Cao Baming was silently calculating in his heart, thinking that the rankings on the积分榜 (points table) should also be updated!
Indeed, that was the case! The next day, the entire football world was in a frenzy! In the latest Premier League standings, Manchester City not only dropped directly below Nottingham Forest but was even caught up by Liverpool!
It was a disaster!
As expected, the news of Max wanting to leave soon broke out, which did not exceed Cao Baming's expectations. However, he was indifferent!
Looking at the name ranked ahead of his team on the list, Cao Baming's gaze became even sharper.
Manchester United! This was the team he had assembled. If there was one team he could allow to stand before him temporarily, it was this one!
Today's Manchester United couldn't be described with mere strength; one word was insufficient to describe their terrifying form. They had completely gone berserk!
Entering the new league season, both the Manchester United players and Cao Baming himself were eagerly anticipating the arrival of this match.
In comparison, all other matches were utterly weak!
Coincidentally, calculating the schedule, there were four more league matches before the official showdown with Manchester United. He could use these teams to practice and further improve the coordination with his teammates.
At this point, Nottingham Forest's entire team was completely different from the beginning of the league. Their coordination had improved by more than a notch.
These players were gradually able to align with Cao Baming's thinking, truly a teachable lot, and a rare find!
Cao Baming finally understood the answer to the question that had been in his heart all along: when he truly faced his own team, who would he hope would win?
Now, he could finally say with certainty: he hoped he would win! He hoped he could personally crush Manchester United, even if it was the perfect team he had built.
This match was Manchester United's home game, but what did it matter? Regardless, those who came to the stadium were all Cao Baming's fans; they were all his people!
Manchester United was, in a way, his second home. The difference was that the people there still affectionately called him the boss.
...
Time passed quickly. Manchester United's journey this season had directly entered the top-tier difficulty level. With only half of the first round of the season completed, they had already played against strong teams like Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham, and others!
Most importantly, they hadn't lost a single match so far!
The fans were going wild with excitement. They had never witnessed such dominance in their lives. Did invincibility truly exist?
Even last season's top-tier Arsenal had off-days.
But the current Manchester United had no such problems! Because the depth of their squad was so immense. Even if Bruno was injured, there was Luis Figo. If Casemiro rested, there was Verratti. If Messi was tired, there was Sancho. And there were Suarez and Ronaldo...
They were outrageously strong!
In the four matches that had just concluded, Manchester United had won all four again! Four wins out of four! What's more, they had kept three clean sheets and conceded only one goal in the other match.
To date, their total goals conceded were 3. One was against Manchester City, and two were against Chelsea!
The brand new Manchester United of the new season, like a monster, had opened its maw wide, seemingly intending to devour the traditional Premier League powerhouses one by one!
With the Manchester derby between Manchester United and Manchester City ending with a 2-1 victory for Manchester City, they had now achieved this!
Today, they faced Nottingham Forest.
This had always been another monster in the Premier League!
Currently, both teams were at the top of the Premier League standings, one in first place and the other in second. It was a fight to the death!
The fans could no longer wait to ponder too much. Such a century-defining clash had made people's hearts race with excitement. The external media had been hyping it up, and for weeks, they had been promoting this match as the most exciting and significant match in the entire history of football.
A super collision, a clash on the scale of Earth colliding with Mars!
The biggest highlight was probably that both teams were inextricably linked to Cao Baming.
Now, he was the most expectant and most excited person!
He had waited for so long, and finally, it had arrived! Cao Baming looked at the emails on the screen, his excitement growing with each one.
These were from the Manchester United players, whose words were merely a reminder not to forget the promise he had made about the fifty million bonus per person.
Heh, win first, then we'll talk!
Just then, a voice rang out.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for receiving rewards: shooting comprehensive ability increased by fifty percent, vision increased by fifty percent, all talent breakthrough levels increased by one! Obtained new talent, Speed King! Obtained new aura attribute, which can improve the comprehensive ability of nearby teammates!"
This sudden reward from the system! Damn, it was quite substantial!!
No, this was too generous!!!
Cao Baming was overjoyed, a smile uncontrollably spreading across his face. But what kind of reward was this? Could it be for this crucial match?
The match was about to begin, on the brand new stadium that Cao Baming had built for Manchester United. To construct this stadium, which could accommodate over a million fans, Cao Baming had spent billions of dollars.
Now, the fans were extremely excited. Even though the stadium's capacity had been tripled, the tickets were still snapped up instantly.
"The two devils are finally going to meet today!! Ahhhhh!"
"This match will be absolutely spectacular!! Come on, Manchester United!"
"I don't know who will win, but I know Cao Baming will definitely not lose! Either his Manchester United wins, or his Nottingham Forest wins!"
"Let's start quickly, I'm already parched!"
The Nottingham Forest bus arrived, and the players soon entered the stadium. Cao Baming had gotten off the bus early and headed straight towards the Manchester United locker room.
They had arrived. As the owner of the team, how could he not give a few pre-match words for such an important game?
Cao Baming entered the Manchester United players' room. No one dared to stop him along the way, and upon entering, everyone was stunned.
Besides Manchester United, the captain of Nottingham Forest's team had also given a pre-match pep talk to his players in their room the previous night.
Now, everything was ready. Cao Baming felt an unusual power gathering within him, just waiting to be unleashed.
It must be because of the pre-match reward, he thought, which made him even more excited.
Before arriving at the stadium, he had simulated this match hundreds of times. The possibility of unexpected events was virtually zero.
There was a reason why Cao Baming was so confident.