Chapter 398: In the away game in North London, all the Tottenham fans were shouting Chen Xiaoliang
There was no further change in the game. The Newcastle players, convinced that they had no confidence or chance of winning, obediently retreated their pressing line to the center line and stopped high-pressure pressing, thus leaving space behind for Chen Xiaoliang to pass the ball behind him.
In the end, after each team replaced several players, the score of 3 to 1 remained until the end. In the end, one of the two undefeated teams broke its record.
In the Christmas battle between two teams controlled by oil capital, Manchester United had the last laugh.
Chen Xiaoliang scored a goal and made two assists, winning the man of the match and gaining 14 training points (14→28)
Manchester City beat Leeds United 3-0 away. Haaland scored a hat-trick against the team he supported in his childhood and continued to lead the scorer list of the top five leagues with 27 goals.
Among the BIG7, apart from Newcastle, the only team that lost was once again the troubled Tottenham Hotspur, who lost 2-0 away to 15th-ranked Bournemouth and are still ranked 10th.
What’s even worse is that their next opponents are Manchester United and Chen Xiaoliang, who are at the peak of their powers, and they will play three games in a row…
Tottenham's newly appointed head coach Postecoglou has a terrible headache, and several players who came in the summer window and Kane who chose to stay feel that they have been cheated by the club.
We agreed to strive for the top four, but it turned into striving for the top ten. Who can accept this?
But this is not something Chen Xiaoliang has to worry about. After the game against Newcastle, he went straight home. Although he is not European, he still followed the local customs and summoned all his teammates and coaches of the first team, as well as CEO Van der Sar to his residence in Cheshire to celebrate Christmas. He also specially invited Shen Mengyu and Shen Menglu who played for the Celtic women's football team.
Anyway, the house is big enough, not to mention more than 20 people, even more than 40 people can sit down.
Given Chen Xiaoliang's current status in football and the club, the players rushed over at noon that day.
Ten Hag is no exception. Today is the most important annual festival in the West, just like the Chinese New Year. Which coach would be so harsh as to force extra training on New Year's Eve?
Many media heard the news and were waiting at nearby intersections early on, but since it was a private area and David had hired four security guards to maintain order, even the most paparazzi did not dare to be caught breaking into a private house and put in jail for a few weeks just to take a few photos.
Some of the group of people were barbecuing in the sun on the lawn in the yard, while others were chatting and drinking in the living room, but soon everyone was attracted by the quarrel between Chen Xiaoliang and B Fee.
B Fee: "Who do you think you are?! Today I will let you know how powerful I am!"
Chen Xiaoliang: "Come on, don't you see whose territory this is!"
The two men were shouting loudly, but the teammates around them all had happy expressions on their faces, and they would mock them from time to time, adding fuel to the fire.
After a while, a big "0:4" appeared on the huge TV screen.
B Fee put down the controller in his hand, stood up and danced, even Ten Hag laughed when he saw it.
It turned out that the two people were playing FIFA football.
Chen Xiaoliang: "You should have some shame."
B Fee: "How am I shameless? I didn't cheat!"
Chen Xiaoliang: "You...you chose Manchester United and I can only use Tottenham..."
Everyone: “Hahahaha!”
B Fee: "What? It's not working? Look who scored the four goals?"
Chen Xiaoliang: "Then it was me who got in."
B Fei picked up the handle and pointed at himself, meaning that he was the one who was operating it: "Hey, I scored."
Everyone: “Hahahaha!”
In FIFA 2024, Chen Xiaoliang's total attributes have risen to 95, the highest among all players, with speed 98, shooting 92, passing 95, dribbling 90, defense 97, and physical 94. He is the most used player by all players in the world, surpassing most legendary players.
The game production company has no choice. The real data is there and they can't cut it. The key is that other superstars are biased. For example, Haaland and Mbappe's defense is very poor. No matter how high the offensive data is, the overall evaluation will be dragged down by the defense. Only Chen Xiaoliang ranks second in the Premier League scorer list, first in assists, and in the top 3 in steals and interceptions.
He couldn't even keep his balance, so Chen Xiaoliang was defeated by himself.
Everyone also held a farewell ceremony for Fred who was about to leave the team, and Ten Hag also presented a souvenir on behalf of the team.
Then, they watched Benzema's farewell ceremony at Real Madrid together, which was another segment specially arranged by Ten Hag.
What he wanted the players to see was not their new teammates or what was said specifically at the ceremony, but the 25 championship trophies he had won at Real Madrid on the table.
Not to mention other players, even Varane and Casemiro still feel extremely proud when they recall their years at Real Madrid.
Although they both win the Golden Ball, Chen Xiaoliang knows that he only has eight championship trophies now. Not to mention achieving his ultimate goal of becoming the best player in the world, he still has a long way to go even if he wants to surpass these legendary players.
In his speech before dinner, Van der Sar said the club would take greater action to support the team's revival.
Everyone was very relaxed that day. Although everyone was in high spirits, the head coach was present and there was training the next day, so everyone left for home one after another at 9pm.
After the only day off during the season, the team gathered at the Carrington base for training the next day.
In the afternoon, Benzema and Milinkovic, dressed in casual clothes, arrived at the Carrington base one after another for routine physical examinations to complete the last step of the transfer.
Although strictly speaking the transfer window has not yet opened, since La Liga and Serie A have entered the winter break and the next game will not be until January 2024, Real Madrid and Lazio have released their players in advance.
If your heart is no longer with you, why keep you around?
A day later, after the club helped them settle down their lives, on December 28, the two players officially joined the first team training.
The entrance to Carrington Base was once again surrounded by reporters.
The first day of training ended with all the players praising the two, especially Cesco. Although they both played the role of a fulcrum striker, he was still shocked when he actually saw Benzema's playing style.
But it was the same for both of them.
Milinkovic was surprised to find that after only half a season not seeing Chen Xiaoliang, he had become unrecognizable again.
When Benzema was chatting with his old friends Casemiro and Varane after training, Casemiro asked him: "How do you feel?"
Benzema replied: "Very good, isn't it the same everywhere? But it's fresher here."
Varane quickly shook his head: "We are not asking you this, we are asking that kid."
Benzema chuckled: "I came here because you two told me there was a pervert here. As I said before, perverts are the same everywhere, right? It's not like I haven't seen them before..."
Casemiro and Varane laughed.
Casemiro: "It's different. That pervert is indeed strong, but after training, no one dares to contact him. This little pervert is different. You will definitely like to be friends with him."
Benzema glanced at the two of them and said, "I see you two have been here for a long time. Has your taste changed? Have you started to like perverts?"
Despite high internal morale, media reviews were polarized.
Many media believe that Benzema's arrival will enrich the team's offensive options. Although he is 35 years old, he can still play an immediate role in improving the team like Casemiro.
Others think that by paying a high price for a 35-year-old striker, Manchester United, which is invested by oil capital, has fallen into the same mentality as the Saudi team and has become a retirement home for Real Madrid. On the contrary, Milinkovic-Savic is a suitable investment.
Soon, six days of training were over, Chen Xiaoliang had accumulated another 24 training points (28→52), and the team had already appeared in the locker room at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Benzema and Milinkovic-Savic, who are not yet eligible to play, did not attend the match with the team. They stayed in Carrington for individual training. After all, according to the contract, they are not Manchester United players at the moment.
However, although the newcomers did not meet, the old ones did meet again. Tottenham's new coach Postecoglou is an old acquaintance of Chen Xiaoliang. When he was at Rangers in his first season, Gerrard's biggest opponent was the Celtics coached by Postecoglou. It was also in the game against Celtics that Chen Xiaoliang blocked the opponent's main striker Kento Furuhashi, thus making a name for himself in the Scottish Premier League.
However, when the enemies met at this time, they were not particularly jealous of each other.
Tottenham, with internal and external troubles, was in a mess before the winter transfer window.
Muani chose to join Tottenham following his mentor Glasner in Frankfurt, while the team's top star Harry Kane chose to stay for another year after seeing that the club had bought a lot of players in the summer and once again believed Levy's lies that he wanted to revive the club.
Now, 17 rounds have passed, and they have only 21 points, 20 points behind Chelsea in fourth place. Even if they can achieve the same performance as Manchester City in the second half of the season and score 50 points, they can only get 71 points. According to last season's standards, this score is barely tied with Newcastle for fourth place.
This means that Tottenham's chance of entering the top four this season is only theoretical.
Fortunately, when playing against Manchester United, Postecoglu does not need to mobilize too much. Although the players already have their own plans, facing a highly exposed team like Manchester United, every player knows that as long as they perform well, they will increase their chances of attracting a new club in the winter window.
Soon the starting lineup was announced to the media, with all the main players from Manchester United playing:
goalkeeper Livakovic;
Defenders: Wan-Bissaka, Timber, Lima, Dalot;
Defensive midfielder Bruno Fernandes, Casemiro, central midfielder Chen Xiaoliang;
Left winger Kwa, center forward Cesco, right winger Rashford.
Tottenham Hotspur:
The goalkeeper is Maignan, who was bought from AC Milan;
The back four from left to right: Ben Davies, Eric Dier, Christian Romero, Emerson;
The double defensive midfielders are two African players, Bissouma from Mali and Ndidi from Nigeria who was bought from Leicester;
Attacking midfielder Muani, left winger Son Heung-min, right winger Okafor, and center forward Harry Kane.
According to the assessment of Manchester United coaching staff and external media, Tottenham's lineup should be a strong contender for the top four, but Glasner's transformation of the team will take time, and some unpleasantness with Levy led to his departure after only three months in charge, leaving behind a mess.
After the opening, Manchester United clearly realized Tottenham's biggest problem. The newcomers and old players were each fighting for their own team. They seemed to be isolated from each other tactically and were playing completely different kinds of football.
As a former Australian player who has coached in the Scottish Premier League for many years, Postecoglou's tactical foundation is pure British style - the full-backs press forward, the midfielders get involved in the front, and then pass the ball to the tall and fast forward combination in the middle to try to score a goal.
Therefore, in his vision, the versatile Kane and the extremely fast and excellent passing and control Muani can frequently swap between the striker and attacking midfielder positions to disrupt the opponent's defensive deployment.
But in practice, Kane often follows Muani's movement, and there is no tacit understanding between the two.
In the 6th minute, Son Heung-min dribbled the ball from the wing, and with the support of Ben Davies who was making a forward run, he attacked the area where B Fee was.
Chen Xiaoliang retreated early to assist in defense.
Son Heung-min is 31 years old after all. Although he has been unhappy with Chen Xiaoliang since they met in the UEFA Europa League, he now knows that he can't get any advantage in front of Chen Xiaoliang as he gets older.
So Son Heung-min stopped the ball and passed it across the middle.
He originally wanted to pass the ball to Muani who was in the attacking midfielder position, but Muani thought he stopped to pass the ball directly into the penalty area, so he immediately moved forward.
As a result, the ball was passed directly to Casemiro.
The Tottenham fans, who were already dissatisfied, immediately burst into booing in the stadium.
Casemiro immediately made a diagonal pass to his own right and hit the back of a Tottenham left player.
At this time, Tottenham's left-back Ben Davies was still supporting near Manchester United's penalty area and had no time to return to defense. There was a flat road in front of Rashford, and there was not even a single person in sight.
Chen Xiaoliang started from the middle and sprinted all the way, completing a cross run with Rashford on the right side outside Tottenham's penalty area. The latter knocked the ball to Chen Xiaoliang.
Chen Xiaoliang entered the penalty area along the right sideline of the penalty area. Bissouma and Eric Dier blocked him. Chen Xiaoliang suddenly stopped the ball, shook off the center of gravity of the two fast-running players, and passed the ball back to the back of the penalty spot.
After the ball was passed, Rashford, who was moving forward from the right rib to the middle, followed up and kicked the ball directly. The ball hit the inside of the left post of the goal and bounced into the net!
With an easy two-man counterattack, Tottenham 0-1 Manchester United!
They lost the ball soon after the start of the game due to a mistake after a large-scale pressure, which caused the Tottenham players, whose mentality was already explosive, to quarrel directly on the field.
Son Heung-min spread his hands and accused Muani of running around, causing him to pass the ball incorrectly. Muani hit back that Son Heung-min had no tactical awareness and why was he passing the ball outside the penalty area when he had already made a forward run.
The hot-tempered Eric Dier loudly questioned Ben Davies why he pressed so forward, leaving Rashford directly exposed to the central defender. Ben Davies did not argue with him at all, but responded to his words directly with "Shut up, bastard".
When the fans in the stands saw this scene, they felt sad and helpless, so immediately, the slogan "Levi get out, Lilywhites bloom again" resounded in the stadium, over and over again, and could not be stopped at all.
Not long after, a propeller plane flew slowly over the stadium with a tractor-like engine roar. A long string of words was dragged behind the tail of the plane, which read "ENIC Group Get Out".
ENIC Group is the parent company of Tottenham Hotspur owned by Levy.
After hearing and seeing this, Manchester United's coaching staff sighed.
Last season, it was also on this stadium that Tottenham and Manchester United drew 2-2 in the 33rd round of the league. In previous games, fans would curse at each other, but in that game, fans of both sides competed to see who could curse louder.
Tottenham fans shouted "Levi get out!", and Manchester United fans responded with the same volume "Glazer get out!"
How could Tottenham fans, who were at home, tolerate losing in momentum to the visiting fans? So they raised their voices again, "Levi get out!" Manchester United fans were no less enthusiastic, and they were determined to cover up the momentum even at the cost of their throats.
Finally, Spurs fans had no choice but to shout "Tottenham has the dumbest boss". Manchester United fans were angry. How could they agree to such a thing? They quickly shouted "The dumbest boss is at Manchester United!"
As time goes by, Manchester United's shares have been transferred and the management has been completely replaced, but Tottenham is still stuck in the quagmire. The cleaning lady cleans the empty Hall of Fame every day, which makes Tottenham fans even more angry.
And in the stands, there was another frustrated person.
His name now is Morgan Rogers. As the former chief genius of Tottenham's youth training camp, he wasted his talent because he was intoxicated with his own talent and thought that he would be able to play in the first team sooner or later just lying down.
He has not even joined the first team yet. Today, as a courtesy before leaving the team, he was invited to watch a game at the home stadium. Then as soon as the winter window opens in January, he will be sold to Blackpool of the third-tier League One for 150,000 pounds.
And the arrogant name he used to have in the youth team was Steve Rogers.
At this moment, his eyes were full of Chen Xiaoliang who was celebrating with his teammates, but Chen Xiaoliang on the field didn't pay any attention to him at all.
He thought of that summer, when Chen Xiaoliang would practice shooting alone after the training at the youth training camp every day, and was mocked by them for doing useless work;
I thought of Chen Xiaoliang who leaned over to block his shot with his head during the trial match and was ridiculed for showing that he was not afraid of getting hurt;
He thought of Chen Xiaoliang, who followed him throughout the court just to steal the ball from him and was ridiculed by him as a rough guy with no skills who could only run around.
But now, all the pleasure he had gained from talking turned into slaps in his face.
Moreover, Chen Xiaoliang in front of us is not only still fighting hard, but I heard that he has kept the habit of extra training to this day.
Flowers may bloom again, but people will never be young again.
For the 21-year-old, who has changed his name to Morgan Rogers, there will be no second youth training time. His golden age for improvement has passed, and the time to lay a solid foundation through hard training has been missed. It is hopeless for him to improve in the lower-level leagues in the future.
He also discovered that the club had no mercy on youth players like him.
The title of youth training genius that he once took pride in was easily snatched away by the new kid behind him.
In competitive sports, being bad is the original sin.
Tottenham, who were unsuccessful both on and off the field, continued to play excruciating football.
In the 31st minute, B Fee took a corner kick from the right, Cesco jumped up in front of the goal, and Rashford in the middle easily pushed the ball into the goal without being guarded, and the score became 0-2.
Even the commentator was confused as to how such a gap could suddenly appear in such a crowded restricted area.
Looking at the replay, Cesco ran forward. In addition to Romero who was defending him, Ben Davies on the side was also attracted over.
Then Chen Xiaoliang retreated from the middle to outside the penalty area. In addition to Bissouma who was marking him, Eric Dier also followed.
The key is that these two players actively make up for the defense, but their positions are not filled by teammates.
So Rashford in the middle became the unwanted orphan and scored a goal easily under the watch of the crowd.
The disgraceful two-goal deficit was unbearable for even the most loyal Tottenham fans, who joined in the mockery.
They couldn't help but mock and abuse Levy, as well as some of the players on the field who were completely blindly kicking the ball, and they also started to boo.
Once Manchester United performs well and scores a goal, they will cheer along with the Manchester United fans.
For a moment, commentators from various countries with many years of commentary experience exclaimed that this was unprecedented and pointed out that Levy had completely lost the hearts of the people.
Manchester United did not "disappoint" the kindness of Tottenham fans and scored two more goals in the 61st and 67th minutes of the second half.
Rashford completed his hat-trick with a penalty kick awarded after Eric Dier fouled Cesco in the penalty area.
Then Chen Xiaoliang cooperated with B Fee and Rashford. He ran without the ball, got the ball after being offside, and swept across the middle with great force. The ball hit Maignan and bounced into the goal, creating an own goal.
Although the final goal was not counted on Chen Xiaoliang's head, Chen Xiaoliang, who created the goal, still excitedly rushed to the sidelines to celebrate.
Before the game, there were even some brainless reporters asking if Chen Xiaoliang would not celebrate if he scored against Tottenham.
Mourinho also saw this report. When he was asked this question in an exclusive interview with the media, he said directly, "You really don't understand that guy."
He, who has always been disdainful of Levy, directly stated that Levy is the worst club owner he has ever met, and Tottenham is the most inhumane club.
This former master and apprentice, one using his mouth and the other using his feet, with the cooperation of all the fans, humiliated Levy in the stands to the extreme, leaving Harry Kane with a lonely and helpless expression.
It's not that he doesn't want to leave, but in the summer, Levy offered him a price of 100 million pounds. However, since he only has one year left on his contract, it means that he can negotiate freely after half a year and can sign for free after a year. This is a price that no club can accept.
Because of this, he missed Real Madrid and Manchester United, and Manchester United chose Cesco instead and signed Benzema.
This British star has used his real life trajectory to prove a truth: on the road to success, choices are more important than abilities.
0-4, except for the fans who had already left the stadium, everyone else was cheering to see Manchester United off.
Even many Tottenham fans shouted the slogan "Tottenham legend Chen Xiaoliang" to satirize Levy's greed and short-sightedness.
But after leaving London, none of this had anything to do with Chen Xiaoliang anymore.
Half of the league season has passed, and the next is the winter break of less than 2 weeks. New players will officially join the team and some players will leave.
In this round, Guardiola did not give face to his former disciple Kompany. The team beat Burnley 6-0 at home. Haaland scored a hat-trick again and scored a terrifying 30 goals in 19 league rounds. Except for Chen Xiaoliang in the Premier League and Mbappe in Ligue 1 who scored 20 goals in 17 rounds, the top scorers in the other four major leagues did not even reach half of his level.
Moreover, because the French Ligue 1 has been reduced to 18 teams this season and there are only 34 league rounds throughout the year, it is almost impossible for Mbappe to surpass Haaland in the second half of the season. The whole of Europe has its eyes on Chen Xiaoliang.
The only hope for a monster is to be restrained by another monster.
Driven by the two Manchester City giants, except for Tottenham, the BIG7 once again won all the games. Even the most difficult Chelsea relied on Osimhen's lore to beat Brighton 2-3 away.
Manchester City beat Manchester United by two points and won the half-time championship.
The first 6 are as follows:
1. Manchester City, 17 wins, 2 draws, 53 points;
2nd, Manchester United, 16 wins, 3 draws, 51 points;
3rd, Liverpool, 15 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses, 47 points;
4th, Chelsea, 14 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses, 44 points;
5. Newcastle, 12 wins, 6 draws, 1 loss, 42 points;
No. 6, Arsenal, 12 wins, 2 draws, 5 losses, 38 points;
Chen Xiaoliang, with 23 goals and 11 assists in the league and 27 goals and 15 assists in all competitions, and with the support of Asia's huge population and market, as well as sponsors from all over the world lining up to cooperate with him, successfully surpassed Mbappe and officially became the most valuable player in football today with a value of 200 million euros.
However, despite his crazy achievements, what stood in his way was still the "noisy neighbor" in Manchester.
There can be no talk of revival if we can't beat Manchester City.
Chen Xiaoliang knows that his current performance is not enough and he needs to make a breakthrough in the second half of the season.
