Chapter 2
April 2017, Old Trafford.
Manchester United vs Anderlecht at home in the second leg of the Europa League quarter-final.
The coaching booth
"Sir, please believe me, Rojo can't play! His injury is not healed yet!"
"And Zlatan, his situation is not good either!"
Li Yanqing looked at Manchester United coach Mourinho in front of him with a serious face, and said anxiously
"I understand, I understand.
Mourinho waved his hands repeatedly. In the past two days, the other party has proposed this suggestion to him no less than five times.
Facing this assistant coach who he promoted, he could only explain patiently.
"Zlatan is old and Rojo is injured again"
"I know all this, but we have no choice, Li"
"Every game is crucial."
Li Yanqing certainly understands Mourinho's current situation, after all, he is also a member of the coaching staff.
The top management hopes that they can win the league and Europa League this year, but they have not considered that Manchester United is already full of injured players.
It is not easy to hold on to one front.
So they should be allowed to rest!
"They couldn't keep up the game......."
Before he finished speaking, Mourinho had already turned his head away.
He didn't want to listen anymore.
Li Yanqing had no choice, because he was not the head coach.
He had to turn his head and look at Ibrahimovic standing at the front of the team with a worried look on his face.
In his field of vision, he could clearly see an entry panel.
Name: Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Age: 35.
Status: Average.
Fatigue value: 100%.
Injury probability: 100%.
Entry: [God of Football Expert】,【Offensive Encouragement】,【Heavy Center】,【Arrogant].
He didn't know when he started to have this ability to see the status of each player.
These descriptions are either positive or negative.
But no matter how to describe it, he has not missed it so far.
The above status values generally change with the progress of the game. Once the probability of injury reaches 100%, it will definitely not persist until the end of the game unscathed.
Even if there is no confrontation, muscle discomfort will occur due to strenuous exercise.
This season has been verified many times.
The following [Heavy Center] attribute entries represent the technical characteristics of the players.
This type of entry also includes Kante's [Barrier], Mata's [Metronome], etc.
【Offensive Encouragement】This is different from the former, and is more of a spiritual attribute.
The owners are all leaders like Ronaldo and Totti.
As for the [God of War Expert], it is relatively rare. He has only seen it on Ibrahimovic so far, so let's call it an exclusive term.
This term is surprisingly suitable for him.
Anyone who has seen his 32-meter amazing hook will not have any doubts. Is there a more god-like ball than that?
The only seemingly negative character term [Arrogant] is not useless.
Inexplicable self-confidence is better than Pogba's [Rebel], right?
Let's take a look at Rojo who played with an injury.
Name: Marcos Rojo.
Age: 26.
Status: Poor.
Fatigue value: 0%.
Injury probability: 500%.
Term: [Tank-type defender].
He only has one term, but it is enough to represent that he is a qualified defensive defender.
But the point is not this.
It is that the injury probability has exceeded the limit, up to 500%!
This made Li Yanqing feel that he would fall down just as the game started!
Soon, the game officially started.
Ibrahimovic took the lead and fought with the defender.
This is also his style of playing football. [Heavy center] always rushes to the front and is responsible for holding up the opponent's entire back line.
In the tenth minute of the game, Mkhitaryan made a low shot and scored the first goal for Manchester United.
"Good!"Mourinho waved his arms excitedly. Scoring a goal early is of course the best case scenario.
If this score is maintained until the second half, the game will enter"Mourinho time".
By then, it will be basically stable!
But before they could get excited for long, Manchester United seemed to be poured a bucket of cold water on them.
Because Li Yanqing's prediction really came true.
Rojo was injured again!
Mourinho almost gritted his teeth to make substitutions.
There are only three places, which is ridiculously precious for Manchester United now.
Too many people need to rotate and rest!
At this time, he finally remembered Li Yanqing's advice.
They can't stick to the game.......
He looked at the silent Li Yanqing meaningfully and found that the latter had an expression of"as expected".
No way?
Could this kid be guessing? If so, Ibrahimovic would......
Thinking of this, Mourinho shook his head violently.
How is it possible?
The physical trainer didn't see the problem, let alone him, an ordinary assistant?
With a little uneasiness, Mourinho observed Ibrahimovic on the field for a while.
Fortunately, everything seemed normal.
It must be just bad luck!
At least he was right about one thing, their luck was really bad.
Not long after, the players of both sides fought in front of Manchester United's penalty area, and the opponent equalized the score in the chaos.
The scene lasted until the end of the first half.
At this time, Li Yanqing found Mourinho again.
"You have to believe me, sir."
"Rojo's situation has proved my words"
"If we lose Zlatan again, our next game will be really dangerous.
Mourinho wanted to seal Li Yanqing's mouth and throw him into the small dark room.
Such a smart mouth, should say something good!
Looking at Mourinho who was still unmoved, Li Yanqing took out the tactical board that he had prepared long ago.
"We replaced Zlatan with Martial in the second half. He had rested for a long time. Even if he was not in good condition, at least he was running enough.��"
"Rashford is in good form, he will definitely finish the game"
"We have to believe in them!"
Mourinho looked at the tactical board and then at Li Yanqing in front of him.
He admitted that what the latter said made some sense.
But the problem was that those two were the type of players he disliked the most.
Talented, famous, rebellious, and lacking in strength.
In his opinion, such players will only cause trouble.
In the end, he still did not adopt Li Yanqing's advice.
He preferred to believe that Ibrahimovic could lead Manchester United to victory.
Rashford?
Go to hell!
The second half of the game continued quickly.
Manchester United still pressed forward and attacked aggressively. Under Anderlecht's strict defense, there were no more good opportunities.
Fortunately, seeing that it had entered the overtime period, Ibrahimovic was still active on the field.
Li Yanqing also prayed for the first time that his ability would not work.
But what was coming still came.
Ibrahimovic fell to the ground in pain after a scramble for a high ball.
The team doctors who had been waiting on the sidelines rushed up at the first time.
"Substitute, he can't continue playing!"
The team doctor's call made Mourinho very distressed.
He still had the last substitution in his hand, which was to replace Ibrahimovic for a rest.
However, the game was slow to open up, so he didn't make any moves.
It was just when the game was about to end!
If Ibrahimovic was injured too badly, he didn't know who to trust!
"FUCK!"Mourinho, who was always patient, cursed.
Then, he thought of Li Yanqing who had been admonishing him.
However, Mourinho still didn't think anything was wrong at this time. He just felt that his luck today seemed to be extremely bad.
If Rojo could hold on.
If the opponent didn't tie the score......
Many unexpected possibilities led to the current situation.
After all, the ball is round.
Until he covered his face, he heard the commentator exclaim
"Goal! Rashford! He scored a crucial goal at the last minute of the game!"
"Manchester United won the game!"
What? Who scored the crucial goal?
Rashford?