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Chapter 269 Manchester United VS AC Milan
Members of Manchester United's coaching staff sit on either side of a small conference room at the Carrington Training Center.

Coach Ferguson sits in the main seat.

This time, the coaching staff is discussing tomorrow's game against AC Milan. The general direction, such as tactics, has been formulated by the coaching staff, but the squad and starting list have not been determined.

According to the rules of the UEFA Champions League, Manchester United will hold a pre-match press conference two hours later, and Manchester United will announce the squad for the game.

The starting list is announced two hours before the game, but the day before the game, they must discuss the results.

Shen Yang sat on one side of Ferguson, and on the other side was Mike Phelan, the 'second in command' of the coaching staff.

This is not to say that he has the absolute trust of Ferguson, and is on par with Mike Phelan. Everyone knows that he is just an outsider, and this arrangement is to show his importance.

Ferguson asked Shen Yang to participate in the discussion, hoping that he could come up with some suggestions.

The cooperation between Manchester United and the 'Sheep and Sheep Football Training Group' involves tens of days and millions of euros. Ferguson also hopes that the 'Sheep and Sheep Football Training Team' can really play a certain role.

After the meeting started, some coaches began to talk about tactics and the like.

All the coaches participated in the discussion, while Shen Yang didn't say a word, but just listened silently.

For tactics and the like, he is not interested at all.

Afterwards, the topic shifted to the big roster. The main players in the team will definitely be included in the big roster. The focus of the discussion is some fringe players. The three players who are the focus of controversy are Philip Bardsley, Jemba Jay Mba and Darren Fletcher.

Due to the limited number of players on the big list, only two of the three players can enter the big list, and one will be eliminated.

It's just little things.

All three of them entered the big list, and they could only sit on the bench. In most cases, they had no chance to play. Ferguson didn't ask other people's opinions, so he directly selected Darren Fletcher to enter the big list. , without explaining why.

Other coaches also silently agreed.

Shen Yang didn't understand. When others were discussing, he whispered to Queiroz next to him, and Queiroz whispered, "Fletcher is from Manchester United's youth training."

Shen Yang suddenly understood.

In terms of the selection of substitute players that have nothing to do with the outcome of the game, any club will be biased towards players trained by itself.

These players take the club seriously.

Some players transferred from other clubs, although they are also Manchester United players, but they have no loyalty at all. Perhaps there are other temptations, and they will choose to leave Manchester United to find another way out.

Regarding the choice of Philip Bardsley and Djemba Djemba, Ferguson asked Shen Yang, "Which of these two players do you think is more suitable?"

Shen Yang asked in confusion, "They're not in the same position, are they?"

"What if the location is irrelevant?"

There are 18 players in the UEFA Champions League roster, eleven main players and seven substitutes. Normally speaking, it is definitely enough. A player who is one position short is not a big deal.

"I think Bardsley is a little bit better, he's in better shape."

Shen Yang replied.

Ferguson frowned slightly. He really didn't understand the explanation of 'better condition'. Can a player's condition also be seen?

He couldn't believe it.

Shen Yang mentioned that Bardsley was in better condition, and Ferguson responded, "Then Bardsley!" In fact, he liked Bardsley in the first place, Fletcher is an avant-garde, and so is Djemba. Avant-garde, he can't bring 'two forwards who are almost impossible to play'.

After that, the discussion of the starting list began.

There is no controversy in other positions, but the striker position is different.

Manchester United's absolute main striker Van Nistelrooy has just returned from injury and resumed normal training yesterday. Whether to send him to start the game has become a problem.

Can Van Nistelrooy's status be guaranteed?
This is a difficult decision for the Manchester United coaching staff.

Van Nistelrooy's ability is definitely the strongest, but whether the state of ability can be guaranteed is a big problem. Even if there is a discussion, it is impossible to be sure that the decision is correct.

It was also for this purpose that Ferguson invited Shen Yang to participate in the discussion.

Several coaches looked at Shen Yang.

The 'Yangyang football training group' conducts 'status training', maybe Shen Yang's point of view is more correct than theirs?

Many coaches wanted Shen Yang to nod.

Whether Van Nistelrooy plays or not is really important to Manchester United. Rooney's ability is also good, but compared with Van Nistelrooy, he is still much worse. After all, Rooney is too young.

Shen Yang didn't give hope, but shook his head and said, "Fan Ni's condition is too bad. If he plays, I dare say he won't perform well."

A group of coaches were silent.

They didn't know whether what Shen Yang said was correct, but it was true that Van Nistelrooy had just recovered from his injury.

Ferguson coughed lightly, and went straight to the next topic, saying, "Then who will replace Van Nistelrooy?"

"Fran!" Shen Yang said with certainty.

"Fran?"

Many coaches shouted in surprise.

Diego Forlan is a good shooter. Last season and last season, he was Manchester United's "third striker". Without Wayne Rooney, Alan Smith, Saha and others, Forlan has almost no chance to play.

Fran has been training silently since he recovered last month, and he doesn't even have a chance to enter the squad.

In this game, they did not consider letting Forlan enter the squad.

Shen Yang explained, "This is my suggestion. Fran is currently in a very good state. I dare say that he is the best center striker in the team. I don't know why you don't let him enter the squad, but I believe him It’s going to make a difference for sure.”

The reason why Shen Yang is so sure is that Fran's status has reached 99%, which is the highest status evaluation.

The 99% status means that Fran can not only perform well on the field, but may also perform exceptionally.

Ferguson frowned.

The other coaches shook their heads silently. They didn't believe Shen Yang's statement. On the other hand, Fran was really good, but Fran hadn't played for a long time. Who can tell clearly what performance he had?
Shen Yang did not participate in the following discussion.

In the end, the coaching staff adopted half of the proposal-they kicked Alan Smith out of the squad and put Forlan in the squad, but the starting striker changed from Van Nistelrooy to Solskjaer.

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Manchester United held a pre-match press conference that night, and coach Ferguson immediately announced Manchester United's squad.

The big list came as no surprise.

There are 27 players in the squad for the UEFA Champions League. The difference between the real list and the media’s predictions is only one or two fringe players. Diego Forlan’s entry into the squad is a bit unexpected, but Forlan played for Manchester United last season [-] times, it is not surprising that he reappeared in the big list.

The media is more concerned about Manchester United's starting list, especially the striker combination.

"Will Van Nistelrooy start?" This is what the media cares about.

Ferguson said nothing about it.

"No comment!"

This is Ferguson's only answer.

Before playing against AC Milan, Ferguson did not reveal his thoughts on the starting lineup.

On the next morning, Manchester United gathered early and conducted a morning of training in a stable manner. The benefits of playing at home were reflected. Manchester United could continue training with peace of mind and just wait for the start of the game. The visiting team, AC Milan, arrived the night before. Manchester, after entering the hotel, still needs to go to a temporary venue to warm up, and the mental state is definitely incomparable.

The morning state training continued.

The state training won't take effect until the next day. Shen Yang didn't arrange a full set of training for the players. He just asked each player to do some muscle stretching exercises in the morning and afternoon.

This kind of training helps them relax their body muscles and achieve the effect of maintaining state.

For the match against AC Milan, Shen Yang is more confident than the Manchester United coaching staff and even all the players. After only two days of training, the state of the Manchester United players has reached more than 83%, and the average can reach 85%. Good players, all over 90%.

Two of the best players are Diego Forlan and C-Ronaldo.

Diego Forlan's status is 99%, C-Ronaldo's is 98%, unfortunately, the Manchester United coaching staff did not follow the advice, they only let Diego Forlan enter the squad, not the starting player, otherwise Shen Yang more confident.

There are still benefits for Manchester United to win.

When the 'Yangyang Football Training Group' cooperates with Manchester United, it is natural to hope that Manchester United's results will be very good.

This is also tantamount to indirect advertising.

Although it cannot directly prove the effect of 'state training', it also lets other clubs know that the teams that have cooperated with the 'Yangyang Football Training Group' before have achieved quite good results.

This is actually the best effect.

It’s like a head coach. After coaching a team, the team’s performance has become very good. This is not necessarily all due to the head coach, but it is a very successful resume. If it continues to be like this, then everyone Will recognize the ability of this head coach.

The same is true for the 'Yangyang Football Training Group'.

One or two cooperations, because the time is very short, and it is only auxiliary training, naturally cannot convince everyone of the effect, but it is different all the time, every time can make the team's performance better, which is enough for all People recognize the training effect.

The Manchester United players rested until three at noon.

After that, all the staff took the bus and entered the Old Trafford stadium.

Old Trafford can already feel the atmosphere of the competition. As the fans entered the stadium, the stadium became noisy, and the home and away fans began to cheer.

This game is very important for both sides. Manchester United's advantage lies in playing at home, but in the two rounds of the game, it is often the first guest and then the host, and it is more advantageous to save the decisive game at home.

AC Milan is a strong team.

Even though the first game is an away game, they carry the confidence of winning.

This is the confidence that belongs to the Italian giants AC Milan.

In recent years, the Premier League has risen rapidly, but in terms of UEFA points ranking, Serie A is still the world's No. The results in the Champions League are also very gorgeous, not to mention the old and new Manchester United, even the Manchester United team that dominates the Premier League, it is difficult to match the results of AC Milan.

The current AC Milan is also at its peak. The two most famous players in the team are nothing more than the famous Ukrainian nuclear warhead Shevchenko and the Brazilian genius Kaka. The combination of the two can be said to sweep Europe.

But AC Milan, as a traditional Italian team, has never relied on the frontcourt to win.

Italian football has always focused on defense. AC Milan's defense is the most solid defense in the world. Negatively speaking, they think whether Manchester United can score in the two rounds is a big problem.

This game also started with AC Milan's defense...

(End of this chapter)