Chapter 797 Qualifying Early
"Blue Moon loses at home, Red Devils sweep nine consecutive victories"
Best, Guardiola's haunting nightmare! "
Sun Wu glanced at the newspaper on the table, and remembered Patrick's black face last night. Now some media are hyping that Sun Wu was brought out by Patrick, and then stayed in the La Masia youth training camp...
Well, although Guardiola, Torrent, Patrick and even Sun Wu knew in their hearts that this was not the case, the reporter of the "Sun" swore that Patrick single-handedly created the biggest opponent of Guardiola and even Barcelona.
Why did the reporter of The Sun make such an assertion?
Sun Wu looked at the column below speechlessly, which was a reporter's report on interviews with some Barcelona players... Uh, the day after tomorrow is the UEFA Champions League group match between Manchester City and Barcelona.
"Uh, yes, as early as when Best was still in Blackburn, he was taken to La Masia by Patrick." Messi gave an affirmative answer with a look of indifference, "At that time, I played 5 matches with Best. 5."
Pique's answer was ambiguous, "I can't say that, but that summer, I played several training games with him. At that time, Busquets, Pedro, Bojan and Fabregas were also on the court."
"Well, Josep admires him very much, as well as Vilanova, Torrent, and of course, Patrick." Busquets rolled his eyes, "However, after the Champions League final that year, we all know , he has always regarded Barcelona as an opponent."
As the most outstanding teammate ever partnered by Sun Wu, Rakitic's answer is very interesting, "When Best just moved to Schalke 04, Wolfsburg was eliminated by Barcelona in the Champions League... what happened after that Everyone knows that Best has been studying Barcelona and Guardiola, and in the end, he did."
Jumping out to steal the scene was Villa, who was kicked out by Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid also came to the British Isles to challenge Liverpool.
Huluwa said to the reporters without any scruples: "The relationship between Best and Guardiola is much deeper than you think. As early as 2007, he was sitting in the conference room discussing tactics with Guardiola and Patrick. , Mascherano retreated, Messi appeared in the virtual center position...all his proposals."
Well, in this round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester City will face Barcelona, Liverpool will face the defending champion Atletico Madrid, and Chelsea will face Bayern Munich in the life-and-death match. Wu's grievances with Guardiola and Barcelona...
Elyhard Stadium,
At the press conference before the game, the reporters threw a lot of questions to Guardiola and Enrique.
Guardiola refused to answer, claiming he was not interested in the gossip.
But Enrique said: "Although there are world-class midfielders such as Busquets, Kroos and Rakitic in Barcelona's midfield, I will always regret not keeping Best."
The reporters all know the origin of this sentence. It is said that before Sun Wu defected to Wolfsburg, Enrique, the head coach of the Barcelona B team at the time, wanted to sign him.
"Best may be the person who knows Barcelona and La Masia best, although I don't know how he did it." Enrique said with a smile: "But I can be sure that it has nothing to do with Patrick and Guardiola. relation."
The reporters below were all stunned, but Enrique recalled the scene a few years ago in his mind.
At that time, he was still in the Barcelona B team, Sun Wu was still in Schalke 04, and they went to La Masia during the winter break. The two met on the sidelines and briefly discussed Barcelona's tactics at that time. There is a certain overlap.
Enrique faintly felt that this season's Manchester United is likely to bring trouble to Barcelona.
At the same time, as far away as Slovenia, Pochettino and Sun Wu at the press conference are performing a show of reconciliation to the reporters.
No way, this time it's not just the "Sun", even the "Daily Mail" and "The Times" are involved.
Last season, Pochettino witnessed how Sun Wu commanded Manchester United to draw against the mighty Barcelona at the Nou Camp.
This season, Pochettino once again appeared in the stands. He witnessed how Sun Wu defeated Guardiola in the derby. Whether it was tactical adjustments, timing of substitutions and candidates were just right.
In the words of the "Daily Mail", Best is becoming the king of Old Trafford, a king greater than Cantona, and a leader whose authority can be compared with Ferguson.
If it weren't for all the compliments on Sun Wu, he would have wanted to sue the "Daily Mail". Why are you a Broadsheet instead of a tabloid, a big newspaper instead of a tabloid, how can you be as good as the "Sun News"!
It was already quite cold in Eastern Europe in October. Manchester United players wore long-sleeved jerseys, but they were still shivering from the cold.
In this game, Pochettino made a large-scale adjustment. Sun Wu did not even enter the squad, but sat on the coach's bench.
Rashford, Lingard, Carrick, Mane, Welbeck and Valencia all started. Only De Gea, Alderweireld and Schneiderlin continued to start.
Relying on the advantages of home court, Maribor attacked with all their strength at the beginning of the game, and scored the first goal through a corner kick in the 15th minute.
But Griezmann, who came off the bench in the second half, became the key figure. He first made a penalty kick and made the penalty himself. Then in the 78th minute, he used a precise cross to create the opponent's own goal. In the final stage of the game, Lingard tackled in front of the goal. Set the score at 3 to 1.
After the Manchester Derby Sun Wu had a blast in the last game, he sat on the coach's bench in a down jacket honestly in this game, basically didn't say anything, and concentrated on waiting for the results of other games.
Back in the locker room, Sun Wu checked the results of other games, most of them were expected, but some games were surprising.
Guardiola led Manchester City to beat Barcelona 3-1 at home. Of course, this has something to do with Barcelona's early qualifying.
Mourinho set off an offensive frenzy at the Allianz Arena. Cavani and Hazard both scored twice. Chelsea swept Bayern Munich 4-1 away. The situation in this group is very complicated.
The Reds were held to a 2-2 draw by Atletico Madrid at home, with Gotze and Diego Costa both scoring twice.
What Sun Wu pays most attention to is another game in this group. Schalke 04 relied on Hewedes's header to score a 1-0 victory over Athletic Chrissben.
In this group, Maribor has already been eliminated in advance, Schalke 04 has 7 points with 2 wins and 1 draw, Sporting Lisbon has 4 points with 1 win and 1 draw, and Manchester United has 12 points for all four victories.
It has already qualified ahead of schedule, and as long as the next game against Sporting Lisbon is tied, it will ensure the first place in the group.
Satisfied, Sun Wu put away his mobile phone, thinking about the next match schedule in his mind.
This season's Premier League schedule is neither good nor bad for Manchester United, at least not like last season, when a large number of heavyweight games were piled up together.
The other three league opponents this month are Crystal Palace, Arsenal and Hull City, and the match is quite good.
Sun Wu knows that in the next month, what Manchester United will do is to desperately grab points in the league and try to secure and expand their lead before the Christmas schedule.