green mercenary

Chapter 395 Hospitality at Old Trafford
In a blink of an eye, the days passed quickly.These days, Bai Xiaotian is either practicing on the court or spending time with his girlfriend.

Under the 24-hour caring care, diet therapy, massage and other operations, Mushroom Head had four seizures intermittently, all of which were controlled by Bai Xiaotian.

After four times, the condition of Mushroom Head's body improved greatly.In addition, these days, when he and Bai Xiaotian are free to exercise, when Bai Xiaotian massages his girlfriend, he can feel the bulging muscles on the other's calf.

After PSV Eindhoven crossed the hurdle of Ajax, they made great progress all the way.

On November 11, Eindhoven was a guest at the Nieuw Gaugenwald Stadium.The two sides played against each other less than half a point, and Kezhiman went to the meeting single-handedly after receiving Bai Xiaotian's through ball, and gave Eindhoven the first place.

Before the end of the first half, captain Van Bommel took advantage of another free kick and scored directly.

In the second half, Utrecht took advantage of the gap at the beginning of the game, although Utrecht pulled back a goal, but Bai Xiaotian immediately retaliated, using a signature header to fix the score at [-]-[-].

Eindhoven's players were in high spirits. While Bai Xiaotian maintained his high scoring efficiency, Eindhoven also played a rare multi-point bloom that is rare this season.

On December 12, Eindhoven ushered in last season's enemy Twente at home.

For Twente, who "stolen" his own Champions League, Eindhoven did not hold back.

In the opening 20 minutes, Bai Xiaotian scored twice to help the team lead the opponent far.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Xiaotian, who was watched dead by the two people, changed roles again and played a big assist.After dedicating a wonderful assist, this guy Lawrence also opened his scoring account in the new season.

In the second half, before Twente could react, John de Jong and Van Bommel helped the team expand the score again.

Seeing that the team was ahead by a large score, Gretz immediately made a decision to replace the goal hero Bai Xiaotian to preserve his energy for the next Champions League.

Before the end of halftime, Batman Kezman added the icing on the cake, and the score was finally fixed at 6-0.

This is the first time Eindhoven has played such a hearty game since this season.Also announced to all Dutch fans in a high-profile manner that the king is back.

On December 12th, PSV Eindhoven will be a guest at Old Trafford to face the Red Devils Manchester United with a big victory in the league.

Although Eindhoven has great momentum in the league, in the European competition, Eindhoven is just a primary school student among many big shots.

Ignoring the chattering reporters, the Eindhoven players went straight into the stadium under the leadership of the coach.

After adapting to the field for a period of time on the soft turf of Old Trafford, Gretz called everyone to the locker room for the last tactical guidance meeting.

In recent years, although Eindhoven has dominated the Eredivisie, every time they go to the Champions League, they can't even make it to the group stage.Not only the Eindhoven family, Feyenoord, Ajax, Heerenveen and other teams are also difficult to break out of the Champions League group stage.

Therefore, in recent years, after the team broke into the Champions League, the Dutch coaches did not think about how to achieve better results, but put all their focus on how to qualify for the group.

But it turns out that these decisions have not had any effect, and they should be eliminated or eliminated.The top Eredivisie teams, who are going all out for the group stage, are still unable to emerge from the group stage after showing their full strength.This also proves from the side that Dutch football is really going downhill.

In PSV Eindhoven's locker room, Gretz is holding a stick and pointing on the blackboard.

He and his coaching staff have repeatedly emphasized these tactics. When the ball is under control, pass the ball to the frontcourt little by little, and Bai Xiaotian plays the role of the last kick;

Don't talk about it, everyone knows that it's right to hand the ball to the goodbye boy!
The tactical plan for this game is very simple, but Gretz and the coaching staff have not yet reached a consensus on the strategy of the Champions League.

The reason is simple, the other two members of Group A are too strong, so powerful that even Eindhoven feels afraid.

If Eindhoven wants to qualify in the group, they must eliminate Bayern or Manchester United.

But how can the Bundesliga Banba and the Premier League Red Devils be so easy to mess with?

The question of who to attack and who to defend has been debated within the coaching staff.

There is a way to play in the Bundesliga, and there is a way to deal with the Premier League.Although Eindhoven's tactical intention is obvious, that is to play against Bai Xiaotian, but there is still a lot of space in terms of defense, formation arrangement, and players.

After fighting and fighting, I found that neither of them is easy to deal with, and some people even said that they want to give up the Champions League and focus on the Eredivisie.Eindhoven lost too much at the beginning of this season. Instead of earning an illusory Champions League trophy, it is better to honestly focus on their own home and keep their one-acre three-point land.What's more, Eindhoven has already emerged from the first round of the group stage, and this result is much better than in previous years.

As the debate continued, the days passed day by day.In the end, everyone decided to get her mother's vote first, and then we'll see what happens after the game.How to draw with Bayern and Manchester United in the primary and secondary rounds, if Eindhoven abuses Boavis again, let Bayern and Manchester United have a headache about qualifying!
After the explanation, Gretz raised his right hand high, doing the general mobilization before the game: "Boys, are you all ready?"

"Get ready!" Eindhoven players shouted in unison.

But they don't know what they are going to face.

Almost everyone who is familiar with football does not know the Red Devils Manchester United; and those who know the Red Devils Manchester United must know Old Trafford.

This stadium, built in 1908, has carried too much British football.

In the 40s, Old Trafford was suspended for eight years after being bombed repeatedly by the Luftwaffe during World War II.By 1949, this strong stadium was restarted.

The 1966 World Cup in England and the 1996 European Cup in England all speak of the greatness of this stadium.

As the home of the Red Devils Manchester United, Old Trafford has always been a monument in the hearts of Manchester United.

Just last year, Old Trafford has been refurbished to make it the largest football stadium in England with a capacity of more than 67500.

The day before yesterday, that is, on December 12, Old Trafford successfully defeated the home stadium of Real Madrid, Santiago Bernabeu, and the Stade de France in Paris, France, and became the venue for the 3-02 UEFA Champions League final.So far, Old Trafford Stadium has become the sixth stadium in England to host the UEFA Champions League final. This is also the first time that England has hosted the UEFA Champions League final outside London.

Such a great honor makes all Manchester United people feel proud and proud.

Watching the Eindhoven players lined up to enter the field, the fans of the home team who came to watch the game shouted loudly, clamoring to give the visiting team a good look.

The old man held his arms in his arms, obviously satisfied with the atmosphere of the scene.When the fans have confidence, the players have even more confidence.

On the field, the PSV players and Ruud Ruud greeted each other, but they did not reminisce too much. After all, this was before the game, and it would not be too late to say anything after the game.

After the referee's whistle sounded, Bai Xiaotian rushed out first without hesitation.

Huang Jianxiang in the broadcast room also felt passionate when he saw the yellow army on the field plunge into the red ocean.

"Hello, audience friends, you are watching the second round group match of the 01-02 UEFA Champions League, Group A matches."

"From left to right is the home team Manchester United, and from right to left is PSV Eindhoven away."

"We can see that just after the referee's whistle sounded, a player from Eindhoven rushed into the opponent's hinterland. That's right, that is the player we are familiar with, Bai Xiaotian."

"Bai Xiaotian has already scored 9 goals in this UEFA Champions League. Before him, no player has scored so many goals in the UEFA Champions League in the group stage."

"If nothing else happens, Bai Xiaotian will win the Golden Boot of this year's Champions League."

"This is the first Chinese to win the Golden Boot in the history of the Champions League, and also the first Asian to win the Golden Boot!" Huang Jianxiang felt refreshed after finishing the last sentence.

Regardless of whether he can really win the award in the end, let's talk about it first and then talk about it.And there is no sense of disobedience in saying this, and the audience also agrees.Bai Xiaotian's achievements are displayed there, he can't help but show off.Huang Jianxiang is really happy that Chinese football players can have this honor.

When Huang Jianxiang spoke for Bai Xiaotian, Bai Xiaotian, who had just received the ball, hadn't turned around when a foot appeared under Bai Xiaotian's feet, directly blocking the ball.

The fierce interception made Bai Xiaotian's center of gravity unstable, he leaned forward, and fell directly to the ground.

"Fuck!" Bai Xiaotian cursed loudly.Anyway, this is on a foreign football field, and no one can understand my classic national curse.What's more, even in China, there are many people who do this.

"Referee! This is a foul!" Bai Xiaotian sat on the ground and yelled at the referee after somersaulting on the ground.

But the referee obviously felt that this was a very formal steal, and had no intention of responding to Bai Xiaotian at all.Following the ball that was kicked forward, he walked away.

"Well, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong!" Bai Xiaotian muttered, and slowly got up from the ground.Looking at the person who turned back in front of him, Bai Xiaotian frowned.

what's the situation?Are they not offensive?
The 30-year-old Manchester United captain did not participate in the offense after stealing the ball and handing it to his teammates.Instead, he retreated slowly, continuing to wander beside Bai Xiaotian.

What's the situation?Could it be.
It didn't take long for the facts to verify Bai Xiaotian's conjecture - he was seen dead by the other party!
Except for Robbie Keane who has been by his side, the other Manchester United defenders are also supporting him.

The fierce Premier League has made these Manchester United players extremely arrogant. Sometimes it is difficult for Bai Xiaotian to even touch the ball.

Bai Xiaotian's body is not weak, with the blessing of the system, he can even be said to be in the upper middle class.In addition, Bai Xiaotian is young and has no injuries on his body, so he has hardly suffered a disadvantage when working together.

But physical confrontation does not mean that if you are physically strong, you will not suffer.A 70-year-old octogenarian can easily make a 200-jin man lose his center of gravity as long as he exerts his force properly.

So body + skill is the key to physical confrontation.And now, Bai Xiaotian suffered from his skills.

After being knocked away by the opponent's players several times in a row, Bai Xiaotian also learned to be smart.As long as there is a ball coming towards him, the first time is not to catch the ball, but to observe the opponent player beside him, and then use his body to firmly block the position.

But even so, Bai Xiaotian rarely controlled the ball.

Push, bump, squeeze, pull, push, hold, block, kick, shovel.The Red Devils played their best in physical confrontation when they grabbed the ball.It's not that Bai Xiaotian has never played against Premier League teams, but Liverpool doesn't have this style of painting at all!
After getting rid of the opponent's tugging again, Bai Xiaotian complained in his heart: The Premier League team is also wearing red, how can there be such a big difference?
The experienced Manchester United defender limited Bai Xiaotian's performance with a reasonable collision, and also contained PSV's attack.

In the 27th minute of the game, Beckham once again kicked a round moon scimitar a few meters in front of the center line, and the ball bypassed all PSV defenders in the air.After flying over the penalty area, he turned in the opposite direction of the goal.Seeing such a long pass, Cech had nothing to do about it, so he had to obediently stay on the goal line.

However, under the cover of his teammates, the king of the small penalty area suddenly inserted from the back point.

As soon as the ball bounced off the ground, Ibrahimovic kicked it towards the goal.

Cech reacted immediately, but the ball was low and fast, and it went straight into the net.

1-0, Manchester United took the lead at home.

Facing his former club, Ruud van Nistelrooy did not do anything to celebrate after scoring, but silently returned to his own half, waiting for the re-kick-off.

Manchester United, who opened the scoring account, became more and more brave as they fought, and made great progress all the way.

In the 47th minute, Beckham made another sling pass, and Giggs, who was inserted in the middle, flicked the header unattended, rewriting the score to 2-0.

In the second half, the situation on the court did not change much.From the fans' point of view, after Bai Xiaotian was defended to death, Eindhoven seemed to be at the end of his rope.

In the 56th minute of the second half, Beckham took a free kick 25 meters in front of the penalty area and flew directly into the dead corner of the goal.

After leading by 3 goals, Manchester United let go from top to bottom and launched an unscrupulous attack on PSV's goal.

The old man was also smiling, quite satisfied with his tactics.

However, 3 goals was not the end for Manchester United. In the 65th minute, Ruud van Nistelrooy assisted Solskjaer to expand the score again.

Seeing that the score on the field became 0 to 4, Gretz shook his head, knowing that there was nothing he could do.He waved his hand, and replaced Bai Xiaotian, who was stared at all the time, with a substitute player.

In the 71st minute, Kežman finally penetrated the opponent's defense with speed and scored a face-saving goal for PSV.

4 to 1, this result is very satisfying to the fans who came to watch the game.How can the fans not be excited about such a huge feast of goals?
Amidst the shouts of "One goal, another goal" from the fans, David Beckham sent a perfect through ball 3 minutes before the end of the game and assisted Solskjaer again.

In the end, Manchester United fixed the score at 5-1 at home, and the fans were hooked.

Looking at the bright red number "5" on the scoreboard, all PSV players lowered their heads, with dark faces, and quickly walked to the locker room.

Such a big difference in strength was like a blow to the head, hitting these players who were extremely proud in the Eredivisie directly.Let these high-spirited players in the Eredivisie lower their proud heads at Old Trafford.

Bai Xiaotian, who had been substituted long ago, stood on the sidelines, clapped with the coach and his teammates off the field, and said words of encouragement.At this time, he has to stand up and encourage his teammates while taking responsibility.

And there is another reason why he didn't follow his teammates back to the locker room.He saw an old friend wearing a red jersey on the court, smiling and waving at him.

(End of this chapter)