Star Card System

5 to 0.

This is the answer sheet handed in by Manchester United in the first game of the Europa League.

At Old Trafford, they swept Alkmaar and left the opponent with no chance to fight back.

Now, no one doubts Manchester United's Europa League group stage.

The strongest opponent won so easily, let alone other opponents?

In the second round of the Europa League, Manchester United's opponent is Belgrade Guerrilla.

This opponent is also strong.

In the last game, they just beat Astana 3 to 1.

Their goal this season is naturally to qualify for the Europa League group stage.

If they can get points from Manchester United and then beat Alkmaar, they will qualify.

Even if they just draw with Manchester United, they will win.

But unfortunately, they were disappointed.

In the game played a day earlier, Alkmaar defeated Astana 3 to 0.

Just looking at this result, it is better than their 3 to 1.

But the Belgrade Guerrilla players are very confident.

Let alone our goal is to win and maintain a draw, even if we lose, we can't lose five games in one go, right?

Well, it turns out that they were right.

Not five, but six.

Like Alkmaar, this team from Serbia does not have any big-name stars.

The most popular player in the team is actually a Japanese who has just transferred here.

Asano Takuma.

Although the 25-year-old striker is not very old, he has rich experience in Europe.

As early as the summer of 2016, he transferred from Sanfrecce Hiroshima to Arsenal.

Wenger is optimistic about the future of this young man and loaned him to Stuttgart for training.

But after two seasons of loan career, he received bad news.

Wenger was fired.

New coach Emery was not interested in him, but considering the Japanese market, he did not choose to sell him and simply continued to loan him.

So last season, he returned to the Bundesliga and was loaned to Hannover 96.

This summer, he finally decided to leave.

He didn't know whether the transfer to Belgrade Red Star was good or bad, at least he got the starting position he wanted.

But for Arsenal, it is definitely a loss.

4 million euros to buy, 1 million euros to sell, and not much rental fee was received in the middle.

In this game, Asano Takuma appeared in the starting lineup as the team's left forward.

Every time he meets an Asian opponent, Xia Xing's Chinese identity will be mentioned.

For example, this time, the Japanese media once again exaggerated the "Asian Derby".

Before the game, when a Japanese reporter asked Xia Xing about this game with great interest, Xia Xing was very cold.

"What Asian Derby? Don't joke, it's far away."

This sentence of far away made the Japanese media and fans quite sad.

What does it mean?

Does it mean that Asano Takuma is far away?

Or is the strength of the two teams far away?

You should know that in the Asian region, the country where Xia Xing's peripherals are sold best is not even China, but Japan.

Of course, this is not a problem of the base number of fans, but a problem of genuine sales.

This has little to do with this game, so I won't mention it.

But even so, Japanese fans are still super fans of Xia Xing.

"He definitely didn't look down on our Japanese players. What he meant was that Belgrade Red Stars and Manchester United are different in size and can't be compared."

The Japanese nation is such a perverted flatterer of the strong.

You hit him, scold him, but he will admire you.

But the fact that the fans don't take it seriously doesn't mean that the players don't take it seriously.

Takuma Asano, also 25 years old, played his best in this game.

What's so great about you Xia Xing?

If I started at Manchester United, I could still become a world-class star!

But he forgot that his starting point was even higher than Xia Xing.

Xia Xing first played in the English Championship, while he played directly in the Bundesliga for three years.

If you are not strong enough, you are not good enough. There is no point in being hypocritical.

In this game at Old Trafford, Takuma Asano burst out with all his fighting power from the first minute.

He is not tall and not strong enough, which is one of the reasons why he failed to stay in the Premier League.

But he is fast, agile, and good at passing and shooting, so he can still play a big role in Belgrade Red Stars.

As soon as the game started, he took the ball on the left and sprinted quickly!

This action is hard not to remind people of Xia Xing's signature side breakthrough action.

But unfortunately, he was quickly intercepted.

In the midfield, Matic, who was assisting in defense, directly knocked him away.

Asano Takuma hit the billboard on the side of the court hard.

Not only that, Matic did not commit a foul.

Reasonable collision!

This made the Old Trafford stadium applaud.

This penalty is good!

This referee is reliable!

In fact, it is not just a matter of the referee's penalty, but also because the ball is too obvious.

It was a completely 50-50 physical collision. Asano Takuma was very confident to dribble the ball wide, allowing Matic to find a good opportunity.

However, Asano Takuma was not discouraged and continued to try to dribble.

In the 7th minute of the game, he dribbled the ball again on the left.

But with the lesson just now, he chose to bypass the strong Matic as much as possible.

Between Matic and Fred, sprint quickly!

I passed Manchester United's double defensive midfielder!

Asano Takuma was overjoyed!

But the next second, he seemed to hit a mountain!

Bang!

Asano Takuma fell to the ground again!

This time, the opponent didn't even move much, just stood in the direction of the ball and completed the defensive action!

Who is it?

When Asano Takuma got up from the ground, the opponent had already taken the ball away!

It was Xia Xing!

Just now, he saw Asano Takuma wanted to go to the middle, so he simply retreated to defend in advance.

Matic was bypassed by Asano Takuma, and the reason why Fred didn't force him was that he saw Xia Xing was already in position.

Fred knew better than anyone that as long as Xia Xing was there, this ball would definitely be fine!

It was true!

Xia Xing intercepted the ball and sprinted quickly!

Even if he dribbled forward, he was still faster than Asano Takuma who was chasing back quickly!

This made Asano Takuma chase farther and farther, and he even doubted physics.

Why is he dribbling faster than me?

This is unfair!

But on the stage of competitive sports, where is there any fairness or unfairness?

Xia Xing has already rushed across the half court with the ball, facing the double-teaming of two midfielders, and quickly sprinted to the side!

On the left side, Xia Xing was running like a whirlwind!

Not to mention Asano Takuma, even the two defensive midfielders couldn't keep up!

Xia Xing's feet were extremely fast, and he rushed to the edge of the penalty area with a big stride!

Facing the defense of the full-back, Xia Xing easily passed him again!

Pull the ball, change direction, and accelerate!

Two actions, plus a body resistance, directly squeezed the full-back down!

Facing the goalkeeper's block, Xia Xing did not hesitate at all!

Kicked the ball into the near corner!

The ball hit the net!

1-0!

Manchester United opened the scoring!

After scoring, Xia Xing rushed to the loyal fans' stands and hugged the fans excitedly to celebrate!

He turned around and glanced at Asano Takuma.

His eyes were full of disdain.

Want to learn my signature breakthrough action?

You are still far away! (End of this chapter)