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

Chapter 362: The opponent in the quarter-finals is Juventus? Manchester United advances to the FA Cup semi-finals!
"Juventus..."

Seeing the English words "Juventus" displayed on the TV screen, Tang Ye frowned.

They played against Juventus last season when they were still playing for Villarreal, but Juventus's form was really bad at that time, so those two games did not have much reference value.

“How are they doing this year?”

Tang Ye turned his head and looked at Rodri.

If it was Rhodes, then he must be very clear.

Rodri shook his head.

He often browses some things on the Internet, but he really doesn't know much about Juventus.

"OK then"

Tang Ye nodded slightly and took the phone out of his pocket.

If you want to understand a team's competitive status this season, the league standings are definitely the most valuable reference.

These were Mr. Michel's original words, and Tang Ye remembered this very clearly.

Take a look at the Serie A standings...

"Wow, Rod, they are the number one in Serie A"

Looking up and meeting Rodri's gaze, Tang Ye looked somewhat surprised.

In addition to surprise, he also felt a little nervous.

Obviously, Juventus is not an easy opponent to deal with!
Throwing his phone aside, Tang Ye leaned back on the sofa and focused his attention on his system.

[Phase 3 Mission Progress: Assists (6/)]

Three more assists are needed to complete the mission of stage three.

If the opponent is Juventus, it would be very difficult to complete this task.

Well...if Manchester United can beat Juventus and advance to the semi-finals, things should become a lot simpler?
……

[Playing against Juventus, I feel like this signing is not very good? 】

[At least it’s better than playing against Bayern and Real Madrid. Barcelona is also strong, and Juventus is still okay]

[Juventus is okay? Juventus is really fierce]

Manchester United's Champions League draw has sparked heated discussions among fans.

Playing Juventus in the quarter-finals is a big challenge for Manchester United.

But if you think about it carefully, we have already reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and it is not realistic to participate in the draw with the idea of ​​bullying the weaker team.

There aren't so many weak teams to bully. If you want to go one step further, you have to fight with strong teams!

……

After the draw, the Manchester United coaching staff immediately started research on Juventus.

Van der Gag set new training tasks for the players based on Juventus' characteristics, including cross-running and coordination on the flanks.

The crossing movements of Tang Ye and Rashford were considered by Manchester United's assistant coach to be a very crucial part of the match against Juventus.

"Come on, raise your arms up!"

Craig led everyone in stretching, and Mata noticed Tang Ye, who was smiling: "What's wrong, Tom?"

Tang Ye was obviously distracted, and Rashford next to him shouted for help.

"Um, what's wrong, Mata?"

"You look happy? Is it because of the Champions League draw?"

Mata spread his hands to Tang Ye: "I have to tell you, Tom, Juventus is not as easy to deal with as you think"

"Oh, of course not Mata"

Tang Ye certainly knew that Juventus was not an easy opponent to deal with, and he was not happy about the Champions League draw.

I just listened to Escriva's explanation a few days ago.

It is great news that Mr. Phelan, whom I respect, is not actually a serial killer.

Conan's analysis was seriously wrong, but he was very willing to accept the reality of his mistake.

Mr. Phelan is an absolutely great guy!

Nice and friendly people!
clap clap!

Two-pass combination!

Then make another cross-run with Marcus.

Tang Ye came to his favorite left baseline.

Cross!

Martial!
The ball went in!
"Ha ha!"

This tactic of crossing with the wingers seemed to be tailor-made for Tang Ye.

Pretending to be a winger and making crosses from the bottom, Tang Ye is really good at it!

“The effect is still very good”

Staring at the players training on the field, Van der Gahe said softly.

"I adapted quickly. This tactic can be used in the FA Cup."

Ten Hag said.

The cooperation between Tang Ye and Rashford was so smooth.

It's just like……

Well, it's just like the cooperation between Tom and Jerry in Tom and Jerry.

That’s a level of tacit understanding that has been developed over several seasons of animation!

Because of Tang Ye and Rashford's quick adaptability to cross-running, Manchester United's plan changed slightly.

In addition to the Champions League, they will also try this tactic in the FA Cup and the league.

With Tang Ye's precise cross from the bottom and combined with Allais' excellent heading ability, Manchester United's attack will become more ferocious!

……

"Tom!"

"Tom! Here, here! Sign!"

"Thank you for bringing the championship"

The fans were so enthusiastic that Tang Ye, who had just got off the bus, felt a little embarrassed.

"It's not me who brought it, it's not me who brought it, it's me and my teammates who won the championship together"

Tang Ye fist-bumped with the fans and then took a pen to write on his clothes.

It was true what he said, but the recognition from the fans really gave Tang Ye a great sense of accomplishment.

"Is there another championship? FA Cup, FA Cup champion!"

"This……"

Tang Ye returned the signed jersey to the fan.

This is not an easy question to answer.

Winning the FA Cup is much more difficult than winning the League Cup, as strong teams like Tottenham and Chelsea have not yet been eliminated.

Mata came over from behind and motioned Tang Ye to go in quickly.

Tang Ye followed Mata and turned to talk to the fan who had just asked him the question.

"It's a bit difficult, but we'll try our best, we'll try our best!"

Entering the stadium from the side door, Mata looked at Tang Ye with a smile: "What did the fans say to you?"

"They asked me if I could win the FA Cup"

Tang Ye shook his head and followed his teammates inside: "This is too difficult to answer. The FA Cup champion is difficult."

Tottenham is okay, but it would be bad if they meet Chelsea.

After all, Manchester United was beaten 2:0 by Chelsea last month!
"..."

Looking left and right to make sure there were no reporters lying in ambush around, Mata suddenly said.

“I feel like we have a pretty good chance.”

"real or fake?"

Tang Ye's eyes lit up.

England FA Cup champion!
That sounds great!
……

CCTV does not have the broadcasting rights for the FA Cup, so someone must step up at this time to benefit the fans who want to watch Tang Ye's game.

"Ok brothers!"

"FA Cup quarter-finals, brothers, if nothing unexpected happens, this will be Donald Trump's second championship at Manchester United brothers"

[It appears, Tang Ye licks the dog! 】

[Brother, you are using it as a comma, right? You are a talented anchor]

【Wang Chao: Brothers, brothers, ok brothers】

[Wang Chao is a fake fan, Tang Qiuwang plays friendly football, not brotherly football]

The live broadcast room was quite lively, and Wang Chao had a bright smile on his face when he saw the backend data.

He is always ridiculed by fans for being Tang Ye's bootlicker.

But if you think about it carefully, aren’t those fans who start frantically looking for live broadcast sources when they see Manchester United playing also Tang Ye’s bootlickers?
In fact, we are all the same kind of people.

It's just that some people lick it more crazily.

……

Swish!

Walking out of the corridor, Tang Ye rubbed his hands.

It was super, super cold today, so he borrowed a pair of gloves from Martial.

The gloves were very warm, but there was a question in Tang Ye's mind that remained unanswered.

Look up at the sky.

It's March 3th, why is it still snowing in Manchester?

Compared to Villarreal, the weather in Manchester was so bad that Tom had to stay enthusiastic enough to keep his body warm.

"The game has begun, brothers!"

"Tang Ye's Massacre!"

The game had just started when football statistics website TheScored posted a tweet.

Data from the past two seasons show that Tang Ye's competitive performance will decline significantly in cold weather.

I just wonder if this could be a chance for Brighton to upset Manchester United?
14th minute of the first half!

Soft snow floated down from the sky, trying to block Tang Ye's vision.

If it were in the past, Tang Ye might have really been disturbed by the harsh weather conditions.

But now his vision is no longer 91.

It’s 97!

"Give it to me directly!"

Receive the pass from teammates in the middle position.

Turning to face Brighton's goal.

Look at the far end first and then the near end!

Brighton's defenders came up to press, and Tang Ye simply made a fake move.

There is snow everywhere on the court, and the opposing defensive players will definitely be affected. Now is the chance!

Snapped!
A straight pass into the front court!
The target is Rashford who is advancing from the left!

"Wow!"

Rashford keeps the ball!

Sudden stop outside the penalty area!

Rashford's sudden pause allowed the Brighton defender to run straight past the position.

Hehe, I didn’t expect it.

This is what I learned from Tom!
boom!
Rashford's shot hit the right post and went into the goal.

"Too accurate, King Tang!"

Wang Chao led the fans in the live broadcast room to start their celebration, and the on-site announcer shouted out the name of the scorer Rashford.

Marcus Rashford, this is Rat's real name!

clap clap clap!
With the applause from Ten Hag and Manchester United fans, Brighton can only feel the exaggerated pressure now.

Defender Dunk put his hands on his hips and kept shaking his head in the penalty area.

The snowflakes floating in the sky made Tang Ye's pass more concealed.

A ball suddenly flew towards them from the front, and perhaps only Brighton players could feel this kind of pressure.

Manchester United’s No. 10 now looks like a devil holding a fork!
Red devil!
The game continued, and Lingard and Martial started warming up at the same time on the bench.

Replace Tang Ye and Alai?

"Damn it guys, Ten Hag doesn't treat Brighton as a human being"

"Can you change me later, King Tang?"

Wang Chao now only hopes that Ten Hag can be more sensible.

"A little ahead, a little ahead"

Tang Ye commanded his younger brother Rod.

The coordination between Brighton's frontcourt players was a bit poor, so from this perspective, Manchester United's goal was still relatively safe.

The time has come to the 36st minute!

Valencia dribbled the ball along the right side.

We have reached the bottom line!
Tang Ye asked Herrera to go up and support Valencia, while he went to the middle to grab a position.

While running, he turned his head to observe the positions of Allais and Rashford.

In the penalty area, Allais was very focused.

Because he knew Tom might pass the ball to him at any time!

boom!
Valencia made a strong dunk and cut inside directly from the bottom.

Herrera and Mata made a crossing run, and finally Mata received Valencia's return pass.

Tang Ye turned around and looked at Alai.

Received the pass from Mata!
"Hey!"

Tang Ye shouted and turned to confront Brighton's defender.

Lift your right leg!
boom!
He kicked the ball with his heel and sent it directly into the penalty area.

Alai resisted the pull of the defender and headed the ball into the goal.

2: 0!

[You get counterattack points*5]

[Assist to score twice, you get an extra counterattack point*10]

"Roar!!!"

Tang Ye's mood gradually calmed down after hearing the roar from his good friend Sebastian.

It feels good to score a goal, but the grateful expressions of teammates and the amazed expressions of fans after the assist also make Tang Ye feel very comfortable.

“Beep, beep!!”

At the end of the first half, Manchester United players returned to the locker room with a 2:0 lead.

"Rod, I feel like our offense has become more fluid recently. Well, I'm not just talking about you and me, but also me and Marcus, me and Sebastian."

Tang Ye is very sensitive to his environment.

He can feel his friends' emotions, and of course he can also feel the tacit understanding between him and his friends.

"We played very well in the first half, so we will make some personnel adjustments in the second half."

In the first 45+2 minutes of the game, Ten Hag and Van der Gag had already completed Brighton's judgment.

The Blue Seagulls were judged by Eric to be of no threat, so there was no need to keep the core players playing.

Lingard replaced Tang Ye and Martial replaced Mata. These were substitutions that Manchester United needed to make at the beginning of the second half.

Tang Ye was a little depressed when he learned that he was going to be replaced, but he quickly adjusted his mood.

Before, he thought Mr. Phelan was a serial killer.

After experiencing such a sad thing, there was not much that could affect Tang Ye's mood.

Leaning against the cabinet, Tang Ye chewed the gum in his mouth.

Calm.

Maybe this is what it means to be an adult who can stand on his own!
Tom is a grown-up now!

……

Football report: Manchester United beat Brighton 2:2 and 4:2 on penalties to advance to the FA Cup semi-finals.

"Damn it, I'm so scared!"

boom!
After jumping down from the steps of the player tunnel, Tang Ye could still feel his own heartbeat.

I bought a piece of [Tang Ye's Chewing Gum] when I was sitting on the bench just now, and now the duration has ended.

[You bought Tangye's chewing gum]

"call……"

I let out a long breath and my body immediately felt a lot better.

At the beginning of the second half, Ten Hag directly replaced two main players.

I thought it was a sure match, but the damn Brighton suddenly started to exert their strength!

Fortunately, the teammates were strong enough, otherwise Manchester United would probably have been killed in the quarter-finals!

"Rod"

Tang Ye punched Rodri who was walking down.

In the second half, Manchester United relied on Rodri's outstanding performance to maintain the draw.

This is the strength of Brother Tom.

"Mr. Eric is too pretentious. Mata and I should have stayed on the field for a while longer."

Tang Ye is right.

The tactics of top league teams change very quickly. The tactics in the second half may be very different from those in the first half. This is why many substitutions in the Premier League occur after 60 minutes.

Tang Ye complained, and Rodri pinched Tang Ye's arm with his fingers.

"What's wrong, Rod? It hurts... Damn it."

Tang Ye turned around and found Ten Hahe standing beside him.

He blocked Tang Ye's blind spot!

"Hey, Mr. Eric, I don't mean to complain about you, it's just that Brighton and his team are really weird."

"I know I know"

Ten Hag walked over, patted Tang Ye on the back, and then continued walking forward: "These are all small scenes, Tom, you will experience a lot more in the future. Many teams are like this, suddenly becoming strong in the second half. This is not something we can expect, but we will learn lessons from this experience."

Ten Hahe slowly walked away, while Tang Ye stood there with an admiring look in his eyes.

Mr. Eric is absolutely right.

Failure is not a big problem.

Pick up the experience balls that drop when you fail, and then you can upgrade and become stronger!

……

In the bathroom, Ten Hag leaned against the door and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand.

"Huh, huhu..."

"Fuck, fuck, fuck..."

It’s so fucking scary!
Ten Hag didn't even dare to think about it.

What if Manchester United loses this game?
What should he and Tom do!
Crunch!

There was a sound outside the toilet, and Ten Hahe suddenly became nervous.

After wiping off the sweat, Ten Hag regained his calm appearance.

"Michelle?"

When he found out that the person coming was Van der Gag, Ten Hag let out a long sigh and leaned back against the door again.

"Eric, are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Do you have any gum?"

“Oh, yes.”

Van der Gaag took out a piece of gum from his pocket: "This is what Tom gave me before the game started"

Ten Hag took the gum from Van der Jag, put it in his mouth and chewed it hard.

Vandergaard stood aside, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Eric, we won in the end"

"I know, I know, you don't have to stress this"

Ten Hag shook his head slowly, looking uncomfortable.

"By the way, no one followed you when you came here, right? Keep an eye out for me so I can take a break."

"Yeah, it'll be fine soon."

……

Today’s headlines: FA Cup semi-final draw, Manchester United faces Tottenham.

Drawing Tottenham among Chelsea, Tottenham and Southampton is not the best result for Manchester United, but it is not the worst either.

The good news is that the semi-final will still be played at Manchester United’s home ground!
[I am really impressed by Ten Hag's incredible substitution. Can you please not play with fire next time?]

[Haha, Rodri is really tough. As expected, all of my friends will have no problems.]

[Manchester United are already on the FA Cup final, need I say more guys?]

After the semi-final draw, Betway released the latest FA Cup odds, with Manchester United topping the list with odds of 1 to 2.95.

As the second place in the Premier League this season, Manchester United is generally favored by fans.

The Times - The FA Cup title will be Manchester United's goal this season, but Tottenham and Chelsea are not as weak as imagined.

Tottenham and Chelsea have each faced Manchester United twice this season.

Manchester United won both games against Tottenham and lost one against Chelsea.

There is also Southampton. Manchester United lost to Southampton in the first half of the league.

In general, Manchester United has a great chance, but only a fully-formed Manchester United can have the chance to win the FA Cup!
……

(End of this chapter)