Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 290: Ten Hag's first Champions League match, an eagle hovering over the Stadium of Light
Liverpool legend Carragher: Ten Hag's remarks after the game were inappropriate. Even if Martial was not injured, Manchester United would have no chance of winning the game.

"I must admit that Tom's personal ability is very good, but Manchester United does not have a sufficiently perfect tactic to support their new system, which is very fatal."

The match ended in a draw, and as expected, Manchester United fans and Liverpool fans started arguing in the comment section.

It is worth mentioning that the results of the two teams’ last three encounters were all draws!

In response to this, a Sky Sports commentator said: "As the head coach of Manchester United, he failed to defeat his arch-rivals Liverpool. From this point of view, Ten Hag's performance is unsatisfactory."

"Mr. Eric was scolded"

On the return flight, Tang Ye, who was browsing his phone, whispered: "But Rod, we obviously didn't lose the game."

"Maybe Eric said something not so nice"

Rodri laughed.

Ten Hag is so famous that he knew the Dutchman's name when he was promoted to Villarreal's first team last season.

This guy just came to Manchester and confronted all the football reporters in Europe head-on!

"I feel so too"

Tang Ye nodded: "Mr. Eric said something not very good. If he and I were not in the same team, I would beat him to death!"

Tang Ye didn't notice that his voice was a little loud. Halfway through his words, Ten Hah, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly turned his head, startling Tang Ye.

"Eh, Mr. Eric..."

Ten Hahe gave Tang Ye a thumbs up, then turned his head back with a smile.

"Damn it, Rod, how did he hear me?"

Recalling the scene of Ten Hah turning around just now, Tang Ye felt a little flustered.

Whoosh!

Take a breath first!
"Maybe we can speak Spanish next time so he won't know."

In the front row, Van der Gaag, who was sitting next to him, turned to look at Ten Hag: "What did he say?"

"Well, who?"

"Tom, I thought I heard him say your name just now"

Thinking of how Ten Hag treated Tang Ye a few years ago, Van der Jahe blinked quickly: "He won't scold you behind your back, will he?"

"Nonono, how could he scold me? You think too badly of our relationship."

Ten Hag shook his head speechlessly.

Obviously, Vandergaard underestimated the mentor-disciple relationship between him and Tom.

"Then what did he say?"

"He said if we weren't on the same team he would try to beat me up."

“…Isn’t this different?”

Ten Hag shook his head. "This is obviously a joke, Michel. You are already over 40 years old. Can't you even hear this?"

Ok.

Vandergaard touched his nose.

If it's a comparison of emotional intelligence, he can never be a match for Ten Hag.

Eric can always hear more from the same sentence.

"But Tom is really good. I don't know what to do when I meet a player like him, just like in the Europa League final."

Ten Hag nodded slightly, acknowledging what Van der Jag said.

“So I made some countermeasures.”

"What countermeasure?"

“I bought him.”

"..."

Football Emperor event preview: Manchester United will play away against Benfica in the early morning of October 10. In his first Champions League season, can Tang Ye win three consecutive group stage games?
The Sun's front page headline: UEFA's ban on Ten Hag has ended, and the Manchester United coach can play in the match against Benfica. This will be the first time that Ten Hag will lead a team to participate in the Champions League in his coaching career.

Leading the team to participate in the Champions League for the first time in his career!

After seeing this news, many fans realized that the Dutch coach who became famous in middle age had never participated in the Champions League!

[Ten Hag: I will bring my talent to the Champions League]

[Manchester United has now won two games in a row. I feel like we don’t need a head coach at all]

[Don't mess with me, brothers. Benfica is different from the other two teams. They are at the knockout level.]

Manchester United does not have many games in October, which means there will be a relatively long gap between two games.

Tangye fans are feeling very uncomfortable now!

[Brothers, if I don’t watch Tang Ye’s game, my whole body will feel numb and I can’t sleep. What’s going on? ]

……

"Is it ok David?"

Looking into De Gea's eyes and making eye contact with the goalkeeper, Tang Ye started his sprint.

Hit the door!

Snapped!
"Depend on!"

He shook his hands and De Gea guessed the direction of his penalty kick!
"It's so obvious!"

De Gea stood up from the ground: "You pay too much attention to the rhythm of the run-up. The moment of kicking the ball is the key. Hide your thoughts and pay attention to my center of gravity."

“Okay, but that’s a little hard to do.”

Standing in place to adjust himself, Tang Ye prepared himself again.

De Gea spread his arms on the goal line.

approach!

Speed ​​up, slow down, and then speed up again!
Keep your supporting foot on the ground and keep an eye on De Gea's center of gravity.

De Gea's center of gravity has shifted!
Push the other side!
boom!
With a light push, Tang Ye pushed the ball forward steadily.

We were in good form today and scored 6 out of the 5 penalties we took, which can be said to be a very high success rate.

Squatting on the grass and drinking water, Tang Ye looked at his teammates who were doing passing training in the training ground next door.

His [45-degree cross] is not far from level 5. If he worked harder, he could have reached full proficiency before playing against Benfica. Unfortunately, Ten Hag asked him to use part of his passing training time to practice penalty kicks.

Tang Ye was quite unhappy when he first started practicing, but after feeling his significant improvement, Tang Ye's mood improved a lot.

He looked up at Vandergaard who was standing next to him: "Is everything ok, Mr. Michel?"

"Ok?"

At this time, Van der Gahe was thinking about Tang Ye's data. After hearing Tang Ye's words, he turned around and said: "You are improving very fast. You should be the fastest improving player I have ever seen. Tom, you really have a talent for penalty kicks."

"But that's not what Mr. Eric and I said."

"Hmm? What did he say?"

"He said my penalty kicks were not good, so I needed to practice more."

Vandergaard nodded slightly.

Ten Hag was still too strict, and Tang Ye didn't seem to realize what he was going to get.

"Anyway, you are indeed very talented, but I need to remind you. David's ability to save penalties is not particularly outstanding. Your high penalty success rate in training does not mean that your success rate will be high in the game."

"David is not that good. I think he is already very good. He can always guess where I want to hit."

Vandergaard touched Tang Ye's hair and said, "This shows that you still have a lot of room for growth."

Snapped!
Snapped!
[De Bruyne 45-degree cross level 4: realistic]

Proficiency: 427/500
Proficiency: 427.5/500
……

[De Bruyne 45-degree cross level 4: realistic]

Proficiency: 455/500
"call!"

With the desire to reach a passing attribute value of 89, Tang Ye raised his proficiency of [2-degree cross] to 45 two days before the match against Benfica.

He is only 5 points away from getting the next lv45 growth skill!
In fact, it is not necessary to increase the level. The increase in proficiency will also enhance Tang Ye’s passing ability.

This also led to an increasingly strong feeling in him now.

We are really not far from breaking through the passing attribute value!

At the end of the final training session at Carrington, Ten Hag gathered the players together.

"I will tell you the starting lineup via text message tonight. No matter which players start, our tactics will not change."

As he spoke, Ten Hahe noticed that Tang Ye was absent-minded.

Ten Hag looked at Tang Ye, and the players on the training ground also followed Ten Hag's gaze and looked at Tang Ye.

Being stared at by more than 20 people, Tang Ye quickly reacted: "What's wrong, Mr. Eric?"

"It's okay, tell me what I just said."

"..."

When asked by Ten Hag, Tang Ye suddenly felt like he was taking a cultural class at Luneng Football School. His body tensed up. "We just talked about the starting lineup."

Rodri and Rashford were trying to hold back their laughter, and Ten Hag continued to ask: "So what did you hear, are you the starter?"

Tang Ye looked into Ten Hahe's eyes, trying to make a judgment based on his expression.

But unfortunately, his facial expression observation is only effective for the defensive players on the field.

I can't see through Mr. Eric at all!
Then we can only guess!

"Uh, should, should be, right?"

"Ha ha"

Ashley Young pushed Tang Ye in front of Ten Hag. Ten Hag wanted to reach out and slap Tang Ye's hand, but Tang Ye took a step back and easily dodged it.

Ten Hahe pursed his lips and thought carefully: "I think you are a little too nervous."

After observing Tang Ye's condition, Ten Hag looked around at the Manchester United players present.

"Well, I know Benfica is strong, they were the Portuguese champions last season, but you should be more confident"

Ten Hag first handed the notebook to Van der Gag, and explained to the players while gesturing.

"We won the first two games, so we won the third game as well, that's the logic."

The players present did not dare to interrupt. At this time, Tang Ye spoke up: "But Mr. Eric...the opponents in the previous two games were not as strong as Hou Tian. Benfica is much stronger than Basel."

"Yes, but not only are our opponents getting stronger, we are also getting stronger"

"You beat Basel and Feyenoord without me, and I will be on the sidelines the day after tomorrow, so won't it be easy to beat Benfica?"

Ten Hahe spread his hands. "Hiss..."

Taking a deep breath, Tang Ye couldn't find any loopholes in Ten Hahe's words for a while.

It has to be Mr. Eric!
Ok, I’m confident now!

……

Repost: Manchester United releases a poster for the away game against Benfica, with Ashley Young appearing alone.

In this pre-match poster, in addition to a photo of Ashley Young, there is also Manchester United's match roster.

Head coach: Ten Hag!
After being banned for two consecutive Champions League games, Ten Hag finally played in his first Champions League game.

Ten Hag is of course the highlight of the roster, but in addition to Ten Hag there is another player who has caught the attention of fans.

No. 39 McTominay!

A product of Carrington's youth training system, with pure Red Devils DNA!

In July this year, he was promoted to the first team by Ten Hag. This was the first time that the Manchester United youngster entered the first team's match roster.

Manchester United legend Roy Keane expressed his opinion on this.

"The average age of Manchester United's squad has dropped a lot since Ten Hag took over as coach, which is a good thing for Manchester United."

As a Manchester United legend, Roy Keane certainly always thinks about Manchester United.

Looking at the current roster, there are 18-year-old Tang Ye, 20-year-old McTominay, and 21-year-old Rodri.

Ten Hag has previously said he wants to lead Manchester United towards revival.

And what is the key to revival?
It’s young people!
Ten Hag once again demonstrated his determination to Manchester United fans with two signings and one promotion in the summer window.

His determination is to revive Manchester United!

……

Lisbon Stadium of Light!
"Sou do Benfica～～"

"e isso me envaidece~~"

"enho a genica"

Standing in the player tunnel, Tang Ye could clearly hear the Benfica team song coming from outside.

Because he is familiar with Spanish, Tang Ye feels familiar with Benfica's team song.

But the melody of Benfica's team song is a bit strange.

Other teams’ anthems are exciting and lively, such as “Glory Glory Man United”, but Benfica’s anthem has a heavy feeling at the beginning.

Tang Ye, who likes listening to songs, is very sensitive to the melody and rhythm of the songs, so he covered his mouth and said to Rashford: "Their team song gives me the feeling that they have been around for a long time."

"Are you talking about the team song or the team?"

“It should be the team.”

Just at this moment the referee's whistle sounded, and Tang Ye looked at the task hanging on him.

[Task progress: Goal (0/2), Threatening pass (3/10)]

Benfica has a very long history.

But in the words of Mr. Eric.

A long history does not mean strong strength.

Walking out of the passage, Tang Ye heard the familiar Champions League March, and then he saw an eagle flying around the field.

This is the special opening ceremony of the Eagles Benfica, which can only be seen at the Luz Stadium.

"Mata, look"

Tang Ye pointed in the direction of the eagle: "It's a real eagle, the kind with flesh and blood."

"So we're playing the Eagles today?"

"It's better not to"

Tang Ye shook his head quickly: "Eagles can fly, we are no match for them"

……

"China Central Radio and Television! This is a live broadcast for you..."

"You can see that the stadium is very lively now. Benfica's iconic eagle opening ceremony has ended."

"The game has begun. Now let me introduce the starting lineups for both teams!"

"First, the home team Benfica, attack from the left side of the screen to the right side!"

Benfica (4-2-3-1)

Goalkeeper: Svilar

Defenders: Pereira, Luisão, Ruben Dias, Grimaldo
Midfielders: Fessa, Pizzi, Augusto

Forwards: Salvio, Jimenez, Goncalves
Head coach: Victoria
Both sides used a 4231 offensive formation, which shows that both Manchester United and Benfica wanted to attack.

The camera turned to Ten Hag on the sidelines.

"Many fans who only watch the Champions League will find that Manchester United suddenly changed coaches, but this is not the case."

"Yes, this is the real coach of Manchester United, but he was unable to play in the first two games because of some issues with the team's No. 10 player."

The head coach was suspended because of a player on the team. Is this a conflict within Manchester United?

No, it is not.

This kind of thing is really too complicated!
[Tang Ye: It has nothing to do with me]

[Damn, this Benfica eagle is really handsome, I hope it won’t take my GGBond away]

[Benfica is going to play against Manchester United? They are going to lose.]

[No. 66 is quite handsome, look at the name... Diaz]

【Not as good as my male god GGBond】

"here!"

Tang Ye got the ball on the right side and signaled Mata to run in front of him first, and then have a one-on-one challenge with Gonçalves.

Pretend you are Sansone and pedal half a bike first.

But Goncalves didn't respond!
Valencia ran past Tang Ye from behind, and Tang Ye made a blind pass with his back.

No kidding, I really didn't even look at it this time.

But Tang Ye had calculated it.

Valencia's running speed remains unchanged, and considering the time, Tang Ye certainly knows where he is running now.

"Success to Valencia! Beautiful!"

"Manchester United's attacking coordination on the right side was very good!"

"Valencia goes down!"

There were distractions coming from Benfica fans on the right, but Valencia was now in a more focused state.

Snapped!
A long pass from Valencia to Mkhitaryan in the center position.

Manchester United fans were a little disappointed to see Mkhitaryan appear in this position.

Ibrahimovic's injury hasn't recovered yet, and Martial was injured again in the last game.

Manchester United no longer has a center forward available!

There is no doubt that the lack of striker players will greatly weaken Manchester United's combat effectiveness.

Now it depends on how the players will operate!
Facing Diaz's interception, Mkhitaryan caught the ball from behind.

But in physical confrontation, Mkhitaryan is no match for Diaz.

If we don’t respond, we’re going to lose the ball!
Lingard was about to run over to help, but Herrera was a step faster than him.

After receiving the pass from Mkhitaryan in the middle, Herrera began to look for the position of his teammates.

Tang Ye cut in from the right side to the middle.

When starting, Tang Ye had already completed his observation of the front court, so he pointed to the open space in front of him.

Herrera reacted immediately and made a diagonal pass.

Give the ball to Tang Ye!

I glanced at the restricted area.

Swing your left foot directly!
The high ball went to the back of the penalty area and Rashford stopped the ball with his chest.

Hit the door again!

boom!
"Fuck!"

Roaring out in anger, Rashford spat at his feet.

Fly away!
"It's okay, it's okay, retreat!"

It was a good thing to find an offensive opportunity at the beginning of the game, and Ashley Young clapped his hands to encourage the players.

Ten Hag shook his head on the sidelines.

Rashford's ability to move is indeed excellent, and his speed is also good, and he can always cooperate with Tang Ye.

But his ability to make small adjustments in front of the goal is a bit poor!

Not as good as Tom who plays in midfield!

Oh, but...

Ten Hag shook his head.

It's normal that Marcus can't compare to Tom.

After all, he is not a talented player who debuted in Utrecht, so it is not incomprehensible that Rashford's football skills are a little worse.

"Full-backs, don't forget to move forward! Full-backs, don't forget to move forward!"

Ten Hag covered his mouth with his hands and shouted at the players on the field.

The coach is under a lot of pressure, which is also normal.

Benfica is a classic giant in the Portuguese Super League.

The top teams all have one characteristic, which is that they are strong in all aspects and have no obvious weaknesses.

Simply put, it is very difficult to exploit Benfica's weaknesses and defeat them!
Manchester United must find a way to suppress in all aspects!

……

(End of this chapter)