Chapter 167: Opportunity after dormant

After seeing off these two inexplicable visitors, Tiger didn't take this matter seriously. However, one time Tiger talked about this with his father. His father was quite enthusiastic, but after hearing Tiger said that it would take two years to become a Chinese citizen, and he couldn't play at Manchester United, and even the entire English league could not play. Old Li stuck out his tongue and stopped talking.

In the following time, Tiger was patiently waiting for the injury to heal. He was not in a hurry, because he could train in the main god space - even if he was injured, his time would not be wasted.

During this period, Manchester United's form has become better and better. After the league rekindled, they swept Wimbledon five-to-one at home, Kerr scored two goals, Giggs, Beckham and York each scored one goal, and after winning three consecutive league wins, Manchester United has quietly approached Aston Villa, who ranked second in the league, with five wins, two draws and one loss in eight games. Although they were four points behind Aston Villa, they played one game less than Villa. Although Arsenal defeated Manchester United three-to-zero at home, their results were average in other games. They only won three games in nine league games, tied five games, and lost one game, ranking fifth with only fourteen points.

After winning this big victory, Manchester United ushered in good news again - Tiger, who was injured and missed for January, was able to return to the training ground. Although he could only jog and not let his right foot be too stressed. For Manchester United, who is about to participate in the Champions League, it is still a heart-strengthening needle.

Tiger is also lucky. Although he was injured and rested for a month, he was actually missing three league games and one Champions League game in this month, which was quite small for Manchester United.

"Welcome back, Tiger."

When he saw Tiger appearing on the training ground, Keane welcomed him on behalf of the team. Tiger smiled happily. After lying on the hospital bed for so long, he finally could run on the lawn...

But it is obvious that his recovery has caused some trouble to Ferguson.

During the period when Tiger was absent, Scholes returned to the main lineup. In these four games, Manchester United won three wins and one draw. Scholes scored two goals in four games and performed well. At the same time, when he was on the court, Manchester United's midfield was running smoothly and offense and defense were very good. In this case, even if Scholes was replaced for no reason, even if Scholes was loyal, he would probably be dissatisfied. Tiger's performance before being injured was also eye-catching. It can even be said that Manchester United's dilemma at the beginning of the season was basically supported by Tiger and Beckham. What's more, he was injured while playing for Manchester United. He lost his main position as soon as he was injured. It is inevitable that the current main force will not think, "I must not be injured, otherwise the main position will be replaced." This will easily cause the team to work but not work hard...

Ferguson has no good idea about this. He originally imagined that whoever is in good condition and who plays the main force. If he is in good condition, he will push someone to the front line. Tiger's desire to score in front of the goal will not have any problems with the shadow striker, but York and Cole have performed very well recently. Which one he wins will also cause dissatisfaction in the team...

I was worried. For the first time, Ferguson felt that the trouble was a big deal. The key was that the trouble did not come from the outside, but from the inside, not that some players performed poorly, but that the performance of several players in the frontcourt was very good...

The season is just beginning, and we can still test the formation and main lineup, but in the later stage, we must have a solid main lineup. Ferguson naturally knows this very well. Although Tiger and Scholes are completely different types of players, it is precisely because of this that Ferguson cannot even rotate. The two attacking midfielders with different styles will make other main players at a loss.

Therefore, we can only choose to trust one of them and sacrifice one of them. As for which one is sacrificed, Ferguson still has time to observe.

Of course, Tiger knew that his injury was, and he had to put in more effort to win the main position - Scholes is performing very well now, and Manchester United is more like a whole when he was on the court. Tiger knew that if he wanted to replace Scholes, he had to strengthen more.

In this month, in addition to constantly challenging top midfielders with different styles, Tiger focused more on training matches in coordination with running. In the main god space, Tiger sets Manchester United's running system alone has become increasingly complete. This is a running system he gradually established through observations during the game, especially watching Manchester United's game videos in this month. Although it is not perfect in many details, it is at least initially equipped.

After all, Tiger has only been two or three months since he came to Manchester United, and he still doesn't understand many ways of Manchester United's running system. The running system that Ferguson spent the last ten years to cultivate and build is not so easy to understand! However, Tiger tried to integrate more into this system, not mainly on himself, but to become a part of it. While maximizing his personal abilities, he also integrates into the entire team to the greatest extent...

This is a long-term job and may be difficult, but Tiger knows that he only has this path and few players can change a giant team with the strength of one person. What's more, Manchester United has a Ferguson. Manchester United will not have an absolute core, at least not on the court. There is only one absolute core, that is Ferguson.

On October 20, the third round of the Champions League group stage.

Manchester United played a perfect game away. Perhaps Bromöderby's victory in the first home court was overwhelmed by their minds. They bravely fought against Manchester United at home, and their attack power seemed to be no different. Like the first home court, Bromöderby scored two goals at home - a beautiful free kick and a header from national forward Sander, allowing national team captain Schmeichel to pick up the ball from the goal twice. However, their defense line was terrible under Manchester United's fierce attack. Giggs scored twice in the first half, Kohl York scored one goal each, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored one goal as soon as he touched the ball, and captain Keane also scored one goal. In the end, Manchester United defeated Bromöderby 6-2 away, with one win and two draws, and jumped to the top of the group!

In another game, Bayern beat Barcelona 1-0 at home. After three rounds, Manchester United ranked first in five points, Barcelona and Bayern both ranked second and third in four points, and Brondder ranked last in three points - the situation in this group is still complicated.

Tiger watched the whole game in the stands. He had to admit that the Manchester United midfielder with Scholes on the court was a whole. Maybe he posed a greater threat to the opponent's goal, but Scholes' contribution on the court was greater than himself. Although he did not score or assist in this game, his running and cooperation in the midfield made Manchester United's midfielder perform better. Giggs' two goals were when he stepped forward to break the net after strong support from the midfield. Manchester United's midfield completely suppressed the opponent's midfielder...

"If I were on the court, what should I do to be better than him?"

Tiger kept thinking about this question on his way back to Manchester.

Scholes has no gorgeous breakthroughs on the court and rarely becomes the focus. However, he is always running and supporting his teammates. When Keane is forward, he will fill up the position next to him. When Giggs comes to the middle, he will go to the left to open the gap. When Beckham makes a cross, he will step forward at the front of the penalty area to support... This is the biggest difference between him and Tiger. When Scholes is on the court, Manchester United's midfield is a whole, while Tiger is on the court, Manchester United's midfield becomes three plus one - he is that one.

Tiger knew that if he couldn't solve this problem, he would probably play less and less in the future, or like at the beginning of the season, when the team encountered iron barrel formations and difficulties, Ferguson sent him to use his personal skills to rush forward, which would become a useful surprise, but would not be the focus.

If it was an ordinary player, it would be enough to find his position in a team like Manchester United, but Tiger was not satisfied with this. He knew what he needed and knew that he would not be willing to be a super substitute like Solskjaer, even at Manchester United.

After returning from Denmark, Tiger underwent a physical examination, and the results of the examination made everyone very happy - Tiger's injury to his right ankle has been cured and there will be no sequelae.

After finishing one person's restorative training and participating in the training of the whole team, my teammates soon noticed the difference between Tiger.

Tiger's training was very hard before, which everyone knows. However, his previous training was more personal training, but now it is different from before. In the team's running training and training matches, Tiger did more seriously than before. After the training, Tiger's personal practice was reduced from one hour to half an hour, and the training content was just free kicks.

No one knows that the reason why Tiger reduces his personal training time is just to train more in the main god space in the main god space after returning home. During the tactical exercises, Tiger will carefully record the details of his teammates' running, and then verify it in the main god space. Although he works hard and has better conditions, it is impossible to compare with Scholes and others' proficiency in this system for many years. However, if he is more proficient, the more he is, the more capable he has to gain a foothold in the main lineup.

Ferguson naturally didn't know about this, but in his eyes, he could naturally see that Tiger's effect in tactical training seemed to be getting better and better...

In the ninth round of the league, Manchester United was tied by Derby County 1-1 away, and Tiger played for ten minutes on the bench and performed mediocrely.

In the tenth round of the league, Manchester United beat Everton four-one away. Tiger sat on the bench for a full ninety minutes and did not get a chance to play.

In the fourth round of the Champions League, Manchester United played the visiting Brondby five to zero at home. The game lasted only half an hour and they led by four to zero. Beckham, Kerr, Phil Neville and York each scored a goal. Shortly after the second half, Scholes' long shot locked the score at five to zero. After that, Tiger's substitute Scholes appeared for twenty minutes. He had two breakthroughs and a threatening shot on the court. Most of the time, he was passing back and forth with his teammates to slow down the offensive rhythm.

In the 11th round of the league, Manchester United drew with Newcastle 0-0 at home, and Tiger continued to play as a substitute and continued to perform mediocrely.

In the 12th round of the league, Manchester United defeated Blackburn 3-2 at home. Tiger came on as a substitute before the end of the game. After playing less than five minutes, the game ended, so naturally there was no performance.

In the 13th round of the league, Manchester United was unexpectedly defeated by Xie Wednesday 1-3. In the game, Scholes sprained his ankle and was replaced by Tiger. The game was already one-3. After Tiger came on the court, he also failed to show the previous momentum of having to make a breakthrough by himself. In the end, Manchester United lost one-3 without any temper, ending the seven unbeaten games in the league.

"Tiger, another example of rapid depravity after being injured?"

"After being injured in the game against Arsenal, Tiger returned to Manchester United after a month. This injury not only made him lose the opportunity to play for the national team, but also made him lose his main position at Manchester United, and also made the good form he had shown before disappear without a trace... For a player, continuity is very important. Before being injured, Tiger started three times at Manchester United and made three substitutes, and scored two goals and three assists. This result is quite amazing for any player! However, after returning from injury, Tiger failed to get the opportunity to start, but got five substitutes.

The game opportunity and the game time have accumulated for more than 70 minutes, but Tiger failed to score a goal and an assist, and even made a few successful breakthroughs in the game! It is simply incredible for a player like Tiger with excellent personal skills... but there is no such precedent. Countless players who originally performed well suddenly lost their form after an injury. What's more, Manchester United's frontcourt competition is too fierce. We don't want a British player like Tiger with excellent personal skills to be depressed. I hope he will not be rushing to achieve success and performance, keep his calm mind and recover."

It is obvious that Tiger's performance after returning from injury is not satisfactory. Although Manchester United's performance is not bad during this period, it can even be said to be very outstanding, it has not much to do with Tiger. Judging from the situation where Tiger performed well before but Manchester United stumbled, it is inevitable that people will not remind people that Tiger is a player who is more suitable for the "one-man team" rather than a player who can gain a foothold in the giants...

The so-called "one-man team" players actually have many such attacking midfielders now. Several famous veterans, such as Haji of Romania, Shifu of Belgium and Valderama of Colombia, all have excellent personal abilities and have performed extremely well in small and medium teams. However, once they join the giants, their game style that must play around and win the game with a flash of inspiration seems extremely unsuitable. Haji has played for Real Madrid and Barcelona but his performance is average. Shifu has been in small and medium teams, and Valderama's career in Europe has been quite a failure...

Now it seems that Tiger is also like this player. He has performed well at Preston and has performed well at Manchester United. However, most of them are based on personal performance and lacks cooperation with teammates. If this continues, Tiger may never be able to gain a foothold in Manchester United and can only join a mid-range team to show his talents...

At this time, Manchester United reported that Scholes had an ankle contusion and had to rest for a month - everyone was worried that Manchester United could start, but with the bad state that Tiger showed on the bench before, can they continue their previous outstanding performance?

You should know that in the next month, Manchester United will play the last two group matches in the Champions League, with opponents being Barcelona and Bayern, which is related to whether they can qualify in the group. In the league, they will play against Leeds United respectively, with strong teams such as Villa, Tottenham and Chelsea...

Before Christmas, Manchester United will have seven games to play. On November 24, the Champions League will challenge Barcelona away. On November 29, the league will face Leeds United at home. On December 5, the league will challenge Aston Villa away. On December 9, the Champions League will face Bayern at home. On December 12, the league will face Tottenham Hotspur, on December 16, the league will face Chelsea at home. On December 19, the league will face Middlesbrough at home... This is Manchester United's next schedule. No opponent is a soft persimmon. Even Middlesbrough, the seemingly weakest-looking newly promoted player, is currently ranked among the top six...

Everyone knows that in the month when Scholes was injured, Manchester United could only trust Tiger in the midfielder position, but can Tiger seize this opportunity to regain the main position? After seeing Tiger's poor performance recently, even his parents and Kelly, who believed most, may not think Tiger can do this...

However, Tiger always believed that he could do this.

Only he knew that there was no problem with his condition during this period, nor did he leave a psychological shadow due to injury. The silence during this period was just Tiger's dormant. When he came on the bench, he was more observing the running position of his teammates, seeing what shortcomings he still had, and how he had some tacit understanding of his teammates' cooperation. In other words, Tiger did not think about playing well when he came on the bench, but was just getting more familiar with his teammates and training his teammates...

Of course, Tiger knew that doing this might completely lose his main position, but he did this without hesitation. The reason is very simple. He doesn't want to be a super substitute half-dead, and if he wants to be, he will be the absolute main force!
Chapter completed!