Chapter 0904 - Steady, My Demon

Finney Cotton noticed that after the restart of the game, the Estudiantes were conscious of holding the ball. This makes the pace of the game a little slower. So she went on to talk about Manchester United.

"In the past three years, Manchester United has been very eye-catching on all fronts, winning three consecutive Premier League titles and defending the title for the first time since the restructuring of the Champions League, which can almost be said to be invincible!"

"But it also exposed a lot of problems, such as the configuration of the midfield, whether it is Scholes or Carrick, the organization and the big picture in the midfield are quite good. Even, they all have a good long pass. However, United are still lacking in creativity, especially in terms of penetrating passes from short distances, and they are not as good as they could be in terms of control, after all, there is no way to ask Paul Scholes and Carrick to do what the likes of Xavi and Andres Iniesta can do. ”

"Therefore, Manchester United has always given people the feeling that they are more than fierce, but not delicate enough!"

"From Sir Alex Ferguson's adjustments over the past two seasons, it is clear that the old Scotsman has gradually turned to the pursuit of delicate foot technique after completing the rebuilding of Manchester United's overall tactical framework. His introduction of Hargreaves in the summer of '07 was a reflection of that line of thought!"

"Before coming to the Middle East, I had a one-on-one interview with Sir Alex Ferguson. At that time, he said something that made a special impression on me. ”

He said that Manchester United was great enough to defend their title in the Champions League last year for the first time since the restructuring, but their opponents in the final Barcelona were also great, and that did not change because they lost to Manchester United in the Champions League for the second year in a row. ”

"At that time, I asked Jazz why they said that, and he told me that the football played by Barcelona is the trend and trend of the future development of football, and told everyone what to strive for. That is, with the compactness of the overall formation and the improvement of tactical execution, the space for individuals to hold the ball will be greatly compressed. ”

"The future of football will place more emphasis on individual ball handling, especially for midfielders. Because, without enough individual ball handling skills, you simply can't get a foothold in the opponent's tight and compact defensive system, and at the same time full of tactical execution, let alone complete the ball passing with a skillful kick like a Barcelona player. ”

At the same time, his philosophy is that defense and offense are integrated, like a rubber band, the defense is pulled back, and the goal is conceded means that the rubber band is broken, but if you hold on and get the ball, the rubber band will bounce forward, and the further back you pull, the more he will bounce back. ”

"The resilience of this rubber band depends on the execution of this team!"

Judging from his remarks, we have absolutely reason to believe that his transformation of Manchester United continues! Even if Manchester United has achieved three consecutive Premier League titles, is about to achieve four consecutive titles, and has also defended the Champions League title, it has achieved extremely brilliant results. ”

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In the security room at the Karrington training base in Manchester, an old security man, Carl, was watching TV intently, listening to a commentary from Finney Cotton.

The old man is a Red Devil through and through, having been following Manchester United since the time of Busby, when he was just a child.

But as a citizen of Manchester with average economy, he can only watch the game when Manchester United is playing at home. And when you go to the away game, you can only watch live TV.

As a long-time fan who has watched TV for many years, Finney Cotton's commentary is frankly not as good as that of famous people like John Mortensen and Andy Gray. After all, both of them have been commenting football for half their lives, while Finney Cotton is a newcomer to football commentary.

And Finney Cotton's commentary style is a bit biased, for example, in this game she was biased towards Manchester United. It can even be said that she is commenting on this game almost from the standpoint of a Manchester United fan. But many of the things in her commentary are eye-catching. For example, she mentioned the interview between herself and Ferguson, and a few gossips that she broke out from time to time.

As a fan, you always want to know more about the team you support. The old man has loved Manchester United all his life, but it was not until this moment that he heard Ferguson's tactical ideas and ideas from the mouth of Finney Cotton that he suddenly became enlightened.

He's not the brainless kind of fan and has his own analytical and understanding skills. So, when Finney Cotton expounded on Ferguson's concept, he really felt for the first time in his heart that Manchester United's red dynasty would continue for a long time, and he was full of confidence in it!

The reason is that Ferguson, a manager who has been learning all the time, is in charge of Manchester United!

For a team, the football philosophy is a way forward, a beacon. Why have Chelsea sunk in recent years? The reason is simple, they have no philosophy!

Abramovich says Chelsea's philosophy is to build the strongest team in their own way and win titles. He's the only king of Chelsea!

But the problem is that Chelsea's philosophy is chaotic, so their ideas and ideas about bringing in players and forming teams are chaotic. Even in the transfer market, Chelsea simply don't know what kind of players they need.

Or will they wonder if the player they brought in is really what they need?

In that case, even if you give you the best player in the world and even win a Champions League, so what?

And Manchester City, the Abu Dhabi consortium certainly has the money and can bring in a large number of stars, but so what?

Even as the top giant, Real Madrid, isn't it the same?

The same choice happened to Barcelona before. When Rijkaard announced his resignation at the end of Barcelona's Dream II dynasty, the Barcelona management also offered to invite Mourinho.

In the end, they chose Pep Guardiola, and directly regained the La Liga title after a two-year absence, and also reached the final of the Champions League.

This is not to say that Mourinho is terrible at coaching, or that he is not as good as Pep Guardiola. Rather, it is said that the football philosophy is not in line!

Of course, if you bring in Jose Mourinho and then build the team around Mourinho's philosophy, it will also work.

But if you want Mourinho to go against his football philosophy or the style of football he is good at, it's hard to be a strong man!

Of course, this is not to say that a team should always stay the same, that is to be a matter of routine. If a team wants to maintain good results in the long term, it needs to actively learn and adapt to new situations and styles of play while maintaining its own unique culture.

Over the past two decades, Ferguson has done a great job at this. However, Ferguson is old after all, and Carl is worried that the old man will be old and confused.

From Finney Cotton's words just now, he found that although Ferguson is old, he is still the guy who is good at learning, and Manchester United is in his hands, so he does not have to worry about bad results. The only concern is that the old man is too old, even a few years older than himself, and how many years will he be able to remain in the coaching position of Manchester United for a few years, and will Manchester United continue to be successful after he is gone?

In this regard, the old Karl was a little hesitant, after all, after the departure of Sir Busby, Manchester United had sunk for 20 years. It wasn't until Alex Ferguson took over and it took a lot of effort to bring Manchester United back into normalcy.

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"The ball is firmly at the feet of the Manchester United players!"

The Red Devils have once again attacked the 30-metre zone for the Estudiantes. ”

Fabio on the left boldly pressed up, received the ball, didn't have a chance, knocked it horizontally, and gave it to Hargreaves. ”

"Hargreaves picks up the pass with his left foot, the chance is !!"

"Big box, Rooney, turn, volley!"

"Ahhh

"Also, Owen, catch up, fight again, there !!"

"The ball is in!"

"In the forty-third minute, Owen completed a follow-up shot in the big penalty area, three to one!"

"Oh my God, Manchester United chased three goals in a row!"

"It's beautiful, Manchester United's performance in this game is so impressive!"

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Accompanied by the shouts of the Red Devils fans from the stands at Zayed Sports City, Finy Cotton's commentary also became louder. She gradually adjusted to the rhythm and atmosphere of the commentary, her voice getting louder and louder, and a little hoarse after a roar. It's really worrying that she will hurt her voice and vocal cords because of this.

The moment they saw Owen's goal, all the Manchester United fans in front of the TV raised their arms and shouted!

"I'm so powerful!"

"Three to one, it's beautiful!"

"Wow Ka Ka, this time the college team is finished!"

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it to be so good for Manchester United!"

"It's amazing, I'm a demon, it's amazing!"

"That's amazing, isn't it?"

"Damn, it's three to one, it's impossible to lose, right?"

"The Red Devils can be trusted!"

"Steady, my devil!"

"If you lose this score, Lao Tzu will turn around and eat the ball!"

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While all the United fans were rejoicing, the face of Manchester City boss Mansour in the rostrum became very, very embarrassed and very embarrassed. It looks like he can't dig a hole in the ground and bury himself directly!

It's so unbelievable that there is such a thing!

"The Estudiantes aren't going to be match-fixing, right?"

"The South American champions are going to lose to Manchester United's second team?"

"If this is said, it's not match-fixing, who believes it?"

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Mansour's heart roared with rage, especially when he looked at the young Chinese guy next to him who was celebrating with his fists, and the anger was like a volcano about to erupt.

This is completely unscientific!

Isn't it true that strength wins on the football field?

Could it be that the champion team of South America is not as strong as Manchester United's second team?

I really don't know if it's because the college team is too rubbish, or if Manchester United is too demonic!

Perhaps, Mansour knew, but he didn't want to admit it.