Chapter 64 The connection between two teenagers

In fact, Mourinho is not just parking the bus mindlessly. He is more accustomed to defending against strong teams and attacking against weak teams.

Just like now, although Benfica is dominating the Portuguese Super League, they couldn't even beat CSKA Moscow before, let alone Manchester United today.

86th minute of the game.

Mourinho replaces Mkhitaryan with McTominay.

Benfica replaced a defender with a forward.

At this time, Victoria, who was sitting in the coaching booth beside the court, had a gloomy face and her brows were furrowed.

As for the reason?

When Mourinho coached Benfica, he was the coach of Benfica youth team.

And they also tripped people up behind their backs. After all, under the circumstances at that time, if you didn't take sides, you would be kicked out.

So he was unwilling to lose to the opponent so miserably. He wanted to at least score a goal to save his face, which was considered as the self-esteem of a middle-aged man.

The game on the green field continued at this time, and McTominay quickly ran to his position.

His heart was full of anticipation. This was his first Champions League appearance. It would be perfect if he could score twice.

After all, he and Chu Feng were both youth training players and had been roommates for three years, so their relationship was naturally extraordinary.

And every time he watched Chu Feng dominate the field from the bench, he was happy for Chu Feng, but also had some complicated emotions.

But he also knew the hard work behind Chu Feng, so he later reduced his entertainment activities and focused on training, just to catch up with his good friend as soon as possible.

"Scott, don't forget that your position is attacking midfielder, so hurry up when you get forward!"

Chu Feng reminded.

In fact, McTominay was positioned as a defensive midfielder in Manchester United before, and was often placed in the backcourt to participate in defense.

But it turns out that this effect is not very good.

Because he started out as a center forward, coupled with his tall stature and keen sense of smell, he can often play an important role in forward attacks.

Perhaps Mourinho's decision to let McTominay replace Mkhitaryan today was meant as an experiment.

McTominay responded loudly, saying that being able to compete on the same stage with good friends is very motivating.

After the game restarted.

Manchester United's control over the midfield and frontcourt declined, so they reduced their control of the ball and retreated slightly in an attempt to lure the enemy out of their hole.

On the other hand, Benfica players began to press forward and increase the amplitude of their defensive actions.

Soon they regained the ball as they wished, and Fessa passed the ball directly to Benfica's midfielder Pizzi.

The latter continued to dodge and create space, connecting with center Jimenez.

However, Lindelof and Smalling seemed to be prepared. The two of them trapped Jimenez in the middle like closing a door and completed a neat steal.

Then Manchester United began to advance quickly along the right side. After seeing the space created by Chu Feng, Herrera made a long diagonal pass near the center circle.

Chu Feng stopped and dribbled towards the baseline.

And former Barcelona full-back Pereira kept pulling and tugging, wishing he had eight hands.

But he had consumed too much energy, and with his height of 170cm and weight of only 60kg, he was completely unable to hold back Chu Feng after he accelerated.

Under the gaze of tens of thousands of fans.

After entering the restricted area, Chu Feng slowly slowed down, as if waiting for something.

at the same time.

Lukaku, Matic and McTominay, like the Manchester Air Force Wing, took off along the wide runway and rushed to the front, middle and back points respectively, implementing a multi-point bombing tactic.

This threw Benfica's defense into chaos.

Ruben Dias subconsciously marked Lukaku, who posed the greatest threat, and he had no time to take care of the other two.

And just at the moment when the defensive player stepped out to steal the ball.

Chu Feng's right foot swung suddenly, which looked like both a shot and a pass, making it impossible to guess his intention.

"Snap! " With a crisp sound.

The football was like a gorgeous rainbow, spinning and falling towards the back of the penalty area.

McTominay turned into a B2 ghost bomber and headed the ball into the net.

0-3!

The Stadium of Light became restless again. McTominay heard the thunderous cheers after the goal and subconsciously ran towards the corner area, sliding on his knees in celebration.

Then he stood up again, hugged Chu Feng tightly, and was so excited that he was a little incoherent.

"Chu, I scored a goal, and I also scored in my Champions League debut!"

Chu Feng had a sincere smile on his face and shouted, "Scott, yes, you scored a goal!"

McTominay couldn't calm down his excitement for a long time. He joined Manchester United's youth training camp at the age of 5. It can be said that he has the blood of the Red Devils flowing in his body and understands the spirit of Manchester United better than anyone else.

His short stature when he was young meant he rarely got the chance to play, and he was even bullied by his peers.

Someone gave him a message at that time.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

“A person’s talent is not easily revealed.”

So he persisted.

Chu Feng’s sudden rise just proves the correctness of this sentence. Now his years of hard work have finally paid off.

McTominay looked at his good friend in front of him, and countless images flashed through his mind.

At the beginning, Chu Feng fought with Milche and others to help him. Not only did he miss training for a week, but he was also scolded by Sir Alex Ferguson.

However, it is precisely because of this that the relationship between the two will become better and better, and they will go through the boring time of youth training side by side.

Support each other and grow together with each other's company.

McTominay suddenly whispered: "Thank you!"

"I won't fall for that. You have to treat me to a meal when I get back. It just so happens that a Shaxian snack shop just opened outside the base."

Chu Feng deliberately put on a look of contempt.

McTominay's emotion disappeared, his eyes rolled around twice, and he asked tentatively: "Chu, can you pass it to me again later?"

"Look, you're in a hurry. I'll definitely pass the ball to you if I have a chance."

Chu Feng patted the other person's shoulder in an air of condescension.

At this time, Mourinho on the sidelines was full of relief. His first impression of McTominay was that this freckled kid was like a "mad dog".

It’s not meant to be derogatory or insulting.

But it was because the other party had an indescribable madness, so he promoted the mediocre McTominay from the youth team.

Now it seems that my vision is quite good, and both of my disciples have performed very well.

Victoria on the other side couldn't bear it anymore and turned away angrily.

It was a complete defeat today and the hope of qualifying for the Champions League has become slim. If he cannot make up for it in the league, I'm afraid it's only a matter of time before he's fired.

When the game resumed, the morale of Benfica players fell to the bottom and all the players retreated to the back to defend.

Beep-beep!

Soon the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Benfica 0-3 Manchester United!

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