Manchester United legend

Chapter 191 Thailand trip

Sydney also brought a lot of joy to the players. "We were invited by Li Weijin to go on his big yacht," Cole recalled. "You don't always have such an opportunity to sit on the big yacht of the super rich and watch the Harbor Bridge and the Sydney Opera House up close."

Manchester United's "House Tycoon" Yorke felt the happiest. After the first friendly match, he took his teammates to continue the carnival.

And Yorke's ability to have an affair is indeed super strong. He fell in love at first sight with an Australian hot girl named Gabby Richens in a nightclub, and they hit it off immediately.

"That was my baby, and she was nicknamed 'The Sex Machine'," recalls Yorke. "When I saw her, I was stunned. I was struck by lightning! I had never felt like walking towards her." Yorke and Richens exchanged phone numbers that night.

On the second night, York broke the curfew and boarded Richens' car parked at the back door of the hotel. The beauty led him around the city, and finally agreed to go back to the hotel with him to have a carnival.

The hotel security stared blankly at York as he swaggered back with the beauty. "Listen, friend," York explained to the security, "I brought Gabi." "Oh, is that? Which Gabi?" the security asked, "You know, 'the sex machine'!" Yorke remembers the security's eyes nearly popping out. "I gave him a $[-] tip, and he was very pleased to let us in. I actually thought I'd give a year's winning bonus if needed!"

"It was unbelievable, we had so much fun, we tried everything, we couldn't do anything difficult - we had a phenomenal night. By the time she left at six in the morning, we couldn't get enough of it," recalls Yorke.

The game between Manchester United and the Australian star team has completely become a formality, many main players are absent, and the head coach Ferguson has not come to supervise the battle, which makes the game a kind of business affairs.Manchester United's Jost, Beckham, Scholes, Gary Neville and other main players did not play. Giggs and Stam all played after the 75th minute of the second half.

The strength of the Australian team is not to be praised. Not only did Kewell, Viduka and other players who played for European clubs not be seen, but the players were completely improvised.

Since the game was played on a cricket ground, both sides were not used to the venue.Manchester United finally defeated the Australian star team 2-0 with two goals from Blomqvist and Butt.

One thing that took on special significance at the 7-strong crowd in Melbourne was the fact that Australian goalkeeper Bosnich was not playing for his country, but was wearing a Manchester United shirt and guarding the goal.

Not everyone is happy about Manchester United's trip to Australia this time, and Cole is one of the unhappy people.Everything was going well for him, but there are no good memories of the friendly match. He stepped on the opponent's young player Colosimo during the scramble, causing Colosimo torn his knee ligament.

Colosimo's injury caused a huge controversy for this foul. Players from both sides immediately surrounded him, and even a more serious conflict almost occurred.Fortunately, the referee separated the players in time.

After the game, Cole even dominated the media headlines and became the target of criticism.

Cole, however, insisted he hadn't fouled badly, and in an interview with The Daily Telegraph in Sydney, Cole stressed there was nothing to apologize for. "I didn't go and apologize to him, why should I apologize? It was a normal collision, I went for the ball - why did I hurt him? I don't think I did anything wrong, I didn't mean any harm."

Cole dealt with the media and United dealt with two worthless friendlies.In the end, the Red Devils left Sydney and diverted to Hong Kong to join Ferguson.

Ferguson looked at the greasy-faced guys in front of him, dumbfounded, and was very dissatisfied with their sharp decline in physical fitness.He is going back to England to prepare for the summer transfer, and the task for McLaren is to practice hard immediately after returning to the Carrington base!

After the activities in Australia, Jost and Manchester United came to Thailand again.

Manchester United's exploration of Asia began very early.Japan, South Korea, Thailand... They have all visited and played friendly matches.

"I always knew how popular Manchester United was," said Butt of the 92 golden generation. "When I was young, I liked to travel and enjoy free nights with my teammates. We were warmly welcomed wherever we went, and we were deeply moved by the enthusiasm of the fans." In the summer of 1997, Manchester United flew to Thailand. When Butt returned from a training session watched by 3 people, he suddenly saw a banner in the hotel that read "Nicky Butt, you are my God!"

"I still get letters from Thailand, where the fans are so nice to me!" Butt said after returning to Manchester United in 2013.Of course, what is even more unbelievable is that in Thailand, some fans actually molded the statue of Beckham into a golden body and enshrined it in a Buddhist temple!

It has to be said that the appeal of Manchester United's treble is amazing. Even if Beckham did not come with the team in the end, Manchester United was still wildly welcomed by countless fans in Thailand.

Crazy fans crowded everywhere Manchester United went, starting from the airport, to hotels, training grounds, meetings... Everywhere Manchester United stars saw countless excited fans swarming in and surrounded them persistently.

Fans in Thailand are like groupies. They surrounded the Thai Garden Hotel where Manchester United stayed like dumplings.

Blessed are the Thai fans. Manchester United did not play perfunctorily when they came to Thailand. They not only played seriously, but the professionalism of Manchester United was sufficient.

While the whole team was overwhelmed by the number of fans the club had, there was a fitting thank you from the players.

Although Andy Cole and Phil Neville had to knock down fans in two breakaways, they couldn't cope with the countless hands that were handed over, which seemed to be the only "stain" left by the team in Thailand, but in other occasions, the United players were always polite and measured.

Although they feel a little strange, they will definitely not let Thai fans feel that they are superior and reject others.

Gary Neville even directly said, "I am surprised and grateful that there are so many fans in China and Thailand."

And Giggs once used his feet to support a female fan who almost fell because he saw him lightly; Solskjaer picked up the autograph book of the little fan who was thrown off the bus by the police, signed it carefully, and delivered it upright.

As for the group photos and autographs requested by fans and reporters, Manchester United players have almost never refused.

This is the influence of Manchester United. The successfully developed Asia has brought more resources to the Red Devils.

(End of this chapter)