Chinese champion

Chapter 166 The Sky of Manchester
"Are you worried?" Pei Wei asked Wu Qi in the bar.

This is a small bar, but it has become Pei Wei's favorite place to take when other friends come. Although it is small, the environment is very elegant, and there are no paparazzi everywhere. .

Wu Qi took a sip of beer, played with the glass in his hand, and asked, "Why do you ask that?"

"Haha." Pei Wei smiled: "You look sullen, you don't say a word, you don't look like you usually, it's the same as when you just came to the football school before, and... what you said on the field today Not much, usually when you see a defender making a mistake, you always yell. This style is not like you."

"You guys have really poisonous eyes." Wu Qi smiled. During the Anderlecht-Mallorca game during the day, it was Eto'o who caught a mistake by the Anderlecht defender and went straight. Scored an equalizing goal, and the last two teams scored 1:1 again. Since AC Milan beat Ajax 1:0 away in another game, they have already qualified ahead of schedule, so now the three teams must be at the end. Compete for the remaining one qualifying place in one round.

"If you have something on your mind, let's talk about it. It will be uncomfortable if you hold it back. You are different from me. Anyway, I can still meet a Chinese person often. Chatting when I am free can relieve stress, but you Although you have been in Anderlecht for so long, judging by your personality, I am afraid that you rarely make friends who can communicate intimately."

Wu Qi's heart warmed, he moved his mouth, but he still held back: "Forget it, it's nothing, but the situation of our two teams is not very good now, it is very difficult for the group to qualify."

Pei Wei smiled slightly. He naturally knew that Wu Qi wanted to change the topic, but since Wu Qi didn't want to say it, he couldn't force Wu Qi to say it, so Pei Wei just pretended not to know anything, and followed Wu Qi's words. Tore away.

What are friends?Wu Qi thought.La Fontaine has a fable: There are two friends living in a city, and one of them goes to find the other late at night.The man quickly got up, put on his armor, held the sword in his right hand and the money bag in his left, and called his friend in, saying, "My friend, there must be a serious reason for your visit late at night. If you are in debt, here is the money. If You have been insulted, and I will immediately avenge you. If you are bored at night, here are beautiful female slaves for your entertainment."

Pei Wei is such a friend, but now he is useless to Wu Qi.Wu Qi can't confide the troubles in his heart, who can he confide in?Wu Qi is still looking for...

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England, Manchester, Carrington Training Base.

Roy Keane scored the ball in the backcourt. Giggs quickly broke through the substitute right back Richardson after receiving the ball, and then passed the ball to the front of the goal. Ruud van Nistelrooy was caught in the air Throwing off Wes Brown's defense, a powerful header!

The ball flew towards the goal quickly, and Ruud van Nistelrooy was ready to raise his hands to celebrate, but the black-haired goalkeeper standing in front of the goal obviously refused to give up, with a beautiful diving leap, the ball was almost out of the baseline when the ball was about to hit the net !

"Great job! Wu!" O'Shea, Brown and other guards from the substitute side came to celebrate. Wu Qi extended his hand to give them high-fives, and kept yelling, "Come on! Prevent this corner kick!"

Sir Alex Ferguson, who saw this scene through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office building, couldn't help sighing: "It seems that my decision that year was a mistake... If I could have worked harder to convince those guys at the FA, it would be a few days. Our defense line won't make me so nervous... Pate, what do you think of him?"

The former Manchester United main goalkeeper, now retired Pater Schmeichel laughed: "Sir, he is a very good goalkeeper..."

Ferguson turned around and asked with a little surprise: "Really? You came to a conclusion so quickly? Pete, don't hit me, you only watched it for less than 5 minutes!"

"Five minutes is enough!" Schmeichel said frankly: "In these few minutes, it can be seen that his saving skills are very good. Although he is tall, his saving movements are very stretched, and his quick response is already in most players' hands. Above the goalkeeper! Especially his psychological quality, which is very similar to Italy's No. 5 goalkeeper Buffon, his only shortcoming is that he is still young and lacks experience!"

"How does it compare to you?" Ferguson looked into Schmeichel's eyes and asked suddenly.

"I can't compare to him now, because I haven't played a game for half a year!" Schmeichel smiled slyly: "But if he can play as the main player at Manchester United for two years and has not been eliminated, he will Can catch up with my level when I was 28 years old!"

"Why is it at Manchester United? Isn't it the same exercise for him to play in Anderlecht now?" Ferguson continued to ask.

"My jazz! The level of the Premier League is still a bit lower after all! His current strength has far surpassed the other goalkeepers of the Premier League. If he stays there, he will not make any progress, but the Premier League is different. The Premier League At his age, if he can stand out in the highly competitive Premier League, then he can become a real first-class goalkeeper!"

Ferguson sighed: "You are right! But we have lost the best chance to introduce him! In the first year of signing him, he played all the games for the Chinese youth team, although he still does not meet the requirements of the FA. 70.00% five games, but if we work hard, it is not impossible to convince those old stubborn. Unfortunately...Batezi was in good condition at the time, so I decided to let Wu Qi go to the competition for two years, but after nearly three years He hasn't played a game for his national team in years! And a non-European has to stay in Europe for at least four years to get a work permit from the FA! But now it's been less than three years... Wait a year, I can't afford to wait, and neither can he..."

"It's not worth it to regret what has passed! Sir, isn't that what you said to me? I also use this sentence to persuade you today!" Schmeichel comforted his mentor: "But it is not necessary to wait Last year, maybe there will be a good way!"

"Really?" Ferguson's eyes lit up, a little excited, he grabbed Schmeichel's hand, and said eagerly: "What good idea do you have, tell me!"

"Don't worry, sir, sit down first, and I'll talk to you slowly!"

Only then did Ferguson realize his gaffe, he couldn't help but smiled, walked to his desk and sat down, Schmeichel also sat opposite him.

"Can you talk now?"

Schmeichel nodded: "Sir, do you know that the Olympic Games will start next year?"

Ferguson signaled that he knew it, and Schmeichel continued: "Before the start of the Olympic Games next summer, Asia will decide which three teams will participate in the Olympic Games, and Wu Qi's Chinese team will also participate in this competition. Wu Qi is a player of the right age for the Olympics. I think their coaches will not let him go as an excellent goalkeeper. That is to say, he will definitely participate in the Olympic qualifiers. In the first half of next year, the Chinese national team has nothing to do. Games, so we can count the games of the Olympic team, I think it is not difficult to get to 70.00% five! We will apply to the FA immediately after the Olympics, I think the probability of success is more than 80.00 %!"

"That's right! This is indeed a good idea!" Ferguson applauded: "Then before Wu Qi leaves, I have to tell him to make a good performance in the Olympic qualifiers, so as to impress the bureaucrats of the FA. them!"

"Let me talk about it!" Schmeichel volunteered: "I also want to observe him at a close distance to see how much potential this young man has! At the same time, I have something to say to him!"

"Hehe! Even you want to point him out? This kid is really lucky!" Ferguson looked at Schmeichel's back and laughed heartily.

On the training ground.

Van Nistelrooy shot another shot and was saved by Wu Qi. He stood there with his hands on his hips, shook his head helplessly, and shouted to Wu Qi who just got up from the ground: "Hey! Wu! This is just a training match. There's no need to be so serious, you've already saved three of my goals!"

"Haha!" Wu Qi laughed heartily: "Rud, you should save the goal in the official game! Forget it in the training game!"

"Who said it's the striker's responsibility to score goals! It doesn't matter if it's a training match or an official match!" Van Nistelrooy said unconvinced.

"It's the goalkeeper's job not to let the striker score! It doesn't matter if it's a training match or an official match!" Wu Qi retorted immediately!
"Wow! Look at these two guys hitting each other again! It's like this every time..." said O'Shea, who was standing aside.

"Haha! The striker and the goalkeeper are really enemies, but Wu is the only one who dares to compete with Rude like this? The other two goalkeepers dare not be so rude to Rude!" Brown replied.

"But it's strange, Rude never had any opinion on Wu." O'Shea spared his head and said in confusion.

"You are stupid, you didn't see that every time after Wu left, Rude would score crazy goals in the next game! I guess he was suffocated by Wu first, and then took out his anger on the goalkeepers of other teams, haha... ..." After speaking, Brown couldn't help laughing.

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After the training was over, when Wu Qi changed into his clothes after showering in the locker room and came out, most of the other teammates had already taken the lead.

The Manchester United club has already booked a hotel room for him. Since the intermission period of the League One is relatively long this time, he will stay here for a week.

Wu Qi is now used to this kind of life of running back and forth between the two clubs, and Wu Qi cherishes every opportunity to come to Manchester United for training, because he also knows that training at a club of this level like Manchester United You can gain more experience in a few days than playing ten games in the League One.

After packing up his things, Wu Qi walked out of the Carrington base. He was going to have dinner, and then take a good rest to prepare for tomorrow's training.

When he just stepped out of the gate of the base, he suddenly saw a Nordic man standing on the side of the road smiling at him.

With a height of 1.9 meters and a strong body, blond hair, and the reddish rosacea nose that can be noticed at a glance...

"Peter Schmeichel!" Wu Qi cried out. Although it was dark, he still recognized the greatest goalkeeper in Danish history.

"Hello! Wu Qi from China, nice to meet you!" Schmeichel took the initiative to step forward and reached out to shake hands with him.

"Why is Mr. Schmeichel here?" Wu Qi asked excitedly. As a goalkeeper, his natural idols are also those great goalkeepers. However, he first came into contact with European football in the European Cup in 92. At that time, it was Schmeichel. The Danish team led by Cher and Laudrup brothers became the biggest dark horse. They replaced Yugoslavia and won the final championship. In the penalty shootout against the Netherlands in the semi-finals, Schmeichel saved Van Basten's shocking penalty kick has also become an eternal classic in football history.

After seeing Schmeichel's wonderful performance, as a goalkeeper, Wu Qi immediately became his admirer, although later he also knew other first-class goalkeepers such as Seaman, Kahn, Toldo, Buffon He is not inferior to Schmeichel, but he still insists that Schmeichel is the best goalkeeper in the world.

"Call me Pate!" Schmeichel said with a smile, "I'm here to visit the Jazz. I happened to see your performance in training, so I want to visit you. Do you mind?"

"No... don't mind!" Wu Qi said: "Mr. Schmeichel... Oh, no, Pate, I am honored!"

"Are you okay tonight? Can you have dinner with me?" Schmeichel offered to invite.

"Of course it's fine!" Wu Qi said bluntly, "But Pete, I'll invite you for dinner! Please fulfill one of my previous wishes!"

Wu Qi was very excited. It has always been his dream to have dinner with his childhood idol face to face. Although he has also become a professional player now, he is still very excited to have this opportunity.

"Okay!" Schmeichel did not refuse: "Where are you going? You don't have a car, do you? Come, get in my car!"

"This...Although I have been to Manchester several times, I am not familiar with most of the places, so you should choose a place!" Wu Qi said embarrassedly.

"OK!" The two got into Schmeichel's car, Schmeichel started the car, and slowly drove out of the Carrington base.

Schmeichel is naturally very familiar with the city of Manchester. He has won all the honors he can get during the eight years he has played here, and it has also made him almost regard it as his second hometown.

"The sky in Manchester is always so gloomy." Schmeichel said to Wu Qi while driving: "In fact, in terms of environment, Manchester is a relatively poor city in the UK, and the air in London is much better than here. , this is the bad thing about industrial cities.”

Wu Qi looked out of the car window. Although he had come here quite a few times, he really hadn't noticed it.

"But it is a very good place for fans and players! Not only is Manchester United here, but another team here, Manchester City, is also very good. Don't look at Manchester United's great influence in the world now, but in Manchester, actually Manchester City has more fans than Manchester United!"

It was only then that Wu Qi remembered that Schmeichel also played for Manchester City for a year last season. No wonder he has such a deep affection for this city.

Schmeichel quickly found a decent restaurant. After calling the waiter to order a few dishes skillfully, Schmeichel asked Wu Qi: "Do you drink alcohol?"

Wu Qi hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "A little bit, I can."

Schmeichel signaled to the waiter to bring up a bottle of red wine.Wu Qi asked curiously: "Pate, you seem to be very familiar with this place?"

"Haha, your judgment is very strong!" Schmeichel smiled: "Yes, although it looks inconspicuous here, it is actually very famous here in Manchester, and many celebrities will choose to eat here. I used to come here a lot when I was at Manchester United!"

"Why?" Wu Qi couldn't believe it, because the restaurant didn't look very eye-catching from the outside.

"Because there are no reporters here to bother you!" Schmeichel replied: "The boss here has a strong background, and no reporter dares to come here. I don't know what the boss does. I only know that he is in Manchester. His power can cover the sky with one hand!"

"So that's how it is!" Wu Qi nodded, he is nothing more than a character who can enjoy both black and white, no wonder this place is so clean.

Wu Qi looked around, but saw that there were not many people dining in the hall, so he couldn't help saying: "It seems that the business here is not very good."

"Hehe! You are wrong, there are not many people in the hall! That's because most of the guests eat in the boxes upstairs. In fact, I used to eat upstairs too, but it doesn't matter now! "

The speed of the waitress was undeniable, and they served two dinners very quickly. After pouring red wine into the glasses of the two, they walked away. This was also in order not to disturb the conversation of the guests.

After thirty days of drinking, Schmeichel swung the red wine in the glass and suddenly said, "Do you know the purpose of my coming to you today?"

Wu Qi shook his head, he had been thinking about this question too, naturally Schmeichel would not come to him for a meal out of boredom.

Let's just start tonight's theme.

(End of this chapter)