Chapter 199 Old Fox

"You're back?"

As soon as Zhang Ning saw Yang Huan, he immediately stood up from his seat.

Not only her, but Huang Ying and Yoona who were sitting next to her also stood up immediately.

"Sorry, there's a traffic jam!" Yang Huan smiled and sat down between Zhang Ning and Lin Yuna.

The excuse of being stuck in traffic always works.

Zhang Ning glanced at him, "Why are you going there by yourself? You can just leave this matter to Long Wu and the others. Why do you have to take the risk yourself?"

"Risk? What risk?" Yang Huan was a little surprised. How did she know?

But on the surface, he is still pretending to be stupid.

"You went to do such a dangerous thing, and you still refuse to tell us?" Zhang Ning twisted his arm viciously, feeling a little angry.

Once your eyes turn red, you are about to cry.

She was sitting here just now, unable to sit still, worrying constantly, afraid that something might happen to him.

It's not just her. Look at Yoona, her eyes are also red. Huang Ying even turned her face away so that no one could see her appearance. But needless to say, she must have cried as well.

Yang Huan was upset, "Okay, okay, now I'm back, right?"

"Sun Yue!" Yang Huan shouted without even turning his head. It must be this kid who told others about it.

"Master, I was wrong!" Sun Yue had been standing beside Yang Huan waiting for punishment from his leader.

"I say, kid, have you never seen what Angry Birds is?" Yang Huan was addicted to throwing it at people.

Sun Yue immediately looked at Zhang Ning pitifully, his eyes full of requests for help.

It was as if he was saying, Sister Ning, I didn't want to say it originally, but you forced me to say it, and now you have to speak for me.

Zhang Ning sobbed and pulled Yang Huan's hand, "Okay, I didn't say anything. Don't blame Sun Yue. I forced him to say it."

Yang Huan snorted heavily, and simply turned sideways to sit facing Lin Yuna.

She looked like a young wife throwing a tantrum.

Zhang Ning moved closer and said, "Okay, stop pretending. If you continue, there will be thunder!"

After saying this, she couldn't help but laugh.

Anyway, he's fine, just come back.

Lin Yuner also moved closer and said softly, "You just like to mess around. Sister Ning was so anxious that she cried just now."

"Really? What about you?" Yang Huan teased her.

Lin Yuna's fair face turned red and she turned away, "I won't cry!"

But the girl's eyes were still red and swollen, and she looked like she had been crying.

"Isn't it okay that I was wrong?" Zhang Ning pulled Yang Huan's hand again.

"Oh, you know you're wrong? Just apologize and it'll be alright?" Yang Huan was really angry.

"Then what do you want?" Zhang Ning gave in.

She really couldn't lose her temper with this young master.

"What do you think?" Yang Huan raised his eyebrows, the answer was self-evident.

Zhang Ning blushed, turned around, and sat down facing the bottom of the stands, "I don't know."

The next game is about to begin, and the players from both sides have returned to their respective halves, ready for battle.

"If you don't know, you have to listen to me!"

Yang Huan immediately came over with a sly smile and whispered something in her ear.

Zhang Ning's face suddenly turned red as blood, and she kept shaking her head, "No."

"Why?" Yang Huan was depressed. Isn't it just something that couples always do?

"No reason, anyway."

"Okay, if that doesn't work then let's just have a fight, sleep in separate rooms, and ignore each other."

It turns out that this is the Cold War card being played!

Zhang Ning looked at him and thought he didn't look like a young master at all, but more like a gangster.

But the terrible thing is that this gangster holds her heart in his hand.

"Okay, okay!" She came closer and whispered, "Except for that matter, I'll do whatever you say. Is that ok?"

Yang Huan immediately snapped his fingers excitedly and kissed Zhang Ning on the cheek, "Okay, it's settled!"

Zhang Ning felt guilty and immediately looked up, and saw Lin Yuna, who was eavesdropping beside Yang Huan with her ears perked up.

There were so many people and the noise was so loud, I don’t know what this girl heard.

Yang Huan was thick-skinned. He turned around and winked at Lin Yuner, "Hey, girl, what do you want to know? I'll tell you, okay?"

Lin Yuner seemed to have heard something, her face turned red, she sat up straight, and kept shaking her head, "I don't want to know."

Yang Huan likes to tease shy little girls. If Zhang Ning wasn't there, the more Lin Yoona didn't want to know, the more Yang Huan would tell her and tease her.

But now, we have to take care of Zhang Ning, so let her go for the time being!

Just as Yang Huan was flirting with Zhang Ning and Lin Yuna, a person walked over from the opposite side of the podium.

It was Yang Huan’s old friend, Howard Wilkinson.

"Mr. Yang Huan, we have reserved a seat for you in the royal box."

"Oh, it's okay, Howard, I'll just sit here!" Yang Huan had no intention of getting up.

Wilkinson was depressed. There were many distinguished guests over there who were eager to meet him. If he sat here, wouldn't they all come over to meet him?

"Mr. Yang Huan, the seat over there is good and there are empty seats. If you sit here, I'm afraid your friends will have to change seats later. So, should I ask you to..."

Yang Huan thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he stood up and said, "Okay, let's go!"

Now Howard Wilkinson breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Huan had just stood up when the game started.

Ibrahimovic and Neymar stood in the center circle to kick off, and Southampton quickly launched an attack on Manchester United's defense.

This made Yang Huan unable to help but stand where he was and watch excitedly.

Manchester United's defense is indeed very solid, and Ferguson's defense is very targeted.

Although Manchester United still played a 4-4-2 formation in this game, it seemed like there were five people in the midfield. Rooney's position was basically around Stroman, and Ferguson's responsibility was to keep Stroman under control.

Among Southampton's double defensive midfielders, Stroman has better organizational and passing abilities, while Vidal has better depth and coverage. But strictly speaking, neither of them is a typical defensive midfielder who can hold his position.

There is nothing we can do about this.

Unless Bielsa plays Schneiderlin as a defensive midfielder.

But ever since Schneiderlin made a mistake that almost led to a goal when playing against Chelsea, Bielsa has been very cautious in using him, especially in some strong dialogues.

In this game, Ferguson targeted the defensive midfielder position and arranged for Rooney to retreat and specifically target this position.

With Rooney's harassment, Stroman's only option was to pass the ball to the wing.

The combination of Nani and Evra on Manchester United's left side made Chamberlain and Carvajal dare not be careless.

Ferguson's intention was very clear. Rafael was facing Neymar on the right, and Manchester United was at a disadvantage, so they focused on defending the right side.

The left side is Manchester United's main offensive route, so Nani was arranged to play as left midfielder.

As for the right side, Rafael guarded Neymar one-on-one, Park Ji-sung actively retreated to defend, while guarding against David Alaba's insertion, while Vidic and Ferdinand in the middle were responsible for limiting Ibrahimovic.

As reflected in the game, Southampton took the initiative and had the advantage, but their offense was not threatening.

"Ferguson is really an old fox!" Yang Huan shook his head.

Howard Wilkinson smiled and nodded repeatedly, "In terms of cunning, Bielsa is no match for Ferguson."

Yang Huan could not deny this.

The most important thing is that Ferguson has extremely rich experience in coaching in top leagues.

This will enable him to deal with any emergency with greater ease.

"However, the fact that Southampton was able to put Manchester United in such a difficult position right from the start also shows the Saints' strength, doesn't it?"

This is another view.

"What do you think?" Yang Huan still respected Wilkinson's football tactical qualities.

This is a very capable head coach.

"You have to be careful. Manchester United showed weakness at the start. On the one hand, Southampton is indeed very strong. There is another reason. I believe Ferguson also consciously wanted to let Southampton press forward and then use defense to dampen Southampton's spirit, exposing your weaknesses and loopholes."

After listening to this analysis, Yang Huan felt it was reliable.

"However, Bielsa is not stupid. You see, he also saw it. It's just that Southampton has no choice. Manchester United retreated. If you don't press forward, you will have no chance. Moreover, every team has its own rhythm and style of play. Southampton plays offensive football, so you have to press forward."

"Manchester United's defense was more of a one-on-one defense. Only in the middle of the midfield, Scholes was very close to Carrick and retreated a lot when defending, just to restrict Adam Lallana on both sides. As for Vidal, as long as he didn't enter the 30-meter area, Ferguson let him take the ball."

At this point, Wilkinson laughed, "Ibrahimovic, Neymar, Chamberlain, Adam Lallana, and even Strootman, no matter who gets the ball, they are all very threatening. Relatively speaking, Vidal is the most reassuring choice."

Football tactics, to put it bluntly, is a game of trade-offs.

"It would be great if Vidal could show some strength and give Ferguson a setback." Yang said with anticipation, smiling.

Wilkinson smiled but said nothing.

But he knew very well in his heart that Ferguson had deployed this targeted tactic because he expected Vidal to pose no threat with the ball.

It's not that Vidal is incompetent, but it was expected that Vidal's ability to control the ball was not strong, and his ability to pass threatening balls, especially deep passes, was not strong either. As long as he was allowed to get the ball outside the 30-meter area, his threat was not great except for long shots.

If someone else was in this position, such as Isco on the bench, or Hamel Rodriguez, Ferguson would definitely not dare to do this.

The two stood there and watched the game for ten minutes.

Yang Huan sighed only after seeing Southampton's first wave of attack gradually subside.

In the end, the opening was still not a good start.

Manchester United's defense is indeed quite solid and solid. Being the best defense in Europe is no joke.

"Let's go!" Yang Huan said to Wilkinson.

It seems that this game is not easy and must be very hard.

After all, both sides have put in a lot of preparation and have tried their best to win the championship, and no one is willing to give up easily.

Accompanied by Wilkinson, he walked along the aisle of the rostrum to the royal box of Wembley Stadium.

As the name suggests, the Royal Box is a box reserved for the British royal family. When the England national team won the World Cup, it was in this box that they received the trophy from Queen Elizabeth II.

After the reconstruction of Wembley Stadium, the location of the royal box was still retained, but the steps were increased from 39 to 107.

When Yang Huan walked up the stairs to the royal box, he discovered that almost all the people sitting there were political and business celebrities from all walks of life in British society.

The glittering golden FA Cup trophy was placed in the middle of the royal box, and there was a passage in front of it, which was reserved for the champion team to receive the trophy.

Sitting behind the FA Cup trophy were the newly married Prince William and Princess Kate.

There was also the new chairman of the English Football Association, David Bernstein, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, the outgoing Mayor of Southampton, Ms. Carol Conneau, and the future Mayor of Southampton, Terry Matthews, who had just met in the morning, as well as political and business celebrities and city councillors from the two cities.

In addition to these people, there are of course also some specially invited guests.

For example, Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea, who is also based in London.

But as soon as Yang Huan appeared, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the box.