Chapter 153: Praise
On New Year's Day in 2014, Manchester United beat Tottenham 5-2 at home, continuing their winning streak.
A few days ago, in the eighteenth round of the Premier League on December 25, Manchester United played Hull City away. They went to Hull, Yorkshire, a day early to prepare for the next day's game. So the players didn't spend Christmas Eve with their families. Therefore, after the game against Tottenham, Kintag announced to everyone that he will give everyone a day off tomorrow so that everyone can spend time with their families.
Not only the players, but Kintag also hasn't had much rest for a long time. The leagues in other countries have a winter break, and the Premier League happens to be the busiest around Christmas, so Kintag feels very ashamed of Wen Na and the children. After today's game, Jin Taige returned home as soon as possible to spend the first day of 2014 with his family.
After Manchester United won a wave of four consecutive victories, coupled with the previous wins over Newcastle and Aston Villa, Manchester United has won six consecutive league victories. They are the hottest team in the Premier League during this period. After the intensive schedule in December, the current Premier League ranking has changed a lot.
Manchester City has 15 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, with 48 points, ranking first in the league.
Manchester United has 13 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, with 41 points, ranking second in the league.
Chelsea ranked third in the league with 40 points, Arsenal ranked fourth in the league with 38 points, and the next five to eight were Liverpool, Everton, Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur.
After Manchester United defeated Tottenham and returned to second place in the league standings, major media newspapers made comments one after another.
"Daily Telegraph" reporter Karo Yinke analyzed the current situation of Manchester United.
"Although Manchester United experienced a three-game losing streak in the league at the end of October, Manchester United ranked fifth in the league at the time, and Everton, which ranked sixth, was only one league point less than Manchester United. Kim Tiger, who is aiming to defend the title The situation is critical, and his team is already 13 points behind their rivals in the same city. But Manchester United successfully broke through the Champions League in November and finally advanced to the last 16 of the Champions League as the first group, which gave them more energy to deal with The Premier League game. At present, they have won six consecutive victories in the league and returned to the second place in the league. Now they are only 7 points away from Manchester City, who is ranked first. Manchester United now only needs to be themselves and wait. Man City made a mistake."
The "Times" reporter Leslie praised the performance of Manchester United's offensive line in the newspaper.
"The league is just halfway through, and Van Persie has scored 15 goals, and in the same period last year, Van Persie only scored 11 goals. Last year, Van Persie scored 26 goals. It seems that this year's number Still need to continue to improve. The 30-year-old Van Persie's scoring momentum is unabated. It seems that he is still a strong contender for the Premier League Golden Boot this year. He used his good form to declare to the Suarez behind him-want to win the Golden Boot? Wait a few years."
The "Guardian" reporter Toynby praised the performance of several new players.
"Many people say that Kintag is the best successor to Manchester United and Ferguson; others say that he is calm and decisive, but has an excellent relationship with the media, which is very similar to Guardiola. ; But I don't think so, I think Kintag is a copy of Wenger!"
"In the summer, Kintag's signing targets were a group of unknown young people. The biggest transfer fee for Manchester United in the summer was the Zaha bought by Ferguson before he retired, which cost Manchester United 15 million euros. And Kintag Among the players currently entrusted with heavy responsibilities, Kanter and Alonso, who were introduced with 0 transfer fees, are now worth more than 10 million; Mahrez, who was introduced for 500,000, is now worth about 30 times; Icardi and a few others have seen their value increase to varying degrees. Judging from the increase in value alone, Manchester United has already made a fortune!"
"In addition to considering the issue of worth, several players bought by Kintiger in the summer have good strength. Now Kanter has become the most reliable defensive core of Manchester United's midfield. This French rookie has already won A new title 'New Makelele',
But I personally think that when Makelele was his age, he didn't even have such a strong positioning and anticipation ability. "
"Let's talk about Mahrez and Martial. The sharp breakthroughs of these two people are reminiscent of Ronaldo and Bale. I think they will become the world's top wide players in a short time! Manchester United has two wings Fei's tactics will continue to flourish!"
Hall, a young reporter for the "Manchester Evening News", published an opinion piece in which he paid tribute to several veterans of Manchester United.
"35-year-old Ferdinand, 38-year-old Giggs, 30-year-old Van Persie, the central axis of Manchester United is more than 100 years old; plus Vidic, Evra and Carrick, these three people They are both 31 years old. But despite this, these veterans have performed quite eye-catching this season, solid Ferdinand and Vidic, assists sharp Evra, midfield metronome Carrick, offensive core Giggs , Van Persie who solved the problem, in this season, they are still the best and most reliable main players of Manchester United! Salute to the veterans!"
Although full of praise, there are still some discordant voices.
Sky's Rahman avoided mentioning Manchester United on the show, and he lavished praise on several other teams.
"There is no doubt that this year's league championship belongs to Manchester City. The players they are sitting on the bench now can play the main force in other teams. And from the beginning of the league, they have been far ahead, although the league is only halfway through now , I am still very convinced that the Premier League champion this season will definitely belong to Blue Moon."
"Chelsea lacked some luck this season. Their team suffered three consecutive draws at the beginning of the season and then became unstable. Otherwise, Mourinho would definitely have the strength to compete for the Premier League title. It's a pity."
The "Sun" Wolf continues to question Kintag's team.
"Although Manchester United is currently ranked second in the league, there is only one point behind Chelsea and Arsenal. Maybe after the next game, Manchester United will return to fourth in the league. Besides, in the second half of the season, Manchester United will be even stronger. It’s difficult, they don’t have enough bench depth, these veterans played well in the first half of the season, but they will definitely be physically weak in the second half of the season, I guess at the end of the season, Manchester United will definitely encounter Waterloo, maybe even the Champions League qualification.
Kintag didn't care about these voices of praise or criticism. On January 2, his players were on vacation at home, and Kintag came to the club early because a special welcome ceremony will be held today. The protagonists are the three people that Kim Tae-gee has been waiting for for a long time...