April 14, the day before the match between the home team and West Bromwich Albion in the 34th round of the league.

After the training session, Li Liang felt very uncomfortable watching his teammates leave on the bus.

Smalling, who was on the side, hugged Li Liang's shoulders: "Let's go Li, Jose will have a rotation rest later, you have to get used to this!" ”

Li Liang also hugged Smolin: "I know."

It was the same when I was in Monaco -

But I just don't want to miss every game! ”

Smalling laughed, "You don't have to be so perfect, Lee!

If it weren't for you, we'd miss out on many more games! ”

After dinner, Li Liang and Xiao Yu sat down in front of the TV again, this time waiting for Barcelona's home match against Valencia in the 32nd round of La Liga.

Li Liang and Xiao Yu chatted, and they both knew that Barcelona is now the only team in the five major leagues to remain unbeaten in the league, and one of the current hot topics is whether Barcelona can remain unbeaten in the season when there is basically no suspense about the ownership of the league title.

The game commentary in the picture also analyzed that Barcelona will continue to face Sevilla in the Copa del Rey final a week later, and it is not a problem to win the Copa del Rey in the current state.

And if they can beat Manchester United to reach the Champions League final and finally win the title in Kiev, it will be a perfect season for Barcelona!

Li Liang turned to Xiaoyu: "Perfect season?

We want ...... too"

The game started quickly, and to Li Liang's surprise, facing Valencia, who ranked third in the league, Barcelona firmly took the initiative from the beginning.

Li Liang pointed to Coutinho in the picture and said to Xiao Yu: "This guy is amazing!

However, he only transferred from Liverpool in the winter window and will not be able to play in the Champions League.

It is estimated that in the match with us, it is likely that Dembele will play his position. ”

Xiaoyu tilted his head and asked, "Brother Liangzi, if the game we watched last season, the one where Barcelona won Paris 6:1, can you beat the Barcelona team at that time?!" ”

Li Liang laughed: "Xiaoyu!

I said that you are also a professional agent recognized by FIFA, how can you ask such a 'question of Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong'?! ”

Xiaoyu pouted and replied, "Okay!

That FIFA professional agent is cooking every day?

I'm just a customer of yours now, and I don't know when I'm going to open yet!

Why don't I go to Barcelona?

As the World Sports newspaper says, I can still get a lot of commission for selling you to them!

At least it's better than cooking for you! ”

Li Liang hurriedly haha: "Hey, hey, hey-

Look at what you said!

If you hadn't cooked for me, would I have behaved now?

Even Raiola (the top agent, Ibrahimovic, Pogba, Lukaku and others are his clients) and Mendes (Ronaldo, Marcelo, J Ronaldo and De Gea) can't cook for me together! ”

"Come on, I'll say these good things and coax people......"

A smile already appeared on Xiaoyu's face.

- Barcelona opened the scoring in the 15th minute of the first half through Luis Suarez, and the game has been in the hosts' control ever since.

In the 51st minute of the second half, French central defender Umtiti helped Barcelona extend the score to 2:0, and the game was near the end before the visitors were saved by Spanish midfielder Parejo with a penalty.

Barcelona didn't give the visitors a chance after that, and eventually beat Valencia 2-1 to continue their unbeaten lead in the standings.

turned off the TV Xiaoyu couldn't help but say: "Brother Liangzi, how do I think that even without Neymar, Barcelona doesn't seem to be much weaker than last season?" ”

Li Liang thought for a while and replied: "This is not a good comparison, just like you just asked me, who is more sure to play the current Manchester United or Barcelona last season?"

Barcelona look much more consistent now than they did last season, but it's hard to say anything when they don't get to the pitch to actually face to face. ”

……

The next day, Li Liang and Xiao Yu arrived at Old Trafford early, and the outside of the stadium was even more lively than he imagined, and it was already crowded.

After signing an unknown number of names, how many times they have taken photos, and Xiaoyu's neck is surrounded by enthusiastic people with Manchester United scarves, they finally find their seats.

Smalling smiled and helped them put away their scarves, and Lukaku, the little monster on the side, also got up to greet Xiaoyu.

The recent succession of excellent performances has left Old Trafford to the fullest, and soon the players from both sides began to warm up amid deafening cheers.

Li Liang and Chris Smalling discussed: "Jose let Anthony (start) play center today......

Zeratan should be able to get more playing time. ”

The little monster looked at the field with a blank eye: "Alas-

The doctor said that I could make it to the first game against Barcelona, and I might not be able to catch ......"

Smalling patted the little monster on the shoulder: "Don't worry about Romelu, you will definitely be able to catch up." ”

The game was about to start, and the chorus had repeatedly sounded in the stands, and the atmosphere reached its peak in an instant with the official appearance of the players of both sides.

Manchester United, who rotated heavily in their 433 line-up, continued to guard the goal, with Victor Lindelof and Bai partnering in central defence.

Darmian and Blind played as wing-backs on the left and right flanks respectively, while Paul Pogba, Scott McTominay and veteran Michael Carrick formed a three-man midfield, with Thigh, Anthony Martial and Juan Mata coming up front from left to right.

The visitors kicked off first, with West Bromwich Albion, who sit in the league standings as vice-captains, opting for a pragmatic and dense defensive approach.

Li Liang is more familiar with former Gunners' England left wing-back Gibbs, and the big Venezuelan center Midwinter also impressed him in the first half of the season.

The Reds continued to attack as the home crowd continued to shout, but several shots were unlucky and narrowly missed.

Li Liang, Little Monster and Chris Smalling were all a little anxious, cheering and applauding their teammates' wonderful performances from time to time, or sighing for missed opportunities.

At the end of the first half, Pogba got rid of the defense in front of the penalty area and fired a powerful low shot, the visiting England veteran goalkeeper Foster saved the ball, and the thigh that stood out from it finally seized the opportunity to smash smartly!

The Dream Theater erupted in a tsunami-like sound, and Li Liang and everyone waved their arms and cheered in unison-

In another highlight of the league earlier in this round, Manchester City, who had travelled to the new Wembley in a mournful manner, unexpectedly beat previously in-form Tottenham 3-1 away with goals from Gabriel Jesus, Gundogan and Raheem Sterling!

After this victory, Manchester City temporarily extended the gap with Manchester United to 4 points with one more game, so this match with West Bromwich Albion must not be lost!

At half-time, Manchester United temporarily led 1-0.

Unlike the optimism of the surrounding audience, Li Liang and his two teammates have been paying attention to the performance of the team's forward line.

Although neither Li Liang nor Smalling said anything, the little monster was the first to speak: "I want to talk to Jose......

Maybe I can play at least 45 minutes in the first game against Barcelona! ”

Smalling replied, "Romelu, you should have talked to the doctor!"

We must not take any chances. ”