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Chapter 451 No crisis!

After the Charity Shield game, Mourinho congratulated Manchester United for winning the Charity Shield, because that would mean they would lose the league title.Chelsea will be champions again.

Mourinho also has a certain reason for saying this, because the team that wins the Charity Shield often cannot have the last laugh in the league.However, this is not absolute. Take last season as an example, Manchester United defeated Liverpool 3:1 in the Charity Shield. However, in the end last season, Manchester United won the championship including the league championship. Triple Crown'.

Therefore, upon hearing what Mourinho said, Ferguson ridiculed Mourinho for still talking about the old calendar. The curse of the Charity Shield has long been a thing of the past. Forgot to congratulate Manchester United for the treble.

The war of words between the two sides was staged before the start of the league, and it was also hyped by the media. It can be regarded as a fire for the new season of the Premier League that will kick off in a week.

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Mourinho did not continue to fight back against Ferguson's ridicule, he is now busy with Chelsea's transfer matters.

Lost to Manchester United in the Charity Shield, which made Mourinho realize Chelsea's shortcomings in some aspects, especially Chelsea, which lacked Robben, lacked effective offensive means, which made Mourinho very dissatisfied.

What he is dissatisfied with is Chelsea's silence in the transfer market this summer. Although Sidwell, Pizarro and Ben Haim were introduced, they were all introduced for free, and these players did not let Mourinho A player who can really be boldly entrusted with reuse.

Mourinho also directly sent a message to the club, no more talking about Robben's transfer, as long as Real Madrid's bid is satisfied, it will be sold, Mourinho has lost patience with Robben , The player wants to leave by himself, he will not force him to stay. However, Mourinho also found Robben in particular and gave advice to the Dutchman. According to the "Sun" broke the news, Mourinho said, " Arjan, I will respect your decision, but what I want to say is that if you go to the Madrid team, you will not get the (Champions Cup) championship you want, because there is no me there!"

However, Mourinho has never admitted the statement of the "Sun". He said to the media, "I have never been an arrogant person, just because I am more devoted and serious to my work than others. .”

Robben finally resolutely chose to leave Stamford Bridge. Three days later, Chelsea's official website announced that the team's Dutch midfielder Arjen Robben moved to La Liga giants Real Madrid for 2400 million pounds.Real Madrid's new German coach Schuster ushered in the most expensive star he acquired this summer.

At the same time, Chelsea's first expensive acquisition this summer was also completed. Because Mourinho was dissatisfied with the team's offensive ability, Chelsea bought Malouda, the best player in Ligue 1350 last season. , In order to bring Malouda from Lyon to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea spent 2400 million euros. If you count the 2300 million pounds that Robben transferred to Real Madrid, Chelsea also made a net profit of [-] million euros.This is indeed very rare in Chelsea, which spends a lot of money to buy people.

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Arsenal are equally low-key in the transfer market as Chelsea. After sending away the 'King of Highbury' Henry for 2400 million, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger used the money to bring in Eduardo, Sagna And Diarra of Chelsea, made a "only earn but not lose" business.

The silence of the two London teams in the transfer market this summer has somewhat disappointed Fleet Street. Fortunately, in addition to Manchester United's continuous spending in the transfer market, Liverpool has also made a move.

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Li Rui was watching the sports news. Robben's departure made him feel a little regretful. This Dutch star is indeed very strong. As for Malouda, the best player in Ligue [-] bought by Chelsea, Li Rui has no impression. It's normal. Although Malouda is the best player in Ligue [-], although Ligue [-] is one of the five major leagues, for a top Premier League star like Li Rui, it can't be said to be a barren desert, right? But it really doesn't attract Li Rui's attention.

Li Rui was a little moved by the news that Liverpool spent 2650 million pounds to bring Atletico Madrid captain Fernando Torres to Anfield.Since Torres became famous at a young age, he has always been a sweet potato in the transfer market. However, the transfer rumors about the golden boy of Atletico Madrid are so loud every summer, but in the end, when the transfer market closes every summer , Torres 'miraculously' stayed at the Calderon Stadium.

This time, Torres was finally disappointed with Atletico Madrid's results and chose to leave. As for Torres, he would choose Liverpool. Neither the media nor Li Rui found it strange. Look at Liverpool's Spanish coach Benitez. In the past two years to Liverpool, how many Spanish players have ushered in at Anfield——

In the 2004-2005 season, there were Alonso, Luis Garcia, Josemi, Morientes, Antonio Nunes, Reina ushered in the summer of 2005, Arbeloa ushered in the summer of 2006, and now Bringing Atletico Madrid's golden boy to Anfield Stadium again, the Spanish taste in the Red Army is getting stronger and stronger.

However, Torres is indeed a superb shooter, and this time Liverpool fans cheered to welcome the Spanish shooter.

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Torres came to Liverpool for the first time in the odds of the 2007-2008 Premier League Golden Boot. Although the media still regards Li Rui as the most powerful contender for the Premier League Golden Boot in the new season, it is still for Torres Expectations are high, and his odds are even above Drogba.

After Henry moved to Barcelona this summer for 2400 million euros, the competition for the Premier League Golden Boot, which was once thought by the media to lack suspense, suddenly attracted the interest of the media and fans at this time.

Li Rui saw the words "December 2007, 12" on the TV screen. This was the first time Manchester United played against Liverpool in the new season. At Anfield, it was obvious that at this time, the media had already paid attention to the relationship between Li Rui and Torres. Confrontation was very interesting.

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Torres joined Liverpool at a price of 4000 million euros, setting the highest transfer record so far this summer.In addition, the joining of Dutch hopeful star Babel, winger Benayoun and Ukrainian veteran Voronin has changed the Red Army's frontcourt lineup by half, and Benitez's ambition is evident.

Therefore, in the eyes of the English media, this season, the main force against Manchester United is no longer the London team, but Liverpool. This season will be a contest between the two reds.Therefore, the media has paid special attention to the direct confrontation between Manchester United and Liverpool.

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The fresh air and the sunlight cast through the treetops made Li Rui very satisfied. He was also very satisfied with his physical condition. Stretching his arms and twisting his waist, Li Rui held the white towel hanging around his neck Wipe the sweat off your brow.

"Damn it, it's such a hot day." Li Rui muttered, it was indeed hot, the hottest day of the year in mid-August, and the sun was shining in England, as far north as Newcastle, South to Southampton, the sun is shining.You can feel the heat in the morning.

Li Rui is running, and now he wants to spend more time with Jessica, so Li Rui won't practice more in the afternoon. However, if he goes back to running early in the morning, although the effect may not be as good as the extra practice, it is still useful, and For Li Rui to take the initiative to practice, in addition to maintaining his state, there is also an attitude, an attitude of hard work, which shows that Li Rui did not lose himself. He took the initiative to get up and run in the morning instead of sleeping late. A great attitude!

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After Li Rui had breakfast, he just arrived at the Carrington Training Base by car. He just got out of the car and greeted the familiar reporters when he heard a sudden brake. The big boy rolled out of the rear door almost in a panic.

"Dad. If I behave badly, it must be because of your flying car—I'm going to throw up—"

This speeding car attracted everyone's attention. Li Rui turned his head and looked back. Seeing the bald head, he and the reporters all burst into laughter.

"Hi Brady Boy."

The bald boy heard someone calling him, and then he noticed that there were people around him. He quickly stumbled to his feet and shouted at his father, "Dad, you made me lose face in front of Li."

haha~
Now, everyone laughed even harder. Robbie Brady is a young player of Manchester United's under-16 youth team. Li Rui heard everyone mention this kid. Some people said that this kid's style is very similar to the veteran Giggs. A very talented youngster for Manchester United's under-16s.

"Hi, Lee." Robbie Brady greeted Li Rui shyly with freckles on his face. Of course, Li Rui knew that this kid was a treasure in the Manchester United youth team. He was definitely not shy because he was a big star. It was because I was shy when I saw the 'ugliness' of him rolling out of the car just now.

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"Robby, if you don't hurry up, you're going to be late—" Li Rui blinked at Robbie Brady, the kid said goodbye to Li Rui with a groan, and ran away, staggering and almost falling Falling down, amidst the laughter of the crowd, scratched his head and continued to run away.

Li Rui was about to walk into the gate of the training ground when he was stopped by Mr. Brady: "Hey, Li."

"What's the matter, Mr. Brady?" Li Rui turned around and looked at him.He had met this gentleman twice. Mr. Brady moved from his hometown in Dublin, Ireland to Manchester for his son's football career. It was from Australia that the family moved to the Elland town of Leeds.

"Their little Robbie can become the next Giggs." Mr. Brady said loudly, with a look of pride on his face, which is the pride of his son from the heart.

Li Rui also smiled and said, "I will definitely tell Ryan that there is a little Giggs here."

Mr. Brady laughed, he didn't mean that, he just wanted to talk to people, how good his son is, especially when facing a star like Li Rui.

Other reporters also looked at Mr. Brady with great interest. There are many such "full-time dads", and they are used to it. However, it seems that Mr. Brady and Li Rui still know each other. News material, of course, it would be nice if Giggs was here too.

"I'm going to the training ground, or I'll be late. Goodbye, Mr. Brady." Li Rui waved goodbye, "You're right, Mr. Brady, Robbie's performance in the youth team is great."

"I'll tell Robbie you praised him that way." Mr. Brady was delighted.

Li Rui didn't know how much his casual words would affect this kid named Robbie Brady.

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On August [-]th, Manchester United will usher in the first game of the new season. Their opponent is Reading. The performance of Reading in recent seasons is very eye-catching. It is not because of the outstanding results of Reading. It was the team's lethal style of play that aroused great controversy and even aroused the public outrage of the Premier League giants.

That time at the Stamford Bridge Stadium, the Reading team knocked Cech and Cudicini knocked out and injured two goalkeepers and left the field successively. Mourinho, Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, and even Benitez, the four giants' coaches, were angry and criticized. However, if you criticize you, Reading insists on their own style, which also makes the top four in the Premier League face When reading, they were very careful not to get hurt.

'Triple Crown' Manchester United's first game of the new season is the game against Reading, which has also attracted much attention. This game was selected by Sky TV as the live match of the round.

Before the game, Ferguson also specially told Li Rui, Ronaldo, Rooney and other players who were expected to be under the care of Reading during the game to be careful not to get injured. However, things backfired. It is useless, after all, the opponent's feet grow on their own body, and if they want to shovel someone maliciously, there is no way for anyone to do so.

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On August 8, at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester United held a short but grand ceremony before the start of the game. The players held last season's league championship trophy, FA Cup trophy, Champions League trophy, and a week The former Charity Shield trophy, a total of four trophies entered the field, which won huge cheers from the entire Old Trafford stadium.

Soon after the game started, though, the cheers turned into huge boos:
Shhhhhhhhhh-

Amidst the boos all over the sky, Li Rui was limped and replaced by Giuseppe Rossi. Of course, the Manchester United fans did not boo Li Rui. They booed the Korean player Xue Qixuan of Reading. Back shoveling and shoveling injured Li Rui. For such a bad foul, the referee Luo Pu only showed Xue Qixuan a yellow card.

"Tsk tsk, it seems that the Koreans have just arrived at the Reading team, and they can get familiar with the playing style of the Reading team." Taibi, the commentator of Sky TV, said sarcastically. The game lasted less than 10 minutes. In the first game of the new season, he was injured and left the field, which could not but make the commentators and fans angry.You know, the first match that Sky TV broadcasts in the new season is the match between Manchester United and Reading, because the fans want to appreciate the football of the 'Triple Crown' team Manchester United and want to see stars like Li Rui. Performance, that's good. He was shoveled and left the field at the beginning of the game. It's still a bird.

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The only goal of the game came in the 29th minute of the game, when Hargreaves, who started the game, fouled Reading striker Doyle, and the referee awarded a free kick.

Hubble's free kick was thrown into the penalty area, Doyle slid the football to the back point, and Hunter volleyed and scored.

1: 0!

Manchester United fell behind 0:1 at home. This score was beyond everyone's expectations. Li Rui sat on the bench with ice packs on his legs, looking gloomy at the Reading players celebrating wildly. , the others also looked depressed.

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After that, the Manchester United team formed a siege towards Reading's goal. In the whole game, Manchester United shot as many as 25 times, which was three times the number of shots taken by Reading, but it did not change for Manchester United. Come on even for a goal.

The referee of this game, Ropp, showed 8 yellow cards and 1 red card throughout the game. Facing the aggressive Manchester United team, Reading "decisively" adopted its own housekeeping skills. , after Hargreaves was also shoveled off by a Reading player in the 51st minute of the game, the smell of gunpowder on the court became stronger.On several occasions, players from both sides almost fought, but the referee of this game, Luo Pu, could only use frequent yellow cards to control the situation of the game.

Although Reading's South Korean player Seol Ki-hyun was sent off for accumulating two yellow cards, Manchester United, who had one more player, had to accept the defeat at home in the first game of the season.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, there was booing in the stands of Old Trafford, but it was not known whether the boos were for the rough Reading players or the losing Manchester United players up.

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At the press conference after the game, Ferguson furiously condemned the Reading players for their rough actions on the pitch. He said that the Reading players should not appear on the football field, but should appear on the rugby field.

In this regard, Reading coach Steve Koppel retorted, ridiculing Ferguson as the godfather of Manchester United, but he couldn't afford to lose. He even compared Ferguson to a shrew who can't afford to lose.

How could the old man of Scotland stand this, the photo of the old man ranting at the press conference made the headlines the next day. Not to be outdone, Hall fought back, calling Ferguson's unreasonable old stuff, the blood of the reporters on the scene watching the good show at the press conference.

In the end, the head coach of Reading, Steve Koppel, said, "We can win Manchester United at Old Trafford, then we can win them back at the Madejski Stadium!"

The whole audience was shocked. Koppel meant to double-kill Manchester United this season. I am afraid that even Mourinho, Wenger or Benitez would not dare to say this.

Kind of Koppel!

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"Li Rui was injured and Manchester United lost, roaring Ferguson!"

"Kopel challenged Manchester United! "

Headlines like this have flooded the media for the past two days. However, this is only the first round of the league. No matter how much the media hype it, it will only take a few days.

However, three days later, after Manchester United was tied 1:1 by Portsmouth in the second round of the league, the media began to speculate that Manchester United had encountered problems. In fact, in this game against Portsmouth, Manchester United His performance is not bad, it can only be said that he was unlucky, with two shots hitting the post in the whole game.

However, this is how the media catches the wind. A loss and a draw are rendered as if the sky is falling. Only one victory is needed, and all of these will disappear.

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In the third round of the league, Manchester Derby, Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United at home, Elano scored the only goal of the game.

After this game, everyone was exclaiming that Manchester United was really in crisis.

Everyone is talking about what is going on with Manchester United, and many football celebrities have also jumped out to offer advice and suggestions for Manchester United to help Manchester United out of the predicament.

In fact, the main problem of Manchester United now is the offensive line. In the few games that Li Rui was injured and absent, Manchester United's offense has been greatly affected. Li Rui's dependence has always existed , This is not a problem unique to Manchester United. There is Kaka dependence in Milan and Ronaldinho dependence in Barcelona.

What Manchester United has to do is to give full play to the offensive ability of other players as much as possible in the absence of Li Rui, and help Li Rui carry the banner of offense.

In the three games that Li Rui was absent, Ronaldo's performance also received some criticism. Without Li Rui, Manchester United's No. 7 was not able to stand up and take responsibility for the first time, which made Ronaldo criticized. In the Manchester United team, Ronaldo’s annual salary is second only to Li Rui, and he can do as much work as he takes. When the team needed him most, he failed to stand up. This is why you have not fulfilled the team’s needs. !

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On August 8th, in the fourth round of the league, Manchester United played Tottenham Hotspur at home. The team beat Tottenham Hotspur 25-1 at home.

After winning the game, Ronaldo, who scored the only goal in the game, was immediately praised by the media. Everyone praised him for scoring the goal when Manchester United lacked Li Rui. The responsibility of these media has simply 'selectively forgotten'. Just one day ago, they were still overwhelmingly criticizing and blaming Ronaldo.

After winning Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United players finally had the confidence to speak. Captain Gary Neville stood up and said that there was no so-called crisis in Manchester United. The situation in the previous game was just an accident. Now it has started to get on the right track.

"There is no crisis, Manchester United is on the road! "

That was the headline on the front page of the next day's Daily Mirror.

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After the game against Tottenham Hotspur, the Manchester United team set off from Manchester to France, to be precise, to Morocco, preparing for the European Super Cup match against Seville at the Morocco II Stadium on the evening of August 8 .

This game was just an ordinary UEFA Super Cup game, but a sudden mishap before the game made this game special.

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Three days ago, Seville's 22-year-old Spanish international Puerta died of a sudden heart attack on the field. The sudden bad news caused Sevilla, Spain and the entire European football to fall into mourning.

On Tuesday night, Sevilla rushed back from Greece to Pisjuan to bid farewell to Puerta's spirit at the place where they fought together; three days later they went to the Super Cup to continue the cause Puerta fought for .

The condolences from Spain and European countries made Seville Chairman Del Nido gratified: "We are grateful for the support from all over the world. With Puerta's spirit accompanying us, Seville will be invincible."

Manchester United once proposed to reschedule the European Super Cup. UEFA also expressed its efforts to respect Sevilla's wishes. After careful consideration, the entire Sevilla team decided to hold the European Super Cup as normal. They thanked Manchester United for their kindness , However, as Sevilla Brazilian striker Fabiano said, "Puerta is above heaven and must hope that we can win the European Super Cup! So we choose to play normally and we will work hard Win the championship and send it to Puerta!"

The words of UEFA spokesperson Gaillard represent the wishes of everyone: "If the players in Sevilla feel unsuitable for the game, we respect their choice. The Super Cup will be held as scheduled, and we will dedicate the game to Puel tower."

For this Super Cup game, Li Rui, who will return from injury, said in an interview with the Spanish media that if he scored a goal in the game, he would not celebrate the goal, because nothing can be redeemed now Puerta's life.

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