Chapter 611: Old Lieutenant, Welcome Home
The draw at home to Manchester United changed the direction of the English football media.
The Times: Old lieutenants are forever young, dreams are always young. The Blues' performance yesterday was a sight to behold.
Daily Mail: After a two-year hiatus, we're once again seeing the old lieutenant's machine-gun celebration in the Premier League. Amazing old lieutenant, amazing Coventry! Admittedly, a large part of the reason United were held to a draw was due to their poor luck in this game. But on the other hand, the lads of Coventry, led by the old lieutenant, showed the spirit of the city of Coventry - never give in, never surrender!
Team News: The Sky Blues got off to a good start to the season. Surprisingly, the best player of the game was not Qu Bai, who scored two goals, not an old lieutenant with one goal and one assist, but the Italian-Chinese rookie Bai Rifeng, who ran at the expense of physical strength and staged a miracle of running wildly to the 50-meter goal line to save the ball. To borrow a phrase from Jose Mourinho's post-match press conference: youth is not directly related to failure! There is no doubt that the performance of the youth army Coventry yesterday was nothing short of impressive.
The Sun: Coventry, with its old lieutenants, is often good at making miracles. According to reliable sources, the old lieutenant once said in private: If Leicester City can stage the Leicester City miracle, why can't Coventry stage the Premier League Coventry miracle?
The headline on the homepage of the SKY Sports website is the lyrics of "Coventry Boys": The boys of Coventry love to play football, they play in the wind, they play in the rain, follow in the footsteps of the old lieutenant!
Liu Yun's family, a family of five, is happily eating breakfast.
Qu Bo spent the night in Coventry last night and is returning to Manchester today.
Qu Bai closed the Sun and complained: "The Sun is so sensational. We're just being flattened. They immediately began to talk about Manchester United's future in the new season! And question whether Manchester United can win the city derby in the second round! β
Liu Yun said: "Manchester City started well, beating Liverpool 4-1 at home in the first round. You don't want to make a big deal of it. The Manchester derby, the Red Cross and the Red-Blue clash are the six most interesting matches of the season... β
Qu Bai said: "Dad, don't worry. Manchester United have made a history of winning all four seasons against Manchester City. We'll keep that record going. β
Little Cola is starting to be picky again. Getting this little guy to eat vegetables is even harder than climbing to the sky.
Liu Xiaoyan held a spoonful of vegetable salad in her hand, coaxing left and right, but Xiao Coke's mouth was still closed. It's like an underground party that looks at death in the face of the enemy and grits its its teeth.
Liu Yun poked his head over and scared the little daughter: "Daughter, the little doll only eats meat, not vegetables, and its belly will explode. β
Little Coke cried out with a "wow": "Little Coke's belly doesn't explode, woo woo woo woo." β
Liu Xiaoyan touched her sister's head and said to Liu Yun: "Dad, go and go, don't make a mess." Wouldn't it be nice to discuss the schedule with your son-in-law? I have to mess with my baby sister, the big devil. β
Liu Yun smiled awkwardly and said to Xiao Kele: "I really should let you go back to Handong's hometown for a few days!" I've been hungry for three days, and it's fragrant to eat shit. β
Little Cola cried even more after hearing this.
Liu Xiaoyan was helpless, as long as she picked up Little Coke: "Oh, oh, little Coke doesn't cry." Sister takes you upstairs to see SpongeBob SquarePants. β
Liu Xiaoyan picked up Xiao Cola and went upstairs, and Xiao Cola secretly stuck out her tongue at Liu Yun and made a grimace.
Isabella added a glass of milk to Liu Yun: "Liu, on September 16, our Handong Left-behind Children's Foundation was officially established, can you go back to China to attend the inauguration ceremony?" β
Liu Yun said: "September 20 is the competition day. I'll take two days off from Edda. How is the fundraising of the foundation? β
Isabella replied, "Your teacher, Mr. Zhao Qiyou, mobilized his entrepreneur friends to actively donate, and now he has raised 40 million yuan. β
Liu Yun nodded: "I'll call Zhao Lao to thank him in a while." β
The father-in-law and son-in-law are both professional footballers, and the topic of conversation at the dinner table is back to football.
Qu Bai said: "Dad, I think your club should develop a professional physical training plan for Bai Rifeng. If this kid is a little stronger, the future is absolutely limitless. β
Liu Yun replied: "We have been training him intensively. Alas, these young men in the team, who are less than twenty, are still too fun-loving. It's not that I'm complimenting you, when you were nineteen years old, every day was training except training. These guys always love to play computer games and participate in some PARTIES. β
Qu Bai heard his father-in-law praise him, and his face was proud: "There are a few young people who don't like to play." β
Although Qu Bai is only twenty-two years old, he has a maturity far beyond his peers.
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Two days later, Coventry players' quarters.
The hands of the clock tower in Coventry city centre point to 3 a.m. sharp. The young people of Coventry are asleep.
Suddenly, the doors of the dormitories were opened one by one.
Liu Yun woke up the boys in Coventry one by one.
Zhao Kaixuan rubbed his eyes: "What's the matter, big guy." It's only 3 o'clock. β
Liu Yun said to the players: "You are all sober and sober, I will take you to a place." β
Liu Yun led everyone onto a bus.
From Coventry to Manchester, the journey is 166 kilometres and takes about one and a half hours by car.
After an hour and a half of travel, the bus stopped in front of Manchester United's Carrington training base.
Cook, the caretaker on duty at Carrington's training base, was confused: the bus had the Coventry logo painted on it. The first round of the battle between the two teams has just ended! How did the Coventry bus get to the Carrington training base? Could it be the football hooligans who are causing trouble?
The door to the bus opened, and Cook saw the old lieutenant approaching.
Liu Yun said to Cook, "Hey, old Cook, it's been a long time. How are you doing? β
Cook replied, "It's fine." Old lieutenant, what are you? β
Liu Yun said: "I brought the children from Coventry to visit the Lower Carrington training base. β
Cook glanced at his watch: "It's justβit's half past four in the morning!" β
If someone else made such a request, the elder Cook would definitely refuse, and even call the police.
Liu Yun is different. Even though he's in Coventry now, he's still a permanent lieutenant at Manchester United! A hero in the hearts of all Manchesters. At the same time, he is also one of the majority shareholders of Manchester United.
How could Old Cook turn his boss away?
Old Cook nodded and said to Liu Yun, "Okay, old lieutenant, welcome home." β
The young men of Coventry, led by the old lieutenant, rushed into the Carrington training base.
The lights are not yet on at the Carrington training base. It's pitch black. Everyone turned on the lighting of their mobile phones and sat in the small stands of a training ground in the dark.
Young people are confused.
Li Fanghua asked Liu Yun: "Big man, what are you bringing us here for?" β
Liu Yun smiled mysteriously: "You'll know in a while." β