0174 Battle for the top of the list 1
Ferguson watched as Ronaldo ran into the pitch and watched the red No.7 shirt grow farther and farther away from his sight.
Ferguson paused to chew gum as he thought of the shirt that had been its owner.
David Beckham is one of Alex Ferguson's favourite players, and Ferguson treats Beckham like his own son. And Beckham also repaid Ferguson with his performance on the pitch.
But the former Manchester United No. 7 left, left him as an old man, and went to Real Madrid.
In Ferguson's eyes, Beckham only missed two things during his time at Manchester United, one intentional and one unintentional.
The intentional one is to meet the woman Victoria.
Since the two got together, Beckham listened more and more to the woman, began to take the idol route, began to be entangled in more and more media, advertising, news, and was constantly packaged by commerce.
Gradually, it is getting farther and farther away from pure football.
In the end, Ferguson also fell out with Beckham, and his former disciple left Spain.
As for the unintentional thing.
Ferguson looked to his left, where he was in the Leeds United dugout.
Lee George.
The most outstanding academy player produced by Manchester United, his favorite disciple, can be said to be one of them. Although Alex Ferguson is not the manager of Manchester United's academy team, he has poured a lot of effort into George Lee.
However, it all ended with Beckham's tackle.
No one blames Beckham, not even George Lee himself, and the two have remained in touch since George Lee left Manchester United, and their personal relationship is good.
But it is undeniable that that one tackle took away Ferguson's years of hard work.
That's not the worst part, now his favorite disciple is leading other teams and becoming Manchester United's strongest opponent in the league.
In less than three seasons, Leeds United have reached the first tier of the Premier League under George Lee.
Originally, this season Ferguson saw Chelsea cocooned, Arsenal struggling, and Liverpool only playing cup games under the command of that fat man.
Thinking of taking this opportunity to reclaim the league trophy that I haven't won in a few years.
It's just that after more than 20 rounds of league games, Ferguson found that the one who bit him the most behind him was Leeds United led by George Lee.
After 24 league games, Manchester United are now in first place with 56 points, while Leeds United are second with 51 points.
These five points are like a fish in the throat for Ferguson, and they can't put him at ease at all.
Because Leeds United is now playing 1 round less, and the one in the less game is a home game against Wigan, then basically Leeds United will win it safely.
Then if they lose this game to Leeds United, and then Leeds United win Wigan in the rematch at that time, Leeds United will take six points and complete the comeback to Manchester United.
In just three years, the 'Trafford stenographer' has pieced together Leeds United into a Premier League powerhouse in various ways.
League Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup. If this kid wins the league title again, then Leeds United's rise will be unstoppable, and the situation in the Premier League will be even more chaotic.
"Ah sneeze~"
George Lee sneezed on the other end, and when he felt the cold, he quickly pulled the down jacket to the top, and then saw the gaze from Ferguson, and quickly nodded.
Obviously, I had already communicated with the old man just now, why did I keep looking here.
George Lee nodded to Alex Ferguson before looking inside the pitch as Manchester United's home game against Leeds United was about to begin.
^^^
There's a reason for Ferguson's fear that he won't be able to win Leeds United at home today.
If you look at Manchester United's main lineup, Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney will be the main output of Manchester United's attacking line, and the center-back partnership of Nemanja Vidic and Ferdinand at the back can be described as a perfect complement, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the strongest center-back combination in the Premier League. Michael Carrick has put the midfield in order since arriving at Manchester United.
However, apart from these, the rest of Manchester United's positions are relatively weak. Left-back Patrice Evra was injured and had to be replaced by Heinze. Carrick couldn't find the right partner in the midfield position, and it was O'Shea who came in today. There was no good centre-forward in the forward line and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had to partner Wayne Rooney.
Previously, Ferguson was very optimistic about Leeds United's Van Persie, but Leeds United could not sell him to him, and the Dutch striker eventually went to Real Madrid.
Coupled with the injured personnel in his own team, Ferguson felt that he was the main starter today, and he couldn't live up to his position at the top of the Premier League.
As soon as the match began, Ferguson felt George Lee's deep malice.
Leeds United's three midfielders were firmly confined to Carrick and completely let O'Shea go. Ferguson had to allow Wayne Rooney to drop back several times to meet the ball from the back of the field and get past the ball in midfield.
Leeds almost scored just 75 seconds into the game, when Milner on the right flanked Patrice Evra with his speed, but the cross was too fast, and there was no teammate in the middle to pick it up, and the ball was confiscated by Robinson.
In the 3rd minute, Xiao Xiaoluo killed on the right side to the middle, came to the outside of the penalty area and suddenly shot from a distance, which was blocked by Van der Sar.
In the 10th minute, it was Xiao Xiaoluo's breakthrough again. Today, Leeds United's Baines kept driving Ronaldo to the middle and didn't let him go down.
It's just that when Xiao Xiaoluo was playing the ball in the middle, Parker stepped into the position and stopped the ball.
Both players touched the ball at the same time, and then Xiao Xiao Luo dived to the ground, but the referee signaled for the game to continue.
In the 11th minute, Leeds United scored first.
Mathieson found Kevin Davies in front of him with a long ball from the back, and Leeds United's no.14 fought his way ahead of Vidic to get the ball behind Rio Ferdinand and Neville.
Smith smashes a clever shot into the box from Neville's side.
Before Robinson could block all angles, he fired a left-footed volley into the near corner.
1 to 0.
Robinson was furious when he saw his goal breached by his former teammates.
I regret not moving a little more to completely seal the near corner.
But Smith had confirmed the goalkeeper's position before he had shot, and if Robinson had done that, he could have gone around the far corner, and the result would have been the same.
Smith began to provoke the United fans after scoring the goal, coming to the place where the United fans gathered and yelling at them and showing the crest on his shirt.
The United players were blindsided by Leeds' sudden goal, with the defenders just receiving the ball from the goalkeeper and then scoring with two more passes.
It's so fast and so efficient.
In fact, this is George Lee pinching his old teammate Ferdinand again, telling Kuyt and Smith on the two wings before the game that he can take advantage of Ferdinand's lack of concentration to steal behind him.
It's not the first time we've done this, having scored in that way the last time we played against Manchester United.
Today is the same old thing, and the effect is still obvious.