Chapter Eighty-Seven: Another Wound

Injury problems in the tail end of November really don't bode well.

The day after the match against West Ham United, Carlo Ancelotti received a report from the team doctor.

Hummels has to have surgery!!

And it was major surgery on the right knee, and I was absent for at least five months! This basically means that Hummels is reimbursed for the season!

Damn it!!

Carlo Ancelotti slammed the injury report onto the table and rubbed his popping temples. The injury of an absolute mainstay centre-back has had an impact on the team.

Hummels' serious injury has caused quite a stir in the media, and the five-month absence is sympathetic, but in the eyes of many English media, Hummels' injury will not have a big impact. With Li Qingshan up front, United's attacking combination can ensure that they score in every game – in fact, there has never been a game in which the Reds have failed to score since the start of the new season. Therefore, in the eyes of many media commentators, Manchester United's greatest advantage is the strong attacking power they have in attack.

As for Hummels' injury, it may have an impact on the defence, but Manchester United's reserves at centre-back are relatively thick, and Ivory Coast centre-back Bailly, who has been brought in for £30 million this season, also needs time to come on the pitch to prove his worth.

While Manchester United's fans and media are optimistic, Carlo Ancelotti is the opposite.

Hummels is injured and Bailly should be back from injury in the next game, when Bailly can be on top. But the problem is that Ancelotti will certainly not be so comfortable in rotation when he plays back-to-back games in December.

For Smalling and Phil Jones, Ancelotti actually doesn't trust much, these two Manchester United central defenders are also good central defenders in the Premier League, but they are not very stable, often make small mistakes or something - in the position of central defender, the most taboo is instability.

So Chris Smalling and Phil Jones have to continue to be substituted.

Ancelotti's main hope now is that no more players will be injured in the next games.

But it is clear that United are not favored by God.

Carlo Ancelotti feared another injury in the squad, but another player appeared on the injury list.

It was Sandro who was injured this time .... Manchester United's main right-back.

During a training confrontation, Sandro fell to the ground clutching his ankle, and when the team doctor saw the big bag on his foot, he also frowned and looked serious.

The ankle is one of the most injury-prone areas for footballers, and Sandro won't have to be out for five months, but it's not a short-term return – at least not in December.

Carlo Ancelotti couldn't help but curse, and at a critical moment in the season, his main players were injured one after another.

The media in Manchester are also starting to realise that things are not going well, and that it is not a good thing that the main players of the squad have been injured in the run-up to the Christmas Express schedule.

Fortunately, no more players have been injured before the Carabao Cup tie with West Ham United.

West Ham fans are most annoyed by hearing the name Manchester United at the moment. The two sides first met in the league, with United sending West Ham to a defeat and sending them into the relegation zone.

Then in the Carabao Cup, the two sides have to play again.

The Carabao Cup quarter-final draw saw Manchester United draw at home to West Ham United.

The League Cup reached the quarter-finals, and then the semi-finals, so neither side wants to give up easily, but they are also not willing to invest too much energy in the League Cup so as not to affect the league - after all, it is only the quarter-finals, and if they reach the semi-finals, both sides may take this game seriously.

Manchester United's side sent a semi-main team plus a substitute lineup, Li Qingshan, Mata, Pogba and others did not enter the squad, and Di Maria also sat on the bench.

The same is true for West Ham, December is a crucial month for Bilic, and he must pull West Ham out of the relegation zone before 2016 passes, otherwise Bilic's job will be lost....

Neither side has invested much experience, but in the battle for substitutes, the gap between West Ham United and Manchester United is even bigger than the gap between the two main line-ups. In the end, Manchester United beat West Ham United 4-1 at home to reach the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup.

With a victory, the December schedule officially kicked off.

On December 1, they beat West Ham United in the Carabao Cup, and on December 4, Manchester United will travel to Everton.

Goodison Forest is not an easy away game for any Premier League team.

Everton got off to the best start to the Premier League season in the first five games for the club, but they have won just one of their eight games, and now for Everton manager Ronald Koeman, the team desperately needs a win to ease the pressure – both for the players and himself.

And this game also has a special meaning for both sides, that is, Wayne Rooney faced his former club in the Premier League for the first time since leaving Manchester United.

Speaking ahead of the game, Wayne Rooney said: "Manchester United have taken up a big part of my career and if I score in this game, I won't celebrate. ”

However, Wayne Rooney failed to score in this game, and Everton, who were playing at home, also failed to score.

Manchester United beat Everton 2-0 thanks to goals from Li Qingshan and right wing-back Valencia in the second half.

Since losing to Swansea in the eleventh round, Manchester United have quickly climbed to second place in the table through a wave of three consecutive wins, and now in first place is actually Chelsea, who have won five in a row since the defeat to Manchester United!

Manchester City are also close on the points, and despite the recent ups and downs in Manchester City's form, Pep Guardiola's side dropped top spot to third, but they are only one point behind Manchester United and two points behind Chelsea at the top of the table.

The competition in the standings is quite fierce.

And December is also a busy day for Li Qingshan.

Because this month will be the day when the results of the 2016 Golden Globes will be announced.

Since this year, the FIFA Fédération Golden Ball, co-organized by FIFA and France Football, has been separated.

On September 16, 2016, FIFA and France Football announced the end of their cooperation on the "Ballon d'Or", after which the "Ballon d'Or" was re-selected by France Football. And FIFA has re-launched the World Footballer of the Year award.

As a result, the only people who have won the FIFA Ballon d'Or are Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

This made Li Qingshan feel quite regretful...