Volume 1: The Male Appears, People Pay Attention Chapter 58 The Second Time in Twenty-Eight Years (First Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 58 The second time in twenty-eight years (first update, please vote for me)

Since losing to Liverpool at home last season, Ferguson has been doing one thing - rebuilding the confidence of Manchester United players and telling them that losing a game is not a big deal and that Manchester United can definitely make a comeback next season. Compared with the Premier League championship, Liverpool has only won one. What qualifications do we have to win in front of our Manchester United? So facing Liverpool, Manchester United players must have this kind of consciousness.

What he said was correct, but he was unlucky this time because the media was always against him...

It took a lot of effort for him to instill in everyone that "in the Premier League, Liverpool's history is not as glorious as ours, so we don't need to worry about gains and losses because of the victory or defeat of a game."

The media over there are swarming in hyping, "The Old Trafford game is the watershed between the future and the past of the Premier League. Manchester United has been brilliant in the past, but they are now in decline. Although Liverpool have won few league titles, they represent the future." .”

The morale and confidence that was finally built up were extinguished by the media's overwhelming "watershed theory". Do you think Ferguson can not be angry?

Ferguson was so angry that he wanted to block all media outlets that said this.

But there are too many media outlets saying this this time... If he wants to be banned, Manchester United's press conferences will be deserted in the future. Although Ferguson is very strong and has a lot of personality, he is not stupid. He will not do something that looks like a fool at first sight.

When the transfer window opened, Liverpool made frequent moves in the transfer market, including Pepe and Gotze. The media was even more favorable to hype up this "watershed theory". To say that Liverpool is so generous shows that the future belongs to them, but Manchester United has not made any move yet, which shows that the era of Manchester United has passed, and today's Manchester United is in decline...

Ferguson was particularly passive.

As a last resort, he ran to find Glazer, using both soft and hard tactics. Before he came, he bought a few people, especially snatching Modric from Real Madrid, which was a bit of a comeback.

But this also made him more hostile to Liverpool - all this shows one thing, Liverpool is really Manchester United's old enemy. If it were any other opponent, I am afraid they would not be able to force Manchester United into such an embarrassing situation. If it weren't for Liverpool, he wouldn't pay any attention to what the media said.

After the start of the new season, Liverpool has been making great progress, winning eight games in a row and being undefeated in nine games, which makes Manchester United seem like a failure. Although they are ranked second in the league, Liverpool is ranked first in the league! And it’s a whopping five points short.

It just so happens that at this time, the noisy media are still mentioning such nonsense as "the Manchester United dynasty is in decline and Liverpool is recovering".

Ferguson was very worried.

He has been coaching Manchester United for 28 years and has only once felt like this.

That was back in the 1989-1990 season. The previous season, Manchester United fell into a trough under the leadership of Ferguson. At the end of the season, they only ranked 11th and did not perform well in the English League Cup and FA Cup. The anxious fans did not see any surprises from Ferguson. On the day when he served as Manchester United coach for three years, a fan held a placard that read: "Three years have passed, no excuses, Fergie should be fired." ".

One can imagine how much pressure Ferguson was under at that time.

Under such circumstances, the 1989-1990 season became his most critical season. The poor results last season caused his reputation to decline. The continued downturn in the league this season made Manchester United consider firing Ferguson. At the beginning of 1990, Ferguson arrived at Manchester United's most difficult moment. At this time, Ferguson ushered in his opponent Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup.

Although Nottingham Forest at that time was no longer as glorious as it was in the early 1980s, it was still a strong team that could not be ignored in England. Under the leadership of legendary coach Brian Clough, it was enough to make Manchester United stumble.

In the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, Manchester United challenged Nottingham Forest away from home. Before that game, there were already rumors circulating, and insiders claimed that if they lost this game, Manchester United would fire Ferguson.

In fact, Manchester United played very hard in that game. There was even a time when Ferguson was ready to accept his fate and pack up and get out of Old Trafford. But Mark Robins' goal saved Ferguson, and Manchester United eliminated Nottingham Forest with a score of 1:0. Manchester United, which had passed Nottingham Forest, reached the FA Cup final in one go. In the English FA Cup final, Manchester United drew with Crystal Palace 3:3 and won 1:0 in the extra round to win the FA Cup.

At that time, the Premier League had not yet been established. As the oldest competition, the FA Cup held a very important position in the hearts of English fans and teams. It is no exaggeration to say that it is on par with the Champions League.

By winning the FA Cup, Ferguson has completed a transformation from sinner to success. So even though Manchester United only finished 13th in the league at the end of the season, and their ranking was not as good as the previous season, no one raised the topic of telling Ferguson to get out.

Ferguson was lucky and so was Manchester United. It was precisely because of that 1:0 game that Manchester United achieved its subsequent glory in the Premier League era.

Ferguson is just as stressed now as he was then. Although no fans hung banners on the court asking him to get out, he knew that the media was now hyping up the news of his successor.

The only difference from last time is that this time they don't think Ferguson is not strong enough, but think that Ferguson should serve his old age and go home to retire, leaving this position to younger people.

The last time he encountered this kind of pressure, he was still young. After surviving that hurdle, he had time to lead Manchester United to prove himself. But this time...what if he survives it? How many more years can his body allow him to play this position? It is almost impossible for him to lead Manchester United to repeat the glorious achievements of the last time.

This is the reason why many people are not optimistic about Ferguson - age.

Time, this is a ruthless pig-killing sword that no matter how great a hero can withstand.

Ferguson is old, how can he compete with O'Neill and Chen Yingxiong's Liverpool?

If Ferguson were ten years younger, maybe public opinion would be one-sided and support Ferguson now.

Just because he was old, Ferguson experienced the harshness of the world again.

But this did not defeat him, but instead inspired him to have infinite fighting spirit.

Ferguson has followed this path throughout his life - when others question him, he slaps others in the face.

In Aberdeen, no one thought that this young coach could create any achievements for future generations to remember him. He led Aberdeen to break the "Glasgow duo" Rangers and Celtic. The domestic championship has been monopolized for fifteen years. In eight years, it has won three Scottish Premiership championships, four Scottish FA Cup championships, and one Scottish League Cup championship. The most outstanding achievement was the victory over Real Madrid in 1983 and the European Cup Winners' Cup. .

There is no need to tell the story of Manchester United, which has been mentioned before.

This time, Ferguson will not give in easily. He will compete with "common sense" and "laws". He wants everyone to know that an old dog also has a few teeth!

So Liverpool is now five points ahead, but he has not given up. He is holding back his energy to give Liverpool a fatal blow at Anfield Stadium.

His idea is simple - since you Liverpool can rely on beating us at Old Trafford to build momentum and reverse public opinion and the situation. Why can't we copy it? Let's beat you at Anfield too and turn the tables!

He even wanted to see what the bitches who had previously claimed that "Manchester United was in decline" had to say when his team defeated Manchester United in an away game.

He has been preparing for this game for a long time.

Even Manchester United, which had to be tied by Sunderland at Old Trafford, was designed to create an illusion to the outside world - Manchester United is indeed in decline and in decline. Not only is it powerless to face a team like Liverpool, Even teams like Sunderland can bully them.

The tiger fell down and was bullied by the dog. Today's Manchester United is worse than a dog.

If Liverpool despise them because of this, Ferguson's goal will be achieved.

In fact he thought Liverpool would look down on them. If it wasn't possible last season, it almost certainly will be this season. Because public opinion now overwhelmingly supports Liverpool, they tend to believe that Liverpool has already suppressed Manchester United.

This argument is so marketable that Ferguson doesn't believe it will not affect Liverpool. Even if Liverpool's head coach Martin O'Neill is wise and calm and has not been fooled, can he guarantee that his men will not have random thoughts? The players all have their own thoughts, and head coach Shi cannot control their thoughts.

As long as half of Liverpool's starting players underestimate the opponent, Manchester United will have a chance.

On the other hand, Ferguson continued to instill in the Manchester United players the belief that "this is a battle of revenge, this is a crucial battle of revenge" in the team, in order to stimulate the anger of Manchester United players when facing Liverpool players. . He doesn't mind making this game a hell, as long as he can beat Liverpool, he will do whatever it takes.

If Manchester United is compared to an empire, this game is a key battle related to the national destiny.

If we lose, I'm afraid it's really only a matter of time before the empire collapses...

Of course, Manchester United still has a home court where they can get back a win. But the opponent has already beaten me once at their home court. If I can't win back at the opponent's home court, my morale will be at a disadvantage. Even if I return to my home court, what if I win?

momentum!

When strong men compete, the competition is not about skills and tactics. What determines victory or defeat is often momentum.

Chen Yingxiong said something well.

I can lose anything, except my momentum!

This sentence is equally applicable to Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson.

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