The Chosen Captain.

This is Mourinho's new assessment of the summer trip now.

In fact, at the beginning of the season, Mourinho made Xia Xing the position of third captain, and some of them had personal preferences.

Mourinho has two considerations.

On the one hand, Xia Xing was the third captain in Leicester City, and he promised to join Manchester United, and he couldn't do anything wrong.

On the other hand, Xia Xing is extremely strong and has a championship temperament, and Mourinho hopes that he can become the future banner of Manchester United.

At that time, Mourinho was even thinking that if Xia Xing was really unpopular and unstable, then he could even come forward to support him.

Over time, however, these thoughts vanished.

Because Xia Xing has proved his strength!

The frequent wonderful passes made Xia Xing the favorite midfield teammate of the attacking players.

and often retreats to participate in defense, making Xia Xing the most trusted partner of defensive players.

Not to mention Xia Xing's personal charm, humility and low-key, and hard work, which made him win the love of his teammates.

And today, Xia Xing continued to cast spells, which made Pogba also admire him very much.

At half-time, Jose Mourinho could see that Pogba was not in a good mood.

But he didn't have a good way to do it, and it wasn't suitable for him to come forward to comfort him now.

And Xia Xing's penalty-taking behavior completely moved the French midfielder.

Pogba's reciprocated assist just now also proves his sincere gratitude to Xia Xing.

Simply, he influenced a teammate who had a great competition with him.

This kid is amazing!

What a natural chosen captain!

If I could, I wish this kid could retire at Manchester United!

If that's the case, I wonder how many trophies and accolades he can bring to Manchester United?

It's great to think about!

But then again, if I have the chance, I would like to stay at Manchester United for a long time.

Just like Sir Alex Ferguson.

How nice.

On the pitch, the Manchester United players hugged excitedly and enjoyed the joy of scoring goals.

Mourinho on the pitch was distracted, thinking about the future of the club and himself.

In the final ten minutes, Manchester United's attack was still fierce.

However, in the end, it failed to change the score again.

The score of 6-0 made Manchester United have the last laugh.

West Ham, who were thinking that they could try to get a point in an upset, finally made Manchester United depressed and left the game in frustration.

After a win over West Ham on 3 January, United finally ended a four-game draw in a row and regained their domineering feeling at the top of the league table.

In the following period, Manchester United once again ushered in a third-tier battle.

The Premier League, EFL Cup and FA Cup alternate and Manchester United are once again in a dense phase.

On 7 January, the FA Cup officially kicked off, with Manchester United playing Championship side Reading in the third round.

On January 11, in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-finals, Manchester United faced Hull City, and the first game was an away match.

On January 16, in the 21st round of the Premier League, Manchester United once again ushered in the double red meeting at home.

On January 21, in the 22nd round of the English Premier League, Manchester United played Stoke City away.

On January 27, the second leg of the semi-finals of the English League Cup, away to Hull City.

Twenty days, five games, an average of one every four days.

Although it is also intensive, it still leaves a little time to catch his breath compared to the intensive three-day event around Christmas.

Despite this, Mourinho still has to carefully consider the rotation of his squad.

According to his thoughts at the beginning of the season, the domestic cup competitions are not very attractive, and they are all played by young players and substitutes.

Even though the EFL Cup has reached the semi-finals, Mourinho is still thinking so.

Not to mention the upcoming FA Cup.

With just four days to go before the win over West Ham, Jose Mourinho still rested his main players to come off the bench against Reading.

Except for the summer trip.

Except for the summer trip.

"Coach, I still want to play!"

"You've been working hard lately, so take a break."

"I really want to play, and I'm fine!"

"I really can't ...... you"

In the end, Mourinho and Xia Xing agreed.

Xia Xing started the first half and will be substituted at half-time, regardless of the team's situation.

If the team is leading by a large margin, Mourinho even considers replacing Xia Xing in advance.

Although Xia Xing still had objections, he could only agree.

Looking at the energetic summer trip, Mourinho suddenly felt a little pity.

It's not that he's sorry for Xia Xing, it's because of Pogba.

If Pogba had been fitter, Mourinho would have wanted him to start.

On the stage of this kind of domestic cup competition, Pogba is given more opportunities to organize the core.

It's just a good practice, and winning or losing is not so critical anyway, far worse than the league and the Europa League.

However, after the game against West Ham, Pogba's fitness has dropped significantly, and if he is forced to play in this game, then the next series of games will be affected.

So, Mourinho had a good idea, but in the end he had to give up.

In this game, Xia Xing wore the captain's armband and made his debut.

Against Reading, Xia Xing is more familiar than all of his Manchester United team-mates.

After all, this opponent is Leicester City's big rival in the Championship, and they have fought bloodily for the chance of promotion to the Premier League.

And now, time has passed, Reading is still in the Championship, but Xia Xing is no longer the fledgling teenager in the Championship.

As soon as this game opened, Xia Xing made a long diagonal pass to accurately tear apart the defense!

Marcus Rashford was a quick run, he was single-handed!

Rush into the box and shoot into the far corner!

The ball goes into the net!

1 to 0!

Manchester United broke the deadlock at the opening kick!

The goal came in the 5th minute of the game, and the opponents Reading had not yet found their groove in the game and conceded the goal.

Next, their bucket formation defensive strategy was also a little tangled.

After all, the goal was conceded first, what should happen next?

Hold on to the ball and don't concede the ball, or rush to try for an equalizer as soon as possible?

The Reading players were hesitating, and Xia Xing helped them make a choice.

In the 11th minute of the game, Xia Xing made another long-distance pass.

This time the ball flew straight to the left side of the middle line and straight to the right front of the penalty area!

Lingard follows up quickly and shoots from outside the box!

The ball hits the net!

2 to 0!

Manchester United extend their lead!

Having conceded two goals, Reading now has no hesitation at all!

What are you waiting for?

Hurry up and attack!

Next, Reading began a ferocious attack.

Not to mention, their tactics of getting high pick-ups and high-hitting in the Championship really made Manchester United's defence suffer a lot.

There was even no chance to attack for ten minutes at one point.

But soon, United's attack returned.

In the 28th minute of the game, Xia Xing suddenly broke the ball in the middle and cut off Reading's attack!

Sprint fast with the ball!

Knock through two midfield defenders and use your speed to run away from a central defender!

Here's a chance!

Just when the goalkeeper attacked, Xia Xing suddenly knocked horizontally!

Lingard plugs in the back row and pushes it into the net!

3 to 0!

Manchester United scored another goal!

Less than 30 minutes into the game, Manchester United sealed the win under Xia Xing's leadership!

Xia Xing scored a hat-trick of assists!

Mourinho on the sidelines laughed and applauded.

This guy playing in the Championship team is simply a blow to dimensionality reduction!

(End of chapter)