Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 275: Champions League mission activated, the first Champions League game is coming!

Half-time report from Dongqiudi: Manchester United drew 1:1 with Stoke City away from home, Herrera and Moyan scored, Tang Ye was a substitute but did not fall asleep.

But Not Asleep

[It is suggested to call Tang Ye's father over. If Tang Ye falls asleep, hit him on the head.]

[You don't want me to sleep, right? 】

[However, can I play in the second half? Even just a few minutes would be fine]

clap clap clap!
In the locker room, Ten Hag quickly processed the magnetic flags on the tactical board.

At the same time his mind was thinking.

Should we substitute Tang Ye, who just resumed training yesterday afternoon?
In fact...Ten Hah was not worried that Tang Ye would have a bad performance in the competition as soon as he came back.

What he was worried about was the adverse effects that jet lag from long-distance flights would have on Tang Ye’s health!
Tom must not get hurt!
"The opponent's defense was quite good, but we still need to attack in the second half."

Ten Hag moved the magnetic flag on the tactical board: "Carrick in the middle should take the initiative to support the attack from the wing. This is because our opponents are used to defending on the wing, which is very disadvantageous to our offense..."

Sitting next to Rashford and Rodri, Tang Ye chewed gum in his mouth.

Tang Ye and Rodri are both looking forward to playing, but their mindsets are different.

Tang Ye is more looking forward to helping the team after coming on as a substitute.

Rodri felt the pressure.

This is Manchester United's fourth game since the start of the Premier League.

Rodri appeared in the team's roster twice, but neither of them had a chance to play!
"Thank you"

Taking the chewing gum handed to him by Tang Ye, Rodri listened carefully to Ten Hag's tactics.

……

"It is now the 74th minute of the second half. We can see that the score is now 2:2. Stoke City's tactics are very good against Manchester United."

"Hey, Rashford's long shot hits the crossbar!"

"Manchester United didn't take advantage of this chance to equalise"

The commentator was analyzing the situation on the field. At this time, the director turned the camera and saw Tang Ye taking off his fluorescent yellow vest.

GGBond is gone!

But here comes Tom!

"wow!!"

The fans in the visiting stands burst into loud cheers.

Tang Ye, who was bought for 2 million euros, has only played once for Manchester United.

But Manchester United fans are not fools, they remember Tang Ye’s performance in the game against Swansea!
"The player playing now is number 10 Tang Ye. This is his second appearance in an official match since joining Manchester United. In the last match, he got 3 assists."

"This is currently the number one assist in the Premier League!"

Standing on the sidelines of the field, Tang Ye and Ten Hag high-fived, and then greeted Mata who was running down.

"Mata!"

"Come on Tom!"

The two men clapped, and then Tang Ye ran towards the court.

"Exchange, exchange!"

After Tang Ye came on the court, he handed a note to Herrera and Rashford respectively.

The team formation changed from 433 to 4231!

Standing in his position and ready to cooperate with the team, Tang Ye rubbed his hands.

Well, consume first.

[You purchased Vardy's Red Bull +5]

+5 Red Bull has an extremely exaggerated endurance-boosting effect.

The most important thing is that the price of items enhanced by the [Viking Forge] will not change.

The price of 5 counterattack points of Red Bull is already quite cheap for Tang Ye now!
The game enters the 80th minute!

Snapped!
[De Bruyne through pass level 4: realistic]

Proficiency: 484/1000
A light through ball!

The ball rolled past Stoke City's midfielder, turned a corner and landed at Martial's feet.

"Pretty!"

"Tang Ye!"

"This is what we said before. Tang Ye's passing ability is very exaggerated among all the midfielders in today's football world!"

After Martial got the ball, he paused and deceived the defensive player who came up to steal the ball.

"here!"

Mkhitaryan, who was leaning towards the bottom line on the right side, stretched out his hand!
Martial showed off his excellent ball control ability in the middle.

After some twists and turns, he passed the ball straight!

Give it to Mkhitaryan!

"Wow!"

This is a very threatening through ball.

After getting the ball, Mkhitaryan took a few steps forward and ran to the bottom line of Stoke City!
Tang Ye walked to the right, and after the defensive player caught up, he suddenly changed direction to the left.

Little Fletcher!

Just shake it away!

"Tang Ye's speed... is a little bit fast!"

"Don't you want to pick up Mkhitaryan?"

Tang Ye did not go to meet Mkhitaryan.

Because Martial went!
Martial looked at Tang Ye's position in advance, and after receiving Mkhitaryan's inverted triangle, he immediately passed the ball to Tang Ye behind him.

A perfect match!
Tang Ye took the ball forward.

Because there was no suitable receiver in the penalty area or at the right back post, he chose to dribble the ball forward himself.

Wait a moment!
Ok, now is the chance!
Snapped!
[De Bruyne's cross from the bottom level 4: realistic]

[Cross the ball from the bottom] which has just been upgraded to level 4 not long ago.

The accuracy has been greatly improved!

Give it to Mkhitaryan!

Keep posting back!

Herrera's shot!

"G——OOOO——AAAA——LLL!!!"

"The ball is in!"

"3:2!"

"Manchester United, who had been unable to widen the gap, finally took the lead!"

"Herrera's second goal of the game!"

The moment Herrera scored the long shot, all Manchester United players on the field were running towards Herrera's position.

Of course Tom too!

The penultimate touch does not count as his assist.

But it doesn't matter.

The team is leading, this is more important!

"Pretty!"

Manchester United players hugged each other near the corner flagpole, with Ten Hag raising his hands high.

Manchester United had a particularly difficult game against Stoke City, but fortunately they won in the end.

Facts have proved that the game tactics of other Premier League teams are not as good as, or even far inferior to, Manchester United.

【Coach gap! 】

Football Report: Manchester United won 3:2 away, Herrera's long-range shot prevented an upset, and Tang Ye performed well as a substitute.

"United!"

"United!"

Walking down from the field, Tang Ye could hear the away team's fans in the stands shouting their team's name.

Of course, there were also a few fans shouting Tang Ye’s name!

He shook his head and sighed.

"You don't look very happy?"

"what?"

Rashford suddenly leaned over to speak to Tang Ye, and when his attention was focused on other things, Tang Ye might not hear what other people were saying.

"I say, Tom, you look a little unhappy?"

"oh oh"

Tang Ye nodded: "It felt like the game ended before I had played enough. I thought I would have an assist or a goal, but I didn't."

"Ha ha!"

Rashford pushed Tang Ye towards the passage.

……

The press room at Stoke City's home stadium was not big, so the scene seemed a little crowded after reporters and photographers entered.

But the order was very good, everyone sat obediently in their seats and waited slowly for Ten Hag to appear.

crunch--

coming!

Click!

Click, click, click!

"Eric, do you have anything to say about the result of this game? It doesn't seem easy for Manchester United to win?"

"Eric, you were suspended for your bad behavior in the Europa League final last season. How do you think the team should deal with the upcoming Champions League games?"

"Eric!"

Ten Hag ignored the reporter's words and sat down in his seat.

"I know it wasn't easy for us to win this game. I saw it clearly standing on the sidelines."

"Yes, considering Manchester United's background, does it mean that the difficulty in playing against Stoke City means that Manchester United players are not in the best condition?"

The reporter very cleverly picked up on Ten Hag's words.

"This one……"

Ten Hag shook his head: "We tried a new tactic in today's game, so our opponents were lucky. I am glad that they were not left far behind, but I think they will only be lucky this time. If they meet us again in the next game, they will not lose by just one goal."

Are Stoke City lucky?
Stoke City are certainly lucky.

As Ten Hag said, Manchester United did not use their strongest tactics in this game.

Stoke City got a small advantage, but they still failed to win!
"So, Eric, who do you think performed better in this game on the Manchester United team?"

"Tom" Ten Hahe answered quickly.

Ok?
The reporters in the audience looked at each other.

"Are you sure? Although Tom made 2 good passes, he only played 17 minutes in total in this game."

Ten Hag nodded: "If playing time is not taken into account, I think Tom has the best overall performance"

"Uh, okay"

"Can we talk about the Champions League? Your next Champions League match against Basel is about to start, and you can't be on site to direct the team because of UEFA's punishment."

Speaking of the Champions League, Ten Hag's face quickly turned dark.

"The suspension is incredible to me"

"Of course I am not a tough guy, I admit this is a challenge for Manchester United"

Ten Hag rarely showed weakness, which made the reporters in the audience sit up straight.

"So what you're saying is that there's a good chance that Manchester United will lose their first Champions League game?"

“Challenges do not mean failures”

Ten Hag corrected the reporter's mistake: "Manchester United is an invincible football club, but I will leave eventually. Manchester United players need to know how to play when I am not there. Only to this extent can Manchester United be considered to be on the road to revival."

"Some people (referring to UEFA and Manchester United haters) think that if they take away the most important me, Manchester United will lose the key game."

"But I won't let them achieve their goal easily. I will arrange all the tactics before the players go to the court. This is what I need to do."

Manchester United is too strong this season.

The two most critical players from the Europa League champion team and the runner-up team have joined the same team.

The Holy King merges.

Ten Hag could see that the UEFA officials were very scared.

So scared that they had to resort to despicable means to restrain the strongest man in Manchester United.

That's right!

The strongest person is Ten Hag himself!
……

Hot topic among football experts: In the home game against Basel on the early morning of the 13th, can Manchester United get off to a good start in this season's Champions League without a head coach?

[It should be stable, after all, Basel is not strong]

[It’s hard to say. The head coach has a huge influence on the team, let alone a player of Teng Sheng’s level]

[The Saint-King combination, even if the Saint is gone, there is still the King, just wait for me, King Tang, to make a move]

【Come on Manchester United! 】

"Snapped!"

[De Bruyne 45-degree cross level 4: realistic]

Proficiency: 318/500
……

[De Bruyne 45-degree cross level 4: realistic]

Proficiency: 356/500
After two specialized lessons on 45-degree crosses, Tang Ye improved his proficiency by nearly 50 points.

It has been almost half a month since the bottom cross was upgraded from lv3 to lv4.

Now his 45-degree cross is finally going to be upgraded!

Tang Ye felt indescribably excited when he thought that he would soon have a new level 5 skill.

The cross from the bottom that reached level 4 did not help him break through his current passing attribute of 88 points.

I wonder if the 5-degree cross at level 45 can achieve this effect?

"Tom, your pass is very accurate."

Mata appeared beside Tang Ye at some point in time. The latter reacted and high-fived Mata.

"Mata, I feel like I still have room for improvement"

Tang Ye said seriously.

His [Curved Through Pass], [Drop Cross], [Standard Long Pass], and [45 Degree Cross] are all at level 4 now.

According to Tang Ye's inference, if he upgraded all four growth templates to level 5: replica level, then his passing attribute should be able to break through 90!

Tang Ye is now a master of passing the ball.

If the attribute exceeds 90, then he will be a passing master!

Masters and experts!
Damn, this isn't even on the same level!

"Of course, I think the most important thing is your ability to pass the ball."

Looking at Tang Ye with admiration in his eyes, Mata explained: "The pass was really outstanding. I feel that this is why Eric wants you to come to Manchester United. You are born for fast-paced games."

“Born for fast-paced games?”

Tang Ye was stunned for a moment.

"Yeah, don't you feel that you adapt quickly? I feel that the pressing of those Premier League defensive players has no effect on you. You pass the ball really fast."

Mata patted Tang Ye on the back and said, "Believe me, if you improve your accuracy, you will be one of the top midfielders in the world!"

Mata wanted to say something else to Tang Ye, but at this time Van der Jag blew the whistle.

The players gathered in front of Ten Hag.

"Tomorrow we play against Basel, which is our first Champions League match of the season"

Take a look at Tang Ye: "Due to some bad reasons, I can't go to the scene"

Under the gaze of his teammates, Tang Ye touched his nose, then instinctively took a step back.

Mr. Eric's suspension should have nothing to do with him...

"Ha ha"

Lingard chuckled and pushed Tang Ye, who had just retreated, forward.

"Jesse, don't do this!"

Tang Ye said in a low voice.

Ten Hag ignored Tang Ye and Lingard, but took out a notebook and announced the starting lineup for tomorrow's game.

"Midfield: Herrera, Mata, and Tom"

"The forwards are Mata, Martial and Marcus"

Snapped!
Covering the notebook, Ten Hag tapped Tang Ye's arm with the notebook: "This should be your first Champions League game?"

"Um, Mr. Eric, I played in the Champions League play-offs before, but was eliminated."

"Tomorrow you can play in the real Champions League"

After a fist bump with Tang Ye, Ten Hag and Van der Gag left the training ground.

“Eliminated from the Champions League play-offs?”

Rashford came over and he just realized that Tang Ye almost played in the Champions League.

"Yes, we played against Monaco before"

While speaking, Tang Ye glanced at Rodri beside him.

He can now even clearly recall the scene on the field when they were defeated by Monaco in the second leg.

It was a feeling of powerlessness.

If the current Tang Ye were to play in that play-off, he felt that he could lead Bruno and the others into the Champions League finals!
"Marcus, we must advance to the knockout stage"

Tang Ye looked serious.

“Because it would be very uncomfortable if you were eliminated early.”

……

On the day of the match, a Thai football illustrator posted a cartoon on his personal social media.

The cartoon is divided into two parts, the left part is the scene of the Europa League final, where Manchester United coach Ten Hag throws a boomerang at Tang Ye.

Then comes the right side of the comic.

The boomerang thrown by Ten Hag four months ago hit his head. The Manchester United coach was seriously injured and hospitalized and eventually missed his first Champions League game in his life.

"Our opponent's offense is very strong. This is what Eric told you yesterday, but I must emphasize it again..."

In the locker room at Old Trafford, the interim coach was making his final tactical emphasis in the middle.

Tang Ye sat in his seat.

His seat in the Manchester United dressing room is not in the corner.

But there is a Marcus on the left and a Rhodes on the right, so Tang Ye can still feel very safe!
Shake your feet.

European Champions League!

Football at the highest level!
Today Tom will take a look at what the so-called Champions League is all about!
[You triggered a new task]

Oh, here it comes!

The system always appears at the most critical moment!
[At the age of 39, you participated in the European Champions League for the first time. This can be described as a miracle. You received a series of tasks]

[Serial Mission (Stage 1): Get your first UEFA Champions League goal or assist]

[Task progress: Goal (0/1), Assist (0/1)]

Note: Phase 2 can only be started after completing Phase . The Phase mission is limited to UEFA Champions League matches.

Um, there's a time limit?
Raising his eyebrows, Tang Ye seemed a little surprised, because this was the first time he had received a limited-time task.

But it's normal if you think about it. The Champions League is different from the league. There are only 6 games in the group stage. It is understandable that the system emphasizes efficiency.

Tang Ye needs to complete this task within 2 games, and Ten Hag's suspension time is exactly 2 games.

This means Tom needs to complete his mission without Mr. Eric's help!
"China Central Radio and Television! This is a live broadcast for you..."

"You can see that the players from both teams are ready in the player tunnel!"

After jumping twice in the tunnel, Tang Ye followed Rashford out after hearing the referee's whistle.

"wow!!"

"United!"

"United!"

Tang Ye saw the team flags of Manchester United and Basel, and of course the flag of the Champions League.

"Thump, thump, thump, thump."

"They are the best team"

"They are the ultimate team"

“The main event”

"Die Meister (Germany)! The victorious army"

"Die Besten (Germany)! The King's Teacher"

hiss--

Shaking his body, Tang Ye whispered to Rashford on his right: "Marcus, this song is a little bit shocking"

Feeling that what he said was not rigorous enough, Tang Ye added something.

"Well, a little more shocking than a little bit"

……

(End of this chapter)