Chapter 0022: Verbal Battle
At the moment when the pre-match press conference came to an abrupt end, Rashford, who was writing his homework, was also interrupted by a task suddenly released by the system.
"Triggering mission - counter-attacking Arsene Wenger: The host is despised by Gunners Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, as a system owner who aspires to be the first man in football history, this is absolutely unbearable and must be counter-attacked."
'Mission: To score at least three goals against the Gunners Arsenal on the afternoon of 28 February and teach Arsene Wenger a hard lesson.
"Task Reward: Score three goals and be rewarded with a task of Level 2 difficulty; Scoring four goals is rewarded with a Level 3 difficulty mission, and so on, with the more goals scored, the more rewards the host gets. ”
Rashford is a little confused, Wenger despises himself? What the hell is going on?
After thinking about it, Rashford turned on the TV in his room, intending to look at the report on MUTV, the official television station of Manchester United, to find out what was going on.
After reading the report, although Wenger did not say any insulting words, the obviously disdainful tone and attitude still made Rashford a little unhappy. He decided that he must give Arsenal and Wenger a riposte in tomorrow's game.
Of course, it is more because of the task rewards given by the system. With so many rewards in one game, it's a rare opportunity, so you can't miss it.
Although Rashford does not have much confidence to complete a series of related tasks triggered by the system because of the ultimate task, he does not intend to give up directly, and he has to try hard.
There is a saying in the language of the Internet, dreams must still be had, otherwise what is the difference between them and salted fish?
As for whether it can be completed in the end, it doesn't matter, as long as you do your best, even if you don't complete the task at that time, you won't regret it when you look back on it in the future.
Rashford doesn't want to say the words of the Supreme Treasure one day in the future: There was once a sincere feeling in front of me, I didn't cherish it, until I lost it, I regretted it, if God gave me another chance, I want to say to her I love you, if you add another period, I hope it will be 10,000 years!
Well, of course, this sentence has to be corrected: there were a lot of attribute points and skill points in front of me, I didn't cherish them, and I didn't regret it until I lost it, if God gave me another chance, I wanted to say to them that I shouldn't give up on you, and if I added another period, I hope it would be 10,000 years!
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The clock passed quickly, and by the time the team boarded the team's bus to Old Trafford at noon the next day, after having a well-prepared lunch at the hotel, it was already half past twelve at noon.
The square outside Old Trafford was already crowded with Red Devils supporters in an orderly manner to watch the team's league clash with Gunners Arsenal at 2.05pm.
Seeing Manchester United's bus coming, reporters rushed over, with long guns and short guns stretched out to interview Manchester United's stars.
Among them, several reporters also asked questions to Rashford, who got out of the car, and the words of Wenger were naturally all from last night.
Marcus Rashford didn't want to say anything, but after thinking about it, he stopped and said: "I don't have much to think about, I just want Mr Wenger to remember me after this game." ”
After a moment's hesitation, Rashford added: "Well, by the way, I also hope that Mr Wenger doesn't say after the game that he almost signed me before, because I can tell you clearly that there is no such thing. There were teams that almost signed me before Manchester United, but they thought I was too thin and gave me up. ”
The reporters listened to Rashford's words, and immediately exploded, Nima, this kid is not good at stubble, how good this mouth fight is!
The terrier of the temperature difference is not only spread in the far East, but also has a certain popularity in the Western world, but after all, no one said it in public, Rashford, this kid has a personality.
More questions from the reporters came at Rashford, but Rashford didn't say anything and turned away. Because of the security guards, the reporters had no choice but to witness Rashford follow Manchester United's team into the pitch.
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Old Trafford's attendance has always been one of the highest in Europe, coupled with Manchester United's two consecutive big wins, and today's match against a strong opponent like Arsenal, so Old Trafford is full, and Red Devils fans fill almost every corner of the stadium, leaving Arsenal with more than 3,000 places in the stadium.
As for the media attention, it is even more global. Manchester United, as the top giant team with the largest number of fans in the world, although Arsenal's status as a giant has been questioned by many parties, but because of its gorgeous offensive football, it still has a lot of fans around the world, so the media of various countries have paid great attention to this game.
As the players from both sides begin to warm up at Old Trafford, the media are already preparing for the game. Commentators from all over the world are making various predictions for today's game in their studios.
Of course, as a professional football media, there is no shortage of historical data about both sides of this game.
However, no matter where you look at it, Arsenal have little advantage against Manchester United.
The two teams have met 222 times, with Manchester United holding a slight advantage with 93 wins, 49 draws and 80 defeats, while United have 80 wins, 45 draws and 68 defeats in the league.
The two sides have met 47 Premier League games, with Manchester United holding the upper hand with 21 wins, 14 draws and 12 defeats, including 14 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats at home.
Arsenal have won just three of the last 18 meetings between the two teams, while United have won 11 and drawn four of the remaining 15 games.
Arsenal have won 1 win, drawn 2 and lost 9 of their last 12 visits to Old Trafford, and the last time they beat Manchester United away in the Premier League was in September 2006.
Because of the historical record, the major media are still more optimistic about Manchester United winning this game at home.
The only hidden danger is that Manchester United's home results this season have declined greatly compared to before, in the 12 home games that have been played, only 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats, and the victory is just 50%, which can be described as very bad. Not to mention that compared with the home win rate of more than 90% in the Ferguson era, even compared to last year, it is also a lot worse. That is, it is the same as the same result in the same period of the 2013-14 season when David Moyes was in charge of Manchester United.
Van Gaal's life at Manchester United is a big reason for the poor home results.