Chapter 111 The final battle of the season
Deborah is right, Glory really gave Ferguson a headache.
Just a few weeks ago, in the same-city derby between Manchester City and Manchester United, Ferguson's defensive tactics against Glory failed.
Before that game, Ferguson was quite confident in his strategy and squeezed glory to the side. Although he could not completely freeze him, he could reduce the threat a lot.
But everyone has seen the final result. Rongguang was indeed trapped by Ferguson's tactics in that game, but he soon got out of the trap. Two goals and one assist, Rongguang made Manchester United's entire defense line panic.
This shows that Ferguson's tactics have completely failed.
Since then, Ferguson has been a little confused about how to deal with Glory.
Keep sticking to the tactics of that game?
As you have seen, it doesn't work. It's not that Ferguson is worried that Glory will have another world wave with zero angles. Such goals are all lucky. Glory can score two such goals in that game, which does not mean that he can score goals in this game. Ferguson thinks that the tactics don't work because Manchester City's third goal in that game.
The third ball was scored by the Bulgarian after Rong Guang broke through directly from the wing and passed the football to Berbatov after entering the penalty area.
This ball is different from the first two balls. It is a replicable and standard offensive routine.
Since Glory can make such a goal in that game, he is fully capable of making exactly the same goal in this game.
Although it was not the goal he scored, it was the same for Manchester United.
This shows that Glory can still threaten Manchester City's goal on the wing, but it has changed from direct threat to indirect threat.
The threats are different, but the final results are the same, which pose a threat to Manchester United's goal.
Rongguang must not be allowed to go to the middle lane. Now the side lane is not good, so what else can we do?
Ferguson has been thinking about this since the team lost to Barcelona in the Champions League final.
You can't let the glory go to heaven, right?
In order to understand this problem, Ferguson also looked for a lot of videos of the Glory game. Of course, it was not about how Glory scored goals in all directions, but about videos of those videos that Glory did not help the team win the game.
It depends on how Glory loses the game and what methods are used by teams that can defeat Glory.
After studying a large number of game videos, Ferguson came to a conclusion.
To be the most immediate and effective, foul tactics are probably the best choice.
Using a large number of frequent fouls to prevent Glory from getting the ball well, interrupting Manchester City and his own game rhythm.
Of course, foul tactics should be of the standard and can be able to interrupt the game just in time, but at the same time, it will not let his foul players get the cards. At the same time, the location of the foul must also be somewhat particular, that is, you cannot foul in a too dangerous place to avoid giving Manchester City a too good free kick opportunity. Although Petrov is not the main player now, if Benitez sees Manchester City get too many free kick opportunities, he might replace Petrov?
Petrov has scored five goals this season, three of which are free kicks, and more than half of them are free kicks. These free kicks are also created by Glory. This does not include those who have not scored goals.
Ferguson had to be careful.
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If the match between Manchester City and Manchester United is calm before the game, it will definitely be abnormal.
Not to mention that this game is related to the ownership of the FA Cup trophy.
And in a sense, this game is also a continuation of the last city derby.
Even the topic of war of words is continuation.
Therefore, before this game, Manchester City players talked about the previous controversies in an interview with reporters.
"Yes, Sun does have a special physiotherapy room in the club's training base, and only gives Rong physical therapy." The Manchester City player interviewed by reporters was goalkeeper Joe Hart. He asked back: "But Yirong's contribution to the team and his fighting spirit in training, is there any problem with him enjoying such special treatment? If you practice for half an hour before the team's normal training every day, practice for yourself during lunch break, and practice for half an hour after the afternoon training, then you can also enjoy physical therapy alone. Is there any problem?"
His rhetoric made the reporters interviewing him embarrassed, so they had to say, "Uh, that's not what I said..."
"Sorry, but I just suddenly thought of it. Rong does have some special treatments within the team, but no one in the team expressed dissatisfaction with it. Why? Why has Rong been here for almost a season, but there was no news like this before? Because each of us knows that Rong deserves it. I don't understand why anyone has any questions about this."
"Is Mark Hughes's dismissal related to Sun? Is there any unknown inside story?" The club's chairman Fasim also denied the rumors in front of the reporter. "I can tell you clearly that there is nothing to do with you. Although I know that some conspiracy theorists are dark inside and can't stand others, I still have to say. Everyone has seen the results of Mark Hughes's leadership, and I think anyone in my position will consider replacing him. And now everyone has seen the results of Benitez leading the team. I am very glad that we made the right decision."
It was Mark Hughes's words that were interviewed by reporters that made Rongguang, Sun Fengyang, and the club at the forefront.
So Fasim is not polite to Mark Hughes at all now. He directly compared Benitez with him, and then directly said that Mark Hughes is not as good as Benitez.
Now he and Benitez are on their honeymoon period, so of course they can't tolerate their ex-Mark Hughes coming out to dance.
In addition, there were also pro-Manchester City journalists in newspapers who mocked Manchester United for losing to Barcelona in the Champions League final, mocking Cristiano Ronaldo for not being comparable to glory at all.
In the eyes of ordinary people, such ridicule is vicious, but for the mortal enemies in the city, this is normal.
Manchester United also fought back.
"...I don't know what kind of gloating about Manchester City. Manchester United has reached the Champions League final for at least a season in a row. How many teams can do this? After the restructuring, only Valencia and Juventus have done it. In addition, Manchester United has won three Champions League titles, but what about Manchester City? None of them. A team that has made no achievements in the Champions League mocked a successful person. Either the world is abnormal or Manchester City is abnormal."
"...I don't think that Manchester City is trying hard to squeeze into the top four this season and qualifying for the Champions League next season is a good thing. Because with Manchester City's strength, entering the Champions League is the beginning of a nightmare for them. I am different from those Manchester City fans who cheer and are calm. In fact, this Manchester City does not have the strength and experience to deal with the dual-line battle between the domestic and the Champions League, so next season, when they spend more of their thoughts in the Champions League, this may not necessarily make them achieve any good results in the Champions League, and at the same time it will also drag down their performance in the domestic league... In European football, are there few examples of teams almost relegated due to poor strength? In Spanish football, such situations are common. So don't think that it is so happy to enter the Champions League, it is a kiss."
The media on the pro-Manchester United mainly talk about Manchester City's qualifying for the Champions League.
In the Champions League, Manchester United is quite superior. After all, their Champions League experience is more than ten streets ahead of Manchester City.
Even if Manchester United loses the Champions League championship this season, they are still runner-up, many times better than Manchester City.
Manchester United is making a big fuss in this regard, just to hit Manchester City.
Both sides can be said to do everything they can to win.
As the core figure, Rongguang, the focus of this game, naturally could not escape the attention of the media.
"There is nothing to say, right? No matter how beautiful you say, you may not win. Just watch the game."
Compared with his performance on the court, the glory under the court is much more low-key.
Although he occasionally speaks without saying anything, under the supervision of Debola, this situation has become less and less.
"Do you think Manchester City can win the championship?"
"Of course." Rongguang answered very firmly. "If you don't even have such confidence, then don't play in the finals. I came for the championship."
He is not low-key or modest on this issue. He is telling the truth, he is indeed coming for the championship.
If you don’t even dare to admit this, then what qualifications are there to win the championship? Such a person is good, and even if he really wins the championship in the end, he can only say that he has luck...
So Rongguang is particularly confused. What is the meaning of modesty in this kind of question? Will you not take you seriously if you take the initiative to show weakness?
Just kidding, you have reached the finals and defeated so many powerful enemies along the way. Can the same final opponents be proud and underestimated because you said a few scenes in a low posture?
Instead of being a grandson, it is better to announce your ambition openly and uprightly: Yes, I just want a championship, I am so impressed, otherwise I wouldn't have fought so hard to meet you in the finals.
"... Rong said this in an interview with us. He seemed very confident. So what will he perform in the next final? Let's wait and see. At the same time, Ferguson refused to reveal how he would deal with Rong in the right shape, and also made us very curious that such a focus battle ended this season, which is really suitable..."
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E, Happy New Year everyone
Chapter completed!