Chapter 182 Tiger is very important
Tiger's wonderful goal set the final victory for the game.
After winning this game, Manchester United dominated the league standings with 54 points, and this round was also a lucky round for Manchester United. Chelsea was tied 1-1 by Blackburn away, five points behind Manchester United with 49 points, tied for second place with Arsenal. Aston Villa suffered another defeat in this round and lost to Leeds one-to-three. With only 46 points, they have begun to gradually be widened by the top three.
But what no one knows is that something insignificant happened in Manchester United's locker room after the game.
Although the scene when McLaren called out that Tiger could not be called before was not captured by the camera lens of reporters and media, the players on the bench were all seen, so soon, Manchester United players on the court also knew about this...
This is almost the first time in Manchester United. This group of Manchester United players has a characteristic, that is, they almost all regard Ferguson as their father. Even if there is anything unwilling to accept Ferguson's arrangement, they will never dare to confront him in person, let alone refuse to play...
But soon the players on the bench told them that Tiger did not reject Ferguson, but when McLaren called him to play, he pretended not to hear it, and as soon as Ferguson called him, he moved...
"Oh, so that's it." The players on the court showed a sudden realization at the same time, but soon, they began to worry about Tiger again. After all, McLaren is an assistant coach, and his words largely represent Ferguson's meaning. Rejecting McLaren's summons is no different from rejecting Ferguson's summons.
"What's wrong with Tiger?" Giggs wondered why Tiger did this suddenly.
Beckham shrugged: "If you scored seven goals and seven assists in the first seven games, you will be placed on the bench in such a crucial game... you will not understand it."
Giggs nodded. He was also an arrogant player, which was really unacceptable.
"But I think the boss did this to make Tiger perform better in the second half, and their physical fitness also declined, and Tiger seemed to be better on the field." Solskjaer retorted: "In this case, Tiger has no reason to refuse to play."
Solskjaer said, while peering at Tiger. The coaches have not come back yet, and there are only players in the locker room.
Tiger snorted and finally spoke.
"Guys, do you know how that guy named McLaren said to me?" Tiger imitated McLaren's voice and said, "Hey, Tiger, tell you one thing, the next game, you'll show up on the bench... That's it, I'll leave first."
The other players were silent.
They put themselves in their shoes and thought about it, this... is really unbearable.
"Okay, guys, I have to punish me for fines and other things. I accept it all. Besides, that guy should also learn how to be an assistant coach... When Brian was there, he never seemed so great in front of us!" Tiger said at last.
His words resonated with other players. Most of the Manchester United players were promoted by Kidd when he was in the Youth Academy and had a deep affection for Kidd. Although they knew that McLaren was not the one who squeezed away Kidd, Kidd's departure was his choice, it did not hinder their nostalgia for Kidd and their suspicion of the new assistant coach. What's more, when talking about feelings, Tiger, who had been with them for more than half a season, was more popular than McLaren, who had just arrived.
"But Tiger, don't bet on such anger in the future. You should know how your boss is. If you perform well, he will not treat you badly." Beckham sat down next to Tiger, put his arms around his shoulder and comforted him.
Tiger grabbed the head and nodded. He was just angry, mainly because he couldn't figure out why he was a substitute. Now that his teammates analyzed it, he felt that this was probably the case. It was not that Ferguson put him on the bench for no reason, but that McLaren didn't make it clear when he conveyed the instructions - he really thought that way at that time, not let me start, and when he fell behind in the score, he thought of me. But after a stalemate for a while, he calmed down a little. Ferguson's words gave him a chance to go down the stage, and he would go down with the trend. Otherwise, when Tiger recalled, if he kept stubborn, he really didn't know what the consequences would be.
After a while, Ferguson and McLaren came in. Ferguson's expression was very calm, while McLaren still blushed. It was obvious that Tiger's action made him, the new assistant coach, quite faceless, no matter what the reason was.
After learning about the situation, Ferguson actually had a headache. The cause of this was himself. If he had to say it himself, there would be no problem. However, he also wanted McLaren to contact the players, so he asked McLaren to inform Tiger. As a result, McLaren took it for granted that the original simple matter was complicated, and Tiger's approach was also inappropriate. In any case, it was a very inappropriate thing to ignore the coach's words in this way, even if McLaren was just an assistant coach, it was quite inappropriate. At least Ferguson felt that this kid was starting to be a trouble, his mind was not mature enough, sometimes he seemed too impulsive and had a strong self-esteem, which may have something to do with his background in the low-level team.
Punishment must be punished, otherwise McLaren will not be able to do his job in the future. Ferguson is still optimistic about McLaren and cannot punish too much. Tiger's performance is not ordinary. He scored eight goals in eight rounds of the league. This goal rate is not worse than that of the current top scorer York. Now it is the sprint stage, so there can be no trouble.
"Now a penalty is announced." Ferguson's voice rang in the quiet locker room: "Tiger Lee, disobeying the coaching staff's orders, fined two weeks' salary, go to the reserve team for one week to train, and eliminate the starting lineup in the next league... We will say that Tiger has some minor injuries, so let Tiger rest in the reserve team and prepare for the next Champions League game... I don't want to hear any slight noise outside. Do you understand?"
Richardson and Fletcher are both wide players, but they are also all-rounders in the midfield and have excellent skills. After Tiger came to the reserve team, the two young players immediately got involved in Tiger and asked him to perform the "Cruyff Turn" he used in the game against Arsenal.
"Tiger, Tiger, how did Cruyff use it?"
Fleche asked Tiger very seriously, this Scottish young man had a strong personality and was quite diligent and studious.
Although Tiger's personality has begun to become more and more perverted and paranoid, he still likes these energetic young people in the reserve team from the bottom of his heart - it is a kind of love brought by people who have experienced it when they see things they have not done before. Every time he sees these young people in a vigorous competition, Tiger can't help but think that if he could be as strong as them back then, maybe he would not have needed Lin Danda's arrival, he could have made a career, right? He was lucky because he encountered such an adventure...
"This action is nothing surprising in itself." Tiger said to Fletcher, and Richardson also listened carefully from the side: "Pretend to shoot, lift your foot and swipe over the ball, then quickly recycle it, kick the ball from his support foot with his heel, then turn around, put the foot of the shot down and push the ball to the other side, remember that this is very important, because the top defender will not give up in this situation to break the ball. If you don't push it to the side, you may be poked by them. Doing so, although it may be a little slower, it is the key to whether this action can be completed."
Tiger said, slowing down the motion and doing it: "Then, lead the ball forward, then shoot or pass the ball... This action can be done anywhere, and it has a good concealment in terms of outspreading. However, you need to see the previous situation clearly. In one-on-one situation, or in a relatively narrow situation, this outspreading action is better."
Richardson and Flecce looked at each other, and Tiger slowed down and did it again. This action was indeed nothing surprising. He pretended to shoot and then spiked the ball backwards and turned around. It was a few simple moves, but it would be difficult to do this if he had not reached a very high level of control over the ball.
"John." Tiger called Oshei over: "Let Darren come to you, and then you come to defend."
Flecce did it like this, but Oshe broke the ball halfway through the way. Oshe, who was prepared, put it on before he turned around, and then broke the ball.
"He's ready." Fletcher said dissatisfied.
Tiger laughed, then asked for the ball and said to Osheim, "John, come and defend me."
Oshei played mentally to defend Tiger. Tiger dribbled the ball and approached Oshei, then raised his right foot to shoot. Although he knew it was a fake move, Oshei still responded unconsciously - Tiger's shooting was too realistic - which made his reaction slower. After Tiger turned around, he could only stretch his foot to intercept the ball. Tiger pushed the ball away with his left foot, making his final effort useless.
This time it was Osheim's turn to be dissatisfied: "I shouldn't have been deceived by your fake moves in the first place."
"Then I will really shoot directly." Tiger said seriously: "What is the ultimate goal of being an extraordinary person? It is a goal, not any other, an extraordinary action, and ultimately serves the goal. If you give up a good shooting opportunity to make this action, that is the biggest fool. So if you don't take my fake action at that time, I either shoot directly or break through directly from the right side. The final result is the same as the result of my actions."
It was not Oshei who suddenly realized that it was not O'Shei, but Fleche next to him.
"I understand that it is precisely because there are so many possibilities for offense that defense seems more passive." Fleche said to Tiger seriously.
"That's right." Tiger laughed.
It was a punishment for Tiger to be assigned to the reserve team for training for a week, but what Ferguson didn't expect was that in this week's reserve team career, Tiger lived a very comfortable life...
Maybe he wanted to relive his old dream. Tiger had a great time in the reserve team. In addition to participating in training together, he had nothing to do in his spare time to give some excellent players in the reserve team, especially the young Fletcher and Richardson. Although their position was closer to the wing, Tiger's use of skills and his grasp of the situation on the court still opened their eyes.
In a league game three days later, Manchester United relied on Giggs' goal in the 78th minute of the second half to defeat the relegation team Coventry with a goal of 1-0. After getting used to Tiger's threading needles in the frontcourt, Manchester United's offensive players found that they were not used to Tiger's absence...
Even McLaren, who is now disgusted with Tiger, has to admit that Tiger is on the court, at least when facing a weaker team, the chance of Manchester United scoring three-pointers is much greater than when he is not on the court, especially when facing players who are determined to defend, his breakthrough is the best weapon to break the deadlock.
So after another three days, Tiger bid farewell to Flecce and others who said goodbye to him and returned to the first team arrogantly.
McLaren could only pretend that he didn't see Tiger, and Tiger turned a blind eye to him on the training ground - everyone knew that these two people had a grudge. Although McLaren is the coach Tiger is a player, such a thing may not necessarily be a loss to the players.
Ferguson could only secretly have a headache. McLaren is his more optimistic assistant coach and even his future man. Tiger is very important to Manchester United now. Anyway, these two people have no head-on conflict, so Ferguson can only let him go...
At least now, Tiger has the upper hand. After returning to the main lineup, Tiger immediately defeated Southampton with a bunch of half main players and half substitutes at home, winning ten consecutive league wins - in order to prepare for the first leg of the Champions League three days later, Giggs, Elvin, York and Keane all rested in the stands, but Tiger still led the other players to win. He scored his 14th league goal in the game, and the other goal was from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Chapter completed!