Chapter 133: Scoring a goal, it's too simple for me

"Welcome back!"

When Yu Liang appeared on the training ground of the first team, Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and King Dong were immediately there to applaud and welcome him. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info the career of the reserve team, so that the friendship between them has been sublimated.

After losing 2-1 at Roma in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester United, who returned to the league, suffered a Waterloo away from home, losing to Portsmouth by the same scoreline.

In the other game in the same round, Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 at home. In doing so, United are just six points clear of second-placed Chelsea in the table, and the league title is once again a strong challenge from Chelsea.

In the round of 34, Manchester United will travel to Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea. Originally, this dragon and tiger matchup would attract the attention of hundreds of millions of fans, but due to the FA Cup schedule, this game was postponed and put in the final round of the league, and it is unknown whether it can become a high-profile Premier League title battle at that time!

However, United's most important task now is to break through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

After losing 2-1 to Roma in the first leg, Ferguson was under a lot of pressure despite the media claiming it was a win and scored a valuable away goal.

Because in the two-legged match, Manchester United and Serie A teams have met a total of seven times, five of which have been eliminated. The only two promotions came in the season when they won the treble in 98/99, knocking out Inter Milan and Juventus in quick succession! With the exception of this year's game against Roma, Manchester United's last Serie A side was in 05, when they faced AC Milan in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and United lost 1-0 to AC Milan in both legs.

Although these are all in the past, the Italian media are happy to report them.

Because there are a lot of strange spells in the football world, such as Benfica's Gutman spell, Pele's crow's beak and so on. These things may sound superstitious, but many people in football circles are very taboo about these topics. As the head coach of the Red Devils, Alex Ferguson is no exception.

But it wasn't the spells he feared that would imprison them and prevent them from making the cut.

On the contrary, he retains a lot of confidence in his team's progression, as it only takes one goal to return home to send Roma home.

He is concerned that these media reports will become a psychological burden on the players and affect their preparation.

With that concern in mind, Ferguson came to the training ground.

As he watched Rooney and the others giggle together, Ferguson felt that his worries were a little unnecessary. In that case, he decided to set the players on fire.

"Alright, guys!" Ferguson, who walked to the sidelines, blew the whistle hanging around his neck and gathered the players together, "The second leg of the match with Roma will be ushered in the night after tomorrow, and this game has not yet started, and we have been sentenced to death!" The Italians think they can make it to the semi-finals! ”

All the players looked at each other, they didn't understand where Rome got so much confidence.

Yes, they won the first leg but not by much margin, and back at home United only needed one goal to knock them out.

"Do you think so?"

Ferguson looked at the players and immediately frowned.

"Crazy! No, am I talking about them being crazy? ”

"It's just that they're delusional!"

"I think they got kicked in the head by a donkey!"

The players began to talk in twos and threes, and everyone thought that the Romans were whimsical.

"No!" That's what Ferguson wanted, and after some discussion among the players, he said, "They're not crazy, they're not delusional, they're not getting kicked in the head. They are just determined to make a breakthrough in the Champions League, they just think that we can be ravaged like plasticine! If you want to be used as plasticine, then you will be made plasticine and slaughtered in the game after tomorrow. If you don't want to, I'm really looking forward to the game the day after tomorrow! ”

"I don't want to!"

The players shouted in unison, resounding throughout Carrington.

Even the people in Manchester City's training base, separated by a grove, could hear it.

This is the cry of the king.

After Ferguson's lecture, training began quickly.

After the warm-up laps, the players who took part in the match against Portsmouth were trained for recovery from their fitness coach. Players who did not participate in the game were trained daily with assistant coach Queiroz.

With Ferguson's speech earlier, the enthusiasm of the players was all mobilized, and suddenly Carrington's first-team training ground was in full swing.

While the Manchester United players were training at Carrington, the Roma players landed at Manchester Airport.

The attention of the Champions League quarter-finals is unmatched in the group stage of the Champions League.

As soon as the Roma players walked out of the airport, they were immediately surrounded by a crowd of fans and journalists.

In the face of the enthusiastic fans, the players of the Roma team have met the requests of the fans, group photos, signed autographs. As for the reporters, they were not satisfied one by one, only coach Spalletti and captain Totti were interviewed by reporters.

Speaking to reporters, Roma boss Luciano Spalletti said: "The game after tomorrow will be a tough game, but I hope to get a satisfactory result at Old Trafford! ”

Compared with Spalletti's reticled answers, Totti appeared more confident, and in an interview with the media, he bluntly said that he was promoted, "Yes, advance!" That's my goal and I want to be able to dedicate a win to the fans who have always supported us. We've had good results away from home this season and we're capable of beating them! ”

He is far ahead of the Serie A scorers list this season and could win his first Serie A Golden Boot.

The constant scoring of goals has given him more confidence and a desire to win Champions League glory as he leads Roma to the final. Since losing to Liverpool on penalties in the 83/84 Champions League final, they have not reached a Champions League final for more than 20 years. Even the quarterfinals of the Champions League are the best results in Europe in more than 20 years. Such a result is indeed a little chilly for a Serie A "giant". So Totti hopes to bring more championships to the team in his limited career.

Totti's words were a joke in the eyes of the United players.

In his pre-match press conference after training the afternoon of the second day, Cristiano Ronaldo hit back at Totti on behalf of the whole team: "They have had great results on the road, but we have a better result at home. When he said this, Ronaldo still had a smile on his face, as if he was mocking the Roma team.

Roma have played four away games in the Champions League so far this season, winning just two, a result that can hardly be called good. However, against Lyon, Roma did perform well, beating 2-0 away from home in the first leg and advancing to the round of 16.

But Manchester United is not Lyon, and the Gerland Stadium is not Old Trafford.

'A lot of people want to get a win from Old Trafford, but most of the time they end up walking away with a defeat! We're down on aggregate but we just need one goal to progress. And to score goals, it's too easy for me! (To be continued.) )