Chapter 275: Fighting the Landlord
With three games, one win and two draws, accumulating five points, Manchester United's performance surprised everyone. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
However, Manchester United's eight-point advantage is enough for them to lift the league trophy.
No one thinks Manchester United will come down with a luxurious three-game losing streak in the final three rounds, except for Chelsea fans.
After a season of chasing and finally seeing the shadow of the trophy, Chelsea fans are excited.
Even the Chelsea players were thrilled by United's sluggish performance.
Their captain John Terry said in an interview with the media that he hopes to complete a shocking comeback in the remaining three rounds and win the league title.
This phrase reached the ears of the Manchester United players, but it became a joke.
After the league game against Blackburn, United flew straight to Barcelona.
Upon arrival at the hotel, the Manchester United players spoke to the media inside the hotel.
A journalist from England, while interviewing Rooney, paraphrased Terry's words.
After listening to it, Rooney directly smiled and shook his head: "This joke is really not funny at all!" There have been some problems with recent form, but I think the league title is still in our pocket! ”
If Terry wasn't joking, he was out of his mind. Three defeats in a row will never happen to Manchester United.
When you come to Barcelona, the whole city is full of art.
But United's players didn't want to feel the setbacks in the league and failed to seal the league title before the Chelsea game, like a boulder on their chests, leaving them breathless.
With this pressure, they quickly threw themselves into intense preparations.
"It's not good for the game to go on like this!"
Ferguson frowned on the sidelines of the training ground, looking at the dull atmosphere in the training ground, his brows furrowed.
Too much pressure is really not good for the players.
Especially if the opponent is a strong team like Barcelona, the slightest negligence may prevent them from the final again.
The away team will be the favourite for Manchester United to reach the Champions League final.
However, after three consecutive league games, the players are not in good shape, and now they have a long flight to Barcelona, and now they are only two days away from the first leg against Barcelona.
Looking at Queiroz beside him, Ferguson asked, "What good approach do you have?" ”
"Maybe we should let them forget football for a while!"
If people are exposed to certain things for a long time, they usually have aesthetic fatigue. Even if you have a strong interest, there will be times when you get tired.
They played on three fronts in the second half of the season, only giving their players three days off after the FA Cup quarter-final against Portsmouth. Most of the rest of the time, the players are in the training ground.
The Triple Crown is indeed a great honor.
But for the players, it's also a lot of pressure on them.
If you can't balance it, you may suffer a crash.
It's not out of the question that a third league defeat in a row is out of the question, and many in the Premier League want that to happen.
"You're right, do you have any good suggestions?"
Although the weather in Barcelona is fine today, the temperature is not particularly high, otherwise you can go to the beach to experience the Mediterranean atmosphere.
Bars and nightclubs are simply not on the list, and even relaxing is impossible to go to.
"Maybe we can think about other training methods, such as tennis, basketball!"
"Your advice is great, but unfortunately now is not the time! If there is an injury, I think we will be in more trouble! ”
Ferguson rejected Queiroz's offer due to the players' physical safety.
But soon Queiroz came up with another way to relax.
"Fight the landlord!"
Anyway, everyone in the Manchester United team will play now, and it won't affect the rest of the players.
Queiroz not only made this small suggestion, but also arranged the specific details so that the poker game of landlord fighting would not become so monotonous.
"Very well, that's it!"
After the morning recovery training, they will have some tactical training in the afternoon, as originally scheduled.
But after the players got up from their lunch break, Ferguson did not ask the players to leave for the training ground, but took the players directly to the conference room of the hotel.
"Do you want to watch the game video now?"
In the last two weeks, there have been videos of Barcelona matches that they have watched no less than ten times.
So as soon as they walked into the room, there were players complaining.
"Guys, I know you've been having a hard time lately! The dense schedule makes us breathless! Seriously, I'd love to lie on the balcony or enjoy the sunshine in the garden now! But don't forget, the season isn't over yet, and the championship is still far away! We're not done yet, so we can't enjoy the sun yet! ”
Ferguson's words made the players a little discouraged.
They'd rather sweat it out in training than watch the game footage now.
However, there is an old saying in the East that the combination of work and rest is relaxed! I know you're working hard, so we're going to have a little race this afternoon! Fighting the landlord competition, the first place prize is 1600 pounds, the second place is 1000, the third place is 400, and the entry fee is 50 per person! ”
Before Ferguson could finish speaking, the room was cheering.
The players have also fought many times against the landlord, and the skills are good and the skills are a little worse, but no one is convinced, and they always think that their card skills are the best.
Now there is a small competition, and I won the first place, which is the veritable king of the landlords in the Manchester United team.
The players immediately signed up for the tournament, including from the coaching staff and the club's staff, plus just 28 players and seven tables.
There are 12 rounds of preliminary rounds, one promotion place for each table, and those with more chips will be promoted. In addition to the 7 promotion spots, among the remaining participants, who has the most chips to advance, a total of eight people will advance to the semi-finals.
The semi-finals will be played for 8 rounds, and after 8 rounds, the one with more chips will advance to the finals.
In the finals, the winner will be determined by 4 rounds, and the first place with the most chips will be ranked in turn.
When Queiroz introduced the detailed rules, a group draw was also held to be fair.
After the group draw was over, Manchester United's first landlord competition officially began.
The sound of bombing, airplanes, and even pairs immediately sounded in the conference room, and there was a lot of commotion.
Many people who passed by the door of the conference room were confused and didn't know what was going on inside the conference room.
In the noisy conference room, after more than two hours of intense competition, Yu Liang finally won the first place by a slight margin, becoming the champion of the first landlord competition of Manchester United Club and winning the title of gambling king.
Ryan Giggs won the second place, and the third place was the Portuguese teenager Nani, Dong Wang did not even make it to the final, and was eliminated directly in the preliminary round.
got a bonus of 1,600 pounds, and Yu Liang was divided by his teammates in the name of a treat before he could cover the heat, and he also posted a lot of money.
After an afternoon of fighting with the landlord in the conference room, the players had a lot more smiles on their faces and the atmosphere in the team was much more relaxed.
When Ferguson took the players to Camp Nou for training the next morning, the players showed a very good mental state, and Ferguson was relieved.
Looking at the huge empty Camp Nou, Ferguson is full of confidence! (To be continued.) )