Chapter 37: Champions League in progress

When Yu Liang's fans and those trolls were still arguing on the Internet, Yu Liang, who had slept beautifully, got up at this moment.

In Manchester in October, sunny weather is very rare.

Most of the time, the whole city is drizzled. It swayed down from the sky like a cow's hair, hitting the earth in a fine and dense way.

After washing, Yu Liang stared at the drizzle and ran directly towards Carrington.

Although he has been named in the squad for tomorrow night's game against FC Copenhagen, Ferguson could have taken him down at any time if he is not in good form. So when he got to Carrington, he threw himself into training.

Following the training session, the regular pre-match press conference will take place in the press room at Carrington Base.

Ferguson walked directly to the dressing room: "Yu, come with me to the pre-match press conference!" ”

The opportunity to show his face at the pre-match press conference, if it had been placed in the past, Yu Liang would definitely not refuse. But now the situation is different, Yu Liang directly refused.

Regarding Yu Liang's refusal, Ferguson didn't understand for a while.

"There's a lot of your countrymen out there! Looks like they really want to see you! ”

Listening to Ferguson's words, Yu Liang became more determined.

"No, boss, you better take someone else!"

As for the reason why these reporters from China flocked here, Yu Liang understood very well in his heart. It must have come to report on a certain wave.

“OK!”

Seeing that Yu Liang insisted on not going out with him for an interview, Ferguson could only give up, and then took Rooney to the interview.

When he arrived at the press conference, Ferguson understood why Yu Liang was reluctant to come with him to the press conference.

These reporters from China are like tigers and wolves, and the questions are thrown one after another, all about Yu Liang's dissatisfaction with the national team.

These questions made Ferguson a little uncomfortable.

After all, this is the pre-match press conference against Copenhagen, not the press conference of the Chinese national team. After answering two questions about the game, Ferguson left the scene with Wayne Rooney.

"Hey man, have you been in trouble lately?"

On the way back, Rooney asked Yu Liang.

At the press conference, all he heard was bad news about Yu Liang and the Chinese national team.

"Nope!"

"Really? But today......"

"Trust me, Wayne, there's nothing wrong with that!"

Yu Liang knew that those reporters were here for this, but he didn't expect that it would affect Rooney and Ferguson.

It's not that he refuses to talk about it, it's that he doesn't have any problems at all.

After a night's rest, the game kicked off at 7.30pm at Old Trafford.

Manchester United's starting line-up was still the Dutch veteran Edwin van der Sar in goal, the centre-backs were Rio Ferdinand and Brown, the wing-backs were O'Shea and Patrice Evra, and captain Gary Neville was out injured. In midfield, Paul Scholes was paired with Alan Smith in the middle. Alan Smith was transformed into a central midfielder by Alex Ferguson last season and will be hoping to provide a shield for the team with his ferocious scrambling and positive attitude in the game. Although he performed well, he suffered a broken calf against Liverpool and missed more than nine months, and this is his first game back from injury, and no one knows how he will perform.

The two wings in midfield are Cristiano Ronaldo and Fletcher. Manchester United have a double red meeting with Liverpool at the weekend, so Ryan Giggs rotates for this game.

Up front, Wayne Rooney and Saha partnered.

In the absence of Gary Neville, Ferguson handed the captain's armband to Wayne Rooney.

Rooney, who wore the captain's armband, was an eye-catcher from the start of the game.

First, in the 9th minute, he picked up the ball at the edge of the penalty area and fired a left-footed shot wide of the post from 23 meters in front of the goal. Then in the 16th minute, Ronaldo pushed a shot from the left side and missed the far end, Rooney inserted a sweeping shot in the middle, which was saved by the opposing goalkeeper.

The active Rooney is not only a threat in his shots, but also very sharp in his assists.

In the 32nd minute, Rooney made a straight kick in front of the goalkeeper and penetrated the Copenhagen defense, Saha successfully countered offside in front of the penalty area, but Saha's shot from the penalty area was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, and Manchester United missed a great opportunity to score.

Although they missed the chance to score this time, Copenhagen were not able to hold out for long under Manchester United's strong attack.

Six minutes after Saha missed the goal, United scored.

Saha who assists this time.

Patrice Evra's cross from the left was met by Saha in the box with his back to the goal, and Scholes, who was cut in the back row, volleyed home to make it 1-0.

United took the lead in the 38th minute.

After taking the lead, United's attack was more fluid, and Rooney created a chance up front from the start of the second half.

Midfielder Alan Smith makes a long pass, and the opposing defender makes a mistake in clearing. Rooney picks the ball past the opposing goalkeeper and shoots into the empty net.

When the ball flew to the goal line, it was cleared off the line by the defender of the opposing team.

Rooney was frustrated by the missed goal. ,

But then from a corner, they doubled the score.

Ronaldo's corner kick directly found O'Shea, but O'Shea's head failed to reach the football, but the falling football smashed into O'Shea's leg and bounced into the goal.

A dramatic goal gave United a 2-0 lead.

After taking a two-goal lead, United slowed down the tempo of their attack.

In the 58th minute, Ferguson replaced Alan Smith with Yu Liang. This is Yu Liang's second Champions League appearance for Manchester United. Two minutes after playing, Yu Liang handed out an assist.

Yu Liang, who assisted to the front, kicked the ball straight and tore apart the opponent's defense, and Scholes scored with an anti-offside volley, 3-0!

"It's beautiful!"

Scholes, who scored twice, walked towards Yu Liang with a smile on his face and thanked Yu Liang for his assist.

"Uh, you shoot better!"

Yu Liang never dreamed that an assist would ease the relationship between him and Scholes.

Of course, Yu Liang thought so, and it wasn't until he won the Champions League in the 07/08 season that Yu Liang knew that it wasn't the case at all.

After the game started, under the attack of Manchester United, Copenhagen could not fight back at all. So after the team took a three-goal lead, Ferguson made another substitution. Saha was replaced and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was replaced.

The substitutions did not diminish United's attack.

In the 75th minute, Yu Liang missed the chance to score United's maiden goal.

After the attack advanced to the opponent's frontcourt, Yu Liang passed the ball and burst into the opponent's penalty area. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer picked the ball to the middle on the right side of the penalty area, and the unguarded Yu Liang actually knocked the ball away in the face of the empty goal.

"Ahh

Looking at the football flying high to the stand, Yu Liang clenched his fists and shouted in front of the door with great regret.

He scored a total of seven goals at Antwerp last season, so after returning to Manchester United, Yu Liang is also looking forward to his goalscoring performance at Manchester United, and he has been looking forward to his first goal.

It was one of United's best chances to score, so is it a shame to miss it?

After that, Ferguson replaced Scholes with Richardson.

Manchester United continued to attack, and in the 83rd minute, Richardson scored the fourth goal, and when he was 26 meters from goal, he suddenly fired a cold arrow, the opposing goalkeeper misjudged, and the ball rolled directly into the goal, 4-0.

Before the end of the game, Copenhagen launched a couple of counter-attacks in an attempt to score a face-saving goal, but they were unsuccessful.

In the end, Manchester United won 4-0 at home to visit Copenhagen to make it three wins in a row in the Champions League group stage. (To be continued.) )