Chapter 390 Ibrahimovic’s juice, a weird club
The results of the Champions League group draw can only be said to be passable for Manchester United fans.
Last season, they lost to Bundesliga runner-up Wolfsburg and Eredivisie powerhouse PSV Eindhoven in the group stage, and ended up playing in the Europa League as third in the group.
This time, the strength of Borussia Monchengladbach and Celtic is actually not much different from Wolfsburg and PSV.
If they are still the same Manchester United team as last season, they may overturn again.
Fortunately, this Manchester United team has a completely new look now!
Not only has the man sitting on the coaching bench turned into Mourinho, one of the top coaches in world football today, but the team's lineup has also been greatly improved!
"Mr. Billion Dollar" Ling Feng, "Swedish Tower" Ibrahimovic, "New Makelele" Kante, "Huang Qian Iron Guard" Bailly.
Top coaches and the top four The addition of new players has brought about earth-shaking changes to the team.
It is not too much to say that the troops are strong and the horses are strong!
As long as they beat Borussia Monchengladbach and Celtic twice at home and away, they have already scored 12 points and will definitely qualify from the group!
As for the two games against Barcelona, they are a test of the quality of this Manchester United team.
After all, the opponent is the Champions League champion last season and possesses the most terrifying frontcourt trident MSN in today’s football!
However, their Manchester United trident, Ibrahimovic, Ling Feng and Rooney, are not bad either!
Coupled with the past grudges between coach Mourinho and Barcelona.
This highly talked-about game is definitely a showdown between Mars and the Earth!
Ling Feng did not expect that when he participated in the Champions League for the first time, he would meet Barcelona where Messi is!
However, isn’t this exactly the purpose of his participation in the Champions League? !
Standing on a higher and more eye-catching stage, compete with the world's top teams and superstars!
Then defeat them with your own hands!
He has already fought against Brother Luo, one of the two peerless prides.
It's the turn of Barcelona's No. 10.
In addition to his current club, Ling Feng also paid attention to the first Champions League draw results of his old club Leicester City.
As the last Premier League champion and Europa League champion, Leicester City was classified as a first-tier team as a seed team, and their signings were very good.
Porto, Bruges and Copenhagen, the second, third and fourth tier teams in the same group, are not teams in the top five leagues.
Among the group, the only one that can compete with it for the top spot is perhaps the Portuguese Super League giant Porto.
Porto eliminated Serie A powerhouse Roma in the play-offs, and has a lot of experience in European competition, so it is not easy to play.
However, Leicester City, which is participating in the Champions League for the first time, will definitely focus on the Champions League.
After all, this may be the only chance for the Blue Fox to be on the Champions League stage!
I don’t know what year or month it will be when I reach the Champions League next time
After the Champions League draw results came out, Ling Feng also sent a video to Vardy and Mahrez, wishing them a good draw.
Vardy and Mahrez are very envious that he can compete with Messi's Barcelona in the group stage.
You know, not every player can be on the Champions League stage.
Except for the nineteen teams in La Liga, not every team has the opportunity to play against a super giant like Barcelona.
Messi, Neymar, Suarez, Iniesta, Busquets.
Playing against one of the strongest football teams in the world is a precious and coveted opportunity for all players who pursue football and have dreams!
. . .
On August 28, Manchester United ushered in the last game of August.
In the third round of the league, they will visit Kingston Communications Stadium to face the "Tiger" Hull City who have returned to the Premier League!
Once upon a time, Ling Feng’s impression of Hull City was that of the “Hull City Twins” young Maguire and young Robertson!
However, things change and people change.
Last season, on his recommendation, the Blue Foxes purchased Maguire from the relegated Hull City in advance, who had been on loan for half a season.
And Maguire did not waste a year in the British Championship. Instead, he served as the main rotation player in the Blue Foxes and followed the team to win the first Premier League championship and European championship in his career!
Even though the team lost Maguire, Hull City still relied on the Premier League's relegation subsidies and a relatively complete Premier League lineup to gain promotion back to the Premier League through the promotion play-offs.
The future captain of Scotland, Andrew Robertson, also became the team's main full-back and hero of the Premier League.
It was his goal that helped Hull City defeat Sheffield Wednesday in the promotion play-offs and reach the top spot!
Not only that, in the first round of the league this season, newly promoted Hull City upset the defending champion Leicester City, which also caused a lot of heated discussion!
This is the only victory in the past five meetings, and it can be regarded as revenge for the FA Cup semi-finals!
Many Blue Fox fans and media believe that the departure of Ling Feng and Kanter has caused the team's strength to suddenly drop several levels.
Suddenly from a championship team to a mid-to-lower team!
The players purchased by the team cannot fill the vacancies left by Ling Feng and Kanter.
After all, any Premier League team will be greatly reduced in strength after losing the Premier League's best player and the Premier League's number one defensive midfielder in the same transfer window.
Therefore, before the start of the season, the betting company predicted last season's Premier League champion. The first task this season is to win as much as possible in the Champions League while avoiding relegation in the league!
Although I hope that my old club can make good use of the huge sum of money left behind, buy good players who can help the team, and continue to remain competitive in the Premier League.
However, he is no longer a Leicester City player, and he cannot miss his "ex-girlfriend" all day long
After all, he now has a more important thing to do
That is to lead Manchester United to a revival!
The night before the game, the Manchester United players took the team bus from Manchester to the riverside of Hull City in Yorkshire.
Yorkshire is the largest county in the UK, with a history of two thousand years, and is known as the "County of God"
Ling Feng's impression of Yorkshire comes entirely from a certain person who is known as "God's County" The Chinese male anchor of the "No. 1 FM on the Internet",
This overrated Director Yun took the Yorkshire club York City from League Two to the Premier League in the Football Manager game. He then discovered many amazing stars and created many ridiculous program effects.
It is worth mentioning that there is also a "Lin Emperor" in that York City team
But, that is a fake Lin Emperor.
And Emperor Zhen Lin was standing next to him!
After checking in at the hotel, Ling Feng and Lingard went to the room on the eighth floor.
After moving to Manchester United from Leicester City, his roommate in away games also changed from Mahrez to Lingard.
As soon as he put his luggage away, he heard Lingard’s voice coming from the bathroom:
“Man, let’s go find N’Golo?”
Since Ling Feng brought the habit of Landlords to Leicester City and the Three Lions, many people have become obsessed with this special Eastern gameplay.
Rooney, Luke Shaw, Lingard, Smalling
The top one among them is none other than Emperor Lin, who is very interested in Chinese culture.
He even asked Ling Feng to give him a Chinese nickname.
Faced with this request, Ling Feng was very happy to help and gave him a Chinese nickname of "Shabi".
Of course, until now, Lingard has not discovered the true meaning of this nickname
"No problem, you go over and call him first, and I will go to the water bar to get two glasses of juice. .”
"Get me a drink too and charge my bill!"
"No problem, Shabi!"
Trying to hide the crazy upward curve of the corners of his mouth, Ling Feng turned around and walked out of the hotel room, then took the elevator We arrived at the hotel water bar located on the sixth floor.
Soon, he saw a tall figure sitting in front of the bar.
“Zlatan!”
Glancing at Ling Feng who was sitting next to him, Ibrahimovic raised his chin very coolly and asked casually:
"What do you want to drink?" Looking at the orange juice in front of Ibrahimovic, Ling Feng suddenly thought of An interesting fact about Ibrahimovic and juice:
While playing for Manchester United, Ibrahimovic once drank a glass of juice in the hotel.
Then, the club deducted money from the salary!
Generally speaking, a star of Ibrahimovic's level will not look at his salary slip.
Because he has a whole team behind him to help him deal with these problems.
However, he accidentally glanced at the pay slip and found that one pound had been deducted from his salary!
Ibrahimovic was very confused and asked the club staff.
The latter said that because Ibrahimovic drank that glass of juice, he had to pay for the drinks he ordered at the hotel.
Ibrahimovic felt very confused about this.
Because Ibrahimovic did not go to the hotel for personal matters, nor did he go to the hotel for vacation, but to play for the team and work for the team.
After all, he can't go to the stadium in a dehydrated state.
However, just deducting one pound, this kind of thing will never happen in Italy!
Ibrahimovic is not short of one pound, but he feels that the club's management method is too inhumane and does not reflect any respect for the players.
After all, as one of the most influential players in the world, every Manchester United player is a star!
But, the star actually had to pay for a glass of juice? !
This anecdote was revealed by Ibrahimovic in his autobiography.
Thinking of this, Ling Feng couldn't help but smile and reminded:
"Zlatan, I want to tell you something."
"What?"
"The glass of juice you drank will be deducted from your salary."
As expected, when Ibrahimovic learned the fact, he raised his eyebrows first. Then he cursed:
"Wang Defa?!"
Picking up the cup, Ibrahimovic looked at Ling Feng seriously and said in a deep voice:
"You mean, when I drink a glass of juice in a hotel, the club doesn't pay for it?"
"Yes, Jesse told me that. That's nonsense, right?"
"More than that , It’s super nonsense!”
Drinking the remaining juice in the cup in one breath, Ibrahimovic seemed to have found the target of his vent,
“Man, I didn’t dare to do it until now. I believe this is the greatest club in England!”
"It doesn't look like a wealthy family at all!"
"The training facilities are old! Players have to pay for juice in the hotel! And that damn pass!"
The so-called pass! , in fact, the Carrington Base stipulates that every player needs to show his ID every time he enters the training ground!
Ibrahimovic has complained to club staff and teammates several times about this nonsensical request.
But the club did not change, but said that this is the club's rules and regulations.
"I go to the training ground to train every day, and I'm one of the best in the world. They don't even know me and ask me to show my ID?!"
"It's like I sneaked in from the outside. He looks like a suspicious person who wants to steal something!”
“That’s too outrageous!”
Ling Feng could only nod in agreement with Ibrahimovic’s complaints.
When he was a fan in his previous life, he had heard Luo Ge, who had returned to Manchester United, complain in an exclusive interview that Manchester United's facilities were seriously aging, and they were no different from when he left.
It wasn't until he actually joined Manchester United that he realized firsthand why this once the best club in England had fallen into decline for so many years, and he also experienced all kinds of weird and stupid operations by Manchester United's management.
In fact, since Ferguson retired, under the leadership of "Sandoku", club management has become more and more corporate-oriented.
Although this is also a trend in today's football, Manchester United is not the only one doing this.
The problem is that the club's corporate management lies in the club's recruitment, club governance and club operations, rather than the specific training ground and player management methods.
These things are what the head coach needs to be concerned about.
Perhaps this is also a way for "Sandoku" to show his presence.
During his coaching tenure, Ferguson conducted strict management on everything from the club's operating policies to the players' private lives.
At that time, Woodward was just a little follower behind Ferguson.
After Ferguson retired, Woodward, who had great power, hoped to demonstrate his power in all aspects.
I also hope to tell everyone through various methods and rules and regulations that he is now the talker of Manchester United!
He can run this wealthy family how he wants to run it!
Next, after complaining about the club’s weird rules and problems with Ibrahimovic in the water bar, Ling Feng also invited Ibrahimovic to come to his room to play Landlord together.
Faced with the novel poker game of "Landlord Fighting", Ibrahimovic also seemed a little curious.
However, with the IQ of "Da Fengxian", he quickly mastered the gameplay, and Lingard and Luke Xiao, who were both good at killing and fun-loving, screamed.
On the second day of the game, Ibrahimovic poured all his anger on the club for charging him juice money on the innocent Hull City!
In the first half, he used an unanswered header and a long shot to score twice!
Scored his fourth and fifth league goals since joining the team!
And Ling Feng also easily completed the pass and shot, and once again won the best in the game.
With a 3-0 win over newly promoted Hull City in an away game, Manchester United won its first three consecutive league victories!
In three games, he scored a terrifying 11 goals and only conceded one!
Such a strong start made many media couldn't help but exclaim:
The Red Devils that once dominated the Premier League and Europe are back!
(End of this chapter)