Ball King Pioneer

Chapter 239 The Agreement with Mandela

Chapter 238 The Agreement with Mandela
Every summer, the European giants will receive warm-up invitations from clubs all over the world. Of course, there is money for the giants to travel.

As a top European giant, the Manchester United club will go abroad for training and warm-up every summer, making money while running the lineup. This is what all giants will do.

Lin Yi followed the club to Durban, South Africa. This is also the first time Lin Yi has set foot on this magical continent.Although not as famous as Johannesburg, Durban has a very high status in Africa. At the same time, Durban is also the economic and cultural center of South Africa. It is the most successful colonization area in the former colonial period of South Africa. It is also a real rich city and a port city.

Unlike the poor public security in other parts of South Africa, Durban's public security is very good. It is known as "the best managed city in Africa" ​​and is also a famous international conference capital.

As a traditional strong team in South Africa, the Amazulu team certainly does not have as many fans as Manchester United, but its rich fans definitely exceed Manchester United.There are 30000 registered Amazulu fans worth more than US$100 million, 70 of them worth more than US$1 million, and 50 of them worth more than US$7 billion.In this regard, perhaps only local local tyrants in the Middle East can match it.

So every year the Amazulu team invites the rich teams to warm up. What they play is gold dollars, and what they play is force.This year, the local rich man took a fancy to Manchester United, the little daughter-in-law, and then when Manchester United left, Inter Milan waited in line for the rich man's reward.

Originally, in Lin Yi's impression, South Africa was a combination of heaven and hell, with AK-47 robbery all over the place, luxury pleasure and giant diamond gold.But when he saw the clean road, the white sandy beach, the luxury cars everywhere, and the yachts parked in the port, Lin Yi had to say "he's so fucking rich".

When he came to South Africa, Ji Dong experienced for the first time what is called a wealthy family style, just one word, work!

It is different from the common Chinese saying that "you can't live by yourself", "you can't die if you don't do it"!Manchester United really did it, but...some people like Manchester United to do it.

The airport is too messy not to show up, well, people double the security and the police.The hotel sent people to each room to complain. When Ji Dong said everything was fine, the hotel waiter was very unbelievable, even a little at a loss. Fortunately, Fletcher, who was in the same room as Lin Yi, said "the mineral water in the room is not good", which made the waiter feel amnesty.

This incident made Ji Dong understand a truth, when a country or region is colonized for too long, it will produce slavishness.This kind of slavishness exists in the bones and is integrated into the blood. Even if they declare independence to the outside world, or they think that they are already a democratic country, but in fact... Thinking of this, Lin Yi felt that Mao Zedong was really a great person. As he said, "the Chinese people have stood up."Stand up both physically and mentally.Although there are some people in China who worship foreign countries and fawn on foreigners, and like Han and Japan, there are really not many people who still have serious slavishness, and everyone shouts and beats the small group of "spiritual Japanese".

June 6th is "Nelson Mandela Day". South Africans regard this festival as grand as the National Day, which shows how popular this old man, known as the "Father of South Africa", is.

Mandela is 93 years old this year, plus 27 years of prison life, so now he can only sit in a wheelchair when he goes out.Mandela is a person who loves life. Football is one of his few sports hobbies. Manchester United is his favorite overseas club. Manchester United has visited South Africa more than once, and the England team has also visited South Africa. Mandela met each time, and even became friends with the England captain.

In South Africa, Mandela supported Manchester United's rival Amazulu team tonight. He is also a registered Amazulu fan. He once forgot to have an operation to watch an Amazulu game, and made the doctor wait for 2 hours before remembering that he needed to go to the hospital for an appointment.

Today is a friendly match between two of Mandela's favorite teams, how could he miss it as a fan.When Mandela in a wheelchair appeared on the big screen, the audience stood up, whether they were black or white, whether on or off the court, everyone couldn't help applauding.The applause that Ji Dong saw from his teammates was also from the heart. This is probably the so-called charisma of personality, and only a great man like him can enjoy this kind of glory.

Mandela didn't get up, he just waved his hand towards the camera, and then he responded with more intense cheers and blessings than before.

In this game, Manchester United's Evra, Rooney, Phil Jones, Nani, Welbeck and others are still on vacation due to the European Cup.Giggs, Cleverley, De Gea and Rafael will participate in the Olympics and stay in Europe.

Ferguson has changed in the starting lineup, not 442 in the traditional sense, but like an improved version of 433.In the starting lineup, goalkeeper Lin Degao, four defenders Veseli, Wootton, Ferdinand, Brady; midfielder Carrick, Lin Yi, Scholes; Macheda, Hernandez and Van Persie partner striker.This is a signal, a signal for Ferguson to seek changes, but what is the true meaning of his changes?

Apart from Lin Yi and Ferguson, the only people in Manchester United who know about it are probably the second general Hum Ha.Ferguson wants to play "10+1", he wants to completely liberate Ji Dong, of course not now, the time is not yet ripe.Lin Yi still needs to understand his teammates in the game, and he also needs to be familiar with the Manchester United system. Lin Yi can only adapt to the Manchester United system alone. There is absolutely no reason for Manchester United to adapt to Lin Yi. This is also a prerequisite for Lin Yi to become "1".

Through the previous few days of training, teammates all agree that Lin Yi can become the best player in the Premier League last season. His passing assists and shooting, as well as his grasp of timing are completely worthy of the Manchester United jersey on his body.

At the beginning of the game, Scholes took the initiative to give up the ball. His active retreat told everyone that from the beginning of the game, the midfielder belonged to Lin.This scene chilled the Japanese sitting on the bench. He tightened the collar of his coat. The ghostly weather of only four degrees was really annoying, but what was even colder was his heart.

In the 5th minute, Lin Yi and Van Persie cooperated from the side. Van Persie smeared into the penalty area and passed Lin Yi with his heel in seconds.

1:0, Manchester United got off to a fantastic start.

Genius performances, consecutive wing breakthroughs, consecutive heel passes, and easy freehand shots.The two sides are not on the same level at all.

Although it was an away game, the home fans stood up and cheered for Manchester United. Not only that, Mandela in the box also applauded excitedly. For him, any result is acceptable. The key is to have a wonderful goal. Unexpectedly, the goal came so soon.

Hernandez scored Manchester United's first goal of the season, and even a warm-up goal made him look extra excited.He ran towards Ji Dong and Van Persie, and he knew that the main credit for this ball was the continuous breakthroughs of the latter two and the magical two-stroke heel pass.

Although it was only a goal in the warm-up match, Ferguson on the sidelines was very happy. He had a mentality of overpowering the big and the big. It seems that Lin Yi can have a chemical reaction with all the outstanding players. He is the catalyst, the universal catalyst.

After the game restarted, Amazulu had no good way to face the extremely aggressive Manchester United. Their five midfield configurations did not have any advantage in the midfield competition.In contrast to Manchester United, the configuration of Lin Yi and Scholes in tandem can not only pass long passes, but also penetrate short passes; they can not only crush with their physical strength, but also use their technical advantages to skillfully deal with opponents.

In just ten minutes, Lin Yi and Scholes redefined the midfield of the Premier League team.

In the 16th minute, Lin Yi returned to the half court to participate in the defense. Taking advantage of his body, he bumped into the opponent's forward under reasonable use of the rules.Before the Amazulu players had time to turn around and go back to defend, Lin Yi half-turned and suddenly made a "clearance" with his big foot, and then the "clearance" ball happened to fly to the frontcourt, which happened to be the position where Manchester United did not return to defend and was not offside.

Stopping the ball, stroking the ball, and starting to accelerate, Van Persie's movements were done in one go. When the Amazulu players reacted, Van Persie was already single-handed.How could the Dutchman waste such a good opportunity, he grabbed the goalkeeper with a low shot and broke the goal.

2: 0.

If there are fans who have followed Everton's games last season, they will not be unfamiliar with Lin Yi's ability. He can always pass the ball in place without watching the ball.Manchester United has an overall advantage, and it is almost a crushing advantage.

In the 20th minute, Lin Yi intercepted the ball and passed it back to Carrick. Carrick made a straight pass. Macheda broke into the penalty area single-handedly and scored a low shot from 8 yards from the left rib of the attacking goalkeeper.

3: 0.

Manchester United are on the road to carnage.But as a warm-up match, the host's hospitality is also very good. Manchester United has no reason to be so merciless, so Ji Dong and Scholes both consciously retracted their feet in the following time, and they were full of attacking rhythm and intensity.The defense is also appropriately relaxed.

In the 39th minute, A-Dlamini received the pass from his teammate in the penalty area and took the ball unguarded but missed the goal.

In the 40th minute, Lin Yi was pulled down by Naya Dobo in front of the penalty area when facing the goalkeeper. It should have been a red card, but considering that the referee of the friendly match only showed a yellow card.Van Persie's free kick was blocked from the bottom line by the wall.Macheda took a corner kick on the right, Hernandez volleyed with his right foot directly from the penalty area, and the goalkeeper lifted the crossbar.

The end of the first half, 3:0.Manchester United established a huge advantage at halftime.

During the intermission, in Manchester United's locker room, assistant coach Brown came in to remind the players to get dressed and keep the locker room clean. Later, big figures would come to the locker room to meet the players.

A few minutes later, accompanied by Ferguson, the legendary celebrity Mandela came to the Manchester United dressing room in a wheelchair driven by his assistant.

Not as dignified as seen on TV, Mandela seemed friendly to everyone, but his slightly trembling hands and old-fashioned expression still gave people a feeling of a hero's twilight.

Since ancient times, beauties are like famous generals, and the world is not allowed to see gray hair.Ji Dong knew that this legendary figure was more like a kind elder now, that fearless freedom fighter belonged to his past.

The Manchester United players stood in front of their lockers. Ferguson introduced Mandela one by one. Mandela shook hands with the Manchester United players one by one and sent his best wishes.When it came to Ji Dong, Mandela looked a little different, he signaled his assistant to stop in front of Ji Dong.

"Lin, you know what, I saw one of your games last season, and then I became a fan of yours, and I have to say it was amazing, you made my blood burn."

"Thank you Mr. President, may I ask, which game is it?"

"The derby against Liverpool, I mean the first leg of the league."

After speaking, Mandela laughed. He wanted to see if Ji Dong would feel a little embarrassed.But obviously he underestimated Ji Dong's thick skin, let alone Ji Dong's funny character.

"Actually, I also like that game the most. You know, I played one game and took ten games off!"

After Ji Dong finished speaking, Mandela was obviously taken aback, and then everyone present burst into laughter.

"You are a very interesting player, I like you very much, I wish you all the best."

"Thank you, Mr. President. If we can win the championship next season, Manchester United invites you to come and watch us win the championship. I will give you my medal as a gift."

For such a legendary man, Ji Dong felt that he was worthy of all his respect, a medal was nothing, let alone a verbal cheque.

"Thank you, I like championship medals, if possible, I hope it is a Champions League medal."

"Of course, I don't guarantee anything, but I will try my best to complete it. If I can win the Champions League, I will give it to you on the spot."

"It's a deal! I'm looking forward to it!"

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　This Saturday, there was originally an update, let’s make an update this afternoon.Will pay back, definitely will!Continue to ask for monthly tickets and recommended tickets.

　　
　
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