our champion dream

Chapter 193

When the football fell to Li Xiaoming's feet, Gutierrez turned around and saw Li Xiaoming.

For a moment, he seemed to see a mocking smile on Li Xiaoming's face...

But this must be his illusion, because now Li Xiaoming can't care less about mocking Vidal.

After he catches the ball, the opportunity is fleeting. He must seize the opportunity in the shortest possible time and send the football to where it should go, otherwise it would be meaningless for him to cheat Vidal away.

Li Xiaoming had already found an open space, he just passed the middle circle and directly kicked...a long pass!
The football slashed to the side!
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"The ball...is transferred beautifully! It's a very precise pass." Li Heping shouted happily when he saw Nani run to a position where there were basically no Newcastle defenders and stopped the football with his feet.

"Nani!" Martin Taylor's shout was instantly drowned in the cheers of tens of thousands of Manchester United fans at Old Trafford.

Amidst the huge cheers, Nani unloaded the football beautifully, then pushed the football into the penalty area, and then slashed it into the penalty area!

This is the reason for the huge cheers and screams at the scene - Li Xiaoming's long pass directly penetrated Leverkusen's well-arranged stratum defenses, like an arrow piercing the clouds, directly found the grid that was inserted behind the opponent Policy!

Now Nani can face the goal directly!
Newcastle's players hurriedly returned to defense and rushed towards Li Xiaoming.

However, Nani didn't intend to create a unique Longtan. When the opponents moved closer to him, he pushed the football to the middle.

Berbatov, who followed up in the middle, slipped, and Rooney behind him arrived in time. The small penalty area in front of the goal has been trampled by players from both sides. Basically, there is no vegetable skin here, only the yellowish-brown soil. Control the balance.Rooney simply lost control of his balance, slid out and took a shovel shot!
Although Newcastle made a save, it was still a bit slow to turn around and pounce back...

The football was shoveled into the goal by Rooney!

"2:0!" Martin Taylor raised his arms and shouted, "Manchester United has further expanded their lead! Just as they entered the state very quickly at the beginning of the league last season, Manchester United this season has been at full strength from the beginning! I am very happy It's clear, and the fans are clear, that they're heading for the league title this season."

"Strong goal! It's a beautiful goal!" He Ping also shouted, "Although Li Xiaoming did not assist directly, it is obvious that this goal was initiated by Li Xiaoming, and he played an indispensable and important role in this attack! That long pass was decisive and sudden, and most importantly... very accurate!"

Regardless of whether Li Xiaoming scores a goal or assists, as a Chinese commentator, one must be able to find out the part related to Li Xiaoming from every goal, and then praise him greatly. This is the commentary that the people like to hear.

At least Li Xiaoming's parents who stayed at home felt comfortable when they heard Duan Xin's explanation.

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Gutierrez, with his hands on his hips, looked at the Manchester United players who hugged and celebrated the goal.

His eyes locked on Li Xiaoming.

Is this considered to be teased by him or not?
A question popped into his mind, and he couldn't find an answer.

He always felt that Li Xiaoming asked him to return to the defense in order to get rid of himself, but if he didn't return to the defense, the penalty area would be dangerous.

So in fact, whether to return to defense or not to return to defense is the same.This conceded goal...seems inevitable.

In fact, he had a chance to prevent the goal—after discovering that Rooney had passed the football back to Li Xiaoming, he immediately turned around and rushed towards Li Xiaoming, as if there was a magnet on Li Xiaoming that was firmly attracting him.

He is sure that as long as Li Xiaoming adjusts the football at his feet more, observes and controls more, he can re-entangle him.

But what he saw was that Li Xiaoming had just received the football that Rooney would do, and then passed the football with one kick, without observing it at all!

It's as if he already knew where the openings were and where his teammates were going.

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"Looking at the position this season, we can see that Li Xiaoming has become a key figure in Manchester United's offense. If Newcastle wants to win away games, they must limit Li Xiaoming. In the game, Gutierrez once It was done once, but unfortunately, he didn't restrict Li Xiaoming [-]%, didn't trap him to death, but gave him a chance, so these two balls were born..." Martin Taylor said.

"As the first game of this season, Li Xiaoming performed very well in the central midfielder position. Whether it is organization or attacking, he is much more skilled than last season. You must know that Li Xiaoming has not made a breakthrough in this game. , has already brought two goals with the pass. I think the doubts about whether he can play this position well before the game can disappear..." Martin Taylor said. "The control shown by Manchester United in this game gave Newcastle an advantage in most of the game. Now that they are leading by two goals and they are still playing at home, it may be difficult for Newcastle to come back..."

Martin Taylor was right.

After the game restarted, Gutierrez was caught in a dilemma.

To follow Li Xiaoming or not?
If you follow Li Xiaoming, how far can you follow?
It is obviously impossible to keep following to the end like losing the ball.

Li Xiaoming was confused.

So Newcastle chose to let Gutierrez retreat four times and form a defense line with other teammates.

Li Xiaoming doesn't care how he gets the ball in the midfield, as long as he doesn't rush up.

But Li Xiaoming didn't care whether he rushed up or not.With the ball in midfield, he directs the offense with long passes.

He is like a fixed turret, although it cannot move, it can use its super long range to attack the opponent's fortress.

And because of the lead of two goals.Manchester United does not need to pass the ball forward too much. If Manchester United does not push up, it will fall behind.

If Newcastle are going to push up, then go straight to the back of their defense with a long pass.Simple and rough, but when the field is wet and slippery in rainy days.But very useful.Manchester United's two wingers Nani and Rooney are very fast.

So the weather and venue that had worried Ferguson before the game turned out to be an excellent opportunity for Li Xiaoming to play his long pass.

Under Li Xiaoming's scheduling, the Manchester United team was like a machine running smoothly, so that Newcastle, who was two goals behind, could never find any good opportunities.

Until the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Newcastle could not threaten Manchester United's goal.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Newcastle 2-0 at home and got a good start to the league this season!

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After the game, both the English media and the Chinese media focused on Li Xiaoming.

England's "The Sun" highly praised Li Xiaoming's performance in his new position.

"...This game was the first game for the England internationals after the defeat in South Africa but they were upstaged by Li Xiaoming. Li Xiaoming, who played in the midfield for the first time in the league, performed extremely well, he completely controlled the situation. In contrast to him, Newcastle's midfield had almost nothing to recall in the game..."

Manchester United's local "Manchester Weekly" thinks that Li Xiaoming is also highly evaluated: "... Li Xiaoming's performance in the central midfielder position is very outstanding. At the same time, we should not forget that he won the assists in the attacking midfielder last season. And the best rookie. No matter where he is, he has performed well. Maybe he should not be limited to a player in a certain position, I think the whole midfield should belong to him!"

Li Xiaoming's media's praise was even more blatant, it was simply flattery.

"... Li Xiaoming is back! The protagonist of the stadium is him!"

"Li Xiaoming opened the era of a new era for Manchester United. The new position allows us to discover an even stronger Li Xiaoming!"

"Almighty genius! Li Xiaoming has found the most suitable position for him!"

"...With Scholes getting old, some people were worried that Manchester United would lose their midfield core. Now it seems that Li Xiaoming's performance can make people forget Scholes...they have found a new The core of the organization. A young supernova."

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On August 28, the Manchester United team flew to Monaco by plane to prepare for the UEFA Super Cup match against Atletico Madrid.

The UEFA Super Cup is an event held by UEFA at the beginning of each season. Before 1999, the winner of the European Cup Winners' Cup and the Champions League champion competed for the title. Now the champion of the UEFA Europa League and the Champions League Compete for this honor.

The biggest difference between the UEFA Super Cup and the England Community Shield is that if the tie is tied after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of overtime will be played, and then a penalty will be kicked.

Since 1972, the European Cup Winners' Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup have been played. Since 2000, due to the cancellation of the European Cup Winners' Cup, the champions of the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League will compete for the championship. Before 1998, the game implemented a home and away double-round system.Since 1998, the tournament has been held every year at Stade Louis II in Monaco.

The UEFA Super Cup serves as the opening game of the new season of European club competitions, giving the winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League a chance to compete.The UEFA Super Cup will be held at the end of August. At the same time as the Champions League and Europa League draws, various awards in European football will also be awarded.

On the same day, Li Xiaoming and Wayne Rooney flew to Monaco together with club CEO Ed Woodward and Manchester United coach to participate in the UEFA Champions League group draw and the best player award in Europe held the next afternoon.

In the hotel, he met Li Qingru who came half a day earlier than him

The Manchester United club very considerately booked a suite for Li Xiaoming, with two bedrooms and a living room, allowing Li Xiaoming and Li Qingru to live together instead of separately.This time they are going to walk the red carpet together.

After the Manchester United staff took him to the room, they closed the door and left. When other people are dating, he should not be a light bulb next to him.

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When Li Xiaoming and Li Qingru met in Monaco, the media and fans in China were paying close attention to the awards ceremony.After the merger of the "French Football" Ballon d'Or and FIFA's World Player of the Year, the best player in Europe sponsored by UEFA has become an important award on par with the FIFA Ballon d'Or.However, Li Xiaoming was not selected for this award. What he needs to receive is the best rookie in Europe, and he has already participated in the selection of the best midfielder in Europe.The best players in Europe are his teammate Rooney, as well as Messi and Sneijder.

For Li Xiaoming, many media feel that Li Xiaoming should have a chance to be selected as the best player, if not because he is too young.

However, if a Chinese player has the opportunity to win the two awards of the best rookie in Europe and the best midfielder, it is not an exaggeration to say that Li Xiaoming is the "light of China".

And this awards ceremony and lottery ceremony is also the one that the Chinese media came to Monaco to report the most.

Monaco has hosted many sports events, not to mention the annual UEFA Champions League draw and awards, the most famous is the Formula One Grand Prix Monaco race.

But no matter which sports event it is, there is not as many Chinese media as this time.

It can be regarded as the annual UEFA Champions League draw, and the Chinese media are very concerned about it, but they will not film so many people to report on the spot.Some of them cooperate with European sports media, and they can obtain relevant reports and content through these cooperative media.Some of them are just picking up other people's news directly from the Internet.

This time, the Chinese media gathered in Monaco uncharacteristically, all for Li Xiaoming.

CCTV even filmed a set-up team to film Li Xiaoming. After Li Xiaoming was selected as the best rookie and the best midfielder, CCTV quickly communicated and coordinated with Li Xiaoming.

Because of the good cooperative relationship before, the communication went smoothly.

Except that CCTV could not enter the venue to shoot, they could follow the whole process and use the "third eye" to faithfully record the whole process of Li Xiaoming's participation in the awards ceremony.

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After lunch, it was a lunch break. After the lunch break, Li Xiaoming went for a swim in the hotel's swimming pool, and met three of his fans by the pool. They were not from England or China, but from Monaco. The locals - one of whom was a waiter in the hotel and the other two were his friends - were clearly premeditated.

So Li Xiaoming signed on the No. [-] ball of Manchester United they handed over, and took a photo with the three of them in swimming trunks and bare upper body.

When Li Xiaoming went swimming, the CCTV crew interviewed the three young men from Monaco and asked them why they became Li Xiaoming's fans even though they were from Monaco.

They told the CCTV reporter that they were all fans of Manchester United, and then they were impressed by Li Xiaoming's performance of Manchester United, so they naturally became Li Xiaoming's fans.And when he learned that the film crew was from China, one of the cheerful Monaco fans showed his self-taught Chinese to the camera.

However, judging from the confused expressions of the film crew members, the Chinese level of this Monaco fan is really not very good...

After finishing speaking, the young man asked the film crew how his Chinese proficiency was. The film crew members all gave thumbs up and said, "Very_good!"

The Monaco lad laughed and was very happy.

(End of this chapter)