, it reminds me of how I played football when I was young."
Tingting Can't Stop: "So exhilarating, so exhilarating! Watching this goal was so exhilarating!"
BrunoF: "Big Brother Bruno's pass alone is worth a hundred million, Zhang is right!"