The most low-key superstar

Chapter 246 Busy December
The results of Nicole's re-examination came to fruition. This time, Nicole was very lucky. Except for a bruise on his ankle, everything else was fine. Mr. Ferguson breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the results of the examination. As the head coach of the team, Nicole now plays a very important role in the team, and a healthy Nicole is an important guarantee for the team's performance.

Another focus of this round is Chelsea's home game against Arsenal. Scolari's team lost at home to Arsene Wenger's rival Arsenal in the same city, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among Stamford Bridge fans. The Brazilian's coaching position is in jeopardy, and Chelsea's search for a coach has almost become an open secret.

The media is also full of interest in this kind of thing, and now they have started a survey, the topic is, who can last longer, Scolari or Hughes, the bookmaker even opened a handicap, the bet is who gets out of class first , the current odds Scolari slightly ahead of Manchester City coach Mark - Hughes.

Now time has entered the last month of 2008. At the beginning of this month, Manchester United faced Blackburn in the League Cup, Sunderland in the league, and Aalborg, the last opponent in the Champions League group stage.

After that, the Manchester United team will fly more than half the world to Japan to play two Club World Cup games, and for Nicole, his child is very likely to be born in this month, which is really a busy December .

After the match against Manchester City, the FA imposed an additional penalty on Castillo for a malicious foul, adding two more suspensions, that is, a three-match suspension, and a fine of [-] pounds. After receiving the ticket, Manchester City did not appeal.

Ferguson was also very careful. In the League Cup match, Nicole had just escaped a catastrophe and did not appear in the squad. Obviously, the importance of the League Cup has not yet reached a very important level. The purpose of the cup training has not changed.

However, Manchester United at home and visiting Blackburn jointly contributed a wonderful goal battle. The two sides scored a total of eight goals, which made the fans who watched the game very addicted, and Carlos Tevez, who started the game, finally got An explosive opportunity, now the conflict between Tevez and Mr. Ferguson has begun to appear, and Tevez, who has been unable to get the guarantee of the main force for a long time, declared himself to the head coach with four wonderful goals in this game His determination, especially after he scored the third goal, punched his chest with his fists in the direction of the coach's bench, making his future at Manchester United uncertain.

In the end, Manchester United defeated their opponents 5:3 and advanced with their heads held high.

Nicole did not appear in the stands as required. He asked the head coach for leave because--the mother-in-law arrived, and he was going to meet him at Heathrow Airport in London. Of course, the full-time assistant Hall took on the job of driver and porter. Now, Nicole has fully adapted to Hall's existence, and he is very satisfied with this guy's performance. As long as Nicole has any problems, Hall will always respond immediately, including the task of picking up the mother-in-law. If it wasn't for Hall's reminder, Nichol would definitely have forgotten all about it.

The arrival of the mother-in-law is mainly to prepare for Yang Mi's delivery. After all, the time is getting closer and the daughter and son-in-law have no experience in this area. Only she is the most suitable to come, and Yang Mi's father will come again when it is approaching.

After Yang Mi's mother came to Nicole's home and learned about the couple's preparations, she was really furious. Both Nicole and Yang Mi were severely criticized because they did not prepare anything for the birth of their child. Not to mention the baby room, it didn't even have some necessary things. After Nicole repeatedly admitted his mistakes, Hall was forcibly assigned by Nicole to his mother-in-law, and Nicole fled back to the club.

Before leaving, Hall's pitiful look made Nicole couldn't help but thank Paul for his thoughtful arrangement.

The atmosphere of the game between Manchester United and Sunderland was a bit weird, because of the existence of a person, this person has almost become a banner of Manchester United for many years in the past, he is the tough guy Roy Keane, today, he is the leader of Sunderland The head coach of Manchester United appeared at Old Trafford. When Roy appeared on the field, Manchester United fans stood up collectively and gave a long applause to the captain who had made great contributions to the establishment of Manchester United's dynasty.

The enthusiasm of the fans made Keane almost unbearable. He kept bowing to the fans and thanking them. It was not until the players on both sides walked out of the player tunnel under the leadership of the referee that the scene gradually stopped.

Sunderland's successful relegation last season allowed Roy Keane to stabilize his position in the club. At the same time, he also received a lot of transfer funds this season. With Keane's connections in the English football circle, he The team lineup has been greatly strengthened, Teinio (Tottenham), Chimbonda (Tottenham), Malblanc (Tottenham), McCartney (West Ham United), Diouf (Tottenham) Bolton), A Ferdinand (West Ham United), Cisse (Marseille) and other powerful players have greatly improved Sunderland's overall strength.

A Ferdinand not only competed with his brother today, but also met his friend Nicole from the beginning. However, after the game started, Ferdinand's ferocity was also revealed, and he used brave tackles many times to destroy Manchester United's offensive momentum.

Because of so many special relationships, today's game went smoothly. Berbatov's goal helped Manchester United win a small goal, and there was no yellow card in the audience, which also surprised the commentator, "I really am I can't believe this is an English Premier League, when did the gentleman's civilization be so reflected in the arena."

Nickell's game today was quite satisfactory, and there was nothing special about it. However, he fulfilled the task assigned to him by the head coach very well, that is, to watch over Andy Reed and cut off the connection between him and the team. Let Sunderland's offensive effect be greatly reduced.

After the game, harmony was still the main theme. Keane was full of praise for Manchester United’s performance, thinking that it was not worse than their era. The idea, which was to secretly steal Nicole from the coach to the Stadium of Light, but I put that aside with the performance of Nicole, one of the best young guys I've ever seen."

The continuous home games have made Manchester United fans addicted, and the continuous victories have kept the fans in a high degree of excitement and happiness. This has also infected the Manchester United players. In training, everyone's training is full , and the players who usually have few chances to play are more active, because the next opponent is the Aalborg team at the bottom of the UEFA Champions League group stage.

Sure enough, Manchester United, which was almost guaranteed to qualify, sent a complete substitute lineup. Many people did not make it to the squad. Nicole sat in the stands like everyone else.

Even with such a lineup, Manchester United still beat their opponents at home, and each of the five goals was wonderful. Aalborg had no chance in the whole game except for taking advantage of the slack of Manchester United players to score a consolation goal in the final stage.

After the game, Manchester United's first stage of the UEFA Champions League has all come to an end. They won the first place in the group, Spain's Villarreal ranked second, the two teams qualified together and entered the top [-], while Scotland's The Celtics had to go to the Europa League, and the Aalborg team from Denmark went home, and their European tour this season came to an end.

Two days later, a well-rested Manchester United traveled to Tottenham Hotspur without the three points they craved.Tottenham, which has completed the team reorganization, caused a lot of trouble for Manchester United in this game. Although Tottenham coach Ramos was at home, he still formed a lineup of pure defense and counterattack, which made Ferguson Mr. was totally unexpected.

Although Ramos' conservative behavior has been criticized by Tottenham fans and ridiculed by the media, he has earned a real point.

In the game, Nicole's long-range shot once broke through Tottenham's gate, but the referee believed that Berbatov, who was in an offside position, affected the goalkeeper's judgment, so the penalty was invalid, which made Nicole very angry. Temporarily restless, he argued with the referee, and Nicole received a yellow card. This yellow card was the fifth yellow card for Nicole this season, and he will miss the next league game.

However, this will not be implemented until Manchester United has finished playing the Club World Cup in Japan and returns.

After the game, Manchester United had no time to rest and did not return to Manchester. Instead, they set off from London to Japan overnight, because on the 18th, Manchester United will face the host team, Gamba Osaka, in the semi-final of the Club World Cup.

After a night of flying, Manchester United finally arrived in Japan. Before getting off the plane, the staff of the club had distributed the team's formal clothes to everyone, and Nicole was woken up in a sleepy state.

"what happened?"

"Nicole, we're here, we should change clothes." Neville next to him had already started putting clothes on his body.

"It's so tiring, it's so far away." Nickel couldn't help complaining because he felt uncomfortable all over. In fact, Nickel didn't like this game very much.

Walking out of the VIP passage, Nicole was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him. The airport lobby at this time can definitely be described as a sea of ​​people. Two years ago, Nicole had a trip to Asia with Manchester United, but it was definitely not as big as it is today. The grand, non-stop flashing camera flash made Nicole almost blindfolded.

Seeing the Manchester United players coming out, the reporters flocked to them, and countless microphones were stretched out in front of each player's eyes. Of course, as the Manchester United team, Nickel, who is in the limelight, is of course the most here.

The questions from the reporters were also various, which made Nicole a little at a loss. If the club didn't specifically require the players to treat reporters and fans with a friendly attitude, Nicole would have left in a hurry.

But even so, Nickel, like most players, used silence to deal with these reporters, and just symbolically signed a few names for some fans, and squeezed onto the bus under the protection of security.

After arriving at the hotel, after allocating the room, in the lobby, assistant coach Perrin announced a painful news to the players, "I'll give you half an hour to pack up, and then we'll go to the training ground."

"Oh, good God, have pity, pity us."

"I hate training."

However, when the head coach Mr. Ferguson came over, the complaints disappeared immediately, and everyone ran to their rooms with their luggage.

"These bastards." Perrin smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Well, it's a bunch of bastards, but you must move around later, don't arrange intense activities, but you must sweat." Ferguson was still a little worried, and reminded again.

"Understood, there will be no problem. I have specially prepared a lot of masseurs." Perrin really put a lot of thought into it.

In doing so, the team is considering the problem of jet lag. Although it is a bit tiring, as long as there is no fierce confrontation, the players will not be injured. On the contrary, it will reduce the troubles caused by jet lag to the players.

On the training ground, all the players are doing low-level training with the ball. Of course, full warm-up is unavoidable.

"Nicole, what's the matter, let's go out together at night, I have acquaintances here." Rooney discussed with Nicole in a low voice.

"I don't have that energy, you have to be careful, if the old man finds out, the consequences will be very serious." Nickel knew what Rooney wanted to do, a typical image of a young man who was poisoned.

"It's not easy to come here once. It's a pity not to see it. Are you really not going?" Rooney was a little disappointed with Nicole's decision. It won't be too serious to deal with it.

"Don't think about me, my character has been approved by God, I don't want to touch those things." Nickel's attitude was very firm.

In fact, Nickel is also very yearning in his heart. After many years of observation in his previous life, he just didn’t have the opportunity to conduct field inspections, but the consequences were too serious. In Japan, the paparazzi’s skills are no worse than those in the UK, but now Manchester United is the absolute focus. The probability of being discovered was too low, and Nicole could only refuse with righteous words.

After practice, Nicole was called away to join Mr Ferguson for a press conference.

"Nicole, how much do you know about your opponent Gamba Osaka?" This should be a Japanese reporter.

"Well, I don't know much about Asian football, but I think since I can participate in the semi-finals, the level should be acceptable." Nichol felt that what he said was already very polite, but from the perspective of the Japanese media, Nichol This guy is too arrogant, completely looking down on the team of the Great Japanese Empire.

"Then can you predict the score?"

"I never predict things that haven't happened yet." Nichol also heard the dissatisfaction of the other party, and he was not polite when answering the question.

At this time, under the condition that the host intended to ease the situation, a reporter who appeared to be a Westerner was called out.

"Nicole, I think the purpose of Manchester United's coming to Japan must be the championship, so how sure do you think Manchester United is?"

"The championship is everyone's goal. As for this Club World Cup, I feel very sure."

"That is to say, do you think you can definitely defeat Osaka?" A Japanese reporter stood up and questioned loudly without waiting for the roll call.

Nicole, instead of answering him, turned his head to look at the press officer. In this way, the press officer was very embarrassed. In the end, he gestured to Nicole, asking him to answer this question.

"I have that confidence."

While the reporters were firing at Nicole, Mr. Ferguson was watching with his arms folded. It seemed that the questions between Nicole and the reporters were very interesting to him, and he did not stop them at all. Nicole's thoughts.

Finally, the press conference ended in a very awkward atmosphere.

"Arrogance!Manchester United look down on Japanese football! ";
"Nikkor - We are Gamba Osaka!" "

In short, the Japanese media tried their best to exaggerate that Nicole looks down on Japanese football, the purpose is to inspire Gamba Osaka's fighting spirit, hoping that they can create a miracle at home and beat Manchester United who came from afar.

The first start was the first semi-final. Quito University Sports eliminated the North American champion Pachuca in the semi-final.

Before participating in the game, all the staff of Manchester United watched the draw ceremony of the Champions League round of [-] together.

2008-09赛季欧洲冠军联赛1/8决赛抽签仪式在欧足联总部瑞士尼翁举行，16支欧洲豪强捉对厮杀。

The result of the final draw was announced, and the most interesting thing was the PK between Inter Milan and Chelsea. After seeing the result, Mourinho said meaningfully, "I have become the focus, but I believe 100%, this result is definitely just A coincidence."

Real Madrid ran into their old opponents in the Champions League, Lyon, AC Milan was unfortunately loaned to AC Milan's David Beckham, and their opponent was the mighty Manchester United, while Barcelona drew a good lottery against Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.

The principle of this draw is the same as in the past, that is: the No.1 team in the group stage is second in another arbitrary group, while the teams in the same group and the same football association start the avoidance principle.In addition, the second team in the group will play first home and then away in the two-round 1/8 finals.

本赛季冠军联赛1/8决赛不同于以往，每回合8场比赛将分四天进行。首回合比赛将在2月17日开始，而次回合比赛将在3月10日开战。按照规则，小组赛排名第二的球队将在1/8决赛中首先在主场比赛。

Seeing that the team had drawn AC Milan as predicted by Beckham, Nickel couldn't help but sneered, "A fair and just decision." '

Before the match against Osaka, coach Ferguson couldn't help but said in an interview, "I am surprised by David's predictive ability, and I also believe what Mr. Mourinho said, all this is definitely a coincidence arranged by God .”

Mourinho and Ferguson successively questioned the fairness of the draw in such a cryptic way, which caused a huge sensation in Europe, but UEFA had nothing to do with them and could only keep silent.

In the match against Osaka, Mr. Ferguson's lineup was 1-Van der Sar, 2-Gary Neville, 5-Ferdinand, 23-Evans, 3-Evra, 17-Nani, 8-Anderson , 18-Scholes, 19-Nikkor, 32-Tevez, 10-Rooney.

Nickel switched to the left this time. It seems that Coach Ferguson intends to let Nickel play his assault ability on the left.

Although the Japanese media has been clamoring to teach the arrogant Manchester United a lesson, the huge gap in strength between the teams left the game without any suspense.

In the first half, Nichol made two breakthroughs from the side to complete wonderful assists. It was difficult for the Japanese to stop Nichol's full attack. Anderson and Rooney scored headers successively.

In the second half, Carlos Tevez's goal was blown offside, and Gamba Osaka's Masato Yamazaki took the opportunity to fight back to get a goal back. Rooney and Nicole made a beautiful cooperation. In the end, after Nicole played tricks on the opponent's goalkeeper Yosuke Fujitani, he easily After breaking the goal, Fletcher, who replaced Paul Scholes, used a long-range shot to expand the score. Rooney scored twice after receiving a pass from Anderson in the penalty area.

At the last moment, Manchester United completely relaxed. Nickell and Rooney were also replaced. In the last 3 minutes, Rigari Neville handballed in the penalty area. 3.

"After this game, I can already say that I now have a certain understanding of the Gamba Osaka team." After speaking, Nickel left the aggrieved Japanese reporters and walked away.

The Manchester United players refused to exchange jerseys with the Osaka players after the game, and they were also attacked by the Japanese media. They believed that their performance was unmannered, and it was the result of their anger after being pulled two goals in a row at the last moment.

In fact, it was Nickel who asked his teammates to do this. After all, it was not a big deal. All the Manchester United generals agreed. Of course, Nickel also paid a heavy price. It was agreed that after the end of the season, Nickel would have a big meal. Come and thank them.

　Everyone is on vacation, relax, read a book, drink a cup of tea, and adjust some busy moods.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)