Chapter 17

On the training ground, after everyone arrived, the routine training tasks started.

Before Gary Neville officially introduced Levi to the crowd, the players showed different attitudes, which were generally friendly.

Under the leadership of the captain, the Manchester United players lined up in two rows on the field, and Levi passed through the middle with his head lowered. Everyone raised their hands and patted him on the back lightly.

A simple welcome ceremony, which marks Levi officially became a member of Manchester United.

Subsequently, everyone began to conduct physical training and technical training under the leadership of assistant coach Mike Phelan.

Manchester United coach Ferguson stood on the sidelines, staring at the players sweating profusely with deep eyes, and issued instructions from time to time.

Not long after, when he thought it was about time, he walked onto the field and called a halt to the process.

The training phase begins.

Ferguson's eyes scanned the faces of Manchester United players, roughly dividing them into two teams.

Team A and Team B.

Team A is mainly composed of the starting main force.

The B team is mostly the main force of the rotation, and its strength is slightly weaker.

Of course, in order to maintain a certain level of competition intensity and prevent team A from being too powerful, a certain degree of doping will still be carried out.

"Levy, tell me where you play in Scotland!"

Ferguson said in a deep voice.

Li Wei glanced at the players present, wanting to roughly judge who he could fill.

Then he looked at Ferguson and said: "BOSS! In Hibernian I mainly play as a center forward or a shadow forward, but I can play in many positions, either as a winger or a winger."

"It depends on your needs."

Levi's words immediately caused a burst of booing in the Manchester United team.

"Oh~ an all-rounder!"

Scholes smiled and patted O'Shea on the shoulder.

"O'Shea, you're going to lose your job!"

O'Shea is a well-known versatile player in the Manchester United team. He used to play as a striker when he debuted, and later transformed into a defender, but he can play the roles of left back, center back, right back and defensive midfielder at the same time.

He is a rare all-around player in football.

He even played goalkeeper.

On February 2007, 2, in Manchester United's game against Tottenham, Manchester United's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was injured and could not continue the game after running out of substitutions. Ferguson had to let O'Shea wear goalkeeper gloves at the end of the game and played the role of goalkeeper.

In the final stage, teammate Ferdinand seemed to be possessed by the Manchester United junior Maguire through time and space many years later, and sent a gift back. Robbie Keane got a single chance and went straight to the goal.

O'Shea decisively chose to attack and blocked Keane's shot. In the end, Manchester United won the opponent 4-0.

"very good!"

Ferguson nodded with satisfaction, as if admiring Levi's confidence.

It is a good thing for young players to have self-confidence. Of course, Li Wei also has to show actual performance to prove that his self-confidence can be implemented.

"Okay, you come to play the left midfielder, let us see what you are capable of"

Ferguson made a rough lineup.

Team A list:
Goalkeeper: Van der Sar
Defenders: Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra
Midfielders: Fletcher, Scholes, Giggs
Forwards: Tevez, Berbatov, Nani

Team B roster:
Goalkeeper: Kushchak
Defenders: Simpson, O'Shea, Evans, Sylvester
Midfielders: Gibson, Hargreaves, Park Ji-sung
Forwards: Campbell, Manucho, Levi

As for the others, they have not played for the time being, waiting for the opportunity to rotate games.

This is just a training match, and it doesn't mean that Ferguson is not optimistic about those who didn't play, it's just to test the pre-match state.

Ferguson's lineup for this training match is not a standard 433 formation, but an irregular formation between 433 and 442.

In detail, it is actually closer to the 442 formation, a forward center followed by a shadow forward to form a front line of firepower.

On the other hand, the full-backs on the wing assume the responsibility between the striker and the midfielder.

When the team launches an offensive forward, it inserts into the front to take on the task of the striker, and when it is dispatched, it retreats to a certain extent to act as the fourth midfielder, undertaking certain organizational and advancement tasks.

In many cases, in the main lineup, this role is played by Ronaldo.

And he has not yet returned to the team, his position is replaced by his Portuguese compatriots.

The training match begins.

Team B kicks off first.

Manucho passed the ball to Campbell, who got the ball.

The [-] people on the field moved almost simultaneously, either quickly inserted into the forcing position, or settled down to provide cover for the player with the ball.

Levi's eyes shone with excitement.

The mobility and tactical understanding of the top teams are fully demonstrated in the first second of a training match.

This kind of performance, he has only seen before when watching Barcelona's main lineup.

Giggs was very fast, running to Campbell's side as soon as he had the ball.

With Carrick injured, Manchester United lost a deep midfielder.

Therefore, Scholes temporarily cameo in training.

He and Scholes at the back, as well as Fletcher and Nani on the other side, formed a regular quadrilateral on the court.

It blocked the way for Campbell to cooperate with Manucho in the first place.

The former can only pass back to Park Ji-sung.

And Li Wei also ran to the vicinity of the other two forwards after kick-off, but he obviously has not gained the trust of his teammates.

At the same time, there is Tevez marking him in his position.

Teammates may not believe that he has the ability to fight "The Beast".

Not to mention physical confrontation, this thing is quite scary to look at.

After taking the ball, Park Ji-sung pushed the ball diagonally and passed the ball to Hargreaves again, who cooperated with Gibson to temporarily control the situation.

But Team A's ferocious killing has also begun.

Gibson plays the ball to Hargreaves, and then the tall Manucho penetrates the opponent's hinterland and reaches for the ball.

Hargreaves made a long pass, and Manucho jumped high to compete for the top, but then his body trembled like a kite with a broken string.

Ferdinand seemed to be a step late in taking off, but he took a very sophisticated look at the timing of Manucho's exhaustion.

The ingenious but tough latecomer came first and won the championship.

Then Team A launched an attack.

After Scholes got the ball, he easily got rid of Park Ji-sung's press, and directly penetrated the B team's defense with a through ball.

The amount given in advance is quite comfortable.

Giggs, running along the wing, touched the football just as the ball slowed down slightly.

Then the Welshman got rid of Sylvester with an acceleration.

Bottom cross.

The ball was given very comfortably. Tevez inserted into the penalty area, squeezed the defender's body, and found the landing point precisely.

He didn't even take off much, and just rubbed his head.

Goalkeeper Kushchak saves the football.

Catch up with Evans who wanted to make a clearance and Berbatov made physical contact, Brother Xiaosha stretched out his foot and touched the football first.

With a hook and a pick, he turned and swayed Evans.

With a low volley shot, the football bounced off the goal line and bounced into the net.

Team A opened the scoring first, and the players cheered.

In this game, Brother Xiaosa's running distance was even less than 100 meters.

This is his characteristic.

There are only two things to do on the field, walking and scoring.

The ball that is not handsome does not score.

The game has started 4 minutes, but Levi has not had a chance to touch the ball.

Team B kicked off again, and the ball was passed to Park Ji-sung again.

Facing the pressure of team A Scholes and Fletcher, Li Wei once again set up support.

"Hey Park, pass the ball to the new kid."

Ferguson shouted from the sidelines.

He could see that several young players of the B team, such as Manucho and Campbell, were not convinced by Li Wei.

The transfer fee of 1000 million euros is a sky-high price for Chinese players.

Levi had to prove himself worthy of the price.

Park Zhixing heard the words and looked up at Li Wei's position.

Pass the ball to him.

The moment the pass was shot, Carlos Tevez suddenly accelerated to squeeze Levi away.

But no push.

Li Wei ran back to catch the ball, and there was a "rough guy" like a candy bar behind him.

One step, one buckle, a beautiful turning action.

Li Wei strolled past the "beast" like a leisurely stroll.

Hold the ball and keep pushing.

Immediately facing Fletcher, he stopped and changed direction after an acceleration, shaking his opponent's position repeatedly.

Suddenly the right foot lifted the football and passed it to Campbell.

Immediately, he and Manucho formed a triangle attacking Team A's defense.

There was a look of appreciation in Ferguson's eyes.

Li Wei is unrestrained and unrestrained.

As well as the calm handling after surpassing others and the sense of position after being plugged in, it was vividly displayed in just a dozen seconds.

Talent visible to the naked eye.

On the court, Campbell pushed the ball to the outside of the penalty area, facing Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic's two defensive lines, one behind the other, and Evra, who was double-teamed from both sides, had nothing to do.

At this time, Levi inserted into his side, and Campbell made the ball to Levi.

Ferdinand goes up.

Li Wei flicked his right foot, facing Ferdinand sideways, waiting for Park Ji-sung to plug in and then give it to him. The latter got the ball and took advantage of the situation.

Levi, whose body passed Ferdinand, regained possession of the ball, but the seasoned Ferdinand had squeezed his body, and Gary Neville had already made a lower-body tackle.

The ball flew out of the crowd lightly, and Levi picked it to Campbell before closing the door.

"it's beautiful!"

Ferguson exclaimed.

Levy, who was staggered by Ferdinand, regained his balance and skipped Gary Neville again.

Ran out of a tiny gap.

Campbell passed the ball again to Levi who rushed to the edge of the penalty area.

A light tap of the heel.

Manucho entered the penalty area from his side. Under Vidic's defense, he did not hesitate and directly chose to burst.

Van der Sar made a flying save and saved the ball bravely.

The attack was not completed, but Li Wei's image in everyone's mind had quietly changed.

 The training match will not be very long, the next chapter is to play the Spaniard
  
 
(End of this chapter)

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