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Chapter 390 Ibrahimovic's Juice, a Weird Club
The result of the Champions League group draw can only be described as acceptable for Manchester United fans.

Last season, they lost to Bundesliga runner-up Wolfsburg and Eredivisie powerhouse PSV Eindhoven in the group stage, and eventually went to the Europa League as third in the group.

This time, the strength of Borussia Mönchengladbach and Celtic is actually not much different from that of Wolfsburg and Eindhoven.

If they are still the Manchester United of last season, they might fail again.

Fortunately, this Manchester United team has been completely renewed!
Not only has the man sitting on the coaching bench become Mourinho, one of the top coaches in the world today, but the team's lineup has also been greatly improved!

"Mr. 100 Million" Ling Feng, "Swedish God Tower" Ibrahimovic, "New Makelele" Kante, "Yellow Potential Iron Guard" Bailly.
The addition of a top coach and four strong players has brought about earth-shaking changes to the team.

It is not an exaggeration to say that we have a strong army and a powerful force!
As long as they can beat Borussia Mönchengladbach and Celtic both at home and away, they will have twelve points and will definitely qualify for the group stage!

As for the two games against Barcelona, ​​they will be a test of the quality of this Manchester United team.

After all, the opponent is the Champions League champion of last season and has the most terrifying front trident MSN in today's football!

However, their Manchester United trident, Ibrahimovic, Ling Feng and Rooney, are not bad either!
In addition, the former grudges between coach Mourinho and Barcelona.
This highly talked-about match is definitely a showdown between Mars and the Earth!
Ling Feng didn't expect that the first time he participated in the Champions League, he would meet Barcelona, ​​where Messi is!

But isn't this exactly why he's playing in the Champions League?!
Stand on the highest stage that is higher and attracts more attention, and compete with the world's top teams and superstars!

Then defeat them yourself!

He had already fought with Luo Ge, one of the two most outstanding heroes.

It's the turn of the Barcelona number 10.
In addition to his current club, Ling Feng also paid attention to the results of the first Champions League draw for his old club Leicester City.

Leicester City, the last Premier League champion and Europa League champion, was placed in the first tier as a seeded team and had very good luck in the draw.

The second, third and fourth tier teams in the same group, Porto, Bruges and Copenhagen, are not from the top five leagues.

In the group, the only team that can compete with them for the top spot and qualifying may be the Portuguese Super League giants Porto.

Porto eliminated Serie A powerhouse Roma in the play-offs and they have rich experience in European competitions, so it will not be easy to play against them.

However, Leicester City, which is participating in the Champions League for the first time, will definitely focus on the Champions League.

After all, this may be the Foxes' only chance to step onto the Champions League stage!
I don’t know when we will qualify for the Champions League next time.
After the results of the Champions League draw were released, Ling Feng also sent a video to Vardy and Mahrez, wishing them a good draw.

Vardy and Mahrez were very envious of him being able to compete with Messi's Barcelona in the group stage.

You know, not every player can step onto the stage of the Champions League.

Apart from the 19 teams in La Liga, not every team has the opportunity to play against a super giant like Barcelona.

Messi, Neymar, Suarez, Iniesta, Busquets.
To play against one of the strongest teams in the world football is a precious opportunity that all players who have aspirations and dreams for football have longed for!
. . .

On August 8, Manchester United played its last game in August.

In the third round of the league, they will visit Kingston Communications Stadium to face the "Tigers" Hull City who have returned to the Premier League!

Once upon a time, Ling Feng’s impression of Hull City was the “Hull City Twins”, young Maguire and young Robertson!
However, things have changed.

Last season, on his recommendation, the Foxes bought Maguire from relegated Hull City in advance, after he had joined on loan for half a season.

Maguire did not waste a year in the Championship, but instead served as a rotation starter in the Foxes lineup, and won the first Premier League title and European Championship in his career with the team!
Even though the team lost Maguire, the aerial master, Hull City still relied on the Premier League's relegation subsidy and a relatively complete Premier League squad to be promoted back to the Premier League through the promotion play-offs.

Andrew Robertson, the future captain of Scotland, also became the team's main full-back and a contributor to the team's promotion to the Super League.

It was his goal that helped Hull City beat Sheffield Wednesday in the promotion play-offs and advance to the Premier League!

Not only that, in the first round of the league this season, Hull City, as a newly promoted team, unexpectedly defeated the defending champion Leicester City, which also caused a heated discussion!
This is the only victory in the last five encounters, and it can be regarded as revenge for the defeat in the FA Cup semi-final that year!
Many Foxes fans and media believe that the departure of Ling Feng and Kante has caused the team's strength to drop several levels.

All of a sudden, it went from being a championship contender to a mid- to lower-tier team!

And the players purchased by the team are simply unable to fill the vacancies left by Ling Feng and Kante.

After all, any Premier League team will see a significant drop in strength after losing the Premier League's best player and the Premier League's top defensive midfielder in the same transfer window.

Therefore, long before the start of the season, the bookmakers predicted that the top priority for last season's Premier League champion this season would be to go as crazy as possible in the Champions League while staying in the league!
Although he hopes that his old club can make good use of the huge sum of money he left behind to buy good players who can help the team and continue to be competitive in the Premier League.

However, he is no longer a Leicester City player and can't think about his "ex-girlfriend" all day long.

After all, he has more important things to do now.
That is to lead Manchester United's revival!
The night before the game, Manchester United players took the team bus from Manchester to the riverside of Hull City in Yorkshire.

Yorkshire is the largest county in the UK, with a history of 2,000 years, and is known as "God's County".

Ling Feng's impression of Yorkshire comes entirely from a Chinese male anchor who is known as "the No. 1 FM in the whole network".
This overrated coach Yun brought the Yorkshire York City Club from English League Two all the way to the Premier League in the football manager game, and then discovered many talented stars and created many ridiculous program effects.

It is worth mentioning that in that York City team, there is also a "Lin Huang"

But, that was the fake Emperor Lin.

And Emperor Zhen Lin was standing right next to him!
After checking in at the hotel, Ling Feng and Lingard went to the room on the eighth floor.

After transferring from Leicester City to Manchester United, his roommate during away games changed from Mahrez to Lingard.

Just after he put his luggage away, he heard Lingard's voice coming from the bathroom:
"Hey man, let's go find N'Golo Landlord, shall we?"

Ever since Ling Feng brought the habit of playing Landlord to Leicester City and the Three Lions, many people have become addicted to this special oriental way of playing.

Rooney, Luke Shaw, Lingard, Smalling
The most enthusiastic among them was Lin Huang, who was very interested in Chinese culture.

He even asked Ling Feng to help him come up with a Chinese nickname.

Faced with this request, Ling Feng was very happy to help and gave him a Chinese nickname "Shabi".

Of course, until now, Lingard has not discovered the true meaning of this nickname.
"No problem. Go and call him first. I'll go to the water bar and get two glasses of juice."

"Get me a cup too, and put it on my tab!"

"No problem, idiot!"

Trying hard to hide the wild curve of his mouth, Ling Feng turned and walked out of the hotel room, then took the elevator to the hotel bar on the sixth floor.

Soon, he saw a tall figure sitting at the bar.

"Zlatan!"

Glancing at Ling Feng who was sitting next to him, Ibrahimovic raised his chin very coolly and asked casually:

"What do you want to drink?" Looking at the orange juice in front of Ibrahimovic, Ling Feng suddenly thought of an interesting story about Ibrahimovic and juice:
While playing for Manchester United, Ibrahimovic once drank a glass of juice in a hotel.

Then, the club deducted money from my salary!

Generally speaking, stars of Ibrahimovic's level would not look at their own pay slips.

Because he has a whole team behind him to help him deal with these problems.

However, he took a look at the pay slip and found that one pound had been deducted from his salary!

Ibrahimovic was very confused and went to ask the club staff.

The latter said that because Ibrahimovic drank the glass of juice, he had to pay for ordering food and drinks at the hotel.

Ibrahimovic was very confused about this.

Because Ibrahimovic did not go to the hotel for personal matters, nor did he go to the hotel for vacation, but to play football for the team and work for the team.

After all, he couldn't go to the court in a dehydrated state.

But, just deducting one pound like that would never happen in Italy!
Ibrahimovic is not short of the pound, but he feels that the club's management style is too inhumane and does not reflect any respect for the players.

After all, as a team with huge influence all over the world, every Manchester United player is a star!

But, the star player actually had to pay for a glass of juice? !

This interesting story was revealed by Ibrahimovic in his autobiography.

Thinking of this, Ling Feng couldn't help but smile slightly, and then he reminded:

"Zlatan, I want to tell you something."

"what?"

"The juice you drank will be deducted from your salary."

Sure enough, upon learning the truth, Ibrahimovic first raised his eyebrows, then cursed:

"Wang Defa?!"

Holding up the cup, Ibrahimovic looked at Ling Feng seriously and said in a deep voice:

"You mean, I had a glass of juice in the hotel, but the club didn't pay for it?"

"Yeah, Jesse told me. Pretty bullshit, right?"

"More than that, it's absolutely bullshit!"

After drinking the remaining juice in the cup in one breath, Ibrahimovic seemed to have found someone to vent his feelings.

"Man, I still can't believe it, this is the biggest club in England!"

"They don't look like a wealthy family at all!"

"The training facilities are old! The players have to pay for juice in the hotel! And that damn pass!"

The so-called pass is actually a requirement at the Carrington base that every player needs to show their ID every time they enter the training ground!
Ibrahimovic has already complained to club staff and teammates several times about this ridiculous request.

But the club did not change it, but said that these were the club's rules and regulations.

"I go to the training ground every day to train, and I'm one of the best in the world, and they don't know me and ask me to show my ID?!"

"It's as if I'm a suspicious person who sneaked in from outside and wanted to steal something!"

“This is outrageous!”

Ling Feng could only nod in agreement with Ibrahimovic's complaints.

When he was a fan in his previous life, he heard Luo Ge, who had returned to Manchester United, complain in an interview that Manchester United’s facilities were seriously outdated and were almost the same as when he left.

It was not until he actually joined Manchester United that he experienced firsthand why this once best club in England had fallen into decline for so many years, and he also witnessed all the weird and stupid operations of Manchester United's management.

In fact, since Ferguson retired, under the leadership of "San Dezi", the club's management has become more and more corporate.

Although this is also a trend in today's football, it is not just Manchester United that does this.

The problem is that the corporate management of the club lies in the club's recruitment, club governance and club operations, rather than the specific training ground and player management methods.

These are the things that the head coach needs to be concerned about.

Perhaps this is also a way for "San Dezi" to show his presence.

During Ferguson's coaching, he took care of everything, from the club's operating guidelines to the players' private lives, all of which were strictly managed.

At that time, Woodward was just a small follower behind Ferguson.

After Ferguson retired, Woodward, who held great power, wanted to demonstrate his power in all aspects.

He also hopes to tell everyone through various means and rules and regulations that he is now the one in charge of Manchester United!

He can run this wealthy family however he wants!

Next, after complaining about the club’s weird rules and problems with Ibrahimovic in the water bar, Ling Feng also invited Ibrahimovic to come to his room to play Landlord together.

When faced with the novel way of playing poker, "Dou Dizhu", Ibrahimovic also seemed a little curious.

However, with the intelligence of "Da Fengxian", he quickly mastered the rules of the game, and killed Lingard and Luke Shaw, who were both inexperienced and playful, and made them scream.

In the game the next day, Ibrahimovic vented all his anger at the club for charging him for juice on innocent Hull City!

In the first half, he scored twice with an unstoppable header and a long shot!

He scored his fourth and fifth league goals since joining the team!

Ling Feng also easily completed the pass and shot to score, and once again won the best player of the game.

With a 3-0 away win over newly promoted Hull City, Manchester United achieved three consecutive wins at the start of the league!
In three games, they scored a terrifying eleven goals and conceded only one goal!
Such a strong start made many media outlets exclaim:
The Red Devils that once dominated the Premier League and Europe are back!

(End of this chapter)