i don't want to be king

Chapter 807

After the fourth round of the league, Manchester United and their city rivals Manchester City have 10 points, temporarily occupying the top spot with only a goal difference advantage.

What shocked Li Liang was that the Blue Moon Corps (Manchester City) beat the Red Army Liverpool 5-0 at the Etihad in this round!

At this time, no one doubts that Manchester City has completely completed the reconstruction.

Even just watching the Manchester City game video made Li Liang's blood boil. He could see that the 433 after Manchester City's promotion was completely different from last season!
Gorgeous offense and varied frontcourt coordination have made Manchester City the most entertaining team in the Premier League.

Even Mendy, who was outstanding against the Red Army, said excitedly on the phone: "Lee, Manchester City is now more powerful than our offense last season!
You should come here and win a few more championships with us! "

Li Liang has fully understood that Magic Bird and Guardiola have two completely different tactical concepts.

More importantly, these two top coaches have unusual persistence and even paranoia about their own tactical system.

Magic Bird pays more attention to defense, while Guardiola advocates ball possession and offense, which is simply a battle between shield and spear.

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He Wei introduced with a little excitement: "Everyone, what you are seeing now is the first round of the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League group stage match, Group A Manchester United vs. Basel at Old Trafford.

The game is about to start, and we know that Li Liang has appeared on Manchester United's substitute list.

Mourinho also mentioned in the pre-match press conference that Li Liang has basically recovered and has integrated into the team very well. He will most likely come off the bench in the second half! "

Before this game, Jiong told Li Liang the good news that he has reached the pass line of 83 basic overall rating, which also means that Li Liang's new season has really started.

In the 19th minute of the game, Pogba was accidentally injured and could not continue the game. Magic Bird had no choice but to replace the Frenchman with Fellaini.

This accident disrupted Manchester United's rhythm on the field. The Red Devils, who had been suppressing their opponents since the start, gradually lost control of the game. Basel began to turn away and attack Manchester United's 30-meter area frequently to create threats.

Li Liang was a little surprised. He saw that, like against Leicester City, Mkhitaryan and Mata, the two main engines of Manchester United's attack line, were in trouble again.

Carrick on the side suddenly asked: "Lee, if you play Henrik (Mkhitaryan) now, what would you do?"

Li Liang replied: "...I have to slow down the pace and switch positions with Juan (Mata) more!

And I have to tell Romelu (Lukaku) to drop back less..."

Carrick was silent for a while: "Ryan (Giggs) said you are a tactical genius, and now I finally believe it!"

Li Liang found that after Pogba left the field, Basel's midfield defense immediately concentrated on Mkhitaryan and Mata!
This is because the "shaggy-headed" Fellaini does not have Pogba's vertical propulsion ability with the ball, let alone Pogba's technique and strength to continue to exert pressure on the opponent's defense.

In this way, especially Mkhitaryan had to take on more offensive organization responsibilities, but it was difficult for the Armenians to play freely under high-intensity confrontation in the offensive position, so Manchester United's offense had to rely on two sidewalk.

Even Li Liang heard the scolding from the fans: "Hey! I bought a package ticket for thousands of pounds not to watch your legend!"

"Are you guys only good at defense?!"

The magic bird's face turned livid, and he roared loudly at Mkhitaryan.

As the first half drew to a close, Basel turned away from the visitors and played offensive football. There were more and more boos in the stands. The Red Devils fans thought it was a great humiliation for the visiting team to play so well in the Theater of Dreams.

Mourinho yelled at Mkhitaryan again: "Don't hide, you have to occupy the center for me!"

Mkhitaryan suddenly turned around and waved his arms at the magic bird: "You don't need to teach me how to kick!"

Even the players in Basel were taken aback, Li Liang was as dumbfounded as everyone else on the bench!
What shocked him even more was that the magic bird turned around and strode towards him: "Li, you go on stage!"

In a rage, Mourinho directly ordered Li Liang to replace Mkhitaryan!
Under the persuasion of Faria and others, Magic Bird managed to suppress his anger, and turned directly to the stadium passage, leaving a dazed crowd and an uproar in the stands.

The first half of the game finally ended, the two sides scored a goalless draw, and Faria called everyone back to the locker room.

Mourinho, who returned to the locker room before everyone was seated, roared, pointing at Mkhitaryan: "What the hell are you doing on the field?
We'd lose all the games if everyone ran away from the confrontation like you did! "

Mkhitaryan has calmed down a lot, bowed his head and said nothing.

Mourinho put his hands in his trouser pockets, walked comically with his arms outstretched like Chaplin (a famous French comedy star), and continued to talk non-stop: "Our Henrik is like a girl on the field,' She's scared of the great lads over there!"

Mkhitaryan finally broke out, he jumped up and shouted angrily: "Enough!
I need support, not mocking like you! "

There was silence in the locker room, and Mourinho froze in place.

In less than 5 seconds, he rushed to the angry Armenians and roared: "Wake up, Henrik, it is very likely that every opponent will treat you like this in the future. You must face all this like a man!"

Mkhitaryan tore off his jersey and threw it on the ground fiercely: "Come on, put on your jersey and go to the game, let me see how you will face all this!"

Finish speaking and walk away!

Li Liang could clearly see from behind that Mourinho's back was trembling.

When the news that he was about to transfer to Manchester United was announced, his old friend Lampard once called and chatted with Li Liangchang.

Lampard once said on the phone: "...Jose (Mourinho) is a very tough manager, unlike many people, he will be particularly harsh on the players he has high hopes for.

Sometimes he even uses deliberate snubbing to irritate his players. If there is no particularly strong mental strength, the current Manchester United may not be your best choice..."

In the first four league games of the new season, Mkhitaryan, who was placed high hopes by the Magic Birds, was placed in the core position of the central playmaker. The Armenian lived up to expectations and handed over an excellent result of 5 assists.

Pogba's unexpected injury broke it all, and now this scene in the dressing room is very heavy for everyone.

The old captain Carrick walked over and bent down to pick up Mkhitaryan's No. 22 jersey: "Jose, we have to make adjustments!"

Mourinho turned his head, and Li Liang suddenly found that the white-haired magic bird seemed to have aged a lot!

In the silence, Magic Bird said with difficulty: "Li, you will play Henrik's position in the second half..."

(End of this chapter)