Chapter 44 The Cruelest Competition in History

It's a bit late, but it's still here.

Dong Fangzhuo was not excited, he was a little heavy anyway.

It's like knowing when you're going to die, you can't be happy.

The moment he received the fax, he thought about how to save the Chinese team.

The time is too long, it was 14 years ago.

He was not in the team at the time, he was not eligible to represent the national team.

I don't have any deep memories of that game.

Just remembered the final result, the Chinese team lost to Kuwait 0:1.

Then in the last round of the group stage, the Chinese team beat HK 7:0, but they were unable to qualify from the group stage.

Kuwait beat Malaysia 6:1 at home.

With the same points and the same goal difference between the Chinese team and Kuwait, Kuwait overwhelmed the Chinese team to advance by virtue of the number of goals. The Chinese team ranked second in the group and was eliminated and missed the top ten.

This is the most useless and ironic victory in the history of the national football world preliminaries.

In Dong Fangzhuo's view, the last two games in the group stage were all match-fixing. Of course, he never said this in front of the media, but everyone who watched the game that year should know it very well.

But no matter the process is true or false,

You hand over your destiny to others, and in the end you can only be trampled by others, and you can't resist at all.

What a tragedy!

Dong Fangzhuo wanted to save the Chinese team, but that was almost impossible.

After all, one person's power is limited, and it is not enough to change a game.

The overall strength of the team is like that, Kuwait is no worse than the Chinese team, and after 2004, the football level of the Chinese team is getting worse and worse.

If he hadn't scored several goals on behalf of Manchester United after his rebirth, Ali Han would not have looked at him seriously.

If he is still in Antwerp, then the door of the national team will not be open to him.

Will Arihan give himself a starting job?

He had to think about it.

well!

do not care.

Every player who gets called can only try his best to play the game well,

As for the outcome, I really cannot control it.

It's useless to think too much, let's talk about playing Middlesbrough with peace of mind.

Dong Fangzhuo shook his head, he found himself thinking too much...

The national team is a headache, but in fact the club also has various crises lurking.

With Wayne Rooney scoring a hat-trick in the first game on behalf of Manchester United, Manchester United's strike competition has become cruel, arguably the most brutal in history.

The return of Giggs means that Smith will give up the position of left midfielder and return to the front line.

In this way, all the personnel on Manchester United's front line are here.

Van Nistelrooy, Rooney, Dong Fangzhuo, Smith, Saha, Solskjaer, the six forwards of the first team are all in good shape, without any injuries, and they all appeared in the recent training.

Berlyon, who was originally a forward, was changed to a midfield substitute by Ferguson, which shows how bloated Manchester United's current striker competition is.

Of the six power forwards, there are at most two main players on the field, two of them are on the bench, and two of them can't even make the squad, so they can only stay in Manchester to watch the game.

The reality is so cruel!

So everyone on the front line dare not neglect. Once they perform poorly in training, they will not even be able to make the squad, let alone be able to sit on the bench.

Whether he can enter the starting lineup depends on the state of the game. Ferguson is not like he had no forwards at the beginning of this season. He has too many choices now.

Rooney scored a hat-trick in his first game representing Manchester United. He will definitely lock a starting spot. Ferguson will not let Rooney, who is in full form, sit on the bench, and Rooney should also play more games.

Since the purchase of Rooney, Ferguson has trained Rooney as the core of Manchester United's striker for the next ten years.

As for the other starting spot, I don't know who Ferguson will send to the field. Although Van Nistelrooy has been in a sluggish state recently, Dong Fangzhuo's role in restraining the game is unmatched. The king of the restricted area is always the king of the restricted area.

What's more, Rooney's appearance made Ruud van Nistelrooy no longer lazy. Obviously, he felt that his position was being impacted and threatened, so his attitude became very correct during training.

There is also Saha, Saha has served as a substitute for two consecutive games, and he has also performed quite vigorously in training recently.

The appearance of Rooney really stimulated everyone on the front line.

Of course it also includes Dong Fangzhuo.

Before returning home, he has to face a round of brutal striker competition.

Manchester United's double striker tactics must have a player who grabs points in the penalty area and a player who can take the ball inside and outside the penalty area.

According to this assumption, the most suitable combination is the combination of Rooney and Van Nistelrooy, or Rooney and Saha, or Rooney and Solskjaer.

This kind of combination performed very well in training. Among so many forwards, Rooney is a guy who can pass and shoot suddenly, and he has a strong impact!

Before Rooney came, Dong Fangzhuo was only compared with Smith, because Dong Fangzhuo's running awareness and diligence made up for some shortcomings, so he didn't see anything.

But with the appearance of Rooney, such a comparison is easy to come out.

Ferguson tried several striker combinations in training, but in the end he still thinks Rooney is the core, with Ruud van Nistelrooy or Saha next to him is the best.

so,

soon,

Dong Fangzhuo was squeezed into the bench lineup.

It's not that Ferguson prefers Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy, he just finds the most reasonable allocation of resources for the team from a tactical point of view to maximize the team's potential.

Even if other coaches or fans are allowed to choose, they may choose this way.

It is impossible for Dong Fangzhuo to blame Ferguson.

Who told him that he has no advantage in technical characteristics?

The advantage he has now is very weak. The goals he exchanged for hard work and hard work were defeated by Rooney in one game.

Talent is so important.

If you are the head coach, would you rather use a player who is extremely talented, can complete a hat-trick as soon as he comes on the court, can pass, lead and shoot, or would you rather use a player who works so hard to get one or two cakes?

If you can only choose one,

So,

The answer is obvious.

Therefore, in the next away game against Middlesbrough, Dong Fangzhuo sat on the bench.

Sitting on the bench with him is Saha.

As for Solskjaer and Smith? They didn't even make it to the bench.

Cruel right?

Sir Alex already favored Dong Fangzhuo very much, at least he saw Dong Fangzhuo's contribution in the previous game, and did not keep him in Manchester...