Two days after the Premier League clash with West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United travelled to Wolfsburg. {Please read the full text for the first time}

It was Manchester United's third group stage match in the 2008/2009 Champions League.

In the first round of the group stage, Manchester United played 0-0 at home to Villarreal, runners-up in last season's La Liga. VfL Wolfsburg, on the other hand, also played 0-0 away at Celtic, with all three teams accumulating a point and failing to score.

In the second round of the group stage, Manchester United defeated Celtic 5-2 at home, and Yang Fan, who returned from injury, came on as a substitute in the first half of the game and scored a hat-trick to help the team achieve such a big victory. In the other game, Wolfsburg drew 1-1 at home to Villarreal. Manchester United are now top of the table with four points, Villarreal and VfL Wolfsburg are tied for second place with two points, and Celtic are bottom of the table with one point.

Therefore, this game against Wolfsburg is important for Manchester United to be in a good position in the group, and if they can win away from home, they will be able to establish their position to qualify from the group earlier.

At the airport, Manchester United's teammates felt Yang Fan's special status in the city.

As soon as I got off the plane, I saw hundreds of fans there to greet them, holding banners that read: Welcome home, our prince!

These are Wolfsburg fans, they are wearing Wolfsburg shirts, however, the shirt they are wearing does not belong to any of the current team players, this is a number 10 shirt, and the name on the shirt is Yang!

That's right, this is Yang Fan's jersey number when he was in Wolfsburg!

Now this Wolfsburg team, the number 10 shirt belongs to the Brazilian player Grafit, which is a striker brought in by Magath in the summer transfer market to replace Yang Fan's position.

However, in the hearts of Wolfsburg fans, Yang Fan is the team's No. 10, although this No. 10 has gone away.

Seeing hundreds of Wolfsburg fans coming to greet them, and seeing these fans holding cartoons of Yang Fan and large posters, Manchester United's teammates were surprised and surprised.

They didn't expect that Yang Fan had already left this team, and he was still so popular here.

"Did Young really only play here for two seasons?" Carrick muttered.

"It's only a season and a half, to be exact!" Hargreaves said.

Yang Fan was also very moved, he greeted these fans, shook hands with them, signed autographs for them, and took photos.

The other Manchester United players watched this scene, at first they talked about it, and then they stopped joking, because they could feel the feelings of these Wolfsburg fans for Yang Fan, which was a sincere feeling, and these German fans loved their Chinese teammates from the bottom of their hearts.

Cristiano Ronaldo was also moved, wondering if he would be welcomed by the fans of Sporting Lisbon when he returned to Lisbon one day.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was also slightly surprised when he saw this scene, he knew that Yang Fan was very popular in Wolfsburg, but he didn't expect it to be so popular.

After waving goodbye to these fans, Yang Fan boarded the bus with the whole team and went to the hotel where the team had booked.

After arriving at the hotel, Manchester United's players once again saw Yang Fan's popularity in the city, not only the hotel staff greeted Yang Fan, but even the hotel manager learned that the Manchester United team arrived, but also rushed over, of course he did not come to greet the Manchester United team, but came up and Yang Fan came to hug, and then took out two jerseys, one is Yang Fan's No. 10 jersey when he was in Wolfsburg, and the other is his No. 9 jersey at Manchester United, ask Yang Fan to sign it.

"You're rooting for Manchester United now?" Yang Fan joked as he signed.

"Of course not, I'm a fan of Wolfsburg. The manager smiled and said, I always wanted to get a piece of your signed jersey, but unfortunately it didn't work out yet, so you moved away.

Yang Fan knew that the signed jersey he was talking about was his No. 10 jersey in Wolfsburg.

"What about this one?" asked Yang Fan, pointing to the Manchester United jersey.

"My son Fried's, he's your fan. Now, he doesn't just like Wolfsburg, he also supports Manchester United. The manager smiled.

After signing the two jerseys and shaking hands with the hotel manager, Yang Fan went to his room, where the team's assistant coach, Mike Ferran, had already allocated a room. [I love to read]

Yang Fan and Cristiano Ronaldo in one room.

Instead of putting Yang Fan and his good friend Tevez in the same room, Yang Fan and Cristiano Ronaldo were in the same room, which is what manager Alex Ferguson meant, and he wanted to give the team's two talented stars the opportunity to 'cultivate a relationship'.

Both of these people are proud personalities, and if they can become friends, then what is shown on the court is the effect that one plus one is greater than two, and vice versa.

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At noon that day, Yang Fan received a call from Dzeko.

"Welcome to Wolfsburg, man!" Dzeko shouted, and Yang Fan heard a noise on the other end of the phone, and he also heard the shouts of Schaefer and Boateng and Gentner, and he could hear Boateng screaming on the other end of the phone - Wolfsburg welcomes you, guests from afar.

"Hey, guys!" Yang Fan was a little surprised. "How are you?"

"It's not good. The honest Zheke was also **** at this time, he lamented like an abandoned daughter-in-law, "Since you abandoned me, I don't believe in love anymore." ”

"Fuck off. Yang Fan scolded with a smile, and a warm current surged through his heart, although he only played in Wolfsburg for a season and a half, he got along with his teammates very happily. This is where his career really began, and here are many of his unforgettable memories.

"Are you training over?" Yang Fan asked.

"yes, we've just finished training. I heard that you were in Wolfsburg, so I would give you a call. How's that, impressed?"

"I was so impressed. Yang Fan laughed, "In order to show my gratitude, I will give you a chance." ”

"What chance?" was Schaefer's voice.

"An opportunity to invite me to dinner. Yang Fan said with a smile.

There was a burst of laughter and scolding on the other end of the phone, and Yang Fan even felt that he could see the way these guys gave him the middle finger.

In the end, they didn't have dinner together, tomorrow is the game, although they don't care about the media gossip, but, after all, they have to avoid suspicion. The two sides agreed to have dinner together after the game.

"Okay, if you lose the game, don't pour me wine to take revenge. Yang Fan said.

"We're going to lose?" Dzeko said with a smile, "don't underestimate us, if you have this mentality, wait and cry." ”

"Haha, it's up to whoever cries when the time comes. Yang Fan said with a smile.

"Yang, don't be scared to pee in the face of my tackle. Boateng shouted.

"You're so rude......," Yang Fan complained.

"I am the most ruthless of all enemies. Boateng shouted with a laugh.

"Then we'll see, bastard. Yang Fan scolded.

There was a burst of laughter on the other end of the line, and someone was shouting, 'I'll just say, this kid is going to be angry, he's still so stingy.' ’

"You guys......" Yang Fan shouted.

After a while, Yang Fan hung up the phone, and seeing the smile on Yang Fan's face, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was playing the game console, suddenly asked, "Your teammate when you were in Wolfsburg?"

"yes. These guys. Yang Fan smiled and nodded.

"Looks like you're in a good relationship. Cristiano Ronaldo said.

"That's right, these guys are very good guys to get along with. Yang Fan said.

Cristiano Ronaldo turned off the game console and stretched, "This is your territory, you have to treat yourself." ”

Yang Fan was stunned at first, and then smiled happily, "No problem." I'm shouting at Tevez and a couple of them. ”

Cristiano Ronaldo shrugged his shoulders and squeezed his eyes, "I'm okay with that, it's your treat anyway." ”

"You guy. Yang Fan laughed.

Cristiano Ronaldo also laughed.

They both understood what Ferguson meant by arranging them in the same room, and both of them naturally wanted to get along with each other, not to mention being good friends, at least being friends.

That's right, whether it's Cristiano Ronaldo or Yang Fan, they are both proud people, but proud people are not unkind. If you become friends with Yang Fan, you will find that this is a very good young man, very honest and optimistic. Cristiano Ronaldo is also such a man, he looks proud, however, there have never been rumours that he has a bad relationship with a team-mate. In daily life, it is still relatively easy to get along. Of course, there is a premise for this, you have to use your performance and strength to win the respect of Cristiano Ronaldo, and now, Yang Fan has won the recognition and respect of Cristiano Ronaldo with his excellent performance.

No matter where you are, you speak with strength. This is an eternal truth.

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21 October 2008, Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg.

The stadium was packed, and Wolfsburg's football market has been good, especially when the team entered the Champions League for the first time in their history, with at least 80% attendance in every game.

However, there is not a single empty seat in the stadium for today's game! Tickets for this game were sold out after the draw for the group stage of the Champions League came out, and after the schedule for the group stage came out!

Is there anything special about this game?

Just look at what happened below.

When Manchester United arrived at the pitch, they took a brief break in the dressing room before running out to warm up.

Yang Fan slowed down when the player was on the road, he was a little apprehensive, although the word 'closer to home is more timid' may not be accurate here, but his mood at this time is indeed complicated.

With mixed feelings, Yang Fan ran out of the players' tunnel, and he was the last player in the Manchester United team to run out of the players' corridor.

The announcer at the Volkswagen Arena seems to have been waiting. The fans are also waiting, waiting for this moment!

Yang Fan had just run out when a voice suddenly sounded on the live radio: "Let's welcome-"

A common voice sounded like a tsunami from the stands: "Yang !!"

This voice startled Yang Fan, and he reflexively looked up. As a result, the cheers were even louder.

"Yang!Yang!!!!"

Yang Fan reacted at this time, he knew that this was the cheers of the fans for him, he felt a blood surging in his heart, and his excited face was trembling!

Yang Fan raised his hand and greeted the stands, "Hey, are you all right?"

To be honest, he's a little proud to be out of here and back in this stadium and get such cheers.

Yang Fan's gesture of waving to the stands immediately brought the cheers and applause in the stands to a higher level.

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The sudden cheers also startled the warm-up players, whether they were from Wolfsburg or Manchester United.

Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see that it was Yang Fan waving to the stands, and the fans responded to him with more enthusiastic cheers.

Yang Fan is the focus of this stadium at the moment, he is like a prince who accepts the cheers of all the people.

Most of the players in Wolfsburg were stunned at first when they saw this scene, and then they were not too surprised, they knew Yang Fan's status in the hearts of fans best. This former teammate is the prince of this stadium, the prince of this city.

Is it strange that the prince is back and is treated with such courtesy?

For example, Dzeko, Boateng, Schaefer, Gentner and others waved hello to Yang Fan from afar. They didn't mean to catch up with Yang Fan at this time, not that they had a bad relationship with Yang Fan, but because they knew that this was a courtesy that belonged to Yang Fan alone.

Wolfsburg's summer signings, on the other hand, were decidedly less composed, with a generally surprised expression.

Wolfsburg's current No. 10, the team's Brazilian striker Grafitte looked at Yang Fan with an unhappy face, it turned out to be this kid!

After arriving at Wolfsburg, he wore the number 10 shirt, and since the moment he chose the number 10 shirt, Grafitt has been compared to Yang Fan by the Wolfsburg media.

He was taken out and compared to his predecessor in this jersey.

The result of the comparison was very unhappy for Grafit, both the Wolfsburg media and the German media came to a surprisingly consistent conclusion: this Brazilian cannot be very far behind Yang Fan, he cannot reach the height of Yang Fan!

For this conclusion, Wolfsburg fans are not discouraged, in their hearts, Yang Fan is unique.

However, Grafitte is not happy, he came to Wolfsburg from the Brazilian league with the confidence and purpose of creating a career and achieving glory.

At that time, when he hadn't played a few games, he was picked up by the media and fans to compare himself with a guy he didn't know, and then concluded that he was not as good as that guy, do you think he would be happy?!

In the days that followed, all Grafitel heard was how powerful Yang Fan was, and how glorious the predecessor of his number ten was.

In such an environment, it would be strange if Grafitte had a good impression of Yang Fan.

Of course, he also got to know Yang Fan in particular, he was surprised by the youth of this predecessor, he originally thought that the fans should be so praised by an elderly star, but he didn't expect to be only twenty years old.

This made Grafitt even more unconvinced. Of course, he also learned about Yang Fan's goals in Wolfsburg, and what kind of glory this person left here, objectively speaking, Grafitt also admitted that Yang Fan was powerful, very powerful! However, he was just not convinced, why do these people think that they are inferior to this Chinese?

Anyone who is labeled as inferior to anyone else in the first place is definitely unhappy.

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Wolfsburg's new signings introduced this summer, Japanese international Makoto Hasebe, also looked at this scene with some incomprehension, he looked down on Chinese players, and believed that Chinese football was at least 20 years behind Japanese football.

It's not that he hasn't heard of Yang Fan's name, and he has also heard of the legend of this Chinese star here, but he just heard about it, and he didn't have a too intuitive impression, and he didn't believe it, thinking that it was mostly exaggerated.

However, the scene at this moment shocked him.

Wolfsburg's new summer signings, Italy internationals Barzagli and Zacardo, also watched the scene, and the two spoke in Italian.

"It's the Chinese player who I heard that Inter Milan also wanted to buy him at that time. Barzagli said.

Zacardo turned his head and glanced at Yang Fan a few times, for these Italian players, it is the most convincing to be able to be seen by Inter Milan, which is now the best in Serie A.

A scene that surprised everyone, including Chinese journalists, German journalists, English journalists, and even Japanese journalists and Italian journalists, appeared in the media.

In the main stand of the Volkswagen Arena, a huge banner descended from the sky and hung there.

It reads: Welcome home, Yang! You are the prince here, always!

Almost as the huge banner hung vertically, the more than 20,000 Wolfsburg fans in the stands were hunched over with their hands outstretched, saluting their Royal Highness, even if he had already left.

As the slogan says: Welcome home, Yang, you are the prince here, always will be!

Yang Fan's glasses were damp, and tears could no longer hold back and gush out.

He really didn't expect to be treated with such courtesy.

Just now, he was still nervous in the players' corridor, wondering what the fans would do to him, whether they would think that he had defected from Wolfsburg. Will he be booed?!

Now, he found that his worries were so ridiculous, so frivolous.

The fans gave this Chinese star such a courtesy!

They told him: he was the prince here, and he was, and still is!

Tevez also looked at this scene in a daze, he walked over and patted Yang Fan on the shoulder, "Yang, I can see that they like you very much, you are the prince here!"

Yang Fan muttered to himself: "It used to be ......"

His voice choked and he couldn't speak.

Looking up, the stands are full of his portraits, huge posters, cartoons, and the huge banner that falls vertically from the main stand:

Welcome home, Yang. You are the prince here, and always will be!