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Chapter 634 The New Season Begins

On July 21st, Manchester United beat AC Milan 1-0 in the second game of the North American tour. Li Rui did not score in this game. However, the goal scored by Cristiano Ronaldo The only goal came from Li Rui's instigation. It can be said that Li Rui's performance is still qualified.

Of course, the media may not think so. After all, Li Rui’s performance in the European Cup was really wonderful. In the words of Gazzetta dello Sport, Li Rui was on Mars throughout June. His performance was at the level of Mars. Now that Li Rui has returned to Earth, although his performance is not bad, he will not satisfy the media and fans after all.

This is like a young man going to a brothel, usually at the level of Li Shishi, suddenly replaced by a pretty young woman next door, but it still feels unacceptable.

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The game against AC Milan was the second and last game of Manchester United's North American tour. These two games brought Manchester United an income of about 500 million US dollars.

Although the money is not of much help to the Glazer family's debts, it is better than nothing. Besides, Manchester United's executives know that the real place to make money is not North America, but Asia. Which European giants go to Asia? It's not that the pots and bowls are full.

Real Madrid's trip to East Asia in 2003 is said to have earned about 2000 million euros. This also made other European giants envious, and they all aimed at East Asia for market development.

The Premier League has many fans in Asia, which has some origins with the influence of the "colonial rule" on Asia during the empire on which the sun never sets. As the most famous Premier League giants, Manchester United has many fans in Asia, from Qatar From Malaysia to Thailand, to Hong Kong, China, there are many fans of Manchester United. This is why the Glazer family still insists on coming to Asia to seek gold, knowing that the players are exhausted.

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Before leaving the United States, Li Rui and Jessica met and went to stay at the old father-in-law's house for one night.

The relationship between Li Rui and Mr. Alba is still the same, not very harmonious. Of course, Mr. Alba will not show his face to Li Rui casually anymore.The former U.S. Air Force corporal always looked at the Eastern son-in-law from Red China with "hostility" and "speculation". Of course, this was Li Rui's perception.

The Korean War was the only direct confrontation war between China and the 'U.S. imperialists'. Whenever Li Rui was frustrated by his father-in-law, as long as he uttered the word Korean War, Mr. Alba would go berserk. At this moment, Li Rui naturally Very cool, he realized how important the strength of the motherland, especially the strength of the army, is to the wanderers overseas.

Originally, Li Rui planned to have a meal with the Beckham family, but because the time was too short, he had to give up.

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And the club's arrangement of commercial competitions to such an intensive degree made Li Rui complain endlessly. Other players also had great opinions on this. However, the players were helpless. This was the arrangement of the club's senior management. What else can I do besides obeying obediently?
Of course, a big name like Li Rui is still qualified to make a fuss. The prerequisite is that Li Rui doesn't want to stay at Manchester United anymore. Li Rui doesn't plan to leave Manchester United. more angry.

This person is Ferguson. The Scottish old man received a report from the team doctor that the players' physical fatigue had reached a dangerous level. The only truly healthy players in the team were O'Shea, Scholes and others who did not participate in the European Cup. The players who participated in the European Cup are worrying about their physical fatigue, and the physical condition of the players who have entered the semi-finals of the European Cup represented by Li Rui and Rooney is even more dangerous.

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"Alex, I have to issue a solemn warning. The health of Lee, Wayne and Owen (Hargreaves) has reached a dangerous situation." The team doctor solemnly warned Ferguson.

This is the first game of Manchester United's Asian tour. The opponent in this game is a local professional team in Malaysia. Manchester United scored 3 goals in each half and won 6:0.

At 53 minutes into the game, when Manchester United were leading 4-0, Li Rui raised his hand and asked to be replaced. When he was replaced, Ferguson was frightened, thinking that Li Rui was injured.When Li Rui was replaced, the first thing he said to the concerned old Scottish man was, "Boss, I can't run anymore."

Of course Ferguson did not blame Li Rui, in fact, this is what Ferguson supports, players should be responsible for their own health.

After the game, Ferguson went to the team doctor and asked about the current physical condition of the players. The conclusion he drew made the old Scottish man very worried and angry.

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Two days later, the Manchester United team came to Osaka, Japan, the second stop of the Asian tour. The European champions were frantically sought after by the fans of this island country.

As the "No. [-] striker" in today's world football, Li Rui also has crazy fans in Japan. In fact, this makes the Japanese media a bit embarrassed. When you arrive, give a warm welcome and applause.

Li Rui is very proud of the Japanese's pursuit and cheers. He has never been a nationalist, but as a Chinese with Yanhuang blood flowing in his body, it is difficult to have a good impression of Japan. After all, some history is eternal. won't forget.Therefore, seeing the Japanese bowing down to him, Li Rui didn't feel too good about it.

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In the game against Gamba Osaka, the Japanese organizers were surprised to find that there were no Li Rui and Rooney in the starting player list of the Manchester United team, and only Cristiano Ronaldo was the first player in the Manchester United trident. At the end, the Portuguese star was replaced by Anderson.

This caused a lot of booing in the stadium. Japanese fans paid money to watch Manchester United's big stars, or to be precise, to watch the Manchester United trident, especially Li Rui. Now, Li Rui and Rooney Not on the field, and Cristiano Ronaldo only played less than halftime, which of course made the excited Japanese fans angry.

This kind of anger turned into a huge cheer when Gamba Osaka scored a free kick at the beginning of the second half and rewritten the score on the field as Gamba Osaka 1:0 Manchester United. Champion, which makes Japanese fans very proud.

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However, in the 70th minute of the second half, when Li Rui and Rooney came off the bench, there were still huge cheers at the scene.

After the two played, Manchester United's offense was immediate. Li Rui's performance won the screams of the fans. After he got the ball in the frontcourt, he passed several people in a row and played a trick on Gamba Osaka's Japanese national team Behind the defense, he scored a wonderful long-distance attack goal, which made even the Japanese fans have to applaud sincerely.

In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 1:1. Rooney once had a chance to kill, but unfortunately the little fat man's shot hit the post.

After the game, the Japanese organizers protested that Manchester United had failed to fulfill their commitments. However, Ferguson sneered at the Japanese protests. He told the Japanese media that the organizers hoped that the main players such as Li Rui and Rooney would play the game, and both of them also After playing, Li Rui also scored a wonderful goal, which is not a so-called breach of contract.

"The Japanese fans are not satisfied? I didn't see it. I only saw that when Li Rui scored a goal, the host fans also stood up and applauded. They were all overwhelmed by Li Rui's performance."

The organizers were dissatisfied, but the Japanese media were very happy after the game. Japanese mainstream media reported that Gamba Osaka drew with Manchester United, which had Li Rui, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney. A draw is an inspiring event.

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Li Rui also thinks that the Scottish old man did a good job. The Japanese are now happy to be able to draw with the mighty Manchester United. Naturally, they will not question why he and Rooney did not start.

"The boss is really insidious." Rooney said.

"Say it in front of the boss." Li Rui sarcastically said to the little fat man, "Shut up, and be careful if I accidentally say that you went out with a Japanese chick last night..."

Hearing what Li Rui said, Rooney, who was not convinced and wanted to say a few words, quickly shut up.

The Japanese side provided very good services, so good that they even sent women to the beds of Manchester United stars. Of course, it was not so blatant, it was more subtle, and most Manchester United stars chose to accept Japanese women silently.

Li Rui, Giggs and Owen were the ones in the team who did not accept the Japanese' good intentions. Li Rui insisted that it was the Japanese who wanted to consume the energy of the Manchester United players before the game.Of course, everyone laughed at his statement.

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Although he did not start the game against Gamba Osaka, Li Rui got a little more time to rest, but it was a drop in the bucket for Li Rui's physical condition to rest and recover.

The American boss is very dissatisfied with Ferguson for not starting Li Rui and Rooney in the game against Gamba Osaka. This has affected Manchester United's money-making plan, and the organizer of Manchester United's next stop in South Korea has specifically requested Li Rui And Rooney and other main players started the game against Pohang Steelers.

For this, the Scottish old man did not give the American boss too much face. In the match against Pohang Steelers, he did start the main players including Li Rui, Rooney, and Cristiano Ronaldo, satisfying the Koreans. However, during the intermission, the Scottish old man waved the flag and made substitution adjustments. Among the starting 11 players, all were replaced except for Park Ji-sung and O'Shea.

After the game, Ferguson explained to the South Korean media that his substitution was not to look down on Pohang Steelers, "It is suitable now. Only Park Ji-sung is not allowed to rotate in the team. He is in good condition."

The Korean media was very happy with Sir Alex Ferguson's remarks.

In fact, Ferguson did not lie, because Park Ji-sung did not participate in the European Cup, of course he has good physical strength, and he is one of the players with the most physical strength in the current Manchester United team.

Moreover, in this game, Manchester United lost 1:2 to Pohang Steelers, which also made the Koreans only care about cheering for victory.

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Li Rui was called by Bao'er and wanted Bao'er to treat him to dinner. Anyway, he is in South Korea now, and Bao'er is the host, so it should be done as a landlord. However, Bao'er is performing in Singapore now, and Li Rui Rui had no choice but to give up.

The game against Pohang Steelers was Manchester United's last commercial match in the summer of 2008. Originally, according to the Glazer family's vision, they would go to Hong Kong, China and mainland China to conduct a commercial match respectively. However, the time It's too late.

On August 8, the Charity Shield of the 11-2008 season was played between Arsenal and Chelsea. This is also a rare London derby in the history of the Charity Shield.

Li Rui, who had returned to Manchester from Asia, watched the game at home.

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In this summer, both Arsenal and Chelsea have carried out recruitment. In this game, Arsenal's new aids Ramsey and Nasri, as well as Chelsea's new aids Deco and Bosingwa, all appeared.

In the 16th minute of the first half, Fabrega assisted Adebayor to score a goal, breaking the deadlock on the field and Arsenal leading [-]-[-].

In the 53rd minute of the second half, Deco, who just joined the team, shot a beautiful world wave. The football hit the crossbar. Drogba scored an empty goal and Chelsea 1:1 Arsenal.

In the end, when the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the score between the two sides was still 1:1. The game entered a penalty shootout. It was Lampard who missed a penalty kick. In the end, Chelsea defeated their rivals Arsenal in the same city with a penalty kick, won the Charity Shield of the 2008-2009 season, and won the first championship trophy of the new season.

After winning the Charity Shield, Chelsea's new coach Scolari also looked confident when facing the media, saying that in the new season, Chelsea will attack all possible trophies...

The "Daily Mirror" gave a close-up of the Brazilian coach who once led the Brazil team to win the Hercules Cup in 2002 and led Portugal to the semi-finals of the 2006 World Cup. In the photo, Scolari is holding a charity shield cup of trophies, laughing happily...

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2008年8月16日，这是2008-2009赛季英格兰足球超级联赛新赛季开始的日子。

The match between defending champions Arsenal and newly promoted West Bromwich Albion was used as the opening game, kicking off the 08/09 English Premier League season.

With the development of the Premier League, especially when Manchester United won the European Champions Cup for two consecutive seasons, the Premier League has faintly become the number one league in the world, which has also created countless Premier League fans all over the world.Of course, there is also the contribution of Li Rui, the 'world's number one striker' plays in the Premier League, which is also the great reason why many fans pay attention to the Premier League.

At this moment, after the European Cup, these hundreds of millions of fans once again focused their attention on the British Peninsula.

Manchester United's first game of the new season is at home against Newcastle at Old Trafford.

In this game, the outside world is generally very optimistic about the European champion Manchester United. Although Manchester United may be tired, the opponent Newcastle in this game is no longer the strong team it was a few years ago. Leaving, especially the retirement of Banner Alan Shearer, is a great loss for the 'Magpies'.

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However, the process of the game was beyond everyone's expectations. The first goal was the visiting team Newcastle.

This is the 22nd minute of the game, when Newcastle striker Martins used his speed to tear open Manchester United's defense, facing the attacking goalkeeper Van der Sar with a low shot into the net - Manchester United 0:1 Newcastle.

And 3 minutes later, Duff's long-range shot hit Fletcher's calf and turned into the net, which surprised everyone. Manchester United fell behind Newcastle 0:2 at home! !

What happened to Manchester United?
Is this still the European champion from two months ago?
Seeing the sleepwalking performance of Manchester United players on the pitch, the commentators and experts kept asking.

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Of course Ferguson knew where the problem was. There was a problem with the team's physical fitness. The commercial competitions in the summer made the team's physical reserve a joke. The current situation of Manchester United's physical fitness is not at the same level at all. Very good, but some players have mediocre physical fitness, while the players who participated in the European Cup are not in ideal physical condition.

Under such circumstances, it is of course impossible to expect the team to perform well.

However, for Ferguson, although the team's physical fitness is not good, at home, in the opening game of the new season, Newcastle took a two-goal lead in half an hour, which is absolutely intolerable.

When the referee Wes blew the whistle for the end of the first half, Manchester United 0:2 Newcastle's score on the scoreboard at Old Trafford remained unchanged.

The Manchester United players walked towards the locker room dejectedly, while Ferguson didn't even wait until the end of the first half before he got into the players' tunnel angrily...

"Haha, it seems that the 15 minutes of the halftime break are so dark for Manchester United players." The commentator said very unkindly.

(End of this chapter)