The Greatest Performer on the Football Field

Although a goal was scored by the opponent, the 3-1 score allowed Manchester United to advance to the quarterfinals without much suspense, and Alderweireld also completed the task of shuffling the cards without any doubt, but Van Dijk failed to shuffle the cards successfully. , but Manchester United has sufficient reserves of central defenders, and Sun Wu doesn't care too much about it.

Back at the Carrington base, Sun Wu got good news. Falcao returned from injury early and even played a normal game in the reserve team and was in good condition.

Currently, Manchester United only have Mane, Lucas and Bernardo Silva on the injured list. The first two will probably return from injury early next month. The more troublesome one is Bernardo Silva. After all, his head was injured. He was injured, and suffered dizziness and vomiting at the time. The club sent the Portuguese to the United States for detailed examination. It is still unclear when he will be able to return to the field.

In the next day's knockout match, Real Madrid drew with Roma 2-2 away from home, while Dortmund narrowly lost to Juventus 0-1 away from home.

The match between Liverpool and Manchester City had to wait until the second week. For this reason, Patrick complained privately, feeling that UEFA was favoring Manchester United.

Because starting from next weekend, the league schedule will become intensive again. From the end of February to early March, three league rounds will be played in one week.

On the weekend of February 20th, in the fifth round of the FA Cup, Manchester United played away against English League One team Shrewsbury. Sun Wu sent out a lineup with mainly substitutes. Milner and Herrera entered the game one after another within the first ten minutes. The ball took the lead early. Tiger Falcao, who finally returned from injury, came on as a substitute in the second half and scored a penalty kick to advance Manchester United 3-0 to the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Manchester City, Chelsea, and Arsenal all advanced smoothly. What was worse was that Liverpool, who faced West Bromwich Albion, was equalized despite a 2-0 lead and needed to be replayed at another time.

On February 23, Sun Wu participated in a charity event with the most popular players in the team, Griezmann, Falcao, Salah and others.

Woodward had been focusing on business investment before coming to Manchester United. After becoming the CEO of Manchester United, he made Manchester United the most profitable football club in the world. His business development capabilities were recognized, but at the same time, he also tried to make the club more profitable. Participating in various charity activities has great hidden benefits for the club and the players' personal image.

For example, the Manchester Children's Hospital that Sun Wu and the others came to today is a public welfare hospital that charges no fees at all and only accepts donations from non-governmental organizations such as Manchester United.

After chatting, playing and taking photos with his children, Sun Wu unexpectedly saw Paul McGuinness, the technical director of Manchester United's youth training school.

After chatting for a few words,

The two walked into the next ward together.

Although the walls of the ward were painted grass green and there were various cartoon images, the lonely figure of the child on the bed made the atmosphere in the ward solemn and depressing.

His name is also Best, Paul Best. McGuinness whispered: He is 12 years old and entered the youth training camp last year. He is a Manchester United fan. For this reason, he moved to be closer to Manchester United.

Sun Wu nodded to indicate that he knew why. British children cannot choose the first youth training camp. They must choose the club closest to home. This is why Gerrard, who was an Everton fan when he was a child, went to the Liverpool youth academy. The reason for the training camp,

McGuinness continued: It was detected half a month ago...

Best! The child who was listening to the radio accidentally turned his head and saw Sun Wu at the door of the ward. He shouted in surprise and raised his arm with difficulty.

McGuinness took a few steps quickly and pushed the child back onto the bed, Paul, how are you today?

Not bad. The child didn't look sad at all. I think... I can wait until the Champions League final. Hey, no team has defended the title since the restructuring!

Sun Wu smiled and nodded and said: As long as the hospital and your family agree, I will leave you a ticket for the Champions League final.

It's a deal. The weak child's eyes flashed with excitement and happiness.

McGuinness twitched the corner of his mouth and changed the subject. Sun Wu was a little surprised. It was not impossible to reach the Champions League final. Why not continue.

A few minutes later, Sun Wu knew why. The child's mother and the doctor walked into the ward. McNeice explained to Sun Wu in a low voice, Next week's surgery...

Sun Wu was speechless. In his previous life, he had often seen news reports about a certain star taking photos with a terminally ill child, but this was the first time he had experienced it in person.

Suddenly, a loud roar came from the radio beside the bed.

Oooh, great De Bruyne!

Guardiola came up with his trump card during the halftime break. The Belgian midfielder completed a hat-trick of assists in 15 minutes. This should be the fastest hat-trick in history!

He proved with his actual actions that he is not the second Best, he is Kevin De Bruyne!

The child pursed his lips tightly and turned to look at Sun Wu.

If the neighbor is too noisy, just give him a slap. Sun Wu comforted him with a smile: Don't worry, he is the second best, and I will tell him why he is the second best and not the second best. A De Bruyne.

After leaving the hospital, Sun Wu and McGuinness returned to Carrington Base together.

Sun Wu asked the jersey administrator for a No. 7 jersey, signed it and handed it to McNeese, What if the operation is successful?

Even if successful, it is difficult to guarantee a survival period of more than 12 months. McNeese took over the jersey and said with a wry smile: Best, can you really reach the Champions League final?

I don't know. Sun Wu shook his head, But I will try my best. If...I mean if, can he come to the scene?

McNeese also shook his head and was speechless.

After seeing off McNeese, Sun Wu sat down and turned on the computer. Manchester City was already leading Leverkusen 5-2.

In another game played at the same time, Liverpool also successfully led Zenit St. Petersburg 3-0 in the away game, and advancement to the quarterfinals was a foregone conclusion.

Sun Wu was quite conflicted. Both of his direct opponents were in great shape, but at the same time they were both fighting on the third front, which was a good thing for Manchester United.

Manchester City has only lost two games in all competitions this season, one against Manchester United in the league and one against Juventus in the Champions League group stage.

Liverpool's league record this season is very average. They have frequently lost points against mid-to-lower teams. Stability is the biggest problem that Klopp has to solve, but at the same time, Liverpool's strong impact makes them not afraid of any opponent.

Sun Wu repeatedly considered in his mind whether the league, FA Cup, and Champions League were all going hand in hand, and whether it was possible for Manchester United to win the Triple Crown.

Although the outside world believes that Manchester United sold off many absolute main players last summer, and although the new players acquired have great potential, their overall strength has declined, but Sun Wu is very clear that Manchester United's current lineup is strong enough and has the strength to cope with multiple fronts at the same time. of.

But the Triple Crown requires not only a strong lineup, superb coaching, and stable performance, but also a bit of luck. Unfortunately, Sun Wu specially beat Erha, and the system cannot produce lucky cards.

After all, until now, in the history of modern football for nearly a century, no club has been able to complete the great feat of winning the Triple Crown twice.

So one thing is for sure, this season, no matter which champion is the winner, there will be a hard fight, and it is very likely to be a hard fight that knows the basics.