Chapter 8: The Mighty and Unyielding Ferdin

Wenger never thought that his high-post pressing effect was so much worse than Barcelona's, he originally thought that Arsenal and Barcelona were both teams known for their gorgeous ball control, and there should not be such a big gap between the styles of the two teams, but he didn't expect the cruel truth to be placed in front of him: 433 is indeed not something that anyone can play.

Of course, this is not to say that Arsenal is completely incapable of playing the 433 formation, but the key to the problem is their current player configuration, with Nasri, and Arshavin can be replaced, and Fabregas is gone, Wenger does feel helpless, in fact, even if he really succeeds in bringing in Arteta before the start of the season, whether this new Spaniard can replace the Spaniard who has gone away is still a question.

The most important thing Arsenal need right now, and the only thing they can do, is to add an interception player in midfield.

It's just that in this way, it is bound to reduce the number of players in the front field, so is it to reduce the forward midfielder or the striker? Again, this becomes a difficult choice.

If one striker is reduced, then Arsenal will immediately return to the familiar formation of the past 442, although it is possible to turn back the situation on the field, but there is no doubt that in this way, Wenger's idea at the beginning of the season and the team's efforts for a month have all turned into a water, Wenger's "change" will become a laughing stock in everyone's mouth, and Arsenal, who has played 442 for more than ten years, will eventually return to the pre-liberation period.

But if you remove the front waist, who should you withdraw? Rosicky? Arshavin is an assaulter, by no means a qualified playmaker. And Descartes, the team's real playmaker last season, is now a center forward, and you can't really expect a center forward to pull out of the box to organize the team's attack, otherwise why make him a center forward? Therefore, Rosicky cannot be withdrawn, he is the only person in the team other than Descartes who has the ability to control the ball, and without him, Arsenal will really go to the end of the mountain.

And take down Arshavin? Although compared with Ronaldo's transfer fee of 94 million euros, Arshavin's 16.5 million euros is indeed cheap, but as far as the Arsenal team is concerned, this transfer fee is also among Arsenal's top ten high-priced transfer lists, and the players who spent "such a huge amount" of money to introduce can only sit on the bench in the end. This is certainly unforgivable for Arsene Wenger.

Arsene Wenger was in a difficult situation for a while.

And compared to Arsene Wenger's dilemma. Descartes' idea was much more pure: since the team lost ground in midfield, then he had to get it back. He is now Arsenal's first captain and the most authoritative figure on the pitch besides Arsene Wenger. So of course he has the right to dictate how his teammates should change.

Cartesian arrangement and simplicity. He and Arsene Wenger thought of each other. That is to add an interceptor at the back to prevent the Reds from doing whatever they want on the edge of their own box.

The first thing that came to Descartes' mind was the veteran Rosicky.

Rosicky was never considered a good defensive player, but he was a professional footballer. In any case, his defensive ability is also above the level of ordinary people, Manchester United's current tactic is to empty Arsenal's back, in fact, there is no need for too strong defensive players now, as long as there is a person who can stand in that position, it is enough to interfere with the activities of Rooney and others in this area, long-range shooting is a sharp weapon to break the goal, but it is also a sharp weapon with a fairly high MISS rate, there are teams on the basketball court that win by three-point shooting, but there has never been a team on the football field that always wins by long-range shots, This is because the success rate of long-range shots is too low, and if it is disturbed, it will be lower, why are many long-range shots called "world waves"? It's because this kind of shooting is too difficult for ordinary people to easily control.

As long as Arsenal can leave a man at the edge of the box after Denilson is pulled away, it is impossible for Rooney or Carrick to threaten Almunia's goal with frequent long-range shots, because the area they are galloping in is already occupied.

Descartes immediately told Rosicky what he thought, and Rosicky glanced at the embarrassed Denilson behind him, nodded without saying a word, and then walked to the backcourt.

To be honest, Rosicky is actually a very dedicated player, he was also a leader in Dortmund, and even became the core of the Czech national team for a time, causing the major giants in Europe to coax, but after coming to Arsenal, he did not have any dissatisfaction or contradictions because of his former status, perhaps it was the perennial injuries that smoothed his edges and corners, when he got older but the injuries gradually decreased, he has grown a very quiet but extremely important player, Between Arsenal's starters and substitutes, whether Van Persie is popular, or Ozil later enjoys praise, Cazorla, Arteta and others are popular, Arsenal will always have his place, this is because he has gradually evolved into a versatile midfielder over the years, no matter where the team needs him in the midfield, he will not hesitate to take on this task and do his best to complete it.

Arsene Wenger later lamented that Manchester United used to have a super substitute like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and he used to be very envious, but then he found out that he also had Rosicky, so he immediately felt psychologically balanced, and unconsciously, Rosicky has been at Arsenal for eight seasons (until the 2013-2014 season), surpassing Henry to become the longest-serving Arsenal player under Wenger, although there is still a little gap compared with Adams and Keown's "lifelong gunners", But that's enough to say a lot about his place within the team and in Arsene Wenger's mind.

And now, when the current team needs it, Rosicky is once again in a position that does not belong to him.

Rosicky has never played at the back since his debut, whenever people talk about him, they will always talk about his breakthroughs and dribbles, even his inserts and assists, but no one has ever said anything about his defense, and his return to the midfield position can really stop Manchester United's crazy momentum?

No one can be sure about this.

But Descartes did not stop there, withdrawing Rosicky. He, like Arsene Wenger, understands that the team has lost its playmaker up front, so what now? Descartes decided to take this responsibility on his own.

In the past, Descartes might have waited until half-time to go back to the dressing room to ask Arsene Wenger for advice, but after that fateful FA Cup final, coupled with Bryant's words and deeds at Marittima Beach, Descartes has now learned to carry the team on his shoulders, and although this is a bit paranoid to some extent, the winners are often such paranoid and radical people. Isn't it?

Descartes didn't even have any communication with Wenger at all. So he put Van Persie and Walcotra together and told them: "Drop back a little, get stuck on both wings, and don't go down again when I get the ball." Straight from the ribs to the middle of the penalty area! ”

His intention was to make himself the one who attracted firepower. Then relying on Van Persie, Arshavin, and Walcoat behind him, they took turns to plug in. Break down United's backline with this tactic similar to cutting in from the back row.

Of course, the most important part of this tactic is whether the person in front of him can hold the ball, if his team-mate has lost the ball before he even comes up. That's nothing to say about plugging in.

It's just that in this way, Arsenal has actually changed to 451, and Wenger's training in the previous month or so has really come to fruition.

But Descartes now only wanted victory, and other issues were not on his radar.

With a few simple words of Descartes' arrangement, everyone found that Arsenal's on-field formation suddenly changed, the first "3" in 433, Van Persie and Walcott on the left and right wings, suddenly recovered near the end of the field, although it cannot be concluded that Arsenal changed the formation to 451, but the two nominal wingers are now fulfilling the duties of full-back, but there is no doubt about it.

The only difference is that the two wing-backs are not responsible for sending down crosses, and they, like the "forward" Arshavin left in the middle, desperately cut into the Manchester United penalty area at every opportunity, as if there was something particularly appealing to them.

But it was such a simple change that made Manchester United feel embarrassed.

Rio Ferdinand, who had thought he had squeezed Descartes to death, suddenly found his opponent slippery, and as before, he was no longer confined to the box, and he was once again the "free man" running around, moving between the four players in United's defence.

Ferdinand felt very disdainful, because in his opinion, there was no doubt that Descartes felt that he could not beat him, so he took the initiative to escape, he did not dare to go head-to-head with his best central defender, and could only wander around to find soft persimmons to pinch, which was a sign of weakness without discipline.

But at the same time, Ferdinand also felt very depressed, because Descartes could run around, but he couldn't, and if he followed Descartes everywhere, wouldn't he just fall for Arsenal's tricks? As an experienced world-class centre-back, Ferdinand could tell at a glance how Arsenal's tactics had changed, and they were playing with the same idea as Manchester United, which was to lure the snake out of the hole and then take advantage of the opportunity to insert a powerful shot from behind......

"Do you think I'm that Denilson idiot?" Rio Ferdinand was extremely disdainful of Arsenal's tactical changes, which had two main points, namely firstly the man in front of him to be able to hold the ball, and secondly, the man who inserted in the back had to find gaps. Descartes, a slippery guy, although his body can't be described as strong, but when it comes to holding the ball, he is indeed quite good, at least under the pressure of one or two people from Manchester United, he can't easily break the ball at his feet.

But being able to hold the ball doesn't mean that you will succeed when you plug it in, because Manchester United's defenders are old fritters, and they will not easily give you a gap, no matter how you toss at the edge of the penalty area, there is no gap, and there is no point in you doing anything.

"Come on, let me see what tricks you can do if you stay in front alone!" Ferdinand looked at Descartes viciously, muttering silently in his heart, playing against Arsenal so many times, this is the most relieving time, he even feels that Descartes seems to have nothing to do, he is now completely unable to enter the Manchester United penalty area except for frequent sharing to help his teammates create gaps, and his teammates. There are also corresponding Manchester United players to take care of, and Arsenal's attack has been lackluster.

Ferdinand watched Arsenal's attack frustrate in the front of Manchester United's position again and again, and his heart was full of the pleasure of revenge, but he didn't find that with the change of Arsenal, Manchester United's attack that once occupied an overwhelming situation has now gradually died down, in order to help the team defend, Carrick no longer dares to plug in to meet his teammates, and the two wings Park Ji-sung and Valencia have been pressed to the midfield position. And Rooney, who was very active in the first twenty minutes. Now drowning in a sea of Arsenal defenders, as for the other striker, Michael Owen, he has barely been seen from the start.

Rio Ferdinand was rejoicing at Arsenal's attacking setbacks, but the crowd on the sidelines and football commentators were already recognising. After Arsenal's change of formation. They really got back in control of the game. In the current situation, Descartes led Arsenal's three "forward line" players to take turns to attack Manchester United's defence, although for the time being, it seems that Manchester United's defense is still impregnable, but it is inevitable to lose for a long time. Who knows when United's defence will be pumping?

Descartes' previous strategic objectives had been successfully achieved, Arsenal wanted possession, and as for scoring goals, that was not the goal pursued at this stage.

Poor Ferdinand still doesn't understand the gap between the two in terms of strategic thinking, in his opinion, as long as Arsenal is not allowed to score, his job has been done perfectly, as for strategic thinking, that is the consideration of manager Alex Ferguson, what does it matter to him?

"There is no doubt that this time Arsenal's change of formation was very successful, although Wenger gave up the 433 formation that he had been training hard for a month, but this time his strain really surprised us all!" The commentators in front of the TV obviously attributed the change of Arsenal's formation to the professor: "In the past, we always criticized Wenger for being too slow to react on the spot, but when Mr. Professor is really determined to change, we can see that Arsenal actually no longer insists on a certain formation of 433 or 451, his team will make appropriate changes at the right time, such Wenger and Arsenal are something we have never seen before, maybe we have reason to believe now, Arsenal are really going to surprise us this season. ”

Ordinary fans see Arsenal regain the advantage on the field, and what the "experts" see is that Arsenal can switch between two or many formations at will, such a team is really terrifying, the so-called water impermanence, soldier impermanence, if there is really a team that can switch formations or tactics at will according to the situation on the field, then they will undoubtedly be a very terrifying team, because such a team you can hardly restrain them, You don't know how they're going to change in the next second, so you can't beat them tactically.

Such a team has never appeared in world football in the past, as strong as Real Madrid, which has won five consecutive championships, or Milan, which is unbeaten in 58 games, or even Arsenal, which was undefeated in the original season, has never had such a change, most of them have a fixed set of main lineups and formations, even if there are occasional personnel changes, it will not affect the team's basic tactics, but look at the current Arsenal, it is said that they have been practicing 433 for a whole month, and the result is in the first game at the beginning of the season, It only took them 20 minutes to abandon the formation that had been training for a month, and the perfect and smooth transformation became 451, which can be called an extremely gorgeous turn.

It's a pity that no one knows that such a fluid tactical change in the eyes of the media has nothing to do with Mr. Wenger scratching his ears and cheeks on the sidelines, it is just a change made by the players themselves according to the situation on the field, and the most important fulcrum of this is Descartes, who has become the arrow of the striker.

As I have said before, the most important key to 451 is the "1" in front, only a "1" with both the ball and the ability to organize, can make this formation sublimated, if a guy who can't even hold the ball steadily acts as this arrow, the result will only be miserable. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that it is not Arsenal's formation that is really capable of changing at any time according to the situation on the field, but the tactical ability of Descartes.

He can not only act as the "2" in 442, but also be the "3" in the middle of 433, and even as the "1" in front of 451, such a player, it is no wonder that even the strongest Barcelona on the ground covets him.

No one else could realise it, but Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, who had been fighting on the sidelines for decades, saw the crux of the problem at a glance.

Ferguson was more interested in Descartes at this time. There are two all-rounders on the football field, one is Pele, who is omnipotent in the front line, and the other is Hierro, who plays from striker to central defender, these two also represent the extreme of two "all-rounders": one is flawless in his own position, and the other is perfect in any position.

At this time, in Ferguson's eyes, Descartes is the "Pele" in his mind, and in the forward line, he is probably the most comprehensive player since Pele, scoring goals. Dribbling. Assists, organization, he doesn't fall behind, and he always does it better than others. Such a player. Don't say 94 million. Even if it's 940 million, he will never sell it, this is the cornerstone of a dynasty team!

It was just that endless remorse rolled over Sir Alex Ferguson's chest once again. Only one step away, he was only one step away from that, he was cut off by Wenger, Lord Fu looked at Wenger on the other side of the coach's seat, and suddenly felt that this old guy with a face full of Shar Pei-like wrinkles was even more hateful than before!

And Wenger, who was under Ferguson's resentful gaze, was mixed at this time, and his face was entangled. The good news is that the team automatically changed the formation without any instructions from him, and it has achieved very good results, this variant of 451 is not Arsenal's regular formation in the past ten years, but it is also not the formation that the team will use in his mind, but it is such a spontaneous formation, but Manchester United has been firmly pressed down again, so that the previously arrogant Rooney was dumb in a blink of an eye.

This makes Arsene Wenger very proud of his players.

But he was also worried about this problem, the team actually changed its formation without his own instructions! What does the manager eat? That's what the manager does! But now that the head coach has not spoken, the team has spontaneously made changes, what does this mean, is the team too strong to need him, or is the team out of his control?

It is impossible for Wenger not to see that it was his number one henchman Descartes who caused such a change in the team, but he was not sure whether Descartes had to make such a change because of the situation on the field, or whether he was extremely dissatisfied with his tactics and changed the formation on his own initiative. If it is the former, there will be no problem with communication between the two, but if it is the latter, it has already involved challenging the authority of the manager, although Wenger is not a stubborn and unreasonable person, but as the leader of Arsenal, he will never allow such a situation to occur!

"Be sure to ask at half-time!" With this thought in mind, Wenger sat in the dugout with a gloomy face, but his heart began to wait for the referee to blow the whistle for the end of the first half of the game as soon as possible.

However, the situation on the pitch changed again at this time.

Rio Ferdinand was overjoyed to think that he and his team-mates had blocked Arsenal's attack, and although they seemed to have a certain advantage on the field, as United settled down on the defensive, they had less and less space to move around, and the frequency of back-plugging was getting less and less, and Descartes had begun to make more mistakes in possession of the ball in front of him, and he was almost unable to hold on.

But Ferdinand did not notice that although Arsenal's three forward-line players inserted less and less, the threat was getting bigger and bigger, because Descartes had gradually found a flaw in Manchester United's defense, that is, Ferdinand and Vidic's two central defenders.

Rio Ferdinand joined Manchester United in 2002 for a world-record transfer fee of £29 million, while Nemanja Vidic joined the Red Devils for £7.2 million in 2005 (and there is also a record £2.4 million of black gold involved), the two met like the poem "once they meet, they will win countless in the world", and the two quickly became one of the best centre-back partners in the Premier League and even the world, and some media said that they could even be ranked among the top ten best defender combinations in history.

However, these two are not without weaknesses, after a few seasons of Premier League games, everyone on Earth knows that Ferdinand is slow to turn around, and Vidic is distracted.

But in reality, there is no so-called "absolute weakness" in any player, because even if it is a weakness, it is relative, and for Walcott, Ferdinand is not only slow to turn, but also not worth mentioning speed. But for Berbatov, Ferdinand's turn was quite fast, and even speed could throw him off a street, and the key to this problem was that Walcott and Berbatov each used their own speed as a reference.

Therefore, in the face of some strikers who are extremely fast or highly concentrated, we can also think that Ferdinand's weakness is "wandering", while Vidic's weakness is "slow turning".

Descartes is definitely not fast but explosive, and he is always fully committed to the game. So whether it's Ferdinand or Vidic. In front of him, he is an enemy who is both "slow to turn" and "distracted", which is the key reason why Descartes can always achieve something against Manchester United.

Again, with respect to Descartes himself. Patrice Evra's problem is that he "picks a position poorly". Either pounce too hard or pounce too late. He was always unable to block Descartes' advance path, and Neville's problem was that he was "too old", and his physical functions were no longer the same as that of the upright and youthful Descartes. Even Descartes, who was called "thin" by the media, could eat him with his strength, and this old guy was indeed at the age when it was time to retire.

So in Descartes' eyes, Manchester United is now full of flaws, and the question for him is not whether to break through Manchester United's defense, but how to break through Manchester United's defense.

Standing in the central striker position, he naturally has to consider using a central striker to solve the problem, and now in his opinion, Manchester United's biggest flaw is the complementarity between Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic's two central defenders.

In Ferguson's tactics, Ferdinand's central defender has always been Ferdinand, and Vidic is the one responsible for attacking, whenever facing the opponent's attacking players, the two are always dragged behind by Ferdinand, and Vidic takes the initiative to meet them, blocking the opponent's attacking route one after the other.

Of course, at this time, it is not just the two of them on the defensive line, Evra and Neville on the left and right sides will take the initiative to shrink inward to help them defend the wings, and Carrick or Park Ji-sung in the back position will strive to chase back and create great psychological pressure on the opponent.

This set of defensive tactics was originally fine, but the problem was that in Descartes' set-up, Arsenal's front-court players did not attack the wings at all, and they all rushed to the middle, which was likely to cause overlap or crowding in positions, but also ensured their numerical advantage in the middle.

What it means when an offensive player has a numerical advantage against a defender is well known to everyone.

Although such advantages are usually partial and short-lived, compared to the United defence, which focuses on regional positioning, Arsenal's attacking players have clear goals, rough methods, direct routes, and a Descartes who handles the ball "more than a computer", their simple attacking style has always brought great threat to Manchester United.

The problem that Descartes found was that when two or three Arsenal attacking players hit the edge of the box at the same time, not only Vidic would take the initiative to meet him with the ball, but even Rio Ferdinand behind him would always subconsciously lean towards him.

Of course, defending the ball is the golden rule in front of any backline, but Ferdinand's intention to always take the initiative to find himself is too obvious, Descartes does not know that he wants to beat himself in a head-to-head duel, and thinks that this is Ferguson's pre-match arrangement, asking Manchester United's defence to take special care of him, so he is ready to take advantage of this, draw Nemanja Vidic and Ferdinand to his side at the same time, and then let his teammates solve the problem.

So when Descartes was dribbling the ball, he also began to pull Vidic together to move closer to Ferdinand, in this case, in the face of two top defensive players, Descartes' chances of losing the ball naturally increased greatly, and at the same time, Ferdinand's confidence was greater.

But Ferdinand didn't notice that his and Vidic's positions were more and more overlapping, and sometimes when Descartes got the ball, he would even appear at the same time at a distance from the two of them. This made the two of them start to feel a little uncertain in their minds at the same time.

It wasn't until the 45th minute of the first half, almost the last attack of the first half, that Descartes finally got the ball again when the two were equally far apart.

Vidic, as Ferguson's designated marking centre-back, of course, pounced without hesitation. But at the same time, Ferdinand's mind suddenly pumped, because he felt that Descartes seemed to be closer to him, and it was his duty to stop him, so he also took the initiative to pounce.

Both of them pounced at the same time, only to spot each other's movements at the same time, so they hesitated at the same time, and finally paused at the same time.

In this instant, Descartes finally waited for the opportunity he wanted, as if telepathically connected to him. Van Persie quietly appeared in front of Vidic's right.

At this point, Descartes no longer hesitated. He gently took the ball with his right foot and rushed in the direction of Ferdinand, who reacted fearlessly, and there was no Van Persie in his eyes at this time. It's all Descartes' "extremely arrogant" provocations.

Dare to put on a posture that breaks through me head-on. Brat. You're dead!

Ferdinand's two long legs were definitely not covered, and in just one step, he had already rushed in front of Descartes. With a flick of his ankle, he could even reach the ball at Descartes' feet.

But at this moment, Descartes passed the ball, and the ball at his feet seemed to have been measured, just across Ferdinand's toes, and before the opponent broke the foot, the ball was crossed to Van Persie in the left behind, and at this time, Van Persie just stepped up, directly raised his left foot, and waited for the ball to roll in front of him.

Not good! Ferdinand was shocked, he still didn't see Van Persie at this time, but the moment the ball at Descartes' feet went out, he already had a premonition that something was wrong, a player like Descartes could never take the initiative to kick the ball out for fear of being tackled, the only reason why he could kick the ball out must be because there were his teammates in that direction.

No matter who plugs in, this area is Ferdinand's defensive area, he can't expect Neville, who has old arms and legs, to plug the hole for himself in time, maybe Neville is following the player who plugged in and trying to catch up, but Ferdinand knows very well in his heart that whether it is Van Persie or Arschal, even Arsenal's left-back Klichy, their speed is not Neville can keep up, since Descartes dares to pass the ball, his teammates must have run into place.

Now, the only one who can save Manchester United is Rio Ferdinand himself!

Ferdinand didn't even have time to lift his head, he forcibly stopped his steps in an instant, and then pounced on him with a move similar to a big split in the air, and years of rich game experience taught him that now is not the time to look up and see who the opponent is, but to quickly stand on the opponent's breakthrough route, so as to buy Van der Sar behind him time to prepare, if his own mistakes cause the opponent to burst into the penalty area, it will be a real disaster.

But Ferdinand didn't expect that Descartes' pass was too much in line with Van Persie's pace, and Van Persie didn't even think about breaking through, he aimed directly at the incoming ball and fired a powerful volley.

In Van Persie's mind, this shot was one of the most comfortable long-range shots he had ever shot in his life, with just the right pass, just the right run, just the right amount of power, and even just the right amount of mood, there was really no reason not to score this goal.

Then, a few minutes later, Van Persie was stunned, Descartes was stunned, the referee was stunned, and even the fans in the stadium were stunned as they were holding their breath for an outburst, because they heard a heart-rending scream!

Poor Ferdinand, he did not hesitate to stretch his long legs to the extreme in order to seize the position, this big split action comparable to Swan Lake, did not let him preempt Van Persie to block the breakthrough route, but instead allowed him to usher in a cannonball-like shot, unfortunately, Van Persie's ball was just pressed, just high enough for his lower body.......

Ferdinand not only heard his own screams at this moment, but even seemed to hear the sound of his own eggs breaking, the most important handle of a man was hit, it was really an unbearable pain in life.

"It was as if he had been hit head-on by a train (post-race media comments)" Ferdinand fell to the ground in a position that was not allowed to be struck by the ringing of the bell as fast as he could, and then he let out a heart-rending scream while trying to cover his lower body with his hands, but when his fingers touched his poor little brother, an even more irritating pain rushed into his mind, and he couldn't help but let out a more high-pitched scream, which sounded much better than some of the inferior sopranos.

"It's miserable......" Descartes looked speechlessly at Ferdinand, who was lying on the ground trembling uncontrollably, and he didn't even dare to turn over now, because any slight movement could involve intense pain.

Van Persie also felt a little miserable, although he was the culprit of this "murder", but seeing Ferdinand's life worse than death, he only had to think about it a little and felt a chill in his lower body, I don't know, the balls are broken......

Ferguson and his friends on the sidelines were stunned, Lord Ferguson immediately jumped three feet high, and commanded Manchester United's medical staff to hurry into the field to get Ferdinand down.

"Bless Leo and don't get fine!" Mike, the assistant next to Lord F. Mr. Ferran folded his hands reverently as if praying to the sky, just now, even he felt his eyelids jump, cold sweat flowing, it was really too dangerous, no matter what man encounters such a blow, it is painful.

When the pale Rio Ferdinand was carried off the pitch by United's medical staff, Ferguson rushed to win, standing next to the stretcher and eagerly asked: "How is Leo, are you okay?" ”

"I'm okay." Although Ferdinand had beads of sweat on his forehead, his tone was resolute, and his eyes flashed with a fierce gaze: "I can play in the second half, but I need to rest now." ”

"That's good." Hearing Ferdinand's words, Ferguson breathed a long sigh of relief, compared with Arsenal, Manchester United's current central defensive line is more embarrassed, except for Vidic and Leo. Outside of Rio Ferdinand's golden pairing, there is only one unreliable substitute for Wes. Brown, and in addition, once the central defenders are reduced, Ferguson can only count on the jack-of-all-trades O'Shea or the immature Evans on top, Manchester United's defenders, can't afford to be injured!

Lord Fre, who was thanking the heavens, didn't notice the monstrous anger contained under the fierce gaze in Ferdinand's eyes, Descartes, this time I must defeat you for one more reason, I, I must ask for an explanation for my little brother! (To be continued......)