Shandong Luneng Club held a press conference in Jinan and officially announced that Zheng Zhi had successfully joined the Premier League Charlton Club, with the loan period ending on May 20, 2007.

According to the chairman of the deputy general manager of Luneng Club, Shandong Luneng and Charlton reached a consensus that afternoon to officially sign the contract for Zheng Zhi to join. Zheng Zhi will adopt a loan-to-transfer method. The contract term will be from September 1, 2006 to May 20, 2007. After the loan period expires, the two parties will agree on the issue of Zheng Zhi's permanent transfer.

He also said: "Zheng Zhi is one of the best players in China. Since joining Luneng Taishan in early 2005, he has performed very well in the game. Although the team wanted to compete for the double championship in 2006, the club decided to let him go. This transfer to the Premier League is undoubtedly a very good opportunity for him and it is also the reason why Luneng is willing to give up his love." However, he did not disclose the price of Zheng Zhi's loan.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Premier League Charlton Club also announced on its official website that it would sign Zheng Zhi, a Chinese player from Shandong Luneng on loan.

Charlton Club also introduced that Zheng Zhi is the first Chinese player signed in the team's history, so that the team's international player corps will expand again, with 15 different nationalities and from 5 continents. In addition, Charlton said that Zheng Zhi will become Sun Jihai, Xie Lian's Li Tie, Manchester United's Dong Fangzhuo, and the fourth Chinese player to play in the Premier League this season.

It's early!

After reading the message in surprise, Dong Fangzhuo remembered that Zheng Zhi joined Charlton during the winter transfer period, not now.

Of course, this is definitely a good thing for Charlton. Because Zheng Zhi joined half a year earlier, maybe he won't have to be relegated at the end of the season...

It is also a good thing for Chinese football. Zheng Zhi has already made some reputation in the World Cup, and it is not surprising that he can come to Charlton.

Unfortunately, Zheng Zhi couldn't catch up with the second round of the Premier League. In the second round of the Premier League, Charlton played against Manchester United at home.

After a 6-1 home victory over Fulham in the first round, Ferguson decisively made adjustments when he went away to Charlton.

He took Giggs and let Modric start.

Although Manchester United didn't score many goals in the second half of the game with Fulham, only two, Manchester United showed a rare dominance on the court, which is something that they have not seen in recent years.

Now Modric's appearance can give Manchester United's midfield a qualitative leap. How could Ferguson still put him on the bench?

Although the running-in level is far from enough, Ferguson can no longer wait. If he doesn't take advantage of the beginning of the season, it will be too late to get along in the middle of the season.

As a result, his adventure was immediately suspicious of many news media.

"Martial Evening News" columnist James posted: "It's nothing wrong to use Modric, but I'm a little anxious. Modric should be allowed to play a few substitutes. It's not too late to let him start after getting familiar with it."

"Ferguson is playing with fire at the beginning of the season. If he loses the game, Manchester United will run with Chelsea's tail again." The Times is not optimistic about letting Modric start. "The reason for the big victory in the first round is that Manchester United had already led 4-0 in the first half. Fulham gave up the game in the second half, so it seems that Manchester United has more control in the second half. This is an illusion."

"Let's play, this is a good thing for Liverpool and other teams after all." The Daily Mail supports Ferguson very much. After all, it is a good thing to lose one opponent...

However, Ferguson still insisted on his own approach and let Modric start.

Charlton's last victory over Manchester United dates back to the 4th of the month, and since then, Manchester United remained unbeaten in 17 matches in the past 16 years.

Manchester United has a huge psychological advantage, but history is history after all, and history is for change.

Charlton fans are also well prepared. In order to help the team curb Manchester United's trident, Dong Fangzhuo, Ronaldo and Rooney were booed by fans every time they got the ball away, but doing so is useless. If the booing can make a team fail, then is it still necessary to kick?

In the first half, the midfield controlled by Modric, Carrick and Scholes almost gave Charlton any good chance, but instead gave Charlton's players three yellow cards.

Manchester United created nearly ten opportunities, but they were all squandered by Rooney and Ronaldo. Dong Fangzhuo won an excellent single-shot shot in the 29th minute, which was a legend of Modric, but the referee called offside first.

"Look, Ferguson is still too anxious. If Giggs starts, then Manchester United may have already taken the lead."

Reinkell was also a little unfavorable to Ferguson's formation.

"Marteau United's ball possession reached 59%, which seems to be quite advantageous, but football matches are never about winning with a high ball possession rate, but about scoring goals. In the whole first half, the Manchester United captain had only one shot opportunity and was still offside, which is the biggest problem. At this time, the Manchester United captain had already scored. Of course, if Rooney and Ronaldo did not squander the opportunity, then Manchester United could also take the lead."

As the first half approached, Reinkell was still talking, a little anxious about Dong Fangzhuo.

Modric seemed to hear Leinkel's complaint. In the 44th minute, he and Scholes played two consecutive two-bytes and one-bytes, dribbled the ball and rushed to Charlton's score. He looked up and saw that Dong Fangzhu and the others were seen firmly by the opponent's players, and then he suddenly swung his right foot and shot with a shot.

call--

The ball rolled up a huge wave and flew into the lower right corner of Charlton's goal.

“oh, gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”

"It's too sudden. Modric suddenly used a cold arrow in front of the penalty area to change the score, 1:0!"

"Okay, I was wrong. This guy was so unexpected. He actually had the ability to shoot a long shot."

"This is his first shot in this game, and he actually entered. What should I say? It's really..."

Ferguson finally breathed a sigh of relief off the court. There was no better way than scoring a goal in person...

Once Manchester United leads, it will be simple.

At the beginning of the second half, Modric made a sideways, Carrick made a cross from the right, and the opponent's defender made a mistake in clearing the ball. Ronaldo drifted past the opponent's central defender at 6 yards on the right side of the penalty area and then shot and scored in the close-range goal.

Manchester United rewritten the score to 2:0.

In the 80th minute, it was Modric's turn to get a cross from the right. Dong Fangzhuo finally got Modric's first assist. After stopping the ball in the middle, he turned around at 20 yards in the middle and shot with his left foot into the lower right corner.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Charlton 3-0 away, with Manchester United winning two consecutive games to top the standings. Charlton is also the first team to lose at home since the start of the Premier League...

With a happy mood, Ferguson went to UEFA headquarters to participate in the group draw ceremony of the 2006-07 European Champions League...
Chapter completed!