Chapter 66: The battle between two teams that have won three consecutive English Premier League titles
The next morning, under the shining sun, the air was exceptionally fresh.
Someone was kicking a ball against the wall on the football field, making a dull "bang bang" sound, which woke up the sleeping sparrows.
Chu Feng got up half an hour earlier than usual just to experience the "First touch" module.
After completing the simple basic training, he placed several markers in a regular pattern and imagined them as defensive players, thinking about how to handle the ball when he was in different positions and what action to take next.
As time passed by in boring training, Chu Feng's ball-touching thinking was constantly improving.
However, he also understands that the current intensity is totally insufficient, because for football, having interference or not is two completely different sports.
So after completing this stage of training, Chu Feng found McTominay and asked him to compete against him.
The result is naturally that he can't make the touch as close to perfect as before.
But Chu Feng didn't care too much about it. After all, this thing requires a long-term effort and cannot be mastered in a day or two.
After the training ended near noon.
McTominay rubbed his sore shoulders and wondered, "Don't you feel bored doing this every day?"
"It's OK."
Chu Feng did not give too much explanation. After all, he was living a new life, so his mentality was naturally different from before.
At the end, he added: "Go quickly, don't forget to treat me to a meal."
The two then went to a restaurant near the Carrington training base.
"Hey, Chu Feng!"
At this time, a middle-aged man in his forties had just hung the framed Manchester United No. 23 jersey on the wall. He turned around and saw a familiar face, and couldn't help but shouted in surprise.
Chu Feng heard the familiar Chinese and responded subconsciously.
After the two exchanged greetings for a while, Chu Feng learned that the middle-aged man was called Zhang Zhongbing, and like him, he was Chinese.
Because his son was successfully selected for Manchester City's youth training camp, he came along to take care of him and also opened a restaurant to supplement the family income.
"Then you chose the wrong place. Manchester United is in the southwest and Manchester City is in the northeast."
Chu Feng was a little confused.
"Well, because my son originally wanted to join Manchester United's youth training camp, but was rejected."
Zhang Zhongbing's expression was a little embarrassed, but he quickly returned to normal.
Then he took the jersey off the wall and said excitedly: "Can you sign it for me?"
Chu Feng naturally would not refuse. He quickly wrote down his name and took a photo with the other party.
A few minutes later.
McTominay looked at the skinned duck legs and half a plate of juicy green cabbage on the table, and his eyes couldn't stop twitching.
He came here to enjoy Chinese cuisine, but why was the food cleaner than that in the cafeteria?
Chu Feng, on the contrary, ate with relish, because this was his special request.
Lunch was over soon. Before leaving, Chu Feng left his phone number and told the other party that they could contact him if they had any questions about football.
After all, I have personally experienced the hardships of living in a foreign country, and as a compatriot I will help in any way I can.
October 28th.
In the north-central part of England, on the east side of the Pennines and west side of a tributary of the Calder River, there is a small town of 150,000 people called Huddersfield.
The club with the same name is called "Hart Town" by fans. Although it only entered the Premier League through the Championship promotion play-offs this season, it actually has a glorious history.
In 1926, Huddersfield became the first team to win three consecutive top-flight titles in England.
In history, only four teams have achieved such a feat, the other three being Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal.
As a resident of a small town, there are not many entertainment activities on weekdays.
So on every Premier League match day, they would put down what they were doing and go to the John Smith's Stadium to cheer for Huddersfield.
In their view, football is not just a sport, but also a culture. It has become a representative of the community, and they are a part of it.
Perhaps it is because of this warm and strong atmosphere that England has more than 40,000 clubs.
Two hours later.
The 9th round of the Premier League has begun.
Huddersfield's head coach Wagner has coached Hoffenheim and Dortmund youth teams and is an old-school German coach.
The overall style tends to be conservative, which is most suitable for helping the club avoid relegation.
He deployed a 4-2-3-1 formation.
On the other side, at Manchester United, Mourinho took into account the fatigue of some players and let Lingard replace Mkhitaryan in the starting lineup. There were no major changes in other positions.
It is also a 4-2-3-1 formation.
After the game starts.
Huddersfield players retreated quickly and formed a dense position in their own half, making it clear that they were going to launch a defensive counterattack.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Seeing this, Manchester United players decisively pressed forward. They had no intention of drawing with the relegation team.
However, they underestimated their opponent's resolute defensive attitude and completely abandoned the midfield and frontcourt and retreated into the penalty area.
Moreover, his fighting movements were very fierce, giving Manchester United no chance at all.
Originally, Manchester United's method of breaking through the bus was to rely on Pogba's peripheral organization, slowly passing the ball to tear open the defense and seek vertical space.
Of course there is another way, which is to launch high-altitude bombing without thinking.
But unfortunately, Pogba and Fellaini were both absent due to injuries, which resulted in neither of these two tactics being implemented smoothly.
So even though Manchester United had the advantage on the field and attacked for 25 minutes, they still failed to change the score.
28th minute of the game.
Instead, it was Huddersfield goalkeeper Lesler's clearance that accidentally found his teammate in the frontcourt.
Perhaps because he had traveled between Portugal and England in just two days, and had played the entire game, Smalling made a low-level mistake of missing the ball.
De Poirette seized the opportunity and rushed into the penalty area with the ball. Facing De Gea who had left the goal, he shot into the far corner and scored.
1-0!
This directly ignited the John Smith Stadium, and the residents of the town immediately cheered enthusiastically.
If we can get three points from Manchester United today, it means the road to relegation will be smoother, and we can also pull Manchester United down from the top of the standings.
For them, the latter is more exciting.
Because as teams that have won England's top league titles three times in a row, the other three have gradually grown into Premier League champions, while they have been up and down in the lower leagues.
The gap between them is so big that it makes people jealous.
In contrast, the Manchester United fans who traveled with the team opened their mouths wide, obviously not expecting the relegation team to score first.
The scene on the court was different too.
Wagner looked delighted, thinking that his luck was pretty good today as his only counterattack was successful.
Next, Manchester United can only continue to strengthen their attack, while they can shrink and defend, use the space behind the opponent, and then try to create opportunities for counterattack.
Mourinho on the other side frowned slightly, signaling the players on the field to slow down the pace, at least to maintain the current score.
Under such circumstances, the first half of the game ended quickly.
Thanks to the book friend "Aliang Ni Meng" for the reward of 100 points.
Thanks to book friends “hdww”, “Mario who loves oranges”, and “Hu Daxianer” for their monthly tickets.
Dear readers, you can keep it for a while and read it together after it is put on the shelves.
I have read everyone's comments recently. The protagonist does lack the kind of breakthrough with strong impact like Daluo. This is my problem and I have made adjustments later.
(End of this chapter)