63. I won't make fun of you (ask for recommendation, ask for collection, ask for subscription)
Outside the Carrington training base, Bernard. Jock and Abraham. Linton huddled in the crowd and waited for the players to finish training.
The city of Manchester has formed a situation of two teams competing for hegemony from a long time ago, some people say that Manchester is blue, and there are more local fans of Manchester City, but this is not true, because the pattern of the two teams was formed earlier, and Manchester United's results are more brilliant, and there are more Manchester United fans in the whole of Manchester, but in terms of sub-regions, the eastern area around the Etihad is the base camp of Manchester City fans, and the western area around Old Trafford is the base camp of Manchester United fans.
Similar to London, in fact, these two teams are also clustered in different regions, Manchester East basically belongs to Manchester City, and Manchester West basically belongs to Manchester United.
Jock and Linton are Manchester City fans who live in the east, the two little ones are only fifteen or sixteen years old, but they are almost fifteen or sixteen years old, they were brought to Maine Road by their father to watch the game when they were very young, and gradually became Manchester City's ironcore, like Manchester City, like football, like oasis is their common hobby, live in the same neighborhood, the two have been good playmates since childhood.
If you have the opportunity, you will run to the Carrington training base to "condole" the Manchester City first team.
No, the Dortmund battle is imminent, and the two die-hards are particularly concerned about the team's preparation, and they came to the front line "in person" to express their condolences to Wensheng and them.
In the past two days, there were not only many fans but also reporters outside the training base, and everyone was eager to hear something from the Manchester City players, the coaching staff and even the goalkeepers.
Manchester itself is another centre for English media, with some of the country's biggest media outlets even having their headquarters in Manchester.
"It's coming, it's coming!" Someone in the crowd shouted.
For fans like Jock and Linton, they remember most of the players' license plate numbers well.
At the end of the training session, the players did not leave in a swarm, basically every time they went their own way, because after the training there were people who had to practice and some people who had to receive massage treatments.
"It's Tintin!" Bernard happily exclaimed that the last time a classmate asked him to sign on his behalf, but there were too many people, and he couldn't get Tintin's signature, and he hoped that this time it would be successful.
De Bruyne doesn't like autographs, interviews or anything, but it can't be helped, it's not easy for these fans.
Manchester City does not have a good reputation, but the fans are definitely not only in Manchester, but all over the world, and it is very hard to come from afar, and it will be very disappointing if you get the star autograph.
In the past, when he was at Crystal Palace, De Bruyne often drove directly over, but once when he chatted with Wen Sheng and said that the fans were annoying, Wen Sheng told De Bruyne that it was not easy for the fans, and De Bruyne changed his style and would stop the car every time to sign a few tickets.
Since arriving at Manchester City, De Bruyne has maintained this habit.
"Tintin, please!"
"Tintin, please sign it!"
De Bruyne had just pulled up near Jock and Linton when the windows dropped and the fans outside could be heard looking forward to it.
De Bruyne did not speak, but reached out to sign, and after a minute or two, he said sorry and left the scene, deaf to the reporters' questions, and walked away.
"Haha, I finally got an autograph for Paul!" Jock happily lifted his shirt and his friend Linton was delighted as they got De Bruyne's autograph.
"It's really good luck this time, Tintin actually parked the car next to us!" Linton secretly rejoiced, they also knew De Bruyne's habits, usually signed a dozen or so, almost left, and did not like to talk.
Journalists don't like De Bruyne at all, every time this guy is like a piece of wood, I originally expected him to open his mind, who knows not to spit out half a word.
But the next person to come out of the training base, the reporters liked it, was the captain Kompany.
"Vincent, how do you feel?! Are you confident about the race in two days?! Before Kompany could finish rolling down the window, the reporters' questions were thrown one by one.
As the captain of the team, he has a lot of responsibility, he is a role model for the team, and at the same time, he has the responsibility to interact with the fans more and close the distance between them, so Kompany almost stops for a few minutes every day, and basically the reporters want to ask something to find Kompany.
"I feel good!" Kompany got out of the car and answered reporters' questions with a smile while signing autographs for the fans, "Of course we are confident, we are ready to defend the Municipal Stadium!" ”
"What do you think your odds are?!" Another reporter asked.
Kompany is also an old man, and he won't say, "I don't know!" As long as we can play at our own level, we hope it will be bigger! ”
Jock and Linton pricked up their ears and listened to every word Kompany, because it would be the capital they bragged about in class tomorrow, and Jock had always called himself a PHS in his class.
Manchester City fans care a lot about this game, of course they also care about the Champions League, the reason why more and more fans have gathered outside the training base in the past two days is just like Jock and them, they want to listen to the players or Wensheng say something, as if Wensheng said that we will win, we will win.
Kompany, who left after a short time, was much more generous than De Bruyne, and at least a few fans who asked for a photo were met by Kompany.
Jock is now looking forward to the head coach Wen Sheng coming out soon, "What will Daniel say?!" Will he have confidence?! ”
Linton scoffed at his friend, "How could he not have confidence!" He beat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu! He'll definitely lead us to victory over Borussia Dortmund! The Bundesliga is all a bunch of garbage! ”
"Hey, weren't you cold to him before?! Haha, you're actually saying nice things for him now! Jock apparently grabbed Linton's pigtails.
Most of Manchester City's fans welcome Wen Sheng to the Etihad, which is the information obtained by the Manchester Evening News during a street interview, so when Wen Sheng signed with Manchester City, Manchester City fans had good expectations for Wen Sheng, but there are also a small number of fans who remember that Wen Sheng deliberately provoked Manchester City last season and did not like Wen Sheng to Manchester City.
Linton was one of them, who swore in front of Jock that Man Sheng was a hillbilly in south London, that it was luck to win the title, and that Manchester City would definitely get nothing if he was invited.
Now, he's changed his attitude?!
"I didn't say a good word for him! I'm just stating a fact that proves that he can do it! Linton quibbled.
"It's easy to admit that you've lost your eyes, I'm not going to make fun of you!" Jock grinned and teased his friend, and Linton's pimple-riddled face was as red as a monkey's ass.