Chapter 869 The King Comes Out

After Manchester United was tied with Birmingham City at St. Andrews Stadium, Gao Xiaodong's last-minute goalpost indeed aroused the doubts of many reporters and fans with ulterior motives after the game. They believed that China is a humane society, and Gao Xiaodong and Birmingham City The boss, Yang Ka-shing, is both Chinese. Gao Xiaodong must have wanted to let Birmingham go when Manchester United was leading the standings by a large margin. Otherwise, with Gao Xiaodong's shooting skills, how could he hit the goalpost in the end.

Some people also believe that it is absolutely abnormal for Gao Xiaodong to go on a killing spree against wealthy teams such as Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal, and even miss a chance to win against a relegation-defeating team like Birmingham City.

These heart-wrenching statements have been strongly condemned by fans of Manchester United and Gao Xiaodong, as well as some honest media. They believe that these are purely for the sake of blackmail and are completely unfounded. Gao Xiaodong's performance in this game has been very good, with an equalizer. It was Gao Xiaodong who broke in. If Gao Xiaodong can be hacked, then the suspicion of others cheating will be even greater.

In just four years, Gao Xiaodong has become so famous in European football at the age of 21. It is normal for him to be famous and jealous, but this has not had any impact on Gao Xiaodong. In the next away games against West Brom and Stoke City, Manchester United defeated their opponents 2:1 without any effort. Gao Xiaodong completed two goals and one assist, continuing to maintain the lead against second-placed Chelsea. 9-point lead.

After these two league games, there are only three days until the Ballon d'Or award ceremony, but Manchester United still has an FA Cup game against Liverpool.

The English FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. English football clubs at all levels compete in one-on-one knockout matches. There is no seeding team. The matchups and home and away games are entirely determined by draws. Manchester United was very unlucky. In a total of 8 knockout rounds, they were drawn against their arch-rival Liverpool in the third round.

Originally, Ferguson had already made the decision not to allow Gao Xiaodong to participate in this round of the FA Cup. Gao Xiaodong went directly to Switzerland to prepare for the awards ceremony. Gao Xiaodong readily agreed. However, after the draw results came out, both Ferguson and Gao Xiaodong had a headache. .

The FA Cup is different from the League Cup. The League Cup is basically worthless, but the FA Cup is the most important cup competition. It was once more important than the league championship in history.

Manchester United has a huge lead in the league this season and is at least 70% sure of winning the championship. With the league still having room to spare, Manchester United is naturally eager to repeat the glory of winning the Triple Crown in 1999, so they must not give up on the FA Cup. .

Although Liverpool's record in this half season is very poor and they can't even enter the top 10 in the standings, Liverpool is Liverpool. They are cup experts. They have won 5 Champions Leagues, 2 more than Manchester United, and once won them in one season. With five domestic and international cup wins, if Manchester United is the king of the league, then Liverpool can be called the king of the cup. It is not easy for Manchester United to win Liverpool within 90 minutes.

After the lottery results came out, Gao Xiaodong took the initiative to ask for the competition, saying that after finishing the FA Cup, he would fly directly to Zurich, Switzerland, to attend the awards ceremony. There was enough time. The award ceremony was not a competition and did not require any preparation. In order to attend the awards in advance It would be unwise to give up the FA Cup and play Liverpool.

Ferguson thought twice and felt that the Liverpool team under Hodgson was no longer something to be afraid of, not even a paper tiger. If Liverpool had to keep Gao Xiaodong in the face of such a team, it would be a bit pricey, so he rejected Gao Xiaodong's offer. Please fight and let him go directly to Switzerland to attend the Ballon d'Or awards ceremony without worrying about the game against Liverpool.

Here, Ferguson has just made the decision to give up Gao Xiaodong to play in the FA Cup. Over there, Liverpool has made an even more shocking decision in order to stop Manchester United in the cup.

The night before the start of the third round of the FA Cup, Liverpool's official website announced that coach Hodgson has officially dismissed get out of class. The FA Cup away game against Manchester United on January 9 will be the acting head coach of Liverpool King Dalglish.

and continues until the end of the season.

It is very rare to change coaches before a war, but it is also a choice made by the Red Army Liverpool out of desperation.

Last summer, Liverpool Club sent away former coach Benitez, and former Fulham coach Hodgson became the new head coach of the Red Army. However, Hodgson, the best coach in the Premier League last season, did not lead Liverpool to the road to recovery. Instead, he brought the Red Army to a point of no return. As of the 22nd round of the Premier League, Liverpool had only achieved 8 wins, 4 draws and 9 games with 1 game less. With a negative score of 28 points, they are ranked 11th in the standings. This ranking point has almost cost Liverpool the opportunity to launch an impact on the Champions League next season. It is currently only 6 points more than deputy squad leader West Ham, and is even in danger of being relegated!

When the train was heading towards the abyss, ordinary coaches could no longer make changes in Liverpool in a very short period of time. Therefore, the owner of Liverpool Club, John Henry, personally went to the home of former Liverpool King Kenny Dalglish to ask him to come out. Save Liverpool.

Although Dalglish has been away from the first-line position for 10 years and taking over such a mess midway is very likely to ruin his reputation, out of love for Liverpool, Dalglish agreed to John. Henry came out and coached Liverpool until the end of this season.

Dalglish played against Manchester United on the second day after taking office. It seemed extremely stressful and dangerous, but in fact this was a time carefully designed by the King of Liverpool, Dalglish.

The pressure is great and the benefits are not small. If Liverpool can defeat Manchester United in the FA Cup, then Dalglish can establish his authority through this game and complete the transformation of Liverpool.

If the game is lost, Dalglish will not be blamed. The fans and media can only blame Hodgson for dismissal. Dalglish can even use the loss of this game to clean up the team. The black sheep of the people, let the people they trust come to power.

It can be said that no matter whether they win or lose in this FA Cup double red, firefighting coach Dalglish is invincible.

Dalglish's 20 years at Liverpool as a player and coach were the 20 years during which Liverpool dominated British football. If he had not resigned due to health reasons in 1991, would Ferguson's 20 years of glory be still far behind? It is difficult to say that in the first five years that Ferguson took charge of Manchester United, he was actually suppressed by Dalglish.

Ferguson was very afraid of Dalglish. He knew very well the abilities of this football genius. Therefore, after Dalglish announced his comeback to put out the fire, he immediately understood Dalglish's intention. Of course, Ferguson would not let the old captain get up to speed. Gerlish succeeded. He called Gao Xiaodong decisively and asked Gao Xiaodong to stay and finish the FA Cup before going to Switzerland.

Gao Xiaodong had originally planned to stay and play in the FA Cup. Now Ferguson called him and asked him to stay and participate in the war. Of course Gao Xiaodong would not refuse again, but now that Ferguson was begging him, Gao Xiaodong would definitely give him a try. Damn, after Gao Xiaodong agreed to Ferguson, Monkey immediately called Ferguson, hoping that Ferguson could take Beibei and Pogba to the FA Cup to see the world, without being asked to play, and just feel the atmosphere on the spot.

Monkey is now the agent representative sent by the Guadefoot Agency to serve Gao Xiaodong. His request is equivalent to Mendes's request. Although this is a bit suspected of interfering in the team's formation, for the 18-man team On the roster, there can be up to three substitutes on the field, which is usually only two people. It doesn't matter if you bring two more people. Besides, Ferguson is also very optimistic about Pogba's potential, so he gave Mendes this face and agreed to the monkey's request.