our champion dream

Chapter 93 The Game Begins

In the last tactical lesson before the game, Wenger showed the players a video of Manchester United's game. Unlike usual, the protagonist of today's game video is only one person, not a team.That is Li Xiaoming.Even though he didn't get any information about Manchester United's starters before the game, Wenger believed that Ferguson would not put such a surprise player on the bench.If it were Wenger, he would not do such a stupid thing either.
"I believe you are not unfamiliar with him, but you must not know him well enough. In fact, even I don't know him well enough..." Wenger laughed at himself, causing everyone to laugh.The Arsenal players are a little curious, because Li Xiaoming's name has dominated the entire English football media circles many times recently, and everyone wants to know why this young man can gain a foothold in the Premier League and make Chelsea suffer.

But to be honest, neither the Arsenal players nor the coach knew much about Li Xiaoming. This young man seemed to appear out of nowhere, except for a few games that could be used as evidence.Although most of Arsenal's players attach great importance to Wenger's words, there will also be Arsenal players who question Li Xiaoming's performance, thinking that it is just good luck. With Scholes' return, Li Xiaoming is not at all. Will get the chance to play, so his coach is completely fussing over a molehill.

But such thoughts, players will not bring it up.

... Although Yun Manchester United lost a main player this season, their offense is still very strong.And with integrity, no longer dependent on a certain player. "Wenger began to give tactical lessons to his disciples after laughing at himself." Three league rounds, plus a Community Shield, scored twelve goals in four games, of which Rooney, Nani, Giggs, Schole Both Sri Lanka and Leo have scored goals. We have to guard against such a multi-point blooming situation, but what we need to watch most is these. "

After speaking, Wenger began to play Li Xiaoming's game clip.

These are all sorted out by the video coach, who collected all kinds of performances of Li Xiaoming in the game, edited them in a targeted manner, and then showed them to the players.This isn't a highlight reel, but some pass or food that just looks normal.

With the coach's explanation, the players can easily understand Li Xiaoming's game habits, his strengths and weaknesses, and find ways to deal with him in the game.

It is really a rare experience for Arsenal players to study a young player so carefully.Because when they faced Manchester United last time, they studied Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney, so the gap is a bit huge.

In fact, although each coaching staff will focus on some players, these players often have a high status in the team and football, and they are players who can be called stars.Li Xiaoming can be regarded as the first time in Arsenal's coaching staff.

"Through the video, we can see that Li's playing style and habits, his speed is not fast but his dribbling is very good, if you rush to press, then his perfect foot skills can easily find your loopholes, Get past you and create opportunities for your teammates, so never put your foot out without a sure steal."

In the picture, Li Xiaoming is facing the swarming defenders, stopping the ball lightly and getting rid of the opponent.Then the picture of separating the ball from the people.

Li Xiaoming's goals and successes in the next few times all have the shadow of this kind of breakthrough.

Basically the ball goes to his feet, unless there is a bad foul, he can always find a way to pass the football.

"He rarely shoots. The Chelsea game seems to be an exception. As long as the football reaches his feet, it will basically pose a certain threat. Of course, Manchester United has a large number of attackers. Li Xiaoming only needs to create opportunities. That's right, and then just send the ball to the empty position of the defense line. I must emphasize another point. Li's desire to shoot is not particularly strong. If his teammates have a better chance, I believe he will choose to pass the ball. Yes, that's why he's so successful at Manchester United."

"Li's passing and technique are his greatest strengths, and it's also relying on this to disrupt the opponent's defense. Even if he can't directly assist, his breakthrough can attract the opponent's defensive attention, and his long pass will also have the ability to greatly The ability to find teammates at range. That's the one that bothers us the most."

"So in this game, the most important thing for us is not to give Li the space and time to play freely. We must limit his mobility at the front of the penalty area. His performance in this area is the most active, because he can choose to break through in this position. , shoot, pass and our guy has to hesitate to foul and I think we have to keep him out of the box."

After explaining what should be said, Wenger put down the smart laser pointer in his hand and said: "I have said so much, I also hope that you have enough understanding of him. Football is a war. We cannot fight unprepared wars."

On the day of the game, Manchester United's home stadium, Old Trafford, was packed. The most watched game in the fourth round was attended by countless English media or some who were about to watch it. Because it was Manchester United's home stadium, fans of the Red Devils Occupying most of the entire stadium with great momentum, the European fans are the No. 12 members of the team. Only when they are in it can they feel what is called the real home court advantage.

Everyone is waiting for the protagonists to appear.There has been singing in the stadium.

The players on both sides are in the locker room at this time, listening to the coach's final instructions.

"Others think that Ferguson's Manchester United can easily defeat us, but we are Arsenal, we have our own brilliance, and we are here to beat them and prove our determination to them."

Wenger kept cheering their players on in the dressing room, but the way he spoke was as formal as his title.

At the same time, in the dressing room of Manchester United, Ferguson was also cheering up his players: "As Manchester United players, you also have an obligation to maintain the dignity of the defending champion! Others always say that we can't do it, and always question us. , Question us, the best way to face these things is to defeat our opponents, if we want to win the championship, we must defeat any mortal enemy that stands in our way. Defeat them.”

At the same time, as the captain of the team
"I want to die! I want to die as a champion!" Gary Neville also stood up and said, "For the glory of the Red Devils."

Then all the players stood up: "For the championship, take them down."

Li Xiaoming was also infected by the atmosphere in front of him and shouted inside
Ferguson was very satisfied with the response of the players. In his opinion, this is the momentum and confidence that a championship team should show.

He nodded: "Very good. I don't have anything to say. Show your performance and let them see our achievements in the past few days. We are Manchester United."

When Li Xiaoming followed his teammates out of the locker room and towards the exit, the live broadcast outside was reading the names of every player on the field.

The names of the Arsenal players were reported first, only to be greeted with boos from Manchester United fans.However, when Fabregas' name was reported, Li Xiaoming was a little hesitant, because he had heard such a rumor when he was still in college, about the little expensive things about Ferguson and Cesc Fabregas.

"Hey, Wayne." Li Xiaoming looked back at Rooney and whispered.

Rooney looked over and replied, "What's wrong?"

"I heard a story about our boss and that one." The passage of the dressing room is not big, so Li Xiaoming could only wink to the side.

"Oh oh oh, yes." Rooney hesitated for a moment, looked in the direction where Li Xiaoming was winking, and instantly understood.

"Is that really him who threw the pizza?"

"I heard that this is indeed the case, but there is no evidence, so it was left alone."

"However, I heard that because of this matter, the boss and Wenger also talked on the phone. I heard that it was resolved in private. After all, although our boss is very fierce, he is still very good to some young players."

"It sounds complicated... But, I didn't expect him to look so gentle and have such a bad temper."

Rooney laughed too, and said, "Do you think someone as handsome as me shouldn't be boxing?"

As he said that, Rooney lightly punched Li Xiaoming twice in a boxing gesture towards Li Xiaoming's back.

Li Xiaoming rolled his eyes at Rooney and said, "Wayne, if you don't play football, you must have a bright future as a reporter."

Rooney froze for a moment and said, "Why?"

"Haha, it's because you are better at telling nonsense than the media."

The two of them were chatting and were about to reach the place where both sides queued up.Everyone also quickly quieted down. Although everyone was an old opponent, there was no communication with each other.

When the players from both sides came out, the live broadcast just reported the names of the home team Manchester United players. Every time the name was read, it would win huge cheers from the fans.It was even more so when Li Xiaoming's name sounded.

The live broadcast shouted: "Lei - welcome to our new No. [-]."

Tens of thousands of Manchester United fans shouted in unison: "Li."

This kind of tens of thousands of shouting bombers skipped over the city and the whistle of prevention and control alarms.

That sound makes people doubt that it will be overturned by the roof of the stadium!No matter how many times Li Xiaoming listens to it, he will never get bored.

But soon, the cheers welcoming him were overshadowed by the cheers welcoming Rooney. No matter how good Li Xiaoming performed, Rooney was the real No. [-] star of the team.This is also the praise and support given to him by countless Manchester United fans.

But even so, it is positive enough that Li Xiaoming proved his worth in just a few games, making all Manchester United fans his fans.

Sure enough, their deafening cheers made many Arsenal players look sideways at Li Xiaoming.

The fans of the giants are the most picky fans in the world. Any small mistake will be infinitely magnified. It is not such a simple matter to conquer the fans in such a short period of time.But Li Xiaoming did it.

They knew that Li Xiaoming was very popular at Manchester United, but they didn't expect to be so popular...

Martin Taylor, who was in charge of the game commentary, said: "Oh, listen, Manchester United will welcome their stars with such a ceremony, including our new No. [-], who conquered the discerning Red Devils fans with his performance."

He Ping, a Chinese commentator in the studio of Penguin.com, was also stunned by the cheers. He never thought that fans of a wealthy club could shout the name of a Chinese in unison, a sense of national pride born.

He's just about to introduce the Manchester United starting XI he's got
After the cheers gradually disappeared, he resumed his commentary work, but he was very emotional.

"My God, you know what? I heard the chanting from Dream Theater, chanting Li Xiaoming's name, a Chinese has conquered the fans here."

The Chinese fans in front of the TV were also very excited.Including Li Xiaoming's parents who watched their son's game on TV, and Li Qingru who stayed up late to watch the game.

This game is still kicking off in the middle of the night, but because it is a focus of the Premier League game, all Chinese fans have turned their attention to this game. This is the first time in Li Xiaoming's career. The matchup between giants is a game that cannot be lost, and his performance also determines his status in the hearts of the fans. Anyone can do a good job of icing on the cake, but the hero is the one who rides the savior alone.

Everyone wanted to see what Li Xiaoming could do against Arsenal.

Previously, many people would question Li Xiaoming's real strength, and they would say that the Community Shield was just a high-level warm-up match, so this game is a serious duel between giants, Li Xiaoming got the chance to start the game, his Whether the performance can crush the various previous remarks is also a matter of great concern to fans.

The referee blows the whistle and the game begins!It was Manchester United who got the kick-off.

There was a huge cheer at Old Trafford, and many fans were already shouting and cheering for Manchester United.

After Li Xiaoming knocked the football to Scholes behind him, he didn't stop, but ran directly to Arsenal's frontcourt, which is where he needs to stay now.

However, his side quickly caught up with Arsenal's midfielder Song, a very tough midfielder.

Arsenal's main defensive midfielder in the midfield personally dealt with Li Xiaoming, which shows that Wenger attaches great importance to Li Xiaoming.

"Hey boy, it looks like you're going to accomplish nothing today." Song Youxian was chatting with Li Xiaoming while defending him. "Your crazy performance will end with my performance today, hahaha. I am the strongest."

Li Xiaoming rolled his eyes at this nonchalant opponent.

Although he was somewhat disdainful towards this man, Li Xiaoming knew that Song was the main defensive midfielder in the Arsenal team, with a tough defensive style, fierce, energetic, strong and extremely aggressive.The black's super physical fitness is well reflected in him.

This is a difficult opponent to deal with.

Li Xiaoming smiled and said, "Then try it, I hope you won't cry and ask your coach for a hug."

(End of this chapter)