Before training had even begun, Nani told the two of them about it, and the gossip of the Manchester United team was much more than Jonker expected.

Unexpectedly, the most positive person on the table turned out to be Ferdinand, no matter how you look at it, there is another one who is not inferior, Fletcher!

The two immediately ran over and asked the parties, and Ronaldo smiled and said an answer, "I saw the real Chinese kung fu today, it's delicious!" ”

laughed, but it was definitely nonsense, in fact, Ronaldo said it well, but it was a little exaggerated.

"You two came together? What did you do before? "Ferdinand has long thought of where to go with MM, and he didn't rest until the morning, these two can really toss, why don't you call me to go with you.

"It's really nothing to go out for a walk in the morning!" Ronaldo knew that he had a problem, but Jonk didn't say anything to explain, so he could only answer.

"It's really nothing, don't think about it, call me next time!" Ferdinand found that he could not ask an answer, so he had to book a spot in advance.

After the hiccup, the training began.

On the training ground, Jonk worked very hard, running back and forth very actively, and was surprisingly good.

Playing football can temporarily forget the troubles of jì's feelings, and Jonk has long been looking forward to the next game coming soon, in the real arena, to vent well, but I don't know who the unlucky opponent is.

August 20, Old Trafford, Manchester. Weather, cloudy to overcast.

On this day, the stadium welcomed a special group of guests.

This is a tour group of about seventy people. They are from faraway China and are visiting Manchester United's Hall of Honour at the moment.

The tour guide Miss Elysée is telling these visitors about the long history and glory of Manchester United, "Manchester United has won 16 English top flight titles, formerly known as "Newton HeathLYRF.C.", founded in 1878, renamed Manchester United in 1902, won seven times during the English League One period, and entered the Premier League era Manchester United has become the most outstanding club in the Premier League. He has won a total of nine league titles. ”

"It's been too long." There was a sigh from the crowd.

"yes, it's been too long." Elysée looked around and saw that no one was noticing. "In fact, Manchester United is compared to Manchester City, although in terms of international popularity. Manchester United are far ahead. But in the city of Manchester, there are still many Manchester City fans, and many people believe that blue is the symbol of Manchester! ”

Her travel agency is a local travel agency, and this time she was tasked with accompanying the tourists from China to visit Manchester, visit football clubs, and watch games.

Alice certainly knows that these people are Manchester United fans. Because it's so normal, Manchester United has a huge presence throughout Asia. Too many Asian tourists come to Manchester every year to see and watch games, especially since Jonk joined Manchester United, and the travel agency is even busier.

Alice is a Manchester United fan, and every time she takes a visitor to tell the origin of the trophies in the honor room, she will be extremely proud, because she is a member of the Red Devils, not to mention anything else, these trophies in Manchester United's honor room are enough to make Manchester City ashamed to see people, Manchester City has no way to compare.

"We're here to see Manchester United." A middle-aged tourist said a little unhappily, "Miss, please continue." This is a fan from Harbin, and he is also very happy that the female tour guide always seems to reveal her love for Manchester United, consciously or unconsciously, and they came to the UK to see the Red Devils Manchester United No.25.

Alice shrugged her shoulders and smiled kindly, she was happiest at this time, telling the fans about the glory of Manchester United, looking at the trophies, whether as a tour guide or a fan, they all knew a lot about Manchester United's honors.

At this time, the middle-aged fan smiled, turned his head and said to the traveler next to him, "Although Manchester City does not have many honors, it is also a century-old store, and now I am looking forward to Jonker's performance in the Manchester derby in Rio." ”

"That's right." In the crowd, someone responded, "Playing in a big club is nothing, Jonk was the biggest contributor to AC Milan's title last season." Now, coming to Manchester United and leading Manchester United back to the great cause of the treble is the best. Forced. ”

"That's true, but, except for Jonk, there really is no player who dares to do this, almost every year transfers, every year a new owner, his adaptability is simply perverted."

"Of course, who is Jonk!" A very young fan said proudly.

Alice's Chinese is excellent, she can fully understand what these Chinese tourists are saying, hearing these words, this somewhat proud female tour guide, thoughtful.

These people were all coming for Jonker, which didn't surprise Alice too much, but she was a little surprised to see the heartfelt pride of Jonk in the tone of these Chinese fans.

"You're all Jork fans?" Alice asked.

"yes."

"It's not."

Hearing that some said no, Alice was surprised, "Isn't it?" How could that ......?"

A man with a thick gold chain around his neck said, "I'm not a fan, I'm just here to watch Jonker play, and watching Jonk play is like holding a beautiful woman." ”

Alice's impression of the person who spoke was very general, in her eyes, she had long since attributed this to the ranks of the nouveau riche in China, and this person behaved like an upstart, shouting to invite other tourists to eat or something, rushing to pay, this is stupid in Alice's eyes, no matter how rich she is, she doesn't need to be like this, the nouveau riche is like this, she said to herself.

However, when she heard this person's words at this time, when Alice looked at this person again, there was a hint of respect in her eyes.

"Jonker would be happy to know that you came to see him play." Alice said with a smile.

"Thank you." The middle-aged fan said. He saw that the female tour guide was also much more pleasing to the eye.

"Miss Alice." The man with the gold chain said, "Is Jonker powerful?" ”

"Uh-" The question made the beautiful female guide choke, "yes." It's great, he's a very good player. She didn't notice that the one who asked the question smiled a little slyly. He had no ill intentions, just enjoyed the pride and pride that Jonk brought to them.

19 August 2007, 3rd round of the 2007/2008 Premier League. The highlight of the Manchester derby is Manchester City's Manchester Stadium to take on Manchester United.

Ahead of the Manchester City derby over the weekend, Britain's Sunday Mirror mentioned in an article. Manchester City coach Christian Eriksen is likely to let several of his players leave, and this "blacklist" includes Sun Jihai of China.

Simon Mullock, a reporter for the Sunday Mirror, mentions in the middle section of the article, Samaras, Corradi. Vassell. Five players, including Dickov and Sun Jihai, are also targets for Manchester City's purge. The original meaning is that they are not in Erikson's plans.

But it is debatable who told the five purged players that they were no longer needed, whether by the club or by Eriksen himself, is very vague on this crucial point.

Another point can be seen that Manchester's largest media "Manchester City Evening News" has not mentioned the possible news of Sun Jihai's departure in the article, but the two forwards Samaras and Dickov, as well as defender Mills, are indeed the targets of Manchester City's possible purge, and the transfer news of the three of them is very loud.

It is worth mentioning that the source of this article is non-strict media such as the Sunday Mirror. Strictly speaking, it's a tabloid newspaper with soft colors. Love pictures and news that are not rigorously confirmed. And the author, Simon Mullock, himself has a bad track record in his past career. At the time, he had concocted a piece of news that Gerrard and Benitez had turned against each other without interviewing anyone at the Liverpool club: "Gerrard thinks his talent has been wasted at Anfield, and he thinks that his poor performance this season is due to the wrong tactics of the Spaniards, and Benitez has allowed Alonso to play in the position he likes. Therefore (Mullock concludes in the air-conditioned house), the relationship between Gerald and Benitez has reached a moment of collapse".

This article was published in a relatively large media and attracted wide attention, but many Liverpool fans accused Murlock of being bold enough to see through Gerrard's mind so deeply when he neither knew Gerrard nor interviewed Liverpool.

Judging from the current situation of the Manchester City team, Sun Jihai did not enter the squad in three rounds, and his status is indeed a bit delicate, but to say that he will be notified by the Manchester City team to leave the team, at least there is no strong basis in Murok's article to prove this.

Although the tabloid article is not credible, the long-awaited Chinese derby by Chinese fans is doomed to be impossible.

Wayne Rooney will definitely miss this game because of injury, thanks to Reading, who is known as the "killer of the giants", Cech and Hunt collided last year, and lay in the hospital bed for three months, Cech later couldn't help complaining: "I didn't see Hunt visit in person to apologize after that." But Duberry was kind enough to apologize to Rooney through his friend Rio Ferdinand, and to pay tribute to Reading's website: "It was a complete accident and I wish him all the best and I wish him all the best he can recover, not only for Manchester United, but also for England." ”

This is the third time Rooney has suffered a serious injury, and the metatarsal fracture before last year's World Cup is still fresh in people's minds, and his boots have been used by the media to tell the story.

During last year's World Cup, Rooney was given a doctor's advice by adding a special insole to the inside of the sneaker to make it stiffer and protect the fragile foot.

He then collaborated with Nike to develop the T90 Laser's Powerzone football boots, which he has been wearing since March this year. Last year, Wayne Rooney's chief doctor, Moran, was convinced that the current trend towards "lighter" football was the main culprit for players being more prone to injury, "The main reason is that the shoes are lighter than they were 30 years ago. "Blackburn Rovers boss Mark Rover. Hughes agrees: "How do these sneaker designers know the intensity of their sport if they haven't played at all? When it comes to injuries that soccer balls are prone to, some boot materials don't look like they're just right for hardness. ”

Brooks, the UK's Nike company's public relations department, retorted: "We and the players personally believe that this injury has nothing to do with the sneakers, it was definitely just an accident. Last weekend. Close to 20% of the players wear our boots. ”

Thankfully there is Carlos Tevez to fill Rooney's vacancy. The Argentine is hungry and confident to wear the Manchester United shirt, his attitude to the pressure? He even thinks it's harder to play Latin music in the dressing room than to play football! In the national team. He was DJ in the dressing room and Tevez said: "I want my new team-mates to like my music, it's a tough goal, it's harder than playing! And against England, who are in danger in the group stage, they clearly don't have 'Tevez' available.

Ahead of the derby, Christian Eriksen made a major investment – the Manchester City boss paid £415 for a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon from Bordeaux, he said. He would have a drink with Alex Ferguson after the game, "There was not a single personal grudge between us. ”

Eriksen's high profile is partly due to the team's impressive progress. At the City Stadium on Thursday, 19-year-old Michael Murphy was joined by 19-year-old Michael. Johnson's goal. Manchester City ended their home goal drought since the New Year and moved to the top of the table, with their city rivals Manchester United sitting in a far fifth place. Johnson, who scored the goal, couldn't wait to look ahead to the derby, "Manchester United have won two games, won one and drawn one. The pressure is all on their side. And we've left the baggage behind, and it's not impossible to win again. "For 29 years, no matter what the derby results are, Manchester City have been able to keep Manchester United under them." The club's official website also took the opportunity to fall into the trap against the sworn enemy.

Public opinion was largely unanimous: the scales did not tip in the derby's favour. 'In the Derby County game, Elano's soul role in central midfield was more obvious, and the new Petrov made a mess of the opposition defence with his excellent attacking ability. The Daily Mail admits that Manchester City's squad is not what it used to be. Eriksen has every chance to re-enact the myth of Keegan in front of the fans.

The scheming Swede still chose to keep a low profile, "even if there is no Rooney and Ronaldo." I also believe that Manchester United can handle the situation. They are still title contenders and our strength lies in the confidence that comes with winning streaks. The Manchester City boss revealed that he was happiest ahead of the derby was the growth of substitute goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. The son of the former Manchester United goalkeeper made two good saves in the win over Derby, "Caspar [Schmeichel] convinced me that without Isakson, there is no need to worry about City's door. ”

Ahead of the Manchester derby, experienced Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson was back in the running, saying that City might be willing to kick and injure opposing players in order to win, and that Premier League referees were not protecting Cristiano Ronaldo enough.

Ferguson believes City may have to use lethal and foul tactics in order to win this game, which he says has been done in past derbys. "Yes, I do think so, and they will do it again this time," Ferguson said, "and it depends on whether the referee is tough enough, and in derby, City always want to prove something. ”

Manchester City boss Christian Eriksen was quick to respond. "I'm not going to tell my players to play against each other, it's not our tactic, I assure you. The players I bought weren't famous for playing the opposing players, they were famous for their own strength. ”

Ferguson also quipped, with a slight irony, that City's biggest goal of a season is to win such a game, but Manchester United have more ambitious goals. 'It's their biggest game of the season, but we have more challenges ahead.

Ferguson also seized on the red card of Cristiano Ronaldo against Portsmouth in midweek, believing that the Premier League referees did not protect Cristiano Ronaldo enough, and they may only start to pay attention to the Portuguese when they are seriously injured by the opponent.

Ferguson said: "It's hard to get angry at Cristiano Ronaldo because there's something wrong going on in the game and what I'm afraid of is the attitude of the referees, who seem to suddenly become laissez-faire with violent confrontations. I've noticed that some of the tackles from the back go unpunished, players like Cristiano Ronaldo will be victims, and sooner or later whoever gets seriously injured, Ronaldo is very likely. ”

In addition, Eriksen has said that he will give Ferguson a bottle of good wine worth 400 pounds and wants to drink another one, but Ferguson said he is happy to accept it, but he will go home and have it to himself. "I don't know about alcohol, if he gives me a gift, I'll accept it, but I won't share it with him, I'll take it home."

After two rounds, one draw and one win, the defending champions failed to achieve the desired effect after burning money in the summer. With just two games to go, United are two points behind Chelsea and a dark start to the season compared to last season's four-game winning streak.

In the first game against Reading, the Red Devils had the advantage, but they couldn't break the wilderness, and they also folded Rooney; In the second game against Pompeii, Jonk broke the deadlock first and established the advantage, the only regret is that C. Ronaldo was unable to withstand Hughes's provocation, and was directly sent off with a red card in the final stage of revenge against the opponent, missing the next three important games. It looks like the Red Devils have run out of good fortune for winning the title last season.

It takes a bit of good luck to win the title, but aside from the luck component, it is clear that United are not fully prepared for the difficulties of the new season. Last season's title won allowed United to double up for the new season and buy big.

Jonk, Hargreaves, Nani, Anderson and Carlos Tevez have made the title halo even more dazzling, Ferguson has spared no expense for a 10th Premier League title, and the media has been pouring ink on United's prospects of defending their title. The new season of champions is stronger! From public opinion to fans, to Manchester United, and even opponents think so.

With good expectations, United embarked on their Asian tour, returning to Manchester with 15 goals before losing 3-2 against Inter Milan and their defensive problems were laid bare, and the Serie A champions were perhaps the only worthwhile warm-up for the Reds this summer. The Community Shield penalty win over Chelsea, the Reds' win for the new season, and the end of Tevez's soap opera have all made people forget that United still have a large number of unavailable injured players: Forster, Hargreaves, Park Ji-sung, Sah, Solskja......

There is a lot of optimism in the Manchester United squad for the new season. It seems that a healthy Rooney and a Cristiano Ronaldo, who was red and purple last season, are enough for Manchester United to maintain the level of last season, plus strong reinforcements such as Jonker, Nani and Tevez, there is no need to worry about short-term injury problems before facing real title opponents.

An unexpected injury to Rooney Reading in the first round was something Ferguson did not expect. And then, a red card from Cristiano Ronaldo must have disrupted the deployment of the new season. But beyond these expectations, there are some predictable dilemmas. For example, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes may not be able to maintain last season's excellent form; Carrick's midfielders lacked the power to break through dense defences; The newcomers still lack the problem of running in (Nani and Ryan Giggs have some overlapping movements); the problem of low probability of successful goals from set-pieces; There is also the problem of the inability of the front line to carry out an anti-aircraft attack......

Everyone knows that the Premier League is a marathon that needs to be attacked when it comes up, but Manchester United are clearly not ready. From the players to the team and even Ferguson (who certainly doesn't study as much as Benitez and Mourinho in terms of team details). Are the defending champions too proud? Underestimating the difficulty of defending the title, but also underestimating the expected "inflation" caused by large spending of money. The superiority of the champion sometimes unconsciously makes people give up their vigilance and become less meticulous about the details.

It would be premature to say that United are out of title contention, but when you consider that Chelsea spent most of last season failing to close the six-point gap on the Red Devils, you can see Ferguson's anxiety. Without Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United's next three opponents are Manchester City, Tottenham, and Sunderland, and they are dangerous.

Fortunately, Liverpool will play Chelsea on Sunday, and a draw should be the result that the Lord wants to see the most. But if United miss another trip to Manchester City, they may have really lost their title hopes by the time they play against Everton (15 September) or Chelsea (22 September).

In the third round, the media took the derby to a whole new level, seeing the game as a major event related to Manchester United's final title this season!

The third round, just the third round!

In the third round, Manchester United has already begun to be questioned!

The big win in the second round did not silence the media, Manchester United has not yet shown the domineering and dominance it should have in the new season, and the Manchester derby has become Manchester United's best chance to prove itself.

Jonker will definitely start the game and his performance will be very important for Manchester United, and this Manchester derby will be very interesting! (To be continued......)