Chapter 9: The Old Reunion
The ups and downs have continued, but fortunately, Manchester United has not lost during this time, and Yu Liang naturally does not have to carry the black pot anymore. Although the media's criticism www.biquge.info of Manchester United has disappeared with one victory after another, the voice of questioning Yu Liang has not weakened in the slightest, on the contrary, it has intensified day by day. Because under the backdrop of Manchester United's victories, Yu Liang's performance seems so pale and powerless, and the remarks asking for Yu Liang's starting position and even trading abound on the Internet.
However, Ferguson is still stubborn and puts Yu Liang in the starting lineup, perhaps to express his trust in Yu Liang, or to convey a kind of unwillingness in his heart.
The ups and downs not only put Yu Liang under tremendous pressure, but also deprived Yu Liang of the opportunity to compete for his best personal honor. In the selection of the European Golden Globe Awards, Yu Liang, who was originally very popular, was not even in the top ten because his performance in the second half of 2009 was too bad.
Yu Liang, who was shrouded in great loss, performed even more sluggishly after the award ceremony. Even so, he still got a stable main position with Ferguson, and this trust made Yu Liang's heart full of emotion, and at the same time full of respect for Ferguson.
After being held to a draw at home by West Ham United, the league had a brief break due to the arrival of the international break. Although Yu Liang's form has been up and down in the past few months, and his performance is very average, he is still selected for this national team training squad.
After simply packing up, Yu Liang stepped on the flight back to China. Also on the flight back to China was King Dong, but the starting point of the two has become different.
Yu Liang successfully stayed at Manchester United during the winter break, but King Dong did not have such good luck. Even with such a tight grip on United's forward staff, it was not possible to avoid the purge. For 18 million euros, King Dong came to Paris, France, to start another journey of his own.
Because there is no winter break in the Premier League, many events are scheduled, and now Yu Liang is under huge pressure, so when he sat in a comfortable business class seat, he fell asleep. By the time he woke up, the plane had already begun to circle and descend over the capital's airport.
There is also a disadvantage in every national team training camp and competition in Qianchuan, that is, the transportation is not very convenient.
Whether it is a player who plays in a domestic league or a player who plays in an overseas league, he basically has to go through two or three transfers to reach Qianchuan, after all, Qianchuan is not a metropolis. The journey is tiring and tiresome. It is precisely for this reason that the national team gave up the Xianghe training base and switched to the Qianchuan football training base for preparation training, which has been criticized by many people.
However, the training and competition in Qianchuan are not useless, at least the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the scenery is good, and as a small county, it has a quiet atmosphere that cannot be compared with a big city. At least here for training, the national football team leader does not have to worry about the players not returning at night. In the same way, although the national football players are tired of playing the national team competition here, compared to the opponents, this journey can only be said to be trivial.
During this 10-day national team break, the Chinese team has two games to play.
Both opponents are from Africa, Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire. The main reason for this situation is the draw for the World Cup group in South Africa.
Nigeria were placed in Group B in the World Cup group draw held in early December, along with Asian side South Korea. Ivory Coast have been drawn in Group G, which also includes an Asian team, North Korea. The Chinese team was placed in Group E, along with African side Cameroon and European teams the Netherlands and Denmark.
Moreover, the Chinese team has no other competition tasks in the New Year, and the main task is to prepare for the World Cup in South Africa. Therefore, after the World Cup group draw, Shi Liansheng is actively operating to contact African teams to play friendly matches, as an important means to familiarize himself with the characteristics of African teams.
Although the Africa Cup of Nations started in January, Shi Liansheng still reached an agreement with Nigeria, but when Shi Liansheng and Nigeria reached an agreement, Ivory Coast also found the Chinese team. Although China is developing rapidly and has a certain right to speak in the world, the influence of Chinese football in the world is still very, very small, so Shi Liansheng did not refuse the request of Ivory Coast to play a friendly match, and the result was that in a FIFA match day, the Chinese team had to face two African teams.
After tossing and turning planes and buses, it was already evening when Yu Liang arrived at the Qianchuan Liansheng Hotel designated by the national team.
Although he rested on the plane for a long time, when night fell, Yu Liang still couldn't resist the invasion of tiredness, and had a brief chat with Shi Liansheng, and Yu Liang, who had eaten dinner, returned to the room and rested directly.
After a deep night's sleep, when he woke up the next morning, Yu Liang, who was tired from his body, went to the training base with his teammates in good spirits.
When they arrived at the training ground, they found that there were countless fans around the training ground.
The rush to reach the World Cup is still affecting fans.
Since the end of the World Preliminary Tournament last year, the Chinese team has not played an official game for more than half a year. This time the matches against Nigeria and Ivory Coast will be China's first appearance in 2010. After more than half a year of adjustment, many fans want to know what the current Chinese team can achieve in the World Cup.
Although Yu Liang's performance in Manchester United was sluggish, and King Dong also transferred away from Manchester United, which made the domestic Manchester United fever subside a lot, but their popularity in China has not diminished. Outside the training ground, many fans chanted the names of Yu Liang and King Dong.
Under the enthusiastic chanting of the fans, King Dong also played a few tricks in the field, although this was not his strong point, but he still won the applause of the fans.
Except for the fact that King Dong's work won the applause of the fans, there was nothing special about the training of the national team, especially the first day of training, which was mainly based on recovery. At the end of the training session, the fans were given the opportunity to interact with the players.
Yu Liang was asked the most about transfers.
Judging by his current performance at Manchester United, many people are not optimistic about his future at Manchester United.
However, in the face of this kind of problem from fans, Yu Liang generally chooses to avoid it, in short, he will not reveal his true thoughts.
After interacting with the fans, Yu Liang and the others were also ready to return to the hotel after training. Just as Yu Liang and the others were about to leave, a group of young players appeared on the sidelines of the training ground. They are all echelon players in the Qianchuan training base to complete their daily training.
"Yu Liang!"
A small player quickly rushed towards Yu Liang.
It's understandable to be excited to see his idol, but it's something Yu Liang can't understand, at least he can feel the eager gazes of the other young players, and obviously they're looking forward to interacting with him.
But when Yu Liang fixed his eyes and found that this little player was someone he was familiar with, Yu Liang asked in surprise: "Why did you appear here?" ”
It's the New Year, and I wish you all a happy new year and all the best!