Chapter 827: Harmony Between Generals and Prime Ministers (Part 2)
The cameras and flashlights below are densely packed, and the raised hands are as lush as a forest.
The coaches of both sides on the stage had different expressions. Aston Villa's coach Paul Lambert was very unhappy and looked at the reporters with a blank face as they asked questions one by one to their colleagues around him.
Lambert played in the Scottish League for a long time as a player, but he is not little famous. He was a key figure in Dortmund lifting the Big Ears Cup in 1997. In that final, he locked up Zidane and assisted his teammates to open the scoring.
As a former Dortmund star, Lambert is very cold towards Sun Wu. In fact, he also has a lot of grudges with Manchester United. In the 1997 Champions League semi-finals, Dortmund eliminated Manchester United. Lambert's outstanding performance suppressed Roy Keane. , the latter once specifically mentioned this matter in his autobiography.
Last season, Manchester United lost to Lambert's Aston Villa in the league, but Sun Wu was suspended and did not play in that game.
"No, no, no, I don't have any problems with Best." Pochettino said with a smile: "Arguing or arguing? Of course, both I and Best like this method."
"Of course not. Best is still a member of the team's coaching staff... The winter transfer window is about to open in 10 days. Let Best leave the coaching staff at this time? I'm not crazy!"
"The draw was a good result. Both Liverpool and Manchester United had a chance to win the game, but... well, the man of the match was Joe Hart, and I actually thought De Gea did a good job. .”
"Thomas transfers to Bayern? Who reported this? Oh, it's "The Sun"... I don't think I need to explain this!"
Sun Wu, who is sitting next to Pochettino, puts on different expressions according to different situations, either smiling broadly, nodding slightly, or smiling knowingly...
Tsk tsk, this song "The Harmony of Generals and Prime Ministers" is sung well.
Back in the locker room, Sun Wu looked at his teammates hesitantly. In the next ten days, Manchester United will play 4 games. The intensive schedule will definitely cause certain ups and downs in the players' condition. Sun Wu feels that he will use that condition when the time comes. The increase is stuck.
But this card will speed up physical energy consumption... Sun Wu's eyes swept over Thomas Muller, Griezmann, and Mane one by one.
There is no need to consider Smalling. His negotiations with Everton are nearing completion. The transfer will be completed when the transfer window closes and opens. Even if Alderweireld is injured and Phil Jones accumulates yellow cards and is suspended, Pochettino also put him on the bench.
Ashley Young? forget it,
Professor Yang, who is in the contract year, may have already used the status increase card...
Griezmann, Mane, and Thomas Muller are not suitable, and they do not have much physical reserves.
In the end, Sun Wu chose Lukaku. After the Belgian center came back, his performance was good and bad, and his state was ups and downs. He also played few games in the previous few months and had relatively sufficient physical reserves.
The most important thing about choosing Lukaku is that with Alderweireld injured and Smalling about to leave, Manchester United's defense is not stable enough and there is no bench depth. Sun Wu hopes to use offense to defeat the opponent.
In this game, Manchester United's central defender partner was Rojo and teenager Blackett.
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There was silence in the stands at Villa Park. The home fans were speechless as they watched the big black man roar and rush to the corner flag and kneel down passionately.
Sun Wu regretted it a bit. This status boosting card is so amazing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it has a 90% lower limit, but no upper limit!
Although another Belgian center, Benteli, opened the scoring with a perfect curved shot after the opening, Lukaku then scored a hat trick in the 15th, 19th, 26th, and just 11 minutes. It was Manchester United's second hat-trick this season.
Lambert stood frozen on the sidelines like a wax figure in a wax museum. He did a lot of homework before the game. He not only deployed two beasts in the midfield, but also made the team organizer Delph give up. Attack and try to contain Sun Wu's performance as much as possible.
But Sun Wu, who is used to being closely guarded by the opponent, gave a perfect counterattack. He used wide range of running, non-stop passing and receiving, just the right movement, sudden forward penetration, and exquisite passing to beat Aspen. Donvilla's defense disintegrated.
In Lambert's eyes, although Lukaku's hat trick was wonderful, the root of Manchester United's ability to suppress the whole game was that No. 7.
Although there was no assist, all three goals were organized by Sun Wu, and he sent just the right pass to allow his teammates to complete the assists. Among them, Ashley Young, who was in great form, assisted twice and another The assist came from Mane.
"After a short period of ups and downs, Best became that robot again." Mortensen was full of praise for Sun Wu's performance. "Every time he touches the ball, the Aston Villa players feel nervous."
In the 38th minute, under Delph's close guard, Sun Wu suddenly retreated in a circle, used Schneiderlin's body to set up a pick-and-roll, and moved forward at high speed on the penalty area line to receive Coleman's return pass from the right. The foot is blocked and the goal is scored.
This is Sun Wu's seventh league goal this season and his 10th goal in all competitions.
Before the start of the season, Sun Wu set a goal of scoring 20+ goals, and now he has achieved half of it.
In the 61st minute of the second half, Griezmann missed a corner kick and scored to expand the score to 5-1. Pochettino began to make substitutions. After 4 games in 10 days, physical fitness ranked first among the factors that affected the record.
Lukaku and Sun Wu came off the field one after another, and Klose and Lingard came on as substitutes.
After high-fiving his teammates one after another, Sun Wu walked back and sat on the coaching bench. Miguel and the others specially moved to the side, vacating the seats next to Pochettino.
Sun Wu knew that the performance was not over yet.
Zhang Lu's interpretation was, "Pochettino and Sun Wu are talking to each other, and there is no contradiction at all. The generals' discord messages can disappear."
But Zhan Jun was very suspicious. He was very familiar with Sun Wu and carefully studied his resume. He felt that it was normal for Sun Wu and Pochettino to have problems, but it was abnormal for generals to reconcile...
"The offer is 12 million euros, but Florence has not let go yet." Pochettino whispered: "The key is that there are competitors now."
Sun Wu blinked, "Simone?"
"Uh, how did you know!" Pochettino was shocked. He only learned this news yesterday from the sports director of Florence.
"Haha, you guessed it, you guessed it." Sun Wu laughed twice. He didn't pay much attention to Savage's transfer news recently.
Pochettino felt weird in his heart, but continued: "Atletico Madrid's price is said to be low, but it is said that they are willing to add a player as a top-notch option."
Sun Wu was stunned. Although Savage has been one of the most outstanding defenders in Serie A in the past one or two seasons, his worth should not be high. Are Atletico Madrid still willing to add more?
In fact, this deal only took place next summer. Atletico Madrid sent Uruguayan midfielder Suarez to Florence for 10 million euros, and then acquired Savic for 12 million euros.
Of course, Suarez is not adding to the problem. It is obvious that the Fiorentina sporting director is fooling Pochettino.
Sun Wu hesitated for a moment, turned over the names in his mind, and finally found a player who might be in line with Pochettino's appetite and whose worth was not high.
Pochettino was speechless. He glanced at the guy next to him who was filled with mystery. "Are you sure? It's Sporting Lisbon again, Eric Dier? This name is very unfamiliar."