Solskjaer only took over Manchester United this season, and after taking over the team, he decided to shape Luis Nacho into the core of the team.

Because he saw the potential in Nacho.

Although he is still young, Solskjaer believes that Nacho is a striker Manchester United can rely on for the next ten years.

In fact, Nacho had already shown signs of this last season.

However, he still lacked stable playing opportunities last season, and this season, the new coach Solskjaer gave him the opportunity to play continuously, and he lived up to expectations by rewarding the coach with twenty-eight league goals.

The media exclaimed that Nacho had exploded. Only Solskjaer thought it was a matter of course.

Originally, everything would have developed according to this trajectory. After a season of building confidence, Nacho would perform better and more stably in the next season, and then everyone would soon see the birth of Manchester United's new king.

Who would have thought that at this time, Chen Hero would make a strong comeback.

In fact, Solskjaer was very happy to see Chen Hero's revival at first, because he believed that Chen Hero's revival would help enhance Nacho's competitive awareness. Nacho's goal scoring was crazy in the first half of this season, which was too smooth. So Nacho had already shown some complacency.

This is a very dangerous signal.

So Solskjaer used Chen Hero's rise to establish a sense of competition for Nacho.

Especially Chen Hero scored five goals in his first game back, which gave Solskjaer the most convincing evidence. He used this to tell Nacho that if he didn't work hard, he would soon be thrown behind by Chen Hero again. Was he willing to give up the league's Golden Boot that was already in his hands?

Chen Hero's fierce momentum did arouse the young man's fighting spirit. Young people are always unwilling to admit defeat, even when facing the terrifying Chen Hero, but after all, he is already forty years old. Could a twenty-two-year-old young man not be able to beat him?

So Chen Hero kept scoring goals, and Nacho kept scoring goals as well.

Although the gap between the two sides was narrowing, Solskjaer was still full of confidence in his players.

After all, the gap between the two sides was already very large. As long as Nacho could continue to score goals, he could slow down the speed at which he was being caught up. If he could hold out until the end of the season, Nacho would still have the Golden Boot even if he only led by one goal.

At the same time, the Golden Boot won in this way would be more meaningful for Nacho. Because it would tell Nacho not to be proud and complacent even if he won the Golden Boot, because he only won by a narrow margin.

Solskjaer had already planned everything for Nacho.

Everything was going smoothly.

At this time, the match between Liverpool and Manchester City came.

Then Solskjaer found that his plan had fallen apart overnight.

Chen Hero used only this one game to go from being twelve goals behind Nacho to being one goal ahead of Nacho.

Thirteen goals in one game!

Is he still human!

What chance does Nacho have of competing for the top scorer with such a monster?

He then realized where his mistake was – finding such a competitor for Nacho was a complete mistake! No one can be Chen Hero's opponent, no matter how old he is.

The correct approach should have been to actively ignore Chen Hero. He would take his top scorer award, and then Solskjaer would tell Nacho that in his heart, Nacho was the top scorer.

Only in this way could the tragedy be avoided.

But now it was too late.

The mistake had already been made.

Nacho was stunned the next day when he heard the news that Chen Hero had scored thirteen goals in one game.

He thought there was something wrong with his ears, or that someone was playing a joke on him. But soon the news spread throughout England.

The moment he knew the truth, the courage in the depths of his heart collapsed.

He suddenly felt that it was impossible for him to beat this man in the Golden Boot race.

Because his opponent was not human at all!

This low mood accompanied him all the time.

It reached its climax when Liverpool fans made songs to mock him.

His form in training began to decline.

Solskjaer was really anxious.

As the trump card in his hand, he was so decadent and depressed, how could he not be worried?

But he couldn't do anything about it.

He knew Nacho's character and temperament. It was not that he couldn't handle pressure, nor that he couldn't compete with others.

The root of the problem was not with Nacho, but with his opponent.

The opponent was too strong. It was normal for Nacho not to be able to muster his fighting spirit, because any player in the world would have so much pressure when competing head-on with Chen Hero.

The last player in the world football to dare to compete head-on with Chen Hero was called Messi. He persisted until his retirement. But until he retired, he never beat Chen Hero again…

This is so sad!

Even a peerless genius like Messi lost so miserably, let alone Nacho. Nacho is far from being as good as Messi.

But it was no use regretting it now. The key was how to prevent Nacho from continuing to slide into the abyss.

In the domestic league, Manchester United is currently ranked second, and Liverpool is ranked third. Given Liverpool's current form, their goal is definitely the league title.

If they win the league title, they will surpass Manchester United to become the team with the most titles in Premier League history.

For Manchester United fans, this is a huge blow.

Solskjaer is a Manchester United fan, but the biggest difference between him and those fanatical Manchester United fans is that he is a Manchester United fan who coaches Manchester United.

So he can't just rely on personal preferences to determine the team's strategy.

Sometimes, he has to give up some things, even if they are difficult to give up in the eyes of others.

Like this game.

If Manchester United want to stop Liverpool from winning the title, it is basically impossible. Even if they try their best to defeat Liverpool in this game, can they guarantee that other teams will be able to defeat Liverpool as desperately as they do?

He is defending his team's honor, but why should other teams work so hard to defend Manchester United's honor?

So even if they beat Liverpool, given Liverpool's current form, it would be difficult for other teams to stop them, and in the end it is very likely that Liverpool will still successfully reach the top.

This is meaningless.

Most importantly, if he wants to go all out in this game, he must play Nacho.

But given Nacho's current situation, if he goes up, he will probably be doomed…

He plans to temporarily put Nacho in the stands for one game to keep him away from the head-on confrontation with Chen Hero, which may help him regain his confidence.

Of course, this approach may give some people with ulterior motives an excuse to say that Nacho is a cowardly deserter.

At this time, he has to take all the responsibility and attract all the firepower.

In addition, he has to do Nacho's ideological work…

There are a lot of things to do.

First of all, he has to tell Nacho that he has excluded him from the eighteen-man squad.

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But what Solskjaer didn't expect was that Nacho refused him after listening to his arrangement!

The young Nacho had the unique stubbornness of young people on his face. He said, "I've figured it out these past few days, boss. I know it's very difficult for me to beat him, but even if I can't win, I don't want to leave others with the impression that I'm a coward. So I must play in this game. Not only this game, but also the next two Champions League games, I must play!"

After the initial surprise, Solskjaer suddenly understood – this young man is stronger than he thought! This is an unexpected surprise.

He thought Nacho had completely fallen into despair in the past few days of blows.

But now it seems to have hit rock bottom and rebounded.

Although he was very happy, Solskjaer did not rashly agree to Nacho's request. Instead, he asked him, "If you let him play, you may suffer another defeat, or even a惨败 (canbai, crushing defeat). Do you still want to play?"

Nacho gave a definite answer. He nodded and said, "I want to." Then he said, "I know I can't beat Hero. But I think that anyone who can become Hero's opponent is not an unknown person. So even if I eventually lose to Hero, but for me, I may already be good enough."

Solskjaer didn't expect that Nacho, who was only twenty-two years old, would have such vision and awareness.

He looked at Nacho in surprise.

Then he nodded vigorously: "You're right, Luis. Even if you lose to Hero, you're already good enough! Remember your words and thoughts today, and continue to work hard, I think you will definitely succeed!"

He no longer mentioned anything about letting Nacho watch from the stands tomorrow.

Such a hardworking and outstanding player, who was not crushed and沉沦 (chenlun, degenerate) in the competition with Chen Hero, but instead showed new vitality, tomorrow's game will definitely not be a torture for him, right?

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In the England National Derby the next day, Manchester United fielded their strongest lineup at their home stadium. Solskjaer's approach made Manchester United fans cheer.

Because they don't want their deadly rivals to beat Manchester United and get closer to the league title.

In fact, they didn't know Solskjaer's original plan.

But now that even a twenty-two-year-old young man has shown such high fighting spirit, how can he, as the head coach, be outdone by a young man?

Moreover, Nacho actually encouraged the whole team after yesterday's training. He used himself as an example to inspire the morale of the whole team.

This made Solskjaer particularly gratified.

In his opinion, Nacho, who has been through this blow, can not only grow into Manchester United's striker for the next ten years, but also grow into Manchester United's leader for the next ten years.

Even if the final championship this season belongs to Liverpool, so what?

Chen Hero will retire this season, and there will never be such a perverted player again.

And as long as Manchester United has players like Nacho, Solskjaer believes that Manchester United will definitely make a comeback. Liverpool are only one championship ahead of Manchester United. When Liverpool's stamina is exhausted, and Manchester United exerts a little effort, they can complete the overtake again.

As soon as Solskjaer thought that Chen Hero would retire after this season, he felt that the future was particularly bright.

His future, Manchester United's future, and Nacho's future are all bright.