Chapter 41 4:0
Roy Keane, one of Manchester United's greatest captains, has played 11 seasons at Old Trafford and will be in his 12th season.
In 12 seasons, his brilliant moments are countless. As the most important defensive core of Manchester United, Roy has always been an important banner figure.
Roy Keane is the embodiment of the spirit of Manchester United. In the eyes of the Red Devils fans, he is the best midfielder in the world and an unparalleled leader of Manchester United; in the eyes of his opponents, Keane can be called "the devil".
The Manchester United dynasty has been standing since the 1990s, Ferguson strategized off the field, and Keane was the undisputed commander on the field.
The brilliance of the Manchester United dynasty is mainly attributed to the coach Ferguson, but Roy Keane is definitely the top hero.
But the close relationship between the two has ended, and now their relationship is considered tense.
One is Keane's competitive level. Since 2002, the world has become a watershed, and it has begun to decline. In addition, some events off the field have also affected many things. There was an uproar. He not only mocked Irish coach McCarthy in the book, but also publicly admitted the amazing fact that he deliberately kicked the calf of Manchester City player Haaland in the league. Therefore, he was fined 150,000 pounds and suspended for five games by the FA.
This made Ferguson extremely dissatisfied.
At that time, Ferguson also intended to train Keane as his successor, so there was no contradiction. In addition, after Kerr replaced McCarthy as the Irish team coach, Keane returned to the national team again, and his temper gradually subsided. In front of Rooney and C-Ronaldo, he played the role of a professional role model.
Everything seems to be fine. But Manchester United has just been acquired, many things have happened inside and outside the club, and the team itself is in the trough of the transition between the old and the new. Recently, Keane is extremely dissatisfied with the state of the team. It was supposed to be Ferguson's job.
Keane played for the team for 12 years. Is the old captain, legendary star. He is still very dignified in the team, and coupled with his natural temper, he will naturally not hold back when he encounters dissatisfaction, so Ferguson feels that his majesty has been challenged.
The point is, he can't lash out at Keane as if he were treating other players.
This is the source of Ferguson's dissatisfaction with Keane.
Now when someone on the team has to step up and take responsibility, Ferguson is thinking of Keane. It's not that he's 'public revenge'. In fact, Keane is absolutely responsible for the current situation of the game. As the captain and defensive pillar of the field, he has not been able to suppress the opponent's midfield at all. The opponent's core Maurice is playing almost at will. Breaking through Keane directly, that goal has a lot to do with Keane being broken through.
Keane's defensive failure. Even worse than C-Ronaldo's failure to retreat, after all, he is a defensive midfielder. And C-Ronaldo is a full-back who is good at attacking.
In addition, Keane is also the best person to take responsibility.
He is 34 years old and is about to be 35 years old. A player of this age, no matter how brave he is, is about to retire. What's more, the contract renewal between Ri Keane and Manchester United in the summer has not been negotiated. By tomorrow May he will become A free agent, Keane will obviously choose to retire at that time, even though he himself thinks he can play for another year.
Thinking of these, Ferguson's eyes are a bit complicated.
In any case, Keane has been with him for more than ten years, and the relationship between the two will not disappear after a little conflict, but this is professional football, this is the reality, for the sake of Manchester United's entire team, someone has to sacrifice some to Keane's fame and age, even if he takes some responsibility, has little effect on him, so Ferguson can only say sorry to Keane in his heart.
Soon United were ready to make adjustments. Alan Smith was already warming up on the sidelines and appeared to be ready to play.
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When watching Alan Smith warm up, many people are speculating who he is replacing. Alan Smith can be used as a striker. The most likely replacement is Wayne Rooney, but it is not completely certain, because Alan Smith can also be replaced. Used as a midfielder.
There are also commentators who commented that this is likely to be a means of Manchester United's previous success. Alan Smith is an offensive player. Now that an offensive player is replaced in this situation, it must be to strengthen the offense, so it must be replaced by a defensive player. .
Wan Sheng also saw what happened to the Manchester United bench.
He knew United had to adjust.
No matter what adjustments they make, the situation may change because of it, and now the team is definitely in the upper hand, so Wansheng took the opportunity to come to the sidelines and shouted on the court, "Ignore them, hurry up and attack! We also Going to score!"
On the field now, some players have lost their minds.
After a 3-0 lead, anyone knew that Manchester United had almost no chance, as long as the game was over, Manchester City would have won the derby, so even the Manchester City players were a little absent-minded when they saw the Manchester United bench warmed up. At the time of the game, they all glanced over there. Like the commentators and the media who followed the game, they also guessed who Alan Smith was going to replace.
Wan Sheng's shout brought them back to their senses.
They realized that the team did have an overwhelming advantage now, so when Manchester United kicked off, they immediately launched an active fight, and finally a minute later, Scholes' pass was intercepted and Roy Keane's The counter-attack failed to make a contribution, and Joey Barton kicked the football cup to the frontcourt.
Manchester United was in a hurry to score, and this wave of offense played very forward.
When the football flew to the front, Manchester United immediately realized the danger, especially when the football arrived at the feet of Anelka!
Even if Anelka didn't perform well last season, few Manchester United players dare to say that they are stronger than Anelka, because Anelka is a big star himself, but it has been a bit sinking in the past two years, the fact The football circle has a very high evaluation of Anelka's ability. The clubs that want to acquire Anelka in the summer will also offer around £8 million.
A striker who hasn't performed much for more than a year can still be worth a high price. It is conceivable how much Anelka's strength is favored by others!
No one at Manchester United dared to underestimate Anelka. Especially in this pressing time!
But Manchester City's counterattack was already reactionary. Anelka lay on the ball a few steps and rushed forward ten meters. George Woodgate had to worry about Manchester United's goal and said, "Manchester City launched a counterattack! Anelka keep moving forward-"
This counter-attack feels familiar to Manchester City fans.
When Keegan was in charge of Manchester City. Many games rely on quick counter-attacks from front players to score goals. Anelka is the core player in the counterattack, because he is fast enough, physically strong enough, and technically excellent. He is the best player in Manchester City's frontcourt. Although his performance was mediocre last season, the public thinks that it is Anelka. The conflict between Card and head coach Keegan resulted.
So now seeing Anelka counter with the ball. There is a familiar feeling to Manchester City fans. So their cheers got louder.
In the face of this counterattack, Manchester United was very panicked, and their defense line was chaotic for the first time.
Just now, they all thought that they had to chase the ball no matter what, even if there was no hope of winning the game, but this is a Manchester derby, and it is a game that must not be given up. They must fight to the end, so they must try their best to score goals. They didn't even think about the defense at all, in their subconscious. Manchester City just scored a goal, how could it be possible to score again so quickly?
But the situation does not allow them to think too much, Manchester City's counterattack has come!
They were just stunned, and if they didn't pay attention, Manchester City had already attacked the door!
Although it is a quick counterattack, Manchester City's overall tactics have not changed. The players still consciously put on a full-attack and full-defense posture. No player fell behind because they were definitely unable to help the offense. Manchester City's overall formation followed Anelka's dribbling of the ball. Moving forward quickly, when Anelka brought the ball to the front of the penalty area, full-backs Musampa and Andy Cole were already following from both sides.
Rio Ferdinand chased Anelka.
After all, Anelka was dribbling the ball. He couldn't get rid of Ferdinand with his speed, so he glanced left and right and made a pass to the left. Ferdinand was tricked and shook his body, Anelka took advantage of it He was about to get rid of the ball from the right side when he had a chance, but Ferdinand was not so easy to get rid of. Anelka did not succeed directly. He only managed to get the space to dribble the ball from the right side. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he glanced at the door and moved with his feet. Keep kicking the door straight up.
The shot was rushed and goalkeeper Van der Sar saved the ball.
Before the Manchester City fans could express their disappointment, they saw that Andy Cole had already followed, rushed to the goal and aimed at the football and pumped it.
"Andy Cole—!!!"
“Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!”
George Woodgate took a deep breath and waited for this moment. When he saw Andy Cole put the ball into Manchester United's goal again, he roared out the breath in his chest!
This game is so amazing!
"4:0! 4:0! Crazy! The score is crazy! The game is crazy! Man City are crazy! They lead Manchester United 4-0 at Old Trafford. In the focus battle of Derby, we achieved an overwhelming advantage!"
"Not only that, but the former Manchester United star Andy Cole, who just signed with the team in the summer, also scored twice and sent two shells to the old club!"
"Maybe seeing Andy Cole's state, Sir Alex Ferguson will regret why he gave up on him in the first place. If he had stayed at Manchester United, I'm afraid he could have maintained his form until now. This is just crazy!"
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On the Manchester City coaching bench, everyone rushed out to see Andy Cole's goal and cheered.
Wansheng is the same.
He just reminded the players to play seriously and not to slack off just because of the three-goal lead, but he didn't expect the team to actually score, even before Manchester United made adjustments-until now Alan Smith is still standing on the sidelines waiting played.
Of course, now he can play.
But no one cares anymore. Even Manchester United raised a substitution card to signal Alan Smith to replace Roy Keane. Only the commentator said by the way, "Smith replaced Captain Keane..." Then, gone.
All eyes were on Manchester City's goals.
The Manchester City man was excited, and Wansheng was also excited. He yelled at Andy Cole, who was venting frantically on the sidelines, "Celebrate! Cole! The time is yours now!"
Many Manchester United players looked at Cole's excitement and remained silent. They did not urge the referee to restart the game as soon as possible. One is that the game has no hope of winning, and the other is that Andy Cole scored the goal.
Like Wayne Rooney, C Ronaldo, Alan Smith, these young players who entered Manchester United after 2003, certainly do not know Andy Cole, at least they know that Cole used to play for Manchester United, but like Giggs, Scholes, Roy Keane, Gary Neville and others are all familiar with Kerr and they have been teammates for several years.
When Cole became Manchester United's main striker, they were all just substitutes from the youth team. They were still very young at that time, and Cole could be regarded as their "senior".
When Cole was great at Old Trafford, many of them were envious, but now it seems that history is repeating itself, Cole is still great at Old Trafford, the only difference is that Cole represents Manchester United. sworn enemy Manchester City.
Many Manchester United players are very complicated, and at the same time they have to sigh that Andy Cole is really old and strong.
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Like many commentators said, Ferguson felt really complicated when he saw Andy Cole's goal, but this feeling is not regret or anything. In the dictionary of the old Jazz, there was never 'regret' In two words, he was only surprised by Andy Cole's state, but also felt incredible about Manchester City's overall performance.
4:0 Ah!
At 3:0 just now, he knew that the team would definitely lose, but he didn't expect that Manchester City could still score a goal when Alan Smith warmed up!
Is this the original Manchester City? ?
Ferguson looked at the Manchester City coaching bench. The figure of the young Chinese was a bit complicated, and at the same time, he was also very angry.
Although he is old, he will not admit defeat!
Now that Manchester United is in a period of transition between the old and the new, and the club has just changed its owner, the results in the turbulent period are definitely not guaranteed, but this does not mean that he is willing to such achievements, especially after renewing his contract with the club.
Ferguson had a plan in mind.
This season will definitely be tough, but try to get good results no matter what, and next season, with the growth of Alan Smith, Rooney, C-Ronaldo, Fletcher and other younger generations, some veterans from the team will be eliminated. , and after adding some lineups, the replacement of the old and the new has been completed. It is time for Manchester United to show its glory, and now it is time to start transforming the team.
Ferguson made up his mind. (To be continued ~^~)