Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Weakness of the Dragon

After the derby against Manchester City, Manchester United's main players had a day off.

There is also a Carabao Cup game in midweek, and although Middlesbrough are not the underdogs, Carlo Ancelotti has decided to rest his main players.

Juan Mata's injury has undergone an initial examination and is expected to take at least five weeks to return. This was a relief to Carlo Ancelotti, who was ready to return to the team ahead of the Premier League's Christmas Express in December.

Ancelotti's defensive problems against teams like Manchester City are a headache for Carlo Ancelotti, but they are not something that can be solved in a short time.

After Ferguson's retirement, two successive coaches have dismantled Manchester United's team almost, although Ancelotti has tinkered in some positions, relying on Li Qingshan's excellent performance in the Premier League is quite strong, but this does not mean that the team is fully mature, he still has a lot of problems.

These problems came to the fore in the game against Manchester City.

As manager, Carlo Ancelotti has a lot to worry about.

And as a player, Li Qingshan won't think so much. When he retired from the world of soccer camp once again, he expertly threw the sweat-soaked sheets into the washing machine, then pulled back the curtains on the balcony to let the sunlight into his room.

Today is a rare day and not many days in England in October are clear skies.

The weather was empty, but Li Qingshan's mood was not so sunny.

Despite being the man of the match in the Manchester derby, scoring three goals and scoring a hat-trick, the team were held to a draw at home.

Perhaps the word "flattening" should not be used. Manchester United and Manchester City were basically evenly matched, and it was a fair result that ended in a draw.

But Li Qingshan was unhappy in his heart.

To be honest, Li Qingshan has some paranoid characteristics, let alone losing, it is a draw now, which can also make him depressed for several days.

It is said that professional players must learn to relieve pressure, but Li Qingshan never seems to have this point, for him, the greater the pressure, the greater the motivation.

Li Qingshan's breakfast is also made by himself, and greasy Chinese food should never be the choice of professional athletes.

Li Qingshan cut a plate of pineapples for himself, as a native of Hunan, he should have no spicy and unhappy, but now Li Qingshan seems to have quit the chili pepper. In the morning, he likes to eat some fruits like pineapple.

The bread maker clicked, and he baked himself a few slices of bread, buttered it, chewed it carefully, and swallowed it with yogurt.

In addition to that, he also got himself two hard-boiled eggs.

This breakfast recipe is not much different from that of most athletes.

Fresh pineapple is a very popular fruit among athletes. The most important aspect of pineapple for athletes is the "wood core" – this area is rich in bromelain, a digestive enzyme that helps players recover faster from sports injuries.

Eggs are also a necessity, eggs can provide a lot of protein, can also help the body slow down the absorption of sugars from bread and pineapple, and control the blood sugar level in the body.

Li Qingshan is a native of Hunan, and grew up eating Hunan cuisine since he was a child, and it took Li Qingshan a few years to adapt to the taste of Hunan cuisine from the oily and heavy taste of Hunan cuisine to such a tasteless sports nutrition meal.

For athletes, in addition to training, diet is also a very important part. Whether an athlete can continue to maintain good condition, in addition to quality training, a reasonable diet also needs to be very scientific and meticulous arrangement.

After breakfast, Li Qingshan took out today's newspaper from the mailbox at the door.

The Manchester derby was undoubtedly the focus of post-match media coverage.

'Manchester United and Manchester City had a fantastic game, Man City were perfect, their attacking group was powerful, De Bruyne, Silva, Sergio Aguero had thrown the United defence to pieces, and if it weren't for David De Gea, the number of goals United had conceded was definitely more than three. Luckily, Manchester United still have Li Qingshan, who broke out again, scoring his second hat-trick in the league this season, helping the team equalise twice, and the score of 3-3 is fair for both sides" Sky Sports made a special report on the game after the game.

"In fact, when the score came to 3-3, everyone was expecting that these two teams would score at least one goal in the next few minutes! In that way, no matter which team wins in the end, the game will be on par with the best game in the Premier League for two decades. ”

The "Premier League's best game of 20 years" mentioned by Sky Sports is also a Manchester derby.

In the first leg of the 2009-10 Manchester derby, the smoke of the derby has been in the air all summer. That summer, Tevez switched from the red side of Manchester United to join the blue side of Manchester City. After signing Tevez, Manchester City unveiled a large poster on the side of the road in Manchester with Tevez's character that read: "Welcome to Manchester".

There were a number of key players on both sides who missed the game ahead of the game, with United's side missing Edwin van der Sar, Paul Scholes and Hargreaves, while Manchester City were missing Robinho, Vincent Kompany and Santa Cruz. Just two minutes into the game, Wayne Rooney took the lead for Manchester United; In the 16th minute, Barry took advantage of a mistake by Ben Foster to equalise for Manchester City. Fletcher twice then gave United the lead, but Bellamy equalised twice. With 96 minutes of stoppage time played, Owen, who joined United on a summer free, received an assist from Ryan Giggs to complete the countdown, which was also Owen's first goal for Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Ferguson was excited on the sidelines, while Mark Hughes could only question the referee from the sidelines: "The game should have been over a long time ago. "This is undoubtedly the most thrilling Manchester derby to date.

Sky Sports' comparison of the Manchester derby to the 4-3 match in the 2009-2010 season speaks volumes about how spectacular the game was. The two teams played against each other, which made the fans watching the game very enjoyable.

In such a crucial game, it is rare for two teams to open up a confrontation scene, after all, when facing a strong opponent, it is the practice of most people to choose to be conservative and cautious.

However, Manchester City's style of play also seems to have inspired many Premier League teams.

After the game, it was mentioned in the media that Manchester City had helped other Premier League teams find Manchester United's dead end - their backline was more rigid than flexible!

And Manchester United legend Gary Neville obviously scoffed at this view, he wrote in his column: Yes, Manchester United does have such a weakness, but this weakness is not something that anyone can touch, even if it is a weakness, this is also the weakness of the dragon, maybe you have not attacked his weakness, you will be crushed to death by the dragon........