Red Rebels

Xiao Yu was sitting in his office. He opened the OPTA player data collection system on the computer, clicked on the Genk team of the Belgian first-class club, found the name of Yaya Toure, and clicked into the interface.

Yaya Toure has played 18 times on behalf of Genk this season, scoring 1 goal and 3 assists. As a midfielder, his performance is not bad, and he is also in front of the Genk defense. strong barrier.

In the past half-season experience in Belgium, his strength has improved a lot, and it is more obvious than in Ghana. His football talent is even better than his brother Kolo Toure, although he is a defensive midfielder, In fact, his offensive ability is also not bad, and he has been selected for the Ivory Coast national team in September 2001.

This is earlier than Xiao Yu's well-known history, but the trouble is that he was also selected for the African Cup squad of the Ivory Coast national team, and his brother Kolo Toure was selected with him.

After shutting down the system, Xiao Yu saw the two faxes in front of him. The faxes were sent by the Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana Football Association. They hoped that the new Manchester United could follow FIFA's regulations and release Drogba, Essien and Kolo Tu. Ray went back to the Africa Cup of Nations.

"This is undoubtedly going to go to our central axis, damn bastard!" Xiao Yu said with a sigh.

These three players are all entrusted by the new Manchester United this season. Drogba's role in the striker goes without saying, Essien has completely suppressed Arau Diarra in the midfield, and Colo · Toure replaced Bosingwa as the team's first choice on the right, and he was also the preferred substitute for Curtis in the middle.

African players are characterized by high cost performance. At the same time, they have good physical fitness and are very conscientious on the field. They are the type of players that Xiao Yu and Mourinho admire very much. However, with the continuous improvement of the new Manchester United's reputation, they It has to face a more important issue, that is the African Cup.

If these three players all go to the African Cup, the impact on the new Manchester United is not difficult to imagine.

The only good news for Xiao Yu from the African Cup is probably Yaya Toure. If he finishes participating in the African Cup, as long as there are no major problems, he should be able to meet the labor certification application requirements in the summer, and he will be able to Coming to Manchester.

knock... knock...

"Come in!" Xiao Yu shouted with a headache.

Mourinho pushed open the door and came in. At first glance, he saw Xiao Yu who frowned deeply, and then saw the fax on his desktop, he couldn't help laughing, he thought that Xiao Yu had encountered some problems again. .

"What's the matter, suddenly so anxious?" Mourinho was in a good mood after defeating Brentford.

Xiao Yu handed the fax to him, and Mourinho, who was in a good mood just now, suddenly pulled his face down.

"They are robbery!" Mourinho said in a bad tone.

Xiao Yu did not deny it, and smiled bitterly: "Yes, they are robbers, what can we do?"

The trouble of the African Cup is not a matter of one or two days, even in 2010, the trouble still exists.

FIFA has discussed with the African Football Association to adjust the African Cup to June and July, but at that time Africa was a rainy season, and they have clearly rejected FIFA's proposal.

And this cup is held every two years, that is to say, it must endure this kind of trouble every two years.

The Premier League's winter break is difficult, but after the winter break comes the Africa Cup, which is undoubtedly worse, especially for teams with many African players.

The new Manchester United currently only has Drogba, Essien and Toure in the first team, but there is Mikel in the youth team, and there will be another Yaya Toure in the future. The influence of the African Cup on them will only be greater in the future. And that's not counting players getting injured during the Africa Cup of Nations.

damn it! Xiao Yu cursed heavily in his heart!

"Can we refuse?" Mourinho looked at Xiao Yu with a wry smile,

There was hope in his eyes.

But this time, even Xiao Yu himself couldn't do it, "I don't think even the president of FIFA can do it, Jose, but we can think of a compromise!"

"Come and listen!" Mourinho immediately asked with concern.

"The two legs of the League Cup semi-finals are scheduled for January 1 and 15. According to the African Cup schedule, their start date is January 19, but Ivory Coast's first game is January 22. Ghana is On the 21st, according to the regulations, they can call up players 7 days before the start of the competition, and we can let them go back later and leave after the League Cup!"

After listening to Mourinho, he frequently called out, "Okay, this way, I will be more confident!"

"As for the rest, Jose, I think we can only pray that Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire go home in the best group stage, so that our players can return to the team as soon as possible!"

According to the schedule, the African Cup of Nations is a few days in a month, and if the new Manchester United wins Tottenham Hotspur, the final will be arranged on February 24th, very close to each other, so Xiao Yucai would say so.

"Hope it!" Mourinho was also quite helpless.

This is a call-up that no team, not even Real Madrid, can refuse, let alone the new Manchester United.

However, when Xiao Yu and Mourinho mentioned the club's decision to Drogba, they all expressed their support for the club's decision. Although it was their duty to fight for the country, they also understood the difficulties of the club, especially since they were all in With the club's salary, the interests of the club should be taken care of.

Moreover, the new Manchester United's decision did not affect the national team's game, let alone let them go a few days later, even if they did not let go, they would not dare to have any complaints.

But Xiao Yu was obviously unwilling to quarrel with the football associations of African countries over this matter. After all, the new Manchester United might not benefit from the trouble, and it might even end up being a different person inside and out.

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Due to the first round of the League Cup on January 1, the new Manchester United will face Tottenham Hotspur at home. The schedule of home and then away is indeed unfavorable for the new Manchester United, but it was drawn by lottery, and everyone There is no way to change.

In order to save the League Cup, Mourinho sent seven substitutes in the starting lineup in the game away to Wrexham on December 25, the striker was Olic, and the two wingers were Ribery and Ribery. Wright Phillips, Juninho Jr., Arau Diarra and De Rossi in midfield, Abidal, Terry, Chiellini and Bosingwa in defence from left to right and goalkeeper cech.

Since Cech became the main force, Almunia has not been able to regain the main force even if he recovered from his injury. After all, Cech kept a record of 950 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal before, which made him famous in England, especially Arsenal. The pursuit of him made him well known.

But after Cech signed a brand new five-year contract with the new Manchester United, there were fewer people to seduce him, and the same happened to other players.

The risk of using substitute players on a large scale is that the players do not cooperate well with each other. In addition, Wrexham is deep in the relegation zone and they are playing at home. They are determined to win this game, which makes the whole game change. very difficult.

Fortunately, Cech still performed well, defused the crisis repeatedly, and finally helped the team save a 1:1 draw.

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Tottenham performed very well in the first half of the league. They are currently ranked 4th in the Premier League and are very, very close to the European Champions Cup. Coach Glenn Hoddle has made public comments in the media many times. The lofty goal is placed on the European stage, and Tottenham will appear in the Champions League next season.

As a player, Hoddle is the pride of Tottenham. Now that he has come to Tottenham again as a coach, he obviously hopes that he can do something, but what is unexpected is that in his first season in Tottenham , the rear general Campbell went to the arch-rival Arsenal on a free transfer, which made Campbell a Judas in the eyes of Tottenham fans.

Hoddle has introduced a lot of players this season, including defender Ziger from Liverpool, veteran Sheringham from Manchester United, and Chelsea midfielder Poyet. These players have performed well and helped Tottenham win They are currently fourth in the Premier League and they have reached the semi-finals of the League Cup.

Regarding the new Manchester United, the opponents of the League Cup semi-finals, Hoddle said in an interview with the media before the game that this is a very surprising team with great strength, but their dark horse legend will stop at the League Cup semi-finals , because they met Tottenham.

In the eyes of League Two teams, the fourth place in the Premier League is an unattainable behemoth, and Hoddle's confidence has a certain reason.

However, it was quickly revealed by the media that Hoddle privately told his players that Tottenham had drawn a very good signing. Compared with Blackburn and Fulham, the new Manchester United was simply vulnerable. I hope my team can end the war in the first leg instead of waiting for White Hart Lane.

The new Manchester United coach Mourinho also rarely showed weakness before the game, believing that Tottenham was very good, the new Manchester United had little hope of winning, and completely overturned his previous slogan of winning the championship.

But in the new Manchester United dressing room before the game, Mourinho, who was at home, read Hoddle's interview aloud to the players and played a video of him giving the interview, he wanted to stir up the players' emotions.

"I think Mr. Hoddle may have forgotten that his open mouth made him step down from the position of England national team coach. I thought he had corrected it, but who knows, it hasn't. I hope we Be able to remind him of that!" Mourinho pointed at the TV screen with ease and smiled.

For their coach, the players are very aware of his temper. He is strong, but delicate. He can always think of some details that others can't think of. At the same time, he always has a way to defeat the enemy he wants to defeat. A game victory.

The players believe that Mourinho must have collected a considerable amount of information related to Tottenham when the new Manchester United is today, and as long as he sees his confident appearance, they can guess that he must have a way to lead the ball. Team wins.

At this point, before the game, Xiao Yu had already felt Mourinho's confidence. He knew that this game may have been doomed by now!

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