Chapter 439 The Champions League war reignites! The young Mr. Mu is coming!
In mid-February, the weather in England is getting colder and colder.
On February 14th, Valentine’s Day, it was a hot day.
Whether you are a current person with a girlfriend or a single person without a girlfriend, they all prepared snacks and beer in the evening and waited in front of the TV on time.
Because, the Champions League knockout rounds that fans around the world have been waiting for have finally begun!
The first two games to start are the Portuguese Super League black club Benfica versus the Bundesliga "Bornet" Borussia Dortmund, and the Ligue 1 hegemon Paris Saint-Germain VS the La Liga giant Barcelona
Among them, the game between Paris and Barcelona can be called A much-anticipated powerful conversation!
Before the game, everyone thought that the duel between these two teams would be like Mars hitting the earth, and it would definitely be inseparable.
However, the process and results of the competition were beyond everyone's expectations!
The Ligue 1 hegemons beat Barcelona, which owns the MSN team, with four goals at the Parc des Princes in Paris! ! !
And this incredible result directly became the biggest news in global football the next day!
A disastrous defeat directly pushed Barcelona to the edge of elimination.
Four-goal defeat in the first round almost sentenced Barcelona to death!
You know, in the history of the Champions League, no team has ever achieved a comeback and advanced after falling behind by four goals in the first round!
In addition to the loss, Barcelona's internal problems were also exposed by this fiasco.
In interviews, Iniesta, Busquets and other team veterans directly pointed out that there was a problem with the team's tactics and pointed the finger at head coach Enrique.
Enrique was also criticized by the majority of fans.
Some media even claimed that Barcelona executives were dissatisfied with Enrique's tactics and poor relationship with the players, and had secretly launched a coaching change plan.
Four goals behind, coupled with the disagreement between the generals, almost everyone, including the most loyal Barcelona fans, did not believe that the team could make a comeback at home.
As for this shocking result, Ling Feng, who had already read the script, was not surprised at all.
This season, Manchester United, where he plays, also played against Barcelona in the Champions League group stage.
This Barcelona team's offensive firepower in the midfield and frontcourt is indeed extremely fierce, and
However, the strength of the backcourt can only be said to be average.
It is not impossible for Paris, which has stars such as Di Maria, Cavani, Draxler, Verratti, and Marquinhos, to sweep Barcelona 4-0.
Of course, he also knew that in the second round, Barcelona, which returned to their home court, staged a shocking reversal.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Ling Feng and Manchester United.
What they have to do now is only one task:
Defeat Monaco and advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League!
A week later, Manchester United also ushered in its first game back in the Champions League knockout rounds after three years!
The opponent is the top team in Ligue 1, Monaco!
On the eve of the announcement of the starting lineup for the Champions League knockout round, Mourinho, as the team's coach, was faced with a difficult choice in the lineup:
Whether to let Ibrahimovic, who has just returned from injury, Start the game, or continue to let Ling Feng play as the lone forward?
Due to the dominant performance in the last round of the league, Manchester United celebrities and the media have called on Mourinho to let Ling Feng, who is in hot form, continue to serve as the team's lone forward instead of choosing Yi, who has just returned from injury. cloth.
After all, Ibrahimovic has just recovered from his injury. He has not played in games for nearly half a month, and his physical condition is not yet at its best.
If you rush to start the game, the risk of re-injury is much higher than usual.
Many players, just after returning from injury, suddenly engage in too fierce confrontations, resulting in the recurrence of injuries, and thus minor injuries become serious injuries.
Normally, players who return from injury must be substituted for two games to re-adapt to the intensity and rhythm of the game before returning to the starting lineup.
Besides, Ibrahimovic's performance in the knockout rounds of the Champions League has never been worthy of his boast of "the self alongside Melo"
You know, Ibrahimovic has been with me for ten years. In several years of career, he has never entered the semi-finals of the Champions League once!
You know, since he represented Ajax in the Champions League knockout rounds for the first time in the 2002-03 season, he has been able to participate in the Champions League every year so far.
But his goals in the knockout rounds were only ten!
In the past four years, Paris Saint-Germain, the "Ligue 1 aircraft carrier" led by Ibrahimovic, has been indiscriminately killing Ligue 1, but has repeatedly encountered obstacles in the Champions League and has never been able to break through the upper limit of the top eight.
It is worth mentioning that after he left this season, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Barcelona with four goals in the first round of the Champions League knockout round!
This is really embarrassing because someone is missing.
In the eyes of most football-savvy fans, this super striker who likes to show off is a master of abuse in the league and a weakling in the Champions League!
Therefore, for the good of Manchester United and Ibrahimovic, Manchester United celebrities and some media will make this reasonable suggestion.
But who is Ibrahimovic?
But the king who always talks about lions and calls himself "God"!
Although the medical department predicts that Ibrahimovic's recovery time is four weeks.
But it only took three weeks for Dafengxian, whose body recovery ability was different from ordinary people, to recover.
And return to the team’s daily training!
After hearing the outside discussion about him, Ibrahimovic came directly to the office, found Mourinho, and took the initiative to ask for a fight:
"Boss, I am ready to play! ”
Facing Ibrahimovic’s strong desire to fight, Mourinho also made a decision:
Go!
Whether it's Ling Feng or Ibrahimovic, come on!
Even if he is not in good condition, Ibrahimovic is a threat at the front line!
Even if he doesn't score a goal, he has the strongest organizational and ball-playing abilities among all centers in football!
It can attract the attention of defenders and create more space for teammates!
In addition to the choice of striker, Mourinho also has to consider which central defender combination to use in this game.
Since Smalling was absent due to injury and Bailly returned from the African Cup, the team's central defenders are still abundant.
Between Bailly, Phil Jones, Rojo and Blind, who will start?
After careful consideration, he finally chose Phil Jones to partner Bailey.
"Flying General" Phil Jones, who has no injuries, is definitely capable of establishing a foothold in Manchester United.
Compared to the other two competitors, Phil Jones has better physical fitness than Blind and a clearer mind than Rojo.
The day before the game, Mourinho also announced the starting lineup in the team.
In this regard, the Manchester United generals have no surprise or objection at all.
As perhaps the most important game of the season, there is nothing wrong with bringing out your strongest lineup to face it!
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February 21st, Manchester.
Compared to Monaco, which has a warm climate, Manchester is still cold and damp.
Monaco’s team bus slowly drove into downtown Manchester.
And this is the first time Mbappe, an 18-year-old Bondi boy, has come to Manchester.
It was also his first time to come to the legendary "Theater of Dreams" Old Trafford. He has already begun to picture himself standing and playing football at Old Trafford in his mind
This season, under the leadership of Portuguese coach Jardim, Monaco has swept through the competition like a hurricane. The whole Ligue 1!
Not only the dominance of Paris Saint-Germain, but also a youth storm!
The young players in the team also took the opportunity to make a name for themselves.
Bernardo Silva, Lemar, Fabinho, Bakayoko, Mendy.
If the youth training talents in the team have just turned ten Eight-year-old Kylian Mbappe is the biggest discovery in Ligue 1 this season!
In the second half of last season, Jardim promoted the 17-year-old Mbappé to the first team.
After the start of this season, although he did not play much time, he only scored six goals in the first half.
However, Mbappe’s talent is visible to the naked eye.
Anyone who sees him playing football will think that this kid will definitely become a superstar!
Through the car window, looking at the Manchester United fans wearing red jerseys on the street, the young Mbappe is full of curiosity and exploration.
As a super fan of Ronaldo, although he likes Ronaldo who plays for Real Madrid the most, he also plasters posters of Ronaldo from Real Madrid all over the wall of his room.
However, he also knows something about the British Red Devils, where his idol once played.
Especially in the past half year, Manchester United has been a T0-level presence in football traffic!
Not only did they announce the hiring of Mourinho, the most popular and famous top coach in football, before the end of last season, they also spent money crazily on signings during the summer transfer window.
Ibrahimovic was exempted from the visa one after another, won Kante, and then officially announced Lingfeng!
It is worth mentioning that when Ling Feng landed at Old Trafford as the top transfer bidder in football, Mbappe, who had just been promoted to the Monaco first team at the time, also watched the live broadcast with his teammates. .
At that time, he was shocked by Ling Feng's operation:
It turns out that the player's joining ceremony can be so impressive!
Since then, he began to pay close attention to Ling Feng.
He really wanted to know who the Red Devils' No. 7, who was said to be as proud as both Melo and Ronaldo at the age of 21 and was praised by the British media, was
However, after watching Ling Feng's game highlights and videos, he only had one thought in his mind:
I thought that Brother Luo was already invincible, but I didn't expect that this person was braver than him!
Isn’t this person of the same age who is three years older than me too strong? !
Whether it is his dominance in the Premier League or his classic duels with strong teams such as Sevilla, Barcelona, Belgium, and Portugal in the Europa League, Champions League, and European Cup, he is the best player in the game. The one who shines!
It requires speed and speed, confrontation and confrontation, breakthrough and breakthrough, passing and passing, and shooting and shooting.
Even midfield defensive interception, almost proficient in everything!
And every ability is top-notch!
For a moment, he felt that Ling Feng was even more powerful than "Phnom Penh Luo" when he was at his strongest individual ability!
In the preparation stage before the game, Monaco coach Jardim also regarded the Red Devils No. 7 as the biggest threat!
In the past week, the team’s main focus in training was how to restrict Ling Feng!
Just as the young turtle's thoughts were drifting into the distance, his arm was hit by someone.
The voice of teammate Bernardo Silva rang in my ears:
“Killian, why do I feel that he is faster than you?”
Turning his head, Mbappe saw his friend on the team, seat B, holding an iPad and playing a video.
Looking carefully, the man in the video dribbling the ball at high speed in the middle is not the most threatening player in their opponent's team in this game - "the first man in the Premier League" Ling Feng? !
"I have seen news reports before. His top speed exceeded 36 kilometers per hour."
After a pause, Mbappe then added: "He is indeed faster than me!"
“However, I feel that his breakthrough is also very sharp.”
While the two people were discussing in low voices, the team bus also slowly drove into the Old Trafford Stadium.
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Before the game, the British media was also hyping and building momentum.
This was Manchester United’s first Champions League knockout match after three years.
And this game can be called the ultimate battle between spears and spears. Strong showdown!
You know, Monaco has scored an astonishing 76 goals in Ligue 1 and is the team with the strongest offensive firepower in Ligue 1 and the current five major leagues!
Manchester United has also scored 72 goals, the most goals in the Premier League, and the team that currently scores second only to Monaco in the five major leagues!
Both sides will inevitably use offense to determine the outcome of the game.
Pre-match predictions, most media and football experts believe that the strength gap between the two sides is actually not big.
However, Manchester United, which has more experience in the Champions League, should be able to defeat Monaco at home and gain a slight advantage in the two rounds.
However, they also believe that Monaco’s offensive firepower cannot be underestimated.
This should be an exciting match!
There are many highlights in the game, such as whether Ibrahimovic, who has returned from injury, will score a goal and respond to the media's doubts about him;
For example, whether Ling Feng can score his first Champions League knockout goal. ball!
In his first trip to the Champions League in his career, Ling Feng performed as well as in the league:
In the five Champions League group matches, the Red Devils No. 7 scored Five goals!
Average one goal per game!
In the Champions League scorer list, the Manchester United and Premier League top scorer is second only to Messi, who scored nine goals, and Cavani, who scored six goals, is tied for third with Lewandowski.
Manchester United fans are certainly very happy to have shown such outstanding form in their first appearance in the Champions League.
Although the league is the lifeblood of the club, the Champions League is the real highest stage!
As the team's all-time leader, Ling Feng has shouldered the important task of leading Manchester United to shine again on the highest stage of the club, the Champions League, from the moment he joined the team!
As his first Champions League knockout game after taking charge of the Red Devils, Mourinho also attaches great importance to it.
"This is our first step to announce to Europe, and even the world, that we are back!"
"So, let me see your courage and determination on the court!"
"Go forward, Red Devils!”
As the bell rang for the start of the game, the Manchester United generals wearing red jackets were the first to walk out of the locker room and entered the all-too-familiar player tunnel.
Ling Feng, who was standing at the end of the Manchester United queue, was adjusting his socks while looking back in the direction of the visiting team's locker room.
He was wondering whether he should greet the Teenage Turtle before the game or wait until after the game.
Soon, the Monaco generals from the away team, wearing the white jerseys of the away team, came to the player tunnel one after another. .
What he didn’t expect was that Mbappe, who had a green face, took the initiative to say hello to him:
“Hey, Ling!”
(This chapter End)