Chapter 502 The Golden Boot Battle!
Chapter 502 The Battle of Golden Boots!
As the days passed, before the players participating in international competitions of Manchester United came back, Yang Xiaozhuang's calf injury had completely recovered. He also returned to the team and started training with his teammates who did not have international competition tasks. However, the coaches of the Manchester United coaching team "carefully" cared for him. The training tasks assigned to him were still very small, but Yang Xiaozhuang's heart was already on the upcoming game.
The reason...is very simple too!
Yang Xiaozhuang just wants to play and score goals now!
On the Premier League Scorer List, because Yang Xiaozhuang missed the 11th round of the game, he is no longer the well-deserved first in the Premier League Scorer List!
13 goals in 11 games... Such efficiency is actually very impressive for any player. If Yang Xiaozhuang can deliver such an answer, he can definitely prove his identity as the world's number one star.
But... Nowadays, Yang Xiaozhuang is not the only player who scored 13 goals in the Premier League scorer list, but also Martial and Firmino!
It would be fine if Martial was not there, after all, everyone knows his situation. If it weren't for Yang Xiaozhuang's injury, Martial's efficiency would definitely not be so high!
But Firmino's sudden outbreak this season is really a bit unexpected. Last season, Firmino scored only 9 goals in the league. He only played 11 games this season, and he actually scored 13 goals!
So... Yang Xiaozhuang still regards Firmino as his competitor!
In addition, Haaland, who ranks fourth in the scorer list, has scored 12 league goals.
In this case, Yang Xiaozhuang was of course eager to participate in the game, want to score goals, and even felt the challenge from Firmino and Haaland. While he felt a little pressure, he felt... very excited!
It's been three seasons, can anyone finally compete in scoring goals?
In the upcoming 12th round of the Premier League, although Manchester United is going to play away against the "Magpie" Newcastle, for Manchester United, whose "King" has returned from injury, everyone thinks it is natural for their team to win the game.
Although Newcastle was ranked fourth in the league before, they have now fallen to sixth place because of their three goals in the last game by the "Red Army" and replaced Newcastle's position with the "Blue Army". Yaldim's team has won a six-game winning streak in the Premier League, and their ranking has also risen to fourth place.
Just as the English media analyzed before the start of the season, the Premier League pattern this season is very clear, namely, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea have the opportunity to become champions. The overall strength of these four clubs is definitely the top four teams in the Premier League. Their strength is indeed two levels compared to other teams.
Newcastle's Dutch coach Philip Koku, who had previously led Eindhoven in his hometown in the Netherlands, achieved great success, and was invited by Newcastle to coach in the Premier League. Since the beginning of this season, the performance of "Magpie" has indeed been somewhat unexpected.
Although he lost three goals away from the away game before, Philip Koku still had some thoughts when he returned to St James Park Stadium: "We know very well that the game against Manchester United will be difficult, but this place is St James Park after all, and we have many supporters here, so the team and I will definitely do our best in the game. As for the result of the game... let's wait until ninety minutes later."
This statement is obviously telling everyone... This time we returned to the home court, we were determined to compete with the defending champion "Red Devils"!
What Philip Koku said is actually fine. There are no big-name stars in the "Magpie" team today. Some are some powerful players or new stars with great potential. The reason why these players can make Newcastle good results is that... it is definitely Philip Koku's!
It can be said that Philip Koku has a very high prestige in Newcastle now. Since he said he wanted to compete with Manchester United at home, the "Magpie" players will really fight for the head coach's goal.
Nothing else!
It’s normal to lose, but what if... I win?
Once you win a match with a giant team like Manchester United, at least two or three outstanding players will become famous in one match, which will attract the attention of other giant teams. For many "magpies" players, this game is a good opportunity for a carp to jump over the dragon goal!
Simply put, it’s...it’s a good deal, it’s no loss!
But Philip Koku and his players’ “ideals” are indeed full, but the reality... is really cruel!
In the 12th round of the Premier League match against Monk James Park on November 21, just 32 seconds into the game, Aliyu intercepted the opponent's pass in the middle circle and directly hit the ball with a long pass.
Yang Xiaozhuang received the ball with her back...stopped the ball with her chest and bumped the ball with her knees!
Whoosh!
The ball seemed like a baby who was letting Yang Xiaozhuang fiddled with, and obediently flew behind him from his right side!
At the same time, Yang Xiaozhuang also turned around calmly and rushed towards the front of the left along the diagonal direction...
The entire Premier League arena knows that when Manchester United's "King" drives the ball and rushes, if you want to stop him... it depends on whether God is standing on your side today!
This time, Yang Xiaozhuang's dribbling breakthrough still did not give Newcastle any chance to intercept. As many as four Newcastle defensive players could only surround Yang Xiaozhuang and kept running. They did not even have the chance to reach out and pull the foul.
Seeing that Yang Xiaozhuang was getting closer and closer to the penalty area, Newcastle players had decided to make tactical fouls, and even players began to prepare for tackles... In fact, they were going to shovel people!
At this moment, Yang Xiaozhuang suddenly rounded his left leg while running and hit the ball with one kick!
Bang!
After a muffled sound, the ball suddenly flew out from Yang Xiaozhuang's feet and flew straight to the upper left corner of Newcastle goal!
The goalkeeper of the "Magpies" is Freddy Woodman, a 23-year-old player who has only been selected for the U21 England team. If you want to say that there is still some potential, but even the top talented goalkeeper is not considered a top talent.
The timing of Yang Xiaozhuang's shot was really too sudden, and the ball was also very fast. When Freddy Woodman jumped to the right and reached out to save, the ball... had already flew into the goal from the upper left corner of the goal!
"GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Yang Xiaozhuang shouted and rushed to the 3,000 "Red Devils" hardcores who came from afar from the stands, and also made a gesture of thanks to them...
Off the court, after Solskjaer and Rui Faria hugged each other, he laughed excitedly: "Ruy, I knew! I knew! This kid Yang must have been threatened by others! Next, he will definitely maintain his high efficiency for a long time!"
Rui Faria also nodded repeatedly with a smile...
The battle for the best scorer?
Stop funny!
Chapter completed!