our champion dream

Chapter 76 Debut
While the Internet boom was still going on, Manchester United ushered in their first opponent in the warm-up match, the "Malaysian Star Team."

This game attracted the attention of many domestic audiences, and Li Xiaoming lived up to expectations and sat on the bench.Scholes got the chance to start.

In this game, Ferguson set up a 442 formation, Rafael, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra lined up, Carrick Park Ji-sung Scholes in the midfield, and Berbatov as the arrow , Ryan Giggs and Rooney separated the two wings.

The game was very intense.The game entered the rhythm of Manchester United at the beginning.

In the 3rd minute, the Malaysian defender made a mistake in making a clearance. Berbatov stopped the ball at the front of the penalty area and then volleyed with his right foot, which was saved by goalkeeper Fabizar.Giggs took a right corner and Ferdinand's header went wide.

In the 7th minute, Malaysia returned the favor. After several players succeeded in pressing the frontcourt, Amurri volleyed with his right foot from the right side of the penalty area, and Van der Sar threw the ball.

In the 8th minute, Scholes scored the ball, and Raphael, who was inserted in the back, made a pass from the right and was blocked. Raphael, who got the ball again outside the penalty area, made another pass. Berbatov was 6 yards from the right. Foot volley, Fabizar block, Wayne Rooney 4 yards to score an empty goal, Manchester United 1-0.

In the 10th minute, Giggs made a pass from the left, and Rooney volleyed with his left foot from the penalty spot and bounced the ball. Fabizar struggled to lift the crossbar.

In the 19th minute, Manchester United made a comeback, Scholes crossed from the right and was blocked out of the penalty area. Park Ji-sung shot high from outside the penalty area and hit the crossbar.

In the 27th minute, Rooney broke into the penalty area from the left and made a wonderful pass. Giggs inserted into the penalty area and succeeded in offside.

In the 30th minute, Giggs knocked a free kick on the left side, Scholes shot with his right foot from outside the penalty area, and Fabizar threw the ball.

Manchester United, which took a two-goal lead, relaxed slightly and was seized by the Malaysian star team.

In the 405th minute of the game, Malaysia made a long pass from the backcourt. Evra made a mistake and headed the ball over the top. Malaysia Amurli volleyed with his right foot from 30 yards to the right. sigh.

Then the doubles entered the intermission with 2:1.

Ferguson looked at the players entering the locker room one after another, and whispered a few words towards Meulensteen.

Meulensteen yelled at the bench behind him: "Li, warm up."

At the beginning of the second half, Li Xiaoming stood on the sidelines wearing Manchester United's No. [-] jersey. He replaced Scholes.

When Scholes ran to Li Xiaoming's side, he touched Li Xiaoming's head affectionately, and said softly: "Relax, boy, they will help you."

Li Xiaoming smiled, and after high-fiving Scholes, he quickly ran to the field. The task Ferguson gave him was to completely suppress the opponent with offense.So on the field, his position is higher than Scholes.

When Li Xiaoming wore the No. [-] Manchester United jersey and appeared on the pitch with other teammates, the fans who watched the game on the Internet were extremely excited.Li Xiaoming's appearance was finally worthy of their staying up all night.I didn't expect to get the chance to play in the first warm-up match. It seems that Li Xiaoming's performance in the usual training must have been recognized by the head coach.

The stadium's anchor camera also clearly gave a close-up of Li Xiaoming.

"So handsome, our Chinese players can also play in Manchester United." Some fans expressed such admiration.

"Handsome, handsome, my husband is so handsome when he passes on the jersey." Some of Li Xiaoming's fans began to have little stars in their eyes.

Everyone is waiting to see Li Xiaoming's wonderful performance in the game.

After the players from both sides stood still, the referee blew his whistle, and the second half of the game officially started!
Because it was Manchester United kick-off, Berbatov and Rooney naturally passed the ball back to Li Xiaoming's feet after kick-off, but Li Xiaoming did not catch the ball, but missed the ball to Carrick behind him.Then he began to pull to the neutral position near the middle circle. After Carrick distributed the ball to Evra's feet, Evra advanced with the ball. After encountering obstacles, he quickly passed the ball to his teammates.

"Be careful, there are people behind." Seeing that Li Xiaoming was taking the ball sideways, Evra reminded in time while passing the ball.

When Li Xiaoming stepped forward to meet the ball, he also glanced behind him and saw a Malaysian player rushing towards him aggressively. After passing through the Malaysian player who was rushing towards him, Li Xiaoming accelerated and spared the Malaysian player. Li Xiaoming, who got the football again, did not stop the ball to observe, but passed the ball to Rafa who had already inserted it. at your feet.

Because of Rafael's insertion, Rooney has returned to the center from the side to prepare to respond. After Raphael passed the ball to Rooney, he continued to run along the baseline.From the perspective of Malaysian players, this is a two-for-one with Rooney.

However, after Rooney took the ball, his back was facing the attack, so he chose to stuff the ball in front of the penalty area.

Rooney knew there was one guy who was going to be there.After passing the ball, Rooney did not choose to look in the direction of the pass, but took his own steps and inserted into the ribs of the penalty area.

Just when the entire defense line was attracted by Rooney's pass, Li Xiaoming, who received the football outside the penalty area, made an arc with the outside instep and sent the football into the penalty area. In his eyes, the football once again flew to a position one meter in front of Rooney with an arc. Rooney did not stop the ball, but directly stopped the ball and volleyed. The goal of the Malaysian goalkeeper was pierced for the third time.

After the goal, Rooney ran to the man who passed him the ball and ravaged his hair.

"I knew you'd come here. It's your first assist for Manchester United."

"Wayne, you know, I can shoot, and how many times do I have to say, don't rub my hair." Li Xiaoming shook his head, adjusted his hairstyle, and said to Rooney.But soon, Rio Ferdinand ran up from the backcourt, and then all the players except the goalkeeper ran over, and each of them rubbed Li Xiaoming's head.

At this time, the GIF picture of this goal appeared on the domestic Internet very quickly, especially when Li Xiaoming received the pass from Evra and stopped the ball with a pass through the crotch, many fans were amazed.

"I don't know whether it's better to say that this kid has a big heart or a lack of heart. It stands to reason that young players will be somewhat nervous." Assistant coach Meulenstein also said with a smile outside the court.

Ferguson sat on the coach's bench with his arms folded and said to Meulensteen: "The opponent is too weak."

After rewriting the score to 3:1, Li Xiaoming played more proactively. Li Xiaoming frequently took the ball in the Manchester United field. With the support of his teammates, he seemed to be a core midfielder.

He continued to run, fight, catch, and pass the ball on the court.

In the 60th minute of the game, his horizontal knock in front of the penalty area helped Giggs get a good shot.It's a pity that the shot football was saved by the goalkeeper of the Malaysian star team.

Although there was no goal, Giggs still turned around and gave Li Xiaoming a thumbs up. The pass just now was very beautiful and comfortable.

In this way, Li Xiaoming kept getting thumbs up from his teammates. His strength was not only recognized in training, but also in games.

Ferguson began to replace some of the main players one after another, but this did not stop Manchester United's offensive frenzy.

Nani, who replaced Giggs, was extremely active. He frequently used his excellent dribbling skills to threaten the opponent's goal, but sometimes Nani would delay the opportunity because he showed off his skills too much, but this is not the case. affect the overall course of the game.

In the 808th minute of the game, Nani and Li Xiaoming had a wonderful connection.

After receiving the pass from Evra, Nani did not choose to break through the defender, but chose to pass it to Li Xiaoming, who ran up to meet him in front of the penalty area, and then inserted into the middle, with a defender behind him. Without hesitation, Nani struck again along the direction of Nani's running, then turned around and reversed to the outside of the penalty area.

After receiving the football, Nani dribbled past a defender and continued to dribble forward. His movement attracted the attention of the Malaysian players, who followed suit.After Li Xiaoming opened the gap, he immediately shouted to Nani: "Louis!" After Nani heard it, he still pretended to continue dribbling the ball. Combining with Nani's consistent performance after playing, the Malaysian players did not think that Nani would Choose pass.

Just when they retreated to prevent Nani from breaking through, Nani really chose to pass the ball.Because in Nani's field of vision, Li Xiaoming and himself have completed a cross exchange, and Li Xiaoming ran to a position where he could pass.

Li Xiaoming saw a Malaysian player running behind the football flying towards him, so he raised his left foot as if to pass the ball. The Malaysian defender saw his movement and wanted to jump up to intercept the football, but the high When he jumped up, he found that Li Xiaoming's raised left foot was lightly buckled, past him, and then sent the football to the back point of the scenic spot with his right foot. Headed the football into the goal.

After scoring the goal, the Bulgarian hugged Li Xiaoming happily. Although it was only a warm-up match, Berbatov knew that after Ronaldo left, a center who could score goals would become more and more important to Ferguson. Besides, scoring goals is important for a shooter no matter when and where.

After the celebration, Berbatov put Li Xiaoming down, and the two ran back to the half-court side by side. Suddenly, Nani appeared beside Li Xiaoming.

"Oh, Li, I thought you would knock the football to me, why did you give it to the big guy?"

"I see you are still standing outside the penalty area, well, my fault, I owe you an assist." Li Xiaoming spread his hands and said with a smile.

"Remember that you owe me an assist. If you don't go back to Manchester, you have to treat me to dinner." The Portuguese's character is as out of character as his performance on the field.

The game continued, and Li Xiaoming did not save the owed assist for the next game. In stoppage time, facing the Malaysian star team who was aggressively pressing to score, Ferdinand pushed the football out in a corner kick Li Xiaoming, who was wandering outside the penalty area of ​​Manchester United, got the football and passed the long pass accurately across the Malaysian defense line. Nani, who stayed in the front, was not as fast as the Malaysian defenders. Nani went straight. Facing the attacking goalkeeper, he achieved it overnight, rewriting the score of the whole game to 5:1.

After Nani's goal, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

"Perfect debut." Rio Ferdinand walked out of the penalty area and hugged Li Xiaoming who had just sent an assist.

"Leo, don't you feel hot?" Li Xiaoming couldn't breathe from being hugged.

The surrounding teammates also ran up to congratulate Li Xiaoming on his debut performance

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On the sidelines, Ferguson smiled and said to Mullenstein: "I was still worried about Li and them having various problems. I didn't expect Li to integrate into the locker room so quickly."

Meulensteen said with a smile: "He seems to have a natural affinity that makes people close. Don't you think Chris likes him very much? Even if he went to Madrid, he rented his super luxurious villa to him. "

"I was thinking of waiting for two more years. The combination of him, Chris and Wayne will allow us to dominate Europe. Unfortunately, Chris never stayed." Ferguson smiled wryly. "However, maybe the reason why Chris likes this kid is probably because he saw his hard work. The two of them have a little bit of similarity. After all, when Chris first came to Manchester United, he also faced many doubts."

"But Chelsea is the opponent we have to face."

(End of this chapter)