The strongest waist king of the Red Devils

Chapter 1 Entering the Bench

April 2007, 4, Fratton Park, Portsmouth, Hampshire, southeast England.

At this time, a focus game of the Premier League is taking a halftime break.

Manchester United, who was a guest from afar, temporarily fell behind Portsmouth at home with a score of 0:1 after the first half.

In the 30th minute of the first half, the Red Devils Manchester United midfielder made an error. Kieran Richardson made a mistake when stopping the ball in the backcourt, and was intercepted by Portsmouth midfielder Gary O'Neill. The football was given to the feet of Portsmouth striker Mwaluwari.

Faced with such a change, Manchester United's back line was not able to defend in time, and Mwaluwari was able to easily kick and shoot from 23 yards.

This time, Mwaluwari's strong shot, although the ball was bravely saved by Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, but Portsmouth's midfielder Matthew Taylor grabbed the captain of Manchester United's field. Before the defensive core Rio Ferdinand, he succeeded in poking a shot from 8 yards.

With this goal, Portsmouth leads Manchester United 1-0.

This score lasted until halftime.

When the half-time whistle sounded, Manchester United's head coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, stood up with a livid face and walked back to the dressing room.

On the Manchester United bench, watching the team's performance the whole time, Sun Qi also had a solemn expression on his face.

He didn't expect that this game was still progressing as he knew it.

Chelsea defeated Tottenham 1-0, reducing the point difference in the standings to only three points.

And Manchester United, in the 30th minute of the first half, were still one goal behind Portsmouth, and it was Kieran Richardson's error, Gary O'Neill's tackle and Mwaluwari's goal. Brilliant shot, Matthew Taylor's late shot to score.

All these happenings are exactly the same as the ball game Sun Qi had seen before!

For such a result, Sun Qi also looked solemn.

Could it be that Manchester United's game against Portsmouth is destined to lose?

Thinking of losing, Sun Qi was filled with depression.

Although he is a youth training player of Manchester United, Sun Qi only got the chance to enter the first team and enter the league bench in the recent period because of the team's many injuries.

Of course, looking at the big-name players sitting next to him, such as Alan Smith, Ryan Giggs, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, etc., Sun Qi is quite self-aware.

Even though his current strength has improved by leaps and bounds, which is very good, but he wants to make his debut in Manchester United's first team, and there is still something to wait.

As strong as Giuseppe Rossi, and the Belgian Golden Boot Dong Fangxuan, isn't he also struggling for a place in the first team at Manchester United?

With Ronaldo, Rooney and other superstars around, they are small and transparent, and it is not easy to get in the position.

But even so, although Sun Qi knew it was unlikely, he was still looking forward to playing more games, making contributions to the team, and getting the opportunity to use special regulations and apply for the Premier League championship medal.

Of course, this premise is that Manchester United can successfully win the championship this season.

Regarding this, Sun Qi naturally would not doubt it.

If there are no major changes, then this season, Manchester United will finally win the championship, it will be a certainty.

On the other hand, he himself also needs to have a chance to play in the remaining games, to perform well, and to help the team.

In this way, his hope can be realized.

In the Premier League standings, because Chelsea beat Tottenham 1-0 in the game that ended earlier, taking all three points, Mourinho's team is already close to the top of the list, Manchester United. The point difference between them has narrowed to three points.

If Manchester United cannot win this game, then their lead will shrink, and the pressure will increase for Manchester United.

Even though the initiative to compete for the championship is still on his side, Ferguson still hopes that in this game against Portsmouth, Manchester United can also take all three points and continue to maintain a 6-point lead over Chelsea.

Manchester United has not won the championship for three consecutive seasons, which Ferguson does not allow to continue to happen.

Arsenal won the championship unbeaten in the previous season, and Chelsea's strong rise to two consecutive championships later. Manchester United's supremacy in the Premier League has been severely challenged.

This season, the advantage has returned to Manchester United's side. With a few rounds left in the league, Ferguson will never allow the Premier League champion to fall by the wayside.

At this time, in the locker room, watching a group of disciples, Ferguson abnormally did not turn on the hair dryer, but sat there, just staring at them, making them even more creepy, and still did not speak.

Until the team was about to go out to warm up and prepare, Ferguson also did not speak.

And this gave the Manchester United players a great sense of oppression, making them uneasy.

Especially Kieran Richardson, who made a mistake in the first half and eventually caused the team to lose the ball, was even more ashamed at this time.

Even Sun Qi was so overwhelmed by such a tense atmosphere that he had to be more careful in breathing.

Ferguson who turned on the hair dryer was scary, but Ferguson who watched people silently like this was even more terrifying.

However, when the Manchester United players were about to leave the dressing room, Ferguson said slowly: "Play well in the second half! Take all three points!"

Moreover, noticing Richardson's state, Ferguson patted him on the shoulder when he was about to pass by, and said to him: "Kieran, forget about the first half, and perform well in the second half!"

Richardson was surprised by Ferguson's special explanation, but still nodded quickly.

It's a pity that Richardson still couldn't get out of the shadow of the mistake in the first half for a while, and his state was also affected a lot.

After the start of the second half, the left side in charge of Richardson was unable to help the team in terms of offense and defense, and almost made another mistake.

This made Ferguson extremely disappointed.

In just 4 minutes, Richardson did not make a successful breakthrough. Instead, he was blocked three times in a row, two of which were low-level mistakes due to insufficient cross passes.

Kieran Richardson's performance was a disaster, and Ferguson couldn't bear it anymore.

Standing up, Ferguson was about to let Giggs, who had already started warming up, come off the bench, but when he glanced at the bench, he saw Sun Qi who was watching the game nervously and clenched his hands, he couldn't help hesitating .

(End of this chapter)