The next morning, there was no training session for United, and Ferguson allowed the players to sleep in and let everyone come and take advantage of the jet lag, and of course, anyone who was bored and got up early in the morning to go out around the neighborhood was also allowed. (No pop-up ads)

Under the strict management of Alex Ferguson, it is indeed relatively rare for players to be allowed to be so relaxed and free.

However, considering the actual situation of this event, it is understandable.

It's not that they look down on their opponents, but Manchester United really doesn't pay too much attention to the opponents in the next game, because Manchester United has the strength and confidence to be confident.

In their view, the significance of the Club World Cup for Manchester United is to travel long distances, across the Pacific, to far-flung East Asia, play two games, and then go home with a title.

That's right, that's what they think.

In the eyes of the vast majority of Manchester United's players, their opponents in the Club World Cup are not as good as those in the middle of the Premier League. In fact, that's exactly what happened.

In order to market it, FIFA expanded the Toyota Cup, and there were many competitions, and it became a series of events. However, it is an indisputable fact that European teams are significantly stronger than teams from other continents. In fact, only the giants from Argentina or Brazil from South America won the Copa Libertadores and finally met the European champions in the final of the Club World Cup.

So, the whole Manchester United team, there is really no pressure, and Ferguson, because Manchester United will face the devil's schedule for the Christmas period after returning to England, and it is natural to make a long journey to Japan to let the players relax.

So, it can be said that the life of Manchester United players in the past few days in Japan will definitely feel more comfortable than when they were in Manchester.

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Manchester United's training session was scheduled for the afternoon, and their training session attracted a large number of journalists and fans.

There are a lot of reporters, needless to say, there are also a large number of fans who come to see Manchester United team training, there are already many Manchester United fans in Japan, and there are also many Chinese and overseas Chinese in Japan who also came to the training ground, and they came to see Yang Fan. Even these people who don't pay much attention to football and are not fans have the name Yang Fan in their ears these days, and they are very curious about this compatriot now, because the Japanese around them are so respectful and even adoring when they talk about Yang Fan, even if some people hate Yang Fan when they talk about it, but they definitely don't dare to say that this person can't do it.

Therefore, there is such a situation, among the fans on the sidelines of the training ground, the number of people shouting Yang Fan's name seems to be the largest, even more than the current de facto number one star of Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo, which of course makes Cristiano Ronaldo a little unhappy. The Portuguese, who had just won the European Ballon d'Or, are now in high spirits, and their spirits are naturally even higher.

After training, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was interviewed by the media with several key players......

Ferguson began by thanking the fans for their enthusiasm and expressing the importance of the upcoming game. Of course, this is just a casual remark, and only the Manchester United themselves know whether they really pay attention to it or not, and they have not seen any video of their opponents in the Club World Cup until now.

Although this is related to the fact that the semi-final opponent is Gamba Osaka or Adelaide United, the results of the semi-finals are not determined, but if you want to find the game footage of these two teams, you can definitely find it, however, Manchester United just didn't look for it, to put it bluntly, they don't pay attention to these two opponents, don't look at what Ferguson said so well,' The Australian team has the style of the Premier League, the quality is extraordinary, and Gamba Osaka is a strong team in Asia, we studied the video of the game, they are not to be underestimated, we will prepare seriously, it will be a tough battle'......'.

However, the Japanese media took Ferguson's polite words seriously, and some of the headlines of the Japanese media that day were: Manchester United's godfather was afraid of Gamba Osaka and went all out to prepare for the game.

Well, what about Adelaide United? The Japanese media automatically ignored the Australian team, who apparently did not think Adelaide United would be a stumbling block for Gamba Osaka to reach the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.

Yang Fan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, and team captain Gary Neville were also scheduled to be interviewed by the media.

A veteran like Gary Neville is naturally very comfortable dealing with reporters, and his answer is very formulaic and tactful, "The Club World Cup matches are the champions of all continents, and the quality is good, we will be very careful." Of course, we are also ready to deal with difficulties, and we will fight for the championship. ”

It's a very decent statement, you respect your opponent and show your team's confidence in winning the championship.

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Cristiano Ronaldo was asked what his impression of Japan was, and the Portuguese star smiled back, "It's a beautiful country, the cherry blossoms in Japan are beautiful, and the girls are beautiful." Cultural undertakings are well developed. ”

Cherry blossom?...... The Japanese reporter had a pain in the egg, the cherry blossom season is from March to April every year, and this time is December, and there is a fart cherry blossom.

However, they can't say anything, maybe Cristiano Ronaldo has known before and loves cherry blossoms. As for the sentence behind Cristiano Ronaldo, Japanese girls are very beautiful and have a very developed cultural career, which makes it even more painful, and they strictly suspect that this new European Mr. Golden Globe went to a nightclub to buy a spring.

The Japanese media's interview with Cristiano Ronaldo, when it later appeared in the newspapers, was headlined: Ronaldo praises the beauty of Japan and says that the national culture is high.

Rooney was asked a very painful question by a Japanese reporter, "Sir Alex Ferguson said that you watched the video of Gamba Osaka together, may I ask, Mr. Rooney, which player in Osaka do you remember the most?"

It's a painful question.

Rooney was dumbfounded, when had they seen Gamba Osaka's game footage, and how could he be impressed by a certain player?

Ferguson couldn't laugh or cry, could it be that the Japanese were so serious that they couldn't hear what perfunctory words were? He was really worried that Rooney would talk nonsense, and if the little fat man said, 'We haven't seen any game footage,' it would be a joke.

Fortunately, Rooney is not stupid, he was stunned for a moment, and went back directly, "No. 22!"

If he wants him to name a player in Gamba Osaka, he can't say it if he kills him, because he doesn't know it at all, but, it's okay to say a jersey number casually, as for why he said the number 22, this is because in recent seasons, among Manchester United's opponent teams, Rooney has impressed Rooney the most is AC Milan's Brazilian star Kaka, Kaka's number in Milan is No. 22, so Rooney blurted out.

Moreover, Rooney subconsciously felt that the number 22 should be the number of a midfielder attacking player......

Hearing Rooney's answer, the Japanese reporter also felt a pain in the egg, why? Who is the number 22? It is Yosuke Tengya, the goalkeeper of Gamba Osaka, in fact, the Japanese are most proud of Japanese football is the offensive progress of Japanese football in recent years, and they faintly regard themselves as the Asian Brazilian team. Now, Rooney has praised Gamba Osaka's players who impressed him the most was Gamba Osaka's goalkeeper Yosuke Tengya, which somewhat disappointed them.

However, this is not a difficult thing, the Japanese media immediately carried forward Rooney's words, and the media later reported that the English superstar was afraid of Yosuke Tengya, saying that it was difficult to break the Osaka goal!

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In fact, what Japanese reporters want to hear most is Yang Fan's praise of Japanese football, because Chinese football, which has always been looked down upon by Japan, has produced such a powerful figure as Yang Fan, which makes Japanese football people very unhappy and afraid, so if Yang Fan says two words of praise for Japanese football, their hearts will feel much better.

"In recent years, the Japanese team has always been able to win against the Chinese team, Mr. Yang Fan, what do you think of the level of Chinese football and Japanese football?"

"Well, we often lose to you? That's because I didn't play. Yang Fan replied directly.

This answer choked the Japanese reporter...... And then, and then he didn't know what to say.

In the Japanese media, the report on Yang Fan's interview is titled like this: Yang Fan said that he is considering returning to the Chinese national team!

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The next morning, the United stars were stunned when they learned of the Japanese media report.

"When did I say I was afraid of this Yosuke Tengya, who is this guy?" Rooney yelled.

"That number 22. Carrick said.

"No. 22?" Rooney was puzzled, the kid had forgotten the question he had casually answered, and only remembered after being reminded by others, "What position is this No. 22 playing?"

"Goalkeeper. Yang Fan said.

Rooney......

"They say you're exaggerating, the Japanese have a high level of cultural literacy. Nani pointed to the title and said to Cristiano Ronaldo, of course he didn't know the Japanese on it, and that it was the translator who told him.

"Did I say that?" Cristiano Ronaldo was also stunned.

"What you're saying is that Japan has a well-developed cultural industry. Anderson added.

Cristiano Ronaldo......

Yang Fan received a call from Zhang Shunxian at this time, and the latter shouted as soon as the phone was connected, "Yang Fan, Yang Fan." You said you were going back to the national team?"

"When did I say this?" Yang Fan was stunned.

"The Japanese newspapers said that you said it when you were interviewed. ”

Yang Fan......

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Yang Fan couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to tell Zhang Shunxian about his questions and answers when he was interviewed by the Japanese media, and asked him to help refute the rumor, he didn't want to see this rumor spread.

Zhang Shun first agreed, however, when he hung up the phone, he did not have some regrets in his heart, just heard the news, he was still excited, as a Chinese football practitioner, of course, he still hopes from the bottom of his heart that Yang Fan can play for the country, and hopes to see Yang Fan wearing a shirt with the national flag to fight on the green field......

As Yang Fan expected, when this report of the Japanese media reached China, it caused a great sensation.

Like Zhang Shunxian, although many fans often say that they support Yang Fan not to enter the national team and don't be polluted by the bad environment in China, but, from the bottom of their hearts, who doesn't want to see Yang Fan represent the country and score goals for the Chinese team? !

Subsequently, Zhang Shun first explained this matter in his column, and everyone understood that he was misled by the Japanese media. They have scolded the Japanese media for being immeasurable and making things up indiscriminately.

"In recent years, the Japanese team has always been able to win against the Chinese team, Mr. Yang Fan, what do you think of the level of Chinese football and Japanese football?"

"Well, we often lose to you? That's because I didn't play. ”

Yang Fan's answer made these Chinese fans feel very relieved! They also think so, with Yang Fan, the Chinese team is definitely not afraid of Japan!

And with more and more reports about the Club World Cup, Chinese fans in China have also learned about Yang Fan's popularity in Japan, and learned that many Japanese people worship Yang Fan, and Chinese fans are also proud! The situation in Chinese football is getting worse and worse, when the Chinese team has been repeatedly abused by Japan, and the gap between Chinese football and Japanese football is getting bigger and bigger, Yang Fan has made the Japanese worship him with such a posture, which makes these Chinese fans who have been heartbroken by Chinese football proud! Proud!

It's so relieving!

What a pride!