Chapter 230: Derby, England

On the evening of the second day after the Champions League match day, Tang Hong took Chen Manhong and Sun Rou to visit Shinji Kagawa’s home.
Shinji Kagawa and Margaret live in an apartment in the same block, which is not luxurious but very sophisticated.
Sun Rou brought her carefully prepared sushi for dinner. Margaret was very happy to see the two girls. She had no other friends in Manchester. From time to time, she would meet Chen Manhong and Sun Rou when Shinji Kagawa went to train. Wandering around, the friendship progresses very quickly.
Tang Hong enjoyed an exquisite Japanese dinner at Shinji Kagawa's house, and then the two chatted casually about the club on the balcony.
Shinji Kagawa's status in the Dream Theater is much lower than that of Tang Hong. Tang Hong is already the unshakable main force of the team, while Shinji Kagawa has not firmly established himself as the main force. Life in Manchester has made him a little depressed.
In his career, he has to work hard to stabilize the main force, but the English football style sometimes makes him find it difficult to adapt on the pitch. Even if he had two assists in the Champions League yesterday, the score is not particularly high, because he almost only Only when interacting with Tang Hong and Scholes will he show some of the aura and talent of the best midfielder in the Bundesliga.
In life, he was not particularly comfortable in Manchester, especially his girlfriend Margaret left her career behind him and sometimes lonely and forced a smile, which made him also full of apologies.
Tang Hong could not help Shinji Kagawa to make changes. He tried to avoid the situation like Margaret. He never wanted to tie someone to his side. It would easily cause pressure on each other. Don’t force yourself how you like it. .
If you agree, you will stay, and if you don't agree, you will divide. I don't want others to sacrifice, and I don't want to be wronged.
He couldn't help thinking, if Sun Rou wasn't a girl who could spend a few days and nights in the room by herself and spend her time enjoying herself with various movies, TV series and anime, maybe she would have returned to China long ago?
Even if you don't want to go to school, staying with He Zhuqing is much more interesting than following Tang Hong. He Zhuqing spends half of the year traveling around the country or abroad. If nothing else, at least the freshness of staying with He Zhuqing will not disappear.
Now with Chen Manhong as the company, Sun Rou can also travel around Europe from time to time. In addition, Chen Manhong also has a personal itinerary. He occasionally travels to attend some virtual currency forums to bring Sun Rou to the public.
These Tang Hong are happy to hear, he only hopes to see people around him happy.
He can only express his thoughts briefly to Kagawa Shinji.
"Life is actually the same as a football field. When you lose, the team has problems with everything, play style, personnel problems, and interpersonal relationships, but when you win, there are no problems. Now, because everyone can hug each other and enjoy the victory as much as possible. Life is the same. As long as you are happy, there are no problems, but if you are unhappy, no matter how hard you try, it is wrong.
So is the bad weather in Manchester a problem? Are cultural differences and social environment a problem?
If Margaret can be happy here, everything is OK. "
After hearing what Tang Hong said, Shinji Kagawa nodded slightly and smiled: "You look much older than your age."
Tang Hong went on to say to him: "You are 23 years old this year. The next two to three years at this age will be the most critical stage for a player. Either go one step further and change from top to top, or you can't make it. You can stay in the popular ranks. It depends on how long it can last without falling.
You have come to Manchester United. This is something that cannot be changed. I can understand how difficult it is to occupy a major position in Manchester United, especially the organizational midfield of the Premier League team has always had to have very strong confrontation and endurance.
As your friend, I can only encourage you to dispel all the negative thoughts of escape, no matter how difficult it is, gritted your teeth and move forward!
If you want to be at ease, why not stay in Dortmund? "
Shinji Kagawa thoughtfully, then smiled and said to Tang Hong: "Thank you, what about you? Are you going to become a world-class at Manchester United?"
Tang Hong smiled and said: "I haven't thought about where I must become what kind of player. I just keep putting pressure on myself to see where my limits will lie. I think this is a long-term challenge for individuals in competitive sports.
As for Manchester United? I am like you, neither of us are European players. How much do we have feelings for here? We are only working here purely for our career and achievements. Maybe we will cultivate our feelings because of our experience here in the future, but we will not be bound by here.
Just as we all understand that if we are abandoned by the club one day, no one will talk to us about feelings.
I came to Manchester United because of the team’s style, play, and coach Ferguson. In addition, Manchester United is not attractive to me, fame? Background? The glory of the past? The current lineup? Those are not factors that I will consider when I choose to come here.
If one day these factors that Manchester United attract me diminish or disappear, of course I will choose to leave and go to a club that is more attractive to me.
I hope I will be world-class at that time, and I hope you are the same. "
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The England Derby will be staged at Anfield this weekend. Ferguson has fulfilled the promise he made ten years ago: kick Liverpool off the throne!
Manchester United has one more top league champion than the Reds Liverpool, and in the Premier League era, Manchester United has absolutely contempt for the honorable and bald Liverpool with a dominant posture!
Liverpool has fallen out of the top Premier League team since Benitez left office. In the past two years, after the old King Dalglish, Hodgson and other coaches toss, they have not returned to the right track. Now the young coach Brandon -Rogers did not lead the three armies to show hope. Liverpool started the new season with 2 draws and 2 losses in the 4 league rounds, as if still lost in the dark.
Before the game, Ferguson didn't bother to arrogantly talk about the poor record of the Red Army. He didn't know if he was trying to build up the character for Manchester United after five or six years or he didn't want to let the sluggish rivals take advantage of the traffic.
Brandon Rogers led the team with a bleak start. Naturally, Fleet Street was the target of siege. From Swan Hayes to Reds Liverpool, Rogers felt the attention that the down-and-coming coach should have, but he was still not used to it under the spotlight. He repeatedly sang to the media, "Can you give me time for a song, quietly let me take the Red Army to take off."
This Double Red Club is still attracting attention, and Tang Hong is very excited. This is the first time he has played a derby in his career. Even if he knows the love and hatred between Liverpool and Manchester United, the two cities have different aspects of religion, culture, belief, and politics. Conflicts and deep-seated historical reasons, grievances on and off the football field lead to insoluble hatred, use football to fight each other out and so on.
To say that he suddenly became full of Red Devils DNA and the same hatred of enemies, of course it is nonsense, but the game will certainly not be plain, and the multiple improvements in atmosphere, pressure, attention, rhythm, etc. are bound to be a test for him. !
The derby is still a 6-point battle for the championship team, but for the club’s diehard fans, it may be one of the few most anticipated matches throughout the year. Even if it has nothing to do with the championship, the expected value of victory is also Absolutely burst table!
If players who usually perform well in the derby play abnormally, they are also likely to be criticized by all means!
If players who do not perform well in the derby are superb, they can also be talked about by fans when they look back on this season!
Coming to the Anfield stadium, Ferguson's impassioned remarks before the game increased the excitement of the team.
When he came to the player channel to prepare for his debut, today's starting captain Ferdinand continued to encourage Shinji Kagawa and Tang Hong. They were the only ones in the starting lineup to play this kind of game for the first time.
Ferdinand’s way of boosting morale is very simple. He patted Tang Hong on the shoulder and said solemnly:
Don’t be afraid of them. Be brave. You can’t be bullied here. If anyone is not pleasing to the eye, just him!

Shinji Kagawa nodded constantly as if being brainwashed.
Tang Hong looked at Ferdinand secretly slander: I think you are a bit unpleasant now!
He really didn't want to be led by the captain.
His weapon is goals, not physical conflict.
But he can also understand what Ferdinand really wants to express: Liverpool will not be polite to you!
If you don't fight back, they will keep chasing you!
This is also the common problem of the team left behind in the early years of the British arena. The technology is not enough, and the confrontation comes together.
Time has been pushed forward for more than ten years. It is commonplace for the British team to have yellow cards in the opening 10 minutes from top to bottom, and it is not uncommon for them to even issue a red card to the God of War.
Because the tactic at that time was to analyze the opponent's best technical and most threatening player before the game, and after figuring out who it was, it was simple: do him today!
At the beginning of the game, first go and greet that person with a tough or even close to violence, flying shovel or other methods, so that the opponent understands that you must behave today, otherwise you will come back to him next time!
Football in that era lacked technical gold content, and skilled players often went abroad to play games. Now the Premier League’s penalties have been tightened a lot, and the protection of technical players has increased, although every season is still full of violence. The foul game made the headlines, but the overall is smoother and full of technical elements and enjoyment. There are also representatives of the Premier League like Arsenal in the past many years. After the rise of Manchester City, the introduction of many technical players brought the strength by leaps and bounds.
But maybe Manchester United and Liverpool are the traditional giants in England. The encounter between these two teams is destined to be uncommon. Some of the features of English football in the past will also reappear on the field.
In the final analysis, the overall technical strength of the two teams is still small. It is unrealistic to completely destroy the opponents by playing technology. It can only be mixed with physical confrontation to gain the advantage on the field.
If you change to a team like Barcelona, ​​Manchester United and Liverpool can't even touch football for a long time, and people can't stick to it. Wanting to foul is a luxury!