I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

Chapter 50: Lu Xiaopang broke out

   When Manchester United resumed training on January 14, Ye Su found that Rooney had become a lot more silent, and he became more involved in training.

   Ye Su knew that Xiaopang Lu was stimulated.

Just a day ago, his good friend Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or. This is the second consecutive FIFA Ballon d'Or for Ronaldo and the third time in his career. It's about to catch up with Messi.

   Seeing good friends winning consecutive prizes, but he did not even enter the big list of the FIFA Golden Globe Awards, Lu Xiaopang must be very complicated.

   If it was before, he would send a blessing to his friend and would not think too much, but now he has a lot of thoughts.

   This has a lot to do with Lu Xiaopang's current situation.

   Lu Xiaopang this season, his performance is very hot. In the Premier League, he has a magical performance of 16 goals and 8 assists. Not only does he lead the Premier League's scorer list, but he also ranks first in the Premier League's assist list. He is the best player in the entire Premier League.

   In addition, in the Europa League, he also has 2 goals and 2 assists.

   Because of his excellent performance on both fronts, Rooney's recent upward trend in various rankings in the football field is very obvious. The British media even said that he is now the number one center forward in football.

   In the first two years, because of the overall poor performance, Rooney basically had no hope of competing for awards such as the Golden Globes. Even before the start of the season, Ye Su said he wanted to lead him back to the peak of his career. He didn't care too much. He just thought it was the head coach's intention to make him the captain of the team.

   But now that half of the season has passed, what has happened makes him feel like he had originally dreamed. Not only did Manchester United top the standings in the Premier League, he himself played the best half of his career, occupying the top of both the scorers list and the assists list.

  Following this trend, at this time next year, even if he cannot win the Golden Globe Award, it is very likely that he will be in the top ten or even the top five.

  Even if Manchester United can perform well in the Europa League and finally win the championship, it is not impossible for him to take this opportunity to reach the top three of the Golden Globes next year.

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   With an idea in his mind, Rooney couldn't calm down.

   Serious training is only one aspect, and in the weekend game against the Queen's Park Rangers, the opponent has become the object of Lu Xiaopang's vent. In the match away at Loftus Road Stadium, Lu Xiaopang kicked his head and opened his bow from left to right. He poured three QPRs and led his team to a 4-0 victory over the opponent.

   This is when Ye Su took the initiative to replace Rooney in the 70th minute of the game, otherwise the red-eyed Lu Xiaopang would not know if he would score again.

   It is worth mentioning that in this game, De Bruyne also performed a hat trick, but his hat trick was an assist. This allowed Tintin to reach 10 assists, surpassing Rooney and becoming the Premier League assist king.

   At the same time that Manchester United was slaughtering all sides at the Loftus Stadium, there was also a massacre at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, Wales. The Blues swept the home team Swansea with a score of 5:0. In this game, Diego Costa scored twice and continued to chase Rooney in the Premier League goalscorer list.

   In addition, Oscar also scored twice, and Xu Erle was the icing on the cake, scoring the fifth goal of the Blues.

   Manchester United and Chelsea continued to rush forward, but Manchester City was blocked by Arsenal. The Gunners at the Etihad Stadium, relying on the goals of Cazorla and Giroud, beat Blue Moon 2-0.

   Manchester City, who lost the ball, were thus opened up by Manchester United and Chelsea.

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   After entering 2015, Manchester United played a little listlessly in the first game of the new year. The performance of the subsequent games is getting better and better. The team feels that it is getting better and better.

   This may have something to do with the gradual loosening of Manchester United's schedule. Because in addition to the world-famous Christmas Devil schedule, Manchester United's game slowly resumed the rhythm of the week, which allowed the players' physical fitness to be restored to a certain extent.

   Of course, another reason is that the cooperation between the players is becoming more and more tacit.

   On the penultimate weekend of January, Manchester United ushered in the fourth round of the FA Cup, playing away against the English second team Cambridge United.

   Because the schedule is relatively easy, Ye Su only did a small number of rotations, almost playing in the main lineup. This allowed Cambridge United, which is only ranked in the middle of the second half, to completely confront. They lost 3 goals in the first half. Rooney, Vardy and De Bruyne each scored a goal. The three assists were provided by Bruno Fernandez and De Bruyne Brauner and Mata contributed separately.

   The game was settled at halftime. Soon after the second half started, Ye Su replaced Rooney and other main players to give teenagers like James Wilson the opportunity to play.

   In the end, Manchester United defeated Cambridge United 3-0 in the away game and advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

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   On the last day of January, Manchester United ushered in the 23rd round of the Premier League, playing at Old Trafford against Leicester City.

   In this game, Manchester United still showed an excellent competitive form, taking a 3-goal lead in the first half. Rooney and Vardy scored the Blue Fox’s goal in the 27th and 32nd minutes, respectively.

   In the 27th minute, Kanter sent an overhead ball after a steal in the frontcourt. Rooney single-handedly broke into the penalty area with a right-footed volley from 12 yards on the right rib. The ball flew into the far corner and Manchester United led 1:0.

In the 32nd minute, Rooney went straight, Bruno Fernandez broke into the penalty area with a low left foot 10 yards from the right rib, Schwarzer saved the ball, Vardy grabbed a shovel shot from 5 yards from the goal, Manchester United 2:0 Lead.

   Near the end of the first half, Manchester United won a corner kick again. Rooney took a left corner kick, and Maguire headed before the ball. Leicester City defender Morgan accidentally set his own goal under the pressure of Manchester United players. Manchester United led 3:0.

   Blue Fox pulled back a city in the 80th minute of the game. Cambiasso passed the ball, Albrighton cut in from the right, and the undefended Vasilevsky scored a header from 5 yards, rewriting the score on the court to 3:1.

   After winning, Manchester United scored 17 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss in 23 rounds of the Premier League. He scored 56 points and continued to lead the Premier League standings.

   Soon after the Manchester United game ended, their two main rivals, Chelsea and Manchester City, started a battle at Stamford Bridge.

   In the game, Chelsea's Remy led Chelsea in the 41st minute, but before the end of the first half, David Silva equalized the score for Blue Moon.

   In the end, the two sides shook hands and made a peace in this double blue game, and each side took one point.

   But neither Chelsea fans nor Manchester City fans are happy.

   For Chelsea, they are now 3 points behind Manchester United, and Manchester United has overtaken by the number of goal difference.

   After three rounds of defeat, Manchester City has changed from only 1 point behind Manchester United to 8 points behind Manchester United, almost withdrawing from the ranks of the championship.

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   But Manchester United fans were not happy for long, because their team also made a mistake next weekend.

   In the game away at the London Olympic Stadium, Manchester United's performance was a bit off state. Although they controlled the game from the scene, the real threats were very few.

   Instead, it was the home team West Ham United, who used a barrel to deal with Manchester United’s siege, and at the same time used a long pass to threaten Manchester United’s goal.

In the 49th minute, West Ham dropped a free kick into the penalty area. Rooney was not far away with a header. Kuyat, who was undefended, turned his back to the goal twice in a row and then turned around and scored with his right foot, rewriting the score on the court. To 1:0, Manchester United as a guest fell behind.

   Although Manchester United immediately launched a powerful counterattack, the shots of Rooney, Vardy, Mata and others were either blocked by the Hammers, or missed by themselves.

   Until the regular 90 minutes, Manchester United was still behind in the away game.

   In desperation, Ye Su had no choice but to fight with West Ham United. He replaced Fellaini with Fellaini, allowing the Belgian to stand in the opponent's penalty area and act as a bridgehead. While De Bruyne, Bruno Fernandez and others frequently dropped the ball into the penalty area of ​​West Ham United, and both sides played bayonet.

   Manchester United's indiscriminate bombing finally worked in the 92nd minute of the game. Bruno Fernandez dropped a high ball into the penalty area~www.ltnovel.com~ West Ham United defender had a header not far away. De Bruyne volleyed the ball with his right foot from 14 yards to equalize.

   In the end, Manchester United drew with West Ham 1:1 and scored 1 point with difficulty.

   But this one point also allows Manchester United to continue to suppress Chelsea by one point and continue to lead the Premier League standings.

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   After entering mid-February, Manchester United's schedule became dense again.

   At 7:45 pm on February 11th, Manchester United played Burnley at home.

   This game finally became "normal", mainly because the Manchester United soldiers corrected their attitude.

   Rooney became the winner of this game.

   In the 6th minute, Bruno Fernandez took a left corner kick. Vardy headed the ball before the ferry, and Maguire headed back to the center. Rooney scored a header from 5 yards and Manchester United 1:0 Burnley.

   However, Burnley quickly equalized. In the 12th minute, Van Dijk made a clearance ball and was intercepted by Burnley. Trippier made a pass from the right. The unguarded Eggers scored a header from 5 yards and broke Manchester United's city pool.

   However, Manchester United once again exceeded the score before the end of the first half.

   In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Manchester United took a tactical corner kick on the right. De Bruyne made a cross from the right. After that, Vardy scored a header from 6 yards and Manchester United 2:1 Burnley.

   In the 81st minute, Vardy was brought down by Arfield in the penalty area. The referee awarded a penalty kick. It is worth noting that this is also the first time Manchester United have won a penalty kick in the league this season.

   When the referee pointed to the penalty spot, Ye Su was on the sidelines with mixed feelings. After leading his team to play 40 official games, he finally won the first penalty.

   Rooney took the penalty overnight, Manchester United 3: 1 Burnley.

  

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