Chapter Forty-Eight: Appearance
Compared to the home team, which was aroused by Alex Ferguson, the visitors' dressing room was much more relaxed. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
For Villarreal, who are back in Europe after two years, they naturally want to go further in this season's Champions League and achieve as good results as possible, but that doesn't mean they're just a bunch of brainless young men.
Who doesn't know the prestige of Manchester United, the style of the defending Champions League champion has made the whole Europe look sideways, such a giant team, and it is at the home of the opponent, Villarreal naturally has a clear self-understanding of himself.
After the amazement of arriving at the Theater of Dreams, the players' minds have relaxed a lot. Manchester United are very strong, yes, and Old Trafford have a frenetic atmosphere at home, but that has nothing to do with them. They just have to play as hard as they can, and if they can win or get a draw, they'll be satisfied. Even if they lose the game in the end, they don't feel too disappointed.
What's so embarrassing about losing to the reigning champions of the Champions League, let alone Villarreal, even Real Madrid and Barcelona, any of the world's biggest teams, are not sure that they will be able to take away points from here.
Therefore, it is good to be able to win, but if you can't, you don't have to worry too much.
In this group anyway, their rivals are not Manchester United, but the Scottish Super League giants Celtic. They don't need to overpower Manchester United, they just need to maintain the pressure on the Soviet Super League team in terms of points, there are two places to qualify from the group, Manchester United book one, they still have the remaining one to fight for, right?
What should have been prepared had already been prepared, what should have been said, and what had been said had been said a long time ago, so Pellegrini just gave the team a few words of encouragement in the dressing room and then asked the players to get ready for the game.
In the tunnel of players, the Villarreal players met Manchester United's stars, and the two teams actually didn't have much intersection before, one is a high-ranking world giant, the other is a little-known country team, what can be the intersection between the two?
Most of the United players are either looking ahead or talking to each other softly, seemingly oblivious to the presence of their opponents in the game.
There are also people who know each other, such as Tevez and Riquelme, both Argentinians who have also played for the national team at the same time, and have a lot of friendship with each other, they get together and whisper about the past.
Fan Bizhuang stood at the back of the team, and suddenly felt someone's eyes looking at him again, turned his head, and saw a young face with clear water chestnuts.
He had to admit that Cristiano was a handsome young man in terms of European aesthetics. But the undisguised heaven and earth between the eyebrows, Lao Tzu's proud expression, but how to look at it, how to make Fan Bizhuang unhappy.
He is also the kind of person who is very proud, so when he sees someone crossing the street with such a look at any time, he naturally feels a little uncomfortable.
It's just that the current Cristiano Ronaldo does have arrogant capital, and he can be regarded as having it, at least he barely has a lot of fame in small cities and even Spanish football, but there is still no comparison with the former.
Finding that Fan Bizhuang looked over, C. Luo glanced lightly as he had done in Monaco before, and then withdrew his gaze, leaving Fan Bizhuang with a cold and proud back.
"Why do I always feel the urge to punch him in the face?"
The disdain and disregard in C. Luo's eyes, Fan Bizhuang easily caught it, and he pursed his lips to himself, thinking so in his heart.
Turning his head, seeing that Fran was still in a state of origin, Fan Bizhuang took two steps forward and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.
"Don't be in a daze, Diego, the game is about to start. I don't want to pass the ball to a sleepwalking, lonely ghost. ”
Fran seemed to be awakened, a little startled, after seeing that it was Fan Bizhuang, he rubbed his hands with palpitations, nodded and said, "It's just that I thought of something just now, don't worry, Fan." ”
"That's good." Fan Bizhuang leaned his head over and said in a low voice, "When the game comes, it's the same as before, you run around, I will try to pass you as many balls as possible." I wish you the first goal of the new season at Old Trafford! ”
Understanding the meaning of Fan Bizhuang's words, Fran glanced at him gratefully, clenched his fists and nodded: "I will, thank you, Fan." ”
"You're welcome, man."
Fan Bizhuang patted him on the shoulder again and smiled.
At this time, there were even more violent cheers and applause outside the entrance of the tunnel, and several referees on duty had already walked out first, followed by Manchester United's stars, and Villarreal's players also raised their feet forward.
Fan Bizhuang's heart suddenly felt a trace of nervousness, and more excitement. He hadn't felt that way even when he was warming up at the hot Old Trafford stadium before. But at this moment, his heart was beating violently and rapidly.
Looking at the light at the entrance of the passage not far away, Fan Bizhuang's fists clenched secretly.
The road to the Champions League, the first Champions League game, I'm Fan Bizhuang, here!
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"Players from both sides enter! The race is about to begin! ”
'Manchester United's starting XI were all in the picture, Van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Gary. Neville, Ryan Giggs...... Busby's kids set foot on the green field! And, of course, our Cristiano, who still has his confident smile on his face, the pride and recklessness of the Portuguese star, it can be seen that he is full of anticipation and desire for the team's Champions League debut in the new season! ”
"This is the Red Devils' first appearance in the Champions League in the new season and it will be the beginning of a new journey! Fellow fans, let's welcome our heroes with the fiercest applause and cheers! ”
The live broadcast was heard with the excited shouts of the home commentators, the spectators in the stands on all sides also screamed and roared in unison, and more people chanted the names of their favorite players.
Villarreal seems to have been forgotten, consciously or unconsciously. To be precise, in the light of the Red Devils and Manchester United, they can only be reduced to a backdrop at this moment.
After a series of preparatory activities before the start of the game, the two teams stood on half of the court, the time pointer pointed to seven o'clock, the referee blew the whistle in his hand, and the game officially began.
The first kick-off was the away team Villarreal, captain Marcos Murphy. Senna lost to Manchester United captain Gary in a pick-and-shoot on the side. Neville, thus gaining the right to kick off.
Cazorla kicked the ball to Forlan, who passed it back and Riquelme caught it.
Villarreal didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack quickly, making continuous back-to-back passes at the back, patiently looking for opportunities to push forward.
The on-site commentator also took advantage of this time to broadcast the starting lineups of the two teams for the fans at the scene.
"Manchester United's starting list is in my hands, and it can be seen from this list that Sir Alex Ferguson is very serious about the team's first Champions League game of the new season, and the defending champions have sent the strongest squad that can come out, well, let's see who the starting players are, 1 goalkeeper is Van der Sar, and the defender is Gary. Neville ......"
As each name is pronounced, the cheers rise to a decibel level.
After finally reading the names of the Manchester United players, it was finally Villarreal's turn.
Of course, the visitors were not treated so well, and the Red Devils fans in the stadium did not make any noises such as boos, but there was no enthusiasm, just listened weakly and did not react.
"Villarreal's starting goalkeeper from Spain was Diego. Lopez...... The defenders are Xaviventa, Godin...... And, Fan! Hmm, what a simple name, just one word, ha! ”
The home commentator quickly read the visiting team's starting list as if he were dealing with an errand. However, the dude clearly has a strong work ethic, and after reading the list, he introduced the Villarreal players to the fans in attendance - of course, whether it was out of professionalism or to show off his breadth of knowledge, of course, is unknown.
"I'm sure a lot of people aren't very familiar with Villarreal's starters, or even haven't heard of most of the players' names, ha, I'm the same, but as a professional football commentator, how can I not cheer myself on before the game and make up for it."
"Villarreal were the runners-up in La Liga last season, and they have a certain quality, after all, they can beat Barcelona's team, and I believe they have their own uniqueness. There are many internationals in this team, such as Marcos, Santiago, Capdevilla, all of whom are the main players of the Spanish national team. ”
"Believe Roman. Riquelme is a name that everyone will not be unfamiliar with, he used to be the core of the midfield of the Argentine national team, and now he is in this team, he is the biggest star of this team, and the most dangerous task, our team must watch him strictly, despite his age, but still have to be guarded! ”
"Fran! Diego. Fran! Do you remember the name? He had a brief spell at Old Trafford, but unfortunately his experience here could be described as a failure...... Now he is the main striker for Villarreal. Ha, I heard he did a good job in Spain? Wow, last season's top scorer in La Liga, winner of the league's Golden Boot. Oh oh, the players who came out of us have achieved great success in La Liga, and I have to say that this also has a part of our credit! ”
"And ...... This is,...... Fan! ”