"Tch, George is still as cautious as before. As long as he has been fooled once or made an oversight, it will be difficult for him to make the same mistake again." Seeing that the opening attack plan was not implemented smoothly, he also Ferguson was almost upset when Tottenham players who were well prepared seized the opportunity to attack and counterattacked successfully. "If I had known this, I wouldn't have taught him these things during the team training games. It would have been unnecessary." Like now, you are shooting yourself in the foot."
Hearing Ferguson's words, Meulensteen on the side couldn't help but secretly laugh, thinking to himself that the reason why you taught George these things was because you had the idea of training him to be his successor? But no one expected that this young man would suddenly become the owner and head coach of Tottenham Hotspur last summer, and lead the team to win the Premier League in his first season as coach of Tottenham Hotspur. Manchester United finished second in the league. As a result, Ferguson, the master, was in a very embarrassing situation.
Of course, the Dutch didn't express these thoughts. Because he knew that although Sir Alex was usually hard-spoken and soft-hearted at times like this, he was extremely face-saving. Therefore, for the sake of his own safety, Mullensteen did not need to discuss this topic with Ferguson to avoid arousing the other party's resentment.
After all, there are countless similar things that have happened before, and the final fate of those who offended Sir Alex Ferguson for various reasons (such as Lee Sharp, Paul Ince, Stam, and Beckham) is undoubtedly It doesn't end with leaving. With so many lessons learned from the past, Meulensteen naturally had no intention of risking his life and getting into trouble.
While Ferguson was upset that he had taught such an outstanding disciple like George, on the other side, George was also looking at the situation on the court with a solemn face. Because George has keenly discovered that the initiative in the game has not completely fallen into Tottenham's control as time goes by as he expected before the game! Although Manchester United gradually fell into a passive position after three strikes in the opening game, they never allowed Tottenham to further expand their advantage on the scene!
Although Tottenham's advantage in the game was not as huge as George imagined, it did not exceed his expectations. You know, although the main members of Manchester United's Triple Crown period have either transferred and left the team or begun to decline, Ferguson has been working hard to update the team in the past two years. The joining of stars in their prime, such as Ferdinand, Heinze and Cudicini, as well as the arrival of younger generations such as Rooney, Joaquin, Carrick, and the subsequent tactical innovations, is the story of Ferguson's period. The results achieved over time are also the main reason why Manchester United has not fallen out of the first group of the Premier League even when they are in pain!
No matter how much criticism Ferguson has in other aspects, it must be admitted that among the head coaches of the same age group as Sir Alex Ferguson, Ferguson can be said to be the best at learning and absorbing advanced football ideas and turning them into his own use. That batch of coaches - from the traditional British 4-4-2 parallel positioning and long passes implemented at Manchester United in the early days, to the diamond midfielder and two wings flying together during the Triple Crown, and then after entering the new century He successively introduced Veron and Blanc, tried to carry out technical transformation of Manchester United, and tried to make the Red Devils, who had already reached their peak, make further progress. It can be said that Sir Alex Ferguson has never stopped learning!
This is why other big-name coaches who were once famous, such as Arrigo Sacchi, Trapattoni, Venables, Hitzfield and others, have to step down from the position of head coach because they cannot keep up with the pace of the times. When he retires or reaches a senior position in the national team, only Ferguson is still firmly in the position of Manchester United's head coach. Not only does he lead the Red Devils to the top of the Premier League, he has fulfilled his long-cherished wish of knocking Liverpool off the throne, and he even leads the team again. Standing on the podium of the European Champions Cup!
For example, now, in the year since Beckham left the team, Ferguson has successfully seized the opportunity of the disintegration of the golden four midfielders, not only speeding up the team's replacement, but also drastically overthrowing and rebuilding the previous tactical system. Trying to carry out the technical transformation that had not been realized in the past despite many obstacles - letting Carrick share Roy Keane's work, Joaquin, Heinze and other newcomers were entrusted with important tasks when they first arrived. They are all Sir Alex Ferguson The decision was made to achieve this goal!
However, there is obviously still a certain gap between ideal and reality. Taking Joaquin as an example, Ferguson originally wanted to follow the example of his old rival Wenger and transform the Spaniard into an all-round attacker similar to Pires, that is, he could break through and pass the ball like a traditional winger, and he could also make passes at any time according to the situation. In the above situation, choose to cut inside with the ball and shoot directly. Unfortunately, after more than a season of training, Joaquin's performance still did not meet Ferguson's expectations. On the court, he still prefers to dribble the ball directly and then assist his teammates to score.
Every time at this time, Ferguson would feel all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred towards George and Wenger - Why can you always find players who suit your liking, while I have to spend a lot of energy and time slowly transforming them?
"Perhaps, Joaquin is unwilling to shoot too much inside, not because he can't or doesn't like to do it, but because there is Luther (Ruud) in the team?" After seeing Joaquin again in During the attack, he did not choose to cut inside with the ball, but aimed at Ruud van Nistelrooy's position and sent a cross. As a result, Vidic made the first step to clear the ball. Ferguson, who was originally quite dissatisfied with Joaquin's choice, suddenly had an idea. Now, I realize the crux of the problem!
Indeed, with a top striker like Ruud Ruud on the front line, the first reaction of other players after receiving the ball is naturally to pass the ball to the Dutchman, allowing the "King of the Small Zone" to take charge of the final blow. Not to mention, Van Nistelrooy, who has been with Manchester United for three years, often acts like a big brother in front of the young Joaquin, asking him to pass the ball to him more openly and secretly. As a newcomer, Joaquin is not easy to refute. In order to save Ni's face, he had no choice but to agree to the Dutch request.
Ferguson's speculation cannot be said to be unreasonable. You know, in George's previous life, Ronaldo finally opened his scoring account in the first season after Ruud van Nistelrooy left Old Trafford, and also broke the single-season scoring record for a midfielder in the history of the Premier League. !
However, in order to verify his conjecture, Ferguson will have to wait until the game is over to slowly test it. The focus now is still on this head-to-head confrontation with Tottenham. For Manchester United, which has only accumulated nine points in the first six league games, if they cannot take all three points in this game, then the Red Devils will be in contention this season. The championship situation is probably much more dangerous than that of the 2002-03 season!
In this way, when the whole game ended, Tottenham went through 90 minutes of hard work and relied on a goal from Villa, who came on as a substitute, in the 83rd minute to win 1-0 in this focus battle. Manchester United got an extremely valuable victory and three points!
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