Chapter 53: The Eve of the Great War

"Wow...."

All the FC United players who entered the away dressing room let out an exclamation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info But it wasn't because of the luxury of the dressing room - on the contrary, the contrast between the room and the dignified Old Trafford they imagined was too great.

There are only two areas in this dressing room, the hall and the shower room, and it is very small, feeling a little smaller than the home dressing room of FC United. And it's a little lower than the average house, giving people a very oppressive feeling.

There was only a row of coat hooks on the smooth walls around the hall, and under the coat hooks was a row of stools, which looked a little lower than normal stools, and it was estimated that all the players had to bend their feet, and under the stools was a row of cabinets. There was an old massage chair in the middle, and nothing else.

The players looked at the humble visiting dressing room, staring at each other. It's not the same as they imagined the big club's dressing room, and they were ready to take a few photos of the dressing room and post it on Facebook.

"Surprised, boys? I tell you, all the Premier League teams don't have the best dressing room than you think! ”

Marginson's laughter came from behind them, and members of the coaching staff walked into the dressing room, which suddenly felt a little cramped in the tight space.

He beckoned, "Sit down, it's too crowded to stand." The room was full of people dangling around, and I was dizzy to watch. ”

As a result, the stunned FC United players sat under the hooks with their own jerseys.

"Because it can create pressure and problems for the away team and make them feel uncomfortable. Maybe you're going to run out of hot water when you're taking a shower, I'm not exaggerating, hahahaha," Marginson said and laughed to himself, and the players who had heard of these tricks for the first time had a look on their faces.

"Do you see where the tactical board is in this locker room?" Marginson put away an exaggerated smile.

The players glanced left and right, and the dressing room tactical board was actually on the wall on the side of the doorway.

"Do you know why the tactical board is here?" Without waiting for the players to answer, Marginson continued: "Because it's installed at the door, when you're planning your tactics, it's easy to be interrupted by people opening and closing the door. ”

It was an eye-opener for a group of amateur players who didn't expect the dressing room to be so particular about disrupting the visitors.

"Remember what I said the last time I played Liverpool? Players step onto the pitch and are born to win. See that, this is how Manchester United treat their opponents! Guys, we're here to play, Manchester United is our opponent in this game, not the glossy megateams you see on TV! Put away your curiosity, now change my clothes and get ready to warm up!! ”

Wait until the players have changed their clothes and gone out to warm up. Marginson turned to his assistant Roy and asked, "Did Manchester United start this game?" ”

Roy took out an A4 piece of paper from his handbag and handed it over: "Come out, today's game is not good." ”

Marginson took it and looked at it, and it printed the list of Manchester United matches for this game.

The starters included goalkeeper David De Gea, right-back Rafael, centre-backs Chris Smalling, Jones and right-back Patrice Evra; The midfielders include Nani, Anderson, Carrick and Shinji Kagawa, with Wayne Rooney partnering Pea Hernandez Jr. up front.

This is a semi-main lineup!

Marginson scratched his head, the opponent is more serious about this game than he thought.

It seems that Manchester United will not take this "quasi-derby" game lightly, not to mention that the opponent eliminated by FC United in the last round was Liverpool!

The commentator filmed by Sky Sports in this game is still Andy. Gray, Gary. Neville and Redknapp sat in the guest seats.

'What do the two have to say about the squad that Ferguson has fielded?' Andy Gray, who had just finished reading the starting lists of both sides, put down the information in his hand.

"I think Coach Alex Ferguson is a bit too cautious!" Redknapp said first, "It is true that FC United eliminated Liverpool in the last round, but until now I still think that this is not how strong FC United is, it is just a chance game, FC United scored two goals in three attempts to attack in the whole game, which is really lucky, and Liverpool hit more than 40 shots in the whole game, but failed to score more goals, Liverpool made them pay the price in bad luck and underweight." ”

'What's more, it's at Manchester United's home stadium and FC United don't have many chances.

"I don't think so!" Gary. Neville retorted, "FC United's win over Liverpool may have been a coincidence, but there is also inevitability in chance, first of all, their defense is well organised, they have not lost their position in key areas, and they are very physical, they can still keep up with the rhythm despite Liverpool's 90 minutes of furious attacks, which is really valuable for an amateur team!" ”

"And I want to make it important to say that their striker, the Chinese student boy, is really not like an amateur player, he has stuck his position ahead of his opponent several times, and this judgment of the landing point is at least not lost to Carragher! Despite the fact that Carragher is already very old. "Gary. Neville teased his old rival and continued: "And his two headers show that his heading skills are also good, and most importantly, his body is too strong, a strong body, not a very slow speed, physical explosion, good header skills, accurate landing point judgment." With such a centre-forward, I think there will be a lot of teams who want him. ”

Just as Neville and Redknapp were competing in the live studio in the UK, in China, Zhang Jun also got the list of players for the game.

This time the match is much more watched than the last one, and even some local sports channels will broadcast the game. And this time, the anchor also arranged for him to be the commentator as a partner - former international player Li Tie.

Li Tie also played in England that year, playing for Everton and also playing in the FA Cup.

"Coach Li, tell us what you think of this game." Zhang Jun asked.

"First of all, let's defend well, I'm talking about FC United's side. I watched their last game against Liverpool and Li Qingshan is a really good player, even though he is a centre-forward, he is also very good at defending high balls. I think there must have been a lot of clubs coming to him after that game. ”

"Haha, this may be a happy annoyance for him, does Coach Li think Li Qingshan's current ability can adapt to the professional arena?" As a broadcaster in China, of course, the most concerned is the players of my own country.

"Of course, I think Li Qingshan's performance in the last game was not accidental, I went to check it again before I came today, the latest data, Li Qingshan's goals in the seventh league have reached fifty goals! This goal efficiency is really terrifying, you must know that many players who have played from the English amateur league to the professional league are far from being able to match this kind of goal efficiency! This at least shows that he is unbeatable in the amateur arena. And that means he has the ability to play in the professional league. "Li Tie has played in England and knows a lot about the English league system.

At this time, the FC United players who had warmed up walked back to the crowded locker room one after another.

As everyone changed into dry game clothes, Marginson emphasized the tactical deployment they had said countless times.

Defend .......

Waiting for the counterattack!!

After hearing the referee outside the door announcing the appearance, everyone walked out of the dressing room in turn, led by captain Dean Stout.

This time they had experience, and instead of shaking their heads and looking around, they were staring straight ahead with serious expressions.

We're not rookies anymore, Manchester United, wait!!