Zhigao Supreme: The Legend of Greenery

Chapter 322 The Curse
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When the Manchester United players stepped into the stadium, cheers erupted in the stands immediately, and a heat wave rushed towards them.

At a glance, the Saitama 6 Stadium, which can accommodate more than 2002 fans, is full of seats, which shows the influence of Manchester United in Japan.

This is Manchester United's first game of pre-season warm-up this season, against the Japanese league champions Urawa Red Diamonds.

In the starting lineup, Yu Liang appeared wearing the No. 8 jersey.

In the summer, Manchester United's jersey numbers changed slightly.Rooney asked to wear the No. 10 jersey, which symbolizes the core, while Carrick is more looking forward to wearing the No. 16 jersey left by Roy Keane. Yu Liang will appear in the central midfielder position in the new season, aiming to succeed Scot It seemed a little unusual for Ernes to continue wearing the No. 16 jersey, so when Rooney and Carrick proposed to change the jersey number, Yu Liang agreed very readily and put on the No. 8 jersey, which symbolizes a midfielder.

At this time, Manchester United's Asian tour, Anderson, Nani and Hargreaves, who joined in the summer transfer, were all selected for the squad. Gary Neville and Heinze did not accompany him due to personal reasons, and neither did Saha, who was caught in the transfer. Can be selected for the big list, but Manchester United's lineup is still luxurious, Ronaldo, Rooney, Scholes, Giggs, Carrick, Ferdinand, Vidic, etc. all came to Japan with the team.

In order to be able to achieve the purpose of warming up, Ferguson arranged the strongest lineup in this game.

On the front line, Rooney serves as a single arrow, midfielder Yu Liang serves as a central midfielder, Fletcher and Carrick partner as a double midfielder, and Ronaldo and Giggs are separated on both sides.On the defense line, Ferdinand and Vidic partnered at the center back, the two full-backs were Brown and Evra, and the veteran Van der Sar was still guarding the gate.

The superior Manchester United team has firmly controlled the advantage of the scene after the opening.

But after a summer's rest, they have resumed training for less than a week, and their condition is average.Although in control of the situation on the court, he was not able to create a chance to score in the frontcourt.However, Urawa Red Diamonds are limited by the gap in their own strength, coupled with the interceptions of Yu Liang, Carrick and Fletcher in the midfield, it is difficult to form an effective offense.

Although the scene was dull and there were few exciting shots, the fans in the stands still showed great enthusiasm.Whenever Ronaldo and Rooney got the ball in the field, they would burst into cheers from the stands.

When the game progressed to the 44th minute, the goal that the fans were looking forward to finally appeared.

Urawa Red Diamonds attacked. After stealing the ball from midfield, Yu Liang passed through Urawa Red Diamonds' defense with a straight kick. Rooney, who was offside and broke into the penalty area, scored 1-0.

"Beautiful interception, wonderful pass, Yu Liang's performance is really outstanding. But I don't understand why the Chinese team doesn't take him to the Asian Cup?"

The commentator of Japan's NHK TV station highly praised Yu Liang's performance.

With Wayne Rooney's goal, Manchester United led Urawa Red Diamonds 1-0 in the first half.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. Both sides made substitution adjustments. Manchester United's Jonathan Evans, Simpson and Sylvester replaced Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Evra respectively.Although the defense has undergone extensive adjustments, under the protection of Carrick and Fletcher, the test has been relatively small.

After withstood a wave of attacks by the Urawa Red Diamonds, Manchester United launched an attack.

After 45 minutes in the first half, Manchester United gradually found the feeling of the game.

Yu Liang, who was dispatched in the midfield, dunked the opponent's defensive player and distributed the ball to Giggs on the right.After Ryan Giggs made a breakthrough from the right, he kicked a cross. Carrick's low shot in front of the goal was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. Rooney, who broke into the penalty area, got the ball and was blocked from the angle of the shot, which was passed directly to Carrick. Carrick crossed Knocking in the middle, Fletcher plugged in and scored with a low shot, 2-0.

After the two-goal lead, Manchester United's offensive organization became more and more smooth. In the 52nd minute, Ryan Giggs passed the ball from the left, and Ronaldo dribbled the ball past the opponent's full-back and broke into the penalty area and scored from a close angle, 3-0.

After scoring this goal, Ferguson made another substitution adjustment, replacing Yu Liang with Scholes who had returned from injury.With Scholes playing, Manchester United's offense became more fluid, and in the 77th minute, they made another victory.

Manchester United counterattacked, Scholes made a long pass from the right, Ronaldo broke into the penalty area and passed the ball in an inverted triangle, Rooney volleyed in the penalty area and scored, 4-0.

The leading Manchester United team began to deliberately slow down the offensive rhythm, and the Urawa Red Diamonds got a respite. In the subsequent attack, they scored a goal to save face.

4-1!

The first game of Manchester United's Asian tour won a big victory.

After the game ended, Manchester United's Asian tour in Japan also came to an end.

After attending a business event in Japan, the team flew directly to South Korea. Their second stop was in Seoul, South Korea, where they will welcome the second opponent of the Asian tour, Seoul FC.

When Yu Liang and the others arrived in Seoul, South Korea, the Chinese team ushered in the third match of the Asian Cup group stage.

In the case of Zheng Zhi and Li Weifeng accumulating yellow cards and suspensions, Director Zhu made extensive adjustments to the national team's starting lineup.

On the front line, King Dong finally ushered in the opportunity to start, and partnered with Han Peng.

Due to the suspension of Zheng Zhi in the midfield, Sun Jihai was placed in the position of the midfielder and Zhou Haibin partnered as a double midfielder. Mao Jianqing and Shao Jiayi, who performed well in the Asian Cup, served as the two full-backs.

On the defensive line, Dewey replaced the suspended Li Weifeng, and Zhang Shuai replaced Sun Jihai.

At the goalkeeper position, Li Leilei, who started two consecutive games, sat on the bench, and Yang Jun, who started the game.

Before this game, the Chinese team had 4 points for one win and one draw, and Uzbekistan had 3 points for one win and one loss.The Iranian team played against the host Malaysia in the third round of the group stage and basically locked three points.So this game has become the focus of Group C (the Chinese team in the Asian Cup is divided into Group C), because this game will determine the second team in Group C to qualify.

The Chinese team has a one-point advantage, so after the game against Iran, there were overwhelming reports in the country that they could qualify after a tie.

From the 1980 Olympic qualifiers to the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team lost without exception.

You can qualify after a tie, which seems to show that the team's qualifying situation is very good, and it seems to help the players relieve their inner pressure.In fact, it is not the case. To put it bluntly, it is a manifestation of not thinking about making progress and fearing war.

Yes, one point is indeed enough to ensure qualifying, but why can't we have higher requirements and pursue three points?

The national football team and Uzbekistan have had a total of 5 confrontations before, and the Chinese team is 2 wins and 3 losses.

But in the most recent confrontation, that is, in a warm-up match in March this year, Director Zhu led the national football team to a 3-3 victory over Uzbekistan.The other four confrontations date back to 1 years ago, so this national football team has a psychological advantage against Uzbekistan.

After the game started, the performance of the players also reflected this.

The aggressively attacking Chinese team formed a shot in the opening stage. After Mao Jianqing broke through from the side, he kicked a cross, and Shao Jia made a shovel shot in front of the goal and missed the post.Since then, although both sides have actively attacked, they have not been able to achieve good results. In the dull first half, the game ended 0-0.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. The two sides are still actively seeking opportunities to score in the frontcourt.

As time passed, the Chinese team, which had not been able to score for a long time, began to fall into chaos. Without Zheng Zhi to sort out in the midfield, Dong Wangwang and Han Peng, who had no support in the frontcourt, had few bright spots.

In the 65th minute, the Chinese team won a good opportunity to counterattack in the chaos. Zhang Shuai broke into the penalty area from the side and crossed the middle.

At this time, Director Zhu began to deploy troops and generals. He replaced Zhao Xuri to strengthen the defense in the midfield, and removed the mediocre King Dong, intending to keep the balance.

But shortly after Zhao Xuri came on stage, an accident occurred.

Uzbekistan took a corner kick, and the Chinese team missed a player in the penalty area. Uzbekistan striker Shatskih calmly completed a header in the penalty area. After being saved by Yang Jun, he easily made another shot into the net, 1- 0.

Shatskikh's goal inspired the fighting spirit of the Uzbekistan people, and at the same time shook the will of the Chinese players.The demoralized Uzbekistan launched one attack after another. In the 85th minute, they took advantage of a free kick in the frontcourt to expand the score 2-0.The Chinese team completely lost hope of qualifying for the group.

In stoppage time, the Uzbekistan team made another victory, 3-0.

The Chinese team once again fell under the curse of qualifying for a tie.

After watching the game in the hotel, Yu Liang had a Qi Qiran expression on his face...

(End of this chapter)