i don't want to be king

Chapter 798 Internal Competition

In the 11th minute, Mkhitaryan shot over the crossbar in the penalty area.

In the 16th minute, Blind volleyed directly from the outside and missed the goal.The Manchester United fans in the stands were almost crazy, everyone was waiting for the goal to come.

Li Liang found that his teammates were in better condition than they were in Macedonia, especially Matic, who was the main defensive midfielder, was almost omnipotent in the midfield, and his wonderful touch drew cheers from the fans.

Soon Li Liang began to pay attention to the two big central defenders of the visiting team.

New Zealand central defender Reid, who is 1 meters tall, and Italian central defender Obonna, who is also 90 meters tall, have built a solid line of defense in front of former Manchester City goalkeeper Hart.

Coupled with the defense of the old Argentine full-back Zabaleta who just joined from Manchester City on the right, Manchester United's tide-like offensive was unable to be converted into goals for a while.

Li Liang asked Ibrahimovic: "The frontal defense of No. 2 (Reed) and No. 21 (Aubonna) is really good!

What level of central defender combination are they in the league? "

Ibrahimovic replied disdainfully: "Moliu!"

Li Liang was taken aback, and Ibrahimovic said again: "I understand how you feel, because those defenders in Ligue [-] were even worse!
This is where the real battle is, defenders vs attackers sometimes kill!
Li, I advise you to be mentally prepared! "

In the 33rd minute, the Spanish midfielder Obiang of the visiting team made a pass error, and Rashford moved forward at high speed after stealing the ball in the backcourt.He ran for nearly 40 meters amid the cheers of the audience, attracted the defense of Zabaleta and Reed, and then suddenly cut inside at the front of the penalty area——

"Little Monster" Lukaku will suddenly accelerate to the left in the center of the penalty area, and Rashford, who has been observing, almost simultaneously sends a through ball forward!

Lukaku's sudden outburst left Obonna and Reed behind before he could turn around in an instant. The Belgian striker immediately shot with his left foot. Hart's attack could not stop the shot. The ball hit the post and bounced into the net. , 1:0!

The stands of the Dream Theater erupted instantly, Li Liang and Ibrahimovic stood up to celebrate at the same time, and the fans all shouted: "Yeah———————————————"

Amid the deafening singing and cheers of the Manchester United fans, West Ham United began to press on the counterattack.

They used the old Manchester United player "Little Pea" Fernandez as an arrow to create a threatening offense, but with the joint efforts of Manchester United's defense and De Gea, they all returned in vain.

At the end of the first half, Manchester United led 1:0.

Not long after the start of the second half, Manchester United won a free kick in front of the opponent's left penalty area.

Ibrahimovic said to Li Liang: "Pay attention to the running position of Romelu (Lukaku)——

From now on you will be responsible for passing the ball to him! "

Li Liang's heart was shocked. At this time, the referee had already blown his whistle to signal Mkhitaryan to make a free throw.

The Armenian international kicked an extremely fast free kick after the run-up, and Li Liang had already seen that the two Manchester United central defenders Bai and Jones in the penalty area ran laterally to drive away the defense as arranged in training, and Rashford rushed to the back point--

The little monster started at full speed, relying on its strong body and leaning against Obonna to squeeze to the front point, then suddenly stopped and dodged between Reed and Obonna who were caught off guard, jumped high and directly scored with a header!

In the 53rd minute, Lukaku scored twice to help Manchester United extend their lead to 2:0!

Ibrahimovic continued to applaud Li Liang, "How is it, Li?
Do you still think their two central defenders are strong? ! "

Since then, the two sides have attacked and defended each other. The home team with two goals in hand deliberately slowed down the pace, and the coaches of both sides also changed their positions to make adjustments.

In the 87th minute, after a series of continuous cooperation, Mkhitaryan sent another assist in front of the penalty area. Martial successfully got the ball from offside and entered the penalty area with an easy push to score, 3:0!

The good show is not over yet. In the 90th minute, Matic scored the ball to Martial in front of him in time after protecting the ball in the midfield. The latter hit Pogba at the top of the arc outside the penalty area. Pogba brought After two steps, the right foot shot through the gate guarded by Hart, 4:0!

In the end, the Red Devils Manchester United played a hearty victory in the opening game of the Theater of Dreams.

While happy, Li Liang felt a little regretful.

The experience of spending several games in the stands last season is still fresh in his memory, and he secretly made up his mind to return to the main lineup as soon as possible!

Li Liang browsed the news in the hotel at night, and the media overwhelmingly praised Manchester United's league debut in the new season.

Everyone spoke highly of Lukaku, Matic and Mkhitaryan.

Some people believe that such a Manchester United team has reached a very high level when Ibrahimovic is still unable to play and Li Liang, who has high hopes, is still in the adaptation period.

Some people also questioned that judging from the performance of the players today, even if Ibrahimovic and Li Liang come back, they must face fierce competition in order to get a chance to play.

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Li Liang is still working hard on extra training. During the joint training, the coaches and teammates were very surprised. Li Liang showed a state that surprised them!
He was assigned to the substitute group and will conduct confrontational training with the main players.

The 30-minute confrontation was not halfway through, and the main team soon took a 4-0 lead with both Pogba and Lukaku scoring twice.

Mourinho left training to his assistants and he was not on the sidelines.

With a gloomy face, Faria called to stop the game and yelled at the substitute team: "... cheer me up!

We still have a lot of games to play this season, if you keep going like this shit, we'll fall behind soon!

As you can see, Manchester City are in better shape than us!
I don't want you guys to contribute nothing until I meet them..."

Faria turned to Li Liang: "Li, hit the right side!"

With the resumption of confrontational training and his observation of West Ham, Li Liang already has some understanding of the main lineup.

He stepped up his running on the right, using his physical advantage to try to limit Mkhitaryan's threading.

Soon his efforts paid off, and Pogba's careless cross was successfully intercepted by Li Liang.

Matic strode forward, and Li Liang made a Marseille maneuver on the spot and successfully got rid of it!

Everyone exclaimed, and Faria's eyes widened. He soon saw the main force's central defender Bayi rushing forward at full speed——

Li Liang pushed forward without hesitation, Bayi firmly blocked his forward route, and Li Liang cleverly returned the ball to the old captain Carrick with his heel.

Carrick understood, and the ball went straight over Bayi's head without stopping. After Li Liang sprinted past Bayi's defense, only Smalling was left in front of him as a central defender.

Smalling had the advantage in speed, and with one step forward, he completely blocked Li Liang's route to the goal.

Li Liang swayed a bit. When he broke through Matic, he saw De Gea and Smalling chatting leisurely on the line of the penalty area.

He knew that even though he scored the team's last goal in Macedonia, many teammates still did not fully recognize him.

This includes De Gea.

Even though the sight was blocked by the strong Smalling, Li Liang could feel De Gea's position, as well as Valencia and Blind who were back in place.

Li Liang made half a pendulum movement——

Smalling had been prepared for a long time, and the lateral movement closely followed.

To the surprise of the England central defender, Li Liang's other half of the pendulum did not arrive as expected. No. 7, who was wearing a team vest in front of him, seemed to be careless, but suddenly moved his supporting left foot and touched the ball with his ankle!
This unexpected change shook Smolin completely, he froze in place and watched Li Liang continue to cut across——

Only then did De Gea realize that something was wrong, and rushed over at full speed!
The Spanish goalkeeper, together with Valencia and Blind, pushed towards Li Liang. Behind Blind, he suddenly saw the ball flying into the air and had already passed over his head!

The whole audience exclaimed, Li Liang didn't wait for the opponent to step forward and suddenly made a volley on the spot!

Bayi chased all the way but did not have time to stop the ball from bouncing into the gate.

(End of this chapter)