Grass roots glory

Chapter 1108 Not the protagonist
Zhou Tiancheng's fan bar in Manchester's Chinatown has now become a very famous base camp, and has been patronized by many of his friends and people around him.

Wu Sanshi is actually quite a self-disciplined player. In Barcelona, ​​one of the best big cities in Spain, he has never heard of him going in and out of such a sensual place, but he walked here quite easily, probably because of Zhou Tian Cheng's understanding and trust let him know that this place will not be like those explosive bars, and there will be no scenes that make him feel ashamed to see them again.

In fact, the whole process was quite easy, and Wu Sanshi also saw how popular Zhou Tiancheng was here—the regular customers who often came to the bar greeted Zhou Tiancheng with a smile, and when Zhou Tiancheng introduced himself to these people, Wu Sanshi could He clearly felt the kindness released by the other party, and in his impression, the British guys who were arrogant and full of superiority actually stretched out their hands to him.

"Although you are an opponent, you are Zhou's friend, so, Chinese guy, Manchester welcomes you again."

"Hey, boy, although I've been a Manchester United fan for 20 years, I want to say that your goal was so damn fast that Zhou couldn't catch up. I haven't seen it in the past two seasons. "

"Zhou, tell us, you didn't release the water, did you? Your friend is very fast. In fact, I don't like Lukaku's big guy very much. Your friend is more powerful."

That's it, the ambience is really good.When Wu Sanshi left at the end, he enjoyed it quite a bit, and his tone showed a bit of envy: "Brother Cheng, you are so lucky, the atmosphere here is really good."

Zhou Tiancheng responded calmly: "Whenever you come here, you can enjoy it every day. Being here is definitely the central treatment."

Wu Sanshi sniffed: "When you leave, maybe I will think about it. I don't want to be a green leaf for others when I come here."

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In the tenth round of the league, Manchester United will face Manchester City at home in the first Manchester Derby of the new season.

The rivals in the same city are currently ranked fourth in the standings with Liverpool after nine rounds with 23 points, temporarily unable to threaten Manchester United with [-] points. In fact, when Mourinho talked about Manchester City as an opponent, he didn't feel the slightest. Less than his respect for the Premier League championship level team.

"Manchester City? This opponent is not bad. We just won a very difficult Champions League group stage victory, it is time for the players to feel a little pressure."

In Mourinho's eyes, the evaluation of Manchester City is just "not bad" and "a little pressure".

All of this is based on Manchester City's defense-although Pellegrini is good at designing tactics and is especially good at building defenses, Manchester City is the team that conceded the sixth most goals in the Premier League this season, conceding [-] goals in nine league rounds. Compared with Leicester City, which is currently ranked first and only conceded five goals, it is hard to believe that their defense still has World Cup players like Demichelis and Kompany.It is precisely because of this that Pellegrini seems to have no reason to continue to allow himself to sit firmly in this seat.The goal of Manchester City’s top management is to introduce a head coach who is good at building offense to stimulate the offensive firepower in the frontcourt. Bayern coach Guardiola is one of the goals. The Munich media "Süddeutsche Zeitung" has long reported that Manchester City has contacted him, but Guardiola himself There was no positive response.

Of course, this is something later, and now they have to face Pellegrini's team.

So everything is simple. When Mourinho explained his tactics before the game, he put the names of defenders such as Kompany, Demichelis, Zabaleta, Clichy, including Mangala and Sagna. A row, and then said to everyone: "Be smart, Manchester City is not that easy to deal with, they are not Spaniards. First do a good job of defense, let them play, their defenders have the heart of a forward, we have to Give them space, and then... seize these opportunities, but you, especially the defensive end, must pay attention, focus, defend, we must first do it, they are genuine Premier League champions, this face, we will give it!"

After speaking, Mourinho laughed, and everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere suddenly became active.

Defending champion?

If historical honors count, each season's championship trophy should be awarded directly to Manchester United.

However, the atmosphere of the Manchester Derby this season is not so strong, at least there are no reports of fans from both sides tearing each other off the field.Although there are many reporters standing here early, waiting for some scenes they are looking forward to.But the result was that the fans of the two sides inevitably met outside the stadium, and then stared at each other unfriendly, and then... nothing more.

Conflicts and collisions must also be based on the equal expectations of the fans on both sides for the result. Obviously Pellegrini has lost some hearts, and he is obviously more eager to win this game than Mourinho.

Too much need to beat a strong team, need a key victory.

Under the special "care" of Mourinho, Manchester City turned away and almost knocked on Manchester United's goal in the opening game. Sterling dribbled the ball all the way from the wing to the penalty area. But at the last moment facing De Gea, his feet slipped unexpectedly, and he shot weakly, which was directly confiscated by De Gea.

"Aha! Sterling, Raheem Sterling, acting again, please watch Sterling's happy football special - the top ten single-handed series!"

Yang Cheng laughed happily in the commentary booth, and then he said: "I don't know how Pellegrini is feeling. He should know better than Sterling that the opening is their only chance."

Pellegrini didn't have any particularly annoyed expression on his face. His style of coaching was like this, showing no signs of anger or emotion, but his body leaned back a little.Psychological research shows that this behavior can be used to express negative emotions such as helplessness and disappointment.

"Such opportunities are..." Pellegrini was talking to his assistant. He didn't blame the players. He always believed that there is no striker who is not eager to score goals.

Indeed it is.But some chances can't be missed, like a shot like this, and it's not just a missed chance to score.

De Gea drove to the frontcourt with big feet, and Manchester United fired three arrows at the same time to lead Manchester City's defense to fight for speed.

The atmosphere of the derby outside the field can be lighter, but on the field, Manchester United's rhythm is to remind everyone that this is still a derby.

Martial's side is the fastest, Depay barely overtakes Zabaleta, and at the back of the penalty area, Martial has completely overtaken Clichy and has already reached the goal.He took a step at the moment of outflanking the foot, but Joe Hart had already made a save, but the palm that was supposed to catch the ball hit Martial's thigh.

"Anthony Martial! He fell - a penalty! A penalty!"

The referee Michael Oliver was relentless, but at this time, not many people regretted that Sterling missed the opportunity a few seconds ago.

Why miss the opportunity?

This may be why Manchester City will never be the protagonist on the real top stage. This game is destined to be the reason why they are not the protagonist either. No wonder others.

(End of this chapter)