The strongest blade in football

Chapter 158 Happy New Year (5000 words chapter)
When Wang Nuo returned to Manchester, he hardly rested, and immediately returned to the team to report the next day.

Mancini asked him to adjust for one more day, but Wang Nuo could not stay, the training ground was his home.

Before going to Qatar, he sent the car to change the color. He originally wanted to get a color such as sea salt gray. Uncle Xiaolin in China gave him advice, and finally changed it to Chinese red with gold five-pointed star.

This color scheme is no less low-key than camouflage, and the renderings are quite nice.

Wang Nuo, who had no car to drive for the time being, carried a backpack and pedaled Brompton to Carrington for training early in the morning, traveling green, low-carbon and environmentally friendly.

The three-kilometer journey didn't even break a sweat.

When he folded the car and pushed into the locker room, he didn't expect that there were already three people standing inside.

Wang Nuo recognized one of them, and that was Marwood, director of football operations.

He was pointing to the decoration design on the ceiling of the locker room, and talking to two middle-aged white men next to him, when he heard a sound behind him, all three of them turned their heads in unison.

They also found Wang Nuo.

"Hi, Wang! It's really early for you to come." Marwood greeted him.

Wang Nuo had a brief chat with them.

After Marwood's introduction, Wang Nuo knew that the two beside him were the new development plan consultant Nick and the designer Bob.

Marwood told Wang Nuo that the club is preparing to submit an application form to the Manchester City Council regarding the development of new youth training and the construction of the first team training base.

Manchester City intends to build the world's best training base in the Openshaw West District of East Manchester. Today, I will take the designer to see the overall layout style of Manchester City's old base.

"The new training base will cover an area of ​​80 acres, and it will take several years to build. In the new training base, all the facilities will be top-notch!" Marwood's eyes sparkled.

"Great, this is good news!" Wang Nuo is looking forward to the completion of the new base.

He still remembered Old John's distance theory when he first came to the training base last year. It seems that he will have to change his speech in the future.

After a while, Marwood and the others left, probably taking the designer Bob to visit other places.

Wang Nuo was not idle either. He went to the gym to do Pilates for a while. He decided to follow End Roger's plan and reduce the amount of training every day.

When they returned to the locker room after the massage, the teammates arrived one after another. They were surprised to see Wang Nuo.

"Didn't you go to Qatar to participate in the national team game?" More than one person asked.

"The game is over."

"How about it, did you get any medals?"

"..." Wang Nuo could only spread his hands and shrug his shoulders.

Seeing Wang Nuo's expression, everyone knew what it meant, and walked away laughing.

Of course, there are still people who are curious about the mysterious Chinese football, such as the all-round fighter Milner.

"What is the level of the Chinese team in Asia? Is it considered a strong team?" he asked.

How should I answer this question?

"It's about the same as England playing in the European Cup." Wang Nuo joked.

Milner walked away with a smirk.

Soon after, Wang Nuo finally met his new teammate Dzeko, a tall and gentle boy.

He has only been in the team for a few days, and he is not very familiar with many people. Fortunately, his English is not bad, and he knows what "left out" means.

He gave small gifts to all his teammates, a Turkish-style copper coffee pot, which Wang Nuo held was useless, and he planned to give it to others in the future. There was a small room in his home, which kept all kinds of unnecessary gifts.

The club attaches great importance to Dzeko, and letting him wear the No. 10 jersey left by Robinho also proves the club's expectations for the Bosnian striker.

It is said that in addition to the signing ceremony, the club also specially held a welcome ceremony for Dzeko in the team to help him speed up his integration into the team.

The behavior of the club is easy to understand. After all, this man not only destroyed Bayern's hopes of defending the Bundesliga title, but also gave Wolfsburg their first salad plate.

Dzeko scored 138 goals in 85 games in the Bundesliga for three and a half years. This efficiency is also top in European football.

After two days of training together, Wang Nuo found that Dzeko was really strong!

He can almost be called an upgraded version of his former Standard Liege teammate Camargo. He is excellent in all aspects and has almost no shortcomings.

This guy can shoot with both left and right feet, has a header, can make the ball, can resist people, and his small skills are not bad... If you have to pick a bone in the egg, the only fly in the ointment is that the speed is not fast enough.

In Manchester City's 4-3 victory over Wolves in the last game, Dzeko's starting partner Carlos Tevez performed well.

Wang Nuo's last sliver of luck was extinguished. Dzeko is not a parallel importer. If he wants to win the first round, there is another mountain to climb.

Of course, Wang Nuo is not jealous, but more excited. Competition makes him full of energy.

In the training match, Wang Nuo worked harder than usual, which surprised many teammates.

Wang Nuo has never been easily satisfied with the status quo, complacent, or slack.

He will not be as arrogant as Balotelli, saying: "I don't have to practice this, practice that, fuck you!"

On the contrary, Wang Nuo always asks himself, what should I do, this or that?

Wang Nuo pays attention to other people's actions and thinks——

What can I learn from them?What am I missing?Where can we improve?

In the past six months, he often learns from top players such as Silva, Yaya Toure, and Tevez, and always thinks about the mistakes he made on the court, and then corrects them next time.

After every game and practice, he always learns something new, you know, it's really hard.

He is never satisfied!
On January 1, Manchester City challenged Aston Villa away. In this game, Tevez and Dzeko started again, but Mancini also gave Wang Nuo a lot of opportunities.

As Aston Villa took the lead in the 18th minute, Mancini decided to strengthen the offensive early. Wang Nuo replaced Barry in the 57th minute of the second half as a right-wing midfielder.

It's a pity that Manchester City had 25 shots and returned without success. Wang Nuo also had 4 shots.

In the end, Aston Villa defended their 1-0 advantage and avenged their 0-4 defeat to Manchester City at the end of last month.

Manchester City also ended their long unbeaten run.

In the fourth round of the FA Cup on January 1, Manchester City's opponent was the League One team Notts County. The cautious Mancini did not send out a rotation lineup, but did his best.

Manchester City's autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves, and they played 3-0 in the first half. Dzeko, Carlos Tevez and Richards each scored a goal.

The second half was reduced to garbage time, and Wang Nuo finally managed to score 1 goal before being replaced by Balotelli.

Wang Nuo scored his first goal in the FA Cup!

At the same time, he also turned his official game goals at the club into 9!
Become a player who has scored in the league, Europa League and FA Cup.

Wang Nuo was overjoyed. This goal filled the gap that he had no goals in the club in January and continued his record of scoring goals every month.

So much so that on the second day after the game, Mino's proposal on the phone was rejected by him again.

After the winter transfer window opened, Mino has been trying to persuade him to join Juventus on loan, saying that Marotta will promise to give Wang Nuo more opportunities to play.

Juve's previous goal had always been Dzeko, and while Dzeko was snatched by Manchester City at a high price, the competition for Manchester City's strikers was unprecedentedly fierce, so they put their abacus on Wang Nuo.

It is said that Wang Nuo scored five players in a row in the UEFA Europa League in December to draw with Juventus. The Chinese kid got a lot of praise and attracted the attention of Juventus.

But Wang Nuo didn't want to give up his hard work for half a year.

Besides, he likes the atmosphere of Premier League games. Wang Nuo speaks good English, but Italian?All he can say is "buongiorno" (good morning).

Wang Nuo categorically refused, and Mino was so angry that he called him "idiot" on the phone, and Wang Nuo hit back and called Mino "fatty".

As Wang Nuo and Mino became more and more familiar, this kind of dialogue became a daily routine.

Mino is a very direct and outspoken person. As long as Wang Nuo does not perform well, he will say, "What are you playing? If I were Mancini, I would not let you stay on the court for 1 minute! "

"It's a pity that you are not, fat man, do you know how to play football?" Wang Nuo would also use a similar tone to fight back.

"Go to hell! Don't want me to help you negotiate a salary increase!"

"Okay, you'd better not talk about it!"

The two hung up the phone cursing, but the next day, Harry Cook came to him in person.

A few days later, Wang Nuo's weekly salary became 66000 pounds!
Mino, who arrived in Manchester to complete the negotiation, looked at Wang Nuo proudly, "Your salary is about the same as that of De Jong and Barry! You are a rookie!"

"What did you do to Harry Cook?!" Wang Nuo was surprised.

Mino stared at Wang Nuo for a long time, as if looking at an idiot, "Do I need to do anything extra with this salary? Damn, you scored so many goals! You just took what you deserved!"

Then Mino flew away, and he had to manipulate many things before the end of the winter transfer window.

The January transfer window is usually less lively than the summer.

For the club, the winter window is used to check for leaks and fill vacancies, and this time is also a good opportunity for agents to show their talents.

In today's situation where the general value of players is soaring, many past experiences are no longer applicable. Mino complained to Wang Nuo more than once how difficult the current negotiation is.

Therefore, the last day of January 1 is very special.

This winter window deadline is destined to be remembered for a long time, especially for England fans.

On January 1, Chelsea got the striker Torres who made a big splash in Liverpool for 31 million euros!

Also on January 1, Liverpool completed two heavyweight signings.

They brought in Suarez from Ajax for 2650 million euros and Newcastle United center forward Andy Carroll for 3500 million pounds.

Liverpool is now in chaos.

Hodgson left the team on January 1 after being replaced by club legend Dalglish, and Wang Nuo's former team-mate Jovanovic had a harder time.

Wang Nuo couldn't help but sigh.

A year ago, Jovanovic was the head star of Standard Liege, and the transfer rumors were related to Real Madrid and Milan. However, he was called to Liverpool by Benitez, and Lao Bei patted his ass and left. up.

Now, he is far worse than Wang Nuo.

It can only be said that good fortune makes people.

Wang Nuo is very fortunate that Mino sent him to Manchester City instead of other places. Here, he feels great.

After the FA Cup with Notts County, the Chinese Lunar New Year is very close.

Due to the still many competition tasks, Wang Nuo was unable to return to China, so Wang Zhongshi rushed to England to spend the New Year with his son.

Wang Nuo was also busy after training. He spent two whole days filming the blessing video alone!
CCTV-5, CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Sichuan TV Spring Festival Gala, major media, etc.

Wang Nuo thought about it carefully, and took nearly 10 photos!
It would be fine if you just read the words, but unfortunately, there are so many tricks in the blessing video!
For the sake of the Chinese market, Manchester City mobilized all staff to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Wang Nuode and a dozen teammates spoke Chinese together.

These guys are stupid to death. Simple sentences like "Happy New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai" can take a long time to learn.

And the New Year's greetings scenes have to be divided into several groups, and every three people work together, and each person's words are different.

In addition, Wang Nuo had to pose for some window grilles and couplets...

The photographer kept asking Wang Nuo to adjust his posture, facial expressions, and arm movements... Wang Nuo felt that this was much more difficult than playing football!
These days, the media interviews him with one question, that is, "The Lunar New Year is coming, do you have anything to say to the audience friends in front of the TV?"

When the camera cuts to Wang Nuo's face, he will skillfully smile and say auspicious words that he has already memorized.

In fact, Wang Nuo thanked the fans for their continuous support from the bottom of his heart. He wanted to dedicate a wonderful football game to the fans more than an auspicious word.

On the night of New Year's Eve, Manchester City just ushered in the 25th round of the Premier League away game against Birmingham.

Birmingham is not far from Manchester. It is one of the largest cities in the UK besides London. Naturally, there are many Chinese fans here.

Due to the limited strength of Birmingham and deep in the relegation zone, Mancini carried out a small rotation in this game, sending Wang Nuo as his starting partner Carlos Tevez.

On the night of the game, the St. Andrews Stadium was packed with spectators. On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, there were at least ten five-star red flags flying in the stands in the wind.

As soon as Wang Nuo appeared on the stage, he heard the faint sound of cheering in Chinese, and his whole body was full of strength.

Birmingham is a typical home and away game. They have been in pretty good form recently. They defeated West Ham in two rounds in the Carabao Cup and have advanced to the final!

The game was played very fiercely at the beginning. Facing the mighty Manchester City, Birmingham did not have the slightest timidity and boldly pushed forward.

Their technical and tactical level is not very good, but their style of play is very similar to the British Championship team, simple and direct, emphasizing the body.

The Manchester City players were a little uncomfortable at first, but the Serbian Zikic, who transferred from Valencia last summer, scored the first goal.

Different from the British high center forward, Zikic not only can act as a bridgehead, but also has the ability to move forward, with outstanding ability and speed at his feet.

The giant center fits perfectly with the team's style of emphasizing impact. Coupled with Jerome, who charges forward, he poses a considerable threat to Manchester City.

Manchester City can control the midfield very well, but Birmingham simply counterattacks and crosses with high feet, and does not need a midfielder at all.

Even though Manchester City's ball possession rate is far ahead, they do not have the slightest advantage on the scene.

Until the end of the first half, the two sides had no achievements.

Wang Nuo was very dissatisfied with this result. This is a Chinese New Year's Eve competition, which has special meaning to him, and he really wants to win.

In the first round of the Premier League match last year, he scored his second goal in the league against Birmingham and helped the team win!

During the intermission, Wang Nuo approached Silva and Milner and made his own request, wanting them to pass more penalties to him in the second half.

Both of them have a good relationship with Wang Nuo, and they also understand Wang Nuo's thoughts in their hearts.

"No problem, I will definitely satisfy you!"

Wang Nuo felt that he was in good condition, and he had a premonition that he would definitely score a goal.

It sounds hyperbolic, but in recent months, when he feels that way, he's generally been on a roll.

After the start of the second half, Wang Nuo really had more opportunities to control the ball. For him, when the ball is under his feet, it is often the most threatening time!
He now understands more and more about the defense of the Premier League team -

The seemingly high-intensity and fast-paced game actually means more space.

Birmingham's momentum was amazing, but every time they switched from offense to defense, they handled it poorly.

Even if it falls into a positional battle, once the two central defenders are attracted by Tevez, Wang Nuo will have many opportunities to run into the gap and face the goalkeeper.

Silva naturally understands this!
Finally, the opportunity came.

After playing 10 minutes in the second half, Wang Nuo got a chance like this.

After Silva made a short pass with Milner in the opponent's hinterland, he slid the ball to Tevez at the front of the penalty area. Elva.

In the eyes of others, this attack may need to be reorganized.

But the quick-witted magician Merlin saw the distraction of the two central defenders, and decisively passed the ball to Wang Nuo, who was not in a good position.

Wang Nuo had been waiting for this pass for a long time. He turned sideways and took the ball one step further into the penalty area, which made Birmingham's defense afraid to make big moves.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Nuo won a small kicking space through a change of rhythm when no one expected it.

Swing your legs, feint, smash, swing your legs, shoot!
Wang Nuo's movements were done in one go!
The football flew into the lower right corner of the goal along the gap between the defender's calf, sticking to the turf!

The ball is in!
An equalizer!
Wang Nuo heard the crazy shouts from Manchester City fans.

Really got in!Wang Nuo only felt his blood spurt!
He quickly rushed to the camera behind the goal, and took off his jersey while running!

Under the jersey is another red underwear with four golden Chinese characters printed on it, which Wang Nuo prepared in advance for this game!
Wang Nuo finally rushed to the camera. Regardless of the surprised expression on the cameraman's face, he hugged the camera and kissed, and then blew his own kiss.

"Happy New Year!!!"

Pointing to the four large characters on his chest, Wang Nuo loudly sent his blessings to the fans of his motherland.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Nuo felt someone running towards him, jumped on his body, and pulled him.

Those are his teammates!
Wang Nuo hugged them one by one, and then signaled everyone not to leave.

Soon, Silva, Milner, Kompany, and Barry stood in a row under Wang Nuo's command.

At this time, the photographer has come to his senses, and he understands what these Manchester City players mean.

"1, 2, 3, Happy New Year!!!"

Not-so-standard New Year greetings came out of their mouths, and everyone had a smile on their faces.

　I'm sorry, the writing is too slow, and the time is too late, so I will change it first.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)