Chapter Eighty-Six: Unexpected Praise and Rewards
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Manchester United beat Manchester City at home and won the Manchester derby.
From falling behind to overtaking, it took them almost the whole time.
Although the victory was not easy to come by, the players were not particularly excited, and the Manchester derby in recent years, in terms of strength, was a bit of a big deviation.
It wasn't as exhilarating after the game as against Liverpool and Arsenal.
Wayne Rooney took home the Player of the Match award and struggled to score the whole game, and although he squandered a couple of chances, he was always on the pitch and trying to play the role of savior.
Of course, Dong Fangzhuo's performance was not bad, it was he who changed the situation on the field and equalized for Manchester United.
At the end of the game, I just found Dong Fangzhuo and took the initiative to exchange jerseys with Dong Fangzhuo.
Dunn really felt that the young Dong Fangzhuo had taught him a lesson. In such a fierce field in the Premier League, you can never underestimate any enemy, and Dunn underestimated Dong Fangzhuo's ability at the beginning, and then let Dong Fangzhuo score.
Dong Fangzhuo thought for a while, this seems to be the first time he has exchanged jerseys in the Premier League, because he has not had the opportunity before.
His first appearance in his last life was against Chelsea, but in that game he acted like a piece of, where he was embarrassed to exchange shirts with the opponent, but this time it was different, he just came up and exchanged with him.
Sun Jihai also dragged his tired body to him.
In fact, Sun Jihai's performance in this game was also very good, but he made a mistake at the last moment, strictly speaking, it was not a mistake, it should be too much physical consumption, and he was finally played by Giggs, and then lost the most important goal......
Sun Jihai's mood was very depressed, but he still didn't forget to come over to praise Dong Fangzhuo.
Dong Fangzhuo's face was a little embarrassed, he felt that he should comfort Sun Jihai......
With a thrilling three points, Manchester United did not fall behind in the league table, still following Arsenal and Chelsea.
Two hours later, however, the league table had changed, with Chelsea winning and Arsenal drawing to give Chelsea the first time they overtook Arsenal and moved to the top of the table, with Arsenal dropping to second place.
Manchester United remain third, with Liverpool behind him.
But United don't need to think about the pursuers behind them, they should look up and keep catching up.
Dong Fangzhuo knows that Manchester United's league result this season in his last life was the third place, but what about this life? History does not necessarily repeat itself.
In the dressing room, Ferguson praised the team for a rare occasion instead of spraying the players.
'We showed enough resilience in this game, even when we were behind, we were strong enough.
'That's the attitude we should have, every game. Whether we are ahead or behind, we want to let each other know that we are the winners. ”
“……”
Ferguson was unusual, and his performance was different from usual, which also made everyone very unaccustomed to it, and it also showed that Ferguson was really satisfied with this game.
“……”
Finally, he glanced at Dong Fangzhuo, and then dropped a sentence.
"Dong, you did a good job."
Dong Fangzhuo almost didn't stand firm, and he really heard it right?
Did Ferguson really praise himself?
The sun really came out in the west......
This sentence, except when Ferguson first arrived at Manchester United, he never heard it again.
What a strange phrase.
Dong Fangzhuo's deepest impression and most painful sentence is - the head is world-class.
This sentence has been with him for more than ten years, but he has never proved it wrong.
But now, he seems to have done it, even if it was just the beginning.
When Alex Ferguson left, Cristiano Ronaldo came over and hugged him.
"Did you hear that? The old man is praising you. ”
"He actually praised you in front of so many people!"
"He's never said that to me yet."
"He just told me secretly in private, obviously I didn't believe it, but what he said to you today, I believed it."
"Huh! I believed it too. Dong Fangzhuo nodded seriously, which really shows that his status has risen.
Ferguson did not selectively forget.
After that, the Manchester Evening News also commented positively on Dong Fangzhuo's performance.
"Once again, the Chinese Dong picked up the ball in the opponent's goal and walked back, and at this moment he became a hero at Old Trafford......
Even the Chinese media heckled - "Ferguson must face up to Dong Fangzhuo's performance, he must give Dong Fangzhuo more playing time, for example, in the next League Cup, he can let Dong Fangzhuo start." ”
Soon, Dong Fangzhuo received a reward.
In the Carabao Cup that followed, he found his name really in the starting line-up!
At home to Crystal Palace, he finally secured a starting position.
Although he only started in the Carabao Cup, it also shows that his status has risen, you know, he didn't even make the squad in the last League Cup......
Now Ferguson is pushing him to the starting line-up and it's giving him a chance to continue working and play more.
What made Dong Fangzhuo even more surprising was that Pique and Rossi were once again promoted to the first team and became substitutes again.
In the starting lineup, Ferguson did not rotate significantly, and still played most of the main players. At the back, Silvestre replaced Brown, and in midfield, captain Keane was rotated by Fletcher and Ryan Giggs was rotated by Smith.
The forward partners are Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Dong Fangzhuo.
This starting list was announced the day before the game, and it was announced very early.
This is not a military exercise, this is a big war. Dong Fangzhuo defined this League Cup match.
This is the opportunity that Ferguson deliberately gave him, not just to let him play, but also deliberately.
They all said that they wouldn't let you play as a starter, and now they will let you play as a starter, depending on whether you have the ability to destroy the city for the team.
Even in the front line partner, a green leaf like Soskoya was also dispatched......
It's just that in the midfield configuration, it is a little weaker, and Giggs and Keane are not on the field.
But the opponent is a little weaker, it's just Crystal Palace, not a team of Manchester City's level......
Dong Fangzhuo is not worried that he can't get the ball, he has to think about how to score, not worry about not being able to score.
The presence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Scholes in midfield means that he has a chance to shoot on goal, and it depends on how many he can catch.
Striker partner Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is also a selfless team-mate and he will certainly be able to create chances as well.
The only thing to worry about is Smith on the left......