On this day, Mourinho and Mendes left the summer house very late.

Although Xia Xing warmly invited the guests to stay overnight, they were politely declined.

Mathilde, Jose Mourinho were in the back row with Mendes.

"Stay at my house, right?"

"Okay!"

"Good!"

Although Mendes is more polite when facing Xia Xing, he and Mourinho are not outside.

The two are real friends, and their relationship with Xia Xing is still different.

At Mourinho's home, there is even a set of bedding and toiletries from Mendes.

It can be seen how the relationship between the two is.

"Jorge, rest early, I know you have a bunch of things to attend to tomorrow, good night."

After washing, Mourinho said goodbye to Mendes and was about to close the door, but Mendes stopped him.

"Jose."

"Huh?"

"You just talked about Xia and Pogba, so you should have some reservations."

"Hehe, I know I can't hide it from you."

"After all, our agent circle is more well-informed, and I already knew about that fat man going to the Manchester United board of directors to pull relations."

"Well, he does hate it, and I annoy him."

"But his words did work, and your resistance was a bit extreme."

"How else? I have to show Woodward that he can't interfere in the team's affairs or United will hit rock bottom. ”

"But you're too dangerous, the league lead is only six points left, hanging."

"Don't worry, as long as Xia Xing returns to the core of the organization, the team's results will immediately pick up."

"Are you so sure?"

"Of course! Xia is my favorite star! Not one of them! ”

"Well, then we'll wait and see how many surprises that young man can bring us."

As soon as the New Year was over on 1 January, Manchester United resumed normal training the following day.

That's the brutality of the Premier League.

Around Christmas and New Year's Day, players from other leagues are still on vacation, and Premier League players are facing a heavier workload.

Manchester United, for example, will face the 20th round of the Premier League on January 3.

Away to West Ham.

On December 31, the team had just drawn with Middlesbrough and were not in good form.

Three days later, they had their second double event in a week.

And there is a short break for the New Year in between.

For the outside media and football experts, they are generally not optimistic about Manchester United.

There are even many who think that Manchester United will even cause an upset away from home in this game.

You must know that when Manchester United suffered four consecutive draws, West Ham ushered in a wave of four consecutive wins.

They have also climbed from 10th to 7th in the league standings.

It's a stone's throw from the European zone.

So in this game at home, against an in-form Manchester United, they don't just want a point.

West Ham boss Bilic lined up in a 4-3-3 formation with plenty of attacking power.

The defensive line has a trident of Payet, Carroll and Antonio, and the morale is high in the last four games.

In this game, West Ham focused on an onslaught.

On the Manchester United side, they didn't have a full squad today.

Because of the double game a week, several veterans rotate as substitutes.

Wayne Rooney, Michael Carrick and Ibrahimovic all got rests.

Manchester United is still in a 4-2-3-1 formation in this game.

Goalkeeper David De Gea,

Defender Ashley Young, Smalling, Phil Jones, Valencia,

Double-back Pogba, Fellaini,

Three forward midfielders Xia Xing, Herrera and Mkhitaryan,

Centre forward Marcus Rashford.

Such a starting line-up is not the strongest strength of Manchester United at the moment, but it can only be so.

Seeing Manchester United so arranged, West Ham coach Bilic was even more secretly happy.

There is a play in three points!

In the home team's dressing room, Bilic admonished his players: "Attack at the start!" Manchester United is like a tiger made out of mud! One kick can kick them away! ”

And in the away team's dressing room, Mourinho is also making the final arrangements.

In addition to tactical arrangements and opponent analysis, he stressed again.

"In this game, Xia is the organizational core of the team, and he will sort out the team's offensive and defensive transitions!"

"Oh!!"

The teammates responded loudly, in a good mood!

Pogba felt a little uncomfortable.

During this time, Pogba played the core of the organization, and he enjoyed it, but he has not been able to lead the team to victory.

Now, when Xia Xing became the team's No. 1 person again, his teammates were very excited.

Everyone is full of trust in Xia Xing!

In the absence of the captain and vice-captain Rooney and Carrick, Xia Xing, wearing the captain's armband, stood at the front of the team and walked out of the locker room!

Today's summer trip will lead the team to wash away the decline and win!

West Ham kick off first.

As the referee's whistle blew, West Ham launched an onslaught!

Payet's continuous dribbling on the flanks makes it straight into the Manchester United penalty area!

However, Valencia directly put the tackle and knocked down the French attacker!

The referee didn't react!

No fouls on defense, good shot!

Valencia fell to the ground and stabbed the ball into the midfield before the opponent could grab the second point!

Pogba catches the ball!

At this time, Pogba still wants to be ready to step forward like he did in the previous two games!

He passed Xia Xing diagonally, and then ran quickly!

However, this time Xia Xing did not give the ball back to him.

Xia Xing, who received the ball, suddenly began to accelerate along the left side!

Just like Payet's side breakthrough just now, it is extremely sharp!

Two West Ham defenders come up to steal!

Xia Xing kicked the ball hard, and then directly knocked the two away with his body!

What a crash!

At this point, the ball is on the left side of the penalty area!

Marcus Rashford in the middle is already in place, with Herrera behind him, and Mkhitaryan at the far end is also accelerating!

Xia Xing has three points to pass the ball!

This time, though, he didn't choose to pass!

He shot straight at the goal!

In three consecutive games, Xia Xing did nothing.

Not only did there be no goal, not even an assist.

Although this was Mourinho's arrangement and let him be in charge of defense, Xia Xing was also very unhappy with his state.

He's hungry to help the team score goals!

At this moment, he couldn't hold back his heart!

There hasn't been a decent shot on goal in three games in a row, and the defense at the back has intercepted!

Today, Lao Tzu will take a kick and let you see the power of the Golden Globe winner!

At this moment, on the left side of the penalty area, even the ball is about a meter away from the penalty area line, Xia Xing directly got up!

This kick is earth-shattering, a direct violent volley!

The ball barely curved and went straight to the top corner of the near corner of the goal!

Goalkeeper Randolph is guarding the middle and is preventing the Manchester United players from stealing the point after Xia Xing's pass!

I didn't expect Xia Xing to shoot directly!

He moves quickly towards the near corner of the goal!

Almost at the same time as the ball to the line!

However, he didn't have time to make a move!

Right in his ear, the ball slammed into the net as it rubbed the roots of his hairs!

The ball is in!

1 to 0!

Xia Xing's crit!

Manchester United's lead! (End of chapter)