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

Chapter 609 The European Leagues Have Been Paused
Dongqiudi pinned post: As of 4 pm on March 13, all five major European football leagues have been suspended.

Not only the top five European football leagues, but most European sporting events have been suspended, as has the NBA in the United States.

According to the official announcement, the suspension will last until at least April 10, which means that the standings will remain unchanged for the next month, and the Premier League will be suspended after the 29th round.

Attached is the 2019-2020 Premier League standings (as of the end of Round 29):

1. Manchester United, 78 points.

2. Liverpool, 75 points.

3. Manchester City, 63 points.

4. Chelsea, 54 points.

5. Tottenham Hotspur, 49 points.

"Manchester United have been the most favored team to win the title since the start of the season, but they are now facing some trouble. They need to maintain their competitive form during the upcoming month-long suspension period, otherwise they are likely to be 'ambushed' by Liverpool," commented a Manchester Evening News reporter.

The journalist is a loyal Manchester United fan, and what he expressed in the article reflects the concerns of many Manchester United fans.

Professional sports teams maintain a high level of competition by leveraging momentum. Manchester United had been on a winning streak, and now you're making the players go a month without playing—wouldn't they feel terrible?
All Premier League players are suffering, but Manchester United are undoubtedly under the most pressure. If they can't deliver the same performance in a month, they could be stabbed in the back by Liverpool.

The Premier League has its human relationships, but it's mostly about fighting and killing!

The Mirror's front-page headline: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tests positive for COVID-19. Within three days of infection, Arteta had contact with all Arsenal first-team players, and Arsenal first-team players had contact with Tottenham first-team players, while Tottenham had contact with Watford players.

Following the Chelsea youngster, the second person in the Premier League to be infected has emerged.

"Hey……"

Tang Ye shook his head slightly. At this moment, many players in the WhatsApp group expressed their condolences to Arteta.

[De Bruyne: Get well soon @Arteta]

[Van Dijk: Keep it up!]

Aubameyang: (Praying) (Praying)

Ok……

Tang Ye placed his two thumbs on the phone's keyboard.

[TY: Keep it up! (Muscles) (Muscles) (Muscles)]

[Rodri: Keep it up!]

"Hey, Rod, haha!"

Tang Ye jumped up and ran to the other side of the villa. As expected, Rhodes was also looking for him.

"Rhodes, you two have such great chemistry!"

"Ha ha!"

Tang Ye and Rodri gave each other a high five.

Let's be optimistic and not dwell on the sad things. The suspension has given Rodri and Martial plenty of rest time, so in Tang Ye's opinion, the suspension isn't entirely bad for Manchester United.

After clapping with Rodri, Tang Ye returned to his room and received a friend request on his phone.

Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
Tang Ye quickly clicked "accept" after noting that Tang Ye had a note about him in the group.

Tang Ye: What's wrong, bro?

[Saka: ...I just wanted to add you as a friend (TY), because a lot of people on our team already have that.]

Tang Ye: Hmm, it's a minor issue.

It's not like we can't add them. Since they're players from the same league, Tang Ye will naturally agree.

However, this Saka seems to be new; at least Tang Ye doesn't recall ever fighting him.

Tang Ye shifted his focus from the phone to the system.

[Stage 4 Mission Progress: Winning Streak (2/4)]

Status: Completed

The Champions League Stage 2 mission is complete, check out the rewards!

You have gained 6500 comeback points.

[Champions League Chase - Stage Three]

[Mission Objective: Achieve 5 goals/assists in the Champions League]

[Mission Reward: Unknown]

The Champions League mission was indeed very rewarding; Tang Ye immediately gained 6500 comeback points. He estimated that if he completed stage three, he would receive even more rewards.

Tang Ye checked his panel and saw that his account balance was now 10932 points.

Because of the one-month suspension, Tang Ye's thinking was very clear.

Save the money used to buy the [Hazard Super Tartare Burger], and use the rest to upgrade items that help with training.

Ronaldo's broccoli: +6 → +7

【…】

Ronaldo's Broccoli +8 → Ronaldo's Broccoli +9

It cost 7500 comeback points to level up 9 times, and the broccoli's effect reached an incredibly powerful level.

[Ronaldo's Broccoli +9: After use, you will gain 290% more training benefits with the ball for the next 4 hours.]

The operation had just been completed when Tang Ye, who was busy, received a new task.

dong dong!

Rodri and Dembele knocked and entered, each holding a towel: "Tom, we've gone to the gym."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Viewing the group"

Dembele held up his phone.

In Manchester United's first team WhatsApp group, Erik ten Hag just sent training assignments to the players.

This means that Manchester United players need to film corresponding training videos and then upload them to the group chat.

It's ostensibly to encourage training, but it's really just online classes and homework.

Dembele put his hands on his head, a helpless expression on his face: "The matches are suspended, but training hasn't."

……

The Telegraph reported on March 15 that three Premier League players have shown symptoms of COVID-19 infection but have not yet been tested.

Dongqiudi reposted Manchester Evening News: Training continues despite suspension! During the Premier League suspension, Guardiola has asked Manchester City players to train at home independently, and players are required to upload videos of their daily training sessions via WhatsApp.

The Sun - According to the contract, the club is still required to pay the players 100% of their weekly wages during the suspension, even if they do not go to the training ground.

[I get it. This league postponement by a month means one less month in the summer transfer window. Players who would have been traveling are now training at home, which is a huge loss for them.]

[How could it be such a huge loss? Note that it's a "mansion," not a home. I'd be willing to work without taking a break even if you offered me a 1 million annual salary!]

[If I don't get this in a month, I'll be completely useless.]

[Tang Ye: I know you're all panicking right now, but don't panic, I'm training now.]

I thought GGBond was the same Lazy Pig from before. Is he even a real football fan? GG now has "Master" in its suffix.

Tang Ye, Rodri, and Dembele live together, so they usually hand in their training assignments together.

Among Premier League players, these three are considered lucky. New signings at Manchester United, like De Jong and De Ligt, live alone and are incredibly bored.

Those three people are quite good!

"what!!!"

Dembele roared and tried to push the bench press bar off his chest, but failed.

"I'm coming!"

Tang Ye rushed over and helped Dembele pull the pole up.

Looking at the barbell plates on both sides, each side weighed about 30kg, which made Tang Ye burst out laughing: "Haha, what's wrong with you? You can't even handle 30kg on one side?"

"I don't know, I could do it before."

Dembele shrugged, while Tang Ye fiddled with the barbell plates with his hands.

At 32.5kg on each side, if Dembele can't handle that weight, it would be really bad.

"Haha, how about this? I'll make Osman for you, then you can have someone Photoshop your head onto it, and then you can hand in your assignment."

"Hey, don't look down on me!"

Dembele pushed Tang Ye away: "It's easier for you since you weigh more than me. I weigh 30kg, so it's definitely difficult for me. Besides, I play dribbling, so I can't be too strong."

“Isn’t he a dribbler too?” Rhodes glanced at Tang Ye beside him.

The Manchester United defensive midfielder was also laughing because Dembele's strength training was simply too abstract.

How far can you squat in a half-squat?

When Rodri asked, Dembele chose to change the subject directly.

"Hey, don't do that, haha."

Tang Ye pulled Dembele back from his escape attempt: "Just tell me how many squats you can endure."

"Didn't you see it during training before?"

"They're all barbell plates; I haven't even calculated how much they cost in total."

Dembele glanced at Tang Ye, then at Rodri, his face displaying a wide range of subtle expressions.

After a moment's hesitation, the Manchester United striker finally gave his answer.

"I do not know"

"Hahaha!"

"Ha ha!"

Tang Ye shrugged at Rodri: "I guarantee he can't handle too much, because I saw that the films he used before were all very small."

"No, no, no, let's put this topic on hold, on hold!"

Three days later, time flew by.

Thanks to the +10 level chicken breast, Tang Ye has been feeling warm all over lately, which is a sign that his physical strength is about to increase.

This was indeed a good thing, but Tang Ye soon encountered a problem.

Although they have an outdoor soccer field at home, they only have three players, and the family servants can't help with training.

The club is also considering this issue, and is looking into whether it can encourage reserve team players and some coaches to help with training at the players' individual villas by increasing their salaries.

The proposal has not yet been approved by the FA, but Tang Ye and his two friends, who live in the suburbs, have already started playing it.

YouTube live stream.

User: TangYeTYTY
[Number of online users: 89.2]

"This is our Rhodes!"

Tang Ye held up his phone, pointing the camera at Rodri, who was riding an exercise bike. Rodri raised his hand to greet the fans: "Good evening!"

"Haha, it's not just good evening, many people should be at noon or morning right now."

"Oh, my question."

Rhodes cleared his throat and corrected his greeting: "Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone!"

"Ha ha!"

Tang Ye took an empty mineral water bottle, pretended it was a microphone, and used it to interview Rhodes: "Rhodes, are you a cyclist?"

"Yeah, I'm a Tour de France rider."

Snap!
Rodri patted his calves, showing off his calf muscles.

"Oh, cyclists don't have calves as thick as yours, you're a fake Tour de France rider."

Tang Ye complained, then went to find Dembele.

At that moment, Dembele was sitting on the ground, watching a CS match live on his phone.

"Hmm! Let's interview this person... S1mple! (CS pro player), good evening S1mple."

Tang Ye took the camera and showed the fans in the live broadcast room a segment of the match that Dembele was watching.

"Can you win?"

Tang Ye asked Dembele, who replied seriously, "I should be the one playing this sniping position."

"Oh, come on!"

Tang Ye punched Dembele's arm, and at the request of fans in the live broadcast room, turned the camera towards himself.

"When will we start playing again...?"

"Didn't the Premier League announce it? It seems to start on April 10th. Hey, everyone training, don't be nervous."

Tang Ye reassured the anxious fans.

The comments were in all sorts of languages, including English, Spanish, German, and even Arabic that made people dizzy.

Tang Ye focused his attention on the Chinese and English bullet comments, rather than the flashy and complicated content.

"Rodri is all better now. He's been better for a while now; he's just waiting to get back into form for the game."

Can they continue their winning streak?

Stay safe and don't go out, getting infected will be the end of you!

I think TY and Dembele should be fine, just Rodri shouldn't go out. There are only 20 days until the resumption of matches!

[Resume the competition? Don't be so optimistic, it's impossible!]

Come on next month, Manchester United, may you win all your matches!

"The next month..."

Tang Ye sighed.

Many fans are worried that Manchester United will not be able to maintain their form after the resumption of matches, and Tang Ye is a little unsure how to respond to this.

He was just Mr. Eric's apprentice, not Mr. Eric himself, and sometimes there really wasn't much he could do about these things.

"We'll do our best. Rhodes will be available next month, and yes, Martial will be available too."

……

Dongqiudi (a sports betting platform) is buzzing about the fact that Tang Ye did a half-hour live stream on YouTube, with a peak of 312 million viewers.

Tang Ye answered a fan's question: Rodri and Martial will both be available next month.

Time slowly passed until March 19th.

To be honest, training at home is not a pleasant thing, because it is so boring. These past few days, Tang Ye's life has basically consisted of playing games, training, and discussing charity issues during the pandemic with Rashford.

Charity is basically handled by Rashford alone, while Tang Ye is only responsible for forwarding and donating. So, in reality, Tang Ye has only been doing two things lately: playing games and training.

Now, whenever Tang Ye dies in the game and sits in a daze, he thinks of Carrington.

Although it wasn't a particularly luxurious training base, it was a place where he could train and eat with more than 20 teammates.

The pandemic has been a disaster for people, especially for people like Tang Ye who need a lot of social interaction.

Then the problem is coming.

When will the Premier League resume?

Ding!
The phone rang, so Tang Ye simply took off his headset and checked the phone first.

The news comes from Van der Gahr, the Manchester United assistant coach who forwarded an official announcement from the Premier League.

The Premier League has announced that the resumption of the season has been postponed to April 30 due to the ongoing spread of the pandemic.

"What the fuck!"

Tang Ye put on his headset: "Osman, check the group!"

Holding his phone, Tang Ye carefully verified the authenticity of the message, then his body went limp and he leaned back in his chair.

He's completely lost it.

……

Reprint: Arsenal officially announced that their center forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and young player Bukayo Saka have tested positive for COVID-19. Including Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea), there are now three Premier League players infected with COVID-19.

Manchester Evening News commentator: The situation is getting worse and worse, and I even think the Premier League will not be able to resume on April 30.

Manchester United need to pay attention to the mental state of their players during the stay-at-home period.

“Especially TY,” the Manchester Evening News commentator specifically emphasized.

Today's Headlines - All five major European football leagues have been postponed, with the earliest start date being April 27. When will the Champions League Round of 16, which is already halfway through, have a result?
Appendix: 2019-20 UEFA Champions League standings.

Teams that have advanced to the quarterfinals: Manchester United, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Atalanta

Teams not yet confirmed to advance to the quarterfinals: Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, Manchester City...

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(End of this chapter)