Chapter 211 Hope for All England
The fireworks of the European Champions League have just burned out, and the eyes of the whole of England and even the whole of Europe have turned to Manchester's Old Trafford Stadium. Three days later, there will be a competition between the old English nobles: the Red Devils and the Red Army.
Just to say that in last season, such a game did not attract so much attention.
The main reason is that Manchester United is a world-class strong team, while Liverpool has always been the second-tier team in the Premier League. Although they have always been a strong contender for the Champions League, there is still a big gap with Manchester United and Arsenal, which are at the top, and Liverpool's performance in Europe in recent years is not very good. Traditional style of play. Obviously behind the world, the outcome of this game is irrelevant.
But now, the situation is different.
Liverpool's performance this season is very strong, ranking second after Arsenal, which is second only to the all-win results in the league, and their young player Don Jack. Li's performance stunned the whole of Europe, so that the gap between the Red Army and the Red Devils was flattened. In addition, Manchester United's performance at the beginning of the season was not very good, but everyone knows that it is because Manchester United's lineup is incomplete, not only on the front line, but also their main central defender, Leo, who is the first in Ingra. Ferdinand also did not participate in the game due to the suspension.
But before this game, it was not just Wayne who had just been introduced. Rooney can play, and even Ferdinand's suspension is just over. Such a situation will obviously greatly increase Manchester United's strength, and this is a dream theater game. Manchester United, which is at home, is likely to burst into stronger strength.
This game is really a competition between two tigers!
So, the fisherman made a profit, such as Chelsea, their champion coach Mourinho, talked about the next round of Liverpool and Manchester United in an interview with reporters on this day: "... I hope Liverpool can win, because I hate the old guy the most, although I don't like the stubborn Spaniard. Obviously, 'relying on the old and selling the old' is Ferguson. In the first game of the league against Manchester United, Ferguson secretly said that 'Mourinho is very young, young people have little experience, don't be complacent because of a victory', which is completely a sarcasm.
K. Jose. Mourinho will not lose in the war of words. He has kept this matter in mind until now. In response to the topic raised by reporters, the Portuguese continued to say, "However, which team wins is good for us, but I prefer Liverpool to win, because then we will have one less opponent to compete for the league championship..." What he said really depressed Manchester United supporters.
But it's true that it's true. Now Manchester United and Liverpool and Chelsea are three points behind. If Manchester United loses, it will be 11 points away from the First Group and 13 league points away from Arsenal... Such a gap will directly put Manchester United into the abyss. What's more, after losing to Liverpool, it is very difficult for Manchester United to turn around in the league, which will have a great blow to them.
Mourinho's words also hit Manchester United hard enough.
And another Arsenal is not willing to show weakness. The competition between Arsenal and Manchester United in the league has not been a day or two. There is already an insoluble contradiction between French coach Wenger and Ferguson. Although Liverpool is also a competitor of Arsenal, this competition is just At first, in fact, Benitez himself and Wenger had never met. Of course, Wenger would not feel bad about Liverpool.
So, Wenger also picked up the words: "... I hope Liverpool can win, as for Manchester United? What we need is a strong opponent, not a declining aristocrat.
The last sentence makes everyone feel a little different. After all, Liverpool is a declining aristocracy, but this does not prevent everyone from understanding Wenger's words. The meaning of his words is obviously to satirize Manchester United's recent achievements. In the league, Manchester United's points are too different from the first three teams, even if the Champions League is small. In the group stage, the previous round of Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool all easily won, and only Manchester United played a draw.
This situation is really bad enough.
For the behavior of several major competitors jumping out and pulling the back legs of Manchester United, the old Jazz Ferguson just had no choice but to shake his head and smiled bitterly. Manchester United has won too many honors, but it has offended too many opponents. Everyone is aimed at Manchester United, and he can only tolerate the results of the game to prove everything.
In the face of an opponent like Liverpool, to be honest, Ferguson is really not sure.
It's not because of Liverpool's performance or anything. Those are floating clouds in front of Manchester United. The competition of these top teams is not as simple as the results, but more important is the strength of the team.
Let's not talk about anything else, it's just Jack. Li is enough for Old Jazz to have a headache!
In this summer, Manchester United also participated in the competition for Don Jack's transfer. The old Jazz did not openly declare Jack of Manchester United's Schalke 04 in front of the media once or twice. Lee was very interested and offered a transfer fee of 10 million euros. Unfortunately, Manchester United is still chasing Wayne. Rooney, so he hasn't made up his mind, but if Schalke 04 accepts Manchester United's offer, mainly because Don Jack wants to join Manchester United, then now that he has played at Old Trafford, no team will refuse such an efficient striker to join.
However, Ferguson obviously prefers Rooney.
So the old Jazz did not invest more energy in the transfer of Don Jack, but now Rooney has joined Manchester United, and the brunette boy has joined the rival Liverpool. Obviously, this is not the situation Ferguson wants to see, and the situation that the Old Jazz does not want to see has also happened, that is, the brunette boy is Liverpool performed so well that he is now second only to Henry in the scorer list. The number of six goals in the five games is really eye-catching.
How to deal with such a talented archer?
This is really enough for Ferguson to have a headache. Obviously, he will not despise this point. Those teams that despise Don Jack are all sent back to their hometown one by one. Manchester United doesn't want to follow in their footsteps.
Before the game, in an interview with reporters and media, Ferguson ignored the provocations of Mourinho and Wenger, because he knew that this Monday's game was the top priority. The practical significance was that only the three points in exchange for victory could retain the Red Devil' last dream of league championship. As long as you lose points in Liverpool, it means that Manchester United's dream of winning the league championship is basically over.
On a higher level, the failure of the Red Derby will force the Red Devils to give up the "privilege" of challenging London to their biggest enemy in the past. At least Sir Ferguson does not doubt Benitez's ability: "He is a master of tactics, and now he uses his familiar fellow players. To form the new core force of the team, I think Benitez is repeating Wenger's old way of revitalizing Arsenal. Liverpool's progress deserves great attention. They will be a strong contender for the league championship. I will attach great importance to this game.
After that, the reporter interviewed Benitez in Liverpool. In the face of this game, it is impossible for the Spaniard not to ignore it. In fact, since the game with Monaco, Benitez has been an 'otaku' again. He has been studying in the office for several days. Tactics and possible variables in the game.
This makes Benitez look a little haggard, but during the reporter's interview, he still cheered up and said, "Our game with Manchester United is a bit like Valencia in La Liga against Real Madrid, even better than that. I like the warm atmosphere created around this game very much, but I hope that some people will say that every game of our game will be the most important in the future, because it shows that we have done a good job and have the ability to attack the championship.
Such remarks greatly improve morale.
Most media reporters believe that the winner of this game must be Liverpool, although they are more supportive of Wayne. Rooney, but in fact, that doesn't mean that it supports Manchester United. The main reason is that Manchester United's performance this season is not good, and an unavoidable fact is that if they can't even win Manchester United at present, it's still a little early to put forward the slogan of Liverpool's challenge of "London Twins".
In this way, all the neutral media in England want Liverpool to win, so that they can see the parallel situation between the north and the south of England. If the northern team is too weak, it will be the regression of English football.
When Manchester United is weak, Liverpool should raise the flag of the north of England.
As for the re-emergence of Manchester United?
At least many people have no hope this season, mainly because of Manchester United's internal reasons, and the current league situation is very clear. Manchester United's point gap is too big. Even if they have a deep background and outstanding performance in the back, it is difficult to catch up with Arsenal, which is already very poor. After all, Manchester Lian's good performance may not be able to catch up with the gap. It mainly depends on whether Arsenal makes mistakes.
And Liverpool is completely different. At the moment of Manchester United's 'falling down', only one Liverpool team in the north can play against the London doubles. Therefore, after the topic of Rooney and Don Jack went on, it seems that all England hopes that Liverpool can win the game except Manchester United media.