Chapter 59: Ordered in Danger
Yu Liang, who was standing in front of the goal, couldn't calm down his inner self-blame for a long time.
It's not that I couldn't help the team increase the score, it's that I didn't score my first goal in the Premier League.
"Ahh
"Ahh
Yu Liang, who was standing in front of the goal, was silent for a while, and then vented his inner dissatisfaction with shouting.
The first half ended shortly afterwards as Manchester United led Bolton Wanderers 3-0.
Although Bolton set off an attacking frenzy at the end of the first half, Manchester United dominated the entire first half.
He had 66 per cent possession and 89 per cent of his passes were successful.
Judging from the first half of the game, the best performance was undoubtedly Yu Liang.
Although there was one mistake, it gave Bolton a chance to counter-attack. It was a great chance to score in front of goal.
But none of this can hide Yu Liang's outstanding performance.
Three assists, two interceptions, two successful breakaways, a whopping 90 per cent pass completion rate.
all showed Yu Liang's dominance in the court.
In the dressing room, Ferguson highly praised Yu Liang: "Child, the performance is great! If you behave like this every day, I think I'll have to ask my boss to give you a raise! ”
While praising it, Ferguson also showed his own humorous cells.
It's not very funny, but it's really good, and there is laughter in the dressing room.
It had a lot to do with their 3-0 first-half lead over Bolton.
Ferguson looked around at his players with a smile on his face, "Guys did a great job in the first half, you guys can't hold the damn Bolton heads up!" That's the effect I wanted, to keep playing like that in the second half. Let them understand what is the strength of the Premier League hegemon, don't think that lying in the third position can go to the sky! But Yu Liang, you have to control the rhythm of the game, and you can't tire your teammates! There's a Champions League game in midweek! ”
Rumble!
Laughter erupted again in the locker room.
After the start of the second half, Bolton stepped up their attack.
However, in the tenacious defense of Manchester United, Bolton did not get the advantage, not only failed to score, but was also attacked by Manchester United's counterattack.
In the 82nd minute, Manchester United counterattacked, Saha got the ball in front of the penalty area, and when the opponent's goalkeeper attacked and the defender returned to defense, he crossed to the right side, and Ronaldo, who was inserted, pushed the ball directly into the net without stopping, 4-0!
In the 89th minute, Manchester United counter-attacked and scored again.
Rooney received a direct pass from Fletcher and calmly pushed it into the net from an offside position to score a hat-trick.
Helped Manchester United to a 5-0 thrashing of Bolton Wanderers.
Although in the second half, Yu Liang did not assist and was not able to score.
However, the 85 per cent pass completion rate has sorted out Manchester United's attack very well.
The two interceptions in the opening stage of the second half were a good discouragement of Bolton's counter-attack, and they were the heroes who tried to protect Manchester United's goal.
After the game, Yu Liang was named the best of the game.
It was the first time he had won the Man of the Match since joining the Premier League.
Naturally, he won the best prize in the audience - champagne.
refused to be interviewed by the media and returned to the locker room with champagne, Yu Liang was directly stopped by Rooney.
"Celebrate, MVP!"
Saying that, Rooney directly snatched the champagne from Yu Liang's arms and began to shake it desperately.
“NO! Wayne. If you want to drink, I can invite you to the bar! But this bottle, please be merciful! ”
It was his first Man of the Match in the Premier League, and he was going to keep it as a keepsake, but he couldn't just let Wayne Rooney get to the trouble.
"Is Wayne alone?"
Fletcher took the champagne from Rooney's hand and shook it there.
"No, no, no!"
Looking at the teammates who were full of people coming over, Yu Liang knew that he couldn't run away from this big drink.
Thinking of this, Yu Liang sighed: "Hey, it's been a busy month!" ”
"Everyone, everyone!"
"That's pretty much it!"
Fletcher smiled evilly and returned the champagne to Yu Liang.
After receiving the champagne, Yu Liang immediately put it in his backpack, for fear of being snatched by Rooney and them again.
They didn't have to wait long at Bolton Wanderers, and after Ferguson's post-match press conference, they took the bus back to Manchester.
After getting off the bus at Carrington, Yu Liang directly fulfilled his promise and went to the bar with his teammates.
"Uncle, for a bottle of champagne, this meal cost me tens of thousands of pounds! Real him... Mother... It's not worth it! ”
After a few hours of fun in the bar, Yu Liang scolded and said it was not worth it while paying.
It's certainly not worth spending so much money for a worthless bottle of champagne.
But it has brought him closer to his teammates, which is not something that money can measure.
"Drink!"
Rooney didn't know when he ran to Yu Liang's side, snorting wine and saying, "Brother, you're not interesting enough!" Come to the bar, how can you not drink! Come on, let's go have two more bottles! ”
"Okay, no problem, I'll drink with you!"
dealt with Rooney, and Yu Liang also settled the account here.
Yu Liang, who was standing at the door with Rooney, was just about to call a taxi when he saw Fletcher and immediately stopped: "Darren, you send Wayne back!" This guy drank too much! ”
"Not much! I can still drink! ”
Rooney leaned on Yu Liang's shoulder and protested.
Then, with the support of Yu Liang and Fletcher, he was sent into Fletcher's car.
"Be careful on the road!"
"Don't worry!"
Fletcher waved at Yu Liang and disappeared into the night in the car.
Although many English players are good at drinking, Fletcher really didn't drink much tonight. This is also the reason why Yu Liang is relieved to let him send Rooney back.
After seeing off Rooney and Fletcher, Yu Liang called a car and returned home.
After the big win over Bolton, the Reds rested for two days in Carrington before flying to Denmark on 30 October and arriving in Copenhagen a day before preparing for the Champions League.
Because of the first three rounds of the Champions League group stage, Manchester United won all of them, accumulating 9 points! Finishing second in the group is Celtic with two wins and six points. Group third Benfica and FC Copenhagen both have just one point. Therefore, Manchester United only need to score one point in this game to qualify for the group early.
No one thinks Copenhagen will cause problems for Manchester United.
Ferguson thinks so, too.
Even if the weather in Copenhagen is so bad, he doesn't think his opponents have the strength to cause them problems.
So he didn't bring all the main players here.
But it wasn't until the game actually started that he realized how stupid the idea was.
In the cold weather, the two sides exchanged blanks in the first half.
Manchester United, who are known for their attacking prowess, had just five shots on goal in the first half. To add insult to injury, only one shot hit the woodwork.
In the second half, Manchester United played even worse.
Under the attacking weight of the Copenhagen team, there was basically no decent attack.
The team's performance like this made Ferguson unable to sit still.
After standing up and walking anxiously back and forth on the sidelines twice, he walked in front of Yu Liang: "How do you feel now?" Will you be able to play? ”
"It feels pretty good!"
Yu Liang, who was wrapped in a thick down jacket, nodded at Ferguson.
When he arrived in Copenhagen, Yu Liang caught a cold.
So much so that he was absent from the team's training for both days.
However, in order to prevent accidents from happening, Yu Liang did not choose to take cold medicine, but chose conservative treatment. After all, if you have a cold, you can drink plain water.
But what he didn't expect was that when the team's attack was bad, Ferguson actually pinned his hopes on his sick number.
Although Yu Liang gave Ferguson a positive answer.
But Ferguson was hesitant.
If the score is kept like this until the end, it is also acceptable.
But just as he hesitated, the score on the field changed.
Copenhagen took advantage of a corner kick and broke through the door of Van der Sar's handle.
1-0!
Copenhagen took the lead at home.
"Warm up and be ready to play in five minutes!"
Listening to Ferguson's words, Yu Liang directly took off the down jacket on his body and began to warm up on the sidelines.
Five minutes later, Yu Liang, who had finished his warm-up, was replaced by Alex Ferguson, replacing Paul Scholes, who did not perform well in the game. (To be continued.) )