Chapter 466 Ferguson Wanted to Give up, but the Captain Said No
After losing to Manchester United in an away game, the Barcelona generals naturally expressed their dissatisfaction.
Barcelona players agreed that they were unlucky to lose to Manchester United, as they were the stronger side in terms of strength. The young Iniesta said: "If we had scored a goal first, the excitement would be indescribable, and the scene after that would be unpredictable. Unfortunately, we conceded a goal first, and we were chasing points throughout the game. We walked into There was a lot of regret in the locker room, and everyone started thinking about the next round.”
Puyol made excuses for not being able to watch Dong Fangzhuo score. He did not feel that he was at fault: "We were so unlucky. If Ronaldinho had scored that goal, everything would have been different. Our only mistake was that we failed to catch Live the opportunities created. Compared with the Lyon game, we have improved, but the process is different from that game. There is no way, our opponent is a team that can solve the game with only a few passes."
Ronaldinho was the most optimistic: "We should definitely not be disappointed or doubt ourselves, just think about regaining our fitness and focus on the second leg. Manchester United did a good job in taking advantage of opportunities and punished us, and when we scored we were all I was very surprised, I didn’t expect it at all. Manchester United’s short passing cooperation is good, but they have no certainty in front of the goal. Everything is possible. If we continue to play according to the way we played before conceding the goal, Manchester United will still suffer in the second round. I Again, we created more than they did and that was enough to push us back in Spain. I didn’t think they could decide the game on their own. Before conceding, we had control over Dong, Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney. It’s all in place.”
In order to prepare for the second round of the game, the Spanish Football Association deliberately postponed the battle between Barcelona and Sevilla. Barcelona, which has no pressure to win the league, can wait for the arrival of Manchester United.
But Manchester United is not good. Manchester United is still only 2 points away from Chelsea. In the next game, will Manchester United focus on the Champions League? Or is it still chasing Chelsea in the English League? Ferguson was interviewed by Sky Sports and gave his answer.
Ferguson believes that it is more difficult to make a comeback in the league than in the Champions League. He said: "Although Chelsea's lead is very small, they are still 2 points higher than us after all. They will go all out to grasp and make good use of these 2 points. On the contrary, in the away game against Barcelona, our destiny can be controlled by us. In our own hands, we must believe in ourselves in away games.”
"Our confidence came from the first leg. We played good football for an hour," Ferguson said. "Then what you saw, the 2:1 score will let us lose the baggage and make it even better in the second leg." calm."
However, the current personnel situation of Manchester United is not optimistic.
Scholes, Heinze, Brown and Smith are all out for the season, and Vidic and Evra cannot participate in the second round due to red cards. Manchester United is definitely short of major generals.
But Ferguson is still full of confidence: "We are a young team, and participating in such a competition will bring us extra enthusiasm, and they are an experienced team. They have seen many similar scenes, and they are also A defensive team, I think both teams are on the same level.”
But Ferguson still couldn't escape the shackles of the league. Facing Tottenham away from home, all Ferguson could do was win.
At White Hart Lane, Ferguson once again acted bravely. In terms of midfielder selection, Fletcher, Park Ji-sung and Fortune partnered in the midfield. He also changed the front trident. Rossi replaced Ronaldo and Rooney. Replaced by Giggs, only Dong Fangzhuo remained at the front.
He must rotate. Without rotation, Manchester United may not be able to continue on both fronts.
Such a rotation was already very bold. The Manchester Evening News immediately interpreted it: "Is Ferguson going to give up on the league? This is too much fun. Is he sure that he has no chance of winning when he goes to Stamford Bridge? As he said, The chance of overturning Chelsea in the league is not as good as the chance of reaching the Champions League final?"
In any case, many people at White Hart Lane that day were not optimistic that Manchester United would win away from home.
"Giuseppe,"
"This is an opportunity."
"You have to take advantage of it, what we need is victory."
Before the game, Dong Fangzhuo encouraged Giuseppe Rossi. Although his partners were replaced by Giggs and Rossi, Dong Fangzhuo did not think that Sir Alex Ferguson had given up on the league, but just wanted everyone to get a chance to rest.
Before the game started, what made Dong Fangzhuo a little depressed was that Arsenal ended the game first. Henry scored twice in two consecutive rounds, taking the number of league goals to 32, while Dong Fangzhuo still stayed at 27, with two goals. The gap widened to 5 goals.
Including this game, there are only four rounds left in the league. It is obviously unrealistic to chase five goals in four rounds of the league.
32 goals made Henry himself the "strongest scorer" after the British reform. He surpassed Shearer's single-season scoring record of 31 goals and exclusively enjoyed the glory of the British single-season scoring record.
There are also very good reasons for Ferguson to rotate. This season's Tottenham team has no desire and no hope of the Champions League, but it has already qualified for the UEFA Cup, so Ferguson dared to rotate so many players.
Of course, the most important point is that Tottenham have lost to Manchester United in their last four home games in the league. Tottenham are just giving away points.
Carrick returned to his old club, where he enjoyed huge boos. Fans were very dissatisfied with Carrick leaving to join Manchester United, but it was Carrick's amazing performance that allowed Manchester United to score the first goal.
In front of Tottenham fans, Carrick performed his signature long pass. In the 34th minute of the game, Carrick made a long pass to the right and found young player Rossi. Rossi took the ball on the right and easily broke through his opponent, and then hit Dong Fangzhuo in the middle.
Dong Fangzhuo suddenly shot a cold arrow from 28 yards out and scored the farthest goal since joining Manchester United, and his number of league goals also reached 28.
With this goal, Manchester United led Tottenham in the first half. Fighting again in the second half, Rossi once again tore through Tottenham's defense on the right and scored his fourth goal in the league this season.
In the end, Manchester United won Tottenham 2:o away from home.
"Ferguson wanted to give up, but the captain said no." "Manchester Evening News" ridiculed Ferguson and Dong Fangzhuo after the game.
"Dong scored a great goal. The distance was too far for him. With 28 and 32, Dong still hopes to catch up with Henry. There are still three league games left, and everything is possible."
possible?
Dong Fangzhuo never thought about it. What he thought about was the second round match with Barcelona. He would rather trade 28 league goals for a Champions League goal as long as he could win Barcelona.
On April 25, Ferguson appeared in Barcelona with the disciples he could bring...
Also accompanying were the injured Scholes and Smith...
"Manchester United has arrived in Barcelona. They need to get at least a draw here. Manchester United's midfield is stretched. If Scholes and Keane are still in the team now, Manchester United's life will be much easier."
rustle……
Keane, who was far away in England, finally turned off the TV.
I don’t know why, but I just can’t appear in Barcelona in this life...
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