Chapter 203 Maybe, we can create a small miracle

There was originally no suspense in the battle for the top spot in the Premier League, but Manchester United really dared to fight, and even dared to blow their eight-point lead to three points, which suddenly brought the suspense back.

In the last two rounds of the league, apart from the Golden Boot battle between Li Mo and Robin van Persie, the most eye-catching matches were between Manchester United and Manchester City.

This year's Premier League championship battle will almost have to be decided in the final round, which is really exciting.

Before the game against Arsenal, Li Mo did not do as usual, except for training, he just stayed at home.

On May 2, Li Mo did not practice any more training after completing that afternoon's training, but directly drove Maguire and Vardy to the Manchester area.

At Manchester Airport, they received a "passenger" who came to England from Germany.

"Brother Hao, you only carry one bag? This is too little."

Li Mo was surprised to see Hao Junmin holding a travel bag.

Hao Junmin first greeted Maguire and the others before getting in the car.

"You kid, I'm going back to Frankfurt in a few days to attend the club's celebration banquet. Do you think you'll just stay here until you return home?"

Li Mo slapped his forehead, "Look at my memory, I've even forgotten it. Congratulations to you first, Brother Hao, for successfully performing the Return of the King and returning to the Bundesliga in just one season. That's awesome!"

Hao Junmin waved his hands repeatedly, squinted his eyes and smiled: "No, there's something about Return of the King coming out. I'm just holding the team's thigh, good luck, good luck~"

This season's Bundesliga 2 has finished its penultimate round at the end of April, leaving only the last league game on May 6.

However, Hao Junmin's Eintracht Frankfurt is currently at the top of the Bundesliga 2, and is five points ahead of second place Fürth, so in the last round of the Bundesliga 2, Frankfurt's head coach gave all the main players a day off.

Hao Junmin has helped Frankfurt return to the Bundesliga this season as the main force and backcourt organizer. He has almost locked in a main position in the team next season, which can be said to be a great success.

Before, everyone was busy, playing one league game after another. So even though Germany and England are close to each other and can easily reach each other's cities by plane, in order to maintain their condition, everyone could not get together.

At the end of the season, he was finally free. Hao Junmin knew that Li Mo had another game, so he flew over by himself.

After all, apart from Li Mo, Deng Zhuoxiang is still recovering in Manchester. He has to come and see his old friends no matter what.

"Are Huang Bowen and Zhang Linpeng okay? I haven't had time to watch their games recently, so I took a look at the standings. Zhang Linpeng's team Cottbus should have no problem relegating, right?"

Li Mo asked on the way. When I was looking for news on the Internet, it seemed that the two brothers had already played steadily in the game, and had been praised by the head coach many times.

Li Mo usually keeps in touch with the two of them. Although he is still slowly adapting to life, with his previous training experience at Sheffield United, the two of them are mentally prepared in advance for training and games.

But just like most Chinese people, when chatting with friends, they always say words like: "Not bad, not bad." when it comes to work matters.

As a result, Li Mo had to search for their matches on the Internet.

Hao Junmin is in the Bundesliga League 2 and usually communicates with the two more than Li Mo. He immediately talked to Li Mo about their current situation.

Huang Bowen is currently in Bochum, and Zhang Linpeng is in Cottbus, where Shao Jiayi stayed before. They are both mid-to-lower teams in the German second division.

However, Bochum won several games in a row at the end of the season and is now far away from the relegation zone. It has basically successfully avoided relegation. Huang Bowen has gradually secured his position as Bochum's main right midfielder.

This is all thanks to Li Mo's previous advice to Huang Bowen.

Don't limit your position too much. Defender, midfielder, central midfielder. Use more positions if you can. Try to adapt to whatever position the coach tells you to play.

This kind of versatile midfielder is the favorite of the head coach. One player can be used by several people, and he will have many opportunities in a season.

But Huang Bowen was more ambitious than Li Mo expected, and he got the chance to start in the third game after joining the team.

Up to now, Huang Bowen has firmly occupied a main position in the team's midfield. The main reason is that he is willing to fight, has good physical fitness, defends hard, and can shoot long shots after inserting, which is very popular with the head coach.

Zhang Linpeng is even more awesome. He is now the defensive backbone on the right in Cottbus!

It is said that after the trial training at that time, the head coach of Cottbus strongly requested the club to directly sign Zhang Linpeng. Unfortunately, Cottbus could not afford more than one million euros in the winter window, so he could only try on loan first.

Zhang Linpeng's physical fitness is indeed very good, and he is doing well in the Bundesliga 2. At least now that he mainly plays on the right wing, he can compete with the opponents he encounters.

Relegation teams often have major defensive problems. Zhang Linpeng's arrival helped Cottbus gradually plug the loopholes on the right side.

Now Cottbus does not need Zhang Linpeng's forward attack, so his slightly rougher skills are not a problem at all. His excellent performance on the defensive end makes him very popular among Cottbus fans.

Moreover, he can also play as a central defender from time to time, and he can be regarded as a defensive all-rounder. It is not an exaggeration to say that Cottbus has great defensive skills now.

The Cottbus team is only two points ahead of the relegation zone and has to fight hard for one game in the final round. However, as long as it can help Cottbus stay in the Bundesliga 2, the transfer of Zhang Linpeng will not be a problem at all.

Now Cottbus is willing to spend 1.5 million to bring in Zhang Linpeng, let alone 1 million, even if it costs an additional 500,000 euros.

"Relegation should be no problem. Cottbus' current goal difference advantage is much greater than that of the next four teams. As long as they draw their opponents in the last round, they can safely avoid relegation."

Hao Junmin is quite optimistic about Zhang Linpeng's Cottbus. To put it another way, even if they fall into the relegation zone, as long as they are third from the bottom, they still have a chance to play in the play-offs with the third place in the German Bundesliga.

As long as they win the third place in Bundesliga 3, Cottbus can still stay in Bundesliga 2.

It has to be said that the promotion and relegation play-off system of the German Professional League can be regarded as protecting high-level professional teams.

The two chatted some more about Germany's customs and customs, and the car almost reached its destination.

Deng Zhuoxiang and his agent were already standing at the door of the rehabilitation center, with three large suitcases beside them. It looked like they had been waiting for a while.

Compared with when he came to England, Deng Zhuoxiang's face now does not have the strong anxiety and uneasiness. It seems that this injury has been completely dealt with.

Li Mo couldn't help but think of the doctor's shocked look when he took Deng Zhuoxiang to the hospital for examination in winter.

There were several bone fragments stuck in the joint cavity and the ligaments were torn. It was so bad that Deng Zhuoxiang still wanted conservative treatment, which made the doctor exclaim "incomprehensible."

Li Mo knew what Deng Zhuoxiang was thinking. One was the national team competition. He didn't want to miss the World Cup preliminaries due to injury. The other was that he wanted to perform well at home so that he could study abroad later.

After all, with the exception of Li Mo, all domestic players basically follow this path. They first play at home and then study abroad. There are basically no exceptions.

At that time, it was Li Mo who listed the possible consequences of the lockdown to Deng Zhuoxiang, and Deng Zhuoxiang finally agreed to have the operation in Manchester.

It has been almost half a year. After receiving professional care and rehabilitation help, Li Mo believes that Deng Zhuoxiang will not be ruined by this injury like in his previous life.

Of course, if Deng Zhuoxiang wants to return to his previous level after a serious injury, he will definitely have to put in more effort to train and adapt.

Apart from anything else, the speed aspect should not be able to reach the previous level, but fortunately, he has a solid technical foundation, so transformation is a big deal.

Changing his playing style of playing as a midfielder and playing in a deeper position, with his technical strength, there is no problem in kicking out. Li Mo still has great confidence in Deng Zhuoxiang.

However, Deng Zhuoxiang has not done any strenuous exercise in the past six months. He has gained a lot of weight, with flesh on his face and cheeks, and his complexion is quite rosy, which makes Li Mo and Hao Junmin laugh.

Deng Zhuoxiang looked at the two of them laughing, and couldn't help laughing himself.

Now when he looks in the mirror, he can't recognize himself. He hasn't exercised for half a year. He must apply fat before going out. This body is uncomfortable no matter how you look at it.

Deng Zhuoxiang's agent called a car, and after a few pleasantries, they went directly to a private restaurant in downtown Manchester.

This is the same place that Park Ji-sung took Li Mo to before. The owner is a Frenchman and the restaurant often receives Manchester United players, so it is very private and there is no need to worry about the interruption of paparazzi.

It just so happened that dinner had not been served after training today, so Maguire and Vardy unceremoniously ordered a large menu of famous French dishes. They finally went out to enjoy a meal, and Li Mo was treating them, so they were not polite.

Li Mo is also a rare exception, but today he had a dinner with teammates from the two national teams to celebrate Deng Zhuoxiang's successful recovery, so he didn't care about this little "unhealthiness".

Before the food was served, Deng Zhuoxiang's manager had to offer Li Mo a glass of wine. After all, if Li Mo hadn't brought Deng Zhuoxiang to England, no one would have thought that Deng Zhuoxiang was injured to such a serious extent.

It is no exaggeration to say that Li Mo indeed saved Deng Zhuoxiang's career. Who knows how China diagnosed that Deng Zhuoxiang only had a bone contusion at that time.

If conservative treatment and sealing were to be carried out, the few bone fragments that fell from Deng Zhuoxiang's ankle and the torn ligament would basically destroy Deng Zhuoxiang.

Deng Zhuoxiang also offered water instead of wine and toasted Li Mo, but Li Mo waved his hands repeatedly, saying that it was just good luck.

Li Mo didn't lie about this. He just vaguely remembered that there was no news after Deng Zhuoxiang was seriously injured. He didn't know what kind of injury Deng Zhuoxiang suffered. He brought Deng Zhuoxiang to the UK for a checkup just to help.

This was a complete accident and he checked out Deng Zhuoxiang's injury in Manchester. Otherwise, if Li Mo had known that Deng Zhuoxiang's injuries were ligaments and ankles, he would have taken him to Germany from the beginning.

After all, Germany has many well-known sports medicine experts, and the treatment conditions are far better than those in England.

But when he was diagnosed, Deng Zhuoxiang's condition was already very bad, so he had no choice but to choose local treatment. Fortunately, the operation went very smoothly, and Deng Zhuoxiang's recovery was also good, so he was very lucky.

"Everything else is fine, except that there are so many rainy days that I feel like I'm getting moldy when I stay indoors. It rains almost every day in winter. After the surgery, I could only watch TV, but I couldn't understand it.

It’s boring for me.”

After the food was served, several people chatted while eating, and soon it became the scene of Deng Zhuoxiang's complaints.

The weather here in England is really hard to describe. It happened to be a rainy winter while Deng Zhuoxiang was recuperating from his injury. He basically stayed indoors and rarely went out for activities. Those days were really difficult.

But it was a blessing in disguise. The Chinese staff who cared for Deng Zhuoxiang, who was about to go crazy, found English learning materials and learned English while watching England football programs. In just half a year, I really learned a lot.

Although it will be difficult to develop in the English league in the future, English is also widely used. This can be regarded as Deng Zhuoxiang's preparation for possible study abroad in the future.

The same is true for Hao Junmin. Now he has basically no problem communicating in German. He is also learning English by himself. Although he has some stumbles, he still has no problem with simple communication.

In order to take care of Maguire and Vardy, the three of them talked in Chinese for a while and then started communicating in English. Li Mo spoke more slowly, and Deng Zhuoxiang and Hao Junmin could also keep up.

"What are your plans for the future?"

After talking about the business, Li Mo also asked Deng Zhuoxiang directly. He believed that after experiencing this serious injury, Deng Zhuoxiang had a plan in mind.

"Let's report back to the club first. After all, we have to get back into shape first, lose weight, practice physical fitness, and find a feel for the ball."

Deng Zhuoxiang is very practical. He still has a contract with his original club. No matter what, he still has to return to China first.

At present, the domestic league is only less than a third of the way through. If he recovers in time, he will be able to play in August or September. At that time, he can play about ten rounds of games, which is very suitable for him to find his condition.

Hao Junmin frowned, and after Li Mo pondered for a moment, he reminded him sincerely.

"Xiao Dengzi, you still have to come out. Staying in the country is a complete waste."

Deng Zhuoxiang looked at the expressions of the two people and instantly understood what they were thinking, and couldn't help but laugh.

"You two don't think that I have given up the idea of ​​studying abroad, right? What are you thinking? I have to go back and talk to the club about my thoughts. No matter what, we have to act according to the contract. Also, you see
To be continued...