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Chapter 383 Preparing for the Wedding
Heinze returned to the pitch after a brief treatment, and Manchester United fans also applauded the Argentine left-back.

In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 3:2. Manchester United defeated Chelsea at home. Chelsea's second goal occurred in the stoppage time of the whole game. Ashley Cole was on the left. After forming a breakthrough, the football was passed into the goal. Drogba unloaded the football and volleyed directly. Van der Sar made a pounce, but still failed to stop the football from entering the net.

When the referee Webber blew the whistle for the end of the game, the faces of Ferguson and Mourinho who appeared in the camera were not very good. It is conceivable that such a situation occurred. Ten minutes was so passive that Chelsea chased two goals in a row. If Chelsea's 0:3 pit was not too deep, it is entirely possible for the Blues to take at least one point from Old Trafford.

As for Mourinho, Chelsea lost, and it was lost to Manchester United, which is why he is unhappy!
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However, in the post-match press conference, the two head coaches were very polite. Ferguson, who won the game, did not continue to chase after the game, sarcasm, and Mourinho also politely praised Manchester United's performance. However, At the end of the press conference, Mourinho's words still exposed the unwillingness of the Portuguese coach. He said, "If the game continues for another 5 minutes, the score will be different-" said Looking at the helplessness in Mourinho's confident eyes, he shrugged, "Of course, there is no if."

Mourinho even joked to Ferguson that if Ferguson wants to push his No. 10 player into the transfer market, don't forget to call him as soon as possible.

"You have my phone there." Mourinho said with a smile.

"Yes, but I don't need it." Ferguson said, implying that Li Rui's future is at Old Trafford. Of course, at least from the current situation, Alex Sir Alex Ferguson was [-]% satisfied with Li Rui.

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Winning Chelsea, this week is also a double match in a week. In the next 15th round of the league in the middle of the week, Manchester United defeated Everton 2:0 at home. Li Rui played in the 3rd minute of the first half, It gave Manchester United the lead in the score.In the second half of the game, O'Shea, who replaced Ryan Giggs who was injured and left the field, assisted Rooney and scored a goal to lock the score at 2:0.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was injured for nearly two months, also came off the bench in the 81st minute of the game. However, Manchester United's No. 7 had no chance to perform, and the whistle sounded at the end of the game.

At the press conference after the game, Ferguson praised Li Rui by name. He said, "(Li Rui's) 15 league goals? This is very important for the team. He did a good job! Of course, we have reason to expect More."

Ferguson is very satisfied with Li Rui and the team's recent state. However, some people in the Manchester United team are dissatisfied.There were discordant voices within the team.

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This time, it was Cristiano Ronaldo, who had just returned from injury, who stood up to challenge, which surprised the media.

"I think it is entirely possible for me to score more goals. Of course, this requires me to be closer to the goal." Cristiano Ronaldo accepted a routine interview with the media after the Manchester United home game against Everton. When the reporter asked him When he came back from injury and how he felt, Manchester United No. 7 suddenly said this sentence, which surprised all reporters.

Cristiano Ronaldo's problem is a bit complicated, but to put it bluntly, it is a dual-core problem. After he moved to Manchester United, he has gradually grown into a star with the ability to change the game instantly. This is a good thing for Manchester United. Let Cristiano Ronaldo What Ronaldo is not satisfied with is that he has been suppressed by Li Rui in the Manchester United team. As long as Li Rui is on the court, Cristiano Ronaldo's tactical positioning is to be a passer. Li Rui or Rooney on the front line create opportunities.This caused a sharp drop in Cristiano Ronaldo's goals. In the last season, Cristiano Ronaldo's goals were only 7, which was the same as his jersey number, so that Cristiano Ronaldo faced reporters. When, even jokingly said, should I choose a large number?Of course, this is just a joke. Not everyone can wear the Manchester United No. 7 jersey.

And Cristiano Ronaldo obviously believes that he can appear on the front line and can score more goals.

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The media also expressed incomprehension about Cristiano Ronaldo's sudden choice to attack at this time.

After all, now, after Li Rui came back from the ban, he has continued his good scoring state, and Manchester United's offensive ability has also been released. This can be seen from the two tough battles with Chelsea and Liverpool.

Li Rui is in good form, and Rooney has regained the feeling of scoring. He has scored in two consecutive rounds. At this time, Ferguson should not adjust the striker.

However, some media also expressed support for Cristiano Ronaldo. They believed that when Li Rui was suspended, although Manchester United's performance fluctuated during that time, they officially relied on Cristiano Ronaldo's strength in the winning game. Excellent performance, and in those few games, Manchester United's No. 7 played exactly as a striker.

For Cristiano Ronaldo's remarks, Ferguson seemed a little annoyed. What made the old Scottish man angry was not what Cristiano Ronaldo said about his position on the field, but the way he expressed it. These issues were brought to the media, which made Ferguson, who has always paid attention to maintaining the order in the locker room, very angry.

Even Manchester United captain Gary Neville also euphemistically criticized Cristiano Ronaldo, "Cristiano wants to score more goals and the idea of ​​contributing to the team is good, but he must pay attention to his expression."

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Media reporters have always wanted to interview Li Rui, and heard his opinion on what Cristiano Ronaldo said from his mouth. However, after Li Rui proposed to Jessica in public in the game against Chelsea, the trace of Manchester United's No. 10 There is a bit of a dragon that doesn't see its tail, except that it will appear in the public's sight at the training ground, and disappear as soon as it leaves the training ground.

And at the training ground, Li Rui also practiced honestly, leaving as soon as the training was over, refusing all media interviews.

In fact, Li Rui was also forced to do this. After he proposed to Jessica in public, the news about him and Jessica's big wedding immediately flooded the headlines of newspapers. This is not only the sports media, but also crazy. It was those entertainment media, and Jessica also said on her personal official website afterwards, "I am very happy now, and in every happy day, I am waiting for that day to come." This is also tantamount to directly admitting that she accepted Li Rui's marriage proposal, and it seems that the two are already secretly preparing for the wedding.Therefore, media reporters flocked to interview the two. Of course, the most important thing was that the reporters wanted to find out where Li Rui and Jessica got married.

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Li Rui himself is indeed worried about getting married, of course it is about happiness.However, fortunately, Jessica is now preparing for the wedding with great enthusiasm, so Li Rui can relax a little bit.

The two have to worry about the location of the wedding first.

With the media stalking stars [-]/[-], holding a top-notch wedding in secrecy is as close to impossible as trying to stop a celebrity sex tape from making its way onto the Internet.

The pervasiveness and stalking of paparazzi has made it almost impossible for celebrities to get married in peace.

Li Rui is not the kind of personality who is too flamboyant in his private life. Of course, this marriage proposal is an exception. This marriage proposal is more like a declaration by this guy who is about to turn 22 years old for his girlfriend's love crystallization. It is rare. Such a publicity once.

As for the matter of marriage, Li Rui's idea is to avoid the pursuit and publicity of the media. Jessica also maintains the same attitude towards this point. After all, this is the happiest moment in their lives, and it is enough to have relatives and friends to witness No, the two of them don't want to sell the broadcasting rights of the wedding like some celebrities do.Although Jessica wanted to compare her boyfriend to Beckham, she didn't mean to learn from Beckham and Spice Girls in terms of privacy.

For Li Rui and Jessica, the wedding is a holy moment for the two of them. If other factors are added, it is a kind of profanity. The two will not desecrate perhaps the most important moment in their lives just to earn that money.

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However, the paparazzi can do everything they can to make money, and the sanctity of the wedding was desecrated, so Jessica and Li Rui also had to take great pains.

An ordinary bride and groom may spend 12 months preparing for their wedding, but a celebrity couple may do it in 12 days.This is the case for Li Rui and Jessica. Once the two decided to get married, they immediately proceeded to get married after symbolically seeking their parents' opinions, especially Jessica, who agreed to Li Rui's marriage proposal and decided to become Li Rui Rui's wife died, and the girl's whole body and mind was devoted to the wedding.

Paparazzi will do anything to get information about celebrity weddings, even hunting for lost envelopes, invitations and anything that might offer clues as to when and where the wedding will take place.

In order to keep the wedding as secret as possible, many celebrities kept their wedding secret from anyone except family and friends until the last moment.

The most famous example of wedding leak crimes occurred in 1996. The extremely secret wedding of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caroline Bessett in Cumberland Island, Georgia, was attacked by paparazzi and dozens of people The photographer used a telescope on a boat to keep an eye on it, and there were helicopters taking pictures over the island, and there were even disguised attendants and wedding guests at the wedding scene.

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Li Rui and Jessica also had to hire a wedding planner to plan their wedding.

Obviously, the wedding planner Sacha Souza, who often holds weddings for some of Jessica's Hollywood friends, certainly understood that the two big stars wanted to hold a low-key wedding. She suggested: "The smaller the wedding, the better." Good. The fewer people who know about the wedding the better. Often our planning contracts don't have their names on it so the staff don't know who's getting married. And the venue usually doesn't know whose wedding it's going to be. Sometimes we give guests advance notice of the wrong location and call at the last minute to reroute them to the correct location."

"Will this be too impolite?" Li Rui said.

Sasha Souza heard Li Rui say this, and said with a smile, "There is no way to do this, but I believe most people who attended the wedding will understand." Sasha Souza also held up the little sweet cloth Take the example of Lanny and Kevin Federline when they got married.

At the time, guests at Britney Spears and Kevin Federline's 2004 wedding didn't even know they were getting married.Ellen Black, owner of Lehr & Black, the company that planned Britney and Federline's wedding, said: "Guests were told they were invited to the engagement. We printed the invitations the night before the wedding and only three of my staff knew about it. When the guests arrived, they got this invitation in a box that said 'Welcome to our wedding tonight, please go upstairs and change'."

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Although Li Rui is also a big star, the paparazzi attention to football stars is rampant, but now, after hearing what Sasha Souza and Jessica said, Li Rui understands that the entertainment industry is even more crazy. I even feel that getting married once is even more secretive than the underground party joints in the red movies I watched when I was a child.Li Rui waved his hand, "I'll leave these things to you, Miss Suza, it's a bit scary."

Sasha Suza didn't have any objection to Li Rui's use of the word 'horror' to describe it, because it is indeed not an easy task for a celebrity to get married once. When enjoying the life of a celebrity, you have to pay a lot more expensive The price, for example, is privacy.

Jessica pouted towards Li Rui, but she also knew about such a thing, and it was unrealistic for Li Rui to make a little calculation with herself. A man may think that marriage is just a ceremony, but he doesn't know that for the soon-to-be For the bride's girl, this whole seemingly hard process is actually a kind of enjoyment.

"Okay, if there is any decision, I will discuss it with you and leave it to me." Jessica said.

"OK, I'm in charge of big things, and you make up your own mind about small things." Li Rui said with a smile, "Our family's ancestral training." Jessica gave him a playful look.

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On December 2006, 12, Manchester United will go to the Riverside Stadium to play an away game against Middlesbrough.

Before the game, the most eye-catching news was Ferguson's response to the remarks made by Cristiano Ronaldo. The Scottish old man disappointed some people who expected to see the Manchester United team. Now there was communication, he seemed to regret the way he had handled the situation, and I said to him, it's nothing - we had a chat and it was nice that we were on the same page to help Manchester United get a good result, he was A great lad, I never doubted that from class."

Now, everyone is paying attention to the match between Manchester United and Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium. If they want to know if there is really no problem between Ferguson and Cristiano Ronaldo, just see if Manchester United No. 7 starts.

As a result, Cristiano Ronaldo started, and after the game started, everyone noticed one thing, that is, Cristiano Ronaldo did not appear in the right midfielder position in this game, to be precise, he was a right winger s position--

"It seems that this is the result of the negotiations between Cristiano Ronaldo and Sir Alex Ferguson." Lineker said, "If the Manchester United effect of the three forwards can only be seen in the game."

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In fact, everyone didn't know that the real core of this matter was not the conversation between Ferguson and Cristiano Ronaldo, but the conversation between the old Scottish man and Li Rui.

During the period of Li Rui's suspension, the state of the Manchester United team was ups and downs, and after Li Rui's suspension came back, the Manchester United team immediately seemed to have changed, even defeating Liverpool and Chelsea, which made the godfather of Manchester United happy. There is a hidden worry, that is, his Manchester United team seems to be suffering from "Li Rui's dependence". This is not what Ferguson wants to see. There are bound to be problems.

Therefore, Cristiano Ronaldo's initiative to ask for a forward position is not an opportunity, which can make Manchester United's offense more diversified, which is why Ferguson will try to let Cristiano Ronaldo appear on the front line in this game The reason, otherwise, with the personality of the old Scottish man, how could he change his tactics just because of a few words from Cristiano Ronaldo.

Therefore, Ferguson also asked Li Rui to try to cooperate with Cristiano Ronaldo in the penalty area in the game, and at the same time, Li Rui should try his best to create sparks with Rooney.

Let's put it this way, if Li Rui, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Rooney are regarded as the trident of the Manchester United team, Li Rui is the core of this trident that plays a pivotal role.

Manchester United's offense is still centered on Li Rui, but perhaps the offense will be more threatening and diverse.

Although in this case, the number of Li Rui's goals may drop a little, but Li Rui has matured. He knows what is called a team and what is called a collective. What to do, he nodded and said that he would try his best to do it well.

Ferguson was also very pleased to see that Li Rui agreed, which is why he still insisted on Li Rui as the core of the attack. This is mainly because Li Rui and Cristiano Ronaldo have different personalities, and Li Rui is more gentle. Of course, When needed, there is no lack of domineering, and Cristiano Ronaldo is more self-centered, so the old Scottish man chose to trust Li Rui.

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Riverside Stadium.

Cristiano Ronaldo dribbled past Middlesbrough midfielder Downing after a light cycle.

Downing's miss made Middlesbrough's defense immediately passive. Middlesbrough's Dutch international George Boateng could only defend against Cristiano Ronaldo, while Middlesbrough's two central defenders Woodgate and Huth tightly entangled Li Rui and Rooney.

Now, Boateng pounced on Cristiano Ronaldo, while Li Rui was entangled by Woodgate, and Rooney was also stared at by Huth. It seemed that the defense line of the Middlesbrough people was very strong, and there seemed to be no loopholes. But Li Rui literally tore a hole in Middlesbrough's defense!
Cristiano Ronaldo bounced the ball with his heel like a juggler, passing Boateng, the football reached Li Rui's feet, Li Rui leaned against Woodgate behind him, he did not stop the ball, Li Rui faced the incoming ball suddenly Twisting his waist, he rubbed the ball with his inner instep to the left side behind him while half turning, and now there is an open space!
The ball flew over Woodgate's head, and when the England central defender turned his head to look, Cristiano Ronaldo had rushed up and chased after the football.

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The moment Li Rui's foot touched the ball, Cristiano Ronaldo went forward knowingly. This is the tacit understanding between two talented young people. The off-court relationship between Rui Rui and Cristiano Ronaldo is not even normal, but as long as the two want to cooperate, they can produce such eye-catching shots!

Middlesbrough's right-back Javier's reaction was not slow, but he still failed to stop Cristiano Ronaldo's breakthrough in time.

"WWOWOWWWOWO - nice pass!"

"Cristiano Ronaldo throws off the defense, chance!"

Cristiano Ronaldo inserted into the left side of the penalty area. He moved the football forward and avoided Javier's interception. Then he looked in the direction of the goal and raised his non-dominant left foot to volley!
"Valley near angle—"

Middlesbrough's goalkeeper Schwarzer rushed out decisively, but he failed to completely seal the near corner, and Cristiano Ronaldo shot in the direction of this gap! !

Schwarzer felt that his fingertips touched the ball, but he still couldn't stop the football from entering the net.

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PS: Tomorrow is Xiaoqi's birthday, and Li Rui is also getting married in the book, I hope it can bring happiness to everyone, haha.

On the issue of nationality, there will be a result.

(End of this chapter)