Grass roots glory

Chapter 917

With one win and one draw in the first two rounds of the league, it has deviated from Van Gaal's best expectations.

And it was tied by the relegation team. In terms of the result, it is indeed a bit bad.

So in the first round of the League Cup on August 27, Van Gaal was aiming to use this to boost morale.

The competition system of the League Cup is similar to that of the German Cup that Zhou Tiancheng participated in. Before the semi-finals, there is a single elimination system. There are only four "professional leagues" in the Premier League, the British Championship, the League One, and the League Two. A total of 92 professional clubs have the right to participate-this is an event initiated by the English Professional League. The FA are against each other, so of course it has to be different.

Manchester United's first opponent in the League Cup is Milton Keynes. Last season, they were promoted as the champions of the League Two. This season, they will start to compete in the League One.

According to the league system after the reform of English football in 1992, League One is only the third level.

The strength gap should be said to be very obvious, and the opponents are still two levels away from the Premier League.Facing the newly promoted horse who just started to compete in the third tier league, Van Gaal didn't even have Zhou Tiancheng's name in the squad for the away game.

This had to make Zhou Tiancheng think too much, he went to find Van Gaal directly in private.

"Well, Zhou, do you have an opinion?" Van Gaal was a little surprised that Zhou Tiancheng would take the initiative to ask for a fight. Is this questioning his own arrangement?

Zhou Tiancheng coughed lightly, and asked directly: "Sir, I think my physical condition is competent. Is it because those vexatious people outside have interfered with your judgment?"

Now that everyone has come to find Van Gaal, Zhou Tiancheng never hides it.

Van Gaal turned around, looked at Zhou Tiancheng seriously, and asked, "Zhou, do you really think so? Is this your opinion of your own strength and confidence?"

Zhou Tiancheng didn't speak, but just stared at him without changing his face, and replied in his heart: I have no need to say my confidence in myself?But now you are the head coach, if I can decide what I want to do like Giggs, I will go, how can I ask you?

Van Gaal is also the head coach who has seen countless stars. He could see the confidence in Zhou Tiancheng's eyes looking directly at him. His expression softened a little, and he quickly said to Zhou Tiancheng: "Are you so eager to prove yourself? Zhou, the season It's just started, and the intensity of the Premier League may be beyond your imagination. In future games, when I arrange you to play, I need you to show [-]% or even [-]% of the state, so now you You must know how to recharge your batteries.”

After receiving such an answer, Zhou Tiancheng was relieved.Just as he thought.But this is not unfounded worry.If it was Dortmund, he wouldn't have asked Klopp that at all.

Although Klopp and Van Gaal are definitely not good tempered, there is one reason why Zhou Tiancheng has been able to cooperate happily with him in the past few seasons-not only has absolute trust in himself, but Klopp has absolute confidence in the entire team. trust.A lot of the tantrums were simply because the players didn't meet his standards.But never mistrust a certain player, or even have conflicts.

Van Gaal has too many "criminal records" in this area, and the whole of Europe knows it, so Zhou Tiancheng is not at ease. There is no such tacit trust between him and Van Gaal, and this does not happen overnight.

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Originally, there was no suspense in this game, and all parties acquiesced to Van Gaal's practice of Zhou Tiancheng.In China, pp Sports, which is in charge of broadcasting the match, got the news the day before the game that Zhou Tiancheng did not go with the team to the away game, and even cut off Manchester United's match broadcast at the same time, focusing on the first round of the new season's Serie A and Ligue [-].

The fans didn't have the slightest opinion. Zhou Tiancheng is the number one star in Chinese football, but Chen Pengfei and Jiang Hao, who played in Serie A, and Ming Tao, who moved to Ligue [-], also have high hopes.

If Zhou Tiancheng played with the team and started the game, he would naturally not need to do multiple-choice questions. In the current situation, from the emotional point of view of Chinese fans, few people are willing to watch a game without Chinese players and without suspense.

The result of the game was indeed a big score, and there was no suspense as everyone imagined.

4: 0.

Looking at the score from a distance, it seems normal, but looking closely, many people may feel that there is something wrong with their eyes.

It's Manchester United that's in trouble.They were overwhelmed by Milton Keynes, a newly promoted third-level horse that even they themselves didn't think much of before the game.

Zhou Tiancheng, who was at his villa in Manchester, was standing all the time, holding the remote control in his hand, with a gloomy expression on his face.

Here he can watch the paid live broadcast of Sky Sports, and at the moment he is listening to Bob Clem's sonorous and forceful counting of Manchester United's performance.

"This is the price of Van Gaal's underestimation and arrogance. Maybe he is now covering his regret with a gloomy face. If he took it last week, the situation may be much better. At least the midfield will be organized. Juan Mata is not a qualified player. The problem with this was that the Spanish midfielder couldn't get the space to display his talents under the rough midfield pressing of the opponent, and Manchester United lost control."

"The more serious consequence is that Manchester United only conceded one goal in the first two rounds of the league, not that the defense has become solid. A team like Milton Keynes can easily tear this fig leaf off. Evans successfully proved his ability Maybe he can only match League One, even David de Gea can't save him."

"Of course, under such circumstances, Manchester United shouldn't have missed a goal. This has something to do with Falcao's performance. But many times today, he was receiving long passes, with his back against tall central defenders. I know if this is a request from Van Gaal, but if it is so, let Welbeck start, maybe the result will not be so bad..."

Before Bob Clem finished speaking, Zhou Tiancheng had already pressed the remote control to turn off the TV.

Chu Yunling smiled and asked: "The game is not over yet, and it's only one minute of stoppage time. Don't watch it? It's a bit heartbreaking, but don't affect your mood."

Zhou Tiancheng walked to his son's room, helped the toddler out little by little, and said, "Come on, son, let's play ball on the grass behind."

The little guy smiled happily, and Zhou Tiancheng replied at this time: "I am more comfortable playing with my son than watching this game."

That is, in front of his wife, otherwise Zhou Tiancheng would really curse.

He really wanted to scold a catchphrase that his brother Mingtao, who is far away in Paris, often said when he was in a hurry to watch the team he supported - this damn, kicks like a hammer!
(End of this chapter)