Chapter 101 Returning to the Starting Lineup

With the permission of the team doctor, Dong Fangzhuo started restorative training. He did not train for a week. He was full of urgency. There were wolves before him and soldiers chasing after him. There was no room for slack at Manchester United.

In the previous two games, he finally climbed to the main position, and then missed two games due to injury. At the same time, Van Nistelrooy quickly found a goal when he came back, and once again won back Ferguson's trust.

It's like that at Manchester United, you don't have the chance to sit back and eat your money, there is always the next teammate who will come on top and take your place quickly.

Currently in Manchester United, Rooney's position is the most stable. This guy is not injured, and secondly, he is highly valued by Ferguson. He basically locked up a starting position. The other starting position needs to be selected among other forwards. Whoever is in good condition will play. , Even big names like Ruud van Nistelrooy have to face such competition.

Dong Fangzhuo is not afraid of this kind of competition. At present, he is only a little behind Ruud van Nistelrooy and is on an equal footing with Saha. Smith was almost given up by Ferguson, and Solskjaer did not participate.

So as long as he trains hard and stays in good shape, he doesn't have to worry about playing time.

Before the game against Arsenal came, the media began to exaggerate the importance of this game. The grievances and grievances of the past games were turned over and fired.

"The Times" chose to stand on Arsenal's side. After all, they are the London media. When the game started three days ago, they published an article-"Playing away against Manchester United again, what Arsenal have to do It is to maintain a peaceful state of mind. With a peaceful state of mind, Manchester United cannot beat Arsenal. Don’t let the mentality problem affect the direction of the game again.”

"In addition, Henry should play a more important role in the game and cannot disappear in the most important game. Pires, Reyes and Ljungberg should play with more passion. Manchester United's Ryan Giggs and Ronaldo are suppressed, then Arsenal's offense will definitely be hindered, Vieira's position should be moved forward, to give more support to the frontcourt, and don't let Manchester United's strikers take the ball too easily to the front of the penalty area ..."

Henry was criticized. In the first leg of the league against Manchester United, Henry almost disappeared for the entire game. If the king of Highbury loses his shooting boots, then Arsenal's chances of winning will naturally become smaller.

Reyes, Pires and Freddie Ljungberg all play on the wing, and they really have to compete with Giggs and Ronaldo. Arsenal and Manchester United's wings are world-class. Lost midfield.

These views are actually valid for Manchester United.

However, the Manchester Evening News expressed a different point of view: "When playing such a heavyweight game, skills and tactics are often not the most important. Judging from the recent games between the two teams, the team with the stronger fighting spirit is often the most important. They all became the final winners, so the players sent by Ferguson should be the most motivated and explosive. Players like Keane, China Dong, Fletcher and Rooney must appear in the starting lineup."

Dong Fangzhuo’s name was mentioned in the article, and a comment was written specifically, “China’s Dong always plays exceptionally well at the most important moment. Although Van Nistelrooy’s condition is very good, China’s Dong should be more suitable for the starting lineup, because when he is on the court, Always be a fighter."

For the first time, the media cheered for Dong Fangzhuo's first start.

However, there is not much time left for Dong Fangzhuo, that is, on the day the news was released, Dong Fangzhuo joined the team's confrontation training.

The team doctor also specifically explained that he must pay attention to protecting himself during the confrontation.

But after Dong Fangzhuo came on the field, he completely forgot the team doctor's explanation. If he is timid, he can't play well, so what is the state?

If you want to start, you have to fight!

boom--

Pique, who represented the reserve team and the first team, was knocked to the ground by Dong Fangzhuo.

Don't treat each other with admiration for three days.

Pique never imagined that Dong Fangzhuo, who had just returned from injury, would be so powerful.

It doesn't look like a shoulder injury at all.

He was bigger than Dong Fangzhuo, but he was defeated by Dong Fangzhuo.

He looked at Dong Fangzhuo in disbelief, wondering if this guy had eaten expired spring medicine?

Recently, he found that he is no longer Dong Fangzhuo's opponent. Dong Fangzhuo can always use some fairly simple moves to kill him, unlike Rossi and the others who need to use a lot of dazzling fake moves to confuse him before killing him. .

Dong Fangzhuo has two moves. When facing him head-on, he quickly changes direction and smashes the ball. When facing him with the ball behind his back, he leans on his body and at the same time, quickly feints a shot and forcibly turns around to eat it raw, especially the second one. , Dong Fangzhuo is playing sneaky now.

If you can't even watch Dong Fangzhuo, will anyone else still have a role to play? Sometimes, Pique always doubts himself so much. Although he is in awe of Dong Fangzhuo, he always thinks that Dong Fangzhuo's skills at his feet are still much worse than other forwards.

But this matter is contradictory. If so, why do I always get passed by him? This is not scientific.

"Dong! I won't let you pass me by again." Pique gritted his teeth with hatred. Playing against the first team was a great opportunity to show Ferguson his ability, but Dong Fangzhuo played like this, he had a fart performance.

"No, you won't succeed, and you will lose me."

Dong Fangzhuo smiled triumphantly.

This made Pique even more angry.

Of course, this is a good thing for both parties. It stimulates Pique to play better, and it also makes Dong Fangzhuo work harder to find a way to face Pique.

In the end, Pique was still depressed by Dong Fangzhuo.

Although he had just returned from injury, Dong Fangzhuo still got three shots on Pique in the confrontation and scored two goals.

Such a state, Ferguson is impossible to ignore.

I don't know if he read the article in the Manchester Evening News. Anyway, when the starting list was announced, Ruud's eyes dimmed.

Because he was put on the bench by Ferguson, Dong Fangzhuo was the starter.

For Van Nistelrooy, this is of course unfair. He returned from injury and scored three goals in two games. No matter how you look at it, it will not be Dong Fangzhuo's turn, so he should start.

If you have to find a reason to comfort yourself, then it can only be said to be the reason for the League Cup, or Ferguson wants Ruud Van Nistelrooy to take a break, otherwise what reason is there?

"Dong, I don't understand why you can always get past me in the simplest way?"

this problem……

Dong Fangzhuo's thoughts drifted far, far away, as if he had returned to some unbearable times in his previous life...

"because……"