Chapter 427 The Great Ferguson

In the first game of Blackburn, in the face of the opponent who had been slaughtered by themselves for 7 goals this season, what Manchester United has to do is to zip up their pockets containing the Premier League championship trophy, and then celebrate freely in the visiting team's locker room at Ewood Park. 90 minutes later, Manchester United did it!

As of the 37th round of the league, this season's Premier League champion Manchester United scored 74 goals, averaging 2 goals per game.

In terms of goals, it is ahead of Chelsea, the second place in the table, with 7 goals (1 round less), 5 goals (one less round) ahead of Arsenal, which ranks second in the number of goals, and its attack power is at the top of the Premier League. This season, Manchester United's rival Chelsea scored 4 goals or more in the Premier League in a total of 5 games, which are: a 6-0 win over West Brom at home, a 6-0 win over Wigan Athletic, a 4-0 win over Blackpool at home, a 4-0 win over Bolton 4-0 away, and a 4-2 win over Sunderland.

It is worth mentioning that three of these five victories ended before October last year. After the away win over Sunderland (February 1), that is, after the winter transfer window was closed, Chelsea did not score 4 goals in 17 consecutive games. Ancelotti tactically deliberately enhanced the defensive thickness, but this also made them lose 7 in Liverpool, Fulham and Stoke City in a row. Points.

Manchester United has scored more than 4 games in the league, with a total of 4 games, which are: 7-1 home win over Blackburn, 5-0 home win over Birmingham, away 4-0 win over Wigan Athletic, away 4-2 win over West Ham. Although the Red Devils' first big victory came a little late (he won Blackburn on November 27) and Chelsea's performance is one less, they are very stable in attack power. When they can't open the opponent's goal for most of the game, there will always be someone to stand up and enter the final shot.

The most obvious example is the away win over West Brom and Everton at home in the league. When the Red Devils are passive or suppressing the opponent in the whole game but can't open the opponent's goal, someone comes forward in time to save the team. It should be said that the team's style and the star's personal ability (Li Yuying's Super League 29 goals, Little Pea's 15 goals, Nani Premier League 14 assists Rooney's 11 goals and 11 assists) ensure the team's strong attack at the critical moment.

The offensive advantage has always been the magic weapon for Manchester United to compete for the championship. In the Premier League three years ago, Manchester United and Chelsea entered the last round with the same score. At that time, the Red Devils conceded 4 goals less than Chelsea, but the number of goals reached 80, 15 more than their competitors, which also gave the team a great psychological advantage before the last round. Offense has always been the most proud of Manchester United. It can be said that it has been successfully integrated into the team's bloodline. Ferguson once said: "We have always had our own unchanging beliefs. Manchester United's offensive style is the style of football, which is our tradition."

On the other hand, Manchester United conceded 35 goals in 37 rounds, slightly higher than Chelsea (30 goals) and Manchester City (33 goals), ranking third in the Premier League. This is partly due to the instability of the team's defense at the beginning of the season. The most obvious example is that 3-3 was forced by Everton to draw 2-2 with Bolton at the beginning of the league. Gary Neville and Evans's continuous low-level mistakes ruined the team's 6 points that the team should have received, and Evra, Brown, Vidic and others also There is a downturn. However, with the retirement of Gary Neville, Ferguson adjusted his strategy in time, hiding Brown and Evans, and using O'Shea, Lafar and Smarin. Manchester United's defense gradually returned to its former stability, which to a certain extent ensured their motivation to catch up in the table.

37 rounds have passed. Although the away results (5 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses) are only ranked 4th in the Premier League, the terrible result of 17 wins and 1 draw at home (they maintained a complete victory against the top 6 teams in the Premier League) gave Ferguson's team enough capital to beat two rounds in advance. Chelsea is basically locked in the championship.

There are many indispensable factors that can overwhelm Chelsea. The first one is definitely Lord Ferre's ability to lead the team.

In the case of a draw in the away game at the beginning of the season, the Godfather of Manchester United decisively made a change in the lineup and adjusted the guard configuration; under the condition of Beba's good momentum, he was still determined to replace Brother Hernandez's starting line-up; when Carrick was in a sluggish state, he insisted on using it; some of these decisions require courage. Yes, it takes the coach's complete familiarity and control of the team so that the team will not get out of control. As the team's master, Lord Fir, who has coached Manchester United for more than 20 years, can be proud of the Premier League. In contrast, Ancelotti, who only came to England last season, lost control of the locker room after the dismissal of the assistant teacher Wilkinson, resulting in a decline in the team's record. Compared with Ferguson, this is objectively the biggest failure for Chelsea to lose the chance to defend the title.

Secondly, Ferguson's seemingly unattractive summer signing proved to play an irreplaceable role afterwards.

Although the high-priced introduction of Bibby (7.4 million pounds) has proved to be useless, the sudden rise of Hernandez (7 million pounds) has laid the foundation for Manchester United's footsteps on the double crown road and played an irreplaceable role.

Compared with Chelsea's constant large-scale signing of 98 million pounds ( Torres + David Louis + Ramirez + Benayon), only Ramirez and David Louis played a role (Ramires was not stable in the early stage of joining the team. David Lewis helped the team win the league at home. United's away game has become the sinner of the loss). Ferguson's signing effect (Hernandez's opening record 7 times, 6 kills and 1 equalization) can be said to have exceeded the sum of the opponents.

The depth of the bench is also one of Manchester United's advantages. In addition to being equipped with sufficient sidelines, front lines and central defenders, the full-backs and midfielders have always been the two links criticized by the Red Devils.

Although the strength is not outstanding, Ferguson has never faced an unattended embarrassing situation in these two positions this season. When the old minister Brown and Gary Neville's condition declined, Ferguson held three good cards, such as O'Shea, Fabio and Lafar, of which the first two could play on both the left and right sides, and proved that he was competent, especially Fabio's rise during Lafar's injury this season, and most of them will put his brother on the bench in the future. The upward trend. In the centre-back position, with the age of Scholes, Manchester United is in urgent need of an organizer. Even so, the rotation of Carrick, Anderson, Fletcher and Giggs ensures the Red Devils' possession advantage at home most of the time. You should know that the home score of 17 wins and 1 draw is the 19th of the Red Devils. The foundation of the champion.

At present, Ferguson's most important concern is who will replace Van der Sar and guard Old Trafford next season. With the guarantee of funding, the only thing for the Lord is to be wise and not to repeat the mistakes of Bi Bi.

Before Christmas 1963, a young man who was about to celebrate his 22nd birthday was working in the factory while playing in the St. Johnston reserve team. At that time, this young man could not play the main force in the reserve team. He was no longer going to take up the football job, and even wanted to immigrate to Canada. However, a flu changed everything.

In that winter, as many as five players in St. Johnston's first team fell down due to the flu. The young man who had no illusions about his career was called to the club by an expedited telegram from the coach.

The young man was in danger and staged a hat-trick at the Glasgow Rangers' Ibros Stadium, becoming the first visiting player to play a hat-trick at Rangers' home court. The next day, major newspapers reported this one after another, and the headline of many newspapers was "Who is this boy who shocked the wanderers?" Today, 48 years later, few people in the world who like football do not know his name - Manchester United (@Manchester United News) head coach Alex Ferguson.

Fate has changed. In 1964, the first division team Dunfermlin signed a contract with Ferguson, and since then he has become a professional player.

In the 1965-66 season, 24-year-old Ferguson scored 45 goals in 51 games for Dunfermling, including 31 goals in the league, becoming the winner of the Scottish top league that season. In 1967, Ferguson transferred to Glasgow Rangers for £55,000, which set a record for the transfer fee between Scottish clubs at that time, but no one could have predicted that the hardest days of Ferguson's career began.

In Ferguson's autobiography "Teaching Career", he mentioned that when he first stepped into the Rangers' Ibros Stadium, the sneakers in his hand were thrown into the trash can, which was the biggest humiliation he encountered in his career.

As we all know, Glasgow Rangers fans believe in Protestantism, while Celtic fans believe in Catholicism. The two are like water and fire. Rangers never believe in Catholic players, but Ferguson's wife, Ms. Katie, believes in Catholicism, which makes the club have a great view of him.

Although Ferguson has tried his best to score 25 goals in 41 games in the league and 44 goals in 57 games in various competitions in his two seasons with Rangers. This data is actually quite good, but many people have always regarded him as a thorn in his eyes.

Ferguson was also kicked by angry Rangers fans after a loss.

In the 1969 Scottish Cup final, the Glasgow Rangers lost 0-4 to the Celtics, and Ferguson became a scapegoat. After the game, he angrily lost the silver medal.

There is no doubt that this place can no longer stay. Nottingham Forest wanted to sign Ferguson at that time, but Ferguson listened to his wife's advice and moved to Folcock in October of that year, where the 27-year-old Ferguson got the status of team and coach. After scoring 36 goals in 95 games for the team, Prentice took office and dismissed Ferguson's coaching position. The reaction was that he switched to El United in 1973. In 1974, Ferguson, who was under 33 years old, hung up his boots at El United.

In June 1974, Ferguson served as the coach of East Stirlingshire. The weekly salary of that part-time job was 40 pounds. Ferguson coached the team with a winning rate of 53%, and that summer was extremely sad summer for Manchester United, because the Red Devils had just been relegated.

In October of the same year, Ferguson began to serve as the coach of the second-level team St. Miren, coaching the team for four seasons and winning one second-level league championship.

In August 1978, Ferguson began to coach Aberdeen. During his more than eight years of coaching the team, Ferguson led the team to win three Scottish Premier League titles, four Scottish Cups, one Scottish League Cup and one European Super Cup. In the 1982-83 season, in the European Winners' Cup, Ferguson led Aberdeen all the way to the finals (including the elimination of Bayern Munich) and beat Real Madrid 2-1 to win the championship in the final. The following year, Ferguson was awarded the OBE Medal.

In November 1986, Manchester United fired Atkinson, and Ferguson finally accepted the invitation of the Red Devils to coach Manchester United. Since then, the whole of Europe has witnessed the release of an epic blockbuster.

At that time, Manchester United ranked 21st, and the penultimate in the league was on the verge of relegation. With Ferguson's efforts, Manchester United finally ended the season in 11th place. In the first full season of coaching Manchester United since then, Ferguson led the team to second place, behind the championship team Liverpool by 9 points. In the summer of 1988, Ferguson bought Mark Hughes from Barcelona. Just as Ferguson was preparing to make a big deal in the 88-89 season, God played a joke on him again. In that season, Manchester United finally ranked 11th.

In the 89-90 season, Manchester United had a good start, defeating the defending champion Arsenal 4-1, but then lost 1-5 to the same city's sworn enemy Manchester City, which greatly damaged the team's morale. The fans played a banner at Old Trafford, "Give you three years, and you are still a piece of garbage. Ferguson, get out of here." The team reporters were also persuading Ferguson to resign. Later, Ferguson described December 1989 as the darkest time of his coaching career.

With seven defeats, Manchester United drew Nottingham Forest in the third round of the FA Cup.

At that time, the Forest team was in excellent condition. Many people analyzed that as long as Ferguson lost the game, they would be dismissed, but Manchester United defeated the Forest team led by legendary head Clough 1-0 away. The morale-up Manchester United advanced all the way to the final and defeated Crystal Palace 1-0 in the final rematch to win the championship. From then on, never again. No one mentioned the class. In the 90-91 season, although Manchester United ranked 6th in the league, they successfully reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup and defeated Barcelona, the La Liga champion of that season, known as Dream One, 2-1 in the final. This is also Giggs' debut season.

Since then, Ferguson has brought the championship to Manchester United almost every season.

In the 91-92 season, Ferguson led Manchester United to win the League Cup and the European Super Cup, but lost to Leeds United in the league championship.

In the 92-93 season, Ferguson finally led Manchester United to win the Premier League for the first time. Cantona, who joined in the middle of the season, played a decisive role, which was also Manchester United's first league championship in 26 years. In the 93-94 season, Roy Keane's joining made the Red Devils like a tiger with wings, and Manchester United from the beginning to the end of the season. He led all the way and successfully defended his title. In the FA Cup final, Manchester United beat Chelsea 4-0, and Ferguson led Manchester United to complete the double championship for the first time. In the 94-95 season, due to Cantona's kicking Crystal Palace fans were suspended for eight months, Manchester United had a difficult pace this season. After the four empty seasons, Ferguson decided to rebuild. In the summer of 1995, Ferguson purged Mark Hughes, Paul Ins and Kanchelsky, which was criticized by the media.

After losing 1-3 to Villa in the first round of the 95-96 season, BBC guest Alan Hansen made a famous assertion that "you can't win anything with children", but Ferguson was unmoved. He did not add new aid, but reused Scholes, Beckham and Nevi. The 92 golden generation of young talents, such as Er Brothers and Bart, led the team to achieve the Premier League and the FA Cup double championship again, proving the correct decision to clean up the old minister. In the 96-97 season, Manchester United's strength increased after signing Solskjaer and successfully defended the title again. In the 97-98 season, although Manchester United introduced Xie Ringham and Borg, but the arrival of Wenger allowed Arsenal to find the victory equation. This season, Manchester United finally lost all four. After this season, Ferguson spent 30 million pounds in the summer of 1998 to buy Dwight-Yorke, Stam and Broomquist, with a great increase in strength, 98- In the 99 season, he finally won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League, achieving the first triple crown in the club's history. In the same year, Ferguson was awarded the title of Jazz.

After that, Manchester United not only won the Toyota Cup in 1999, but also won the Premier League championship in the 99-00 and 00-01 seasons, achieving three consecutive Premier League championships. In the 01-02 season, Manchester United once again won the four major championships. Ferguson believes that his retirement statement has affected the whole team. Combat effectiveness, change the retirement plan, and renew the contract for three years in one go. In the 02-03 season, Manchester United regained the Premier League championship; in the 03-04 season, it was the best season for Arsenalrs to play, but Manchester United still won the FA Cup championship; in the 04-05 season, Manchester United once again missed the four. After half a year of patience, the disappointed Ferguson still chose captain Roy Keanqing. The team was washed out; in the 05-06 season, Manchester United won only one League Cup title; at the beginning of the 06-07 season, Manchester United achieved three consecutive Premier League championships for the second time, including the third Champions League title in the club's history in the 07-08 season; last season, Manchester United once again copied the glory of the Triple Crown. This season, Ferg Sen once again led the unpopular Manchester United and won back the league championship from Chelsea.

Everyone who cares about Manchester United knows how difficult it is for the Red Devils to win the league championship this season.

Manchester United's start to this season is the worst in recent years. In the first seven rounds of the league, Manchester United only won 3 wins and 4 draws, while Chelsea got 6 wins and 1 loss in the same period, and Manchester United was 5 points behind their opponents.

Moreover, the unorganized personnel was also a problem that the Lord urgently needed to solve at that time.

At the beginning of the season, Valencia was absent from broken legs for half a year, but Nani has become a first-class winger in Europe this season. Due to the sequelae of the World Cup, Rooney, the top star, was in a very poor state in the first half of this season. He only scored 2 goals in the first 14 rounds of the league, of which 1 was still a point. Ball.

Rooney continued to be sluggish in the first part of the season, and it was Li Yu who used magical goals to help Manchester United remain competitive!

Everyone knows that Manchester United's central forward position is very weak, but veteran Giggs guested as a central defender, but the effect is unexpectedly good... Ferguson's master deployment allows Manchester United's machine to keep running at a high speed without any problems. After winning the championship in advance, Ferguson said that this was a great day for Manchester United. The sentence he said 25 years ago, "The most important thing in his life is to pull his mother Liverpool off the horse", which was finally realized today.

Ferguson once said, "Wenger and I are both dinosaur-level", but last year he surpassed the fossil-level Sir Busby.

On December 19 last year, Sir Alex Ferguson surpassed Sir Matt Busby with 8811 days in office to become the longest-serving coach in Manchester United's history. The gifted Busby began to coach Manchester United at the age of 35, and Ferguson was 44 years old when he came to Manchester United.

However, Sir Busby retired at the age of 62, while Ferguson will turn 70 on December 31 this year, but he can't stick to the line. The old man often jokes, "Retirement is a matter for young people. I'm too old to retire."

In his more than 20 years in office, Busby has won 5 league championships, 2 FA Cups, 1 UEFA Champions League and 5 community shields, and 13 championships for Manchester United. In his more than 24 years of coaching Manchester United, Ferguson led the Red Devils to win 13 league championships, 6 FA Cups and 5 League Cup, 10 Community Shields, 3 UEFA Champions League, 1 European Winners Cup, 1 Toyota Cup, 1 World Club Cup, 1 European Super Cup, 36 championships, large and small, which is not counting his 10 championships in the Aberdeen era; when it comes to Basby, you have to mention Basby's baby; and when it comes to Ferguson, it is not Not to mention the 92 golden generation... The two have a good relationship, and they are also teachers and friends.

Busby not only fully decentralized Ferguson and never interfered with Ferguson's deployment, but also said to Ferguson when he was upset, "Why do you read the football news in those newspapers? I never read it. Don't read it either."

Ins, Cantona, Beckham, Vanny, Roy Keane and Cristiano Ronaldo have all left one by one, but Manchester United is still the same Manchester United, and they will still win the championship one season after another.

Ferguson once said, "The most important person in Manchester United is always the head coach. Whoever annoys me will be finished." Isn't this emperor-like domineering!? There is no doubt that if Busby is the founder of the great monarchy of Manchester United, then Ferguson is the monarch of the Manchester United dynasty. 2 times UEFA coach of the year, 1 Champions League coach of the year, 10 years of the Premier League coach of the year, 9 times of the Premier League coach of the year, 4 times of World Football magazine football coach of the year, entered the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002, 10 years of the best owner of the English Coaches Association Handsome, BBC Sports Figure Lifetime Achievement Award... Ferguson has won countless awards, and he has won all the honors that a football club coach can get.

You may not like him, but you can't ignore his achievements.

Please pay tribute to Sir Alex Ferguson! Manchester United's truly unique peerless master!