Chapter 20: Twenty:

Blackburn Rovers travelled to the Hawthorn Stadium to take on promoted Masy Bromwich Albion, the game was played at 3pm local time, because Leander was not in the squad, the BBC and Sky Sports tacitly chose other games to broadcast live, and the most interesting games were Manchester City hosting Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur hosting Newcastle at White Hart Lane.

Manchester City's match against Aston Villa was last season's battle for fifth and sixth, and it can be seen from this ranking that there is no gap between the two teams, and there is not much difference in their quality.

Aston Villa have had a poor first half of the season, but they are a strong traditional powerhouse, having won seven top-flight titles and seven FA Cups in their early years...... This is a team to be reckoned with, and if you are careless, you will be bitten off a piece of meat, and although the media are more optimistic about Manchester City, this is a prediction based on home advantage and the current competitive form.

As for White Hart Lane, home side Tottenham Hotspur finished fourth last season, while their opponents Newcastle have experienced a period of decline, once relegated to the second division, and swept the Championship last season to win the first place. Despite wearing the hat of a promoted horse, this does not affect the popularity in the slightest, Newcastle have a very high support rating in the UK, they are very popular, and the level of fan loyalty you can see by looking at Leander.

Speaking of Leander, he had just finished his training program, took a shower, and then dropped a few packets of snacks from his youth team mates and watched the live stream with everyone on the computer.

Leander is simply watching, he also wants his teammates to give strength, but it doesn't matter if he loses the game, the schedule is just over halfway, and there are too many opportunities to turn the tables. Compared to him, the youth team players have a much more complicated idea, and they also want the team to play well and focus the media attention, and it would be better if they could maintain the momentum and win the top four and qualify for the Champions League, because it is impossible for the first-team players to play on multiple fronts.

Hoping for the Champions League or Europa League is still not safe, and it would be perfect if the first team could slip up a bit.

Everyone knows what kind of virtue the Indian guy is, if there is an injury, even if the door to the transfer market is opened, he will not spend money to buy people, but will only draw substitutes from the youth team, and the opportunity is here! If you can enter the first team earlier, play side by side with Leander, and touch his light, his value will increase somewhat.

Because of the strength of the team, the coach prefers the 442 formation that can be attacked, retreated, and defended, Leander occupies a place on the forward line, and the remaining few people in the first team compete for another, this position is the most abundant, even if Kalinic, Benjani, and Jason Roberts are all injured, they can still put Diouf in the front position up, and if he is injured together, it is a big deal to change to play 451, and Leander can also hold the scene.

The striker of the youth team is very good, that is, because of this excellence, he can still face this problem calmly.

The whole of England knows that Blackburn can't keep Leander, and it is simply masochistic to use this kind of demon as an opponent, so it is better to wait patiently for him to transfer, and then the coach will naturally shift his attention to the youth team when the attack power on the forward line is insufficient.

Based on the above factors, among the people who watched the live broadcast, the most stable mentality was Leander and several strikers of the youth team, it was rare to have such an opportunity, and the boys also humbly asked the dragon father for advice:

Dribbling and passing the ball are so bad, how can the shooting accuracy be so good?

How to effectively get rid of being targeted by multiple people?

What did you think about being 3-0 down at Old Trafford? How did you motivate yourself? How can I not be nervous?

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They're curious about Leander's self-regulation, no matter how experienced or valuable you are, there's no guarantee that you won't be nervous at Old Trafford, it's a glorious journey comparable to the Bernabeu's Theatre of Dreams, and the home stadium is so loud and attendant that you can't imagine it without stepping on that turf yourself.

The spectators and the players are always different, and sitting in the stands will be shocking at best, walking out of the tunnel with Old Trafford full, representing the visitors, and still being a newcomer with no qualifications...... How can you not be cowardly at all?

If the debut suffered Waterloo in front of nearly 80,000 spectators, it would be a big blow to the players with slightly worse psychological qualities, the appeal of ordinary games to the media is limited, and any mistakes in the game with Manchester United will be magnified and singled out, Leander made his debut at Old Trafford, played forty-five minutes as a substitute, scored three goals, or three goals with a swollen face, before the end of that game, three percent of the fans at home were in tears, and many female fans couldn't help crying, Leander was still able to calmly get off the field, calmly escaped the post-game press conference, and calmly exchanged jerseys with Rooney to develop friendship...... It's not an exaggeration to describe it as a miracle.

It's just against the sky.

Several strikers in the youth team were waiting for his answer, and Leander raised his eyebrows in the appearance of a local tyrant, "It's actually very simple, in the case of falling behind by a big score, people will only have two mentalities, either give up struggling and survive until the end of the game, or fight back and drag the opposite side together...... It was a very special game because there were so many wins in the first half and the home fans were a little too happy, which made everyone on the bench very unhappy, so it was like that. ”

To put it simply, it was embarrassing enough at the time, no matter how bad the substitute appearance table was, what psychological burden could it have?

Of course, these words are for others, for Leander, the stadium is like a battlefield, when he was still a golden dragon, someone would come to the door every once in a while, and at that time, if he lost the fight, he would either die or be sacked, and he was never nervous in that situation.

The youth team striker still wanted to ask, but the mobile phone in Leander's pocket rang, and he took it out to see that Lu Xiaochubby was haired:

[What does Big Sam think?] Didn't even make you on the list? Even if the opponent is a promoted horse, you can't be so arrogant!! ]

It seems that he is thinking about Blackburn, there is definitely a mystery behind this, and Leander didn't take the initiative to ask, so he replied with a cute expression:

[→_→]

Rooney was really furious: [We are playing at eight o'clock in the evening, just a few hours away from you, Birmingham and West Bromwich Albion are not far away, I wanted to meet you and chat with you...... As a result, you were so uncompetitive that you didn't even make the list! ]

Who are you fooling?

Manchester United and Blackburn are not far away, why didn't I see you to see Lao Tzu?

Andel stuffed the phone directly back into his pocket, refused to reply, and asked for money for texting, Rooney waited for a long time and didn't move, and sent two more.

[Andre, don't play dead!!] When are we going to meet, Colleen wants your autograph, and my brothers want to meet you perverts! It just so happens that a lot of people have come back during the winter break......]

[If you don't speak, I'll take your consent xd]

Agree, of course agree, as long as you have accommodation, food, drink, Lazar and air tickets, you can go anywhere.

Leander looked at it and stuffed it back, and the youth team striker sitting next to him pointed at the name of the sender, isn't it England's golden boy Manchester United small steel cannon Wayne Rooney, the media said that they have a good relationship is really not a fool's blow.

Leander finally watched the game under the harassment of Wayne Rooney, and Blackburn played well, although there was a lack of mobile turret in the attacking end, they still dominated the game and eventually won 3-1.

As for the two key battles at the same time, Tottenham beat Newcastle 2:0, Manchester City beat Aston Villa 4:0, the result was a few happy and a few sad, the game process was quite exciting, did not disappoint the fans.

Rooney was a bit of a bit back compared to Leander's win, and his best efforts were still unable to help his team win, and Manchester United drew 1-1 away at Birmingham.

After the game, Leander sent a text message: [Lu Xiaopang, you have practiced, and he kicked the goalpost twice in a row and blew up ̄3 ̄]

Manchester United actually had a lot of chances to change the scoreline, but they didn't take it, Rooney's feelings were low, he saw this message, and then he blew up.

This bastard has fallen into the ground!

Don't stop me, I have to clean him up today!!

Ferdinand glanced at the phone screen, then sighed and reached out to pat Rooney on the shoulder. You can admit such a small partner on the stall, and people also say that to cheer you up, isn't the effect very good!

Rooney himself knew Leander's intentions, so he yelled twice, and then hummed back a message in the past: [Wash up and wait, thirty-seven rounds kick your fart/Blossom life can't take care of yourself.] ]

Just three days into the game, the 21st round is back and Blackburn Rovers are still playing away from home, having to travel to Sunderland City in the north-east of England to visit the Stadium of Light. Big Sam still didn't bring Leander, on the one hand, the kid was busy practicing dribbling skills, on the other hand, five days later they had to face Liverpool head-on, start a devil's schedule, before this should let the leading scorer rest a lot, the game is already a big consumption of players, away from home There are also psychological and soil factors, it is better for everyone to be safe.

Leander himself was quite surprised, he thought that the boss was too poor to pay bonuses, and after listening to the explanation, he understood that Big Sam was going to let him start a few games against the giants, so he had to rest for two rounds, after all, people are young, and it is too unrealistic to play all games, and it may not be seen in a short time, and you will know the danger of overuse in a few years.

Leander wanted to say that he could do it, but after thinking about it, there was only one game, and if the league did not fall in so many rounds, the team would not complain, should the other strikers live?

Of course, he didn't figure it out by himself, thanks to the local tyrants.

After watching Leander's game, Ronaldo returned to Portugal the next day, taking advantage of the winter break to cultivate a relationship with his son, he took stupid photos of his son's drooling despite Mini Ronaldo's wishes to share with his friends, and sent a text message to Leander asking him about signing a contract with Mendes.

[That's already in place, Jorge wants me to score against Liverpool and Chelsea and then set up a commercial event.] ]

Ronaldo understands these things a lot, Leander scored three goals in the game against Manchester United, if he can score against Liverpool and Chelsea, his personal strength is beyond doubt, even if he loses, he has to blame the overall strength of the team is too weak, scoring goals is the duty of the striker, conceding the goal is the responsibility of the defender, and the two lines have their own duties.

Ronaldo let his stupid son, who kept moving, lie on his chest, protect his head with one hand, and text Leander back with the other.

[Sam Allardyce is a good manager, you listen to him all about training and games, and go to Jorge when you get into trouble...... Another: I originally wanted Chris to see your heroic appearance, since you are not in the squad, you are accumulating energy to prepare for the arrival of Liverpool, although their league results are not as brilliant as the cup, they are not a bone to gnaw on. ]