Volume 1 Chapter 188 A Natural Winner

David Beckham ended up at the Arena Stadium.

After yesterday morning's training session, the conversation with Ferguson at the Carrington training base was interpreted by the media as a reconciliation between two men who were like father and son, and then the club, Ferguson and Beckham also issued statements one after another, proving that Beckham had accepted Ferguson's private apology, and the flying shoes incident came to an end.

Sometimes, people just like to cover their ears and steal the bell.

Ye Qiu stood in front of the home team's coach's box, watching the Manchester United players walk out of the players' tunnel one after another, and when he saw Beckham, under the long golden hair, there were two bandages crossed on the left eyebrow bone, especially when Beckham deliberately pulled his hair behind his head, which exposed the injury of the eyebrow even more obviously.

Many people said that they reconciled, but Ye Qiu didn't believe it, there may have been an intimate relationship between the two of them like father and son, but all this has passed, and the relationship that has been estranged for several years, but can still barely be maintained, has now completely disappeared with this flying shoe.

Beckham deliberately tugged his hair back to disgust Ferguson and remind Ferguson and everyone that even though we are now ostensibly reconciled, our relationship has completely broken down, and even if you barely put a bandage on it, you can't hide the fact that the bloody wounds are there.

It's not that I'm sorry for you, it's that you're too me!

It's hard to say who is right and who is wrong in this relationship, and who is responsible for the breakup, the same thing happens in almost countless families, and there are fewer cases of fathers and sons falling out because of their daughters-in-law?

'Let Arteta be careful, Beckham, Robben is going to press Gary? Neville! After Ye Qiu saw Beckham, he reminded the assistant next to him again, and Roland also conveyed Ye Qiu's words to the player as soon as possible.

Many people just remember Beckham as handsome, Spice Girls, and his commercial value, but they ignore that he is actually a very, very professional player, and the more critical it is, the more he is able to show his professionalism.

I still remember that after the flying shoe incident, Ferguson's criticism of Beckham in the past led to many media suspects that Beckham lacked a work ethic, but this guy was good enough, and in the next few months, he became the best player in the Manchester United team, completely overturning everyone's criticism and impression of him, and then, leaving in the summer!

The same thing happened again in Real Madrid, Capello announced that he would ban Beckham, but people were not convinced, especially after announcing the transfer to the major leagues during the winter break, which made the accumulation of horses and Capello thunderous, but after the worst, in Real Madrid's super reversal, Beckham was the biggest hero.

As the head coach, Ye Qiu knows very well that this kind of thing is not something that is said about work ethic.

There is always a group of people who speak nicely and have professional ethics more than anyone else, but what they do is the most unprofessional thing; And there are some people who seem to be the most lacking in work ethic, but in fact they are notoriously self-disciplined and have very high requirements for themselves.

This world is like this, what you see in your eyes and what you hear in your ears may not be true.

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Everyone can see that Ferguson's Red Devils empire is in jeopardy, and this season is the worst chance for him to lead the class of 92 to the Champions League, and everyone believes that after the end of this season, the class of 92 will collapse.

This year's Champions League final was held at Old Trafford, which made Manchester United hungry for the title more than ever, so Ferguson is very serious about this game, as since yesterday, Ajax have become United's top rivals for group topping.

However, unlike everyone who thought that Manchester United should play more safely away from home, Ferguson's starting tactics at the Arena Stadium were very aggressive, very proactive, and played Manchester United's attacking characteristics from the start.

Manchester United's starting lineup for this game is still 442, goalkeeper Butters, and the backline is Silvestre, Brown, Leo? Ferdinand and Gary? Neville, midfielders Ryan Giggs, Roy? Keane, Paul Scholes and David Beckham, with Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer up front.

Just two minutes into the game, Paul Scholes passed the ball down the middle, and Ryan Giggs on the left cut in and fired a long-range shot into the side-netting of Ajax, which scared tens of thousands of Ajax fans in the stands, thinking that United had scored first after the opening.

But just one minute later, United's attack came back when Keane passed the ball in midfield and Scholes fired another long-range shot from outside the box, this time directly over the crossbar and into an anti-aircraft gun, which was unthreatening.

United's attacking tactics had some effect, but Ajax did not retreat from the defence as United expected, but instead took a steady approach to the situation, trying to go head-to-head with Manchester United, swallowing Manchester United's attack, and then trying to counter-attack on the spot.

Ye Qiu is not completely unconfident, after the winter break training camp of Ajax, the start of the second half is very amazing, the defense has been improved, Mascherano has been getting better and better with the performance of the last few games, Ye Qiu has enough confidence to face Manchester United.

It was also yesterday that a message came from Germany that Bayer Leverkusen head coach Top? Muller was sacked by the team because Leverkusen fell from the Sanya King last season to the current Bundesliga relegation zone. Muller has been utterly disappointed and sacked him temporarily by youth team head coach Thomas? Horst takes over the team.

Before such a crucial group stage, the sudden announcement of the change of coach, everyone can see that Leverkusen has lost the opportunity to qualify for the group stage, unless Horst can play the strength of the miraculous firefighting coach and lead Leverkusen to win the remaining four games in the group, but in this case, what about the relegation problem of the Bundesliga?

From the moment Leverkusen announced the change of coach, the main battlefield was in the Bundesliga, and the Champions League has been abandoned.

It is also because of this news that Manchester United and Ajax, as the two most likely teams in this group, dare to play such a risky game in this game, and both sides hope to fully test the team through such a game.

Manchester United's problem is defense, and Ferguson wants to use aggressive offensive tactics to consider the team, in this case, how much power can the defense play, and Ye Qiu also has to consider the team's attack and defense.

Pressed by the visitors, such a start is rare at the Arena Stadium, but fortunately Ajax did not retreat from the defence, but instead resorted to counter-attacking tactics on the spot, and their first attack came in the eighth minute.

Lucio broke the ball, Kifu won the ball and played a long pass, Robben quickly penetrated the United defence and tried to stop the ball with his chest, but the French goalkeeper Barthes suddenly attacked and took the ball out of the air in advance, defusing Ajax's first threatening attack, but the process made Ferguson unable to sit still.

The ball that just entered the big penalty area dared to attack, if it was not accurate, wouldn't it be to give the whole goal to Robben?

"It seems that that the young Chinese also intends to fight with us, and he will not let us live or die!" Carlos? Queiroz turned his head sideways and looked at Ye Qiu, who was also standing on the sidelines directing the team, but judging from his age, he looked like a player.

Ferguson snorted coldly, "So what? ”

If you want to talk about hard temper, Ferguson is famous, his Manchester United team has never been ambiguous to play tough battles, the opponent is strong, they are stronger than the opponent, the opponent is hard, they are harder than the opponent, it can be said that Ferguson's character is deeply engraved into the soul of Manchester United, this team seems to be Ferguson's will.

"They don't retreat, with the speed of their counterattack, our defense is dangerous!" Carlos? Queiroz reminded.

Manchester United's defensive problems are no secret and everyone knows that, although this season brought in Leo? Ferdinand has strengthened the backline, but Rio Ferdinand's partner has always been ineffective, and Ferdinand's own performance is unstable, how can Manchester United's defense be stable?

Ferguson's attitude towards defense has always been inclined to develop, rather than import, if it is not impossible, I am afraid he will not bring in Stam and Ferdinand, because in his opinion, the defensive system is the most important, and the individual strength of the players is not important.

This is true in itself, but the problem is that when a team is strong enough to no longer have an advantage in the confrontation of the system, the strength and performance of the individual players will play a decisive role in the game.

Carlos? Queiroz's fears are not unfounded, as if Ajax drop back into their own half, they will have to go at least 60 metres or more to threaten the United goal if they are on the counter-attack, but if they hold their ground and don't retreat, the distance is likely to be shortened to 40 metres or less.

With the pace of Ajax's two flanks, combined with their passing ability in midfield, such a counter-attack will be difficult to resist.

"Is it dangerous?" Ferguson smiled arrogantly, of course he knew that he had been playing tactics all his life, would he not know the danger of Lu Dao?

"I just want to give it a try, and besides, our back line is not strong, if we choose to defend and let Ajax attack, we may not be able to defend it!"

The Arsenal game taught Ferguson a lot of lessons, and he was disappointed that Ferdinand and Brown were scored by the Frenchman despite defending head-on, while also gaining a more comprehensive understanding of defence.

Defending, may not be able to defend, it is better to attack, but hope will be greater.

Carlos? Queiroz listened to it and was not convinced, because in his opinion, this is a strategy of fighting for his life, which is a taboo tactically, because tactics are fundamentally about stability, and Ferguson is taking risks and gambling.

But to a certain extent, Ye Qiu is also gambling, he does not retreat and counterattack, but chooses to fight Manchester United, which is also gambling, so this game is not a very tactical game, but more like a contest of will between the two managers.

They're all betting, betting on who will score first!

Or rather, bet on who will score more goals!

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"Over the years, even though Manchester United has desperately tried to make itself more inclined to the continental system, in fact, they still have a very strong and indissolvable taste of traditional English football in their bones."

In the stands of the Arena Stadium, Pini? Zahavi vs. Roman? Roman Abramovich commented on the match.

"Traditional English football is all about direct, rough and long passing, and Keane is the best example of traditional English football, he has a violent personality, likes to fight physically, can't tolerate that kind of slow combing of the ball, they prefer to use direct collisions to solve confrontations, and they like to do everything they can."

At the end of the day, Zahavi added, "The same goes for Patrick Vieira, they are the two strongest midfielders in the Premier League!" ”

That's right, Keane and Vieira actually have a hard time clarifying their mission, and there is attack and organization in defense, but the problem is that their attack and organization are not like the kind of playmakers in the continental system.

As a typical representative of the continental organizers, Veron seems very out of place in the Premier League.

'So, Roman, you see, Ajax's midfield division is very clear and organised, especially Mikel Arteta, the Spaniard is very organised, he can be slow when he needs to be slow, he can be fast when he needs to be fast, and Sneijder is very fast with his passing, he is responsible for threatening passes.

As a player's agent, Zahavi still has strong basic skills, otherwise, there is no way to fool a super-rich man like Abramovich into relying on him, so when Abramovich watches the game, Zahavi is in charge of commenting on the sidelines, even if they are sitting next to Premier League coach Souness.

"The future Premier League must be continental, this is very clear, because the benefits of European competitions are very important for any team, even Manchester United, in order to get this huge profit, they have to achieve better results in the European arena, and in order to achieve this goal, in terms of tactical style to the mainland, that is the inevitable result."

Souness, who was on the side, was a little unhappy when he heard this, because in this way, no matter which team Abramovich buys, his traditional Premier League coach will be expelled from the shortlist.

"I don't think necessarily, at least Manchester United's Champions League in '99 has shown that after the Premier League style reaches a certain level, it can also beat continental teams." Souness is a traditional Englishman, proud and a little closed at the same time.

After hearing this, Zahavi smiled, "I don't deny the greatness of Manchester United's 99 treble, but tell me, when Manchester United faced a strong mainland team that year, how many games were dominant?" How many more are reversed? ”

Whether it was Juventus or Bayern Munich in the final, Manchester United were reversals, and both reversals were dangerous.

If it's just once, it can be said to be accidental, but two reversals in a row, you can say that Manchester United is very strong-willed and good at playing against the trend, but it can also be explained that the reason why you frequently play against the trend is because you are not strong enough? And Manchester United's lineup at that time was second to none in the Premier League!

Souness was immediately speechless when Zahavi asked him, he was born as a player, and he may not be very good at the tactical level.

"Pini, according to you, if you want to rebuild a team and make a name for yourself in the Premier League and Europe in the shortest possible time, you can't continue to follow the traditional style of the Premier League, but the continental style?" Abramovich asked.

Zahavi nodded, "Wenger's changes to Arsenal over the years are obvious, Ferguson has also been changing towards the continental style in recent years, the two of them are the most suitable candidates, both have a certain local English style, and can take into account the continental style, but it is difficult to let them coach." ”

Hire a head coach from the outside to coach in the Premier League, because you are not familiar with it, it is easy to copy the mainland set, which will hit a wall in the Premier League, but if you look for it in the Premier League, most of them are like Souness, not to mention whether you can play in the Premier League, even if you go to the European arena, it is also looking for abuse.

"Familiar with the style of the Premier League, as long as you are given a certain amount of time, you can do it, but to be continentalized, it is not something that anyone can do, especially to be able to lead a reconstituted team to win the championship in the shortest possible time, which requires the strength of the manager."

When he said this, Zahavi smiled, "Some head coaches are limited by their qualifications and can only mix in the middle of the team for a lifetime, while some head coaches are good at blending teams, but if they want to lead the team to break through the bottleneck and win the championship, they don't have that ability, and some head coaches are born to bring the team championship, no one can say what to do, but they are born winners!" ”

When Abramovich heard this, his eyes lit up, and he looked at the Arenal Stadium, where Ye Qiu and Ferguson stood in front of the coach's bench of the home and away teams, respectively, and he smiled, "Then what do you think, which kind of Ye Qiu belongs to?" ”

"The last one!" Zahavi smiled without hesitation.

"For what?" Abramovich was strange, after all, Ye Qiu was too young.

"Because he dared to fight Ferguson!"

This explanation is strange, not only Abramovich is strange, but Souness is also strange.

Just because he dares to fight hard with Ferguson, he belongs to the last one?

But if you think about it carefully, Ye Qiu has been a champion in four years since his debut, and he is indeed a champion professional.

When he led the second team, he won the Dutch Cup, which is coveted by professional teams, the next year was the UEFA Cup and the defending Dutch Cup, the third year was the third consecutive Eredivisie and Dutch Cup, and now, Ajax are going hand in hand on three fronts.

To say that he has won so many honors, Ye Qiu is not a professional who has won the championship, who else says that he is?

"Football is never just a contest of tactics and player strength, the team's willpower is also very crucial, Manchester United in 99 is the biggest proof, and this willpower often comes from the manager, so I said that Ye Qiu, like Ferguson, is the most reluctant."

Abramovich smiled after hearing this, "Then you say, who can win this game?" ”

Zahavi Ha smiled and shook his head: "I don't know the way, it's hard to say."

Souness on the side snorted lightly, obviously not convinced by Zahavi's statement, "I don't think it's difficult to say, because from the beginning, Manchester United obviously has an advantage, and they also have an advantage in strength, they are just one goal away, so in this game, I think Manchester United will win!" ”

He was very sure.

Zahavi obviously guessed Souness's thoughts, and knew that the Premier League coach was not convinced by his evaluation of Ye Qiu, smiled, and did not explain or refute, let him.

Abramovich looked at Souness, and he smiled and continued to watch the game without saying anything.