Chapter 431: The Trait of a Genius
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson sat in the dugout, his face very gloomy.
If he had faced such a difficult Carabao Cup a few years ago, he would probably have given it up, as United are not short of a Carabao Cup trophy.
But in recent seasons, Manchester United have not tasted the title for a long time.
In this season's domestic competitions, Manchester United can only fight for the League Cup, they have reached the final, and in the league competition, they are not far from Manchester City, it is difficult to say whether there will be a chance in the final period.
Therefore, Ferguson hopes to win the League Cup and win the Cup, which can be regarded as an explanation to the team, the club and the fans.
However, they ran into Manchester City again.
Ferguson is very tough, but he knows in his heart that the current Manchester United is really fighting for strength, it is difficult to beat Manchester City, more than two seasons, many encounters have proved this, Manchester City's tactical coordination is much better than Manchester United, and at the same time, their player ability is not worse than Manchester United.
It's hard to win on the front, so try to fight.
There is no 'impossible to win' in a football match, after all, both sides are eleven players, but the last time Manchester United had already fought a game, it also brought a 'bad' back ditch, and Ferguson knew that Manchester United could not afford similar consequences, otherwise it would affect the team's Champions League game.
The Champions League is something United must fight for, and Ferguson doesn't want to see the Champions League affected.
So before this game, Ferguson talked to the players about the game, so that they should refrain from moving, not fighting too fiercely with the opponent, not clashing with the opponent, he also knows that playing with Manchester City like this, the team has little chance of winning, but football is like this, in the case of poor strength and form, there is no way to have the best of both worlds.
In decisive games, there is a problem with the forward line.
The combination of Saha and Fletcher...... It's a terrible performance!
United have played well in other positions, but the lack of a weak forward line is a big problem and he can't just count on the midfield to score.
Ferguson had a headache, he felt a little old.
Just yesterday, he had a few arguments with David Gill, and the reason was naturally related to the invitation to Wansheng to coach Manchester United, and Ferguson knew that he would retire, but he thought he could still work for two years and did not plan to retire directly.
However, Ferguson has also considered the issue of 'successor', and the 'damned' Chinese is indeed a good choice, and if the other party can agree to take charge of Manchester United, he does not mind choosing to leave early with liquidated damages.
But apparently, the odious Chinese again refused.
The Manchester United manager has become a hot potato?
A completely decisive refusal from the other party?
Ferguson held back his anger and quarreled with David Gill, "I said he wouldn't agree, and I'm not old enough to retire early!" If you and the Glazer don't trust me, now I can leave! ”
But so what?
Now that Manchester United are playing Manchester City and Manchester City are still scoring, who can he count on now?
Ferguson couldn't help but look at the pitch.
A handsome young man with hair standing on end was walking with his head down and overtaking the backfield, beads of sweat dripping from his sideburns, his face showing unwillingness, constantly looking back at the cheers coming from behind him.
His name is Cristiano Ronaldo.
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In the VIP box.
Manchester United's president, Glazer, is looking through the window.
The crowd cheered wildly from the crowd and the City players celebrated their goals.
Beside him, Sinar clapped his hands and smiled.
The clapping of his hands reached Glazer's ears, and his face looked even more ugly.
"Congratulations, goal ......"
But the Glazers still maintained their demeanor, a few syllables squeezing out between his teeth, but still congratulating Sinar on City's goal.
Sinal replied, "Thank you," and the two didn't have any conversation.
Glazer looked at the United dugout, where manager Alex Ferguson was sitting, with gray hair and a solemn face, as if expressing his dissatisfaction with the game with his face.
At this time, Glazer was very dissatisfied with Ferguson, not because of the backwardness of the game, nor because he lost face, he was more concerned about the fact that it seemed that in Manchester United Club, he was an outsider, and he couldn't do anything in the face of a backward score.
Yes, nothing can be done.
He doesn't even have the right to express his grievances.
After completing the acquisition of Manchester United in the form of debt, the Glazer almost exhausted the family's assets, and he invested everything in Manchester United, but although he held the largest stake in Manchester United, he did not become the actual owner of Manchester United, because the most important person in Manchester United will always be the manager Alex Ferguson.
In the hearts of Manchester United fans, in the hearts of the media, directors and football legends who support Manchester United, Ferguson is the most important person for Manchester United.
So Glazer, as chairman, could do nothing.
He couldn't do anything about the team, he couldn't dictate the transfer, and even now, in the Carabao Cup final, United were behind Manchester City, he couldn't blame Alex Ferguson.
The Glazers suddenly envied Roman Abramovich, or the presidents of other Premier League clubs, who all had a lot of rights, at least the right to choose to contact the manager for a contract when the manager's results were unsatisfactory.
He had that right, but he didn't dare to do it.
In other words, he is almost the same as having no rights, because that would have terrible consequences.
Even if Manchester United loses this game, Glazer knows that he can only comfort Ferguson, not criticize anything, which makes him feel very aggrieved, and then think of the previous discussion with David Gill to invite Wansheng to coach Manchester United, he suddenly hopes to really find a successor to Ferguson, even if the coaching ability is not strong, will make Manchester United worse results of the 'successor', as long as ...... As long as he can replace Ferguson and let this old guy retire early!
When the time comes, he will have absolute rights at Manchester United and he will be able to decide everything in the team.
Who is the head coach, he has the final say!
He has the final say on what stars the team wants to buy and what stars to sell!
Then he can really become the master of Manchester United, and even Manchester United's commercial expansion will become much better, because he can decide everything in the team to serve the commercial expansion.
However, Glazer knew in his heart that as long as Ferguson insisted on continuing to coach, he simply could not decide anything.
Don't...... Really have to wait a few more years?
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After Manchester City celebrated the goal, the game soon resumed.
The Reds were not willing to fall behind, and they continued to organise attacks to attack the Manchester City defence in the hope of equalising in the first half, but City's defence was tight and the attack could pose a big threat to the Reds.
The two sides engaged in a fierce exchange for the rest of the first half.
But it wasn't until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half that neither side scored again, and City returned to the dressing room with a one-goal lead.
Wan Sheng praised the performance of all the players, but he felt that it was not enough.
"It's only half-time and we're just one goal ahead! In this game, we aim for the trophy, but if we can score a few more goals, I don't mind at all! ”
A lot of players laughed.
Wan Sheng's face became much more serious, "I'm not kidding! I'm telling the truth! We are mortal enemies, mortal enemies for a hundred years, and the contest between us is only you and me! Just before the game, you all heard the news that Manchester United wanted me to coach? It's funny that they deliberately released the message just to affect our state! ”
"They do everything they can to influence us, to defeat us closely!"
"But I'm not going to let them get their way! You too, the club, me, and you, will do whatever it takes to beat them! Winning one goal is nothing, we have to win more goals and let the whole of England, and even the whole of Europe, see that the current English football belongs to us! Manchester United is a thing of the past, and the best team in Manchester is us! ”
Wan Sheng waved his arms excitedly and said in a sonorous voice, "We're going to kill them!" Let Manchester United die! ”
All the players in the locker room were affected and shouted, "yes, let them die!" ”
"We're going to score a few more goals!"
"Let them despair!"
"It's our time!"
"Manchester United are old, like their coach......
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Manchester City returned to the pitch with high spirits.
Manchester United is different.
Although Alex Ferguson made changes at half-time and encouraged his players to work harder, they have not won against Manchester City in two years so far, and now they are again down by one goal, and they are doubtful whether they can win against Manchester City.
This kind of mentality makes it difficult for them to have fighting spirit.
In addition, the lack of squad is also a problem, such as Wayne Rooney and Tevez are not on the pitch in the attack, many players do not trust Fletcher's ability, and Saha's form is difficult to trust.
This mistrust has led to a lot of demoralization at Manchester United.
The demoralized Manchester United met the high-morale Manchester City, and the result can be imagined, even if many Manchester United players actually performed well, they could not be compared with the overall high morale of Manchester City, so Manchester City's goal was not much difficult.
Just four minutes into the second half, City scored again.
When Ivan Crewe passed the ball into the box, it was a waist-high ball, the height of the ball was the most embarrassing, Torres couldn't shoot at the first time, he stopped with ****, Ferdinand and Vidic squeezed in from both sides.
It was at this time that the football got behind Torres.
Some of the commentators thought they didn't have a chance, and just as they were sighing about pity, Torres suddenly had a dexterous heel on his heels!
"There's no chance...... Oh no...... Torres ......"
"Is it a shot!?"
Torres points the ball towards goal with his heel!
United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar didn't expect the ball to roll towards the goal in such a way, he didn't see Torres shoot from the middle, and it was too late to make a save, so he could only pray that the ball would not go in...... Of course, he was disappointed.
The soccer ball rolls into the goal against the post.
"Torres! It's so ingenious! ”
George Woodgate exclaimed, "A back-heel shot, let's look at slow motion...... Torres was completely pushed away by Ferdinand after stopping the ball, but he still didn't give up, his heel hit the ball! ”
"Fernando Torres scored an unbelievable goal, it was a show that belonged to the Spanish genius! He was alone in front of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, scoring with his backheel, and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was powerless in the face of this talented blow! ”
"You can't blame anyone for this goal, you can only say that the Spanish genius is too good......"
The various commentators marveled at Torres' genius.
The City fans began to cheer wildly, for them, Torres's goal was beautiful, but the goal meant more - Manchester City were already two goals ahead of Manchester United, and the League Cup trophy was already beckoning!
Torres excitedly hugged his teammates after scoring the goal.
Soon many teammates stepped forward to drown him out, but Torres was still happy, he laughed happily, waved wildly, and the stadium commentator Waccott saw the celebration footage of the Manchester City players and couldn't help but sigh, "This goal simply shows Torres' genius to the fullest......
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While Torres and his teammates were celebrating, Wan Sheng also stood on the sidelines and waved his fists excitedly.
He was delighted with the genius of Torres.
As early as March and April last year, Wansheng wanted to introduce a real talent, such as Kaka, Messi, C-Ronaldo, a real football superstar, often at critical moments, can play a huge role, but unfortunately the first three talents, Manchester City is impossible to buy, so Wansheng can only target Torres.
The Torres in his previous life was criticized by many fans, because whenever it came to the big game, Torres always performed badly, and when the Spanish team was at the peak of the 2010 World Cup and won the World Cup, Torres did not play much role.
Wan Sheng still vividly remembers the match between the Netherlands and Spain, when Fernando Torres scored a goal, but even without his goal, Spain could have won, it was just a goal that was the icing on the cake.
He's got a big name, but he always doesn't perform well in the big games.
Rationally speaking, Torres is the world's top star, his position is a striker, the striker player is often defended by the opponent, the space of activity limits his play, coupled with the opponent's targeted defense, in fact, it is understandable that the performance is not good, because often he does not even have the opportunity to perform.
Torres is definitely there, and there's definitely talent.
Just like the goal, most players could barely give the ball to their opponents in the face of Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic's defence, but Torres took the last chance.
This is not just a personal ability, but a demonstration of genius!
Wansheng believes that with the skill bonus of the football training master, Torres is now one of the top players in the world.
As long as he can perform well, he has the ability to decide the outcome of the game on his own.
Wan Sheng had always hoped that Torres could show this kind of top talent, and now he saw it, so Wan Sheng was very happy when Torres scored, and Torres' goal also gave Manchester City a 2-0 lead over Manchester United.
Two goals ahead, the championship is in sight!
"Keep up the good work!"
Wan Sheng gave a thumbs up to Torres, who wanted to run back, and began to look forward to more goals from the team in the future.
Two balls are not the end!
If you can score one more in the game with Manchester United, even if it is a championship battle, you must let Manchester United people know what 'pain' is!
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PS: First of all, I wish the students of the college entrance examination a good result! Secondly, I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival!
Little X is not very happy~~ In the afternoon, Little X has to run thousands of miles, go to his father-in-law's house, and stay until the end of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, so I can only guarantee that it will not be interrupted in the next few days, please be able to understand, and then I will definitely make up for the update!! (To be continued.) )