Chapter 55: Preparing for the future

Shaq scored 80 goals for Manchester United in one season, which is just the beginning because... he is still moving forward!

Even Shaq's pace became faster!

In the 28th round of the English Premier League on March 7, Manchester United beat Stoke City 5:0 away.

Shaq took the lead in the counterattack 10 minutes into the game and got a one-on-one chance. Then he used his right-footed shot to deceive the goalkeeper in the penalty area line, but pushed the ball into the dead corner of the lower right corner of the Stoke City goal... 1:0!

In the first half, Rooney became the stage for the performance of "Little Fatty" Rooney. He scored three goals in 20 minutes, 32 minutes, and 40 minutes and scored three consecutive goals.

No matter how many goals Rooney scored in this game, after ensuring the team's victory, he was still not the focus of the media and fans, because everyone wanted to see what the limit of a player's single-season goal record is...

When the game reached 67 minutes, Shaq, who was extremely active on the field, scored another goal. He scored his second goal in the game in the same way as his first goal on the right.

82!

After the game, the Manchester United captain who scored a hat trick and won the best title of this game smiled in an interview: "Actually, Shaq should be the one who stands here. This kid is the protagonist of the entire English football world and even European football world today! Well, he scored two goals today and gave me an assist. Shaq's performance is unparalleled. He is the greatest player in the world! I think that Bailey, Maradona is weaker than him, and only Shaq is no.1 in football history! Oh, by the way, Shaq is still a World Cup. In fact, we had the opportunity to win it last summer, but Shaq is still very young. He will definitely lead the England team to become the world champion, maybe in Moscow in 2018!"

Rooney highly praised Shaq. Everyone in England is also talking about Shaq's 82 goals scored for Manchester United in 45 games this season. There is actually no suspense about the title of this season. With ten rounds left in the league, Manchester United has already led Chelsea, which ranked second, by as many as 22 points. The championship has long been the winner of the "Red Devils".

The only suspense in the English Premier League is to see how many goals Shaq can score for Manchester United this season. Shaq has scored 53 league goals for Manchester United in 28 league games, as well as 14 goals in the League Cup, 10 games in the FA Cup, plus 15 goals in the Champions League. The total number of goals has reached an unprecedented 82!

And this number obviously will not be the final result. Manchester United still has many games to play. Maybe... it will break a hundred!?

Countless people are looking forward to it. Looking forward to Shaq creating an unattainable miracle. He scored a goal in a single season of 100, which is even more magical than myths and legends. Fans who can witness this miracle with their own eyes will be extremely happy.

Rooney's speech after the team's match against Stoke City was reprinted by major media, and naturally it reached the ears of the two recognized kings of football in the world. Maradona was still as enthusiastic as ever: "I said it long ago. Shaq is a great guy, but I still have to say that his performance has exceeded my expectations. He is really amazing! Moreover, the England team is very strong now, and they really have the opportunity to win the World Cup!"

Pele, who is over 70 years old, has always regarded himself as the world's number one. Although he does have this capital, this time the Brazilian performed very cautiously. He did not attack Shaq, but instead praised it: "Last summer, I noticed this young man, he has great potential! But Shaq's achievements still shocked me. It is hard to imagine that he can score so many goals in the current world football environment. In my opinion, he is a miracle. His physical fitness is much better than ordinary players. He never missed the game due to injury, so he can score more goals! I think there is no problem to score 100 goals in a single season! Moreover, if anyone in this world can challenge the goal record I set, I think it is only Shaq!"

The praise of the two major football kings has further improved Shaq's reputation. Many people even believe that Shaq's influence can now be tied with Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Shaq doesn't care about these things. He is now thinking about completing the feat of scoring a hundred goals this season first, and then surpassing Pele in his career. And... this shouldn't be difficult!?

Of course, Shaq has this idea, of course, not to mention the magical "black feet" system, he is also working hard to learn signature movements with excellent results. The current mastery of the oxtail and the pendulum style has benefited a lot. What he wants to learn next is not the extraordinary skills, but to choose to learn a free kick skill. For example, the "Bay's arc" is very favored by Shaq. Beckham's free kick scoring rate is quite high, and even if it is used to pass the ball, it is a very awesome skill.

However, every free kick exchange requires 50 personal attribute points. Shaq has gained 45 points this season. In addition, he has learned the pendulum extraordinary after 31 points accumulated at Leeds United, and has accumulated 26 points now. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be able to learn new skills at the end of the season or at the beginning of next season.

This also means that Shaq will master a unique skill every season in the future, and his personal strength will become stronger and stronger. It is not a luxury to challenge Pele's 1,282 goals, not to mention that Pele's official game goals are far less than that.

On March 11, Manchester United welcomed Barcelona at home. Although the second leg of the first round of the Champions League knockout match had become useless because Manchester United slaughtered Barcelona 6:1 at Camp Nou, Old Trafford Stadium was still full. Manchester United fans wanted to see with their own eyes how their team defeated Barcelona, ​​the European rival.

Judging from the current situation of the two teams, it should be reasonable for the "Red Devils" to win. Although two weeks later, Barcelona has added Fabregas, a major player who has returned from injury, the strength of the two teams is still dominated by Manchester United. What's more, this game was played at Old Trafford Stadium, and it is too normal for Manchester United to win the opponent. Even if they play a big score, no one will be surprised.

Unfortunately, the trend of this game was not as expected by fans. Even for Manchester United, they played a bit...depressed!

The game only started 11 minutes. Sanchez made a cross from the penalty area on the left, but was blocked into his own goal by Greek central defender Papadopoulos!

"This goal... was scored!? Papadopoulos' own goal!? God! Our luck is really bad!"

After the goal, the Greek central defender stood in front of the goal with his mouth tilted and pinched his waist with his hands. The sturdy Greek is now an indispensable figure in Manchester United's defense line. His flexibility and man-tapping ability are exactly what Subotic does not have, but today... he actually made a mistake!

The Barcelona players were also very happy after scoring the goal. They were just fighting for honor today. In fact, they themselves knew very well that it was unrealistic to play Manchester United at Old Trafford Stadium, and they were already satisfied to be able to beat Manchester United away. And forcing their opponents to score an own goal. This seems to be a very shameful thing!

After the game started again, Manchester United, who was fighting at home, frantically counterattacked. Amid the cheers of 75,797 spectators on the scene, the "Red Devils" really seemed to transform into a devil rushing out of hell, rushing towards Barcelona's defense again and again.

Haste means failure!

Although Manchester United, who was anxious, was not at risk of being turned around by their opponents because of their crazy victory in the first round, they had to score in the game without scoring points. They failed to score after repeated attacks. They did not have half the chance of shooting directly.

And just after the 37th minute of the game, the "Little Fatty" who was always running suddenly fell to the ground without any physical contact. He grinned and hugged his left thigh and lay on the lawn...

"Wayne is injured! He has not had physical contact with Barcelona players before, and...oh, the team doctor made a substitution gesture and carefully carried Wayne onto a stretcher with the staff! God, are you going to abandon us? No, there is Shaq! Shaq brought the captain's armband! He will continue to lead us forward! I hope Wayne is lucky and his injury will not be very serious!"

The fans' singing sounded again at the Old Trafford Stadium. Manchester United fans continued to cheer for the team. No one could avoid the injury of players. Manchester United's situation this season is already very good. Now the team is lagging behind and it is time to need their support.

Maybe it was the support and motivation of the fans, maybe it was the stimulation of Rooney's injury and leaving the court, maybe it was the sense of responsibility of the captain's armband on his arm... In short, Shaq became very brave in the next game!

The game ended 45 minutes, and as the first half was about to end, Gansuo received the ball near the middle and pulled Shaq to the right position and sent the pass.

After Shaq took the ball, facing Mascherano. Fabregas' defense was still dribbled horizontally. His constant change of focus also made the two defensive players dare not make easy shots. At least, Shaq would not easily foul before approaching his own penalty area.

But just as Iniesta retreated to Ganso, he was on the same level as Shaq. He wanted to turn around and fight with Mascherano and Fabregas. The moment he scrambled Shaq.

"Bang!"

Shaq's left foot suddenly hit the ball!

"Swoosh!"

The ball rotated rapidly, flew up and bypassed Mascherano, drew a graceful arc in the air and flew towards the upper left corner of the Barcelona goal!

"ah!"

In the small penalty area, Valdes quickly moved to the right and jumped up, but he was obviously not prepared to defend himself against "Saker's goal". When facing Shaq's arc-shaped shot, he couldn't even touch the ball. The ball "swoosh" into the goal from the position close to the crossbar of Barcelona's goal and the left post!

"goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wonderful! Beautiful! Unparalleled goal! Dead corner! Absolute blind corner!"

The Old Trafford Stadium was completely in a state of madness. Everyone on Manchester United yelled excitedly, but Simon Grayson off the field frowned and looked at the stadium with a focus, raised his hand and touched his chin: Shaq... The two goals in the last game, and this goal, were all very skillful! Is this kid going to play some new tricks?

Simon Grayson is still very familiar with Shaq. Recently, Shaq is indeed trying to use skills to score goals more than his typical "Shaq goal", because after all, it is too single, and the opponent may find a solution. Instead of finding a solution at that time, it is better to start early and prepare for the future. This is a good habit of the Chinese.

After making some attempts, Shaq found that because of the full attribute value, he seemed to be able to master some technical things easily.

Shaq equalized the score with a goal near the end of the first half, but because the team lacked Rooney as an offensive point, Van Persie, who appeared instead of Rooney, was almost in a state of state. After playing, he just wasted three shots and did nothing. In the end, Manchester United tied with Barcelona 1:1 at home, but the "Red Devils" still advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a total score of 7:2.
Chapter completed!