Ferguson's worry: was pairing those two old lechers, Zhang Kuang and Rooney, really a good idea?
Manchester United's summer training has officially begun.
During the physical examination of the whole team on July 12, some were wailing and some were proud. Only the information of Zhang Kuang made everyone stunned. This information is a bit inhuman.
Rooney, who practices boxing, originally wanted to hit the sandbag in the gym for a while, so he asked Zhang Kuang to try it too, but Zhang Kuang punched through the sandbag in the gym with one punch.
This?
Isn't that too exaggerated?
Those who originally despised Zhang Kuang or even harbored bad thoughts towards him suddenly lost all their little thoughts.
With the power of Zhang Kuang's punch, who can withstand it?
One punch is all it takes to get yourself to see Taichi.
For example, Paul·Pogba in the reserve team was bragging to his teammates before that he was more powerful than Zhang Kuang, and the long-range goals scored by Zhang Kuang were not a problem for him.
Therefore, he boasted that 'Zhang is no match for him at all'.
But when he saw the result of Zhang Kuang punching through the sandbag, he was frightened and regretted saying "Zhang Kuang is not his opponent".
"Ahem, Ravel, please don't spread the word that I said 'Zhang Kuang is not as good as me', do you hear me?"
"Ah? Oh, I see."
Ferguson also heard about Zhang Kuang's record in the training room, and then he smiled.
"China is such a thoughtful person!"
This is the review of Ferguson.
At ten o'clock in the morning the next day, the whole team gathered at Carrington and took the bus to the airport. The flight to Toronto took about seven hours.
On the plane, the right side of Zhang Kuang is Rooney, and the left side is the window.
Rooney looked at him, stopped talking several times, and finally spoke.
"Hey, Zhang."
"Huh?"
"I heard that you are very good at picking up girls? When are you free to pass on some tricks?"
Zhang Kuang smiled and nodded.
"What do you want to learn? Do you still want to pick up girls? Aren't you afraid that your wife will castrate you? Picking up girls requires effort and time. You are better suited to spending money, which is easier."
"Really? It seems so. But..." Rooney hesitated to speak.
Zhang Kuang: "Do you think spending money seems low-end? Doesn't it make you feel not classy enough?"
"Well, yes, yes, yes." Rooney nodded excitedly. Unexpectedly, Zhang Kuang understood what he was thinking so well.
Zhang Kuang: "Actually, the girls we pick up are not all high-end. Physically speaking, the girls in the brothels are all curvy and top-notch in appearance. Otherwise, they won't be able to attract customers."
Therefore, sometimes you will find that many high-quality beauties are actually in brothels, and many celebrities' wives are not beautiful."
Rooney rubbed his chin, thoughtfully, no one had ever analyzed it from this perspective with him.
Zhang Kuang continued, "Of course, what I say is actually a bit absolute. If the top beauties all go to brothels, then why are the rich and powerful still being powerful? Doesn't being a powerful means having endless money to sleep with the top beauties?
Here we have to talk about the top beauties played by the powerful. In fact, physically speaking, they are not much more perfect than those in brothels. What is really interesting about them is their souls and feelings.
To use the simplest analogy, the women in a brothel are like Hamburg, delicious, delicious and fast. The women played by the rich are like French food. The selection of ingredients is very complicated, the preparation is even more complicated, and the presentation is exquisite, but when you eat it, it makes your taste buds refreshed, but you are not full.
So, Wayne, do you want to play with the kind of woman who takes one look at you and the two of you will have sex directly, or do you want to play with the kind of woman who takes one look at you and then talk about life first?"
Rooney: "Ah? Let's put it this way, I, uh... sometimes my time is tight, and I have limited time after sneaking out, so I prefer to hurry up and get things done more urgently."
Zhang Kuang: "Then I understand, you like Hamburg, but you also want to try high-end French food, but you don't have time to wait for a French meal from selecting ingredients to serving it."
Rooney:"Yes, yes, yes."
Zhang Kuang:"Do you want to fulfill this wish?"
Rooney:"Yes, brother, please teach me."
Zhang Kuang:"OK, then leave it to me."
Rooney:"Really?"
Zhang Kuang: "Of course it is true. You will know when we get to United States. I will take you to fly then."
Rooney: "Hey, that's great."
Ferguson watched Zhang Kuang and Rooney chatting happily from a distance. He was very pleased. He brought them together because he wanted them to have a chemical reaction and cooperate more in the future to form an invincible combination on the front line.
However, when he saw Rooney's squinting pig-like appearance, he had bad thoughts again.
Rooney loves to solicit prostitutes, and Zhang Kuang loves to pick up girls. If these two guys are together, they won't cause trouble, right?
July 13th.
Toronto.
Manchester United The first day of summer training.
In the morning, physical training.
Circle running, return running, strength training, the content is boring but necessary.
Zhang Kuang dealt with it casually. Although he seemed to be coping well, he ranked first in the team in all kinds of information.
Assistant coach Mike · Phelan: "Sir, Chinese Zhang is really awesome. We, Manchester United, have come across many geniuses, but in terms of physical fitness, no one can be Chinese Zhang's opponent."
Ferguson was very satisfied and said nothing. But something was shining in his eyes.
In the afternoon, team training match.
Ferguson divides the team into team A and team B.
Team A is the main lineup: Van der Sar; O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidić, Evra; Valencia, Scholes, Carrick, Nani; Rooney, Berbatov.
Team B is the substitute lineup: Kuszczak; Brown, Smalling, Evans, Fabio; Park Ji-sung, Fletcher, Anderson, Gibson; Owen, Zhang Kuang.
Both teams adopted Ferguson's favorite 442 formation.
Before the training match started, Ferguson stood on the sidelines and said something to assistant coach Mike·Phelan.
"Let's see how much Zhang can cause trouble for Team A's defense."
Phelan glanced at Ferguson.
"Okay, Sir, I can't wait to see Zhang's strength. He is very strong in Ligue 1, but I just don't know how he will be in Premier League.
Our Manchester United defense cannot say that Premier League is number one, but it is also among the top three. If Zhang Kuang can break through Manchester United's own defense, it will be able to deal with most of the teams in Premier League."
Ferguson nodded.
"I know. That's why I wanted to see it."
The whistle sounded.
Team A controls the ball and team B defends.
Team A's passing and control is obviously smoother than that of Team B - the midfield combination of Scholes and Carrick has a huge advantage against Fletcher and Anderson.
Team B's ball rarely reaches the frontcourt.
Zhang Kuang was running back and forth on the front line, but team B's midfielder couldn't hold the ball. He ran out of space and no one could pass it.
In the first ten minutes, Zhang Kuang made zero contact with the ball.
Ferguson stood on the sidelines, his expression unchanged.
In the 15th minute, Team B finally had a chance to counterattack: Fletcher stole Carrick and found Zhang Kuang in the frontcourt with a long pass.
Zhang Kuang takes the ball with his back, Vidić sticks behind him.
Vidić, Premier League is one of the strongest central defenders with top-notch physical confrontation ability.
He thought he could handle Zhang Kuang.
The moment Zhang Kuang caught the ball, his body leaned back slightly. Vidić felt that he had hit a wall, no, it was harder than the wall.
He was bounced half a step away.
In this half step, Zhang Kuang turned around, accelerated, and rushed towards the penalty area with the ball.
Ferdinand comes over to defend.
Zhang Kuang didn't slow down and went straight forward. Then it changed direction and Ferdinand was shaken away.
Then, take off.
Outside the penalty area, about 25 meters away from the goal, he volleyed with his right foot.
The ball flew toward the goal like a cannonball.
Van der Sar pounced but missed.
The ball hit the net.
1:0, team B takes the lead.
On the sidelines, Ferguson's eyes lit up.
Van der Sar was stunned for a moment and then started to get serious. He is Van der Sar.
You must know that he is Manchester United's goalkeeper. In the past season, in terms of zero-block rate, he was the first goalkeeper in Premier League. He also ranked first in the five major leagues and fourth in the world.
In the IFFHS selection, he ranked 4th among all goalkeepers behind Casillas, Buffon and Cesar.
Mike·Phelan opened his mouth wide.
"This..." Phelan turned to look at Ferguson, "Sir, this goal was scored too easily, wasn't it?"
"Well, our team members have been exhausted for two months. It's time to cheer them up."
Ferguson walked to the sidelines and shouted at Team A: "Have you been sucked dry by women in two months? Cheer up and don't let me see you concede the ball again, or else you Team A will run ten laps together after the training match."
After Ferguson yelled and scolded, Team A began to become more serious and nervous.
The training match continues.
In the 25th minute, Team B counterattacked again. Anderson passed through, Zhang Kuang passed between Ferdinand and Vidić, facing Van der Sar alone.
Van der Sar attacks.
Zhang Kuang did not shoot, but instead lifted the ball over Van der Sar's head, then bypassed him from the side, stopped the ball near the baseline, and passed it back to Owen who was following up in the middle.
Owen pushed into an empty goal.
2:0.
Then Owen excitedly ran over to hug Zhang Kuang and thanked Zhang Kuang.
Ferguson took a deep breath on the sidelines.
The whole team A was angry. They couldn't defeat Zhang Kuang, and couldn't they defeat anyone else? So, in the 27th minute, Carrick and Giggs cooperated to advance the ball. In the B team's half, Giggs found Rooney with a pass. Rooney hit the crossbar with a burst shot. Berbatov missed it and shot directly in the volley.
2:1.
I have to say that Dashing Brother is really cool and his football skills are incredible. He also showed that his offensive ability is not inferior to that of Zhang Kuang.
In the 30th minute, Zhang Kuang received a pass from Fletcher outside the penalty area and took the ball behind his back. Vidić and Ferdinand guarded him.
Zhang Kuang made a fake move, shaking Ferdinand's center of gravity, then suddenly turned around and passed between the two people.
Two people.
Vidić and Ferdinand.
Premier League The best central defender combination.
It was passed through by Zhang Kuang alone.
Zhang Kuang entered the penalty area, faced Van der Sar, and calmly pushed the shot into the far corner.
3:1.
In the 35th minute, Valencia of team A received the pass from Ferdinand, rushed along the wing, then made a pass from the bottom, and Rooney met the ball and shot.
3:2
In the 40th minute, Carrick grabbed the ball from Anderson in the midfield, and then passed it long to the right baseline of team B. Berbatov unloaded it lightly. The ball stopped very beautifully and was full of artistry.
Then he just took two steps and shot, and the ball went in.
3:3.
In the 42nd minute, corner kick opportunity.
Gibson took a corner kick, and Zhang Kuang jumped high in the penalty area - he jumped higher than Vidić and Ferdinand, like a fired cannonball.
Header, the lion shakes his head.
The ball hit the goal.
4:3.
Forty-fifth minute, first half stoppage time. Zhang Kuang started dribbling the ball from his own half - yes, from his own half.
He first passed Carrick, then passed Scholes, then passed O'Shea, and then passed Evra.
Four people.
One-stop.
Breaking into the penalty area, facing Van der Sar, he shot into the near corner.
The ball hit the side netting inside the goal and bounced into the goal.
5:3.
The half-time whistle blows.
Team A was beaten 5:3 by team B.
The five balls are all made by Zhang Kuang.
Now the entire Manchester United team was confused, and Ferguson was also confused. He knew that Zhang Kuang was very strong, and he also knew that the team had just assembled and everyone had not found the best condition yet, but...
Is Zhang Kuang a bit ridiculously strong? If this is the case, then he has to adjust his plan and focus on UEFA Champions League championship this season.