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

Chapter 587 Manchester United needs to widen the gap with Liverpool before the end of January.
Dongqiudi (a sports betting platform) is buzzing: With 17 wins and 3 draws in 20 rounds, Manchester United is ranked first and their momentum for a second consecutive title is unstoppable?

Attached is the 2019-2020 Premier League standings (as of the end of Round 20):

1. Manchester United, 54 points.

2. Liverpool, 51 points.

3. Manchester City, 46 points.

4. Chelsea, 43 points.

5. Leicester City, 37 points.

Manchester United's gap with Liverpool has widened from one point to three points, a result of United's efforts in the league in December.

One point is nothing, but three points is a lot.

Manchester United are naturally very satisfied with this result. In the fan opinion poll, 96% of the fans gave Manchester United a 5-star rating in December.

……

Premier League official: The Premier League Player of the Month for December is Manchester United midfielder Tang Ye.

Laureus World Sports Academy, 2020 Laureus World Sports Athlete of the Year Nominees (in no particular order):

1. Lewis Hamilton (F1, Great Britain)
2. Tang Ye (Football, China)
3. Marc Marquez (Motorcycle, Spain)

4. Rafael Kipchoge (Marathon, Kenya)

5. Rafael Nadal (Tennis, Spain)

6. Tiger Woods (Golf, USA)

7. Lionel Messi (Football, Argentina)

Most football fans don't really pay much attention to the Laureus Awards.

The reason is simple: this award favors F1 and tennis players, then track and field, while football and basketball players have virtually no chance.

However, we must pay close attention this year, as Tang Ye and Messi have been selected, making football the sport with the most nominees.

……

As 2020 arrived, Tang Ye arrived at the base wearing a down jacket.

It rained a little today, but this little bit of rain was nothing to Tang Ye, who was already used to it.

Time flies, and before he knew it, he had been playing professional football for almost 5 years, from Utrecht in the Dutch Eredivisie to Manchester United in the English Premier League...

GGBond couldn't help but sigh at this.

Time flies!

Time flies...

Okay, I don't know how to say the second sentence.

boom!
Suddenly, something hit him from behind. Tang Ye turned around and saw that Ashley Young had thrown a snowball at him: "Hey, Young, what are you doing!"

Where did you get the snowball?

Ashley Young pointed to the cafeteria entrance: "It was here last week, and it hasn't melted yet."

"Wow"

Tang Ye saw the snowdrift Ashley Yang was pointing to: "Hasn't it melted yet?"

Individual snowflakes have all melted into water, but snowflakes that stick together can survive just fine.

"Wow!"

Dembele jumped onto Tang Ye, who, caught off guard, fell to the ground with Dembele.

"I rely on"

"Ottoman!"

Fortunately, Tang Ye was wearing thick clothes, otherwise he probably would have fallen and hurt himself badly.

"Haha, how come you can't stand up, Tom!"

Dembele and Tang Ye started arguing, and the players slowly made their way to the cafeteria.

The cafeteria was very warm. The first thing to do when you went in was to take off your down jacket and then drink a cup of warm milk.

You always drink hot drinks.

Rashford put his hand on Tang Ye's shoulder: "It's probably warm inside already, so just drink something cold."

"screw you"

Tang Ye turned away, not letting Rashford see his hot milk: "That juice will make your stomach very, very cold. Didn't your stomach hurt when you drank it?"

"Of course it doesn't hurt."

The Manchester United players were having breakfast when Tang Ye brought up a topic.

That is Manchester United's transfer plan for this winter transfer window.

What new friends will Manchester United welcome this time?
"I feel like we haven't prepared to buy anything at all."

Rodri lowered his head, exuding a seductive aura, which attracted Tang Ye to lean closer.

Why should we tell this in secret?

Tang Ye and Dembele looked into Rodri's eyes.

"Um...no need to whisper it."

The three of them raised their heads again.

"I don't think there are any rumors about it, so they probably won't be buying players."

Rodri shared his guess.

As Manchester United players, they should know if the club has any plans for the winter transfer window.

"Tom, don't you know?"

Mata turned to Tangye.

Among the players present, Tang Ye had known Ten Hag the longest.

"Ah, me?"

Tang Ye pointed to himself: "I definitely don't know... but if you ask me, we should buy a full-back or a center-back, because Rojo is still injured."

"Rojo should leave."

Mata said he told his teammates something they didn't know.

Manchester United's injured centre-back Marcos Rojo will be loaned out during the winter transfer window.

And then there’s…

"I should probably leave too."

Ashley Young's words silenced all his teammates. Tang Ye immediately knelt on the chair, pressing his hands on Dembele's shoulders to get closer to Ashley Young so he could hear him more clearly: "What's going on, Young?"

"Um……"

Tang Ye looked left and right and realized that Mata and Smalling already knew that Ashley Young was leaving.

“I told Mata yesterday…”

Ashley Young sighed: "I'll probably go to Inter Milan."

"why?"

Tang Ye pressed further, "We're definitely stronger than Inter Milan now, right? Yang, trust me, if we're drawn against Inter Milan instead of Real Madrid in the round of 16, we'll beat them easily."

"No, no, it's not a team problem."

“It’s my problem”

Ashley Young sighed.

His departure is not because Manchester United is not strong; on the contrary, it is because Manchester United is too strong.

Like Valencia before him, Ashley Young's current ability is no longer enough to support him continuing to play for Manchester United.

"This……"

The Manchester United players were silent at the dinner table, and Tang Ye didn't know what to say.

"..."

As is customary, the team's morning meeting is held after breakfast.

There are morning meetings almost every day, but the morning meeting on the 1st of each month is the most important.

Manchester United's coaching staff needs to align their goals and plans for this month with the players.

"We will gradually move towards a three-man defense because our focus is on winning the championship, which means we need to get points from strong teams. And against the top teams in the Premier League and the Champions League, a three-man defense will be more suitable for us..."

Ten Hach was speaking on stage, while Tang Ye sat in his seat with a small notebook and a ballpoint pen on the table in front of him.

The notebook and pen were for taking notes during the meeting, but Tang Ye didn't write a single word; he was reading the news.

I browse football news to see what transfers teams in the same league are making.

I read the football news first, then the basketball news, and then I searched on Baidu.

(First Financial Daily, December 31st, Headline) -- China has reported 27 cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province, to the World Health Organization (WHO). Experts from the National Health Commission have rushed to Wuhan to conduct an investigation.

"..."

I often see news online about infectious diseases, and yet another one hits before the end of December.

Wow, quite a lot of people are infected this time, a whopping 27...

The SARS outbreak in November 2002 occurred in his hometown of Foshan. Tang Ye was only 3 years old at the time and had no idea what was going on.

However, it's 2020 now, not 2003, so treating an infectious disease isn't a big problem.

Tang Ye chewed on his pen cap, pondering the concepts of viruses and bacteria. Why are there two such terms, "virus" and "bacteria"?

What are the differences between them?
Which one is more dangerous?

……

In the evening in China, Manchester United posted a video on their official Twitter and Bilibili accounts, featuring more than 20 Manchester United players wishing Chinese fans a Happy New Year.

[#HappyNewYear, let's see who speaks the best Chinese!]

It's only four words, but that's difficult for most Manchester United players.

Wan-Bissaka's mind is in disarray. Rashford and Rodri are talented, that's a good point.

And of course, Tang Ye was the last to appear!
The best Chinese speaker in the Manchester United squad, bar none!

Happy New Year 2020 to Manchester United fans! May everything go well for you!

"Yun dang fai lo (Happy New Year in Cantonese), may you conquer the world and make a fortune!"

"Ha ha"

Before the video ended, Tang Ye and his teammates applauded together.

Tang Ye somehow got hold of a Zippo lighter and lit a firecracker.

"Ottoman!"

Tang Ye made Dembele hold out his hand, then shoved the firecracker into it: "Here you go, Osman."

"What the hell!"

Dembele quickly threw out the firecrackers he was holding.

Snapped!
"Ha ha!"

……

Manchester United have announced that Scott McTominay has suffered a muscle strain and will miss the next Premier League match against Arsenal.

Manchester United beat reporter: Ashley Young may leave during the winter transfer window, and a three-man defense may become Manchester United's option for the second half of the season.

Emirates Stadium.

"Come on, Arsenal! Yeah, you are the Hot Stuff!"

"Keep telling us we're boring - we'll just keep on scoring now!"

"The Arsenal, come on the Arsenal! (Arsenal...Come on, Arsenal...Arsenal!)"

"..."

It was very cold today, but fans had already gathered outside the Emirates Stadium several hours before the match started.

"We, Arsenal, are invincible!"

"We, Arsenal, are invincible!"

Beep!!!

Arsenal (4-2-3-1)

Goalkeeper: Leno

Defenders: Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, David Luiz, Kolasinac
Midfielders: Torreira, Özil, Xhaka

Forwards, Nicola Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang

Head Coach: Arteta
Guardiola and Ten Hag are the two most formidable bald players in the Premier League, and Arteta is Guardiola's protégé.

Guardiola and Ten Hag are considered arch-rivals.

Now Ten Hag is facing his arch-rival's apprentice.

This makes for a very interesting match.

"apprentice!"

"apprentice!"

Manchester United fans used this as an opportunity to attack Arteta.

Snapped!
Tang Ye and Torreira collided, and Tang Ye ultimately prevailed.

We held on!
Torreira, who was already on the ground, tried to pull Tang Ye down with his hands, but unfortunately, Tang Ye cleverly raised his left leg, preventing Torreira from succeeding.

Haha!

Dribble forward!

Manchester United's attack and Arsenal's deep defensive retreat.

Tang Ye's ability to advance the ball is not as good as De Jong's, but Manchester United's number 10 is special. He can make long passes as long as he has even half a second of space.

Because of this concern, Arsenal's defenders must be very cautious.

Fearing Manchester United would pass the ball directly behind their defense, Arsenal dared not press forward directly, thus giving Tang Ye excellent attacking ability.

Of course, this propulsion capability is fake.

Tang Ye dribbled the ball slowly to a position near the left baseline and passed it to Ashley Young.

Ashley Young crossed the ball!
Chaos erupted in the penalty area.

boom!
Luis headed the ball away.

The ball that flew out was caught by Rodri.

"Come!"

Tang Ye pointed to the empty space in front of him with both hands, and then received a pass from Rodri.

Let's make some adjustments...

Finding a suitable opportunity, Tang Ye prepared to pass the ball, but was brought down by Özil the next second.

“Beep beep beep!!!”

Tang Ye had already fallen to the ground three times in just 15 minutes of the match.

It's safe to say that Arteta is a true disciple of Guardiola; he's relentlessly targeting Tang Ye.

"Come!"

Rodri helped Tang Ye up, and Manchester United began preparing for the set-piece opportunity.

"Phew... Get in there, get in there, I'm going to hit him right now, help me knock Aubameyang aside."

After whispering their instructions to each other, Tang Ye and Rodri began to adjust their breathing.

"Actually, I feel Arsenal didn't handle that foul very well. Giving Tang Ye that position would have been a bit dangerous..."

"However, Tang Ye's free-kick form isn't as good as last season. I wonder how he'll handle this ball. If he shoots directly, that will be Manchester United's third shot of the game."

"Tang Ye..."

As they took a running start, a physical altercation broke out between the players from both sides inside the penalty area.

As Tang Ye requested, Rodri and Alle together pushed Aubameyang away.

Snapped!
He took a shot with his right foot; it was a curved shot.

Tang Ye's shot flew over Aubameyang's head, arcing slightly before heading towards the goal.

The trajectory wasn't wide, but the ball was fast enough that Leno didn't even have time to react and make a save.

The ball went in!
"Goal! Tang Ye!"

"Direct goal from a free kick"

"My goodness, haha!"

Tang Ye's free kick was like a combination of Son Heung-min and Cristiano Ronaldo.

It doesn't have the same arc as Son Heung-min's, but it has almost the speed of Cristiano Ronaldo's ball.

Dongqiudi Live Match Report: In the 17th minute, Tang Ye scored directly from a free kick, giving Manchester United a 1-0 lead.
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Haha, they're back, they're all back!

This is what an all-around midfielder is all about!

Please, please, give us a way to survive!

Why did Özil have to be dragged along? I'm speechless.

[Tennhav: Arteta calls me master!]

Manchester United players celebrated at the corner flag, and Tang Ye even gave a high-five to the home fans.

"Tom!!!"

Ashley Young yelled at Tang Ye.

If this scoreline holds, Manchester United will secure their 19th victory of the season.

Why did you pull him?!

Leno and Özil started arguing: "We're packed with players in our box, you could have just let him pass, why give us a free kick?"

Özil was frustrated because the foul was something the coach had emphasized before the game.

"TY's free kick form is not good, just take him down if you have the chance," these were Arteta's exact words in the locker room.

However, it is clear from the situation on the field that Arteta's prediction was wrong.

The game continues!

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(End of this chapter)