Chapter 188 The Natural Winner
Beckham eventually appeared at Arena Stadium.
After the training class lasted yesterday morning, the conversation with Ferguson at the Carrington training base was interpreted by the media as a reconciliation between two men who were as father and son. Then the club, Ferguson and Beckham also issued statements one after another, proving that Beckham had accepted Ferguson's private apology and the flying shoes incident came to an end.
Sometimes, people like to cover up their ears and steal bells.
Ye Qiu stood in front of the home team coach's seat and watched Manchester United players walk out of the player's passage one after another. When he saw Beckham, two bandages were crossed on his left eyebrow bone under his long golden hair, especially when Beckham deliberately put his hair behind his head, the injury to his eyebrow was exposed more obviously.
Many people say that they have reconciled, but Ye Qiu doesn't believe it. They may have had an intimate relationship with father and son, but all this has passed. The estrangement over the past few years, but this relationship that can still barely be maintained has now completely disappeared with this flying shoe.
Beckham deliberately put his hair behind his head to disgust Ferguson, reminding Ferguson and everyone that even if we are reconciled on the surface, our relationship has completely broken down. Even if you barely stick it with a bandage, you cannot cover up the bloody wound.
It’s not that I’m sorry for you, it’s that you’re too cruel to me!
It is hard to say who is right and who is wrong in this relationship, and who is responsible for the breakup. The same thing happens in almost countless families. Are there few cases of father and son falling out because of their daughter-in-law?
"Let Arteta be careful about Beckham. Robben wants to suppress Gary Neville!" After seeing Beckham, Ye Qiu reminded his assistant again, and Roland also conveyed Ye Qiu's words to the players as soon as possible.
Many people just remember Beckham's handsome appearance, hot girls, and his commercial value, but they ignore it. He is actually a very, very professional player. The more he reaches a critical moment, the more he can show his professional sense.
I still remember that after the flying shoes incident, Ferguson's past criticism of Beckham caused many media to suspect that Beckham lacked professional ethics, but this guy is amazing enough. In the next few months, he became the best player in Manchester United team, completely overturning everyone's criticism and impression of him, and then, leave in the summer!
The same thing happened again in Real Madrid. Capello announced that he would ban Beckham, but he was not convinced. Especially after announcing his transfer to the major league during the winter break, Real Madrid and Capello furious. But in the end, in Real Madrid's super reversal, Beckham was the biggest contributor.
As the head coach, Ye Qiu knew very well that professional ethics was not something that could be said in his mouth.
There are always a group of people who speak nicely, and they have professional ethics more than anyone else, but they do things that are the least professional ethics; and there are some people who seem to lack professional ethics the most, but in fact they are famous for their self-discipline and have very high requirements for themselves.
This is the world. What you see in your eyes and hear in your ears may not be true.
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Everyone can see that the Red Devils Empire built by Ferguson is in danger. This season is his last chance to lead Class 92 to compete for the Champions League. Everyone believes that after the end of this season, Class 92 will collapse.
This year's Champions League final was held at Old Trafford again, which made Manchester United's desire for this championship exceeds the past, so Ferguson attached great importance to this game, because since yesterday, Ajax has become Manchester United's number one competitor to qualify as the top group.
But unlike everyone who thinks that Manchester United should play more securely, Ferguson's starting tactics at Arena Stadium are very active and proactive, and he has played Manchester United's offensive characteristics from the beginning.
Manchester United's starting lineup is still 442 in this game, with goalkeeper Butters and defenses being Sylvester, Brown, Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville, while midfielders are Giggs, Roy Keane, Scholes and Beckham, and the double strikers are Van Nistrui and Solskjaer.
Just 2 minutes into the game, Scholes passed the ball in the middle. Giggs on the left inserted and shot a long shot, hitting Ajax's side. This scared tens of thousands of Ajax fans in the stands, thinking that Manchester United had scored the first goal after the game and scored.
But just one minute later, Manchester United's offensive made a comeback. Keane passed the ball in the midfield and Scholes shot another long shot outside the penalty area. This time, he directly over the crossbar and turned into an anti-aircraft gun, without any threat.
Manchester United's attacking tactics have achieved certain results, but Ajax did not shrink his defense as Manchester United expected, but instead stabilized the situation, tried to fight head-on with Manchester United, swallowed Manchester United's attack, and then planned to counterattack on the spot.
Ye Qiu is not completely unconfident. After Ajax's winter training camp, the second half started very amazing and his defense improved. As Mascherano's performance has been getting better and better in recent games, Ye Qiu has enough confidence to fight Manchester United head-on.
That is, yesterday, a news came from Germany that Leverkusen's head coach Top Muller was fired by the team because Leverkusen has been reduced from the Sanya king last season to the current Bundesliga relegation zone. Leverkusen has been completely disappointed with Top Muller and fired him. The youth team head coach Thomas Horst will take over the team.
Before such a critical group stage, everyone could see that Leverkusen had lost the opportunity to qualify in the group stage, unless Horst could play the strength of the magical firefighting coach and lead Leverkusen to win the remaining four games in the group. But in this way, what about the relegation problem in the Bundesliga?
From the moment Leverkusen announced his change of coach, his main battlefield was in the Bundesliga, and the Champions League had been abandoned.
It is also because of receiving this news that as the two teams that are most likely to qualify in this group, Manchester United and Ajax dared to play so risky in this game. Both sides hope to fully test the team through such a game.
The problem with Manchester United is defense. Ferguson wants to use active offensive tactics to consider the team. In this case, how much power the defense can exert, and Ye Qiu also needs to consider the team's offense and defense.
Being suppressed by the visiting team, such a start is rare at Arena Stadium. Fortunately, Ajax did not retract his defense, but adopted the tactic of counterattacking on the spot, and their first attack appeared in the 8th minute.
Lucio intercepted the ball, Kivo got the ball and passed it with a long pass. Robben quickly penetrated Manchester United's defense and wanted to stop the ball with his chest. However, French goalkeeper Butters suddenly attacked and took the ball out of mid-air in advance, resolving Ajax's first threatening attack, but this process made Ferguson unable to sit still.
Even the ball that has just entered the penalty area dares to attack. If you can't figure it out correctly, wouldn't you give the entire goal to Robben?
"It seems that the young Chinese is also planning to fight us head-on, and he will not let him go!" Carlos Queros turned his head and looked at Ye Qiu. He also stood on the sidelines to command the team, but judging from his age, he looked like a player.
Ferguson snorted coldly, "So what?"
Ferguson is famous for his tough temper. The Manchester United team under his command has never been vague in tough battles. If the opponent is strong, they are stronger than the opponent. If the opponent is hard, they are harder than the opponent. It can be said that Ferguson's personality is deeply engraved into Manchester United's soul, and this team seems to be Ferguson's will.
"They do not retreat. With their counterattack speed, our defense is very dangerous!" Carlos Queros reminded.
Manchester United's defense line problem is no longer a secret. Everyone knows that although they have introduced Rio Ferdinand this season and strengthened the strength of the defense line, Ferdinand's partner has always performed poorly. In addition, Ferdinand himself has performed unstable, so how can Manchester United's defense line be stable?
Ferguson always tends to cultivate his defense rather than introduce him. If there is no way, he may not have introduced Stam and Ferdinand, because in his opinion, the defensive system is the most important and the player's personal strength is not important.
This is true in itself, but the problem is that when a team is strong to a certain extent and the system's confrontation no longer has an advantage, the player's personal strength and performance will play a decisive role in the game.
Carlos Queros' concerns are not without basis. If Ajax retreats to his own half, once they have to fight back, they will have to go through at least 60 meters before they can threaten Manchester United's goal. But if they stand firm and never retreat, the distance will likely be shortened to 40 meters, or even shorter.
With Ajax's propulsion speed on both sides and their ability to pass the ball in the middle and backcourt, such a counterattack will be difficult to resist.
"Is it dangerous?" Ferguson smiled proudly. Of course he knew that he had been playing tactics all his life, so he would not know the danger?
"I just want to give it a try, and our defense is not strong at all. If we choose to defend and let Ajax attack, we may not be able to defend!"
The game against Arsenal taught Ferguson a lot of lessons. Facing Villott, Ferdinand and Brown were even scored by the French in front of defense, which disappointed him, and also had a more comprehensive understanding of defense.
If you defend, you may not be able to defend, it is better to attack, but you hope it will be bigger.
Carlos Queros listened on the side and was not convinced, because in his opinion, this was a strategy of fighting for life with his life, and it was a tactical taboo, because tactics were fundamentally about seeking stability, while Ferguson was taking risks and betting.
But to a certain extent, Ye Qiu was also betting that he did not retreat and counterattack, but chose to fight head-on with Manchester United, which was also betting. Therefore, this game was not a very tactical game, but more like a contest of the will of two head coaches.
They are all betting, who will score the first goal!
Or, bet on who can score more goals!
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"Over the years, even though Manchester United tried hard to make themselves more inclined toward the mainland, in fact, they still have a strong and indelible smell of British traditional football in their bones."
In the stands at Arena Stadium, Pini Zahavi commented on Roman Abramovich.
"The traditional British football is direct, rough and long passes, and the one who best reflects traditional British football is Keane. He has a violent personality and likes physical confrontation and cannot tolerate the slow-patching ball path. They prefer to use direct collisions to solve the confrontation, and they like to do everything they can."
At the end, Zahavi added, "So is Vieira, they are the two strongest midfielders in the Premier League!"
This is not wrong. Keane and Vieira actually find it difficult to clarify their tasks. There are offense and organization in the defense, but the problem is that their offense and organization are not like the type of organizers in the mainland.
As a typical representative of mainland organizers, Perron seems out of place in the Premier League.
"So, Roman, you see, Ajax's midfield division is very clear and organized, especially Arteta, the Spaniard has a strong organizational ability. When it should be slow, he can slowly sort out the ball path, and when it should be fast, he can get up again. When it should be fast, Sneider's pass is very fast, so he is responsible for threatening passes."
As a player agent, Zahavi still has strong basic skills. Otherwise, he would not be able to fool a super rich man like Abramovich to rely on him. So when Abramovich was watching the game, Zahavi was responsible for commenting, even if there was a famous Premier League coach Sones sitting next to them.
"The future Premier League must be a mainland system, which is very clear, because the benefits of European competitions are very important to any team, even Manchester United. In order to get this huge profit, they must achieve better results in the European arena. In order to achieve this goal, transforming to the mainland system in tactical style is an inevitable result."
Sones, who was standing by, felt a little unhappy when he heard this, no matter which team Abramovich acquired, he, a traditional Premier League coach, would be expelled from the shortlist.
"I don't think so. At least Manchester United's 1999 Champions League has seen that after reaching a certain level of Premier League style, they can also defeat mainland teams." Sones is a traditional Englishman, proud and somewhat closed.
After hearing this, Zahavi smiled and said, "I don't deny the greatness of Manchester United's 1999 Triple Champions League, but tell me, when Manchester United faced mainland teams that year, how many games did they have the advantage? How many games did they reversal?"
Whether it is Juventus or Bayern Munich in the final, Manchester United are reversing, and both reversals are very dangerous.
If it is just one, it can be said to be accidental, but it has reversed twice in a row. You can say that Manchester United is very tough at heart and is good at playing against the trend, but it can be explained that the reason why they frequently play against the trend is because you are not strong enough? And Manchester United's lineup at that time was the best in the Premier League!
When Sones was asked by Zahavi, he was speechless. He was a player and might not be very good at tactical level.
"Pini, as you say, if you want to re-establish a team and play well in the Premier League and European arena in the shortest time, you cannot continue to follow the traditional Premier League style, but should follow the mainland style?" Abramovich asked.
Zahavi nodded, "Wenger's changes to Arsenal over the years are obvious. Ferguson has been constantly changing to the mainland style in recent years. They are the most suitable candidates. They have a certain English local style and can take into account the mainland style. However, it is very difficult to let them coach."
Hiring a head coach from outside to coach the Premier League is easy to copy the mainland's style because it is not familiar with it. This will hit a wall in the Premier League. But if you look for it in the Premier League, most of them are Sonnes. Not to mention whether you can play in the Premier League, even if you go to the European arena, you will be looking for a bad guy.
"Familiar with the style of the Premier League, you can do it as long as you give a certain amount of time, but it is not something that anyone can do if you want to be mainland, especially if you can lead a reorganized team to win the championship in the shortest time, which requires the strength of the head coach."
When talking about this, Zahavi smiled, "Some head coaches are limited to their qualifications and can only be mixed in mid-range teams for the rest of their lives, while some head coaches are good at combining the teams, but if they want to lead the team to break through the bottleneck and win the championship, they don't have that kind of ability. Some head coaches are born to bring the team championship, and no one can tell why, but they are born winners!"
When Abramovich heard this, his eyes lit up and looked at Arena Stadium. Ye Qiu and Ferguson stood in front of the home and visiting coaches' seat. He smiled, "Then what kind of Ye Qiu do you think he belongs to?"
"The last one!" Zahavi smiled without hesitation.
"Why?" Abramovich was surprised. After all, Ye Qiu was too young.
"Because he dares to fight Ferguson!"
This explanation is strange, not only Abramovich is strange, but also Sonez.
Just because he dares to fight Ferguson, he belongs to the last one?
But if you think about it carefully, in four years since Ye Qiu debuted, he has indeed been a professional winner in the championship.
When leading the second team, he won the Dutch Cup championship that professional teams dream of. The second year was the League Cup and the defending Dutch Cup, and the third year was the Dutch Cup three consecutive championships in the Eredivisie and Dutch Cup. Now, Ajax is advancing together on three fronts.
If you have won so many honors, Ye Qiu is not a professional winner, so who else can say he is?
"Football is never just a contest between tactics and player strength. The team's willpower is also very critical. Manchester United in 1999 is the biggest proof, and this willpower often comes from the head coach, so I said that Ye Qiu, like Ferguson, is the last one."
Abramovich smiled after hearing this, "Then you say, who can win this game?"
Zahavi laughed and shook his head, "I don't know, it's hard to say.
Sones, who was standing aside, obviously not convinced by Zahavi’s statement. “I don’t think it’s hard to say, because since the opening, Manchester United obviously has an advantage and has an advantage in strength. They are only one goal away from scoring, so I think Manchester United will definitely win this game!”
He said it very confidently.
Zahavi obviously guessed Sones's thoughts and knew that the famous Premier League coach was not convinced of his evaluation of Ye Qiu. He smiled, did not explain or refuted, and let him go.
Chapter completed!