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May 4, 2003, is destined to be a day that will be remembered by all Manchester United fans. Because on this day, the Red Devils Manchester United, whom they support and trust, relied on an unexpected defeat by their old rival Arsenal to complete a major reversal in the Premier League that stunned everyone!
"The Gunners lost a good game, the Red Devils secured the championship!" 》This is after Arsenal unexpectedly lost 2-3 at Highbury Stadium to Leeds United, which is facing a serious financial crisis, the "Daily Mail", "Mirror", "The Times" and other well-known British media gave title. In the article, these media outlets unanimously expressed warm congratulations to Manchester United for winning the championship, and then started to criticize Arsenal. They wanted to describe the Gunners as the biggest shame in the history of English football.
There is a reason why the British media criticizes and ridicules Arsenal so fiercely. After all, the Gunners were eleven points ahead of their rivals Manchester United but were overtaken by the Red Devils, eventually losing the 2002-2003 Premier League championship trophy. Such a result allowed Manchester United to add another legend to its extremely glorious reversal history. It also made Arsenal and the British media who were optimistic about the Gunners winning the championship look embarrassed. Therefore, it would be abnormal if the narrow-minded British media did not jump out and step on Arsenal's feet at this time.
Just as Arsenal fans were devastated and Manchester United fans were celebrating wildly for the team's miraculous comeback and championship, a tall young man with bright blond shawl hair and a black suit stood up for the first time when Manchester United secured the league title. The next day, he drove his car into the Carrington training base, and fifteen minutes later walked to the door of Manchester United head coach Sir Alex Ferguson's office.
Glancing at the familiar door in front of him, the blond young man showed a nostalgic and slightly sentimental look on his face. But soon, he calmed down his expression, then pushed open the door in front of him and strode in. But as soon as he took a step through the door, the young man covered his head with his hands and exited the door in embarrassment: "Hey, Alex (Ferguson), don't get angry, and don't throw things. It's me, George!"
"Oh, it turns out to be you. You came just in time. Just now I was wondering when you would come over." Noticing the identity of the visitor, Ferguson put the ashtray that had been lifted into the air back on the table as quickly as possible. The expression that was originally quite displeased because of being interrupted from work immediately became friendly, "What? Are you planning to take back your previous decision and continue to stay at Manchester United as my assistant?"
"Please, Alex, please don't mention such unrealistic things again, okay?" Looking at Ferguson's eyes with a hint of hope, the blond young man named George couldn't bear it, but he still told the truth. Answered the other party's question, "Alex, you should be very clear. Although in your eyes, I will continue to stay at Manchester United as an assistant coach to accumulate experience, connections and prestige. After you announce your retirement, I will take over from you." The coach of Manchester United's first team is a very suitable and perfect choice. But for me personally, this is obviously not the best choice... Alex, don't rush to refute me, although you are always shouting now. I have a bad heart and am ready to retire and find someone to take over, but to be honest, Alex, are you really willing to hand over a Manchester United team that is about to enter the renewal stage to others at this time?"
"..." After hearing the young man's words, Ferguson couldn't help but fall into silence. The red-nosed old man from Scotland knew very well that what the other party said was indeed true.
That's right, Ferguson is absolutely reluctant to hand over this Manchester United, which he has devoted countless efforts to, into the hands of someone other than him, even if this person is someone he is extremely optimistic about and temporarily provides him with a temporary solution while he is hospitalized for a heart attack. The same goes for George Nelson, who led Manchester United to a stunning comeback against Arsenal in the league as coach.
George Nelson, this is the name of the blond young man sitting in front of Ferguson. Currently serving as an assistant coach at the Premier League club Manchester United, he is called Ferguson's right-hand man by the British media along with Portuguese Carlos Queiroz. He is also the acting coach of Manchester United after Ferguson was hospitalized for recuperation due to heart problems in the middle of the season!
Originally, the Manchester United board of directors intended to let Queiroz, who had head coaching experience, serve as the acting coach while Ferguson was recuperating. However, Ferguson, who was in the hospital, firmly opposed this proposal and insisted on letting another coach, regardless of other people's objections and doubts. An assistant coach, George Nelson, who was only 22 years old at the time, served as acting head coach. For this reason, Mr. Ferguson even threatened to retire from football in order to get the Manchester United board of directors to approve his proposal.
In this way, amidst the skepticism of the media and fans, George Nelson took over Ferguson's coaching duties and was appointed by the Manchester United board of directors as the acting coach of the first team. And George Nelson himself became the youngest head coach in the history of Manchester United's first team - albeit only on an acting basis.
It is inevitable that George's appointment will attract such great doubts. Although he has performed extremely well as an assistant coach and his ability as an assistant coach has been recognized by people, it is difficult for a young man who is only in his early twenties to The nature of having someone serve as a head coach is completely different from having him serve as an assistant coach. In the eyes of most people, this young man still needs time to settle and polish. Queiroz, who is 50 years old and has experience in leading a team to win championships (Queros once led the Portuguese youth team to win the World Youth Championship twice in 1989 and 1991) Championship, and the backbone of that group of players is the Portuguese golden generation we are familiar with) is Manchester United's best choice at this time.
However, during his tenure as Manchester United's acting manager, George Nelson, who was not initially expected to lead the troubled Red Devils back on track, ended up delivering a pretty outstanding report card, which greatly exceeded everyone's expectations. !
Going back to December 7, 2002, the seventeenth round of the Premier League ushered in a highlight, which was the first head-to-head match between Manchester United and Arsenal in the league this season. And this game also happens to be George Nelson's first game as Manchester United's acting head coach!
In his first game as the team's acting coach, he faced a behemoth like Arsenal, and it was an away game. Nelson's luck could not but be said to be extremely bad. Most people at the time believed that Arsenal and Wenger would definitely defeat Manchester United cleanly in this game, further expanding their lead in the league standings and consolidating their initiative in the title race!
Under normal circumstances, most head coaches will choose to focus on stability at this time and adopt defensive counterattack tactics to deal with Arsenal, which is famous for its offensive football and technical flow in English football. However, to everyone's surprise, George Nelson went in the opposite direction and led Manchester United into a soul-stirring battle with Arsenal at Highbury Stadium!
During the game, Nelson gave full play to the tacit understanding and cooperation advantages of Manchester United's golden four midfielders, as well as the keen sense of smell in front of the goal of "King of the Small Zone" Ruud van Nistelrooy, making the Red Devils' offense as effective as possible. Threat; at the same time, he also arranged for Manchester United players to bypass Campbell and Ashley Cole, two of Arsenal's defensive strengths, and concentrate on attacking the defense zone responsible for Lauren and Keown, in order to increase the success rate of his own attack.
After Ronaldinho's humiliating lob in the World Cup quarter-finals, David Seaman's competitive state declined very obviously, and he was regarded as the core of Arsenal's defense together with the aging Keown. The weakest link. Therefore, George felt that if he did not make more use of this, he would be very sorry for Wenger's feelings.
Therefore, in this offensive battle, Arsenal, playing at home, relied on the skilled cooperation of the left-sided iron triangle of Henry, Pires and Ashley Cole on the offensive end to tear Manchester United's defense to pieces. , and Henry and Ice Prince Bergkamp scored two goals in a row, but compared to the Gunners, who are offensively strong and defensively weak, Manchester United's performance is obviously better - Ruud Ruud scored a hat-trick at Highbury, allowing Former England goalkeeper David Seaman, who has become increasingly aging after the World Cup in Korea and Japan, lost face; and super substitute Solskjaer even scored the winning goal in the 89th minute of the game to help Manchester United. Won this crucial game!
In this way, in his first game after becoming the head coach (although he was only the acting coach), George Nelson unexpectedly led Manchester United, which was no one expected before the game, to beat their old rival Arsenal 4-2 at Highbury Stadium. While winning an extremely crucial victory, it also narrowed the point difference between the two teams to only a mere eight points!
With this six-point victory against Arsenal, Nelson gave his managerial career a perfect start, and at the same time completely convinced the fans who were originally only willing to work together for many years. The big names in the team, such as Roy Keane, Beckham and Scholes, who followed his orders, and led the team to be suppressed by the Gunners for nearly half a season. The Red Devils, whose morale was somewhat unstable due to Ferguson's sudden illness, blew the whistle. The clarion call for counterattack!
Under the leadership of this 23-year-old young coach, Manchester United not only reversed the unfavorable situation of being 11 points behind the leader Arsenal, but also completed the overtake of the Gunners in the league standings, and finally Yesterday, they secured the Premier League championship for the 2002-03 season one round ahead of schedule; they also advanced to the quarter-finals as the first in the group in this season's Champions League, and competed with Real Madrid, known as the Galaxy Battleship, in the main event. The two away rounds were a complete affair, but it was only because of "alien" Ronaldo's sudden outburst in the second round and the lack of away goals that he was eliminated.
With his outstanding achievements as the acting head coach of Manchester United and a valuable Premier League championship, George Nelson, who was originally only slightly famous in the English coaching circle and was always regarded as just an excellent assistant coach, became famous almost overnight. The whole English football world! The British media, which is good at making stars and always treats local people quite favorably, couldn't wait to promote George on the day Manchester United won the championship in advance. Some people even hailed him as the number one young coach in the Premier League!
Although many head coaches are very unconvinced by the title given to George by the British media and believe that George Nelson, who has not even played a full season and is not even an official head coach, is not qualified to receive this honor, but The fans didn't buy their account very much - you know, George was called upon to lead the crisis-ridden Manchester United to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and he also won a league championship trophy. With such impressive results, apart from George Nelson, which other young coach in the entire English football world can achieve this?
Therefore, with the vigorous promotion of the British media and the strong support of the fans, the title of "The Premier League's No. 1 Young Coach", which has made countless head coaches under the age of 45 jealous, is so stable. It fell firmly on the head of George Nelson. While enviing his peers, it also further enhanced his popularity in European football!
And this has also become the main reason why George Nelson decided to leave Manchester United - after having enough fame and prestige, and tasting the sweetness of becoming the head coach, he was no longer willing to stay at Manchester United as an assistant to Ferguson. .
