Essien slowly opened his eyes and found himself lying on a soft white hospital bed, with some pain in the muscles of his right thigh and no strength in his body, but he could feel that he should be fine.

The first thing that catches my eye is the infusion hanging bottle hanging next to the bed, which has been pulled out, and it looks like it should be in the hospital.

Looking out through the glass window that opened the curtains, it was pitch black outside, obviously night, I wonder how this afternoon's game went?

Thinking of this game in the afternoon, Esin couldn't lie down, struggling to let himself half lean and half lie up, heard the sound of the ward door being opened, looked sideways, and saw Xiao Yu.

"Boss......" Essien immediately sat up straight.

"Are you alright, Michael?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile.

Essien shook his head, "I'm fine! ”

"That's good, it's really hurting us to worry about you in the afternoon, but it's okay, by the way, I bought you something to eat, you haven't eaten all day, how much to eat!" Xiao Yu shook the bag in his hand.

Esin took it gratefully, opened it and found that it was full of some foods that he liked to eat in Pingyu, obviously Xiao Yu went to the restaurant to buy it, and he suddenly felt that something was blocked, and his nose was sour.

"Eat! It's nighttime now! Xiao Yu found a chair next to the bed and sat down.

When Esin heard this, he immediately felt a little guilty and scared, "You know everything, boss?" ”

Xiao Yu nodded, "It's not a big deal, Michael, Ramadan, you are a devout Muslim believer, and we will all respect your faith." ”

"You're not angry at all?" Esin looked at Xiao Yu and asked.

After Xiao Yu heard this, he was secretly amused in his heart, but immediately put on a face, "Frankly, I'm really a little angry!" ”

When Esin heard this, he was almost frightened, and he tried to explain and apologize, but he couldn't speak.

"I'm angry because you haven't told me anything important, Michael, I'm your boss, you play for my club, I should know your situation, at least you should talk to me, let me know, oh, the period from December 10, 1999 to January 7, 2000 is your Ramadan, then I can also get the coaching staff to prepare."

Xiao Yu taught Esin a serious lesson.

Xiao Yu is no stranger to Ramadan, in fact, many of the big-name stars he is familiar with are Muslims, such as Mohammed Diarra, the Toure brothers, Benzema and so on.

When he learned that Esin had not eaten or drunk during the day for most of the month because of Ramadan, Xiao Yu immediately got to know the other players in the club and found that Muntari and Abidal were also Muslims, and they were also staying up in Ramadan, but Muntari was in the youth team and didn't participate in the game much, while Abidal had some of his own Ramadan methods.

Only Essien, a newborn calf, didn't understand anything, so he could only rely on his own self-righteous persistence to support himself.

However, this also has something to do with Essien's departure to participate in the World Junior Championships, if he had returned to the club earlier, the new Manchester United would have been able to detect his mistake as soon as possible, but after his return, whether in training or in the game, he did not perform very well, which made the club intuitively think that it was because of his long journey.

"I know it's wrong, boss!" Essien bowed his head.

Xiao Yu patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, "It's okay, Michael, we will handle these aspects, you just need to think about playing football with peace of mind, and I have asked Jim to pick up your mother, she will take care of you, but in the next two days, you are sick, you must eat well and take care of your body, you know?" ”

Essien nodded in agreement.

After Abba came over, Xiao Yu stayed in the hospital for a while before leaving.

"Mr. Xiao Yu is really a good person, Michael, you must play football well, don't live up to Mr. Xiao Yu's expectations of you, you know?" Abba stroked Essien's head and said.

Esin stared at Xiao Yu's back as he left, full of gratitude, and kept nodding in agreement with his mother.

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Let Jim send himself to the city stadium to pick up the car first, and Xiao Yu went directly to the Newton Heath training base.

Professor Fryer and Derek and the others were still busy in the lab, and they had just brought a series of data from the hospital from Essien, which was obviously of great help to their research.

"Professor Fryer, is there any way you can set up a reasonable diet and training plan for Muslim players during Ramadan to prevent them from slipping into form?" Xiao Yu directly found Fryer.

The latter was busy in front of a computer, and after listening to Xiao Yu's words, he immediately stood up, "You are right, Xiao Yu, I am working with Derek on this topic, but it will take time, and we also need more data and help from several Muslim players in the team." ”

"That's not a problem at all!" Xiao Yu agreed without thinking about it.

Just as Derek walked over with a report with a large amount of data recorded on it, and handed it to Fryer.

"Actually, I think it's almost impossible to not affect the condition of the players, but to ensure that they play, I think it should still be possible, the only trouble is to drink water!" Derek said.

"Yes, players have to put in a lot of physical activity whether they are playing on the pitch or training, which depletes their body of water, but during Ramadan, they are not allowed to eat and drink during the day, and that's a big problem." Professor Fryer said with a frown on his brow after reading Derek's report.

"Isn't there anything that works?" Xiao Yu felt helpless, in fact, Mourinho, who later coached Inter Milan, was also helpless and angry about the performance of the devout Muslim Muntari in Ramadan?

"It will take time, Xiao Yu!" Derek said with a wry smile.

"Two big brothers, this Ramadan is not until the 7th, which means that the players will not be able to eat until at least the 8th after Eid al-Fitr, but in the meantime, we still have two games to play, which is no joke."

Derek and Fryer looked at each other and expressed their helplessness.

"Time is indeed too short, Xiao Yu, and don't be afraid to be honest, we really don't have any experience in this area before." Derek comforted Xiao Yu.

"So, the best thing to do now is to try to avoid playing Essien and Abidal, it's a fluke that Essien didn't get injured in the afternoon, but I don't know about the next game, you know, the players will become very weak during Ramadan, they can get injured easily!" Professor Fryer gave his own advice.

Abidal has been the main centre-back for the new United this season, while Essien has also squeezed out the injured Marginson as the main midfielder in recent times, and the absence of these two players will have a big impact on the new Manchester United.

Is there really no other way?

Xiao Yu not only searched all the things in his mind about players and Ramadan in the next few years, he had to admit that most of them were helpless.

But just as he was about to give up, he suddenly remembered an example.

"Do you think it's okay to adjust the three-meal-a-day diet plan to the night?"

When Derek and Fryer heard this, they only felt as if something flashed in their minds, but they didn't catch it, so they could only look at Xiao Yu inquiringly and signal the latter to explain.

"I mean, Muslims are not allowed to eat and drink during the day of Ramadan, and we can adjust the three meals to the evening, such as after the day, before bedtime and before dawn, and then we will provide them with some nutritious drinks during this time, such as how many vitamin drinks they have to drink to replenish their water and nutrients for the day."

After hearing this, Fryer suddenly pointed to Xiao Yu with some excitement, "Good idea, yes, Derek, I think this is completely feasible, for the characteristics of players who are dehydrated after training but cannot replenish in time, we can provide them with a certain amount of drinks containing carbohydrates, proteins and other nutrients at night to help them recover their physical functions." ”

"As for the food, I think we should start adjusting before Ramadan and then back after Ramadan, and at the same time we can change the timing and content of training accordingly, and during this time, the players will focus on staying in shape."

After Derek heard this, he suddenly realized that he patted Xiao Yu in admiration, "Xiao Yu, you are really a genius, you even thought of this!" ”

After saying that, Derek began to think with Fryer about how to proceed, such as how to match the players' diets after the change to night, how to adjust the nutritional content of the drinks they drink, and how to adjust the training plan.

All of this involves a lot of professional knowledge, Xiao Yu is a layman in this regard, he can only provide some methods that he knew in his previous life, but he definitely can't know how to implement it, so this aspect can only be left to professionals such as Fryer and Derek.

However, this kind of plan, which must be maintained for a month, is obviously not the best in a short period of time, and now the laboratory can only provide a minimum set of execution plans, and after a busy all-nighter, it will be handed over to Bruce early the next morning.

The coaching staff immediately arranged training for Abidal and Muntari based on the report sent by the laboratory, especially Abidal, and the laboratory even arranged for a special person to follow him to monitor, in order to obtain some monitoring data from this plan and then improve it.

On the third day after the game, Essien returned to the club after being discharged from the hospital, and he also joined the plan, but to be on the safe side, Bruce did not include him in the squad for the away game on January 4, and was prepared to play 442 in this game.

But at the same time as the new Manchester United rushed to challenge Yeovil City away, the FA Cup fourth round draw ceremony also began to enter the eyes of all clubs and the media, but before the draw ceremony, the new Manchester United was involved in a storm.

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