Red Rebels

Essien slowly opened his eyes and found that he was lying on a soft and white hospital bed. His right thigh muscle was a little sore, and he didn't have any strength in his body, but he could feel that he should be fine.

The first thing that catches my eyes is the infusion bottle that has been pulled out by the bed. It looks like I should be in the hospital.

Looking out through the glass window with the curtains drawn, it was pitch black outside, obviously it was night, how about this afternoon's game?

Thinking of the game in the afternoon, Essien couldn't lie down a little bit. He struggled to get himself half-recumbent and half-lying up. When he heard the sound of the ward door being opened, he looked sideways and saw Xiao Yu.

"Boss..." Essien sat up straight immediately.

"Are you all right, Michael?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile.

Essien shook his head, "I'm fine!"

"That's good, this afternoon really made us worry about you, but it's fine, by the way, I bought you something to eat, you haven't eaten all day, eat more!" Xiao Yu shook the bag in his hand.

Essien took it gratefully, opened it and found that there were some food that he liked to eat on weekdays, obviously Xiao Yu went to the restaurant to buy it specially, and suddenly felt something blocked in his heart, and his nose was sour.

"Eat! It's night now!" Xiao Yu found a chair by the bed and sat down.

When Essien heard this, he immediately felt guilty and scared, "You know everything, boss?"

Xiao Yu nodded, "It's not a big deal, Michael, it's Ramadan, you are a devout Muslim, and we will all respect your faith."

"Aren't you angry at all?" Essien asked, looking at Xiao Yu.

After Xiao Yu heard this, he was secretly amused, but immediately put on a face, "Frankly speaking, I'm really a little angry!"

When Essien heard this, he was almost terrified. He faltered and wanted to explain and apologize, but he couldn't speak.

"I'm angry because you haven't told me about such an important thing. Michael, I'm your boss. You play for my club. I should know about your situation. At least you should discuss it with me. I know, oh, December 10, 1999 to January 7, 2000 is your Ramadan, so I can make the coaching staff prepare early."

Xiao Yu taught Essien with sincerity and sincerity.

Xiao Yu is no stranger to Ramadan. In fact, many of the big-name players he is familiar with are Muslim believers, such as Mohamed Diarra, the Toure brothers, and Benzema.

And when he learned that Essien hadn't eaten or drank during the daytime for more than half a month because of Ramadan, Xiao Yu immediately got to know other players in the club and found that Muntari and Abidal were also Muslims, they are also suffering from Ramadan, but Muntari is in the youth team and has not participated in many games, while Abidal has some ways of his opponent's Ramadan.

Only Essien, a newborn calf, doesn't understand anything, so he can only rely on his self-righteous persistence to support him.

However, this also has something to do with Essien going to participate in the World Junior Championships. If he returned to the club earlier, the new Manchester United would definitely be able to find out what was wrong with him early, but after his return, he performed well both in training and in games. Not very ideal, which makes the club intuitively think that it is because of his long journey.

"I know I was wrong, boss!" Essien bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

Xiao Yu patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, "It's okay, Michael, let us take care of these aspects, you just need to think about playing football at ease, and I have already asked Jim to pick up your mother, she will take care of you Yours, but in the next two days, you are a sick patient, you must eat well and take care of your body, you know?"

Essien nodded heavily in agreement.

After Aba came over, Xiao Yu stayed in the hospital for a while before leaving.

"Mr. Xiao Yu is really a good person, Michael, you must play football well, and don't disappoint Mr. Xiao Yu's expectations of you, you know?" Aba said, stroking Essien's head.

Essien stared at Xiao Yu's leaving back, full of gratitude, and kept nodding in agreement with his mother.

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Asking Jim to send himself to the city stadium to pick up the car, Xiao Yu went directly to the Newton Heath training base.

Professor Fryer, Derek and others are still busy in the laboratory. They have just brought a series of data from Essien from the hospital. These data are obviously of great help to their research.

"Professor Fryer, do you have a way to specially arrange a reasonable diet and training plan for Muslim players during Ramadan, so as to avoid their decline?" Xiao Yu directly approached Fryer.

The latter was busy in front of a computer, and immediately stood up after hearing Xiao Yu's words, "You are right, Xiao Yu, I am doing research on this with Derek, but it will take time, and we have Need more data and help from a few Muslim players on the team."

"It's not a problem at all!" Xiao Yu agreed without thinking.

It happened that Derek came over with a report, which recorded a lot of data, and handed it to Fryer.

"Actually, I think it is almost impossible not to affect the player's state, but I think it should be possible to ensure that they play the game. The only trouble is drinking water!" Derek said.

"Yes, players have to put in a lot of physical activity whether they're playing or training, and it depletes their bodies of water, but during Ramadan, they're not allowed to eat and drink during the day, which is why. It's a big trouble." Professor Fryer said with a frown after reading Derek's report.

"Is there no effective way?" Xiao Yu felt helpless. In fact, Mourinho, who later coached Inter Milan, also felt helpless and angry at the performance of the devout Muslim Muntari during Ramadan?

"It will take time, Xiao Yu!" Derek said with a wry smile.

"Two big brothers, this Ramadan will last until the 7th, that is to say, the players will not be able to eat until at least the 8th after the Eid al-Fitr, but during this period, we still have two games to play. Kidding."

Derek and Fryer looked at each other, expressing helplessness.

"The time is indeed too tight, Xiao Yu, besides, I'm not afraid to say it frankly, we really didn't have any experience in this field before." Derek comforted Xiao Yu.

"So, the best way now is to try to avoid playing Essien and Abidal. It is a fluke that Essien was not injured in the afternoon, but we don't know about the next game. You know, players will become very nervous during Ramadan. Weak and easily injured!" Professor Fryer gave his advice.

Abidal is the main central defender of the new Manchester United this season, and Essien has recently squeezed out the injured Makinson as the main midfielder. Once these two players are absent, the impact on the new Manchester United will be great.

Is there really no other way?

Not only did Xiao Yu search for all the things in his mind about the players and Ramadan in the next few years, he had to admit that most of them were helpless.

But just when he was about to give up, he suddenly remembered an example.

"Do you think it's okay if you adjust the diet plan for three meals a day to night?"

When Derek and Fryer heard this, they felt something flashed in their minds, but they didn't catch it. They could only look at Xiao Yu inquiringly, motioning for the latter to explain.

"What I mean is that during Ramadan, Muslims cannot eat or drink during the day. We can adjust the three meals a day to the evening, such as after sunset, before going to bed and before dawn, and then target that they cannot drink water, so we will During this time, provide them with some nutritional drinks, such as how much vitamin drinks they must drink to replenish their water and nutrition for the day."

After hearing this, Fryer pointed at Xiao Yu with a little excitement, "Good idea, yes, Derek, I think this is totally feasible. In view of the fact that players lack a lot of water after training but cannot replenish it in time, we can Provide them with a certain amount of beverages containing carbohydrates, protein and other nutrients in the evening to help them restore their physical functions."

"As for the food, I think it should be adjusted before Ramadan, and then adjusted back after Ramadan. At the same time, the training time and content can also be changed accordingly. During this period, the players focus on maintaining their form."

After hearing this, Derek suddenly realized, and patted Xiao Yu in admiration, "Xiao Yu, you are such a genius, you even thought of this!"

After speaking, Derek began to figure out with Fryer how to proceed, such as how to match the players' diet after changing it to night, how to adjust the nutritional content of the drinks they drink, and the training plan. How to make adjustments.

All of these involve knowledge in a lot of professional fields. Xiao Yu is a layman in this area. He can only provide some methods he knew in his previous life, but he certainly cannot know how to implement them, so this aspect can only be left to Fu. Professionals like Lyle and Derek to take care of.

However, this kind of plan that must be maintained for a month is obviously impossible to achieve the best in a short period of time. Now the laboratory can only provide a minimum set of execution plans. to bruce.

The coaching staff immediately arranged the training of Abidal and Muntari according to the report sent by the laboratory, especially Abidal. The laboratory even arranged for a special person to follow him to monitor, in order to get this some monitoring data of the project, and then improve it.

On the third day after the game, Essien returned to the club after being discharged from the hospital. He also joined the plan, but for the sake of insurance, Bruce still did not arrange him in the squad for the away game on January 4, but prepared to play in the Play 442 tactics in this game.

But at the same time that the new Manchester United rushed to challenge Yeovil City, the fourth round of the FA Cup draw ceremony began to enter the field of vision of all clubs and the media, but before the draw ceremony, the new Manchester United was involved in a storm.

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