The strongest blade in football

Chapter 147 Christmas Eve (5000 words chapter)
What the fans said is right, Wang Nuo can take a good rest for a week.

Due to two yellows and one red, he will be suspended for one game against Newcastle United on the afternoon of December 12th and will not be able to play.

In the eyes of others, Wang Nuo played this match perfectly——

A goal, a point and, at the same time, a red card for a wonderful Christmas break.

Christmas is the most important holiday in the West, which is equivalent to the Spring Festival in China, and Christmas Eve is no different from New Year's Eve in China, it is a time for family reunion.

Many people remember what Mancini did during last Christmas.

In December last year, when Mancini first arrived, in addition to increasing the amount of training and doubling the daily training time, Mancini also canceled the team's Christmas holiday.

In the past, around Christmas, players only needed to do one to two hours of light training every day.

If it catches up with the team's Boxing Day (December 12) home game, the club will usually allow the players to go home to reunite with their families on Christmas night, and then return to the hotel where the club is staying early the next morning.

But Mancini was different. He ordered the players to report to the training base before 10:[-] on Christmas Day.

Then, after completing the training tasks, you must go to the hotel where the team is located to rest as soon as possible to prepare for the game.

This made people angry at the time, causing Mancini to have conflicts with Bellamy, Tevez and Adebayor.

Who knows if the Italians will demand the same this year!
So after the match between Manchester City and Everton, some fans were teasing Wang Nuo for his red card, which was equivalent to taking a holiday for himself.

Of course, the focus of the media and fans after the game was still on the game itself, and people were discussing the possibility that Manchester City could have taken all three points.

As the best player in this game, Wang Nuo once again received countless praises.

"The future of Manchester City has arrived", "China Wang promised to book the Golden Boy Award for 11 years", "25 minutes, Moyes' smile disappeared", the media did not hesitate to praise them.

Wang Nuo’s house used to have newspaper and media reviews on the two walls, but now the wall with good reviews has been covered, and the wall with bad reviews has to be divided into half of the blank part.

Now, Wang Nuo's mentality towards the media has also changed a lot.

When he first came to England, Wang Nuo would take half an hour every day to browse some news about him, and he would also log on to his Twitter and Facebook.

Today, a few months later, he has basically stopped paying too much attention to those things, and handed over all his brains to the special person his father found for him. He only browses when he is really bored.

In China, Wang Nuo already has tens of millions of fans, and Wang Zhongshi is considering hiring a personal bodyguard for his son.

Speaking of which, Wang Zhongshi also wanted to take advantage of Christmas to come to England. He hadn't seen his son for four months.

Unfortunately, before leaving, his teeth suddenly swelled and hurt unbearably, so he had no choice but to shelve the plan.

Therefore, when Wang Nuo happened to see those voices saying that he just enjoyed the Christmas holiday with a red card, he couldn't help laughing.

He knew that the boss was in a good mood. Before Christmas, Manchester City remained at the top of the standings. This year he will give the players a Christmas night of their own!
He has no family in England, and this Christmas will be just like any other for him.

For Wang Nuo, games like Christmas are not as important as games. He wished he could play every game for 90 minutes!
Of course, this is unrealistic. Except for Adebayor, he is still the third striker of the team. He can only vent his energy that has nowhere to go to training.

On December 12, it was chilly outside, and the water on the ground was frozen. The team regrouped for training.

Mancini didn't know what went crazy, and today's training arrangement was very strange.

There are no techniques and tactics, no training games, just lap practice.

In the past, the scramble was an important training tool, improving technique in tight areas, encouraging smart runs and forcing players to make triangle passes.

But even so, robbing the circle will never be the main content of training, but this time Mancini obviously changed everyone's tricks and proposed a new training method——

Similar to a traditional rap workout, but with an added factor.

Specifically, it is 4V4 by two teams, plus three free agents, and the free agents stand with the team with the ball, which actually becomes 7V4.

When one team recovers the ball, the practice continues, the team that lost the ball can fight back on the spot, and the three liberos re-route.

Apparently, this new form of lap scrambling allows City players to move smarter, and the training intensity is very high!

Mancini asked everyone to go all out and not to laugh and laugh. His original words were, "Either go all out, or stop practicing, and don't play the game!"

"If someone doesn't like this kind of roping training, then you can go climbing."

Well, no one wants to climb mountains.

Mancini divided everyone into two groups, and he couldn't stop without blowing the whistle, so he joined in!

This is not a circle grab while chatting and passing the ball, but a full 30 minutes of high-intensity pressing and passing and receiving the ball without stumbling!

At the beginning, some players didn't take it seriously, and sometimes the football would fly 10 meters outside the circle, but gradually, everyone got better, kicking faster and faster, and grabbing more and more fiercely.

After the 30 minutes, rest for a few minutes to replenish water, followed by another 30 minutes, the frequency is accelerated, and the penalty of rolling forward is added.

Grab, grab, grab, grab, 30 minutes non-stop.

Goalkeeper Joe Hart couldn't take it anymore. He relies on his hands for food, and his foot skills are always almost meaningless, so he was robbed more often and entered the center circle more often.

Although Mancini has retired for a long time and is old, he still performed extremely well throughout the process.

"You can't do it at all, are you even worse than a bad old man?"

While passing the ball, Mancini taunted the players who were desperately grabbing the ball in the middle.

When meeting such a perverted boss, everyone has nothing to say.

Finally, the morning training came to an end.

Everyone was gasping for breath, almost stupefied with passing the ball, thinking, it's time to enter tactical training in the afternoon, or play a small training game, and practice well, right?
No, no, it's still a lap grab.

Only in the last 15 minutes, Mancini removed the goalkeeper, let everyone have other practice.

The 20 players were divided into 4 groups of 5 people, and they did one-on-one wall kicking passes in opposite running.

In short, this is the day with the most passes ever made by Wang Nuo.

After 140 minutes a day, Wang Nuo felt like he was in Sparta.

During the ring scrambling training, almost all of his team were backcourt players, who were top-notch defensive players. They scrambled so fiercely that Wang Nuo's toes were stepped on several times.

However, Wang Nuo is almost one of the players in their group who has been robbed of the ball the fewest times. His basic skills in passing in a small area are pretty good.

Everyone was wondering why the content of today's training had changed. It was only later that Manchester City had hired a former assistant coach of Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola. No wonder they saw a new face today.

Some of his team's training concepts hit it off with Mancini, so Mancini adjusted the original training plan appropriately.

Very well, Wang Nuo likes to try new training methods, as long as it is good for him and useful, he will be extremely devoted.

After the training, Wang Nuo was not satisfied, and received additional training from Ndrej after returning home.

Not long after practicing, the Czech looked at Wang Nuo with strange eyes.

"You've been in a bit of a problem for the past two days," he said.

"Really?"

Wang Nuo didn't think so, he was fine!Although he lost two kilograms in the past month, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong.

Especially the day before yesterday, when he was shining against Everton, and before that, he also stunned Europe with his goal in Turin.

Not only is his condition fine, but the barrel of his gun is burning hot!
"Your training is too much, much higher than Pavel before. I suggest you relax properly and take a rest." Ndrej's eyes showed a trace of worry.

Well, Ndrej is a professional, Wang Nuo will consider this matter, but not immediately, the Premier League does not rest, and he does not want to rest.

Wang Nuo has a lot of things to do recently.

In addition to the normal competition and training, just yesterday, he also met with Umbro and made a verbal agreement to become its brand spokesperson. The specific signing time should be at the beginning of next year.

In fact, Wang Nuo prefers other brands. Li Ning, the prince of gymnastics, also called him. Unfortunately, there are restrictions on this aspect in his contract terms. In the first two years, he must give priority to cooperation with team sponsors.

Umbro is the jersey sponsor of Manchester City. It provides Manchester City with 600 million pounds of sponsorship every year. With the improvement of Manchester City's performance, the sponsorship fee may increase again. It is rumored that it is a 10-year contract, about 2500 million pounds per year.

Umbro hopes to rely on Wang Nuo's high popularity in China to further enhance Umbro's brand influence and market share in China. Wang Zhongshi and Raiola's team have already launched several negotiations with him.

They hope to sign a short-term contract. The annual endorsement fee will be about 300 million pounds, and the contract will be signed for about three years.

This is higher than Wang Nuo's current salary!
In addition, there are other big brands coming to the door, including car companies, luxury goods, insurance companies, home appliance giants, etc.

But Wang Zhongshi reminded his son not to be in a hurry, until next summer, he believes that the value of his son's image is far more than what it is now.

At the same time, a small episode happened.

The day after the match against Everton, the Frenchman Emile came over.

With a warm smile and a beautifully wrapped little gift box, he said, "Merry Christmas!"

Compared with the first time we met, he looks much better. "Emile Special" is booming, and the "Banana Challenge" during the World Cup has also gained nearly [-] fans for him.

This time, he came to continue the follow-up content of the long autobiographical novel. At that time, it was agreed to write a part every year, but now, one year has come.

Today is different from the past. Wang Nuo is no longer a fledgling boy in Standard Liege. "Football's Strongest Blade" finally seems to have some value.

Emil looked very happy until Wang Nuo called Mino.

Minoko on the phone was not polite at all, "What special issue? What is that thing? I haven't heard of it at all. Listen, this kind of thing requires the club, him, you and me to sit together and talk, especially that kind of biography , There are a lot of restrictions on the content, let him come to me! Or you let him answer the phone!"

Amir answered the phone, and after 5 minutes, his face was already ugly, but he had a strong ability to adjust, and he returned to smiling after a while.

"He is really a good manager. He asked for 30, 30. Oh, you know, I can't afford that much money now." Amir spread his hands helplessly, and looked at Wang Nuo helplessly.

Wang Nuo also understood the rules, and did not spam kindly, "I'm sorry, 100 Euros can't solve the problem anymore. That book seems to be put on hold for now. Of course, you can still interview me for free once you come from afar."

Emil seemed to be prepared in his heart, and he didn't seem too frustrated.

In the next hour, he conducted an exclusive interview with Wang Nuo again.

Before leaving, the Frenchman pointed to the gift box on the table and said, "You can open it and have a look, I hope you like it! I also hope to cooperate with you in the future."

After shaking hands and saying goodbye, Wang Nuo opened the gift box.

Inside is a hard drive, which stores a large amount of video data of Wang Nuo, including games, post-match interviews, public training, and even related media reports and videos of Wang Nuo's participation in Manchester City's business activities in the past few months.

Wang Nuo was shocked. He looked at the 43G video data, no more, no less, and he was a little dazed.

This guy is a little hardworking. Was it too cold to refuse just now?

Qiu!He couldn't help but sneezed, the weather was really cold.

Sometimes, there are always omens before bad luck strikes.

At three o'clock in the middle of the night, Wang Nuo woke up suddenly from a nightmare. In his dream, he was playing a training match with Dzeko, who had transferred from the Bundesliga. Then, he accidentally kicked and broke the opponent's leg while grabbing the ball!

He shuddered and opened his eyes suddenly. After recovering for two seconds, he realized that it was the ceiling in the room.

And at this moment, a burst of extreme hunger came, as if he hadn't eaten for three days and three nights.

Wang Nuo seldom woke up at night, but he was really hungry, so he ran to the refrigerator to get a usual breakfast, and heated it in the microwave for 3 minutes.

After wolfing it down, he seemed to feel better, and Wang Nuo went back to sleep.

The next morning, after Wang Nuo got up, he didn't feel very well. He tested it with a thermometer and found that he didn't have a fever, so he didn't pay much attention to it. He just thought it was because he was tired from training yesterday.

"Your training volume is too much, much higher than Pavel's before. I suggest you relax properly and take a rest."

Endrej's words lingered in Wang Nuo's mind again.

He felt that what his personal trainer said was very reasonable, and Wang Nuo decided to temporarily suspend additional training for these two days, which happened to be the Christmas holiday.

He continued to fall back into bed and did not get up again until nine o'clock, feeling better, and went to the garage to start the car and drive to Carrington.

It was Christmas Eve at night, so after training in the morning, Mancini arranged a special meal for everyone.

Food that is usually forbidden to eat was placed on the buffet table, and several celebrities from the past of Manchester City also appeared to participate in the meeting.

Balotelli has been talking about Wang Nuo's Christmas party tomorrow, constantly inviting him to attend.

Normally, Wang Nuo would joke with him or something, but at that moment, he suddenly felt a little reluctant to talk.

He is very tired.

Yes, it was all nice, a great dinner, really, but he just felt like he couldn't stay.

Wang Nuo suddenly felt a splitting headache and discomfort all over his body. He really wanted to get out of here, let himself be clean, or at least stay alone in a quiet place.

So he found Mancini, and Mancini called the team doctor.

After a while, the diagnosis came out, it was a cold.

It was a cold again. Wang Nuo clearly remembered that he had the flu once in the first half of the year, but he didn't expect it to come back half a year later.

It was not too serious at all. The team doctor said that there was no need to go to the hospital, and just rest at home.

Mancini gave Wang Nuo a holiday with a big wave of his hand.

"Come back when you're ready! Anyway, you won't be able to play the next game." He said.

Well, it's not serious. Wang Nuo didn't know what the team doctor's diagnostic criteria were, but he was exhausted just driving the car home from the training ground.

The personal assistant was sent back for Christmas by him, and there was no one in Wang Nuo's family.

He braced himself for another hot meal and ate it, then fell asleep. According to his experience, sleeping is the best way for the body to recover.

After an unknown amount of time, Wang Nuo was woken up by a mobile phone ringing, and there were only ten numbers in that mobile phone.

It was my father on the other end of the phone. It was a routine call. After all, it was Christmas Eve. The old father with swollen gums thought his son was normal.

Wang Nuo was still feeling sick all over, so he just chatted briefly. He didn't tell his father that he had a cold, and he usually doesn't say such things.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Nuo realized that it was already dark outside.

In the dark room, Wang Nuo suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of loneliness.

He suddenly wanted to talk to someone.

Who should I call?Wang Nuo thought to himself.

Everyone is so busy at Christmas time, Christmas Eve, what a holy time!But……

Maybe call Emilia Clarke?
Wang Nuo tried to dial her number, but to be honest, he didn't have much hope.

She's supposed to be in the Berkshires, at her parents' house.

But Wang Nuo was wrong, and the call was quickly connected. Emilia answered the phone and told Wang Nuo that she was alone.

"I don't like having these festivals," she added over the phone.

"I feel terrible, I can't believe I have a cold," Wang Nuo said.

"What? You're as strong as a cow and you get sick?" Emilia Clarke laughed on the phone. "Poor man!"

The two were silent on the phone for two seconds.

"Come to my house," she suggested, "and I'll take care of you."

To be honest, Wang Nuo was a little surprised.

Wang Nuo and Emilia Clarke have been in touch, but in the ten days since they were apart, they have only been able to text each other and make occasional phone calls.

Wang Nuo didn't know what kind of relationship they were—

Is it just a passing passion, or something more serious and deeper?
But at this moment, he can't think about it that much anymore, he urgently needs someone to be by his side, even if it's talking.

He was going to say, "I don't know if I can drive the car over there."

However, before he could speak, he felt as if he had regained some strength. It was really amazing. Emilia Clarke's invitation seemed to be magical.

So Wang Nuo changed his mind.

"Give me an address and I'll drive here right now!" he said.

(End of this chapter)