Volume 1: Playing football with me will break your legs Chapter 27: The spirit of the crazy gang is all in the wine
“0:4! Manchester United suffered an unexpected defeat to the English League Two team!”
"Van Gaal is at a loss! Ferguson leaves the field at midfield!"
"No win in three games since the start! The Red Devils set two more shameful historical records!"
"This is all the Dutch coach is? We need Moyes!"
"The worst Red Devils welcome the most expensive Angel in the Premier League, Di Maria, do you regret it?"
…
There was no need to wait until tomorrow. As soon as the game was over, media outlets of all sizes in England had already rushed to release tens of thousands of news stories, and the entire football world was suddenly in chaos.
Van Gaal refused to attend the post-match press conference. His assistant coach Giggs, who replaced him, choked up several times in front of the media and almost burst into tears:
"We are shocked and regretful about today's defeat, but we hope that the fans will continue to support the coaching team and management and give us a little more time..."
Seeing the other party so miserable and the heavy atmosphere, Adre, the winner, felt embarrassed and even tried to intercede for his opponent:
"Manchester United obviously didn't take this game seriously, but we started preparing very early. Today's score does not reflect the true strength of both sides. However, I am very satisfied with the performance of the players. Everyone has implemented the tactical intentions very well. If we can maintain this state, the results at the end of the season will be worth looking forward to!"
His positive statement did not attract attention. The headlines of all sports newspapers after the game still put Van Gaal with lifeless eyes, Ferguson with a livid face, and the dispirited Manchester United players in the center, and Wimbledon's coaches and players could only serve as the background.
Various media outlets have criticized Manchester United and Van Gaal from various angles, mercilessly adding insult to injury to the former ruler of English football:
"Last season, the much-criticized Moyes led his team to the League Cup semi-finals. Who would have thought that the Dutch coach hired with a lot of money would not even be able to pass the first hurdle?"
"In this summer's transfer market, Wimbledon spent a total of 48,000 pounds on signings, but Van Gaal has spent 153 million, which is 3,187.5 times as much as the Wildcats!"
"Akinfenwa, the player with the highest weekly salary in Wimbledon, only makes 2,000 pounds. The total salary of the 18 players on the squad is less than 20,000 pounds. Manchester United's De Gea, Januzaj, Welbeck, Hernandez, Anderson and other players all make 50,000 to 80,000 pounds a week! It can be said that Welbeck's salary alone is equivalent to 4 Wimbledon players!"
"As a head coach, Van Gaal has a base salary of 6 million, plus generous bonuses and signing fees, while Adre only has a salary of less than 100,000 a year!"
“But what was the result?”
"The Red Devils, who are worth over 100 million pounds, were scored 4 goals in a row by a group of semi-amateur players! They had no chance to fight back at all! There was even a dirty red card! They lost both the game and their dignity!"
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Perhaps the crushing defeat inspired the management's generosity. Less than 24 hours after the game, Manchester United officially announced two signings.
One is his fellow countryman, the Dutch international, the all-around midfielder and defender Blind, and the other is the famous "Tiger" Falcao, who is enough to take the Red Devils to a higher level on both offense and defense.
As victims of the devastating defeat, Shinji Kagawa, Hernandez, Welbeck, Anderson and others completely lost the chance to prove themselves at Old Trafford. Kagawa returned to Dortmund, Klopp was loaned to Real Madrid, and Henrika was even sold to Arsenal, once the biggest title contender and now the top four contender.
Li Polo, who was lying in the dormitory, even received a second round of negative emotions from Shinji Kagawa...
This League Cup match brought him a total of 85 points of negative emotions, breaking the record of Milton Keynes. Among them, Januzai alone gave away 52 points of experience. He deserves the name of Jia Baoyu and is indeed a great treasure boy.
After this battle, the emotion value skyrocketed to 235/1000, Hawkeye's experience value also rose to 59/100, and even [Spirit] among the seven major attributes increased a little from the initial 63 because of playing full games in a row.
Li Polo suddenly realized what was going on and breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as you train hard and compete actively, your attribute points can be increased!
I'm not a useless guy who has nothing to do except cheats!
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After slaughtering Manchester United 4-0, the entire Wimbledon team gathered together again and celebrated this overwhelming victory with a drunken party.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Li Polo clearly noticed that the grade of the bar this time... seemed to be a level higher than before?
It’s obvious that Milton Keynes is the mortal enemy!
"You kid, you're a ruthless person!"
After a few bottles of wine, Vice Captain Smith came over:
"We were joking too much about what happened before, don't mind it, brother!"
Don't hit a smiling person. The other party took the initiative to apologize for the unpleasantness of the "welcome dinner", and Li Polo also raised his glass to greet him with a smile:
"Don't say that, Jack, we are teammates!"
Smith's expression relaxed a lot, and he called in the old captain Fuller:
"Come on, Barry, as the captain, after such a victory, shouldn't you say something?"
Compared to Smith, Fuller was still a little bit reluctant. He coughed and raised his glass to Li Polo:
"Celebrate this great victory. From tonight, the whole English football world will know your name!"
Li Polo clinked glasses with him and laughed even more happily:
"Whatever the reason, fame is always a good thing!"
Of course he knew that based on his performance today, he would be blamed for a lot of things.
For Manchester United fans, Li Polo used a "dirty" little move to eliminate Manchester United's front offensive core and Asian superstar Kagawa in less than 20 minutes, and then used a fierce tackle to destroy the confidence of the Red Devils' most outstanding rising star in recent years. He is definitely a well-deserved villain!
As for the second goal scored by Li Polo to expand the score, it was not that important.
"Hey, little guy, you've been playing better and better lately. I can hardly believe that you were still playing for a ninth-level amateur team a month ago."
The praise from the third captain, Phillips, was much more natural. He had been in the middle of the defense in the past few games. He had seen all of Li Polo's performance and even made a joke to Fuller:
"Barry, are you worried that you won't have a place in the team after you return? Hahahaha!"
Fuller was stunned for a moment, then he also laughed:
"Hahahaha, Mark, your jokes are not funny at all, hahahaha!"
Seeing him smiling so happily, Li Polo didn't believe it.
In his eyes, Fuller did not consider him a competitor, but only a second substitute. However, as Li Polo played in the team's matches against Milton Keynes and Manchester United, Fuller had to be alert.
After all, competitive football is not an office. On this green field, the role of human relationships is far less important than the players' own strength. If Li Polo can maintain such a hot state, Fuller can only hand over the captain's armband and willingly become a substitute!
Perhaps because he felt the pressure, Fuller was clearly not in good shape that night. When Li Polo had just drunk half his glass, Fuller was already completely drunk.
"Brothers, do you know Arsenal's Wenger? When I just started playing a few years ago, he called me and said that Henry was going to Barcelona and asked if I was willing to go to Highbury. I refused without hesitation."
The captain of the crazy gang held up his glass and began to recall his glorious days:
"Why do you ask?"
He tilted his head back, took a sip, and burped:
"Because I don't want to be Henry's successor, I just want to be Barry Fuller!"
Li Polo looked around coldly and saw a few people in the box clapping and cheering, but most people were just laughing coldly with sarcasm on their faces. Obviously, no one took his drunken words seriously.
"When we were playing against Milton before, the coach talked about the spirit of a crazy gang. Do you really know what the fuck the spirit of a crazy gang is? No! You know shit! I know shit too!"
Fuller slammed the table, causing bottles and glasses to bang, and then continued to give his advice:
"I came a little earlier than you, but I only played for one season. How could I know those old stories?!"
He glanced at the other teammates one by one and grinned:
"We are all ordinary people. Except for Mark, no one is a die-hard fan of the Mad Gang. We came here to play football and make money, to make a name for ourselves, not for some illusory Mad Gang spirit!"
He burped and laughed:
"Spirit? Can spirit keep me fed?"
