Old Trafford Stadium.

Manchester United's match against Millwall has reached the 85th minute of the game. The score displayed on the scoreboard is still 0-1. Millwall, who played away, relied on the goal inserted by Josh Simpson in the first half to maintain the lead.

At this point in the game, many people can see that Manchester United's forward is weak.

In the previous ten rounds of the league, Manchester United has not shown the front line problem, which may be the overall offensive ability, which covers up the lack of strength in the front line and makes many people ignore the problems in the front line.

Now facing Millwall, Manchester United's forward problem is on the surface.

Many Manchester United people feel heartbroken.

It's just a league match against Millwall, and you can actually accept it if you lose. Three points are not absolute. Manchester United still has a chance to recover it later, but the game may have a huge impact.

After this game, all Premier League teams will know about Manchester United's forward line issues.

Those ordinary small clubs are nothing. Manchester United's forward weak line is relatively weak. It is still easy to play against weak teams, and it is difficult for them to target anything. But teams like Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and other teams will definitely be easier to defend after knowing the situation of Manchester United's forward line. Just referring to Millwall's model is already quite threatening.

What will Manchester United perform then?

This idea has worried many Manchester United supporters, and the game that is about to lose seems to be nothing.

Many people also vaguely dissatisfied with the club's decision to sell Van Nice. If Van Nice had not left and went to Real Madrid, Manchester United would not have reached the point where the forward line was weak. With Van Nice's forward line is not inferior to any other team. Without Van Nice, Rooney can't pick it up at all, and the forward line is a big problem.

Fortunately, Manchester United has C-Ronaldo!

Many people feel lucky.

Before the end of last season's league, C-Ronaldo was revealed to have a conflict with Rooney. Under the media's exaggeration, it seems that he can't make it in the Premier League anymore. Many media rumored that C-Ronaldo might leave Manchester United and go to other leagues to find his next club, but in the end C-Ronaldo remained at Manchester United, and the club gave him a heavy new contract.

Now C-Ronaldo is almost alone in supporting Manchester United's frontcourt offense, shining in the entire game in every game, which also makes Manchester United supporters feel a little comforted.

That's all.

No matter how outstanding C-Ronaldo is, he is just a player. It is naturally impossible for him to use the last time to save Manchester United in failure.

In the last time, Manchester United started the crazy offensive mode, but still failed to break through Mirwall's goal.

When the game ended, the score remained 0-1. Millwall defeated Manchester United away and won the 11th round of the league.

The game is over.

Manchester United players all lowered their heads and left the stadium in a dull mood. They couldn't accept the fact that they lost the game, especially seeing Millwall's bench and Braniff's arrogant face made Manchester United players grit their teeth and say their teeth. Head coach Ferguson also stood up, looked at the players who left one by one, recalled the whole game, and made up his mind to improve the front line again.

This is a big decision.

Ferguson has the power to transfer the club, but the club's finances are not in their hands. After the Glazer family acquired Manchester United, the club's finances have been in a scarred state, and they need to work hard to pay off the high loans.

This is also the reason why Manchester United only bought one Carrick in the summer transfer.

Carrick is a high-value player. Ordinary clubs don't have that much money to buy such heavyweight stars, but you should know that Manchester United also sold Van Nie. In addition, some youth team players left, Manchester United's net transfer expenditure was less than 5 million euros. Compared with Manchester United's previous transfer strategy, the investment of several million euros was definitely pitiful.

Manchester United's finances are still not very good now, and if you want to improve your forward line, you must buy a strong star. The estimated minimum cost will be more than 10 million euros.

A forward of tens of millions of euros?

Stars with similar value passed by in their minds. In the end, Ferguson shook his head. Introducing players in winter transfers, the luck component is very large. The number of strikers worth tens of millions of euros is very limited. Generally, teams will not put forward strikers in the transfer market in the middle of the season, so the only ones they can buy are poor performers. If a player performs poorly in the original team, how likely is it that Manchester United will perform well?

Ferguson stood up and planned to leave. When he turned around, he happened to see Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang walked to the player passage and was directly opposite the center of the court. He smiled at Ferguson. He looked friendly to others, but in Ferguson's opinion, it definitely means to put down the wrong person.

Ferguson was so angry that he snorted coldly that he walked over. When he got closer, Mr. Jazz changed his attitude. He smiled warmly on his face and shook hands with Zhang Yang. "Your performance is really outstanding, very unexpected. I didn't expect it at all!"

Mr. Jazz sighed at Millwall's excellence, which also made Zhang Yang a little confused.

Will this old man praise Millwall?

It's impossible!

"There must be a fraud!" Zhang Yang thought to himself, his face was not clear about the voice, but instead praised Manchester United in response. "Manchester United is also very outstanding, especially on the right, C-Royce, who will definitely become a world superstar in the future."

Ferguson didn't seem to want to talk more about C-Ronaldo, but instead jumped directly to Mirwall's lineup. "You two strikers are great. Vardy, Bent, as far as I know, they can be said to dominate the league scorer list. But I found that Vardy is not inferior to Bent at all. I also found that your normal tactics are only sending one striker to play. Are you planning to use Bent to play the main players, or Vardy?"

Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

He felt that the old man had a bad temper and would not be kind to praise Millwall. He still talked to him so warmly. He really didn't have a good intention!

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "We are all the main players. We are fighting in the third line, the league, the Champions League, and the Cup. In January, there will be a FA Cup, and neither of us will lack opportunities to play."

"It's not certain next season." Ferguson said, "Of course, I'm not talking about your results. Any player will strive for the main position. By next season, I believe Vardy will become more mature, and he will definitely not be willing to accept the main position."

"Like Manchester United, why do we sell Van Nie? Because Wayne has grown up and there are other great young people on the team. You have been coaching for too short and haven't encountered this problem. But I think it's soon, you should think about it earlier."

Zhang Yang pulled the corner of his mouth, feeling that the old man in front of him seemed to be cheating on him as a child, but he did not plan to continue talking, but wanted to turn around and leave, leaving a sentence, "Maybe."

"But even if we want to sell a player, just like Manchester United, we won't sell it to our competitors!"

When Zhang Yang said that, he had already taken two steps, but suddenly stopped and smiled, "Of course, if it is a exchange, it is another matter. When will Manchester United consider selling Ronaldo to Millwall, I will also consider doing some transfer cooperation with Manchester United."

“…”

Ferguson looked at the departure back and stood alone on the grass, the muscles on the corners of his mouth were pulled, and the smile on his face turned into seriousness and anger. He knew that he was fooled by the other party.

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At the post-match press conference, Ferguson refused to attend on the grounds of physical discomfort.

Media reporters all know that Ferguson is in a bad mood. Manchester United lost the pre-game battle of words and also lost the home game. The game also exposed the flaws of the front line, which is equivalent to a triple blow.

Ferguson is probably worried about the front line?

Zhang Yang smiled and talked about the game in an official tone. He talked about Millwall's outstanding performance and praised Manchester United's performance. Just listening to the tone and content, he thought he had a good relationship with Manchester United. But in fact, anyone knows that Zhang Yang and Ferguson have a bad relationship, and Millwall and Manchester United are also in the same position.

Zhang Yang doesn’t care about that much.

Even though he is a direct competitor with Manchester United, Millwall has won the game and won a big victory before and after the game. There is no need to add any insult to the point of using words to mock anything. The only result of doing that is to create news materials for the media, which has no meaning to the team and himself.

After defeating Manchester United, Millwall secured the top spot. The two teams were only one point apart before, but now one point has become four points.

Manchester United still ranks second in the league, but already has the same points as Chelsea, and the ranking is high with a goal difference advantage.

Looking at the rankings and points numbers of the top three in the standings, you can also know how fierce the competition for the top of the league is. In such a fierce situation, it is definitely amazing that Millwall can defeat Manchester United and consolidate the top position in the standings.

In addition to the top three in the league, the competition between fourth and eighth is much more intense. Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Bolton and Everton are all in this range. Arsenal, fourth-placed, Bolton, eighth-placed, only five points are different, while Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea are four points.

From the standings, it can be analyzed that the competition in the league has become much more intense than last season.

This is similar to what the media expected.
Chapter completed!