This is the kind of striker Manchester United needs most now.

The midfield composed of Giggs, Beckham, Keane and Scholes is enough to create enough goals for the striker, not to mention that there is an all-round striker Cantona who connects the midfield and frontcourt. What Manchester United needs now is a striker who does not need to have too fancy skills, as long as he can score a steady stream of goals.

But such a striker is not easy to find.

But Ferguson found this guy in a League Two team in a quarterfinal of the League Cup.

Ferguson began to feel that he was very lucky. He had always been good. He dug Keane from Nottingham Forest, Cantona from Leeds United, and Schmeichel from Brondby. These three people didn't cost much, but they have become the pillars of Manchester United's three lines!

It seems that it will not be too difficult to poach people from a League Two club this time. Even if you have such luck, even if you are as experienced as Ferguson, you can't help but feel a little happy.

Another Pobowski performed well. If you can buy it by the way, you can also find a good substitute for Beckham, and at the same time make up for the flaws of the assaulter who has no fast speed on the right. Ferguson is still not stingy about this investment.

Of course, Ferguson would not conclude based on this game that Solskjaer is the striker he is looking for. After all, it is possible that this game is because Solskjaer has an excellent performance because of his character. Moreover, the season is now half over, and it may not be effective if he joins temporarily. Perhaps poaching before the start of next season will be a good choice.

So Ferguson specially arranged a scout to observe the performance of Solskjaer and Pobosky. Having half a season left, it was enough to judge whether it was real or fake.

Of course, Xiao Ming didn't know that because of this game, the two future Manchester United players he dug up in advance were attracted by Ferguson. He is now like the fans of Leiden Oriental, immersed in the joy of defeating Arsenal and reaching the semi-finals of the League Cup.

This is the benefit of coaching a poor team. It can easily create several records...

Except for Leiden Oriental, the other three teams are Premier League teams, namely Leeds United, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur. These three teams are old-fashioned teams since the establishment of the Premier League. Any team will be a powerful opponent that Leiden Oriental needs to overcome through unremitting efforts.

Especially the semi-finals are two-round winning games. Compared with a single knockout match, it is less accidental and can test the overall strength of a team.

Xiao Ming doesn't remember which team the League Cup champion was this year, but he knows one thing that if he wants to enter the European arena next season, he has to win the last three games, otherwise the hard work of the year will basically be in vain.

Although I don't know that Ferguson has fallen in love with Solskjaer and Pobosky, Xiao Ming also knows that after entering the semi-finals of the League Cup, it is impossible for Leiden Oriental to imagine that it was so low-key in the past. A team with such excellent results will inevitably become the focus of all teams, and several outstanding players in the team will definitely have teams to make plans. Being able to participate in next season's European competitions, the possibility of retaining these main players will become even greater. Xiao Ming doesn't want the team that he has finally tied up will become fragmented next season, even if their departure can bring in more money.

If a team wants to achieve good results continuously, the overall framework of the team cannot be changed. In Xiao Ming's mind, even if one or two main players are poached after the season is over, it is acceptable, but more than half of the players cannot be poached, because even if he can find four or five future superstars with similar abilities to the current main players, he cannot allow them to quickly integrate into the team.

If a team has one or two new players, then these two players may be quickly driven by other main players because they are at a disadvantage, but if more than half of the main players are new players, the time required to be run-in may be extended exponentially.

So no matter what, no matter what factors that may leave the main players, Xiao Ming must try his best to fight for it. For example, after advancing last season, he immediately provided the main players with a new contract, a contract that is also among the upper reaches in the English League Two. When he arrived in the English League One, he would still do this, because a good contract in the English League Two might become the downstream level when it reached the English League One, and he was unwilling to make the players feel dissatisfied.

Within a few days after playing the quarter-finals of the League Cup, Xiao Ming got the result of the semi-final draw.

Leiden Oriental's opponent in the League Cup semi-finals is Aston Villa.

These two semi-finals will be held on February 19 and March 16. The current League Cup is not like the later League Cup, and all the games will end in February. As the second only to the FA Cup and the Premier League in England, the League Cup has received enough attention now. The final will be held in early April, not much earlier than the FA Cup.

As for the FA Cup, Xiao Ming also plans to try his best to win. In the second round of the game, their opponent is the British C team Cambridge United, and it should be no problem to defeat the opponent. In another cup qualifying cup, Xiao Ming plans to train young players. After winning the championship last season, Xiao Ming no longer values ​​the championship in this cup, and there is no bonus, and it is not a great honor. It is enough to win once. In the future, Xiao Ming will never want to participate in this competition participated by the English B and English C clubs.

Before the semi-finals of the League Cup began, Xiao Ming planned to focus all his energy on the league and the FA Cup, and the league will still be rotated. As for the FA Cup, it can be further as far as possible. Compared with the League Cup, the FA Cup is more difficult, so Xiao Ming did not have much hope.

During the next period of time, Leiden Oriental's performance seemed so beautiful...

On January 11, Leiden Oriental played against Brentford at home. After a desperate battle in the League Cup quarterfinals, Leiden Oriental seemed a little tired, and the main lineup that sent half of the substitutes seemed to have no big advantage over the opponent. Leiden Oriental has been entangled with his opponent until the second half but has not yet been able to score.

At this moment, Solskjaer's third goal in three days helped Leiden East break the deadlock. He avoided the opponent's defense like a fish in the penalty area, and then sent Pobosky's cross into the opponent's goal.

After the door to victory was opened, the next game would be easy.

Just six minutes later, McGrady, who played in the substitute Jankoler in this game, turned around and shot after receiving a straight pass from Morrison in the penalty area. The ball entered the net for the second time. Xiao Ming stood up from the coach's seat to applaud. After he adopted the rotation system, young players like Morrison and McGrady who were trained by Leiden Oriental themselves got more opportunities to play. Although their strength cannot be the main force in the team, it is still quite suitable to be a substitute. Moreover, such "people" cannot get too many opportunities to play, and will not cause any conflict. They can play a role when they are needed. Any team needs such a player.

On January 15, Leiden Oriental played away against Bury, and changed nearly half of the main players again. Leiden Oriental did not give his opponent any chance this time. Hackby's two goals made the opponent bow down. This main player from last season became a substitute this season, but he also got a lot of opportunities to play, especially when Xiao Ming started to use rotation - he can play both the forward and the right midfielder. In Xiao Ming's mind, although he didn't score many goals, he was also a very important part of the team.

On January 18, Leiden Oriental easily defeated Cambridge United at home and advanced to the third round of the FA Cup. From this round, the League One and Premier League teams will join the FA Cup. However, Xiao Ming is not too worried. He thinks that his luck has always been good and he shouldn't have encountered a very perverted team so early.

However, Xiao Ming's luck seemed to have been used up. After the lottery was over, Xiao Ming looked at his opponent in the third round in a daze and couldn't help but curse: "Fuck me!"

Leiden Oriental's third round opponent is Manchester United.

Although Manchester United's performance this season is not very good, and they have been lagging behind Newcastle by as many as 12 points in the previous Premier League, Xiao Ming knows that this season is when Manchester United gradually becomes stronger. The unparalleled midfield line in later generations is gradually taking shape. The sluggishness in the first half of the season has more to allow Beckham and other young people to accumulate enough experience. In the second half of the season, they will complete the greatest reversal in Premier League history - completing the overtake while falling behind Newcastle by 12 points in half a season. Ferguson almost made the honest man Keegan go crazy with an excellent psychological offensive. It is just one of the episodes of this great reversal.

Xiao Ming made a heavy bet after Christmas to win Manchester United this season - at that time, major bookmakers in England had almost stopped betting on Premier League championships. Manchester United's odds for winning the championship reached an astonishing thirteen. It was precisely because of this that Xiao Ming squeezed out 500,000 pounds from his teeth and pressed on Manchester United. This move made Leiden Oriental's financial situation almost dry up. Fortunately, their outstanding performance in the League Cup allowed them to obtain another funding, so Leiden Oriental was able to operate smoothly.

However, Xiao Ming knew that if nothing unexpected happened, he would get more than 5 million pounds of cash from this bet before the start of next season, which was a must for this adventure. But Xiao Ming also knew that the biggest winner would not be himself, but Manchester United and Ferguson.

If there is a coach Xiao Ming is most afraid of in the English football world today, then Ferguson is the one who is the one who is the Scottish old man has extraordinary psychological qualities and excellent eyes. You must know that even in the Premier League arena where famous coaches gather in the future, no one can beat Ferguson's light.

If the strength in the early stages of the Premier League was due to coincidence that Ferguson led Manchester United to become the most successful club in England in the 1990s, then after Wenger entered the Premier League, being able to continue to maintain his advantage over Arsenal itself proves Ferguson's excellence. Even after the two super coaches Benitez and Mourinho entered the Premier League, Ferguson was definitely not at a disadvantage.

When Benitez was most brilliant, he led Liverpool to the Champions League championship, but Ferguson led Manchester United to win two Champions Leagues and maintained a huge advantage in the league. Mourinho was most brilliant, he led Chelsea to two consecutive Premier League titles, but after that, Ferguson immediately retaliated with a three-game championship, including a Champions League champion.

This is an old man who can temporarily cover his limelight and he will soon be able to create miracles again. Wenger was once the coach who threatened him the most, but he was still able to suppress Wenger in honor. Benitez's sluggishness in the league cannot be compared with him. Even the arrogant Mourinho has never led Chelsea to the height of winning both the league and the Champions League.

In two weeks, Xiao Ming will usher in this terrifying opponent. No one knows how outstanding Ferguson is than Xiao Ming, who knows history. It is precisely because of this that Xiao Ming is filled with pressure.

Of course, he hopes to defeat Manchester United, so that his Leiden East will become more famous, but trying to do it does not mean that he can do it. Unless Ferguson wants to focus all his attention in the league and send all the substitutes in this game, Xiao Ming does not think he has any chance to defeat this opponent.

However, being afraid does not mean that Xiao Ming will give up. The huge advantage in the league gives Xiao Ming enough confidence to compete with his opponents. This game will be played at Old Trafford. Xiao Ming just needs to make the team perform well.

For this game, Xiao Ming even gave up the Qualification Cup game and sent all substitutes to Leyton Oriental to lose to the Caliso team away and missed the semi-finals of the South District of the Qualification Cup.
Chapter completed!