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Chapter 188 A New Beginning

After determining what position to play in the new season, the remaining thing is how to play the central midfielder, clarify the responsibilities of each player, and then start training.

Tactical training is different from physical training. Only the opening 15 minutes of each training session is open to the public. Fans and reporters can watch and shoot outside.

But when the 15 minutes were over, the training ground was closed.Not for anyone to see, except for the Manchester United official website reporter.

But even the photos and videos taken by the reporters on the official website have to be reviewed by the coaching staff, and some insignificant things can be released, such as players practicing shooting, joking together during training intervals... Such pictures.

The part involving specific tactical drills must be kept strictly confidential.

Any coach attaches great importance to his team's tactics, and it is impossible to leak them easily.

If a leak occurs, it is a serious problem.

So after the tactical training started, no one in the outside world knew that Li Xiaoming needed to play as a central midfielder in the new season, taking charge of both offense and organization.

On the contrary, the team members were a little surprised.

"You play as a central midfielder in the new season." Rio Ferdinand looked up and down Li Xiaoming's still not strong body, "What does Ferguson think? Doesn't he worry that you will become our only weakness? When the time comes we will be in midfield But there is one less person to defend."

"Hey, Leo, don't say that..." David Carrick said, "You see, in order to ensure that he can get the ball safely, we have also started to play double defensive midfielders. Look at me and Fletcher Didn’t they take on his defensive tasks? And Fletcher was in charge of defense. Don’t worry, it’s still the same as last season, except that David and Paul organized it, but he was in charge of organizing it.”

"In China, there is a common saying that can explain why I want to play the midfielder," Li Xiaoming said with an air of superiority and tone.

"What slang?"

"With great power comes great responsibility..." Li Xiaoming said in German.

For Li Xiaoming, this is really the case, he has the ability to take on more.

He sat in the game that day and tried to play as a central midfielder, although many times, he had to return to the midfield.It feels a little different from playing as a front midfielder last season, but it hasn't turned the world upside down.And the defensive pressure suffered is indeed less.And his vision is wider.

If he doesn't know how to pass long passes, it may be awkward, but now that he has long pass skills, he is no different from playing as a midfielder.And he played a central midfielder not a midfielder, but retreated to the center circle.After all, in many cases, he is still needed to participate in the offense.Moreover, in this position, he can also use short and medium distance passes to organize the offense. He can also step forward to participate in the offense at any time, put pressure on the opponent's defense, and become the key figure to break the deadlock and balance.

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Ever since it was determined that Li Xiaoming would switch to a position that required more energy, such as central midfielder, Ferguson paid close attention to Li Xiaoming's performance and wanted to see Li Xiaoming's performance in this new position.

Any player needs a period of adaptation in a new position, more or less long or short.

But Li Xiaoming's adaptation period seems to be extremely short...

Even if some newcomers came to the team, he didn't seem to show any strangeness.It still looks like it has been training with them for a long time.

This is a characteristic of Li Xiaoming, and Ferguson is not surprised.I just feel that with such an unbelievable talent, I am afraid that there are not many people in the world... Is this kind of talent an upgraded version of VIP Platinum?

Li Xiaoming also had time to adapt to the position of the defensive midfielder, but it can be seen very quickly that he has started to play decently.

Although the position is different from before, the work he does is just one more offense than before. What he needs to do is to participate more in the team's passing, and then lead the rhythm of the offense with the help of Carrick.

In the position of central midfielder, Li Xiaoming still showed his strong ability to read the game, analyze the game and process the information.

In fact, these abilities are known to the old players of Manchester United, and they have seen them last season.But in the new position, Li Xiaoming is still doing so well, they are also a little surprised - is this kid a born midfielder?Otherwise why is he so comfortable in this position?

Even more surprising are those new players who have only joined Manchester United this season.

What surprised them was that Li Xiaoming, Ji Qingwei, acted like a seasoned veteran with rich experience on the court.And from the front waist to the back waist, the transition is so natural and seamless, which also attracted their attention.

When the new team member Suarez was interviewed by media reporters, he talked about his impression of Li Xiaoming.

"...Although I have heard from the media that Li Xiaoming is a super genius. But when I came here, I realized how powerful Li is. Although he is young, he has talents and abilities beyond ordinary people. I think it takes him a lot of money to observe the reading competition. The time is faster than all of us, he can pass the football to the next place immediately after receiving the ball, and this choice is correct... This is really incredible! The scariest thing is that he It also has a very good breakthrough ability.”

Although the media fans didn't know at the beginning that Li Xiaoming retreated and became a standard authentic avant-garde.

In terms of training, Ferguson can keep it secret.

But he can't make the warm-up match completely closed, right?
Some less important warm-up matches, such as matches with local low-level league teams, may not be open to the public.

However, it is impossible to prevent fans from entering the arena in some slightly more formal warm-up matches.

Some pre-season games are even broadcast live on TV.

Therefore, the matter of Li Xiaoming taking a new position cannot be concealed after all.It is also impossible for Ferguson to let Li Xiaoming continue to play the midfielder in the game, so the meaning of the warm-up match will be gone.

The purpose of pre-season warm-up games is to allow teams to use actual combat to test what they have practiced in practice.

Li Xiaoming is doing very well in training now, but it is training after all, and there is a big gap between training and actual combat.

Although the warm-up match cannot be compared with the real league, at least it is more practical than training.

So in the pre-season warm-up match, Li Xiaoming appeared in the middle of the three midfielders, slightly above the midfielders of the two midfielders.But in terms of formation, it is not as advanced as the front midfielder.

After the first public warm-up match started, everyone discovered that Li Xiaoming's position had changed.

Not the front waist, nor the back waist.It is between the back waist and the front waist.

This can be clearly seen from the stance when kicking off.

This discovery surprised the Chinese journalists, who did not expect Li Xiaoming to move back
They found that Li Xiaoming, who was in the central midfielder, also played very well, and there was no discomfort.Moreover, his range of activities is very large, and he will not be fixed in the backcourt. He will actively advance to participate in the offense, and sometimes even occupy the position of the offensive players in the frontcourt.

This shows that Li Xiaoming has gradually become the leader of this team.He controls the rhythm of offense and defense on the court.

Although far from the goal, his organizational tasks have not been weakened.

Because Li Xiaoming they saw sent a long pass!

Although I don't know when Li Xiaoming will do it, but at least he is using a long pass.

And judging from the actual effect, it is still very accurate.

On August [-]th, after finishing the training camp in Austria, the Manchester United team returned to Manchester to start preparing for the new season of the Premier League.

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The first round of the Premier League will start on August [-]th. The opening game will be last season's league champion Chelsea vs. Fulham at home.

Manchester United's game is the last game of the first round, at home against Newcastle.

After returning to Germany, Li Xiaoming received the first individual award of his career at the Carrington training base last season's Premier League best rookie award.And Rooney also won the best player of fwa, the Football Writers Footballer Of The Year Award of England (The Football Writers Footballer Of The Year Award), founded in 1948, often called England FWA Footballer or England Footballer, is the most famous player in history. A long standing selection. In 1947, Charles Buchan (a football weekly writer and publisher and one of the founders of the Football Writers Association (FWA)) proposed the creation of an award for the exemplary footballer of the year, which is now Britain's most prestigious One of the prestigious sporting awards.Only members of the FWA have the right to vote, and the legendary Sir Matthews was the first to receive this honor.

When the reporters saw Li Xiaoming and Rooney standing side by side through the camera, they found that Li Xiaoming in the camera was holding the trophy, smiling with his mouth open, the sun was hitting his face and the trophy, his cheeks and the trophy were shining in the sun Brighten.

After Li Xiaoming won the best newcomer award, it also caused an upsurge of discussion in China.

In fact, no one is surprised that Li Xiaoming won this award, because everyone saw Li Xiaoming's performance in the team last season.You know, most of the playing time in the league is only average, but he won the assist king last season with [-] assists!

Such a result, let alone the best rookie, is eligible to compete for the best player or the best foreign aid.

Therefore, Li Xiaoming deserved to be the best newcomer. It can be said that there is no competitor who can match it.

However, Li Xiaoming won this award, which greatly satisfied the vanity of domestic fans.

This is also the highest honor individual award that Chinese players have won while studying abroad.

In the downturn of Chinese football, this group of young people is like a shot in the arm, making the dead hearts of many Chinese fans beat again.

Now everyone is no longer worried about whether Li Xiaoming can stay in the first team like a season ago.

Li Xiaoming's ability to stabilize the core position of the team is what they consider.

Judging from the pre-season warm-up match, Li Xiaoming's performance in the new position is not bad, and he should be the core of Manchester United's midfield in the new season.

After becoming the core of Manchester United's midfield, how far Li Xiaoming can lead this team is probably the topic that everyone cares more about.

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Chinese fans and reporters are concerned about Li Xiaoming's future at Manchester United, while Li Xiaoming himself is concerned about Pogba's future.This can be regarded as the first younger brother he has received at Manchester United.Li Xiaoming's perception of Pogba is still very good.

Judging from the pre-season warm-up match, Pogba didn't seem very adaptable at the beginning, but he is improving a little bit.By the time of the last two warm-up games, he has been able to perform very well and scored beautiful goals, and his running ability and organizational ability in the midfield have also been demonstrated.

Pogba's performance also attracted the attention of the media and some Manchester United fans.

After a whole summer of training, Pogba looks no longer the kid who was just transferred to the first team.

Li Xiaoming believes that Pogba will definitely be able to stay in the first team in the end!

Of course, staying in the first team is only the first step in the long march, and we need to continue to work hard to be able to play.

But if you can't even stay with the first team, let alone play for the first team.

For Pogba's progress and performance, Li Xiaoming, who is only three years older, is still very happy.

You must know that Pogba’s goal in the warm-up match of the first team was not assisted by himself, because he and Pogba have not played at the same time in the warm-up match. When he was on the court, Pogba was a substitute and he was assisted. After the substitution, Pogba made his debut.

So the two never got along.

But because of this, Pogba's goals in the warm-up match are valuable, because that just shows Pogba's true level.

As the league draws near, Manchester United have also announced their first-team registration list for this season.

In the list published on this official website, the 17-year-old Paul Pogba is impressively listed!
He finally managed to stay in the first team through his own efforts, not the help of others.

The significance of this to Pogba may not only be that he can stay in the first team, but more importantly, it has improved his self-confidence.

Self-confidence is the most important thing.

When Li Xiaoming first met Pogba, he found that Pogba's biggest problem was not his physical fitness or technical level, but his lack of control over his abilities. He was too good, so he was too confident and arrogant on the court Self, this is almost the biggest shortcoming for a midfielder.

Now through his own efforts, he finally stayed in the first team. Pogba has also begun to correctly understand what professional football is, which will help him in his future.

After the announcement of each team's squad list, England's Daily Mail made a season preview during the transfer period.

Based on each team's current players, analyze their prospects for the new season.

Among them, Chelsea has become the favorite to win the championship.Manchester United came in last.

Many people's views on Manchester United are that last season's Champions League was Manchester United's last gift to veterans. This season, the status of veterans will gradually decline, and Berbatov has also entered 30 years old, which also means Manchester United The replacement started.However, the Lublin team Chelsea has a lot of good players. It can be said that last season's league championship is the result of their accumulation.

(End of this chapter)