Chapter 14: The Villain 1
Yu Liang, who returned to the locker room after the warm-up, was shocked again.
I thought he would start with Scholes, so he only needed to provide defense in midfield and leave the responsibility of organising the attack to Scholes.
But now it's O'Shea who is partnering him in midfield, which means he has to take more responsibility in the game.
I was excited, but at the same time, I was under a lot of pressure.
"Hi bro, don't be nervous!"
Standing in the players' tunnel, waiting to play, Rooney seemed to notice that Yu Liang was a little nervous, and immediately comforted: "Don't care about those media, they talk like farts!" Not only does it stink, but sometimes it can be mixed with residual feces, which is disgusting! ”
"Poof......
Yu Liang, who had been taking deep breaths to try to relieve his pressure, listened to Rooney's words and laughed directly.
"That's right, just like that, you should laugh a little more! When you laugh, you don't feel so nervous! ”
Yu Liang's laughter not only attracted the attention of his teammates, but even his opponents looked at him inexplicably.
"Oh man, forgot to remind you! Their No. 8, Michael Brown, is a villain, so watch out when you play! Don't let him get hurt! ”
Listening to Rooney's words, Yu Liang naturally looked at Fulham's No. 8 player, with blonde hair, not tall, and not particularly strong. Just looking at his appearance, it was difficult for Yu Liang to imagine that such a player would be a villain.
For Rooney's reminder, Yu Liang was very grateful: "Thank you!" ”
"Oh, what's so good about this, just pass me a few more good balls during the game! Less pass to that Portuguese! ”
Although it has been more than a month since the end of the World Cup, Rooney is still haunted by the red card. The most intuitive embodiment is that he has not spoken to Ronaldo so far.
Listening to Rooney's vindictive words, Yu Liang smiled at him, and then followed his teammates towards the court.
Rumble!
The moment Yu Liang walked out of the passage, he felt a wave of heat from the stadium. The heat wave, mixed with the cheers and cheers of the fans, immediately ignited Yu Liang's blood.
This is a stadium that can accommodate more than 70,000 people!
Although the previous warm-up game had made its debut in this stadium, only half of the fans entered the stadium at that time! What now? As far as the eye can see, the stands are full of people, and there are basically no empty seats.
Roughly estimated, there should be 60,000 or 70,000 fans anyway.
For Yu Liang, this is a big scene!
Playing in front of 60,000 or 70,000 fans for the first time in your career, you must perform well!
Although he had a firm belief, as soon as the game began, Yu Liang made a mistake, and the ball that had just arrived at his feet was directly tackled by the Fulham player.
"Oh, it looks like your so-called genius hasn't gotten into the game yet!"
"Nope! Martin, don't you think that's a foul? ”
Seeing that Yu Liang made a mistake, Andy Gray tried to defend Yu Liang.
But as soon as Andy Gray finished speaking, he got a ruthless response from Martin Taylor: "Are you kidding? Andy! Won't a summer pass, and even your own beam standard will be lost! It's just a reasonable collision! ”
"Really? I don't think so! If he continues to play at this pace, I think Michael may not survive 30 minutes today and will be sent off! ”
It was Fulham's No. 8 player Michael Brown who just used his body to knock down Yu Liang.
The 29-year-old Michael Brown, who debuted in the Manchester City academy, is a sworn enemy of Manchester United! As a midfielder, he tackles very fiercely, is famous in England for a large number of red and yellow cards, and is a complete villain on the pitch. After moving to national clubs, he joined Fulham during the winter break last season. Although the initial period of joining Fulham was not particularly smooth due to injury, after returning from injury, he got a main position in Fulham with his fierce defense.
"Nope! I don't think so, I think he's going to play the whole game today! You must know that his main position in Fulham has just been secured! Manchester United's counterattack, the goal is in! Oh my God, in front of Manchester United's attack, Fulham's defense is simply too amateurish! It's hard to imagine how bad their defense would have been without Michael Brown! ”
Three feet, just three feet, more than 80 meters of attacking distance, Yu Liang's teammates tore through Fulham's defense with just three feet and sent the ball into their gate.
The speed of this kind of counterattack, this kind of efficiency, is something that Yu Liang has never thought of, nor has he ever seen it!
Even after playing so many warm-up games with Manchester United, the team did not have such speed in the counter-attack.
Although he had always heard that the pace of the Premier League was fast, he only thought that the passing and receiving speed was fast, but now he thinks that is not the case at all.
The fast pace of the Premier League is to use simple and clear passing, quickly tear apart the opponent's defense to complete the attack.
Although it was just a simple counterattack, Yu Liang felt that he had a new understanding of the Premier League.
Inside the boiling Old Trafford, the game soon began again amid the cheers of the fans.
Fulham's attack was also fast-paced, with simple and fast passes, which quickly pushed the attack into the heart of Manchester United.
However, their ability to take chances in front of goal was not high, and Diop's header was not strong enough after receiving a cross from a team-mate at the far post of the penalty area, which was directly confiscated by Van der Sar.
Manchester United then launched a counter-attack.
Before receiving the ball near the halfway line, Yu Liang had already observed the movement of his teammates, there was a gap on the right side of Fulham, and Ronaldo was cutting forward at high speed.
Reaching out to O'Shea to ask for the ball, Yu Liang just stopped the ball when he was knocked down, and the ball was broken again!
"Oh God, you can't get a foothold in the Premier League with that kind of confrontation!"
"No, no, no, Martin, I don't think it's a problem of Yu Liang's poor physical confrontation ability, it's a problem of Michael Brown, he is a foul! Do you know? ”
"Oh, don't be funny, Andy! I'll admit that Michael Brown's action was a little bigger, but it's definitely not a foul! If Yu Liang can't overcome this, he won't be able to gain a foothold in the Premier League! ”
Martin Taylor gets to the point.
Judging from the opening minutes, Yu Liang did not complete a single touch, and every time he was about to touch the ball, he was directly knocked down by Michael Brown.
It's true that this is not Michael Brown's problem, this is Yu Liang's own problem.
The ability to resist is not only a matter of physical strength, but also the balance of a person's body.
If your body balance is very poor, even if your body is strong, your ability to fight will not be very strong.
If he wants to gain a foothold in the Premier League, what Yu Liang must now solve is the confrontation problem in the fierce competition.
"Alex, this, you see......"
Seeing that Yu Liang was knocked to the ground by the opposing player's player twice in a row, Queiroz made a substitution gesture to Ferguson next to him.
"No, trust him! He's going to surprise us! ”
Ferguson shook his head firmly.
Although he was very dissatisfied with Yu Liang's performance on the field. But he thinks that instead of replacing Yu Liang and hitting his self-confidence, it is better to let him experience some tempering on the court.
After all, now that the team is ahead, he has space and time for Yu Liang to temper!
"Uncle's!"
Looking at Michael Brown's back, Yu Liang scolded resentfully.
"How's it going, Madman, are you alright?"
With Fulham's attack, Rooney had retreated to near the center line at this time, looking at the embarrassed Yu Liang with some concern.
"Don't worry! Wayne, I'm fine! ”
With that, Yu Liang rushed towards the backcourt. (To be continued.) )