Four Hundred and Eighty Nine Absolutely!

"I now believe that you are my hardcore fan."

After attending the post-match press conference, Gao Shen invited Ferguson to drink in an office at the San Paolo Stadium.

Like the French wine given to Mourinho, Gao Shen also gave Ferguson a box.

These are rare wines bought through Zidane's personal connections.

But what Ferguson said was not just referring to this case of wine, but answered his question profoundly.

Paisley is a small town on the southwestern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland's largest city.

That year, Ferguson had coached at St. Mirren in Paisley for four years, and this was the second stop of his coaching career.

It took him two full years to bring this second-tier league team into the Scottish Super League when he was thirty-six years old.

Fans who have read Ferguson's autobiography will not be unfamiliar with St. Mirren. It is the birthplace of Ferguson, but it is also his sad place, because there, he achieved success, but at the same time he was humiliated by St. Mirren, and then He left angrily in 1978 and switched to Aberdeen.

But few people know that when Ferguson was coaching St. Mirren, besides coaching, he had another identity, the bar owner.

He bought two bars from Edward Brenton, a young entrepreneur who drove a Rolls Royce, one of which was in the small town of Paisley, called Paisley Turnpike Bar.

Another bar is in his hometown, the High Bay area in the south of Glasgow, very close to the Ibrox Stadium, home of the Glasgow Rangers, at the intersection of Paisley West Road and High Bay Road, called Paisley Avenue West.

The reason why this bar is remembered by Gao Shen is because it comes from an autobiography published by Ferguson at the beginning of the century, [I am the coach of Manchester United], which once told a story about the bar.

The bar downstairs in the bar has a very special name, the Elbow Room.

Yes, that is what our elbow means.

Why is it called this name?

Because when Ferguson played, he always used his elbows to push away the players who defended him.

To be honest, if it wasn't for Gao Shen repeatedly in the tactical library,

Having read Ferguson's book many times, I probably have to miss this paragraph, let alone remember the name.

...

"Since you know this bar, you should also know the story, right?"

Gao Shen nodded.

Ferguson didn't focus on football in the early days, but ran several pubs, Paisley Avenue West was one of them.

But one day, two gangs of robbers fought in his bar and even fired a gun, which led to the involvement of the bar owner Ferguson, and his bar manager was even arrested by the police.

This is thanks to the underdeveloped information dissemination back then, otherwise, Ferguson would have caused a whole lot of trouble.

Most of the bars he ran were poorly managed, because he had to coach, so he couldn't concentrate on running the bars. As a result, he was heavily in debt and his life was very difficult.

In addition, Scotland in the 1970s was still quite chaotic, and people often had fights in his bar. Ferguson himself was once hit by a broken wine glass, and his head was broken and bloody.

After a series of things happened, especially the conflict with St. Mirren, and the family's various difficulties, Ferguson finally couldn't bear it anymore and was determined to get rid of it all.

So he closed all the bars and went to Aberdeen to coach.

Since then, he has really embarked on the road to the legendary godfather.

It's just that no one thought that although he didn't run a bar anymore, Ferguson became obsessed with betting on horses, and because of the stallion incident in Gibraltar, he had a fight with the major shareholder of Manchester United. The whole world was shocked by this.

...

"Young man, what I want to tell you is that in this world, no one has ever been a prophet. No one can know his next step in advance and plan his future."

Ferguson looked at Gao Shen earnestly and said.

"We are like being blindfolded by a black cloth, losing our direction, and can only keep groping forward. No one is born knowing what he wants to do and what he can do. Those things in the autobiography are all It was beautified and used to deceive fans, but the real situation is that I was forced to go to the bottom of the road, so I chose to coach full-time."

"If my bar business, if my other business is doing well, I won't bother with this!"

Ferguson said it easily, but Gao Shen didn't sound easy.

Because the old jazz was successful and famous, he was able to lift weights with ease. If Gao Shen believed what he said at this moment, it would be the same as believing the beautified stories in his autobiography.

There have never been fairy tales in this world.

"So, young man, don't be discouraged, you still have a long way to go!"

Gao Shen understood.

He didn't expect that the person in front of him turned out to be such a Ferguson!

It feels like a chicken soup master.

"Sir, I remember, this wine is a little sour, why did you taste like chicken soup?" Gao Shen asked back with a smile.

"Chicken soup?" Ferguson was taken aback.

"Isn't there a second round? Why are you so sure that you will win?" Gao Shen asked with a smile.

After hearing this, Ferguson laughed, "What? Are you still planning to make a comeback?"

Gao Shen didn't answer directly, but snapped his fingers, "In the Premier League's Big4, Arsenal's Highbury Stadium and Emirates Stadium, Chelsea's Stamford Bridge Stadium, have all been captured by me."

Speaking of this, Gao Shen laughed aloud and continued: "It's a pity that I have no chance to meet Liverpool this season, and I don't know when I will be able to collect these four away cards. I heard that collecting all four away cards After the card, something miraculous will happen, it must be a great thing, don't you think?"

"Can you summon the dragon?" Ferguson asked with a chuckle.

"I don't know, but I want to try!" Gao Shen became serious.

Ferguson took a deep look at him, nodded appreciatively and said, "Okay, then I'll wait for you at Old Trafford."

After finishing speaking, Ferguson waved his hand and turned to leave.

As soon as he reached the door, he suddenly stopped again, "Your wine is good, remember to give me another box when you are away."

Gao Shen watched the back of Ferguson's departure, and he felt that his illusion of Ferguson's fans was a little shattered.

It turned out that the old man was still a rascal!

Holding a box in his hand, and still thinking about a box in his heart, do you really think that labor and management run a winery?

Uh...it seems to be true!

Thinking of this, Gao Shen almost couldn't help but slap himself.

The fat and water don't flow into outsiders' fields.

Why didn't you think about giving someone the wine from your own winery as a gift?

I heard that the wine produced by his own winery is quite delicious, and it can be used as a gift to advertise.

Nima, since you asked for it, I can't let go of this opportunity. I can't justify advertising my own wine without taking advantage of your old man's enthusiasm.

The first thing that popped up in Gao Shen's mind was the advertisement of Kaka and Ronaldo's gold, which was directly turned into an advertisement of Ferguson's endorsement of wine. Not to mention, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the image of the old Jazz was too suitable!

The old jazz was holding a bottle of wine foolishly...

Absolutely!

...

Napoli drew 1-1 with Manchester United at home.

This result is definitely not good news for Naples.

Gao Shen admitted at the post-match press conference that the team did not fully perform to its due level in this game.

"The players performed very well. The reason for the draw is my problem!"

Gao Shen said that he made mistakes before and during the game.

However, when Naples players were interviewed by the media, they generally believed that they had to bear more responsibility for the reason why the team drew with Manchester United, because they did not fulfill the arrangement of the head coach.

The defenders focused on conceding goals. They believed that they were not optimistic about Manchester United's forwards, especially Vargas, who even said that he failed to keep up with Cristiano Ronaldo in time, which led to his single-handed success.

Thiago Motta took the initiative to take responsibility, saying that he did not mark Berbatov in time.

The same is true for the offensive players in the frontcourt.

Naples created more opportunities than Manchester United, and their ball possession rate reached 60%, but there were not many opportunities for real threats. Whether it was the midfielder or the offensive players in the frontcourt, they all took the initiative to take the pot.

Gao Shen said that the team's tactics are relatively conservative, which is the head coach's problem.

Ferguson affirmed his profound coaching ability, and believed that Naples showed a very high technical and tactical level in the game, especially targeted tactics, so that Manchester United did not have much room to play.

"Actually, in the whole game, we had that one absolute chance, and we seized it."

Ferguson expressed his satisfaction at being able to win a one-to-one away game, because Manchester United had an advantage back at Old Trafford.

But Gao Shen believes that even if it is an away game, Naples has a chance to advance.

"We will definitely score away goals!"

Naples players also showed a strong fighting spirit.

The Italian media basically gave Naples encouragement, after all, this is the only Serie A team in the Champions League.

After AC Milan stopped in the group stage, Inter Milan and Roma stopped in the round of 16, Naples reached the semi-finals, which is surprising enough in itself.

Today, facing the defending champion, Manchester United, one of the two strongest teams in European football, they are evenly matched for most of the game, and even have a slight advantage. It can be seen that Naples is really very good. easy.

Saki said in the column that Ferguson is a highly admired idol. Facing Ferguson, Gao Shen felt pressure in his heart and couldn't let it go, but he was good enough.

"After all, he's only twenty-eight, and Ferguson is sixty-seven."

Counting from when Ferguson was a player and head coach in Scotland's second tier league, Ferguson has 40 years of coaching experience, plus those years of playing football, Sacchi believes that you can't ask for more from Gao Shen up.

"He's facing Ferguson, one of the best and greatest managers in the world!"

The Italian and European media also generally recognized the superb semi-final opener, and basically believed that in the second round, Naples was at a disadvantage, but there may not be no chance of reversal.

On the contrary, in the Asia region, the deep base camp, there was a fierce conflict about this game.

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