Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 142 I'll help you deal with Red Bull

After the league match against Sunderland, the international break has begun, with most European countries battling for the European Championship qualifiers.

This is also the biggest headache for most clubs.

With players like Kompany, Silva, Balotelli, Kolarov, and Lescott going to the national team, the number of players isn't too many or too few, and Manchester City has a fairly sufficient squad, which makes Mancini's headache less of a concern.

Shan Yongzhuo is also a member of the national team, but the national team doesn't have any major competitions at this time, only a friendly match against Iran in Zhengzhou. After considering it, Shan Yongzhuo and Gao Hongbo also discussed it and decided not to return to China to participate.

However, Shan Yongzhuo wasn't completely idle. He needed to shoot a set of commercials, and McDonald's approached him.

McDonald's hoped to leverage Shan Yongzhuo's fame in China to gain an advantage in the competition with KFC in China. They approached Cross and offered him a three-year, $900 million endorsement contract.

The price was quite good, and Shan Yongzhuo was very satisfied with it. What pleased him even more was that the advertisement featured only him and no beautiful female celebrities as partners.

Then, the international break passed smoothly, the team regrouped, and the league resumed.

In the fourth round of matches, the team will host Blackburn at home.

Shan Yongzhuo continued to start alongside Tevez in the forward line, and they did not encounter any particularly tough defense throughout the match.

His performance was quite good, scoring two goals in the first and second halves using the Mighty Vajra Leg and Ghost Shadow Grappling Hand techniques.

However, Manchester City's midfield and defense collectively seemed to be sleepwalking. Blackburn scored a goal early in the first half, and in the final moments, Blackburn's young Croatian striker Kalinic was tripped by Kompany in the penalty area, and Blackburn equalized with a penalty.

Being tied in the final moments ended Manchester City's three-game winning streak, leaving the entire team somewhat frustrated.

However, the league season is still long, and a draw doesn't mean anything.

However, Shan Yongzhuo once again became the focus of media attention.

During the match, Shan Yongzhuo scored two goals on his own, bringing his total to eight goals in four league matches, averaging two goals per game, which is quite impressive.

Second place goes to Manchester United's Berbatov and Arsenal's Van Persie, but both have only scored 3 goals, a staggering 5 goals behind Shan Yongzhuo.

In all of Europe, the only players who can rival Shan Yongzhuo are Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid and Lionel Messi of Barcelona. The two have scored 6 and 4 goals respectively in La Liga, which is quite an outstanding performance.

However, two of Cristiano Ronaldo's six goals were penalties, Messi's was one penalty, while Shan Yongzhuo had none.

Various opinions have also emerged in the media.

Some media outlets expressed strong support and expectations for Shan Yongzhuo's performance, encouraging him to continue his efforts to help Manchester City achieve good results.

How long can Shan Yongzhuo's form last?

Can Manchester City break Chelsea, Manchester United, and Arsenal's monopoly on the Premier League title?

These are all key issues.

In addition, some people expressed concern about Shan Yongzhuo's performance, and some media outlets began to analyze how to effectively defend against Shan Yongzhuo and how to successfully limit him.

There are all sorts of things being said in the media, but this is simply due to the regional divisions of the English media.

The regional bias in the English media is very serious, with the northern and southern media being completely opposed.

The media outlets that support this are represented by The Guardian, which has consistently supported Liverpool and Manchester City, and Newcastle United can also be included.

The Guardian reported that Shan Yongzhuo is a phenomenal star in European football, and that he, Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo will become the three poles of future football, with the three superstars dominating the sport.

This statement undoubtedly elevates Shan Yongzhuo to a very remarkable level.

In contrast, the Manchester Sports Daily, a staunch supporter of Manchester United, praised Shan Yongzhuo's performance but stated that it was merely a temporary surge, and that he would soon enter a slump, finding it difficult to perform again once Premier League teams became familiar with him.

The Manchester Sports newspaper also supported this view, listing Shan Yongzhuo's running, passing, and other data, and then questioning Shan Yongzhuo's performance.

After all, he only runs an average of 3800 meters per game and makes only a handful of passes, including kickoffs from the center circle...

"This player is even lazier than Berbatov! And he's a player who doesn't cooperate at all!"

This view has also been endorsed by some media outlets.

Shan Yongzhuo didn't pay attention to any of that; he preferred the life of an ordinary person to his status as a star athlete.

For example, playing games at home, enjoying the perfect lunch prepared by Mariana, and casually browsing Twitter or watching movies.

However, he is very sad now.

He was playing a football game, and he was also in the game. According to the data in the game, apart from his shooting score of 98, all other data was extremely poor.

If players with such statistics were to appear on the field, Manchester City would have absolutely no chance of winning the game.

"Damn it, if all my other points were 100, this definitely wouldn't have happened..."

Shan Yongzhuo imagined what his performance on the court would be like after all his other points reached 100.
Superman?

Invincible?

Although I don't know for sure, I can imagine how powerful it would be.

However, this is just wishful thinking. To raise all other points to 100, the number of goals required would be astronomical, and it might be impossible to achieve this in an entire career.

"Therefore, we still need to take training more seriously!"

After thinking about it, Shan Yongzhuo felt that the best way was to focus more on training and let the points increase naturally.

Next, the team will face Red Bull Salzburg in the first round of the Europa League group stage.

This was Shan Yongzhuo's first return since leaving Austria, and he was filled with mixed emotions.

Unfortunately, Salzburg and Kafenberg are not close enough to meet up with old friends.

However, there are hardly any familiar faces left in Kafenberg now. The Kafenberg team that won the Austrian Bundesliga title was later dismantled and scattered.

Fiwaning, Scherger, Liandu, Kruppf and others all left.

Krupp joined Red Bull Salzburg.

The two also exchanged messages.

"Christopher, so you didn't even make the roster?"

"Yes, I'm just a fringe player on the team, this place isn't really a good fit for me."

On the phone, Krupp sounded clearly disappointed, and it was obvious that he wasn't doing well at Red Bull.

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of Red Bull for you!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)