Chapter 386 New Season Team Deputy
No matter what the media says now Manchester United, Li Yu's goal is still very secure. He has scored a total of 6 goals in four games!
No one can say anything, but Ferguson wants Li Yu to be the core of the frontcourt tactics. Now it seems that it can't be implemented. Li Yu is the core. Who will score?
In the next Champions League, Manchester United will play against Glasgow Rangers at home, and the overlords in the English and Scottish Premier League.
The overlord is also different. Of course, the Premier League and the Scottish Premier League cannot be the same. The overlord of the Premier League was unanimously favored before the game and won the Glasgow Rangers at home.
It may be that the confidence given to Ferguson before the game was too full. Li Yu was not on the list, and the main front line was led by Rooney and new aid Little Pea.
It's just the end of the final game, but it's beyond everyone's expectation, 0:0!
No goal at home, no goal at home!
The inevitable 3 points, how did it become 1 point again?
This is the best era for English football, and it is also the worst era.
Because of the development of science and technology in this era, football stars have received unprecedented attention. The interest chain of broadcasting rights can allow them to get a richer income and live a famous and even rich life. Because of this, young talents no longer devote their energy to the court.
Rooney set a bad example. He let Scholes, Neville and Giggs go back to the era of innocence that was scolded by Ferguson once at night when they were young. He accurately interpreted the off-court scandal and how to make a world-class player try his best in 90 minutes and get nothing.
Immediately after Manchester United was tied by Rangers at home, the authoritative media Sky Sports gave a slogan such as "Roney drives the team to fail", which appropriately reflects Rooney's performance today.
No matter how Ferguson explains after the game, the Red Devils did arrange a lot of substitutes in today's starting lineup. Under such circumstances, the performance of the core character Rooney is more crucial, but last weekend's league truce did not let Rooney find his best form, and Xiao Pang stopped with the whole team.
Rooney's bad state began in the 21st minute of the first half. Manchester United counterattacked, and Pang and Hernandez formed a frontcourt 2v2, which was almost the best chance for the Red Devils to open.
But at the moment when more than 60,000 fans on the sidelines were expecting the deadlock to be broken, Rooney's foot did not know the so-called cross pass and sent the ball directly to the feet of Rangers defender Will, and the ball was cleared. In this counterattack, Rooney could have chosen to break through the forced attack, or pass Hernandez, who was waiting in the penalty area one step in advance, but Xiao Pang chose to take one more step to pass, which delayed the fighter.
In the 38th minute of the first half, when Rooney chased the opponent's right breakthrough, without any physical contact with his opponent, a sudden stop accidentally sprained his ankle. Not only was he conscious, but Xiao Pang's physical condition was also unsatisfactory. For Rooney's bad state and sleepwalking performance, a set of shots in the second half is obviously more convincing.
In the 70th minute, Giggs broke through from the left and sent a good cross with an excellent landing point. Last season, Rooney, who killed his opponent with consecutive headers, unexpectedly took off half a beat in the penalty area, taking a great opportunity out of the bottom line.
One minute later, Manchester United's counterattack, Rooney accidentally conceded the ball in the front court, making an undue mistake. Another minute later, Manchester United formed an offensive in the Rangers penalty area. Rooney's dribble was cut off again. He was so angry that he put the opponent's defender from behind and was fouled.
However, Rooney did not work hard. In the 75th minute, in order to grab a header, he risked injury and bumped into the opposing goalkeeper.
But based on today's 90-minute clumsy performance, it is difficult for you to compare the Rooney in front of you with the little fat who was majestic in the Champions League last season. After the game, Sky Sports rudely gave him 5 points, which was only higher than Park Ji-sung, who scored 4 points, and ranked second from the bottom of the team.
Is it true that, as Ferguson said, the Iron Bucket Array of the Scottish Premier League Champion Rangers was too successful, which led to Rooney's poor performance?
You should know that in the Premier League, Manchester United can still win the game in the face of the intensive defense of the midstream and lower teams.
What's more, Rooney's opponent today, the Rangers' two central defenders, Will and Bogueira, is a veteran who was born in 1970 and is in a semi-retired state at the age of 40 and 4 months; the other is a long-term mix of second-rate leagues such as League One and Football League Championship, and even the starting second-rate defender when he is a teammate with Zheng Zhi.
Such a group of opponents made Rooney unable to find a direction for the whole game. Among them, Algerian Bogaila defended Xiao Pang without a temper in the World Cup group stage. Today, it is also his "double kill" for Rooney. We can't help but ask, what's wrong with Rooney?
Yes, what's wrong with Rooney?
Perhaps more than 60,000 fans from Ferguson to Capello and even at Old Trafford, everyone knows the answer.
For today's game, Ferguson deliberately hid Rooney in the whirlpool of public opinion in the league last week. On the one hand, protecting the players is that the Scots hope that Rooney can perform against Lords's own hometown team in the first group game of today's Champions League. The Manchester United coach told the Mirror: "We all hope Rooney can have a good performance, and I'm looking forward to it." But Xiao Pang obviously disappointed the teacher this time. After the game, Ferguson didn't say a word about Rooney's state, and the bitterness in his heart can be imagined.
The off-court scandal affects the performance on the court, which is a dangerous signal for Rooney. Although he is the first red man in England in the Dream Theater, but in the eyes of Ferguson, no one in the Red Devils is indispensable.
From Beckham to Keane, Fannie and World Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, all the once-timely popular characters can't escape the fate of escape.
Guardian columnist Richard Williams wrote in his blog: "You can choose to believe what Ferguson said to protect Rooney at Goodison Park; or the excuse of 'Roney is not ready' in his assistant Mike Ferran; or the third possibility, Ferguson has I've had enough of Rooney's trouble and want to get rid of him.
Beckham fled from Old Trafford and went to Madrid, but he is still continuing his career on the road to four. Now all of us, perhaps including Rooney's head coach, want to know whether such Rooney can finish his youth at Manchester United. In fact, Rooney should be asked this question, because only he knows the final answer to this question.
At the same time, the media is also asking, Li Yu, who is in good condition, instead of using it, but trying to activate Rooney, who is out of state with such an important game as the Champions League. What does Ferguson think?
If Li Yu was on the field, it would definitely not end like this.
In the face of repeated questions from the media, Ferguson finally revealed the majesty of the Premier League boss-level coach, "The problem of assigning players, who will be sent to play, I have considered it!"
The media just wants to know how to consider it?
It's just that Ferguson's answer to this question will never be heard, because he has turned around and left.
Glasgow Rangers have been unwinn in the past 10 Champions League games, with a specific record of 3 draws and 7 losses. The last time they won the Champions League was three years ago, when Rangers beat Lyon 3-0 at home.
In the Rangers' last 12 games against England, they have not scored in 6 games. In this game, in the past 13 games against England, the Rangers have failed to score in 7 games, so they can take 1 point from Old Trafford. The Rangers can be thanked. It's human.
Compared with Everton's 3-3 starter 11 in the last round, Ferguson rotated 10 in this game, and the only one that has not been replaced is Fletcher. Even including Rooney, Ferdinand, Valencia and Fletcher, who just returned, Manchester United only had four main players in this game, while the five absolute main players, Vidic, Evra, Nani, Scholes and Li Yu, were all absent from this game and did not enter the substitute list at all.
Ferguson's idea is also reasonable. Liverpool is the enemy of his life. I'm afraid the most fulfilling thing in his life is to pull Liverpool down. In the case of four rounds behind Chelsea by 4 points, there will be no loss when playing Liverpool on the weekend. Otherwise, after this round, it may only be possible to pay attention to the Blues, but Ferguson meets Smith, who knows him well.
Rangers coach Walter Smith was Ferguson's assistant when he led the Scottish team to the 86 World Cup. Moreover, Smith also came to Old Trafford to assist Ferguson in 2004. Of course, he knows the tactical arrangements of Sir Alex Ferguson very well.
In this game, his Rangers players were united at the defensive end, which made Manchester United very uncomfortable. In the first half, Manchester United shot 11 times, while the Glasgow Rangers had zero shots in the first half. In terms of possession, Manchester United also led by 59.3% to 40.7%. In the whole game, Manchester United led by 21-2 in the number of shots, but in fact, the Red Devils did not get a decent scoring opportunity or twice in the whole game.
It is impossible for Ferguson not to stay for Liverpool, just as Hodgson did not put Gerard and Torres on Thursday night's UEFA Europa League list.
In the 08-09 season, Liverpool beat Manchester United 2-0 at home and 4-0 away. Last season, Liverpool beat Manchester United 2-0 at home and 1-2 away. In the past two seasons, Manchester United has only achieved 1 win and 3 losses against Liverpool.
Although Ferguson once said, the Premier League and the Champions League are both important, especially the Champions League. But before the game against Liverpool, Lord also decided to focus on this weekend's league. In his opinion, in case they don't win the Rangers, Manchester United still have five games to prove themselves. Once they lose to Liverpool at the weekend, Manchester United may be 7 points behind the leader Chelsea in five rounds, which is definitely an unbearable gap.
In the 05-06 season of the UEFA Champions League, Manchester United were divided into a group with Villarreal, Riel and Benfica.
As a result, Manchester United drew 0-0 with the Yellow Submarines of the La Liga team at home and away, 0-0 at home, 0-1 at home and 0-1 away from Lille; 2-1 at home and 1-2 away from home with Benfica of the Portuguese Super League. As a result, they were eliminated at the bottom of the group with a record of 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses. There are three reasons: first, the home record is too bad, and the three home games only got 1 win and 2 draws and got 5 points; the second is that the attack power is too bad, 3 home games scored 2 goals, 3 away games scored 1 goal, and only 3 goals in 6 group games, the attack power is really worrying; third, Mourinho's Chelsea imposed a lot on Manchester United. The pressure of the big league championship makes it inevitable that Manchester United will be distracted from the domestic league arena in the two-line battle.
This season, Chelsea is very strong at the beginning of the league, and after losing 4 points to Fulham and Everton, Manchester United no longer dares to be careless.
In this way, when Manchester United play in Europe, they tend to distract part of their attention from the domestic league games. Chelsea, which is smooth in the league, can completely focus all their attention on the mysterious player Zhirina. This weekend, Ancelotti's team will face a huge difference in strength at Stamford Bridge. They are promoted to Blackpool, and they don't have any pressure at all.
If Manchester United does not take advantage of the two rounds of direct confrontation with Valencia, even if it can qualify smoothly, it is very likely to qualify as the second in the group, and Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter may all be staring at Manchester United on the way to 8th. If this is the case, in the case of losing a general Valencia, Manchester United may repeat the tragedy five years ago. The league champion is still Chelsea's, and the Champions League went home early and only got a league cup to talk about **.
Getting only 1 point is not the most terrible news for Manchester United.
Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia fractured his ankle in the Champions League group match against Glasgow Rangers. According to Ecuadorian team doctor Mardo Naduo, he will be absent for at least six months.
Valencia suffered a tackle in a breakthrough, and her left foot was pressed by the opponent's defender Brodford's body, resulting in a broken ankle. This injury is similar to that of former Arsenal player Eduardo da Silva (the latter is more serious), when it took the Gunners striker nearly a year to return to the court.
Maldo Naduo, the national team doctor, said in an interview with Ecuador's domestic TV station: "He will need at least four to five months to recover from his injury, and then he will need a lot of rehabilitation exercises to restore the function of his legs and achieve the original flexibility, so it will take at least six months before he can come back."
In addition, Rangers guard Brodford said that he was horrified by the situation at that time and had never seen such a serious injury. I'm not sure how it happened. I made a sliding shovel and then looked back to see that his bones bulged out.
"We desperately called the team doctor to help him, because this scene is horrible. I have never seen such a wound so close. I've seen it on TV, but it feels too bad to see it happen in front of your eyes. I hope he can recover as soon as possible.
I have to face a strong enemy like Liverpool in a few days. In fact, there is no need for Ferguson to say anything. The media should be able to understand why Ferguson hides Li Yu, which is completely for the next round of Premier League war.
One more thing is that Manchester United must be determined early as the captain of the new season.
The delay in announcing, everyone knows who the old man wants to give, and the one who is very weak has a scandal, and now it is the last time to make a choice.
Manchester United head coach Ferguson seems to have selected the captain of the Red Devils this season. In the Premier League focus match against Liverpool on Sunday, he again appointed Vidic as the captain, and the chance of the original popular Rio Ferdinand seems to be getting smaller and smaller.
A few days ago, Ferguson announced that Gary Neville would no longer be the captain of Manchester United. As for the replacement, it has not been finalized, but now, the Lord has finally made a decision. The captain's armband has been given to Vidic, because he has participated in all the games.
In fact, in the last round of the league, Vidic wore the captain's armband, and he was appointed again in this battle against Liverpool. It seems that Ferguson intends to make him a formal leader. Lord said, "We hope that a player who can continue to play the game will assume the position of captain. Everyone agrees that Vidic can play all season. He can always do it. Unless he is allowed to rest, he will not be excluded from the lineup."
"Since the beginning of this season, Vidic has become the captain, which will continue."
The Sun said that this was a blow to Leo Ferdinand, who was originally popular as the successor captain, but the injury became his biggest stumbling block. Now, he is faced with the possibility of losing two armbands. In the England team, acting captain Gerrard's momentum is very strong, and Capello may be considering letting the Liverpool official take over the armband.
Ferdinand is currently trying to recover as soon as possible, and he may play in Sunday's game against Liverpool. Ferguson said, "It's a good thing for Leo to come back. If he plays, it's because he's an excellent player."
What Ferdinand himself is currently thinking about is to restore his main position, and the captain's armband is second. He has been absent for three and a half months due to injury. In the Champions League group stage with a 0-0 draw with Glasgow Rangers in the middle of the week, he finally returned to the stage. Ferdinand said: "It's up to the head coach to decide whether I can still play for Liverpool. We have changed ten starters for Rangers, and we may change ten more on Sunday. I hope I can be selected and become part of the starting lineup, but first I have to advance the big list."
Ferdinand's election was lost because of his attendance and injury, so what about Li Yu? I didn't mention it, and the subsequent news finally gave the final answer!
"Li Yu is the deputy of Manchester United and the second captain on the court!"
If there is any accident in Vidic, then in the Premier League, the captain of the rich Manchester United will be the first time that the Chinese wear the captain's armband!