Manchester United legend

Chapter 21 Back to the Youth Team

Manchester United's bad start has nothing to do with Jost, he is still training with the first team.But in terms of training, due to Jost's western face and oriental heart, Jost, who is somewhat introverted by nature, was a little uncomfortable in the training with the first team.

The teammates were too fierce in the training. Those sliding shovels, flying kicks and body-to-body fights were no different from official games.Even the playmates of the youth team, such as Scholes and Butt, were merciless when they shoveled the ball.

This made Jost, who had always been unwilling to confront, a little stage fright.Ferguson has no pity for this, and Ferguson's assistant Kidd often orders Beckham to be fierce and brave, especially to participate in the fight more.You are the defensive midfielder, the first barrier for the defender, you don't even dare to fight physically, why do you play the ball, rush up for me, don't be like a bitch! ", "Either you abolished him, or he killed you!" " Kidd's angry, resentful look really made Jost feel a little scared.

Kidd, who has always been a good guy in the team, is already like this, and Harrison, who is known for being strict, treats Jost even more cruelly.Mark Hughes sometimes laughed at him, and Schmeichel and Ince often frightened Jost viciously.

However, Jost, who has a tenacious personality, still gritted his teeth to complete the training and insisted on passing the ball. Although sometimes he went back to the dormitory alone, washed off the mud and grass clippings, applied ice to the red and swollen muscles or joints, or washed the wound with hot water. He often felt very lonely alone and couldn’t help crying secretly.

Young teenagers working hard alone in a foreign land, each one is full of bitter tears!
What happened to Jost was just a small episode, or even a ripple.That summer, the Manchester United team was filled with fiery passion, and the main theme was the desire and longing for the championship. The players were sweating profusely, and the sun shone on their sweaty muscles, emitting a little bit of dazzling reflection.Those pictures will even arouse Kidd's enthusiasm, their yelling will become louder, and the performance of the players will also get them to scold or cheer.

And Ferguson, who often works overtime until late at night, will also participate in the players' training. Sometimes, he will stand in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, pray and meditate, and use this kind of blessing to calm his already boiling heart.

In the silent night, in the boiling heart, there is only one goal - the championship!
However, Manchester United started with two losses and one draw. In the relegation zone on the standings, rumors of Ferguson's dismissal also spread overwhelmingly.Ferguson said in an interview with reporters after the tie in the third game: "My own striker is still lacking. He already has a goal and is currently negotiating. If he can sign that player, Manchester United will take it to a higher level."

Everyone knows that Ferguson's target is Southampton striker Alan Shearer. Ferguson has always been interested in him, and the media has been hyping that Alan Shearer is expected to join Manchester United.It's been a summer of hype.

Just when people thought that Shearer would join Manchester United, the reality gave Manchester United and Ferguson a blow. In the end, Alan Shearer, who Manchester United had always loved and pursued hard, finally rejected the invitation of the Red Devils and the wonderful blueprint Ferguson drew for him. He chose to join Blackburn, a new team that had just been promoted to the Premier League.Because Blackburn offered a record transfer fee of 330 million pounds, which was hard to refuse, and a higher salary.

This made Ferguson, who knew the news, furious.Swearing at Shearer and his agent for treachery in the office.

Then Ferguson quickly made a remedy, and Dublin, who was Plan B, became the target of Ferguson's pursuit.After rejecting Everton and Chelsea successively, Dublin joined Manchester United at a price of 100 million pounds, wearing the No. 20 jersey.

The three of Jost and the others were told that they would return to the youth team to participate in training games in September, and their experience of the first-team atmosphere was coming to an end.Both Scholes and Butt have entered the 18-man roster of the first team, and they have felt the charm of the first team more closely.

But it's a pity that Jost hasn't experienced it yet.

In front of Manchester United's locker room, the 18-man roster for tomorrow's game will be posted before each game. Just after Jost and Scholes returned to the locker room after training, Scholes looked at the 18-man roster.

Suddenly Scholes exclaimed in surprise: "Ah!"

Jost: "What's the matter Scholes?"

Scholes: "Hey man, you're in the 18 for next game."

Jost: "What is true and false?"

Scholes: "Look at the list yourself."

Jost saw the list, and sure enough his name was in the 18th place.But that was enough for Jost to be happy.

Jost was so happy that he specially invited Scholes and Bart to have a meal to celebrate.I ordered lamb stewed with potatoes, oxtail soup, roasted lamb saddle, roast goose, etc.

These cost Jost more than 100 pounds, but Jost is still very happy.

Jost's entry into the 18-man squad caused heated discussions among Manchester United players. The players even believed that Jost was the illegitimate son of Sir Alex Ferguson.

The next day, Jost went to the Carrington training base early for training. Ferguson also came very early today. Ferguson heard the sound of a football kicking against the barbed wire. He saw the doorman, fat John, and asked John, "Is anyone here earlier than me?"

John nodded: "Paul Jost is already training by himself, he is the hardest player I have ever seen. You need to train him more!"

Ferguson nodded and said nothing. After he changed his clothes, Jost was practicing passing the ball against the wall. Ferguson saw that Jost's clothes were soaked. Looking at Jost's back, Ferguson thought about what Jost would achieve in the future if he kept practicing so hard.Maybe it will be the best player in England, as it says.

Ferguson did not bother Jost, but returned to the office to prepare for the next game,
After 9 o'clock, Ferguson went downstairs, the players were warming up and jogging, and assistant Kidd was watching the players to prevent some of them from being lazy.

Ferguson asked Kidd: "How is the team doing?"

Kidd understood what Ferguson meant: "The mentality of the team is not bad, and the morale is also very high."

Ferguson nodded, he knew that if Manchester United lost in the next round, his life would be very difficult.Without Ince's interception in the midfield, it will have a great impact on Manchester United's midfield. After all, Robson is already old, and the injuries he suffered when he was young have a great impact on him now.

Bart had to come off the bench in three games, but his performance was not good enough, so this time Jost entered the 18-man roster.This is also a spur to Bart.

Manchester United challenged Southampton in the fourth round of the Premier League.It was not until the 88th minute that Manchester United scored a goal from the newly signed Dublin, and this goal also became a lore.With this goal, Manchester United won 1:0 and won their first victory of the season.

Jost came to the bench for 90 minutes and did not get a chance to play. Ferguson just told Jost at the beginning of the game to watch and observe how Robson played.

Jost found that Robson has all the excellent qualities of a player in the middle. He is the best captain of Manchester United under Ferguson, the leader of the Red Devils on the field, the will of the team, the spiritual core of his teammates, and the representative of the club's image and temperament.Robson's character is extremely heroic, extremely strong, actively and selflessly throwing himself into the game, who is better than me in the game, fights to the end, and is indomitable.He is the embodiment of Manchester United's never-say-die spirit.

His character and temperament, combined with his steel-like figure, vigorous running figure, and brave fighting spirit, truly established his unrivaled status in the team, and even won the respect of his opponents.He leads his teammates in the organization, but he is brave and strong in the competition. He has the characteristics of never giving up, and has strong cohesion and combat effectiveness.

For the first time, Jost found the motivation to learn from the example and move forward.He wants to be like Brian Robson.Learn from him both mentally and technically.

Jost returned to the youth team again, and Scholes and Butt went back with him. It was not that they did not perform well in training, but that it was time to experience the first team. Before leaving, Ferguson told them that if they liked the atmosphere of the first team, they should work harder and report to the first team earlier.

The second reason is to prepare for Saturday's game against the Liverpool youth team.Ferguson watched the game against Liverpool very early, and he wanted the team to surpass Liverpool in all aspects.So every game against Liverpool, Ferguson requires the team to win, whether it is the first team, the reserve team, or the youth team.

Jost and the three of them returned to the youth team as if they were coming home. There was no discomfort at all. Beckham and the Neville brothers welcomed the three of them to the Heat. After training, they went to the bar to celebrate together, and then kicked Liverpool's ass together on Saturday.

Today, Harrison arranged a group confrontation. Jost entered the main team. On the opposite side of the bench, an Asian man stood out. Jost asked Neville, "Gary, what happened to that Asian man?"

Neville: "Oh? You are talking about Su, you don't even know him, but he is quite famous in Manchester, and even appeared in newspapers, he is much more famous than you.?"

Jost: "Su? From China?"

Neville: "His name is Su Maozhen. Because the pronunciation is too difficult, we call him Sumao. He comes from the far east, which seems to be China. Are you interested in oriental culture? The boss is very optimistic about him and thinks he is the new Whiteside. He will sign a contract with him in a few days. He was introduced by Mr. Charlton."

After hearing what Neville said, Jost was very excited, and inexplicably possessed himself on the British boy. There were foreigners everywhere around him, and this time he finally saw the "old countryman".

Jost didn't care about that, and before the game started, Jost decided to chat with Su Maozhen.

Su Maozhen is doing stretching exercises on the sidelines.He saw a man approaching him.Su Maozhen didn't know what was going on, so he just looked at him there.

I saw that the people who came could speak Chinese.He said, "Hi, my name is Paul Jost, and I want to make friends with you."

Su Maozhen was taken aback when he heard it. His Chinese has an authentic Northeast flavor.Su Maozhen said quickly: "Hi, my name is Su Maozhen from China, nice to meet you."

(End of this chapter)