Zhigao Supreme: The Legend of Greenery

Chapter 153 Champions League debut
Yu Liang, who benefited a lot from Sun Jihai, did not go to London with the team because of the suspension.During the team's game, he has been training with the reserve team.

On the night of the 23rd, Manchester United, who were on an expedition to London, was a guest at the Valley Stadium. With Saha's pass and Fletcher's goal, they beat Charlton 3-0 away.

After the victory over Charlton, Manchester United went directly to Watford in north London.

On the evening of the 26th, relying on the goals of Sylvester and Giggs, they defeated their opponents 2-1.After a week of double matches, Manchester United returned to Carrington with two consecutive victories.After three rounds of the new season, they topped the list with a record of all three victories.Manchester United's biggest enemy in the title race, defending champion Chelsea, lost the game when they challenged Middlesbrough away in the second round.

After the three rounds, the FIFA national team match day came.

Most of the international players in the team have returned to their respective national teams to report.Because the Chinese team did not arrange training camps and games during this period, Yu Liang was rarely at leisure.He took advantage of this time to fly to Belgium and spent a pleasant vacation in Antwerp with Deng Yu.

Of course, among them, he also witnessed the streaking of the reporter Jason who bet with him last season in Antwerp's home stadium Bosul.

After the end of the national team match day, Manchester United immediately invested in training and began to prepare for the fourth round against Tottenham.

At this time, Yu Liang also completely let go of his hanging heart. Carrick failed to join Manchester United as he wished.But on the afternoon of September 9, Carrick caused a lot of trouble for Manchester United.His sweeping and fierce pressing in the midfield brought great resistance to Manchester United's offense.In addition, it was another game after the international break. The Manchester United team, which was deeply affected by the FIFA virus, did not play very well. In the end, it relied on Ronaldo's free kick in the opening stage to score at home and beat Tottenham 9-1. , achieved four consecutive victories at the start of the new season, creating the best start in Manchester United's Premier League history.

With the momentum of four consecutive victories, Manchester United ushered in the new season of the Champions League. The first game of the group stage is against the Celtics of the Scottish Super League.

Yu Liang, who has just come back from the ban in the Premier League, and Rooney and Ryan Giggs, who were suspended in the Premier League, have entered the team's squad.Cristiano Ronaldo, who was suspended in the European war, missed this list.

In the UEFA Champions League last season, Manchester United created the worst record in the past 17 years. Not only did they fail to qualify for the group stage, they even failed to enter the Europa League and were directly out of the bottom.

This ending made Ferguson very dissatisfied, so this game is a new starting point for the Manchester United team.

There is no record of the two teams meeting in the Champions League. This is the first time the two sides have met in the Champions League.

Although in the pre-season warm-up match, Manchester United easily defeated the Celtics 3-0.

But the warm-up match is only a warm-up match after all, and the level and importance of the Champions League are not the same.

After the start of the game, although Manchester United had the advantage and patiently looked for opportunities through passing and cooperation, they still conceded the ball in the 21st minute of the first half.

The Celtics goalkeeper kicked the ball with a big kick and drove directly to the frontcourt. Rio Ferdinand made a mistake in the backcourt. .

After conceding the ball, Manchester United immediately launched a counterattack. Fletcher, who started the field, passed the ball to Scholes.

After Manchester United played the offensive, the Celtics' advantage did not last long.

In the 30th minute, Giggs broke into the penalty area from the left and was knocked down by the Celtics goalkeeper, but before being knocked down, Giggs passed the football, and Sahamen who inserted in the middle of the penalty area Pushed forward and scored the first Champions League goal of his career.It was also his third goal for Manchester United in all competitions this season.

In the 40th minute, Saha, who was in hot form, received a direct pass from Scholes in the middle, broke into the penalty area and faced the goalkeeper who was attacking by the opponent, and shot into the net, helping Manchester United to expand the score, 2-1!

But the good times didn't last long. In the 43rd minute, Shunsuke Nakamura took a free kick from Celtic's front court and went straight to the dead corner. Van der Sar didn't respond at all, 2-2!

This is the Japanese's first goal in the Champions League!

The two sides ended the first half with a draw, and changed sides to fight again in the second half. Less than 2 minutes into the game, Manchester United took the lead again.

Gravesen made a mistake in the backcourt pass, Scholes stole the ball and passed it straight into the penalty area. Saha's offside shot into the penalty area was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, and Solskjaer followed up with a supplementary shot into the net.

After replacing the injured Giggs, Solskjaer once again played the role of super substitute.

3-2, Solskjaer's goal helped Manchester United take the lead.

The lagging Celtics frequently made a fuss in the middle in the ensuing time, trying to play behind Ferdinand and Brown.

After Ferguson saw this situation, he decisively made the choice of substitution.

"Yu Liang, Yu Liang is on the field, replacing Scholes! This is the first time a Chinese player has entered the Champions League stage, Yu Liang, he has created a new record for Chinese players studying abroad! Please remember this moment , at 9:13 pm on September 9th, England local time, and 02:9 am on September 14th, BJ time, Chinese player Yu Liang played in the UEFA Champions League for the first time!"

In the big list announced by Manchester United before the game, Yu Liang's name was impressively listed.

Although it is mid-week, many people still have to go to work the next day.But in order to witness the demeanor of Chinese players in the first leg of the Champions League, there are still a large number of fans who choose to stay up late.

After struggling for 57 minutes, Ferguson finally lived up to the fans' expectations and replaced him with Yu Liang.

It was the first time Yu Liang set foot in the UEFA Champions League and the first to play in the UEFA Champions League. He carried the expectations of many people.

However, excited, he made a mistake the first time he touched the ball after playing.

Stop it!
The football was directly intercepted by a Celtic player.

But this time, Yu Liang didn't give them a chance to counterattack. He directly made a foul, knocked down the opponent's player, and gave the opponent a free kick in the frontcourt.

Shunsuke Nakamura's free kick, although he found his teammates, did not pose a threat.

The attacking Van der Sar directly confiscated the ball, and then quickly threw it out.

Yu Liang, whose back was facing the attacking direction, unloaded the football and immediately passed it back to Fletcher, who was advancing from the side.

After his debut in the Premier League, he accepted Andy Gray's suggestions. During this period of time, he has been strengthening his training in passing and receiving the ball, intending to improve his speed of passing and receiving the ball.

And this game is the time to test his long-term training results!
After splitting the ball, Yu Liang quickly completed his turn.When he just finished turning around, he saw a Celtic player rushing towards Fletcher.

"Huh, it's dangerous!"

If the ball is not distributed quickly, the result is self-evident.

Fletcher watched the opponent's player rushing towards him, immediately pushed the arch of his foot and passed the ball to Yu Liang.

Yu Liang, who received the football, did not immediately launch a counterattack with a long pass, but passed the ball to O'Shea on the other side.

Yu Liang, who occupied the center, began to play the role of a commander, and directly signaled O'Shea to pass the ball back to Brown behind him.

Yu Liang's intention is very obvious, which is to slow down the offensive rhythm and start to control the rhythm of the game, so as to effectively save the players' physical energy.After all, there is still a bitter battle with Arsenal over the weekend.

O'Shea, who understood Yu Liang's intention, immediately sent back to Brown behind him.

Manchester United started to fall in the backcourt, slowing down the offensive rhythm and strengthening the control of the rhythm of the game, but this does not mean that they gave up their offense.

After passing a few consecutive kicks from behind, the Celtics players began to press forward again.

Putting the ball on his back, he cooperated with Ferdinand to hit the wall. After avoiding the opponent's pressing, Yu Liang directly passed the ball to Fletcher on the right.

Fletcher dribbled the ball from the right for a distance and made a direct cross.

Saha in the penalty area faced the football, shook his head and attacked the goal, but was thrown out by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Manchester United, who missed the goal, made a comeback a few minutes later, and this time it was Saha who created the opportunity.

Saha, who was very active in this game, received a direct pass from Yu Liang at the front of the penalty area, and shot directly from an angle.

The ball, which was rolling rapidly against the turf, went straight out of the goal post after bypassing the opponent's goalkeeper's hands.

Two consecutive offenses threatened the Celtics' gate, allowing the Celtics players to restrain themselves when attacking.

Facing the Celtics, who had restrained their offense, Manchester United then slowed down their offensive rhythm again.

The game remained deadlocked until the 80th minute.Rooney, who had no bright spots in the whole game, became anxious and retreated to the center circle, "Yu Liang, give it to me!"

Facing Rooney's sudden withdrawal to ask for the ball, Yu Liang was a little unprepared.

But thinking of Rooney taking such care of himself during this time, Yu Liang is going to pass it on to him!

But just as he was about to pass, he found a hole in the Celtics.

After Solskjaer played, Manchester United played three forwards.Saha is at the top, Rooney and Solskjaer are separated on both sides.

Rooney's retreat led to changes in the Celtics' entire defense.

A central defender of the Celtics pressed forward with Rooney, and there was a relatively large gap behind him.At the moment Saha is moving towards this position.

Yu Liang, who discovered this opportunity, of course would not let it go, and directly sent the ball over with a long pass.

Saha, who moved to this position, faced the football, swung the ball with a header, directly ferried the ball to the side, turned around and immediately went forward.Gary Neville plugged in, caught up with the football and made a cross directly.

The half-high pass flew directly into the penalty area.

Saha, who went forward at the front point, did not touch the football, and shook the Celtics defensive player in the middle, and the football flew directly to the back point.

Solskjaer, who had already been interspersed in place, faced the end of the football's arch, and the football flew directly into the goal.

4-2!

With 10 minutes left in the game, Manchester United extended the score.

(End of this chapter)