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

Chapter 720 An Evenly Matched? Beijing Guoan Breaks Through Manchester United's Goal!
[Let's begin, brothers!]

[Bruno Fernandes playing center forward, Ten Hag is such a good lineup maker!]

"You don't understand, do you? My brother B has absolutely no problem playing striker."

Manchester United should probably make an exception; what's with the rest of the starting lineup playing, except for the injured ones?

[Tenk Ten Hag: Beijing Guoan and Manchester United are about the same strength, so we need to respect our opponents]

Bruno Fernandes plays as a striker, or more precisely, as a shadow striker.

Manchester United's move might seem a bit pretentious, but it's not.

Last season's league experience has already proven Bruno Fernandes' ability on the front line, so Ten Hag's arrangement is not a problem.

The other players also mostly played in their best positions.

Manchester United's current starting lineup can be considered to be at the level of the Champions League semi-finalists.

As for Beijing Guoan...

According to Ten Hag's theory, the Chinese Super League is second only to the top five European leagues, meaning that Chinese Super League teams are roughly equivalent to teams in the top five European leagues.

Beijing Guoan is currently ranked 3rd in the Chinese Super League, which means they can be compared to the 3rd place team in the English Premier League.

Liverpool finished third in the Premier League last season, and they were also one of the four teams that reached the Champions League semi-finals last season.

!

Many fans have already realized this.

Unbeknownst to many, a balance has been formed between Manchester United and Beijing Guoan!
Both teams fielded starting lineups that were among the Champions League semi-finalists!

boom!
Beijing Guoan launched a quick counter-attack, with Li Lei playing a through ball directly to Bakambu on the left flank.

high speed!

Get the ball!

Bakambu caught the ball in front of De Jong!

They wanted to get to the bottom, but it was clearly unlikely they could overpower De Jong.

Bakambu stepped on the ball, waiting for Gao Tianyi to come up from behind.

Possession is given to Gao Tianyi, who is overlapping on the wing!

Wow!!!

Beijing Guoan seemed to be launching an attack, and the fans in the stands were screaming.

Is it really possible for Beijing Guoan to put up a real fight against Manchester United?

Gao Tianyi made a diagonal run towards the penalty area, but has not yet found a suitable passing option.

Bakambu is ready to come over and help out.

De Jong seized the opportunity, shifted his body to the side, and successfully blocked Gao Tianyi's forward run.

The two players clashed and exchanged a few blows before De Jong easily gained possession of the ball.

"Pretty!"

"Manchester United are about to launch a counter-attack, with Rodri on the flank!"

Zhang Xizhe and Cao Yongjing rushed towards Rodri to press him, while Wang Ziming was also on his way.

Rodri!
Cao Yongjing was right in his face. Rodri stepped on the ball and pulled back, then suddenly accelerated.

boom!
Cao Yongjing was easily knocked aside by Rodri's body.

"here!"

Tang Ye received the pass!

Wow!!!

At this moment, the fans in the stands also started chanting Tang Ye's name repeatedly.

"Single sword, single sword!"

"King Tang, one-man run, take them down!"

"Tang Ye is awesome!"

Despite the strong calls for action, Tang Ye remained relatively rational.

He dribbled the ball forward for about ten meters before passing it to Mata next to him.

Go forward and receive the ball!
ok!

Having regained possession, Tang Ye had already bypassed Beijing Guoan's backline defense.

Continue moving towards the left baseline, glancing at the penalty area out of the corner of my eye as I run.

Snapped!
[De Bruyne's 45-degree cross, level 6: Not ashamed to ask questions]

Tang Ye's 45-degree angle cross was delivered very high.

Dembele!
Insert on the right.

Dembele suddenly accelerated, leaving Li Lei far behind.

Yu Yang wanted to make a defensive move, but Dembele quickly changed direction.

Lift your left foot!
Snapped!
"Dembele, alley-oop, oh my, haha!"

"The ball is in!"

"That's a goal from Dembele! Manchester United have opened the scoring!"

Although it was a volley, Dembele actually completed the shot relatively easily.

"Nice!"

Chao Tangye gave a thumbs-up, and Dembele waved his hand at the fans in the stands.

"Wow!!"

"Brilliant!"

"Awesome! Awesome!"

"Go Beijing Guoan! Go Beijing Guoan!!!"

"Wow, the difference is that big?!"

Manchester United's textbook counter-attacking maneuvers from their own half to the attacking third left some fans who hadn't watched a Premier League match in person wide-eyed.

Beijing Guoan's defenders were not out of position, at least not at the beginning.

Manchester United gave the impression that they didn't take Beijing Guoan's defense seriously at all, and could receive the ball and pass it whenever they wanted.

however!
Fans who regularly watch Manchester United matches should know this.

Given their current form, Manchester United has actually been playing haphazardly.

Because Manchester United's counter-attacks weren't very fast in this match, Beijing Guoan players even had time to chase back and forth.

If this were in the league, Tang Ye probably wouldn't even need to coordinate with Mata; he would go straight for Dembele. That would be a true counter-attack!

Manchester United players huddled together and walked back towards the field, whispering and exchanging rapid conversations while covering their mouths.

"They advanced too fast!"

Rhodes glanced at the time displayed on the big screen, then reminded him, "It's only been 4 minutes, why are you in such a hurry?"

Rodri scolded Dembele, saying that Dembele shouldn't have scored from that cross.

"Don't go in! Don't go in! Slow down! Slow down the pace!"

Rodri briefly emphasized this point, and Dembele looked somewhat aggrieved: "Then what am I supposed to do when I receive the ball?"

Bruno Fernandes put one hand on Dembele's shoulder: "Just play normally when you're attacking. You can just blow your shots wide. If you keep playing like this, we'll score at least five goals today."

"Ha ha!"

Five goals is the maximum for a warm-up match; if it exceeds five goals, it's no longer a warm-up match.

This is someone else's territory, you have to give them face!
The game continues!

Having learned from their previous attack, Manchester United became much more subdued in the following minutes.

The most obvious example is Dembele.

Manchester United's winger immediately opened up the game, changed the pace, and then kicked the ball directly at Gao Tianyi.

Wow!!!

This is an opportunity for Beijing Guoan!
"Gao Tianyi! You can go even faster!"

"But it seems like they can't get going! Let's see how Beijing Guoan plans to handle this!"

“Bakambu has come back to provide support, but if this happens…”

Beijing Guoan made a series of moves that successfully allowed Bakambu to get the ball.

Of course, they also encountered a problem after doing this, which is that when Bakambu returned, Beijing Guoan had no one left in the frontcourt.

"Wang Ziming, Wang Ziming needs to fill Bakambu's position!"

"Sigh, but the players on the field don't have our God's-eye view, so they might not have reacted yet."

Bakambu adjusted the ball, and at that moment Zhang Xizhe was already preparing to go down the left flank.

Snapped!
Pass the ball over there!
Zhang Xizhe strode forward.

Hold onto the ball!

"come on! Come on!"

"Go Zhang Xizhe!"

"Kill Wan-Bissaka!"

In the one-on-one duel between Zhang Xizhe and Wan-Bissaka, the Manchester United full-back is slowly retreating.

Zhang Xizhe is still adjusting!
Once Manchester United's defense had retreated to a suitable position, Zhang Xizhe was ready.

Snapped!
Pass the ball out!
Inside the penalty area!
Lucas Sousa!

Jump up!
boom!
A header from Sousa sent the ball straight into Heaton's arms.

"Fuck!"

That was a perfect shot!
Such a straight header is obviously not going to go in.

pity!

"come on!"

Go Beijing Guoan!

In the 17th minute of the first half, while his teammates were defending in the backfield, Tang Ye was strolling slowly near the center circle.

The Guoan players moved the ball to the left wing, and Tang Ye slowly walked towards the left wing.

The ball was moved to the right wing, and Tang Ye then moved to the right wing.

Recalling the Eredivisie era of 2015, Tang Jun, a loyal fan in the stands, shed tears.

"Tang Ye!"

"King Tang!"

"Tang Ye!"

Hearing the fans' shouts, Tang Ye turned his head and then raised his right hand.

Wow!!!

Snapped!
Suddenly, a through ball came from De Jong!

Tang Ye pushed off the ground and accelerated!
"Tang Ye!" "He's here!"

Beside him was Zhang Xizhe, who was following him.

Tang Ye dribbled the ball long and used his speed to outpace the defender.

He created some distance and slowly approached Cao Yongjing.

Cao Yongjing knew that it would be difficult for him to defend against Tang Ye alone, so he called Sousa over to help.

Just as Cao Yongjing was calling for help, Tang Ye twisted his left foot.

"Wow!!"

It's stuck in the crotch!
Cao Yongjing turned around, and at the same time, Tang Ye rushed past him and grabbed the ball from behind.

problem occurs!
This was Cao Yongjing's immediate reaction.

Tang Ye didn't stand on ceremony with the Guoan players, and after completing the nutmeg, he started cutting inside.

Pull it to a suitable distance.

Slide the ball!

He swung his right foot back, and goalkeeper Hou Sen was ready.

boom!
duang!

A long-range shot hit the crossbar, bounced, and then went into the goal area.

"The ball went in!!!"

"A goal from Tang Ye!"

"Tang Ye, number 10 for Manchester United!"

The on-site announcer led the fans in loudly chanting Tang Ye's name.

"Slide on your knees!"

"Slide on your knees!"

Tang Ye raised his right hand to greet the fans, and of course he heard the voices coming from the stands.

Originally, there were no plans for a large-scale celebration, but since the fans requested it, Tang Ye wouldn't refuse.

Run towards the right corner flagpole!

accelerate!
"Well!!!"

By this time, the fans already knew what Tang Ye was going to do.

Slide on your knees!

boom!
Swish, swish, swish! ! !
"Roar!!!!"

Boom!

Bang bang bang!
"Tang Ye!"

Boom!

"Brilliant!"

"Tang Ye!"

Boom!

"Brilliant!"

Haha!

With arms outstretched, Dembele rushed towards him from behind, and with a running start, he successfully jumped over Tang Ye.

"wowhoo!"

Tang Ye carried Dembele and ran several laps around the corner flagpole.

"Brilliant!"

"Tang Ye is awesome!"

Tang Ye gave the fans a high-five, took off his shirt, and handed it to them.

Logically speaking, taking off one's jersey during a match should result in a card, but the referee did not show Tang Ye the yellow card.

Manchester United staff were on their way to deliver the new jerseys, and Tang Ye took the opportunity to show off his muscles to the camera.

You failed a football theory course, do you really think I, General GG, am a slacker?

Tang Ye is still letting the water flow here!

[Stop showing it, haha, Dembele's dribble is hilarious!]

[Can Tang, the King of Balls, score 10 goals against the opposing team?]

[Are you a Shanghai Shenhua fan? Is it really necessary to do this for a friendly match?]

[By bloodline, Tang Ye should actually be from Mount Tai! Am I right? Anyone from Shandong who supports me, please speak up!]

The score is now 0-2, with Manchester United leading by two goals as they visit China.

Ten Hag paced back and forth along the sidelines of the pitch.

From the start of the game until now, the Manchester United manager hasn't given any instructions; whenever he has a spare moment, he's just waving to the fans in the stands.

In the 25th minute, the Manchester United substitutes finally made a move, with Haller and youngster Amad Diallo starting to warm up. However, it seemed that it would be quite some time before they came on.

"Gao Tianyi!"

"Take the corner kick!"

"The first positions are held by Tang Ye and Yu Dabao!"

Tang Ye and Yu Dabao jumped up together.

Tang Ye had a slight advantage in the confrontation, and his original position also gave him an advantage, so after jumping, he became the first to touch the ball and successfully cleared the ball.

"Pretty!"

"A header clearance from Tang Ye inside the penalty area—that's quite rare!"

"Yes, although we saw that Tang Ye was indeed a bit weak in heading when playing against Manchester United and Dortmund, it would be wrong to say that Tang Ye has no heading ability."

"With a height of 1.82 meters and a weight of 76 kg, plus the explosive power he has developed through training, Tang Ye actually has a certain jumping height. With a high jumping height and the awareness of positioning for heading the ball, Tang Ye can actually make some moves in official matches."

Once Tang Ye cleared the ball, the live broadcast director immediately focused the camera on the Manchester United midfielder's head.

Tang Ball King?
King of headers!
"This is Beijing Guoan's third corner kick opportunity of the match, and the ball is once again given to Gao Tianyi..."

"Oh, Tang Ye, very confident, he's even come to the penalty area to act as a human wall!"

Tang Ye is the kind of player who, once he discovers what he's good at, insists on showing it off.

Having just cleared a header, they're now playing defense in the penalty area.

Snapped!
The corner kick was taken, and Gao Tianyi still passed it to the far post!

Li Lei!

Tang Ye is preparing to confront Li Lei.

At this moment, Rodri's eyes lit up. He suddenly noticed something and moved sideways to block Tang Ye.

!

Li Lei leaped high in the penalty area and headed the ball directly.

Hey!

Heaton jumped up, but unfortunately the Manchester United goalkeeper didn't guess the direction of Li Lei's shot.

"Oh!!"

"The ball is in!"

"My goodness, haha!"

"Li Lei!"

"Goal! Beijing Guoan scores!"

"1:2!"

Beijing Guoan has pulled one back!!!

Roar! ! !
The players on the field roared, and the fans in the Bird's Nest stands were incredibly excited.

"Brilliant!"

"Awesome, Li Lei!"

Wow!!!

Beijing Guoan opened the scoring for Manchester United!

Another goal from a full-back!

"Li Lei!"

"Li Lei!"

Inside the penalty area, Tang Ye and Rodri looked at each other in bewilderment.

Tang Ye only realized what was happening after being blocked by Rodri, and could only helplessly shrug.

Rodri put his hand on Tang Ye's shoulder: "Don't get carried away."

A header clearance sent Tang Ye's adrenaline soaring.

This is just a warm-up match, what are you trying to do by secreting adrenaline?

"Mine, mine, cough cough."

Shaking his hands, Tang Ye raised his left arm, the one with the captain's armband: "Focus on defense, focus on defense, concentrate!"

Use your brain when you play football!

The time has reached the 37nd minute.

Manchester United's direct free kick, Tang Ye takes a small step back.

Snapped!
The elliptical kick blasted open the Guoan goal, leaving Hou Sen with no chance to make a save.

When there is a significant gap in strength between the two teams, and one side is deliberately underperforming, it becomes very difficult to judge the difference in strength based on open play.

Of course, you can watch direct free kicks.

For professional players, taking a direct free kick requires a good feel for the ball and a high level of skill.

Simply put, Tang Ye's free kicks against Bayern Munich and Manchester City are exactly the same as his free kicks against Beijing Guoan.

"Tang Ye!"

Wow!!!

"..."

"Oh GGBond, be a hero in a fairy tale!"

"Oh GGBond, my blood is boiling!"

"Oh GGBond, everything is in our hands!"

"Make the world a better place; perseverance will surely lead to success!"

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(End of this chapter)