Chapter 259: Winning the Chance to Play
Manchester United Reserves Training Ground.
Manchester United development manager Gini Butt is holding a list and is taking a roll call.
Bart was a notoriously tough temper in the Class of '92. What he recognized, nine cows couldn't pull it back.
In front of Bart stood a group of reserve members. In the middle of a group of hairy guys of sixteen or seventeen, there stood a middle-aged man in his forties, who looked a little abrupt. The middle-aged man was none other than the old lieutenant Liu Yun.
Bart shouted, "Josephine! β
"Here!"
"Jonas!"
"Here!"
"Liu!"
"Here!"
Bart walked up to Liu Yun and looked at the super-aged player in front of him.
He didn't talk to Liu Yun, but continued to name names.
Bart was a member of the Class of '92 and made a name for himself at Manchester United, where he spent 12 seasons. Like Alex Ferguson, he sees Manchester United's honour as his life.
In Barthe's view, Mourinho is nothing more than an outsider. Team President Woodward is also a guy who only knows money and doesn't know the team's honors.
They simply don't cherish Manchester United's honour!
The purchase of this super-old player from Huaguo is nothing more than for commercial interests. Now this old guy can't even sit on the cold bench in the first team, so he stuffs it directly into his reserve team. Maybe to save a first-team player's salary?
"These bastards who only know how to make money." Bart cursed Woodward and Mourinho again in his heart.
The roll call is over and the training begins.
Liu Yun, a middle-aged uncle, and a group of hairy guys trained seriously together on the field.
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Liu Yun trained in the reserve team for five days. Bart gradually changed his opinion of Liu Yun.
Whether it is strength training, aerobic endurance training, anaerobic endurance training, and flexibility training, Liu Yun can reach the average level of this group of reserve players. As for shooting training and dribbling training, Liu Yun's performance is even more eye-catching.
"It seems that this old guy is not as weak as he thinks. The FA Cup Golden Boot still has some real skills. Bart thought to himself.
Because the Premier League reserve league has ended, Manchester United's reserve team has only played two friendly games in the last month.
Bart belongs to the kind of people who love Manchester United to the core. He was notoriously "undead" when he played at Manchester United, and as a reserve coach, he became a notoriously "workaholic".
At half past five in the morning, Bart drove alone to the reserve base. He's going to go to the office and sort out his boys' statistics from last season's reserve league games. Manchester United's first team draws two players from the development squad for first-team training each year. Bart knew that this was a fateful matter for the lads under him, and he couldn't be sloppy.
When he entered the base, he found that the lights on the base's training ground were on.
"Confused old Leo, forgot to turn off the lights on the training ground again!" Bart cursed and went to the training ground, ready to turn off the lights.
Who would have thought that there was a figure on the empty training ground.
It turned out to be the old guy from Huaguo who was transferred from the first team!
Bart wondered: "This old guy is very professional. At 5:30 a.m., I started training alone. β
Bart sat in the corner of the stands.
Liu Yun on the training ground first ran 2,000 meters of aerobic running around the training ground. Then he set up a couple of dummies in front of the goal and started free-kick training.
Liu Yun's kick kicked out a free kick that bypassed the human wall again and again, and rushed into the goal at an extremely tricky angle.
He was so focused on training that he didn't notice that there was reserve coach Bartt sitting in the corner of the stands.
Bart touched his chin and said to himself, "This old guy's free kick is really good. In friendly matches, he can be sent up to take a free kick in front of a crucial moment to win a crucial moment. β
Bart left the stands and returned to his office.
On the training ground, Liu Yun was still working hard to sweat his sweat. He firmly believes that if he puts in more effort than his teammates, he will definitely get a chance to play in the reserve team.
Two days later, Bart announced a friendly against Chelsea's development squad at the weekend. He then posted the roster at the door of his office.
Liu Yun looked at the starting list first, and there was no name of his own in it. There was a sense of loss in his heart. It seems that Mourinho is telling the truth. Even if you voluntarily ask to be relegated to the reserves, you may not get the opportunity to play.
Scrolling down the main list, Liu Yun found that his name was on the substitute list!
Liu Yun was very happy in his heart! Substitutes have a chance to play as well! As long as you can play, you will have the opportunity to show your strength and prove your worth to those who doubt you!
The day's training was over, and it was 5 p.m.
FiancΓ©e Isabella was driving Liu Xiaoyan and waiting for Liu Yun in front of Manchester United's reserve base.
Liu Xiaoyan is already on summer vacation. Isabella has also recently hired three teachers for the orphanage, and she has a much lighter burden on her shoulders to spend more time with her fiancΓ© and her little princess in Manchester.
After getting into the car, Liu Yun had a smile on his face.
Isabella is a mature woman who is empathetic. She glanced at Liu Yun sitting in the passenger seat from the rearview mirror: "Liu, what makes you so happy?" β
Liu Xiaoyan also helped: "That's it." Dad, you see you're grinning as soon as you get in the car. It's like picking up a gold ingot. β
Liu Yun replied with a smile: "I finally have a chance to play!" β
Liu Xiaoyan is the daughter of a professional footballer, and her little boyfriend is also a professional footballer. Hearing and seeing, she now knows a little bit about football: "Huh? Last game? Manchester United doesn't seem to have played any official matches lately! The Sun is full of lace news about Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Fellaini on vacation. β
Liu Yun replied: "It's not a first-team game. In the warm-up match of the reserve team, I was on the bench. β
Liu Xiaoyan was disappointed: "Dad, you are getting more and more useless." Anyway, he was the one who poured two goals from Chelsea in the FA Cup final, so why is he so happy to be a substitute for a reserve warm-up game now? β
Liu Yun educated her daughter: "Yanyan, remember that if you want to succeed, you must do what is in front of you. Don't be too ambitious. β
Isabella said, "Little princess, your father is right. His words echo those of us in the UK. β
Liu Xiaoyan pouted: "Hmph! Aunt Isabella, you said you wanted to form an offensive and defensive alliance with me. I became a traitor so quickly and helped my dad educate me. That's right, you're a man in a bed! β
The family returns to their villa by the sea in Manchester. Liu Yun picked up a copy of the Guardian at home and flipped through it.
Isabella is an attentive woman. Her fiancΓ© is a professional footballer, and she specially subscribed to a series of football newspapers for him, such as The Sun, The Times, and The Guardian.
Liu Yun saw a report in The Guardian: "The 46-year-old lieutenant has been relegated to the reserve squad because he can't get a foothold at Manchester United".
Looking at The Sun again, the headline of the article is even more sensational: "Mourinho starts the team purge mode, and the old lieutenant unfortunately becomes a target".
Liu Yun smiled bitterly in his heart, these media who listen to the wind is rain! Going to the reserve team by himself is completely voluntary, how did he become Mourinho's killer?
Isabella and Liu Yun have an "agreement", Liu Yun cooks on the team's holidays, and she cooks on training days.
Today is a training day, Isabella has made dinner, Liu Yun put down the newspaper in his hand and came to the restaurant.
Isabella asked Liu Yun, "When does your game start?" β
Liu Yun replied: "Two days later, at three o'clock in the afternoon on the weekend." β
Isabella nodded, "Okay." When the time comes, I will take my little princess of Huaguo to cheer you on. β
Liu Yun kissed Isabella: "When did my daughter become 'your little princess of China'?" β
Liu Yun was actually very happy to see Isabella and Liu Xiaoyan getting along so well.
Liu Xiaoyan just entered the restaurant, bumped into her father and kissed Isabella, she coaxed: "Ha, in broad daylight, no shame!" β