Chapter 599: Ferguson's Psychological Warfare
With Manchester City knocked out of the FA Cup, their fixtures started to be less intense, and the successive league games were played once a week, which finally gave the Manchester City players a respite. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Previously, Manchester City played two games a week almost every week, and although they were basically substitutes in cup competitions, this kind of intensive schedule put a lot of psychological pressure on the players.
Most of City's main players have no Premier League experience, and in the early stages of the season, they have been a little too aggressive, with too much consumption in the early stages, and of course some of the back-up in the later stages, which is why they have been tired during this period.
Of course, their excellent performance in the early stage has also allowed them to accumulate a considerable advantage in the standings, and although they have not performed well during this period, they are now firmly at the top of the table.
Now, there are only seven rounds left in the Premier League, and it is time to sprint, at this time, among the top three of the table, whoever can bite will have a better chance of winning the championship.
However, at this time, the Manchester City team met two away games in a row, namely West Ham United on the 23rd and Bolton on the 30th, both opponents are not very easy to deal with, West Ham United has many outstanding players, and the strength is on the upper side of the Premier League, and Bolton has always been a giant killer and is a hard nut to bite.
Sure enough, Manchester City played to a draw in both games, the first being 0-0 and the second being 1-1.
The game against West Ham United, the state of the Manchester City team is still very tired, this draw is not unusual, and the game against the Bolton team, the state of the Manchester City team has actually recovered, but the luck is not very good, the opening was shortly after the Bolton team scored a dribble, and then the Bolton team put up a bus in front of the goal, the Manchester City team could not attack for a long time, until there were only three minutes left before the end of the game, Ding Hongxing took a free kick 30 meters away, and hit a world wave, which equalized the score, A point was taken away from the away side in a thrilling way.
In these two games, Ruud van Nistelrooy has shown inconsistency, and his form has been weak in both games, which is also one of the important factors in Manchester City's lack of attack, but this cannot be blamed on Ruud vanney, he is only 19 years old after all, and he is not a full-fledged striker, and it is already very good to have a few excellent performances in the face of danger.
The game against Bolton Wanderers Manchester City also ushered in a good news, the main center Quinn who had been out of action for a month due to injury returned, he replaced the mediocre Ruud van Nistelrooy in the second half, and performed well after playing, and the next round of the game is Manchester City at home against Manchester United, who are second in the table, Quinn's return is simply too timely.
Manchester United have won consecutive games in this month's competition, and are catching up in the standings, and after the March game, they have overtaken Newcastle United, who were 12 points ahead of them, and Manchester City is only two points away, which is a palpable gap, and more importantly, the next game is a direct duel between Manchester United and Manchester City, can Manchester City withstand such a huge pressure in this game?
Manchester United are in good form at the moment, and Manchester City's form, although slowly recovering, is still not as hot as Manchester United, as evidenced by Manchester United's Alex Ferguson and Eric Cantona's March Manager of the Month and Player of the Month.
From this point, you can see the difference in experience between the two teams, Manchester United adjusted their form to the peak at the most critical moment, while Manchester City's form came too early, of course, after this season, Manchester City should learn a lesson and learn how to adjust their form, but this season's league title is in suspense again.
Manchester United will be one point ahead of Manchester City as long as they win in this head-to-head match, and with their experience, it will be difficult for them to regain the lead in the final rounds.
If that's the case, then the Manchester City team is falling short, which is a pity.
At this critical moment, Ferguson started psychological warfare as always, and in history, the target of his psychological warfare should be Newcastle United manager Kevin. Keegan, Keegan was almost driven crazy by him at the time, and in the end he really collapsed, but now the leader has been replaced by Manchester City, and the target of Ferguson's psychological warfare has also become Manchester City.
Before this key battle, Ferguson told reporters in an interview with reporters that Manchester City does have a group of very talented players, they are a very good team, in the future, they may become an important force in the Premier League, but now they still lack a little Premier League experience, especially the lack of Premier League experience, on the contrary, Manchester United has a wealth of experience in winning the Premier League, the better the performance at the critical moment, therefore, this season's Premier League championship should still be Manchester United, If Manchester City wants to win the league title, it is better to wait until later, when they have accumulated enough experience in the league and paid enough tuition, if they can still retain this group of outstanding players, then it will be time for them to win the championship.
Ferguson also expressed interest in Ding Hongxing, the core of the Manchester City team, saying that Ding Hongxing is indeed one of the best players in football today, and it is completely unfair that he failed to win the World Footballer of the Year at the beginning of the year, and he deserves to be the World Footballer. When the reporter asked him if he was interested in Ding Hongxing, he said yes, and he said why not? If given the opportunity to bring in the best players of the day, United will build a great dynasty.
In addition to Ding, Ferguson also said that if possible, he would also like to try to bring in several players from Manchester City, such as Larsson, Nedved, Jaaskelainen, Hyypia and Stam, who are all excellent players.
I have to say that Ferguson is a master of psychological warfare, his words gave the Manchester City team a strong psychological pressure at the same time, but also wanted to shake the Manchester City team's military heart, in addition to expressing interest in Ding Hongxing, almost more than half of the main players of the Manchester City team have expressed interest, although he is certainly impossible to buy so many players, that will affect the chemistry in the Manchester United team, but according to common sense, his words will have an impact on the psychology of these players, affecting their performance in this game.
After all, Manchester United is a giant, Manchester United is interested in these players, and the average player will have some reverie and some wavering, so that a distraction is likely to affect the performance.