January 4th, afternoon, Yeovil City, Hughes Garden Stadium

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Hughes Garden Stadium, which has a capacity of 9,500 people, was eerily quiet.

It's not that no one watched the game, on the contrary, tonight's game attracted nearly 4,000 Yeovil City fans, and because Yeovil City is located on the south coast of England and is too far away from Manchester, the number of new United fans who travel with the team is small.

What really made them dumbfounded was the score on the scoreboard, 1:2!

The new Manchester United starting lineup has made a lot of changes in this game, Kic still firmly occupies the position of the main striker, and he is the striker Crouch, who performed well in this game, assisting Kic to score a goal in the first half, and at the same time he also scored a goal in the second half after receiving Juninho Jr.'s through ball, and was the best player of the game.

The midfield is parallel from left to right with Kja Novick, Juninho Jr., Paulsen and the outstanding Hleb, while at the back from left to right is Patrice Evra, Garay Turner, Distin and Stanson, with goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

Although most of the main players played, the new United did not show the fighting power they deserved, apparently due to the impact of continuous play during the winter break, and the players appeared to be a little careless at the beginning, being beaten by Yeovil City.

But after conceding a goal first, the new Manchester United was woken up, without the slightest impatience or collapse, but steadily implemented the team's tactics, and finally equalized in the first half, and achieved a comeback in the second half.

After winning this game, Boston's home defeat to Morecambe extended the lead of the new Manchester United to six points again, while second-placed Boston is only one point away from third-placed Morecambe, only three points behind fourth and fifth Kidderminster and Duver, and four points behind Kingston in sixth place in the league.

With the score so tight, the new Manchester United clearly have the biggest advantage, after all, they have begun to shake off other opponents, as for the second to fifth in the league, they are obviously starting to focus on the chasers behind them, after all, as long as they finish in the top five of the league, they have a chance to qualify for promotion.

However, even so, the new Manchester United still did not dare to be careless, Bruce knew that the new Manchester United bench players this season are not strong, and the current third-tier battle is obviously not a long-term solution, so after returning to Manchester, he promoted De Rossi to the first team again with the youth team, and started the FA Cup Winner's Cup on January 8.

In addition to De Rossi, the new Manchester United starting line-up also featured a number of players who have struggled to play this season, such as Jonathan Maiten and Kitson in the two forwards, Ricky Willens and Darren Lyons returning from injury, and Steven Smith in partnership with De Rossi.

At the back, Patrice Evra was rested and Roy Williams started in place, with Garay Turner and Danny Collins partnering at centre-back, Kevin Evan at right wing-back and Almunia in goal.

This can almost be said to be the second team of the new Manchester United, in which De Rossi, who played as a central midfielder, is still making his first appearance for the new Manchester United, so before the game, everyone had already guessed that this was a game that was abandoned by Bruce.

But who would have thought that in such a game that was already not much hope, the substitutes of the new Manchester United slaughtered Basingstoke City from the Ismien Premier League with a score of 5-0 at home, in which Jonathan Maiten and Kitson scored two goals each, and Rich Verens performed well throughout the game and scored a goal.

However, De Rossi, who really made Xiao Yu's attention, did not play too brilliantly, as a defender, he made 30 successful 37 passes, 6 successful 7 tackles, and 4 successful 6 headers, of which two headers were key clearances, and there were 5 interceptions, 3 shots on goal, no goals and assists.

When Xiao Yu received this data from Marin after the game, he felt a little disappointed, after all, in his memory, De Rossi was a player who had both offense and defense, but in this game, he did not have any outstanding performance in attack, but did a good job in defense.

It is estimated that this has something to do with Bruce's arrangement of him as a central midfielder, after all, Steven Smith and Darren Lyons are the core players of the new Manchester United in this game.

"Forget it, it's gold, it's going to shine sooner or later!" Xiao Yu smiled and comforted himself.

Just as he put away the report and was about to leave the city stadium, his cell phone rang.

"Hey, hello, Xiao Yu!" This sentence has almost become Xiao Yu's mantra for answering the phone.

"Scarlett, are you free now?" On the other side of the phone, there was the pleasant voice of the beautiful neighbor like a yellow warbler.

Xiao Yu took off his phone and looked at the time, "Yes, something?" ”

Scarlett smiled a little strangely, "I want to ask you, have you read today's newspaper?" ”

"Look, I always like to read the newspaper when the team wins!" Xiao Yu laughed, when he won the game, he read the newspaper, and what he saw was all praise, and when he lost the game, he must have been criticized.

"That's a good habit!" Scarlett laughed, "So surely you've seen Edwards' interview too?" ”

Xiao Yu's smile froze, "Of course, that idiot got into trouble by himself, and he even dared to provoke me!" ”

Just two days ago, a Brazilian media first published that a dental clinic waitress named Maria Elvis broke the news to the newspaper that she had met Edwards in a nightclub in Rio de Janeiro the night before Manchester United's Club World Tournament against da Gama.

Edwards apparently went to the nightclub to have fun, and fell in love with Maria, and the two sides negotiated the price, went to the hotel to open a room, and paid her $160 afterwards, and at the same time, Maria also told the reporter the hotel and room number of the two fools.

The Brazilian newspapers immediately verified the incident, and it turned out that all the news that Maria broke was true, which immediately caused an uproar in Brazil, and Manchester United's heavy defeat to da Gama in the first round of the Club World Championship immediately plunged Edwards into a peachy whirlpool.

But what Xiao Yu didn't expect was that Edwards openly accepted the British media report at this time, and attacked New Manchester United, thinking that New Manchester United was using Manchester United's fame to hype, which made New Manchester United and fans feel very annoyed.

Of course, no one expected that this interview with Edwards would take place before this incident!

Scarlett on the other side of the phone giggled, she could imagine that Xiao Yu must have gritted her teeth at this time.

"Then I guess you're going to want a chance to fight back, you say?"

Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, Miss Scarlett, I agreed to your request for an interview, but only this once, not for example!" ”

In order to get Xiao Yu's interview, Scarlett talked to Xiao Yu several times, but each time, Xiao Yu refused, because he didn't think it was a good thing for the owner of a club to be in the limelight.

The best club owners are those who contribute to the back of the team in obscurity, offering transfer fees when the manager needs them, bringing him the players the team needs, rather than stealing the limelight from the team.

"Hehe, then I'll agree to my invitation?" Scarlett smiled happily, she finally invited Xiao Yu.

"That's right, Miss Reporter, if you're so unsure, I'll consider cheating!"

Scarlett immediately nodded, "Then I can start arranging!" ”

"Well, the time and place, it's arranged to notify me, it's best to choose a Chinese restaurant, you invite me to dinner!" Xiao Yu felt that he should get back a little bit of the cost.

"Okay, when the recording is over, I'll invite you to Faulkner Street for lunch!"

"Video? What do you mean? Xiao Yu was taken aback.

Scarlett smiled slyly: "Manchester local Granada TV invited me to be the host of a football program, I was having a headache, I was looking for someone to be a guest on my first episode, and finally I remembered you, I didn't expect you to accept it so happily this time!" ”

Xiao Yu shouted in her heart that she was deceived, this ghost girl didn't say that she was on TV before, so she thought it was an ordinary interview.

"Don't think about repentance, Mr. Xiao Yu, otherwise, I will break the news about your tricks on the show, and see how you deal with it when the time comes!" Scarlett seemed to have expected Xiao Yu to refuse, so she put down her cruel words.

Xiao Yu smiled wryly, he was indeed scarlett's way this time, "Is this episode only going to invite me alone?" ”

The implication is, if I am only invited, will this episode have ratings?

"This is natural, talk shows, and it's all related to football, as for the ratings, you don't have to worry, I think before the show is broadcast, the organizers will definitely promote it, I guess you don't know how popular you are in Manchester, right?"

"It's not going to outshine Edwards, is it?" Xiao Yu sarcastically sneered at his opponent with a wry smile.

Scarlett giggled, "You guy! Although you will not be better known than him, your reputation is much better than his, even if many Manchester City fans have a good impression of you, you are definitely better than him! ”

When Xiao Yu heard it, it didn't matter if it was true or not, anyway, he felt good in his heart.

Most of these people like vanity, but some people go too far, and some people are deliberately suppressed, Xiao Yu is sandwiched between the two, he also has vanity, but he will not do certain things for vanity.

"Okay, Miss Scarlett, you convinced me, but you have to promise me that I can say whatever I want on the show, or I will definitely not say a word when I go."

"Of course, why should I ask you to do it?" Scarlett smiled and agreed, "Also, don't always call me so strange, I've been a neighbor for a year, and I make an exception to allow you to call me Scarlett!" ”

"Looks like I should be honored!" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

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