Chapter 594: The Fire and Riot Confrontation

After playing against Hamburg away, Leiden Oriental ushered in a peak battle in the league.

In the fifth round of the league, Leiden Oriental challenged Manchester United away.

In the first four rounds of the league, Manchester United lost its previous seasons and started with four consecutive victories in the league. Rooney was suspended for three games after the first round of the league. However, Manchester United's personnel losses were also quite serious. Giggs, who scored a winning goal in the last round of the league, could not play due to injury, main goalkeeper Van der Sar could not play due to stomach pain, and Leiden East lost Jinklazer before the game, and Gerrard was still unable to play, but their bench thickness was deeper than Manchester United, and the inability to play by one or two players would not cause them too much trouble.

"Mar United is the strongest this year. We have regained the pace of victory. This season will be the starting point for Manchester United's revival."

Before the game, Ferguson announced with such confidence that they had not won the league championship for six seasons. If Manchester United ushered in a prosperous era after the Premier League in 1992, then Manchester United fell into darkness again after the arrival of the 21st century - first Leiden East, then Chelsea, without a championship for six years, Manchester United fans seemed to remember that dark day without a championship. In this case, Ferguson inevitably had to use a relatively high-profile tone to inspire the fighting spirit of the players and the passion of the fans.

"By five points behind Manchester United? You're wrong. In fact, we are one point ahead of Manchester United now." Xiao Ming's response was very simple. When reporters asked him that he was five points behind Manchester United now, he replied like this.

Xiao Ming's answer almost made most Manchester United fans furious - just use your brain to know why he said that - Leiden Oriental and Manchester United have two chances to meet in the league. If Leiden Oriental wins, it will surpass Manchester United by one point - this is simply naked contempt!

"I hope I can make that old fox so angry that he loses his mind." This is what Xiao Ming said to MacDonald in private.

However, he himself knew that with Ferguson's cunning and experience, it was very difficult to make him lose his mind. If he really wanted to lose his mind, he might have to say something too much, but if he said that, the consequences might be very serious - it is more likely that Ferguson was not deceived, and Xiao Ming himself became the target of public criticism.

Although Manchester United has achieved five consecutive victories on all fronts this season, their five games have been typical high and low. The first game is 5-1, the second game is 3-0, the third game is 2-1, and the fourth game is 1-0. In the previous Champions League, they only defeated the Celtics three-to-two at home. They have achieved remarkable results, but their condition is far less glorious than they appear. Leiden Oriental stumbled in the previous few rounds of the league and lost the European Super Cup. However, they have achieved a goal difference of three goals in the last two games, and their condition is excellent. Even on the away game, there is great hope of victory.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Ming doesn't feel that he has to use too much to stimulate Ferguson. His answer is just because Ferguson started a war of words first. Leiden East players have long been used to letting Xiao Ming say everything before the game, especially before important games.

The English media naturally paid great attention to this game. Manchester United started a good start this season. Whether it can beat Leiden Oriental, who has won the championship for the past five consecutive championships, and the defending champion Chelsea, is a gimmick. Another gimmick is the first meeting between Rooney and Ronaldo after the World Cup - people seem to be more interested in this meeting - some bookmakers even offered the odds of whether Rooney will beat Ronaldo in the game - Like his Manchester United predecessor Keane, Rooney also received boxing training when he was a child, so although he is shorter than Ronaldo, if he really wants to start, Ronaldo will not be an opponent...

So this situation made MacDonald feel a little worried. He asked Xiao Ming privately: "Do you want Cristiano to hide in this game? Don't have any problems on the court..."

Xiao Ming, who had thought seriously for a long time, shook his head: "No, you can't do this."

Seeing what McDonald was about to say, Xiao Ming interrupted him: "Alvin, I know what you are worried about makes sense... But have you ever thought about whether we put Cristiano on the bench will have any impact on his future? Many people will mock Cristiano as a coward who dares to keep Rooney with the help of the referee... They will not think that I made the decision to prevent him from playing, but will only wishfully think that Cristiano is a coward. We cannot let Cristiano be treated like this unfairly because we are afraid of something happening on the court, and we cannot let him escape from facing an angry opponent by taking action. Similarly, he cannot receive any unnecessary punishment for doing something that is beneficial to the national team. This is unfair to him, and in fact he has not done anything wrong."

"But if there really is any conflict on the court..." McDonald was still a little worried.

"Don't worry, Ferguson will make Rooney honest. Don't forget that Rooney was suspended for three games because of a bad foul in the warm-up match. If he just came back and did something on the court, then Ferguson would be even more unbearable. It was at their home court. Ferguson knew what to do to be the most beneficial to Manchester United." Xiao Ming said decisively: "So we don't need to worry about anything. If you have any relatives and friends, maybe they can make a profit on Rooney's not going to beat Cristiano, and they will make sure to make a profit."

Hearing Xiao Ming's last words, McDonald couldn't help laughing.

During the training these days, Luo Xiao has always looked heartless. After training, he often plays and makes fun of his teammates. Xiao Ming takes all this in his eyes and strengthens his judgment.

However, the outside world was hyped up, which inevitably made Ronaldo wonder. The day before Xiao Ming announced his starting lineup against Manchester United, Ronaldo found him and took the initiative to take the initiative to play in this game.

"Oh? Cristiano, would you think I won't send you out?" Xiao Ming looked at Little Ronaldo with some amusement.

"Boss, I just don't want you to think I'm afraid to participate in this game." Xiao Xiao Luo said to Xiao Ming with a serious expression, which was quite inconsistent with his usual performance.

"Don't worry, you will still be the main force in this game... Qiao Zele cannot play, you may play on the left side, there is no problem?" Xiao Ming nodded and said.

"No problem, don't talk about the left side, I can also play in the middle side." Xiao Xiao Luo answered excitedly, then looked at Xiao Ming gratefully: "Thank you, boss."

Xiao Ming laughed silently: "What's the point of thanking me... Just perform well on the court, then I have to thank you."

Little Luo also laughed. He nodded to Xiao Ming, then turned around and walked out of Xiao Ming's office.

"This kid is more cute than history now." After Ronaldo walked away, Xiao Ming said softly to himself, but Ronaldo is indeed different now. After he achieved brilliant results at Manchester United in history, he began to cry and shout to go to Real Madrid. That was because when he began to approach professional football, it was the extremely glorious moment for Real Madrid. At that time, Ronaldo left a deep impression on him, that is, only those who go to Real Madrid are the best stars in the world - this influence is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the current situation is different. Real Madrid's performance is not as brilliant as in history. On the contrary, Leiden Oriental's performance is surprisingly good, and its commercial development is not much worse than Real Madrid at that time. Coupled with Catherine's factor, Ronaldo is even more devoted to staying in Leiden Oriental.

Looking back on the past, when his players cried and shouted to go to Manchester United, Coventry... and wait for the team, Xiao Ming really felt complacent and satisfied. The current Leiden East is very different from the Leiden East back then.

He never thought about working in the position of Leiden Oriental head coach for thirty or forty years, nor did he think about retiring in the position of coach. Now he still has enough energy and strong desire to continue working, because he feels that there is something to pursue. Maybe one day, when he loses motivation for the position of coach, he is ready to enjoy his life.

September 17, Old Trafford, Dream Theatre.

This game is the last game of this round. In another focus game before this game, Chelsea, who was at home, relied on a goal from Drogba before the end of the first half to knock out Liverpool. Although Barack was sent off by a red card shortly after the start of the second half, Chelsea still stubbornly maintained the lead until the end of the game, tied Manchester United with points, ranking second only by a goal difference disadvantage.

For Manchester United, winning this game is imperative. Only in this way can we maintain absolute pressure on several biggest opponents and maintain the next advantage.

However, the absence of Van der Sar and Giggs made Ferguson work hard. He only joined Polish goalkeeper Kutzzak as the starting goalkeeper this season, and the defense line is still quite complete. The right back is captain Gary Neville, the left back is French defender Evra who joined the midway last season, and central defender Vidic and Ferdinand partnered. In the final game, Osheim played the midfielder, Fletcher was on the left, and Joaquin on the right welcomed his 100th Premier League game. The front midfielder is veteran Scholes, and the forward line is Rooney who also ushered in his 100th Premier League game. The French striker Sakha who recently was in excellent form and scored consecutive goals. Beatty and Carrick, who joined at a high price not long ago, both sat on the bench.

In Leiden East, the goalkeeper is still Jasqueline. Although he seemed to be in a bad state in the previous few games, the Finnish goalkeeper is still the first choice for Leiden East goalkeeper. He made several wonderful saves in the last game. It seems that his condition has improved. Xiao Ming did not say much to him. Such a veteran knows how to adjust his condition.

On the defense line, Hypia suffered some minor injuries in training. To be on the safe side, Xiao Ming put him on the bench. Joel Luca was replaced by him. The other three were still captains Daniel, Ashley Cole and Lucio, midfielder Marklele started and Pirlo, and a little ahead of them was Modric, Ronaldo, Messi and Van Nicht on the front line.

These two main lineups did not come as expected by both sides. It was a bit surprising to him that Ferguson chose O'Shea instead of letting Carrick serve as the main midfielder. It seems that Ferguson really attaches great importance to the players from Manchester United youth team, such as Brown and O'Shea. Unfortunately, these two players have never shown the strength they are optimistic about, and they are always high and low. Ferguson has also suffered a lot of losses.

So after getting the opponent's roster, Xiao Ming specially told Modric: "Get more balls, break more from the middle, faint the Irish big man, attract the attention of their two central defenders, and then create opportunities for Luther and others."

In fact, there is no need for too many restrictions on such talented young players. If he has enough freedom in the right position, he will naturally grow to the level you expect - he does this with Ronaldo and Messi and Xiao Ming, and he believes that this is not wrong with Modric.

In fact, this is also the cleverness of Xiao Ming. The future stars he selected have proved that they have a big heart in the future. Although Joaquin is getting better and better under Ferguson's training, if the flowers in a greenhouse like him are under Xiao Ming's hands, they probably won't be able to play out, because Xiao Ming will not pay special attention to a certain player. Inappropriate metaphor, it is that he prefers stocking instead of captive.

Before the game started, when he shook hands with Xiao Ming, Ferguson had no expression on his face. Manchester United's situation has not been very good in recent years, and the speed of Leiden Oriental's rise also surprised Ferguson a little, so three years ago he would rather break the contract than sell Beckham to Leiden Oriental but to Real Madrid. Since then, he has known that if the relationship between Xiao Ming and him was pretty good before, it has been completely shattered now and there is no friendship between the two sides.

Xiao Ming shook hands with Ferguson with a smile, but as soon as he returned to the coaching seat, he gritted his teeth and said to McDonald: "Look at how our players make Manchester United's face unrelated in the Dream Theater!"

The two coaches from the field wanted to put their opponents to death immediately, and on the field, there were two guys who were pointing toward the wheat. When the two sides shook hands before the start of the game, Rooney looked at Rooney as if he wanted to eat the other party alive, and Rooney looked at the other party without fear. The two shook hands for more than five seconds, and it was not until Daniel next to him that Rooney let go of his hand. Both of them were teammates of the national team. Rooney knew that this usually taciturn captain Leiden East was not a good person.

The result of guessing the side was that Daniel beat Gary Neville, and Manchester United won the kick-off, and Neville was not angry with Daniel. He and Daniel are competitors in the national team. Although Daniel, who is younger and better in recent years, has firmly occupied the position of the main right-back of the national team, Neville has never given up on the hope of regaining the main position of the national team.

The two strong teams in the league must have various grievances. Arsenal has declined very much in the past two years. In addition, their English players are good, but the grievances with these two teams have become less big. Chelsea has only risen in the past two seasons. Leiden Oriental and Manchester United, as the best Premier League teams in the European arena in the past ten years, will naturally inspire the most brilliant spark after meeting.

When the referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game, he received a pass from Saha. Rooney did not pass back, but dribbled the ball and rushed to Leiden East's half!

"Royne dribbled through the ball! Perhaps because of unexpected reasons, neither Vanny nor Ronaldo could react. Rooney dribbled the ball and rushed through them!"

Seeing Rooney's action, Fanny and Ronaldo were indeed stunned for a moment. When they realized it, Rooney had already dribbled the ball into the half of Leiden East.

But Modric's reaction was quick. He was the first to meet him, intending to delay the opponent's sprinting speed, but Rooney did not take the opponent seriously. He used his body to withstand Modric and then accelerated suddenly, and staggered Modric.

"This kid is really like a calf." Xiao Ming sighed. He was not worried that Rooney could directly break through the entire formation of Leiden East alone. This kind of thing is impossible in real professional football games, and it can only appear in the comics with "Football Young Players"...

Pirlo and Marklele immediately formed a siege, and Rooney did not rush up like he showed and then broke into blood. He turned around and controlled the ball, and then passed it out.

Although this breakthrough has only ended here, Manchester United fans still cheered loudly.

After receiving the ball, Oshei passed the ball to Evra on the left. Evra began to dribble the ball and sprint forward. Messi, who was facing him, planned to come up to stop him, but the thin Messi was quickly removed by Evra. The French full-back continued to dribble the ball forward until Pirlo came to fill the ball and handed the ball to Flecce in front.

The Scottish midfielder took a step sideways after receiving the ball, and then immediately shot a long shot from the penalty area!

Just as Manchester United fans were about to cheer, Daniel rushed over from the side, then blocked Flecce's long shot with his body. Joel Luca, who followed, immediately cleared the ball far away.

"Captain, is it okay?"

After the rescue, Joel Luca asked Daniel with some concern. Daniel shook his head, rubbed his stomach, and then hummed.

"This guy has a bit of a shot."

When Joel Luca, who was already a little nervous about facing Manchester United, couldn't help but feel relaxed.
Chapter completed!