our champion dream

Chapter 90 The Dust Settles
In the second round of the league, Manchester United away to Manchester United against newly promoted Burnley at Turf Moor Stadium
Before this game, the focus of media attention was no longer on whether Li Xiaoming would get a chance to play, but how long his madness would last before hitting the thick rookie wall as Martin Taylor said.At least in the next game, before Scholes returns, there is only one candidate for Manchester United's midfielder position.

So quite a lot of media feel that Ferguson is suffering from happiness troubles.

In the game against Burnley, Li Xiaoming finally started without any suspense. This is a newly promoted team that has entered the Premier League again after 33 years.

But the process of the game was not as smooth as expected.Manchester United's players seem to be very slow.

In the 19th minute, Burnley reorganized on the right side. Ferdinand made a header clearance and was directly won by the home team. Jordan passed diagonally into the penalty area. Evra barely headed the ball under the pressure of Patterson. In front of Blake, the 33-year-old veteran who once played for Leeds United did not wait for the ball to land, and hit a right-footed volley from 8 yards on the right.

"This is Manchester United's first league goal of the new season. It is also the first time that Burnley has broken the Red Devils since December 1975 in the last five encounters with Manchester United. Dissatisfied, yelling at the players on the field," Martin Taylor said.

Two minutes later, Manchester United woke up like a dream. Facing an aggressive opponent, Carrick stole the ball and handed it to Li Xiaoming. Li Xiaoming made an accurate long pass to find Ryan Giggs on the wing. A shovel shot scored.

"It seems that Burnley's goal has completely awakened the sleeping Red Devils. Li Xiaoming's precise long pass directly found Giggs on the wing. The pass was just right. Giggs stopped the ball without even slowing down. , and then into the box, it was a quick counter-attack that was pleasing to the eye."

Then, under the joint control of Li Xiaoming and Carrick, Manchester United's offense was higher than the wave, and it also made Burnley, who had been on the rise before, quite embarrassed. There was a panic in front of their goal for a while, but Burnley did not hold on. This tie.

After 8 minutes, he instigated an offensive and finally assisted Rooney to give the team the lead.

"Two to one! I have to say that Manchester United is very good at creating this kind of attack like waves. They can often score a few goals quickly when the opponent is exhausted. Li Xiaoming's activity may be one of the important reasons!" Martin Taylor said.

Seeing the goal, Ferguson applauded and walked directly to the bench and sat down.The head coach of Burnley on the opposite side looked impatient, and in the end he chose to directly replace the underperforming midfielder Black.Li Xiaoming's two goals were instigated by Black's position, and Black has unshirkable responsibility for these two missed goals.He couldn't even keep up with the dark-haired kid, letting him send such a penetrating pass so easily.

And it can also be seen that Black seems to have lost confidence after conceding two goals in a row within 10 minutes. If he is allowed to stay on the court, it will become a breakthrough for Manchester United.It's better to replace him.

Although Burnley had five players in the midfield in this game, it seems that the midfielder did not have any advantage.The newly promoted performance stayed at 8 minutes ago.

The Burnley coach hopes to strengthen defense and offense through such substitutions.

But the situation has not improved significantly.

Because No. 401 minutes, Ryan Giggs sent a corner kick, Rio Ferdinand scored a header and scored the third goal for Manchester United.This ball almost announced the early end of the game!
"Another three goals in the half, Manchester United's last two games have been crazy!"

Zhan Jun, the commentator of Penguin.com, was also very excited: "At first, everyone thought that Manchester United was in trouble. The tenacity of the newly promoted team seemed to have given Manchester United a hard knife, but it was this knife that angered the Red Devils. The Red Devils just opened their fangs. It took less than half an hour to tear up the confrontation, and we can also see that Li Xiaoming helped Manchester United's offense on the field.

In the first half, Manchester United led Burnley 3:1 and entered the dressing room.When the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half, Manchester United took the lead in making personnel adjustments. Park Ji-sung replaced Li Xiaoming, O'Shea replaced Rio B. Ferdinand, and Owen replaced Rooney.The team's midfielders, defenders, and signature characters on the front line have all been replaced.Because they have a league game two days later.

However, Manchester United's offense did not stop. After the start of the second half, Burnley frequently pressed forward to attack.But such an attack regardless of the defense finally made them punished.

Finally, at 5 minutes, Owen counterattacked and scored another goal, and the person who assisted Owen was Park Ji-sung, who replaced Li Xiaoming.

When Owen scored a goal, the South Korean commentator yelled loudly: "Park Ji-sung, Park Ji-sung, a very beautiful assist!"

The Korean commentator once thought that Park Ji-sung and Li Xiaoming were competitors, but because Li Xiaoming's performance was too good before, even Manchester United's best player, so the Korean commentator was holding his breath when commenting on the game.

Park Ji-sung, who was older than Li Xiaoming in terms of fame and qualifications in the Manchester United game, did not perform too well.Although there is indeed a reason why one is a defensive player and the other is an offensive player.

But even though Li Xiaoming is just at the beginning of his career, anyone who sees Li Xiaoming like this will probably regard him as a terrible opponent.

It is precisely because of this sense of crisis that the South Korean commentator has more expectations for Park Ji-sung.After all, Korean football has been an insurmountable mountain for Chinese football for many years, but now a Chinese player who is also at Manchester United has become the hottest focus.

And it is very likely that Li Xiaoming is not only Park Ji-sung's competitor at Manchester United, but also Park Ji-sung's opponent at the national team level.He does not believe that a player who has performed so well will not be selected for the Chinese national team.

The time that followed became garbage time. Burnley launched a fierce offensive against Manchester United's goal, but they were unable to break through Manchester United's goal.The strength gap above is too large. After being scored by a defensive counterattack, Burnley's offense also became restrained. On the contrary, Owen tried very hard to score a goal, but he was helpless but never found another opportunity.

In the end, Manchester United defeated the newly promoted team 4:1 in the away game. After two consecutive victories, they won two consecutive victories with a goal difference advantage.However, Manchester United's biggest rivals, Chelsea and Arsenal, also started quite smoothly, and they both defeated their opponents one after another.

After the game, Ryan Giggs, who played the whole game and assisted twice, was elected the best player of the game, but Li Xiaoming's performance was still not bad.

After the game, the English media commented that Ferguson’s team is coming back strongly. Even though Cristiano is gone, no one can deny that this Manchester United team also has the confidence to dominate the English and European continent.
And among the reasons for this rise, there is Li Xiaoming's contribution.However, some media also expressed sourly that if Cristiano Ronaldo hadn't left, then Manchester United would have the most luxurious lineup.He can even wrestle wrists with Barcelona.

Even so, Li Xiaoming's performance is enough to become a topic of praise from the media. Some media even use the words "post-90s supernova" to describe Li Xiaoming. After all, Li Xiaoming is the only one who can make his debut in such a wealthy family at the age of 19. people.

Moreover, in the three official games that Li Xiaoming played, Li Xiaoming contributed two goals and three assists, which can already be called the performance of a star.

After outstanding performances in three consecutive games, not only the media in England and China, but also the media in other European countries began to pay attention to Li Xiaoming.

By the way, you don't need to go to the domestic website now, you can see Li Xiaoming's name in the most famous Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport.

Even the reporter of Gazzetta dello Sport used words like the next Kaka to describe Li Xiaoming's performance.

On the contrary, a reporter from the Munich Weekly found out a secret. Li Xiaoming did get an invitation from Bayern Munich back then, but Li Xiaoming did not agree to his invitation. You must know that Bayern is a team known as the Bundesliga Hollywood.The reason is that Bayern is unwilling to provide enough playing time for Li Xiaoming.

As a result, many Bayern fans who saw this news were thumping their feet and chests. Now Bayern has begun to go downhill. The team needs a midfielder core who can lead the team to victory, and it is obvious that Li Xiaoming is missing at Bayern A part of it, but Bayern missed it.

Seeing the newspaper, Pan An couldn't help laughing—everyone gritted their teeth because they were jealous that Li Xiaoming got an invitation from a wealthy club but didn't agree. Now everyone knows how important his decision is. Out of sight.

Seeing this, Pan An closed the newspaper, put his backpack on his back and threw it out of the apartment where he was staying.

He is going to practice, Li Xiaoming is very strong, and he can't lose to those teammates.

Li Xiaoming, who returned to Manchester United, found himself busy.

Because of his performance, he has received countless computers from agents, and he doesn’t know who to choose. Mendes, Raiola, Streford, and even agents from China, he has some With a wry smile, I answered their calls one by one, and made a table of these people to start screening those who could meet my needs.

First of all, don't be handsome. After all, standing next to others looks too handsome. Just when Li Xiaoming started making forms, suddenly the doorbell rang.Ming Kai hurried out of the room, opened the door, and a handsome man wearing a sunglasses hat and leather jacket and a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes appeared in front of him.

Li Xiaoming looked at the two people in front of him with black lines all over his face, and said, "Oh, Chris, why are you here?"

"We're on vacation today. Come back to see if I still have the luxury car I left at home. By the way, Mr. Mendez wants to come over in person to discuss with you." Cristiano went straight into his home and looked around.

And Mendes in a suit and leather shoes walked up to Li Xiaoming, stretched out his hand, bent his waist slightly, and said, "Hello, Mr. Li Xiaoming, I'm Jorge Mendes, I think we've met before."

Li Xiaoming was a little flattered, and held Mendes' hand. As a world-class broker, the sincerity of coming in person is precious enough.Li Xiaoming led Mendes into the room and let him sit on the sofa, while he poured Mendes a cup of tea from China before sitting on the sofa, while Ronaldo had already gone to the garage to check his luxury car.

"Well, the tea from China is very delicious."

Li Xiaoming nodded with a smile, and after exchanging pleasantries with Mendes, Mendes took out dozens of pages of documents from his black briefcase and said, "Chris said that you are a person who values ​​friends. I don’t need to say more about the purpose of coming, I think this is my sincerity.”

Li Xiaoming was a little surprised to accept this thick document. This is a plan about Li Xiaoming's career and business operations. On it, various people discovered Li Xiaoming's business potential from various angles, from brand endorsements to some investments. The means, including reasonable tax avoidance, how to develop the Chinese market, and how to operate his business image, are all clearly written, and even the careful Mendes has prepared a Chinese version.

Mendes sat nervously on the sofa and looked at the big gold mine who was concentrating on the report, and he was also a little nervous. This thing was compiled by him from a lot of information, which was very detailed.

After reading it, Li Xiaoming smiled and said to the serious-looking Mendes: "This is a very good job. As a world-class agent, I have no doubts about Mr. Mendes' professionalism, but there is one thing I don't like I want to ask clearly, whether this thing will be based on me in the future, or it will be based on you?"

Mendes froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "Of course you are the main one. You are my client, and I won't do anything you don't want to accept. Chris and your Chinese brother Wen Ziming both agree. Can confirm."

After pondering for a while, Li Xiaoming stood up, stretched out his right hand towards Mendes and said, "Have a nice cooperation, Mr. Mendes, you are my agent from today, please draw up a contract as soon as possible." Give me."

Mendes froze for a moment, feeling like being hit by a cake, but soon he stood up, firmly held Li Xiaoming's hand and said, "Have a nice cooperation, Mr. Li Xiaoming, I will be at your game the day after tomorrow. After the end, I will officially sign the contract with you."

Just when the two were talking about Li Xiaoming's image.

Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly walked in from the garden, leaning against the door frame, with a wicked smile on his lips, and said, "Let me guess, is this a happy ending?"

Mendes nodded with a smile, and said, "It seems that I have to treat you to dinner at noon."

Cristiano walked into the kitchen on his own, took a cup of tea, sat on the sofa and continued: "Oh, Jorge, you are too stingy, a meal? With this cash cow, you can treat me more Eat a few meals. By the way, Li, haven't you learned your driver's license yet?"

"No time!" Li Xiaoming spread his hands.

"This is such a pity, Jorge, you have to arrange this matter as soon as possible, you know? Li, what should a man spend money on? These luxury cars should be spent on these luxury cars. If you don't drive them for too long, they It will rust, I have so many luxury cars here, you will have to help me drive them around frequently in the future."

Li Xiaoming looked at the complacent C Ronaldo with disdain and said: "I dare not drive your car. If it crashes, you will lose money and pay me to death. I can't afford this money myself. Forget it. I rub the car every day." fine."

Ronaldo patted Li Xiaoming on the shoulder and said, "In this way, if you can win a championship this season, I will give you one as a gift. The quality of the car depends on the champion's laughter."

Li Xiaoming looked at Ronaldo's sincere eyes, stretched out his hand and said, "I've already won a championship, the Community Shield. Give me a present."

Ronaldo was taken aback, and smiled and patted Li Xiaoming on the head: "Don't think about it, it only counts for those important championships at the end of the season. For this kind of championship, I guess you can only take a bicycle as a gift."

"That's not bad, let's go on the bike first, and I can step on to the training ground."

Obviously Cristiano Ronaldo underestimated how shameless Li Xiaoming was.

(End of this chapter)