Arriving at Old Trafford, Roma rested in the dressing room before heading to a small lawn on the side of the pitch for training. The game doesn't start until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, it's still early, and Roma are still training as usual, waiting until the afternoon to warm up at Old Trafford and then get ready to play.

At this time, the training was open, and many reporters were filming and interviewing on the periphery.

There is nothing to avoid when Rome arrives, the training content is no different from the usual training, that is, warming up, familiarizing yourself with the tactical content and that's it, and when everyone trains collectively for a period of time, the players are free to get it, and each of them takes the ball to do some simple training.

Zhang Tiehan's personal training is the easiest.

All he did was shoot, one shot at the other, and that kind of training started at Wigan Athletic, and he's still training in this way, maybe it's better to get used to it, because it's hard to improve it.

However, Zhang Tiehan's training still shocked the eyes of many Manchester media, they watched Zhang Tiehan shoot the football into the goal one by one, the distance, the speed, is really terrible, so at noon Manchester about the game, there are many reporters for Manchester United's advice, they must pay attention to Zhang Tiehan's long-range shot.

But that's all the tricks of N years ago......

In last season, when Zhang Tiehan was still at Wigan Athletic, the team that played with Wigan Athletic knew to pay attention to Zhang Tiehan's long-range shots, and now the content has become 'Don't let Zhang Tiehan shoot, no matter what way', the shot does not only include long-range shots, but also the header needs to be carefully defended, and a number jù taken out by the Italian media illustrates this problem, in the Italian First Division. Of Zhang Tiehan's goals, thirteen were direct headers, while only nine were long-range shots, and the others were scored by other means, such as receiving passes and pushing from close range, etc., which can be seen from the number of jù. Zhang Tiehan's threat is much more than a long-range shot.

After noon, all Roma left the pitch and went back to the hotel to rest, and two hours later, at about three o'clock, the whole squad was back at Old Trafford.

The atmosphere of the competition is already very strong.

At this point, the fans had not yet entered, and the Old Trafford stadium was full of reporters, who could be seen in the mixed area, on the periphery, in the aisles and even on the edge of the pitch, and Roma rested in the dressing room. It was the assistant coach who led the pitch to Old Trafford to warm up.

Stepping onto Old Trafford again, Zhang Tiehan looked around and suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, maybe not as good as Carrington's training base, but he was also very familiar with it, where he played at least a dozen times, and that was in youth league competitions, such as the Youth League or the Youth FA Cup. It used to be his home turf.

Now it's an away game.

Those former home fans have become away fans, and the memories are in comparison. Zhang Tiehan smiled bitterly and shook his head, there are really many twists and turns in life, and this is his biggest turning point.

……

The game is about to begin.

The fans started to enter and the players from both teams warmed up on the pitch, with Manchester United just opposite Roma when Manchester United came to the pitch. Fletcher greeted him and Zhang Tiehan shouted in response, attracting the attention of many Manchester United players, but many people still smiled at him, but the two sides did not make any contact. It's on the playing field, after all.

The only thing that was special was two people, one was Rooney, who looked at him coldly, and the other was C-Ronaldo, who held his head high like a haughty rooster and didn't even look in the direction of Rome.

The fans were almost over, the seats at Old Trafford were full, and the cries in the stands became mainstream, and a small part of the west stands belonged to Roma fans, who began to cheer for the team loudly after they entered, but their voices were not visible at Old Trafford, compared to the voices of Manchester United fans.

At this time, Manchester United fans are singing Manchester United's team anthem loudly -

Glory belongs to Manchester United, glory belongs to Manchester United, glory belongs to Manchester United, and the Red Army is moving forward.

Like those "Busby's kids" in the past,

We're going to let the Red Devil's banner fly high,

You'll see it everywhere you go, and you'll hear people singing proudly: Manchester United! Manchester United!

We're red teenagers and we're on our way to Wembley!

Wembley! Wembley!

We are great Manchester United and we are on our way to Wembley!

The 77-year-old Dochetti said,

At the age of 83, Atkinson also firmly believes that

All mankind knows who we are,

All will sing a song "The Queen's Blood",

Manchester United! Manchester United!

The Red Legion marches forward!

Listening to this song, Zhang Tiehan also hummed twice, he was slightly touched, no matter what happened, after all, his five-year memory will not change, this is the home field where he has lived for five years and has the deepest memory, there are many memories here, including Manchester United fans, there are many familiar faces.

Over here...... It's the past, it's the past, it's the memory...... However, it is only a memory.

Zhang Tiehan's face flashed with determination.

He stared at Manchester United opposite, and before he knew it, his fists clenched tightly.

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In the visiting dressing room at Old Trafford, the Roma players sat in a circle, staring intently at the tactical board hanging on the wall, listening to manager Jewell's explanation, nodding his head from time to time and occasionally asking his doubts.

Everyone is very serious.

Drinel went back to the dressing room early to set up the tactics, it should be said that he told everyone what they needed to do, and then explained what the team had to do and how to choose under what circumstances, and he focused on defense.

"We need to defend, we need to be defensive when we attack, if we have the ability to defend, don't stand in front, you have to pay attention!"

'Manchester United are not a small team in the league, they have a lot of attacking quality and they are very fast on the flanks, including in the middle, so we can't give them a chance.

Drinel kept emphasizing.

In terms of tactics in this game, Drinel did not make any adjustments, the only adjustment was the starting lineup, Perrotta is still the main midfielder, and he is partnered with Del Vecchio, who has good offensive ability and rich defensive experience, and is a very powerful midfielder. Totti's position was brought up to play in the middle of the midfield, the two full-backs were Montella and Mancini, Zhang Tiehan was at the front, and Cassano was tragically reduced to a substitute, which is also the reason why Drinel considered Cassano's lack of defensive ability and did not have any excellent performance on the wing.

This strengthens the defence while maintaining the same formation.

In the frontcourt, Zhang Tiehan's position is the most forward, he is basically difficult to participate in the general defense, but his ability to counter-grab is very strong, the speed is also fast, and the interception in front can also play a certain role, and then Totti, Montella's defense has passed, Mancini's defensive ability is poor, but as long as you pay attention to the position, you can still play a certain role, Perrotta and Del Vecchio partner, can form an effective barrier in front of the penalty area, if you press too forward, when Manchester United counterattacks, the defense of these two people is still very reliable.

De Rinel's task for the back four is to focus on defence, and only Zivo is good in attack, so he can plug in when he has the chance, and Ferrari is told that it is better to stay at the back of the team for the whole game.

Almost everyone gets advice on defense, including Totti, but also Mancini, and only Zhang Tiehan is an exception, Drinel did not explain to Zhang Tiehan about defense, everything depends on his free play, and his main explanation is attack.

"Always be aware of your position, and if you're defended to death, you can pass the ball to someone else, and don't waste your chances." Drinel said so.

After arranging the tactics, the time was almost up, one by one the players walked out of the door to the player tunnel to prepare to play, and many people came over to say to Zhang Tiehan when they went out, "Zhang, it's up to you to score goals", "You must score a few more", Zhang Tiehan rolled his eyes when he heard it, but he still affirmed, "Don't worry, I will." ”

He felt a lot of pressure.

But the pressure is also the motivation and he is already looking forward to the game.

……

In the players' tunnel, feeling the warm atmosphere outside, Zhang Tiehan felt that his legs couldn't help shaking.

It's been a long time since I've felt like this.

Is it nervousness or excitement?

Zhang Tiehan can't be sure, but this is definitely the game he is most looking forward to in the past two years after leaving Manchester United, he has been waiting for this game for too long, when the game is approaching, he has some uncontrollable excitement and excitement, in this mentality, Zhang Tiehan feels that time is passing very slowly, he can only distract his attention to find something to do.

For example, look at what the Manchester United players next to you are doing.

When Zhang Tiehan turned around, many Manchester United players looked at him, Fletcher waved at him, Zhang Tiehan also waved back, C-Ronaldo was talking to Rooney, the two glanced at Zhang Tiehan's position from time to time, Zhang Tiehan noticed, so he clenched his fist and waved at C-Ronaldo, the latter pretended to ignore it with a cold face, and Zhang Tiehan spoke at him again-

"Cowardice! Villain! ”

Many people understood, and C-Ronaldo naturally did the same, he ran to the front of the team and talked to the assistant referee who came over about what happened just now, Zhang Tiehan just stood there and watched, with no expression, as if it had nothing to do with him, but the assistant referee just listened, and didn't do anything at all...... The main thing is that he didn't see it, and he wasn't qualified to do anything.

The game hasn't started yet, and it's impossible to give Zhang Tiehan a foul.

In the end, C-Ronaldo could only reluctantly return to his position, and Zhang Tiehan also lost interest in teasing him, because the time was almost up, and with the referee's signal, the players of the two teams still walked out of the player tunnel and entered the stadium to start the game. (To be continued......)