104. The devil's schedule begins!
When the Reds resumed training on 31 March, Goodall found himself on the bench during an intra-squad training match. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Assistant coach Muhrensteen told him the origin of the incident as soon as possible, so as not to upset the team's top scorer.
The Dutchman also found another reason, and he used the team's schedule to comfort the Chinese emperor: "You see, in the next month, we have two games every week, and proper rest and adjustment are necessary for everyone......"
Qin Gude glanced at it, and it was really very dense.
On April 4, the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, away to Paris Saint-Germain.
On April 7, the 32nd round of the league, home game Manchester City, Manchester derby.
On April 11, the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, played Paris at home.
On April 14, the FA Cup semi-finals, the home game against Manchester City was played again......
On April 17, in the 29th round of the league, he challenged the tough "Hammers" West Ham United away.
On April 20, the 34th round of the league (33 rounds postponed), host Aston Villa.
If Manchester United take out Paris over two legs, then on April 24, they will also face Champions League semi-final opponents, whether it is Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Dort, Juventus, which is definitely not a bone to gnaw.
Then on April 27, in the 35th round of the league, we challenged Arsenal, which had started the "Race for the Four" mode.
April 30, the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.
On May 5, in the 36th round of the league, we hosted the Blues Chelsea.
On May 8, the 33rd round of the league was played, and the "potter" Stoke City was played away.
If United reach the FA Cup final, they will have an extra game at Wembley on 12 May.
On May 15, in the 37th round of the league, the home game played "Swan Sea" Swansea.
On May 19, the 38th round of the league, the final battle, away to challenge West Bromwich Albion, who has performed amazingly this season.
If Manchester United reach the final of the Champions League, they will play their final battle at the top on 25 May.
A maximum of 15 games can be played over a period of 52 days, almost every three days, and most of them are away from home, which is the real devil's schedule compared to around Christmas.
Although the league is infinitely close to winning the championship, after all, the trophy is not yet in hand, and theoretically, with eight rounds to go, Manchester City still has the possibility of overtaking and counterattacking, and Ferguson will certainly not allow himself to end his brilliant career with a wave of consecutive defeats before retiring.
As for those league opponents, Arsene Wenger, who has long been out of the Champions League, is bound to lead the Gunners to make the most powerful block against Manchester United, and Benitez and Mancini, who are determined to take revenge, are absolutely unwilling to let Ferguson easily take away the three points.
But Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City are not the scariest of all, in the final stages of the league, the scariest are the relegation teams: they can do whatever it takes to stay on the top platform of the Premier League, and their radical fans don't even mind smashing the legs of a Manchester United player with a hammer before the game!
As for the Champions League...... Everyone on earth knows that due to the increasingly heated conflict between UEFA and the FA in recent years, Premier League teams always seem to encounter some inexplicable penalties in the Champions League, and if the opponent is a Spanish team, such penalties seem to be more...... So the Manchester United players should not think that their path to qualification will be easy.
By the way, UEFA president Michel Platini, he's a Frenchman.
Sure enough, as Ferguson was about to lead his team on a flight to Paris, Mike Phelan handed him a fax.
"UEFA has just sent out the list of referees for the first leg." The assistant coach's face is not good at all.
Ferguson only glanced at it, and then angrily spat out the chewing gum he had just put in his mouth.
"Wolfgang Stark?!" The old man tore the fax to shreds, "The worst referee in the Bundesliga in 2011?!" It was he who helped Barcelona win against AC Milan with an unwarranted penalty in the quarter-finals?! Now it's Manchester United's turn?! β
Phelan and Mulenstin shook their heads and smiled bitterly: a mad Ferguson, none of them dared to stop him.
Then they heard a whistle.
"Gentlemen, it's time to get on the plane." Substitute Jean Goode stood in front of them with his travel bag, and there was no trace of concern on the young man's face, although he was well aware of Stark's notoriety - he missed a league game against Bayern Munich in 2010-11 after receiving five yellow cards that season, two of which came from this guy.
Ferguson glanced at him, but didn't move.
Qin Goode put his arms around the old man's waist and half-pushed him forward: "I never thought that if there was no referee's care, your Manchester United would not even be able to win a Ligue 1 team." β
Ferguson raised his eyebrows: "You give me a good rest, you bench player." β
Although there was still no politeness on his lips, the corners of the old man's mouth showed a slight hint of a relaxed smile.
Perhaps the French were not impressed by Manchester United's visit, and there were no crowds of fans at the Paris airport to greet them, with only a few sports reporters filming them on a limited basis.
But this lukewarm welcome was exactly what Ferguson needed: he didn't want his players to be hot-headed and careless in the crowd of thousands of people, and then become the laughing stock of European football, the after-dinner conversation that made the French laugh.
"Sir, I'm a reporter for Team Paper, can you excuse me a bit?" A female journalist in her early thirties stopped Ferguson.
Originally, the old Scottish man didn't want to give any more interviews, but first, the "Team Newspaper" is not an ordinary third-rate tabloid, and second, this beautiful reporter is in good shape......
So Ferguson stopped, and he even smiled at the camera.
"We all know that David Beckham is your former protΓ©gΓ©, he quickly integrated into the team after moving to Paris this winter, and as of the last round of the league he has scored two goals and provided two assists, and he is in hot form," the female journalist's English is more London than the old Scottish man, "This is the second meeting between the master and apprentice after the Champions League quarter-final on March 11, 2010 (when Beckham went on loan to AC Milan and came on as a substitute in the game), and he was in the starting line-up. Can you tell us how you feel about the game? β
"David is a very professional player, whether it is at Manchester United, Real Madrid, Galaxy, Milan, or Paris, he is a model of professional football, of course, if he stayed at Manchester United, his achievements in competition would definitely be greater," For the beloved apprentice who was once like father and son, even if there was an unpleasant incident between the two back then, Ferguson, as an elder, would not speak ill of his proud disciple at this time, but he still remembered the things of the year, "I know that he is about to choose to retire at the end of this season, I wish him Ligue 1 the title, but in the Champions League two days later I can only say sorry to him, the victory belongs to Manchester United. β
He replied very routinely, without much novelty, and the female reporter immediately changed the topic: "We didn't see Goode Qin's name on the starting list submitted by Manchester United, is it because he is not in good health after participating in the national team and is not in shape?" Or is it something else? β
Ferguson tilted his head slightly: "It's our smokescreen, in fact, Manchester United's squad is not yet extravagant enough to put a healthy Ballon d'Or on the bench. β
He smiled mysteriously, making people wonder if his words were real smokescreens...... (To be continued.) )