Chapter 277: A Disappointing Debut
Half an hour after the start of the game, some people who wanted to see Shen Peng's performance couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
Because in this half an hour, Shen Peng did not have any wonderful performances, neither beautiful breakthroughs, nor powerful shots, the only role played was to contain many defenders of Wigan Athletic on the left side - after all, Shen Peng is now famous, and the general team can't prevent him without finding two or three players, so Wigan Athletic has also spent a lot of money in order to prevent him.
"What's going on with Shen Peng? This is different from the impression of his performance! ”
"The style of the Premier League and the Bundesliga is indeed a little different, he just came here, maybe he hasn't fully adapted to it, and it should be fine in the future."
"He's been getting used to it for half a month, and he hasn't gotten used to training these days? I think when the league starts, he will probably still be like this. ”
It was Anthony Martial who said that, and he is now sitting on the sidelines chatting with the other substitutes.
"You can't say that, the lower leagues are less technical, so they pay more attention to physical confrontation, their physical confrontation is higher than in the Premier League, you see Rooney is a little uncomfortable."
"That's because he is old now, and Shen Peng is now at the peak of his body, how can he be compared together? What's more, his worth of 270 million must have this value! ”
Mourinho, who was watching the game, watched the discussion of the players and did not say anything.
He could see that Shen Peng was indeed a little uncomfortable, but he was trying to adapt.
He has also coached several leagues, and knows that in these leagues, even the referee's penalty scale will be a little different, such as some normal actions in the Premier League, and they will be fouled if they are put in La Liga or Serie A, although he has not coached the Bundesliga, but it is almost the same, so this will also affect the player's performance to a certain extent.
Shen Peng is indeed adapting to the rhythm here, as Mourinho expected.
For example, when he was dribbling the ball just now, a player from Wigan Athletic knocked him away directly, which will definitely blow a foul in the Bundesliga, so he was subconsciously ready to stop for the first time, but he didn't hear the referee's whistle, and when he reacted, this momentary delay had already allowed the opponent to break the ball and pass it out.
This kind of muscle memory can't be changed overnight, so when Shen Peng was playing, he focused more on the control of his body and the referee, which caused him to have no rhythm throughout the game.
At the end of the first half, United were 1-0 up, a goal scored by new centre-forward, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
For this goal, Shen Peng also admired, although Ibrahimovic is thirty-five years old, but the performance is still good, a volley is powerful, Wigan Athletic's goalkeeper stands in front of the goal like a statue, not moving.
And Ibrahimovic is also the first time to come to the Premier League, but he did not show any discomfort like Shen Peng.
At halftime, Mourinho changed two people, but Shen Peng stayed on the field, and what Shen Peng needed most now was enough time to adapt to the game, which also made Martial a little dissatisfied.
Seventy minutes into the game, Shen Peng still didn't score, but the team scored two more goals.
In order to inspect Martial's state, Mourinho replaced Shen Peng and replaced Martial.
Martial didn't high-five Shen Peng, he ran directly to the field, and he was now holding a breath in his heart, that is, he must prove that he performed better than Shen Peng.
However, he also failed to score, and when he came on the pitch, because there were fewer people defending him than Shen Peng, the rest of United got more defense and never scored again, and in the end, the friendly ended in a 3-0 victory for Manchester United.
Originally, the attention of the friendly match was not high, but because this game was Shen Peng's first game for Manchester United, many reporters came to the sidelines, all wanting to get first-hand information.
After watching the game, they immediately sent out the report of the game.
"Shen Peng made his debut at Manchester United and his performance was average, and Mourinho was suspected of being dissatisfied and replaced him in the second half."
"Not comfortable in the Premier League? Talented players only adapt to the Bundesliga? ”
"Manchester United is wronged! 270 million bought a parallel import! ”
"Locker room feud? Anthony Martial did not high-five Shen Peng on the pitch. ”
In addition to this kind of news, there are also a small number of media who have maintained expectations for Shen Peng's performance, but in general, there are more doubts.
In the evening, Shen Peng returned to the villa, and Delia was watching some news.
"These media are really annoying!"
Shen Peng smiled, "There's no way to do it, if they don't find some topics, how can they attract the audience's attention?" ”
"You're right."
"There's no way, if you deal with them, I'm probably going to be angry." Shen Peng spread his hands.
"Honey, you must hurry up and get used to the rhythm here, and hit them in the face when the time comes!"
"I will." Shen Peng smiled confidently, after today's game, he is very confident that he can adapt to the Premier League, his physical fitness is completely fine, he just needs to adapt a little.
At this time, he suddenly heard the sound of parking outside, and according to his ears, it should be parked at the door of their villa.
"Who's coming to us?" Shen Peng glanced at Delia, came outside, and found that the person who came was his teammate who came to Manchester United with him this season, Ibrahimovic.
"Hey Zlatan, why are you here?"
Shen Peng greeted with a smile, these days of training, he unexpectedly had a good relationship with Yibu.
And perhaps because Ibrahimovic is more mature now, or perhaps because of his different attitude towards his teammates, Ibrahimovic does not have the same attitude towards reporters in the team now; On the contrary, many times, he also took the initiative to exchange experiences with other young players, and Shen Peng was one of the beneficiaries.
Yibu came directly to Shen Peng's side, put his arm around Shen Peng's shoulder, and walked into the villa, "You should have seen the news." ”
"See." Shen Peng naturally knew what Ibu was talking about.
"Any ideas?"
"What can you think?" Shen Peng smiled bitterly, "It's not like you can only let them say it." ”
"Do you want to adapt to the Premier League quickly?"
Shen Peng's eyes lit up, Ibu wants to teach his experience at this time! He's played in a lot of leagues and he's come here without any discomfort, so he's definitely got his own way.
"Of course!"
"I heard that your cooking is good, so I'm here today to try it." Yi Bu suddenly squeezed his eyes at Shen Peng.
Shen Peng was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, this guy turned out to take the opportunity to eat and drink!