Chapter 685 The Most Tragic Shooter
A trace of disappointment flashed in Dong Fangzhuo's eyes. He raised his hand and gently wiped away the sticky egg yolk, but still walked onto the bus silently.
Today, he is no longer the savior, no longer the invincible Manchester United captain who led Manchester United to win the opponent.
Maybe, it's really not worthy...
What a bad day!
Outside the window, more and more Manchester United fans are protesting. They have not lost to Manchester City in many years. Manchester United fans simply cannot accept such a result.
2 draws and 1 loss, this is a worst result. Manchester United is under too much pressure. At the post-match press conference, Moyes once again took the responsibility on himself, but he said this every time Will become increasingly pale.
Back home, Dong Fangzhuo turned on the TV and happened to see the news about La Liga.
"Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo performed a hat trick, Kaka's perfect assist, the KFC combination once again defeated the opponent, Ronaldo three goals, Ruud van Nistelrooy one goal, Kaka one goal and three assists. Real Madrid massacred at home Spanish."
Spanish?
Isn't that Zhao Xuri's current employer? Dong Fangzhuo murmured while lying on the sofa. It turns out that it's not just me who is down and out, it's so difficult.
Then slow-motion playback of every ball conceded by the Spaniard, Zhao Xuri almost became the background emperor. As the main midfielder of the Spaniard, Zhao Xuri also experienced a huge nightmare today...
At this time, his cell phone rang, and Dong Fangzhuo was a little surprised. It was Teacher Qu Youyuan.
"Xiao Dong, don't lose your mind by playing with things. No matter how bad the team's record is, your personal performance should not fall behind. Every team will have difficulties, but it does not mean that you will also suffer. You are the captain of Manchester United, if If you can't take the lead, then it's really over."
"At this time, it reflects your role in the team."
"Don't let the turmoil outside affect your state."
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Teacher Qu Youyuan told him a lot carefully, but in fact he knew everything clearly. No matter how bad Manchester United's current situation is, he really shouldn't get worse. As a professional player, he really has to do his best to score goals and try to win the game for the team. As the captain of Manchester United, we should unite all forces that can be united.
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The next day, Dong Fangzhuo returned to the training ground early, and overwhelming criticism swept Manchester United.
Manchester United was criticized completely by the media, and Moyes was the first to bear the brunt. Every player at Manchester United was not spared. In the post-match rating of The Times, only Edwin van der Sar qualified, scoring 8 points, while all the others scored below 6 points. Dong Fangzhuo even scored 5 points. Low score, this is his lowest score since joining Manchester United!
There was also a comment after the score: The captain of Manchester United fell with the team and was no longer magical. He did not stand up to score goals for the team and stop the team's decline. He seemed to have lost his heart as a champion for a moment.
"Daily Mail" compared Dong Fangzhuo with their new forward Torres, "Obviously, Torres, who scored twice in the game, is the number one killer in the Premier League this year. Dong is just a flash in the pan. He It’s over.”
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At the same time, the UEFA Champions League group stages for the 2008 season were announced. Manchester United was grouped with Roma, Dynamo Kiev, and Sporting Lisbon.
When the draw came out, people thought it was a dead group. It rained all night, and Manchester United's future was full of thorns.
"The defending champion has encountered unprecedented difficulties. After Ferguson and the best assister Cristiano Ronaldo left the team, this team may go into the abyss. This team has no soul." When the draw results came out, even the French "Team Even the newspapers are not optimistic about Manchester United.
"Manchester United should focus on the league this year. They don't have the energy to fight on multiple fronts." The domestic "Manchester Evening News" also lamented, full of sadness for Manchester United's future.
What's wrong with this world? Why is everything so bleak without Ferguson? Many people don't believe that Manchester United will suddenly become like this. They obviously have a pretty good lineup, but their results are so miserable...
On August 26, Manchester United faced Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford. Moyes pushed Rooney to the front line and continued to play 442. The game lasted for nearly 80 minutes, and the score was 0:0 until In the 85th minute, Dong Fangzhuo finally stood up and scored with a header. In the end, Manchester United won Tottenham Hotspur 1:0 and got a good start in the league. At the moment of victory, all Manchester United soldiers celebrated wildly, except Dong Fangzhuo.
When Manchester United TV subsequently broadcast the game, it said: "Before the game, the betting companies had already given odds for Moyes to be dismissed from get out of class. Unexpectedly, Moyes' life extension was successful. Although the Glazer family did not say anything, everyone knew that, As Manchester United's coach, his performance must be compared with Sir Alex Ferguson. If he fails to win in the first four rounds, it means that the end of get out of class is not far away. It is still the Manchester United captain who saves Manchester United. His goal at the last moment The team was temporarily pulled out of the quagmire, but the captain didn't seem happy..."
On the summer transfer deadline, the transfer market was calm without a ripple. Dong Fangzhuo knew that he would still be a member of Manchester United this season and still the captain of Manchester United. Since he could not leave, he should focus on the game.
On September 2, Manchester United faced Sunderland at home and won another 1:0 victory. Manchester United ushered in two consecutive victories.
On September 15, Moyes led his team to defeat his former club Everton 1:0 in an away game, ushering in three consecutive victories.
The goals in these two games were still scored by Dong Fangzhuo. Before he knew it, he had scored 4 goals. Just as he did last season, his number of goals did not decrease. But then Manchester United was defeated by Sporting Lisbon 0:2 in the Champions League away game, and the Champions League got off to a bad start.
When the media finally encouraged Manchester United to finally return to the winning track, Sporting Lisbon brought them back to their original form. What's even more terrifying is that when they returned to the league, they directly faced Chelsea at home.
1:3, with Dong Fangzhuo scoring the first goal, Chelsea chased three goals in a row, and Chelsea finally won at Manchester United's home court.
"Moyes' Manchester United is a pseudo-strong team. It actually exposed a lot of problems when they played Chelsea in the Community Shield. The current confrontation with Chelsea explains everything. In addition to King Dong's goal count reaching 5 in the league, This Manchester United is good for nothing."
They lost three points at home, and then were tied 1:1 in the away game at Birmingham.
At this time, Manchester United fans finally believed that Manchester United was already far away from the league championship. They had no hope of competing for the league championship this season, because the gap between them and Chelsea at the top of the list had reached 10 points, which was a huge gap.
But this was not the only tragedy for Manchester United. They faced Roma at home in the Champions League group stage and suffered another 1:1 draw. Manchester United fans finally shouted for Moyes to be dismissed at home. The sound of dismissal could be heard in Old Trafford. In the past 21 years, Manchester United has never encountered such a miserable situation. They miss Ferguson infinitely. In fact, every time Manchester United plays at home, Ferguson is present and he can hear it clearly.
well……
His sigh was heavier than anyone else's.
From then on, until the Christmas schedule came, Manchester United's results were sometimes good, sometimes bad, and not stable at all, until the most tragic situation happened. Manchester United are out of the Champions League! They were humiliatingly ranked fourth in the group stage, with only 4 points. This was the first time since 1999.
"For the defending champion to have fallen to this level is another shame for Manchester United!"
"What makes people sigh is that although Manchester United's results in the Champions League and the league are disastrous, there is one statistic that ranks first. Dong actually ranks first in the scorer list with 14 goals! The Champions League also ranks first with 7 goals. First. We not only have to ask, why is there such a dismal performance despite having the top scorer in Europe? We can’t find any other reason to explain it except Moyes.”
"You can imagine why the Manchester United captain rarely celebrates when he scores a goal in a game, because he may know that his goal cannot bring victory to the team. What's even more ironic is that he is very likely to win the 2007 The European Ballon d’Or in 2018. Such a Ballon d’Or is a bit too sad.”
On December 18, the European Golden Globe Awards will be held at the Zurich Opera House at 20:00 local time on the 17th, Switzerland. Although Manchester United’s results are not good, Dong Fangzhuo still leads the Golden Globe Awards. Gambling companies have always regarded him as the Golden Globe Award. The biggest favorite, second-ranked Kaka has almost no chance of counterattacking him to win the award, while third-ranked is Dong Fangzhuo's former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, and fourth-ranked is Messi, who saved Barcelona several times last season.
What gave Dong Fangzhuo some comfort was that the day before leaving for Zurich, with his goal, Manchester United defeated Liverpool 1:0 in the away game, finally not bullying all the enemies.
No matter how loudly the media criticizes Manchester United, at least Dong Fangzhuo still saves a bit of face for Manchester United.
"I miss Ferguson's 433 formation, but Moyes will fight to the end." On Dong Fangzhuo's way to Zurich, the English media was still bombarding Moyes. "Without Dong Wang's 15 league goals, Manchester United might have been on the verge of relegation instead of ranking sixth in the league and still retaining hope of qualifying for next season's Champions League."
Since the fourth round of the league, Dong Fangzhuo has stopped making any unfavorable remarks about the team and Moyes. Of course, he has not cooperated with Moyes to say deceptive words. He only has one thing left, to do his best to help. The team scores a goal.
With 15 league goals, he is temporarily ranked as the top scorer in the league. Even the popular Torres is under him, but he just can't be happy...
At the gate of the Zurich Opera House, Dong Fangzhuo, who was physically and mentally exhausted, finally met him again after an absence of nearly half a year.