Chapter 908: New Coach and Old Coach

After taking a short rest in the hotel in the morning, Manchester United took the bus to the Meazza Stadium at three o'clock in the afternoon to adapt to the venue.

At this moment, the atmosphere of the competition is already very strong. The roads are full of vendors selling souvenirs and Nella Group wearing blue and black jerseys. There are also many Manchester United fans wearing red jerseys, but compared with Inter Milan fans, they are like a desert. An oasis in the middle.

Gao Xiaodong looked at the familiar scenes outside the window with very complicated emotions. He had walked this road countless times. It can be regarded as his road of honor. Every time he went to Meazza, there were fans walking along the road to see him off. He came back victorious. , more fans lined the streets to welcome him.

But now, the fans are still there, and there are many wearing the blue and black jersey No. 10, but I don’t know whose fans they are anymore.

Knowing that Manchester United players have to adapt to the venue, there are already many Manchester United fans who came to Milan in advance in the Meazza stands, and there are also many local Chinese fans. Some of them are wearing Inter Milan jerseys, and some are wearing Manchester United jerseys. , but without exception they are all No. 10 jerseys.

Seeing Gao Xiaodong's appearance, the stands cheered.

"Xiaodong! Hello!"

"See me! Xiaodong!"

"Welcome back!"

"Don't show mercy."

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Seeing that some Inter Milan fans were so enthusiastic about Gao Xiaodong, Rooney smiled and said: "Gao, if you perform well in tomorrow's game, will some Inter Milan fans switch sides and support us?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "You are thinking too much. Even if Inter Milan fans leave the game, they will not switch sides. Are you taking the game too easy? No matter how bad Inter Milan is, it is still the Triple Crown winner last season."

Rooney said: "Without you last season, Manchester United would have won the Champions League."

Ferguson heard this and scolded: "Stop talking nonsense, does Inter Milan win the championship by one person? If you hold on to this idea, we will definitely lose this game."

The old man was unhappy, and Rooney did not dare to say anything more, so he packed up his equipment and prepared for training.

An adaptive training, there are fans, reporters, and even Inter Milan scouts in the stands. Of course, Ferguson does not know the real training tactics. It is just a simple running circle, passing the ball, and practicing shooting. .

Return to the hotel, take a shower and eat, and then the whole team watches the four games on the first match day of the top 16 knockout rounds together in the studio.

The Champions League is the tournament with the highest technical and tactical level in the world. It leads the development trend of world football to a certain extent. Even if there are no potential opponents of Manchester United in the other four games, it is still worth watching.

As a team aiming to win the title, Manchester United will definitely watch another strong matchup between Arsenal and Barcelona at home.

Among the top teams in the Champions League, only a few strong teams can compete with Manchester United: Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Bayern, and Chelsea. In terms of state, Barcelona and Real Madrid are Manchester United’s biggest enemies. Ferguson has already taken precautions and prepared for the future. Ready for Barcelona.

The game was very exciting and fierce. Barcelona scored first from Villa. In the end, Arsenal scored two goals in five minutes and unexpectedly defeated Barcelona 2:1 at home.

However, because Barcelona scored a goal in the away game, with Barcelona's strength and Arsenal's defensive ability, the hope of advancing at Camp Nou is no more than 50%.

Arsenal is inferior to Barcelona. Before the game, betting companies were not optimistic about Arsenal winning. However, football matches are like this. A strong team may not necessarily win, and a weak team may not necessarily lose.

Luck and status are sometimes more important than strength.

After watching the game, the players were having a heated discussion, putting Manchester United in the place of Arsenal or Barcelona, ​​and speculating on the outcome of the game.

After Ferguson and other players discussed for a while, he said seriously: "See, this is the Champions League. Don't think that Inter Milan is not in good condition. The new coach has just taken office and is young and easy to play. If the game is not over, no one will dare to fight." Speaking of steady wins, it's like when we played Bayern in the Champions League final, Milan played Liverpool in 2005, and we had a penalty shootout with Chelsea in 2008. Therefore, if we want to complete our revenge at Meazza, we must go all out and be cautious. "

Hearing Ferguson mention the old history again, many old Manchester United players secretly laughed in their hearts. The old man had told these allusions so many times that the new players were tired of hearing them, but they only dared to laugh in their hearts. He didn't even dare to show it, the old man's nickname for the hair dryer was not given casually.

When the Manchester United players were watching the Champions League game, the Inter Milan players were also watching, and they were also watching the match between Arsenal and Barcelona.

Manchester United aims to compete for the championship, and Inter Milan also regards defending the Champions League as its first goal. Serie A has won five consecutive championships, but they don't care so much.

After the game between Arsenal and Barcelona, ​​Leonardo felt it was a good time to inspire players' morale and confidence.

"The game was exciting. Everyone saw it. Cosmos Barcelona is not invincible. Last season, Inter eliminated Barcelona with defense. Now Arsenal defeated Barcelona with offense. No one is invincible. Don't look at Manchester United. We are undefeated in 33 games in the league and Champions League, but we are the defending champions, Meazza is our territory, and no team can easily score points here..."

Leonardo has just taken office. Before that, he coached Inter Milan's mortal enemy AC Milan. Except for the Brazilian gang headed by Lucio, the other big bosses of Inter Milan are not convinced by him. Listening to Leonardo, Inter Milan's The players all sneered secretly, thinking, Meazza's undefeated glory belongs to Mourinho. Even Benitez can't hold it, can you hold it?

Leonardo said confidently: "Gao Xiaodong is very versatile, but after all, he is only one person and cannot be used by two people. Don't worry, we have prepared ways to deal with Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong can't do it alone." The goals scored accounted for half of Manchester United's goals. As long as we freeze Gao Xiaodong, Manchester United will have nothing to fear."

The veteran players of Inter Milan were speechless and thought to themselves, you led AC Milan to the biggest score in history by Gao Xiaodong, and Gao Xiaodong also scored a hat trick. Why didn't you have a way to deal with Gao Xiaodong at that time? Now that you are at Inter Milan, you have figured out a way. Come on, if Gao Xiaodong is really that easy to freeze, he won't score so many goals in the Premier League.

Captain Zanetti coughed and said: "Manchester United has always played as a whole. Scholes and Ryan Giggs are mature and mature. Berbatov and Rooney also have the ability to decide the game. We can't just think about high quality." Xiaodong.”

Lucio naturally spoke for his compatriots. He said: "Berbatov is slow and Rooney is technically poor. They pose no threat."

Cambia said: "Ferguson is an old fox. He has an eclectic approach to his formations. The coach should treat him with caution."

Leonardo said: "Don't worry, everyone. I have studied Ferguson for a long time and have designed a lot of plans for this game. I believe that Ferguson's tactical arrangements cannot match my calculations. In terms of tactics alone, the English coach cannot compete with Italy." Compared to coaches.”

In order to encourage the recently demoralized players, Leonardo deliberately spoke in a relaxed manner. But the more relaxed he spoke, the more Inter Milan bosses felt that the coach hired by Father Mo was unreliable. They all felt that if Murry said this For Neo, there is still a certain degree of persuasion. After all, Mourinho is a famous coach who can be compared with Ferguson, but what does Leonardo have, and he dares not to take Ferguson to heart? He really doesn't know "death" How is it written?

Leonardo saw that except for the Brazilian players, the responses from others were not too enthusiastic, so he did not continue. He left the coaching staff to discuss tactics and let the players go home to rest.