Chapter 144 Top Ten Competition

After the fifth round of the Premier League, the group stage of the UEFA Champions League is about to begin. The two front-line players can still cope with the two games. If there is progress in the League Cup, the problem of the front line must be highlighted. Owen's current state may only play a certain role in the League Cup, the most critical It's still the accumulated injuries in Golden Boy's career. I don't know when it will break out. There is almost no need to consider Owen's starting point in the high-intensity game.

You can only explore the front line and take the lead in the future. Ferguson did not expect that Manchester United would be worried about the problem of the front line. The style of the main front line is unlimited, but the substitute lineup really feels like it can't take action. The key is the transfer fee investment. This season, only the midfield budget can be supplemented. As for the front line, it is completely eaten. Old Ben!

A question raised by The Times is, "Who will stop him?" The Times replaced Manchester United with Li Yu with the title of the Daily Mirror. For the crazy state of Manchester United No. 9, The Times used three 'terror' in a row, and pointed out that Arsenal's defense is not only He didn't stop the young man's feet, and let the feet that no longer belong to the earth scored a goal.

It's really horrible!!

He really scored 6 goals in the three league games, and the horrible state shown by Li Yu since the beginning of the season once again made him the focus of attention in all European football.

"Kicker" is a conclusion that lists the number of goals scored by Manchester United, including these three rounds of the league, plus the Super Cup, and the number of goals scored by Li Yu, which makes everyone intuitively understand the importance of Manchester United No. 9 to this big team.

In these four games, Manchester United scored a total of 13 goals, showing a frightening offensive ability, while Li Yu scored 8 goals alone!!!

Li Yu's number of goals alone accounts for more than half of Manchester United's team's goals. What a terrible phenomenon. In addition, Li Yu still has two assists in these four games. In this way, 10 of Manchester United's 13 goals are directly related to Li Yu!!

In a word, after Li Yu disappeared for a summer, she once again became the focus of attention in Europe.

So many media and experts compare Li Yu with some strikers in history. However, unlike Manchester United fans who like to compare Li Yu and Cantona, the general view in European football is that Li Yu is like Arsenal's French star Henry.

Both of them are very fast, have good foot skills, good at long-distance running, tricky shooting skills, and a good free kick.

However, some media also suggested that Li Yu's impact and physical condition in the penalty area are better than Henry, and Manchester United's No. 9 header ability is not weak, which is what King Haibry lacks.

Team News pointed out that Li Yu showed a comprehensive feature, which is very imaginable with AC Milan's legendary star Basten. Now, the red and black fans are also excited. After selling the leading striker Shepchenko, everyone knows that AC Milan needs a striker, and 'looking for Basten' It has become a legend in the hearts of red and black fans year after year.

Of course, Li Yu has heard of these comments from the media. To be honest, it is impossible for him to be unhappy. Both Henry and Basten are well-deserved football superstars.

Henry is one of the outstanding shooters in active football today, and Basten has become a legend, which is the noble glory that the shooter can be positioned.

It can be said that these comments are quite high for Li Yu. Although he was the Premier League Golden Boot and Champions League Golden Boot last season, and also broke the Champions League single-season goal record, Li Yu is indeed recognized as a quasi-top scorer, but after all, this is only a performance for one or two seasons. You know A star in the crossbar is not only a season or two, but also his career, which takes as little as five years to as 10 years of accumulation and precipitation.

Therefore, although Li Yu is happy, he is still a little sober. It is interesting that he still stays sober, but it is Li Yu's desire for all championships and replicates the success of Manchester United last season, which is also the driving force for Li Yu's efforts this season.

Li Yu has been surprised by the media for a long time.

Football is actually like this. The winner is the king. If you win the game and perform well, you will be immediately praised. But if you don't perform well, you will immediately fall down. Li Yu has seen too many such things now, so he is not too surprised by the evaluation of him.

If the media reporter wants to interview him, as long as the club agrees, Li Yu is still very cooperative, but he has never taken the reporters seriously. At most, Li Yutong shoes sometimes take the media's praise reports on him and compare them with Jenny's achievements. Looking at these news praising Manchester United No. 9, and looking at Jenny's pouting little mouth, it is not a kind of relaxation and pastime.

In the next two weeks of national team competition time, Li Yu will also usher in a real national team competition, the main match of the Asian top ten competition.

At this time, Li Yu embarked on a flight to the United Arab Emirates. The top ten matches in the Asian region will be held in the first round on September 6. Huaxia Hong Kong will play away against the United Arab Emirates.

Although she is the chief star of the opponent's team, Li Yu was still warmly welcomed by local fans when she arrived in the United Arab Emirates, and there is another advantage of arriving in West Asia. Without enthusiastic female fans, there will be a lot less red lip marks.

Looking at the local reporters around the headscarf taking photos, Li Yu felt a sense of freshness in an exotic country, and the staff of Huaxia Hong Kong were also waiting for Li Yu to finish the interview and take him and the team to the meeting.

"It's your first time to come to an Arab country. Would you please tell me how you feel?"

The local reporter's question is nothing new, but it's just right for Li Yu. He really came to the Arab country for the first time, and he is still a curious baby.

"People are very enthusiastic, and I can also feel people's love for football. I have just arrived at this. As for the rest, I have to take a look, but I'm sure I like this very much!" Li Yu's answer was watertight.

"So what do you think about the game that will start?"

"Of course, I tried my best to get a good start. I came here to win!" As soon as Li Yu talked about the game, she immediately changed a different person, showing absolute trust in his team. Of course, she also had enough confidence to help the team win the opponent.

Other players of the Huaxia Hong Kong team will definitely be besieged by local media reporters when they say the above remarks, but if it were Li Yu, they don't have enough confidence. They have a reputation, and the UAE players are really not comparable. !

Answered two questions and cooperated with the media to take a few photos. Li Yu said that she was leaving. After finding the staff of the Hong Kong team, she got on the car and went straight to the hotel to meet the team.

The weather in the United Arab Emirates has a big temperature difference between morning and evening. The Pisa time is usually scheduled at night. The head coach of the UAE team, Mesu, who plays at home, sends the main team, hoping to take advantage of the home advantage to get all 3 points.

In the first half, although the UAE team tried to take the initiative and tried to beat the Huaxia Hong Kong team in the opening stage, the intensive defense in front of the penalty area from the Huaxia Hong Kong team seemed to be offensive and could only end the first half with 0:0.

Li Yu didn't understand the layout of the head coach Eriksson's game in the first half. His task in the first half was not to attack the city, but to involve the opponent's defender in the front court. Although he successfully helped the team defend the score, he was also sacrificed in his own offensive side. In the first half, he only had one foot to attack the goal and let Li Yu himself. The game is absolutely very aggrieved.

After the start of the second half of the game, the UAE team's attack still did not improve. The head coach Mei Su kept changing people, hoping that the players on the court would maintain enough physical strength to suppress the attack, while the tactics of the Huaxia Hong Kong team quietly changed, from full defense to waiting for the opportunity to counterattack, using the striker to fight back in the opponent's half.

In the 70th minute, Li Yu, the top star of Huaxia Hong Kong, finally forced the UAE defender to make a mistake in a hurry and pushed the ball into his own door with a pass-like shot in the opponent's penalty area. This own goal is a great blow to the morale of the UAE players.

10 minutes later, Li Yu got another good opportunity in the front court, vigorously exerting his long-range shot in the opponent's penalty area. The ball rubbed the goalpost into the net, expanding the score to 2-0.

At this time, the home fans began to throw mineral water bottles and other sundries into the court, expressing dissatisfaction with the performance of the team's players, which interrupted the game.

Although the UAE used a long-range shot to score a goal after the game restarted, it failed to save the loss at home.

Li Yu scored a goal with four shots in the whole game, and one shot indirectly led to a goal, which was definitely the biggest contributor to the away victory of the Huaxia Hong Kong team.

After this game, Huaxia Hong Kong will return to Hong Kong's home court non-stop. Three days later, the Huaxia Hong Kong team will face the most powerful team in the group, South Korea, in the second round of the top 10 competition.

There are five teams in the group, which means that there will be a team in each round of the game. In the first round, it is precisely the South Korea team, the opponent of Huaxia Hong Kong team. The away South Korea team has become the winner of waiting for work, while the Huaxia Hong Kong team only has the advantage of the home court, and the physical fitness is absolutely out of the disadvantage. Of.

The competition system is a little unfavorable to the Chinese Hong Kong team, and if it is trapped in the Korean phobia of the Chinese national football team, then the Chinese Hong Kong team is definitely more or less auspicious in the eyes of the Korean media.

When the South Korean media mentioned Korean phobia again at the pre-match press conference, it was refuted by both Erikson and Li Yu.

The Swede said it very easily. In his coaching career, no team will be afraid of its opponents before the game. Everything will be judged until the end of the game.

Li Yu said more bluntly: "Korean phobia can disappear after this game, and the Huaxia Hong Kong team promises that there will be no such problem!"

Of course, the South Korean media are not convinced by Li Yu's remarks, but they seem to have forgotten that they picked up the topic first. Now they are a little unhappy to be refuted by others, and immediately want to find the scene. "Isn't it too early to say that? Your national football team has not defeated the South Korean national team for decades. You There is nothing to say for sure!"

"It's very simple, because it's what I said, and I won't!" Li Yu didn't have any good words for such a shameless reporter, so she directly said back.

"Good... OK... Since you are so sure, do you dare to make a bet in front of so many media? If the South Korean team defeats the Huaxia Hong Kong team, you have to publicly apologize for your remarks. On the other hand, I will quit as a reporter, and I will give you another apology!"

"There's nothing wrong with it. I can also give you a big gift. As long as it's even, it's also my loss. It's a free gift!" Li Yu has rarely been so serious with the media. Today, she is another pioneer. When she meets 250 South Korean reporters, she can't get used to their agance. It's normal for feng shui to take turns in football games. At the beginning, why didn't you say anything when China was ** you? Now she is arrogant and satirizes others for fun. You have to slap him!

Speaking of whether he is really as confident as Li Yu said, he is not sure, but he is facing up, and he strives for it, and it is not shameful to lose!

"It's a deal!" The South Korean reporter will be shameless to the end. Li Yu offered the conditions. He didn't say a word and agreed.

The whole press conference has been completely occupied by this matter. Erikson has never said anything more. He is still a little dissatisfied with Li Yu's words, but in front of the media, he can't say anything more. Of course, he has already said that Li Yu is not the only one who is ashamed. When he said this, Rui The classic man is the head coach of the Huaxia Hong Kong team. He is also responsible for what his players say.

Anyway, we must find a way to win the game. Although we got a good result in the last game of too conservative tactics, the Swedes still know that their bad scene made the Hong Kong media extremely dissatisfied. This game was supposed to change some style of play, but now it seems that it needs to be completely changed!

The next day, all the popular media have reported this special dialogue. Huaxia fans all supported Li Yu's remarks. They said that they were afraid of South Korea in front of China's most awesome players. It would be good if they didn't beat him. They still dare to bet that they must win and win the pleasure!

From the comparison of the strength of the two teams, many of South Korea's current international players have established themselves in the first-class leagues in Europe. When it comes to the person most familiar with, that is Park Ji-sung, Li Yu's teammate at Manchester United Club. He is definitely a well-known football star in South Korea and the absolute main midfielder in the South Korean national team!

When it comes to the Chinese Hong Kong team, the absolute core and star is Li Yu. Compared with the absolute big names of the two teams, the result is obviously that the Chinese Hong Kong team is more powerful. Park Ji-sung's position in Manchester United is also a first-team rotation player, and Li Yu's absolute starting striker. Compared with the position, the position is far different. They are all players in the first team. The difference in just a few words can reflect the gap in strength. One person gets the top salary of the Premier League, and the other is still the blue-collar class. The weekly salary is also a standard of response to strength. In the core position and star players, the winner is undoubtedly the Hua led by Li Yu. Summer Hong Kong team.

What about the other players?

Most of the Huaxia Hong Kong team are players at the Football League Championship level, which is also the second-rate level in Europe. Of course, players like Muric and Konka can barely be regarded as first-class players!

Most of the other players in South Korea are at this level. The rotation players of the first team of the Premier League belong to the same horizontal line in terms of general strength.

However, in addition to the lack of physical advantage, the biggest disadvantage of the Huaxia Hong Kong team is that the players have been a team that has been put together with money. It may be okay to play downwind ball. When it comes to the hard fight for the team's cohesion, the Huaxia Hong Kong team can play a role. No one has a bottom. Anyway, from the last game, the team's tactics There is absolutely no problem with execution, but if the UAE advances the ball, the result is really hard to say.

The general view of the media is that in the game, whoever takes the first goal will take the initiative of the whole game and relax in the game. The lagging side, especially the Huaxia Hong Kong team, will be very difficult once they fall behind.

Erickson has to say that the media has said all the points that need to be paid attention to in the game. The key to the game is who takes the first goal. The biggest dependence for the Chinese Hong Kong team to do this is Li Yu. In the Premier League, Li Yu has scored in a row and is in a better state. Arsenal's game, When Erickson saw Li Yu's cosmic wave, he had made up his mind to give Li Yu the maximum freedom on the field, so that Li Yu could play freely on the offensive end without the team's tactical restrictions.

The omnipotent front-line killer, this is the player that every coach hopes to have. Li Yu's position in the Chinese Hong Kong team is like this. His greatest trust is given to this young man, and there should be no problem!

Erickson decided to talk to Li Yu alone before the start of the game. The media incident before the game made the Swedes worry that this young man will have mental problems in the game, and it is necessary to stabilize the young core.

In the big hotel where the team stayed, one of them ordered a cup of coffee and began to talk.

"Tomorrow's game, tell me what you think!" Erickson wants to hear Li Yu's thoughts first.

"Win the game and beat the South Korean team with a goal!" Li Yu said it very briefly, but her words showed her determination to win.

"Winning is the result that everyone wants. I mean, how do you want to harvest?" Erickson guided Li Yu to ask.

"Attack? Goal?" Li Yu gave two uncertain answers and glanced at the famous Swedish handsome man with doubtful eyes.

"Neither, I can hear that you have the determination and fighting spirit to win the game. These are sometimes good things that determine the outcome of the game, but sometimes they will put players in another extreme state, such as being too excited, excited, and acting abnormally!" Erickson drank coffee slowly and expounded his point of view little by little.

"I think I understand, sir! Just look at my performance in the game!" Li Yu suddenly found that the Swedes really had two brushes. It seemed that it had nothing to do with Li Yu, but Li Yu's own questions were all answered.

"As long as you understand, let me talk about your position in tomorrow's game..."