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Chapter 5 Substitute appearance

The next morning, Zhang Tiehan trained with the team again.

There was no change compared to yesterday. I still just followed the first team to train normally. The training content was similar to yesterday. Under the guidance of several assistant coaches, tactical training was mainly used and physical training was restored as an auxiliary.

In the first team, I don’t have time to train my personal abilities.

There are professional players in the first team, and everyone in the team is a star. The training of the first team is to bring together outstanding players into a whole. The competition here is very cruel. If you have the strength to stay, you will leave without the strength. If you want to improve your personal ability, you need to practice more by yourself. The training within the team is mainly tactics.

Especially in the recent stage, Manchester United is preparing for the start of the new season. This summer, many players have left and many players have joined in. Letting new players integrate into the team and combining the team into a whole is the most important training task for the first team.

Zhang Tiehan is an ordinary person and the most special person.

After a few days of training, everyone knows that the new young people in the team are not very good in their personal abilities and it is difficult to keep up with the team's training pace.

In fact, the same is true.

Even with the ability to "see through", it is difficult for Zhang Tiehan to keep up with the team's rhythm. For example, for ordinary passes, he cannot look at his teammates every time and use his eyes' ability every time. That is simply unrealistic. Whether it is training or competition, these basic abilities still need to be improved by one's own efforts.

In terms of tactics and consciousness, he is much worse. It can be said that the ability to "see through" has almost no effect on tactics and consciousness.

But in a few days, he also knew the effect of this ability.

The most effective thing is to make up shots and grab points. For example, corner kicks, tactical free kicks, etc., he has excellent ability to predict in advance. When his teammates work together, he can clearly know where the landing point is.

In addition, it is also very useful in defense.

He could see all the opponent's movements clearly, and seeing everything clearly in a short time would give him enough reaction time. No excellent footwork skills could be seen to skew his eyes.

Not only that, Zhang Tiehan feels that there are some functions in other aspects, such as dribbling, breaking through, shooting, etc. These functions are not obvious, but he knows that it is just because his personal skills are too far from his teammates. If he waits for his skills and his strength to rise to a certain extent and can truly reach the level of his teammates, then the role that "see through" can play will be much more obvious.

With the 'see through', he is even more confident!

He is sure that as long as he continues, he will definitely improve slowly. As long as he performs well in the game, he will have more fans knowing himself and becoming a star is just around the corner!

Zhang Tiehan is full of motivation when training and needs to squeeze out his physical fitness every day to be satisfied.

This kind of spirit even attracted the attention of the team coaches.

"This young man is very skilled, but very strong, and I dare say he is the hardest player on the team, even the new Ronaldo is not as good as the new arrival." Assistant coach Clem said.

"I'm also planning to say that after the training these days, I've seen him stay here to practice shooting. He trains there until after 7 o'clock every day, and goes to the gym after dinner. This young man is really energetic." Bruce also said. He is also an assistant coach at Manchester United, in charge of the physical fitness of first-team players. He has been working at Manchester United for nearly fifteen years and is considered a veteran coach.

After hearing the two of them, Ferguson thought for a moment and said, "His skills are too rough, but he is doing well in defense and is good at running. I just hope he can become Keane's qualified substitute...but his tactical awareness is too poor."

Ferguson was also very conflicted.

If a professional player wants to play games, his personal ability is not bad. As long as he cooperates with his teammates stably, it is not difficult to do his job well, but he has poor tactical awareness and it is very difficult to adapt to the team in a short time.

In this regard, not only Zhang Tiehan, but several new players, including the outstanding genius C-Ronaldo, are also adapting to Manchester United's tactics. However, C-Ronaldo is a genius from Portugal, and his personal abilities are extremely outstanding. Ferguson even arranged a coach to guide him separately.

Who is Zhang Tiehan?

Just a rookie from the youth team.

It cannot quickly integrate into the team's tactical system and does not have excellent personal abilities. Manchester United does not need to waste time for such players at all.

"Alex, have you decided? Don't give him a chance? I think young people deserve it." Clem couldn't help looking at Ferguson.

Ferguson thought for a while, "Okay, tomorrow is a chance. If he performs well, I will leave him on the team, otherwise..." and shook his head.

This young man worked very hard.

But hard work alone is not enough. In the world of football, it takes more talent to succeed. There are tens of millions of football enthusiasts in Europe, many of whom work hard, but how many are really professional players? Most people have no achievements.

Of the few accomplished players, only a very small number are capable of participating in the top league.

The difference is not whether to work hard or not, the key is talent. Without talent, no matter how hard you work, your strength will not increase much.

This young man may be unusual, but after several days of understanding, Ferguson is not optimistic about him now. Maybe he will be an excellent midfielder in two years. But now, except for his strong body, he is very poor in other aspects and cannot keep up with the team's tactical rhythm. This young man still does not meet the standards of Manchester United's first-team team.

"Anyway, just give him another chance." Ferguson thought.

No matter what, I'll let him participate in a game. Anyway, he's a defensive midfielder. As long as he does a good job of defense, it's nothing even if he doesn't participate in the offense.

After training that afternoon, Ferguson informed everyone to have a good rest and there would be a warm-up match tomorrow, and their opponent was McLesfield.

As an English fourth-tier team, McLesfield has only just become a professional team, which is slightly better than amateur teams and is simply incomparable to Manchester United. Ferguson chose such a team to play a warm-up match in order to allow the team to adapt tactically without pressure.

This is very important before the season begins.

As a sparring coach for Manchester United, McLesfield has no reason to refuse. The opportunity to play against top teams like Manchester United is very precious, and the benefits of this to low-level teams are self-evident.

Their players look forward to the game.

Zhang Tiehan is also looking forward to the game. He knows that he has the opportunity to play. This is an honor to participate in the Old Trafford Stadium. Even if he can participate in a training game as a Manchester United player, it is an extraordinary honor.

He thought about this all night.

Excited, nervous, and excited lingered in my heart. Finally the next day came, Zhang Tiehan went to the base to train alone. It took more than an hour before other people appeared on the court.

This morning was no different from the training on weekdays, but Zhang Tiehan felt that life was like a year. He kept thinking about the afternoon game, and nothing had ever made him more excited than this.

The morning's training is over.

After lunch at the club restaurant, the first team players gathered at the base gate and took a bus to the Old Trafford Stadium six miles away.

Zhang Tiehan's ex is no stranger to Old Trafford Stadium. In two years, several Youth FA Cup games were also played in this stadium. As the main midfielder of the youth team, he got a chance to play every time.

But that was just a memory, the memory of his ex.

Zhang Tiehan is different.

This is the first time he has participated in a formal competition since his time travel and the first time he has entered Old Trafford Stadium.

He has watched many football matches in his previous life and also known about this world-famous stadium. This is Manchester United's century-old home stadium, and has held countless major competitions. It has a long history that is worth showing off by Manchester United fans everywhere.

Only by entering it can you truly experience the true football heritage. This is a witness to countless honors and glory, which is the holy land of Manchester United and the holy land that thousands of fans yearn for.

Walking through the corridor that records history, Zhang Tiehan finally stepped onto the stadium.

Looking around, there were already many fans in the audience, Zhang Tiehan and other teammates who did not start, sat on the bench together. Until this time, the excitement in his heart fell a lot.

Before the game began, he looked around.

The fanatical Manchester United fans in the stands have already entered the state, and the stadium is surrounded by enthusiasm. On the east side, there is a team of Manchester United female fans, all dressed beautifully, like football babies in magazines. Zhang Tiehan stared at him.

32C, 36C, 34D…

He could see the size of the busts of several girls completely through him.

"The ability to 'see through' is really useful!" Zhang Tiehan swallowed his saliva secretly and turned his head mechanically. "These girls are so beautiful, no wonder they can stand in front of the fans. For such girls to watch the game, no matter how late they come, there are 'British gentlemen' willing to give them a good position."

Today is Manchester United's first game in the summer, and it was played at Old Trafford Stadium. Although it was just a warm-up match, there were tens of thousands of fans coming to watch.

Fans are enthusiastic and hot.

There are also many reporters who came to interview. Whether it is fans or reporters, they all want to see Manchester United's preparations this season. The warm-up match is a rare opportunity. They all want to know what the strength of Manchester United is now after experiencing the big shock in the summer.

Manchester United has been training for more than half a month, and many new players have not yet integrated into the team's tactical system, but every player in the team is a well-known star, and his strength is much better than the McLesfield team in the fourth division of England.

Naturally, it is completely suppressed on the scene.

Since the start of the game, Zhang Tiehan has been watching the game seriously and occasionally looks at Ferguson. He hopes that the coach can change himself to the court, and he is looking forward to appearing here.

Unfortunately, Ferguson used up one substitution quota, but it was not his turn at all. Until the 70 minutes of the second half, he was still sitting on the bench. At this time, with the goals of Van Nistrui and Scholes, Manchester United had already gained two goals.

The purpose of the warm-up match is to make players adapt to the tactics.

Ferguson was not stingy with substitutions. In the 70th minute of the game, Manchester United had changed nine people, and Zhang Tiehan was the only one on the bench.

At this time, Zhang Tiehan's mind was no longer on the competition.

He looked at Ferguson frequently, hoping that the old man could give him a chance. He wanted to play too much. This is Old Trafford Stadium. I don’t know how many players hope to play here and participate in the game. If they can prove themselves here, they will be recognized by fans.

Another five minutes passed.

Whether it is the game on the court or the crazy beautiful fans, they can no longer attract Zhang Tiehan's gaze. Instead, they look at the stadium solemnly, with the old man with white hair on his face and wrinkled faces and white hair is even more attractive.

"Let me go on the stage, let me go on the stage, Old Man Ferguson! God! Tathagata Buddha! Sister Guanyin! I pray to you..." Zhang Tiehan murmured constantly.

As if he had sensed his prayer, the old man Ferguson finally saw it and whispered, "Lin, go warm up!"

Zhang Tiehan didn't react for a while, and confirmed it again, only to find that Ferguson was looking at him. His majestic eyes seemed to have a little anger. He jumped up from his seat, scaring his teammates next to him.

"Yes, yes, boss!" He was very excited and quickly stretched his muscles and bones, adapted to do some stretching exercises.

He has been waiting for this moment for too long!

Many fans and reporters have noticed Manchester United's actions. The commentator of the game at Old Trafford Stadium is Jack, a famous fast-mouthed jack in northern Britain. His eyes swept to the Manchester United bench and said in surprise, "Manchester United is going to substitution. We can see that a young man with an oriental face standing on the sidelines. I don't remember that Manchester United has such a player. Could it be that a young genius newly introduced by Manchester United club?"

The large screen on the scene is directed to the sidelines in a timely manner.

"Who is that? He looks like an oriental man, he is so burly!"

"It's Zhang from the youth team. I remember him. He often plays in the youth team! I didn't expect that he could enter the first team! I can't believe it!"

"Zhang? A strange name."

Some fans were talking about it, and as the screen switched, they soon stopped caring. A young player who was promoted to the first team and was a guy whose youth team was missing, so they didn't have to pay much attention to it. Maybe he would be transferred to the youth team soon.

Most people think so.

Zhang Tiehan doesn't care what the fans think. All he knows is that he is going to play.

At Old Trafford Stadium!

Manchester United's holy place!

When Zhang Tiehan learned about the warm-up match yesterday, he knew that he should have the chance to play. Even just now, although time passed little by little, he knew that Old Ferguson would definitely give him some time. But when this opportunity really came, he was still very excited, and even felt suddenly in a dream.

In my previous life, I was just an ordinary person, but now I have appeared under the attention of countless people.

Tens of thousands of people, even more and more fans, were seeing him. For a moment, he felt that his blood was burning.

"I'm really going to make a debut at Old Trafford Stadium, this is true! Real!" Zhang Tiehan thought to himself, constantly encouraging himself, "I want to work hard, and let them see my Zhang Tiehan's performance. The game will belong to me!"

One minute later, Manchester United signaled a substitution, and Zhang Tiehan replaced Scholes.

Scholes quickly walked off the field. Zhang Tiehan suppressed his excitement and hugged Scholes. Scholes smiled lightly and said in Zhang Tiehan's ear, "Come on, Zhang."

"Thanks!"
Chapter completed!
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