young footballer

Chapter 255

The International Champions Cup is a commercial event and one of the important warm-up events in the preseason games of major leagues.

Especially in 2015, the competition in China was a great success, and the International Champions Cup in China in 2016 also attracted a lot of attention.Attracted three teams from Manchester United, Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund.

After Manchester United and Wigan Athletic played the first warm-up match, they immediately got up to participate in this warm-up match.

The first game will be held on July 7 at the Magic City Stadium in Shanghai, with Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund playing against each other.

Because it is a commercial competition, it is different from ordinary competitions, and there are many commercial activities.

So, the teams all arrived a few days early.

When Manchester United arrived in Shanghai, they could imagine that Ye Tian must be the most popular one, but they didn't expect that the second most popular was not Ibrahimovic, Rooney, Rashford, Marshall, etc. Not a supernova like Er, but their head coach, Mourinho.

There were close to ten thousand fans who picked up at the airport. They all wore red Manchester United jerseys, and most of the numbers on their backs were No. 22 Ye Tian. In addition to Ye Tian, ​​there is also Mourinho.

The nickname of "Magic Bird" has already resounded throughout China!

And when China Sky and Magic Bird merged into one, their club Manchester United became the home team of China!

This surprised Martial, who had been dissatisfied with Mourinho because of the deprivation of the No. 9 before.

He had thought before that he should rely on his ability to make Mourinho look up to him, and most importantly, to compete with Ibrahimovic or Ye Tian.

Because it is obvious that Mourinho wants to use Ye Tian as a striker!In other words, Manchester United's current strikers include Ibrahimovic, Ye Tian, ​​Martial, Rashford, Rooney, Lingard, and James Wilson.

Of course, James Wilson should not be very competitive, but the others, needless to say, Ibrahimovic and Rooney, Rashford is also the focus of training, so Martial's main competitors are Lingard and Ye Tian.

However, Ye Tian's competitive attitude during training and the competitive level he showed in the last warm-up match made him a little bit unmotivated.

But who is Lingard?Last season, he took care of all his spare time!What is there to compete with such a person?
So, his dissatisfaction turned to Mourinho.

But seeing that Mourinho can have so many fans in a foreign country...

He began to doubt his eyes.

After all, if one person says he is strong, you don't have to believe it. If it's a group of people, you have to think carefully about which side is the brain-dead one.

And now, this is no longer a group of people!
About half of the million people are waving Mourinho's flag!
Lingard and Rashford were almost lying on the bus glass, and their mouths were full of envy.

Ibrahimovic is complaining: "What kind of bus is this? It should be a sightseeing bus with an open top! It's like winning the championship. On the roof, we keep throwing gifts out! Right? The fans are the most important!"

Rooney and Carrick are laughing too!
They are very happy to see the enthusiasm of the club's fans in China.

Mourinho stopped the car and gave 10 minutes.

Then he got the security guards in the car to organize it, and asked the players to sign for the fans.

This made the fans overjoyed!
However, in this way, the fans' preferences are more obvious.

Ye Tian is the most popular, without a doubt!

Mourinho second!

Ibrahimovic third!

Rooney and Carrick tied for fourth!

And then other!
Looking at Ye Tian and Mourinho who couldn't stop, Lingard and Rashford were extremely envious!
……

"There are a lot of Manchester United fans in China. They are very powerful. Today they made two huge banners. This is one of the reasons why we came to China. Manchester United has a huge fan base in China. Manchester United chose to come to China to give back to the fans. .”

Mourinho said in his pre-match press conference.

"Will you let Ye Tian play the whole court?" A reporter asked.

Mourinho: "Our players have been very tired in the past 10 days. Dortmund started training a month ago, so it will be very difficult for us to win. Ye Tian is a very important member of our team , I will try to keep him on the court longer and give him more time to perform."

"Will Mkhitaryan start this game?"

Mkhitaryan transferred from Dortmund and came to Manchester United precisely because of his falling out with Dortmund.Generally speaking, an offensive player will always play bravely against his former owner!
"Henrik (Henrik Mkhitaryan) is in good form, he wants to prove something, and I will give him a chance."

……

In the pre-match training to adapt to the field, the reporter took another interesting scene.

At that time, the Red Devils were training casually, grabbing the ball in a circle, and Rooney was in the middle.

then……

Rooney was crotch pierced.

The captain of the Red Devils raised his hand to show that I am bad...

Then, he caught the ball by surprise and rushed to Blind's feet.

As a defensive player, Blind showed everyone how important timing is!
Rooney...

Crotch pierced again.

The whole circle fell to the ground, laughing together.

……

These are the normal atmosphere of a business competition.

The commercial game provides the club with an opportunity to interact with non-local fans, which is conducive to the expansion of the team's influence.

But in commercial competitions, the head coaches of both sides generally don't take it too seriously.

Because such a game, for the head coach, has nothing to do with the results, it is like a warm-up match in nature.

Therefore, they will not allow the main lineup to play such games, such as Barcelona and Real Madrid, and even temporarily promote second-tier players or youth players to participate in such games.

Of course, such behavior will hurt the hearts of the fans, so the big-name stars will show their faces and show their faces.

Just like Manchester United, Mourinho does not intend to let the veterans in the team, such as Ibrahimovic, Rooney, and Carrick, play.In case of injury, the gain outweighs the loss!
And Ye Tian, ​​the offensive core of the team, had to be given more playing time because of the local battle, otherwise, he would really be disgusted by the Chinese fans, and he would just talk about making money, and the club would not be able to explain it. past.

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On July 7, at 22:7 p.m., the Shanghai Stadium, it was finally time for the game.

Manchester United wore blue away jerseys, Dortmund wore yellow and black vertical stripes jerseys, led their ball boys, and entered the field amidst the cheers of 38000 spectators.

On the sidelines, there are about 30000 fans wearing red Manchester United jerseys, while there are about 8000 Dortmund fans in the opposite stand.

The commentary began to introduce the lineups of both sides.

"Manchester United, 4-2-3-1 formation;

Goalkeeper: John Stone;
Defenders: Valencia, Bailey, Jones, Luke Shaw;
Midfielders: Blind, Herrera;

Front midfielder: Mata, Mkhitaryan, Lingard;

Forward: Ye Tian;
Dortmund is also a 4-2-3-1 formation;

Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller;
Defenders: Paslak, Papastathopoulos, Bender, Schmelzer;
Defenders: Castro, Rhodes;
Front midfielder: Ramos, Shinji Kagawa, Dembele;

Forward: Aubameyang. "

Players from both sides shook hands, took photos, and then dispersed on the field.

The field captain and the referee took another photo, and then returned to their own team.

On the stands beside the stadium, Zheng Zhi and Kang Miaoxuan were sitting there.

"Huh? Is Xiaotian playing forward now?"

"Yes, the head coach said that he has a very strong offensive power in the midfield. The more he is in the front, the more pressure he will put on the opponent."

Kang Miaoxuan also asked Ye Tian this question before, so he quickly told Zheng Zhi about Ye Tian's answer.

Zheng Zhi is thoughtful, forward?
……

Under the referee's whistle, the game begins!
Dort kicks off.

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