Chapter 52: The Hope of English Football

Manchester United's 6-1 bloody massacre of Barcelona at the Camp Nou caused a sensation in the whole European football world, and everyone knows how strong Manchester United are this season, they are even stronger than any "Red Devils" in history, but even then no one will believe that they can beat the Camp Nou 6-1 away.

It's chilling to think of the players wearing the words "Devil's Fred" staining the turquoise turquoise lawns of the Camp Nou with blood!

The Spanish media were the first to cry out......

Marca: Maybe it's time for us to make a change, teams like Barcelona have been beaten into a sieve by Manchester United, the national team's record has slipped into an underrating in recent years, and now that Spanish football has reached an inflection point, we need to find a new direction.

"As": Although this season's "Red Devils" have not tasted defeat so far, Manchester United's rise again is also expected, but one of our best teams in Spain, Barcelona, lost 1:6 at home to the opponent, it is still worth thinking about, the development of Spanish football has lagged behind the opponent, we must make adjustments, make changes, the pattern of the two heroes must have a heartfelt change, otherwise it will not be conducive to the development of Spanish football.

Unlike the Spanish media, the English media cheered loudly......

The Mirror: Simon? Grayson is a modern iconogue of attacking football, and the 'solar system tactics' he pioneered were hugely successful at Leeds United and are now starting to blossom at Manchester United. Manchester United's 6-1 defeat to Barcelona just reflects that English football has been on the right path of rapid development in recent years, we were only in the quarterfinals of Europe at the European Cup, but we have already won the runner-up in the World Cup, which is enough to show that we are constantly improving! Simon? Grayson's success. The success of Leeds United, the revival of Manchester United, this is just a microcosm of the development of English football, and the future is ...... We will be stronger!

The Times, which has never been easily involved, also published an article about the role of English football in Simon? Stimulated by the new forces represented by Grayson, they have begun to make great strides in the right direction. Shaq, Ashley? Hood, Ben? Parker, Jack? Rodwell, Phil? The emergence of young stars such as Jones, Wilshere, Sturridge, Walket and Botland will make English football more competitive and they will surely win glory for England.

The cheers of the English media are indeed justified, and the progress of English football is also very huge, in the development of the league is getting better and better, more and more money owners are investing a lot of money, and more and more world-class stars are dedicating, which has indeed led to the rapid development of the entire English football level.

After the first leg against Barcelona, United began to play at their own pace again. They comfortably beat Sunderland 2-0 away in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

The whole game, Simon? Grayson was very happy because everyone was on the bench except for Shaq, David De Gea, Subotic and Flaney, but the Reds still won comfortably on the road.

The only thing that makes Simon? Grayson was uncomfortable with the fact that Shaq still didn't score in this game, although it looked like he was getting better and better, with 63 passes, seven direct shots on goal, 13 tackles, four headers and three shots on goal. But this goal ...... It's just a long time coming!

But Simon? Grayson's worries were apparently unfounded, just four days later. Manchester United hosted their English Premier League 26th round opponents, Blackburn, and Shaq scored a hat-trick in a game to help United beat their current eighth-placed opponents 5-3.

Just eight minutes into the game, Shaq beat two people on the counter-attack, broke into the right side of the box and fired a fierce shot.

Later, although Subotic scored with a header in the 38th minute, Blackburn's fast black Canadian striker Horlett didn't know what was going crazy. A long-range shot in 18 minutes, two counter-attacks in 31 minutes and 43 minutes actually completed a hat-trick in the first half, and at half-time, it was Manchester United who were playing at home that fell behind.

Fortunately, when the game entered the second half, Shaq, who had fully recovered his form, was furious......

at 48 minutes. Shaq received a cross from "Little Fat" at the top of the arc, and fired the ball into the upper right corner of the Blackburn goal with his right foot, a typical "Shaq GOAL"!

On 64 minutes, Shaq received a pass from Van de Wiel on the right side of the arc, turned and volleyed with his left foot, and the ball flew straight into the bottom left corner of the Blackburn goal, which was also a goal that helped United overtake the score.

When Shaq used two "Shaq GOALS" to demoralize the opponent, there was no suspense about the outcome of the game, Papadopoulos took advantage of the corner kick opportunity to score a header in the 72nd minute, locking the score at 5:3!

The process of the game was thrilling, and after the game Simon? Grayson, however, was very excited: "This game is very important for us, and I believe that by the end of the season, this game may be the starting point for the second outburst of the team, because not only did we have a tough victory, but most importantly we saw that Shaq has come back to life!" ”

After this game, Manchester United have almost won the league "championship", because they have achieved an impressive record of 25 wins and 1 draw in the standings with 76 points, which is as many as 19 points ahead of second-placed Chelsea, and with 12 rounds of league games remaining, the "Red Devils" now have to wait to lift the trophy as the schedule deepens.

However, after this game, Manchester United will play Tottenham Hotspur in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium. Grayson is still very serious about this game as it will be the first trophy he has a chance to win since taking charge of Manchester United.

While Manchester United was preparing for the game, there was good news for the English team in the Champions League......

There are four English teams participating in the Champions League this season, namely last season's champions Leeds United, runners-up Manchester City, Arsenal and Manchester United.

Manchester United has beaten Barcelona 6-1 on the road, one foot has entered the quarter-finals of the quarter-finals, after a week, Manchester City, Arsenal also showed their strength, Manuel Pellegrini's Manchester City defeated Schalke 04 3-1 away, and the "Gunners" were also unwilling, defeated Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 away.

It can be said that the three teams that reached the last 16 of the Champions League have all performed quite strongly, all of them have won away from home, and the opponents are not weak at all, and the victories of the "Red Devils", "Blue Moon" and "Gunners" are very convincing.

Barcelona is one of Europe's oldest giants, and La Masians have always been one of the richest and most powerful teams in the world.

Paris Saint-Germain has also become a new giant under the slamming of Qatar's golden dollar, and after one star after another, the combat effectiveness of this team has also been continuously improved, Ibrahimovic, Mane, Pastore, Thiago? Stars such as Silva have also soared PSG's fighting power to a very high level.

Schalke 04 has always been a powerhouse in German football, they have always done well in Germany and have always been able to make their strong voice in Europe.

But this time, the three strong teams all lost to the English team, and they all lost to the opponent at home, which shows the strength of the English team.

It seems that the rise of English football has been unstoppable, and the four teams participating in the Champions League except for the "Young Guards" were eliminated early for their own reasons, and the other three teams have great hopes of reaching the quarterfinals.

"Red Devils" Manchester United this season by Simon? Grayson brought in Shaq, Van der Wiel, Papadopoulos, Jose? Angel and many other stars are completely invincible at this time, and they beat Barcelona away.

Manchester City and Arsenal have not even entered the top three of the Premier League standings this season, and are currently ranked fourth and fifth behind the "Blues" Chelsea and the "Reds" Liverpool, but they are still very strong in the Champions League.

Could it be that European football is going to repeat the situation of a decade ago when everyone stumbled against English teams!?

The first to raise such suspicions was not Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, but ...... Chelsea!

"Madman" Mourinho was the first to make his voice heard, and he issued a "warning" to his three opponents in the league: "Manchester United, Manchester City, and Arsenal are almost in the Champions League quarterfinals, but I still have to remind them, don't forget how UEFA treated our English team ten years ago, the English Premier League is indeed the world's number one league, there are many competitive teams here, like our Chelsea, as well as Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Leeds United, etc., The level of these teams can be won in other leagues, but here we can only compete for one title, and many times we can't even qualify for the Champions League, we are already struggling, but there are still all kinds of factors that are holding us back, so ...... We shouldn't be too optimistic! For English football to develop and be truly strong, it must have the ability to overcome these subjective difficulties! (To be continued......)