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Chapter 305 Must Win ① Goodbye, Captain!
Li Rui pushed the mobile wall to the front of the penalty area, and poured a bag of footballs on the ground. He is practicing free kicks. Tomorrow's game against Liverpool, Ferguson has already told Li Rui that he will appear on the bench and will not It was the team doctor Jeffs' suggestion to start the game. Although Li Rui knew that the team doctor was looking out for his own health, he was still a little depressed.

He is eager to play now, to experience the feeling of scoring a goal, which has not been felt for a long time...

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Li Rui looked at the somewhat empty Carrington training ground and sighed softly.He remembered seeing Jessica after returning home yesterday, Jessica said that her family wanted to see him, Li Rui was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed too, yes, his girlfriend's family wanted to see him. It's strange, but Li Rui is also a little nervous. Will Jessica's family dislike him? If they don't agree with him dating Jessica, what will he do?
The Manchester United No. 10 player who is all-powerful on the court suddenly became a little worried about gains and losses.However, at this time, Li Rui also understood the reason for Jessica's bad mood during this time. He guessed that Jessica's family members did not agree with their relationship. Thinking of this, Li Rui forced himself to calm down. I can no longer put pressure on Jessica. If I am not confident enough, Jessica will definitely be more worried.

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"Okay." Li Rui looked at Jessica with a smile, "What time?"

Jessica looked at Li Rui. She was observing her boyfriend's expression. Seeing Li Rui's bright smile made her feel a lot more relaxed for no reason. Jessica was a few years older than Li Rui. In public, Jessica helps Li Rui like a big sister, but at home, Jessica seems to completely give herself to Li Rui, and she enjoys the time of this carefree little girl, Only at this time, Jessica felt how happy she was.

"After the season is over..." Jessica said, Li Rui nodded, looking very sure, Jessica asked him with a smile, aren't you worried?Li Rui kissed Jessica on the forehead and said, "I'm worried, I'm worried that we won't get married..." Jessica immediately limp in Li Rui's arms and said, "Is this a marriage proposal?" ? ’, Li Rui looked into Jessica’s eyes and said, ‘No, the proposal is more formal than this’.

That night, both of them were crazy on the bed. Jessica seemed to release all her enthusiasm. In the end, the two of them didn't have much strength, so they hugged each other and fell asleep...

In the middle of the night, Li Rui woke up and saw that he was sleeping soundly in his arms.There was also a hint of warmth in my heart.

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Thinking of meeting Jessica's family after the season ended, Li Rui felt a little apprehensive. He put aside these messy thoughts and focused on the football under his feet.

He took a step back and kicked the football, but the football hit the wall and flew out of the baseline.

Li Rui frowned in dissatisfaction. After the injury, the feeling of scoring a goal was much worse. Although in real games, he might gradually regain his feeling, but Li Rui was still concerned about his practice. The effect is not satisfactory.

His teammates had left, and Li Rui was the only one on the empty training ground. When he was at Leeds United, Li Rui also trained with Li Rui from the reserve team, Fabian Delphi and Jonathan. Now at the Carrington training base, Li Rui is alone during extra training every day.

Li Rui put the football in place, took a few steps back again, took a run-up, swung his right foot and pulled the football out. The football drew an arc and almost flew out by brushing against the edge of the column...

The quality of this free kick is not bad, Li Rui nodded himself, and he started to pick up the footballs one by one. At this time, he raised his head and was about to pick up the ball that he kicked the farthest just now When I came back, I saw someone walking over with the football.

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What surprised Li Rui was that this person was the captain of the team, Roy Keane. The captain was suspended by the Football Association after the clash with Arsenal. He is still in the suspension period and will not participate in tomorrow's match against Arsenal. Liverpool's game, so the training during this period was carried out alone.

Li Rui looked at Kean in a suit, and wondered why the captain came to the training ground in this suit.

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Keane read the bewilderment in Li Rui's eyes, and he said, "I'm here to find the boss to deal with some matters. I passed by here, and I heard that there are people training here, so I came to have a look."

It was only on the second day that Li Rui found out that the captain had indeed come to find the head coach Ferguson to deal with a big matter, and it was indeed a coincidence that they passed by here. The meeting between the two should be regarded as an 'encounter'.

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Keane ignored Li Rui. He put the football on the ground and kicked it with his leather shoes like that. The ball flew up in a jiffy. The kick was really strong, and it flew from the Carrington base all at once. In the past, ran to the Manchester City training camp next door.

Li Rui touched his nose, "Well, Captain, your leather shoes." He wanted to remind Keane to change into sneakers before playing football, but seeing Keane's suit and leather shoes, he didn't say that .

Keane glanced at Li Rui and said nothing, then Li Rui was surprised to see the Manchester United captain running to the side, yelled at the Manchester City training camp, and then someone kicked the football back.

"Thank you, Peter." Keane shouted loudly, and then muttered a few words over there. Maybe the people in Manchester City didn't expect the team's 'mortal enemy' Keane to be so polite.

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Keane glanced at Li Rui, perhaps because he felt that his attire and his words just now were a bit abnormal, so he smiled rarely, "Are you going to play tomorrow's game?"

Li Rui nodded. Only then did he realize that Keane didn't come to find him on purpose, he was indeed passing by here, and then chatted with himself and was a little absent-minded, because Keane should know that he will be a substitute for tomorrow's game. Obviously the captain forgot, which is indeed a bit strange.

"I'll watch the game from the stands." Keane said suddenly, which made Li Rui a little confused. The captain of Manchester United was suspended and watched the home game from the stands. Is there anything special about it?
Perhaps because of the confusion on Li Rui's face, Keane didn't explain it. He believed that everyone would understand by this time tomorrow.

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Keane was talking nonsense, which didn't fit the usual appearance of this tough guy at all, and Li Rui was even more puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, and the two of them spoke without saying a word.

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"Li, have you ever thought about becoming the captain of Manchester United one day?"

"Uh...huh?..."

"Haha! Just kidding! Just kidding!" Keane waved his hand, and then kicked the football away. The polished leather shoes were stained with mud and grass mud.

Li Rui looked at the captain, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. It seems that today's extra training can't go on. However, Li Rui intuitively felt that the captain was a little strange, as if he had nothing to say. This gave Li Rui a feeling that Keen Looking at the training ground, Li Rui suddenly had an illusion. He read the meaning of "reluctant" from Keane's eyes, which shocked Li Rui.

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"I came to Manchester United in 1993. At that time, there was no Carrington training base. In that season, I won the first league championship in my career. I had this training base in 1995... A year later, I went from Eric took the captain's armband and we won the league again that year... Manchester United won the Champions League in 1999..."

Keane looked at the training base and seemed to be talking to himself, but he would glance at Li Rui, and Li Rui felt a very strange feeling. In front of the famous tough guy in the Premier League, the captain, he was just an audience.

Although Li Rui didn't understand what the captain was saying, he still listened carefully, feeling a little emotional in his heart. Every championship honor that Keane said was the honor that football players dream of.

It is tantamount to a string of heavy meritorious service medals!

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"If there was one more time, would you still get that yellow card in the game against Juventus?" Li Rui asked his captain. In the semi-final between Manchester United and Juventus in 1999, Roy Keane got a yellow card. Accumulated yellow card suspension and missed the Champions League final against Bayern Munich.This is also considered by Keane to be a lifelong regret.

"Yes, because I'm the captain of Manchester United!" Roy Keane stared at Li Rui, and the sharp eyes at this time made Li Rui understand that the man who seemed to be a bit late just now was Manchester United. Captain and one of the best captains in team history.

Maybe because he realized that he talked too much and violated the strict image of the captain, Keane stood up and clapped his hands, saying, "Tomorrow's game, we must win!"

"Why?" Li Rui asked a stupid question, and he regretted it as soon as he said it, he was afraid that the captain would scold him.

Roy Keane turned to Li Rui, and Li Rui still clearly remembered this sentence many years later: "When I first stood on the court, I said to myself, I must win today !Because I'm on the field!!"

Li Rui was still savoring this sentence in a daze. Roy Keane had already ignored him. The captain of Manchester United waved his hand and walked away, "Goodbye! Remember, you must win!"

Li Rui raised his head and looked at the captain's back. The sun was setting and his waist was straight...

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After Roy Keane left, Li Rui forced himself to practice free kicks for a while.

He set up the football and kicked it with a groaning cry. The football bypassed the 'wall of people' and flew into the unguarded goal...

"Must win?" Li Rui clenched his fists, "That's right! Must win!"

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The next morning, Li Rui and Jessica were having breakfast together. At this time, a piece of news appeared on the TV, "Manchester United Club announced that the team and captain Roy Keane have terminated the contract, and the two parties formally broke up peacefully. Manchester United would like to thank the captain for everything he has done for the club over the course of 12 years..."

What was said later, Li Rui couldn’t hear clearly, he was completely shocked, Li Rui picked up the remote control and kept changing channels, switching to all the channels with morning sports news, all the channels were talking about With this explosive news...

The captain terminated the contract?
Li Rui stuffed the bread into his mouth subconsciously, but he didn't chew it. He was shocked by the news. He remembered the words of Roy Keane at the Carrington training base after the training yesterday, and suddenly realized that yesterday the captain It's saying goodbye to this training ground, and Manchester United...

Then I happened to meet myself, so I said those words.

bid farewell?

Li Rui uttered this word, but felt a bit bitter. He had just come to Manchester United for half a season, and he was not very familiar with the famous "villain" Roy Keane, but the captain did help Li Rui a lot. , In other words, Keane used his words and deeds to tell Li Rui how to be a tough guy on the court!A warrior worthy of the trust of teammates!
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When he arrived at the Carrington training base, the fluke in Li Rui's heart was also shattered by the scene outside the training base. Countless media reporters almost surrounded the entrance of the training base. Every Manchester United player who appeared at the training base They will be surrounded by reporters, let me express my opinion about the captain's sudden termination of contract with the team.

Seeing Li Rui's car approaching, the reporter almost surrounded the car like seeing a bloody shark. With the help of security guards, Li Rui finally drove past. He didn't open the car window all the way. , did not accept any interviews...

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After parking the car, Li Rui walked towards the training ground. At this moment, there was a roaring sound above his head, and Li Rui saw a helicopter hovering over the training ground...

"That's Sky TV's helicopter." Scholes, who was walking with Li Rui, said.

Hearing the roar of helicopters, Li Rui was silent for a while. The captain and the team terminated the contract. This explosive news was indeed shocking enough. As a member of the Manchester United team, Li Rui felt the most intuitively. En is suspended, Li Rui is also injured, his feeling is not strong yet, now Li Rui is about to recover from injury, but Keane suddenly terminated his contract with the team, but Li Rui feels a little empty in his heart, I believe his teammates will also There is this feeling, this is the performance of the team's current lack of backbone.

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During the training, no one mentioned the captain's name. Since they didn't know the reason why Keane and the team terminated the contract, everyone was a little bit worried when they saw the unfriendly expression of the old man Ferguson.

The training was conducted under the leadership of assistant coach Queiroz. Queiroz first announced Gary Neville as the team's first captain, and then directed the team to train.

The conflict between Queiroz and Roy Keane has long been no secret in the Manchester United locker room. Everyone speculates that the captain’s sudden termination of the team’s contract is related to assistant coach Queiroz. Although this has not been confirmed, but, seeing today Queiroz looked a little too excited, which still made people feel a little disgusted.After all, Keane's prestige in the team as the captain of the team is quite high, and the sudden termination of the contract really caused too much impact.

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Old Trafford is full of seats, Manchester United is not doing well recently, fans are very dissatisfied with the team's performance, some fans once posted to boycott the game, but all this was disrupted by the news this morning, this Manchester United VS Liverpool's game is certainly important, but the departure of the captain shocked everyone even more. Many fans who originally planned to watch the game at home walked out of the house...

Li Rui did not appear in the starting list. In this game, Ferguson's choice of striker was Rooney as the single arrow. In the winter transfer market, Manchester United is getting closer and closer to Cassano. Now only Real Madrid is fighting Manchester United competed. After the bid for Li Rui was clearly rejected, Real Madrid also focused on Cassano. Of course, the competition between Manchester United and Real Madrid is also what Roma would like to see. Since Cassano must leave, then It is Rome's greatest wish to sell it at a good price.

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In the first leg of this season, Manchester United beat Liverpool 3-0 away at Anfield, embarrassing the European champions Liverpool. Now, Manchester United is not doing well recently. Captain Roy Keane and the ball broke out again this morning. The explosive news of the termination of the team's contract made the Manchester United team panic, which also gave Liverpool a great stimulus. The Liverpool people vowed to beat Manchester United at Old Trafford to avenge their big loss at home.

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Manchester United and Liverpool are absolute mortal enemies. This game is also the focus of this round. Coupled with the unexpected termination of the contract between Keane and Manchester United, this game will be broadcast live in no less than 100 countries and regions around the world. The number of journalists has created a record at Old Trafford in recent seasons.

A large number of Liverpool fans also went to Manchester to cheer for the team. The game has not yet started. The fans from both sides have already scolded each other in the stadium. The atmosphere in the stadium is extremely tense. Although there are few Liverpool fans in the stadium, they are still very tough A Liverpool fan tried to break through the police wall and run into the Manchester United stands, which caused a small-scale riot. The police who had been waiting for a long time hurriedly took the fan away...

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There are also 2 helicopters hovering over the stadium, one of which is the one rented by Sky TV that Li Rui saw at the training ground in the morning, and the other is a police helicopter of the Manchester Police to observe the situation in the stadium at any time. situation, to avoid riots...

According to the plan of the Manchester Police, the recent situation of Manchester United is not good, and the captain Roy Keane has terminated the contract with the team. It is hard to imagine what will happen if the leaderless Manchester United loses to the rival Liverpool at home. Therefore, the Manchester Police It also raised the security level of this game to the orange level, which is second only to terrorist attacks...

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Li Rui was sitting on the bench, waiting for the starters to come on stage with other substitute players. He was chatting with Evra next to him. The Frenchman's English is not very good. comminicate. .

At this time, on the big screen of the stadium, the list of starting players from both sides has been displayed——
Manchester United (4-5-1):
Goalkeeper: Van der Sar;

Defense: Heinze, Ferdinand, Vidic, Gary Neville;
Midfielders: Fletcher, O'Shea, Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo, Scholes;
Forward: Rooney;
Liverpool (4-3-3):
Goalkeeper: Reina;
Defense: Carragher, Riise, Hyypia, Finnan;
Midfielders: Gerrard, Sissoko, Alonso;

Forwards: Cisse, Crouch, Kewell;

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The players hadn't played yet. At this moment, the entire stadium was boiling, and all Manchester United fans stood up, shouting a person's name——
"Roy... Keane!"

"Roy... Keane!!!"

Li Rui opened his mouth wide. He knew that it was Keane who appeared in the stands and was spotted by the fans, which caused a commotion in the stadium. This was the way the fans bid farewell to the greatest captain in the history of the Red Devils.

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At this time, where the Manchester United fans were, a huge banner was displayed: "Thank you captain! 1993-2006, thank you for being with us for 12 years!"

Li Rui looked at the huge banner. The banner was still moving, like a huge wave, moving across the entire field. Such a courtesy to fans——
Worth it! !
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The fans in the audience called Keane's name over and over again. Keane's departure was so sudden that the fans didn't have time to see off the captain. Now, they can only bid farewell to the captain before the game against Liverpool ...

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Keane, wearing sunglasses, got up in the stands and applauded the fans. He bowed slightly. This Irish man with a straight waist has tears in his eyes. This is also the same time he wore sunglasses in Manchester in January. The reason is that he doesn't want the fans to see his tears!
Even though it's already parting time!

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Seeing the captain bowing in the stands, there were even more crazy cheers, and the whole stadium was completely infected by this atmosphere.

The piercing boos of Liverpool fans, Manchester United's arch-enemy, were quickly drowned out by applause...

As Manchester United's mortal enemy, Liverpool fans naturally hate Keane. Li Rui looked at all this and suddenly felt that Liverpool fans still booed Keane when Keane left Old Trafford. This shows how much Liverpool fans hate him, but, as the captain of Manchester United, isn't this the greatest compliment to Keane's years at Old Trafford...

"This game must be won!" Li Rui looked at the stands, thinking about what the captain said to him yesterday, suddenly a little dazed...

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PS: It is divided into two chapters, and the other chapter will be updated after 2 minutes.

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