Chapter 431: The Qualities of Genius(1/2)
Manchester United coach Ferguson sat on the coaching seat with his face looking very gloomy.
If he had encountered such a difficult League Cup a few years ago, he would have chosen to give up because Manchester United does not lack a League Cup trophy.
But Manchester United hasn't tasted the championship for a long time in recent seasons.
In this domestic competition, Manchester United can only compete for the League Cup. They have reached the finals. In terms of league competition, they have a big gap with Manchester City. It is hard to say whether there will be a chance in the final period.
So Ferguson really hopes to win the League Cup championship and the Cup championship, which is ultimately an explanation for the team, the club, and the fans.
However, they met Manchester City again.
Ferguson is very tough, but he knows in his heart that it is difficult for Manchester United to defeat Manchester City in real competition with strength. More than two seasons and many matches have proved this. Manchester City's tactical cooperation is much better than Manchester United. At the same time, their player abilities are no worse than Manchester United at all.
It is difficult to win the front, so try hard.
There is no such thing as "impossible to win" in football. After all, both sides are eleven players, but Manchester United had fought one game last time, which also brought about a "bad" backdrop. Ferguson knew that Manchester United could no longer bear similar consequences, otherwise it would affect the team's Champions League game.
The Champions League is something Manchester United must strive for, and Ferguson does not want to see the Champions League be affected.
So before this game, Ferguson talked to the players about the game, asking them to restrain their movements, not to fight with the opponent too fiercely, and not to have conflicts with the opponent. He also knew that when playing with Manchester City in this way, the team had little chance of winning, but football was like this. In the case of poor strength and condition, it was impossible to have the best of both worlds.
In the game decisively, there will be problems with the front line.
The combination of Saha and Fletcher...he performed so poorly!
Manchester United performed well in other positions, but the weak forward line is a big problem. He cannot just expect the midfield to complete the goal.
Ferguson had a headache, he felt that he was really old.
Just yesterday, he had a few arguments with David Jill. The reason was naturally related to the invitation of Wan Sheng to coach Manchester United. Ferguson knew that he would retire, but he thought he could work for two years and did not intend to retire directly.
However, Ferguson also considered the issue of "successor". That "damn" Chinese is indeed a good choice. If the other party can agree to coach Manchester United, he doesn't mind taking the liquidated damages and choosing to leave early.
But obviously, the hateful Chinese refused again.
The Manchester United coach has become a hot potato?
The other party refused completely decisively?
Ferguson held his anger and quarreled with David Jill, "I've said he wouldn't agree, and I'm not old enough to retire early! If you and Glazer don't trust me, I can leave now!"
But so what?
Now Manchester United plays against Manchester City, and Manchester City still scores goals. Who else can he expect?
Ferguson couldn't help but look at the stadium.
A handsome young man with his hair raised was walking down his head and over the backcourt. Beads of sweat dripped from his temples. His face showed unwillingness and he kept looking back at the cheers coming from behind.
His name is Cristiano Ronaldo.
In the VIP private room.
Manchester United club chairman Glazer is looking through the window.
Manchester City fans cheered wildly in the audience, and Manchester City players were also celebrating the goal on the field.
Beside him, Sinale clapped his hands and smiled.
The clapping reached Glazer's ears, and his face looked even more ugly.
"Congratulations, the goal..."
But Glazer still maintained his demeanor, with several syllables squeezed out from his teeth, but he was still congratulating Sinale on Manchester City's goal.
Sinar replied, "Thank you", and the two of them were not talking.
Glazer looked at the Manchester United coach's seat, where coach Ferguson was sitting, with white hair and a solemn face, as if he was expressing his dissatisfaction with the game with his face.
At this time, Glazer was very dissatisfied with Ferguson. It was not because of the backwardness of the game, nor because he lost face. What he cared more was that he seemed to be an outsider at Manchester United club, and he could not do anything when facing the backward score.
Yes, nothing can be done.
He didn't even have the right to express his dissatisfaction.
After completing the acquisition of Manchester United in the form of debt, Glazer almost devoted all his family's assets and devoted everything to Manchester United's club. However, although he holds the most equity in Manchester United, he has not become the actual person in charge of Manchester United, because the most important person in Manchester United will always be head coach Ferguson.
In the hearts of Manchester United fans, in the hearts of those media, directors and football celebrities who support Manchester United, Ferguson is the most important person for Manchester United.
So Glazer, as the chairman, could do nothing.
He can't do anything to the team, can't point fingers at the transfer, and even now, in the League Cup final, Manchester United lags behind Manchester City, he can't blame Ferguson.
Glaze suddenly envied Abramovich, or the presidents of other Premier League clubs, who all had great rights, at least they had the right to choose to contact the head coach when the head coach's performance was not satisfactory.
He has this right, but he dare not do it.
In other words, he is almost the same as having no rights, because that will have terrible consequences.
Even if Manchester United lost this game, Glazer knew that he could only comfort Ferguson instead of criticizing anything, which made him feel very frustrated. After thinking about discussing with David Jill with invitation to Wan Sheng to coach Manchester United, he suddenly hoped to find a successor to Ferguson. Even if he was not a coaching ability, it would make Manchester United's worse-scoring "successor" as long as... as long as he could replace Ferguson and let the old guy retire early!
At that time, he will have absolute rights at Manchester United club and he will be able to decide everything about the team.
He has the final say who is the head coach!
He has the final say on what stars the team wants to buy and what stars to sell!
Only then can he truly become the master of Manchester United, and even Manchester United's business expansion will become much better because he can decide all changes in the team and serve business expansion.
However, Glazer knew in his heart that as long as Ferguson insisted on coaching, he could not decide anything at all.
Could it be... how many years do you really have to wait?
The game started quickly after Manchester City celebrated the goal.
Manchester United is unwilling to fall behind. They continue to organize offenses to attack Manchester City's defense, hoping to equalize the score in the first half. However, Manchester City's defense is very tight, and the offense can pose a great threat to Manchester United.
The two sides had a fierce confrontation in the subsequent time of the first half.
But until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, neither side scored another goal, and Manchester City returned to the locker room with a goal lead.
Wan Sheng praised all the players' performance, but he thought it was not enough.
"The game was only halfway through, and we were just leading with one goal! In this game, our goal was the championship trophy, but if we could score a few more goals, I wouldn't mind at all!"
Many players laughed.
Wan Sheng's face became much more serious, "I'm not kidding! What I'm talking about is the fact! We are mortal enemies, mortal enemies for a hundred years, and the only battle between us is to die! Just before the game, you all heard the news, Manchester United said they wanted me to coach? It's so funny, they deliberately released the news to affect our condition!"
"They tried every means to influence us, and defeated us in close proximity!"
"But I won't let them succeed! The same is true for you, the club, I, and you, will try every means to defeat them! Winning a goal is nothing, we have to win more goals, let the whole of England and even the whole of Europe witness, now English football belongs to us! Manchester United is already a thing of the past, and Manchester's most powerful team is us!"
Wan Sheng waved his arms excitedly and said strongly, "We want 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!"
"Now is our time!"
"Manchester United is old, just like their coach..."
Manchester City returned to the field with high fighting spirit.
Manchester United is different.
Although Ferguson made adjustments during the halftime break and encouraged the players to work harder, they have not beaten Manchester City in the past two years, and are now behind with another goal. They have doubts about whether they can defeat Manchester City.
This mentality makes it difficult for them to have fighting spirit.
In addition, the lack of lineup is also a problem. For example, on the front line, Wayne Rooney and Tevez are not on the court, and many players do not trust Fletcher's ability, and Sach's condition is difficult to be trusted.
This distrust has led to a much lower morale in Manchester United.
Manchester United, with low morale, encountered Manchester City with high morale. The result is conceivable. Even though many Manchester United players actually performed well, they were incomparable to Manchester City with high morale overall, so Manchester City's goals were not difficult to score.
Manchester City scored another goal after only four minutes of the second half.
When Ivan Krue passed the ball into the penalty area, it was a half-high ball to the waist. The height of the ball was the most embarrassing. Torres could not shoot at the first time. He stopped with ****, and Ferdinand and Vidic squeezed over from both sides.
At this moment, the football came behind Torres.
Some commentators thought there was no chance. Just when they were sighing a pity, Torres suddenly had a smart heel!
"No chance...oh, no...Torres..."
"Is it a shot!"
Torres used his heel to point the ball towards the goal!
Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar never expected the football to roll towards the goal in such a direction. He didn't see Torres shot from the middle. He reacted and wanted to make a save, so he could only pray on the spot that the football would not enter... Of course, he was disappointed.
The football rolled into the goal against the post.
"Torres! That's so clever!"
George Woodgate exclaimed, "A shot with a heel, let's see the slow motion... After Torres stopped the ball, he was completely squeezed away by Ferdinand, but he still did not give up. His heel hit the ball!"
"Torres scored an incredible goal, which is a performance of the Spanish genius! He faced the defense of Ferdinand and Vidic alone, and scored the ball with his heel. Goalkeeper Van der Sar was powerless to face the genius' blow!"
"You can't blame anyone for this goal, you can only say that the Spanish genius performed too well..."
To be continued...