host must win

Chapter 619

"Obviously, I want to attack." Ferguson said bluntly at the pre-match press conference, "In the game against Arsenal, you can't defend. You can only attack. Against Arsenal, try to score more goals than them. ball."

The Arsenal media took Ferguson's statement as his fear of Arsenal's offensive ability, and they said with some pride: "This Arsenal is not the Arsenal at the beginning of the season. This time, we Must win!'

Chelsea coach Mourinho gave his own interpretation of this in an interview with the media: The old man meant that Arsenal's defense was not good.

As far as defense is concerned, Mourinho has the confidence to say such things.As the head coach of a team that only conceded 21 goals in 9 league rounds, he can even say: I am not targeting anyone, but all your defenses are scum!

Arsenal fans: MMP...

As Manchester United's top star and captain, Yin Jun also attended the pre-match press conference with Ferguson.The reporter also asked him what he thought of Vieira's remarks four days ago.

Yin Jun simply answered: "Football matters, let's leave it to football."

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The game kicked off at 1 o'clock in the evening on January 2, UK local time. Half an hour before the start of the game, the huge Highbury Stadium was almost full.

This game will also be the last time Arsenal will play against Manchester United at this stadium.When waiting for the next season, this stadium that witnessed Arsenal and Manchester United competing for the Premier League will officially withdraw from the stage of history.

"Gary, who do you like? Haha, I know the answer." The old BBC commentator John Mortensen asked his commentator partner today with a smile.

"In this game, the pressure is actually on Arsenal's side. Arsenal haven't won Manchester United in the league since May 2002," said Gary Lineker. It is not easy to win Manchester United, coach Ferguson has initially shaped this team, this is a team with a reasonable age structure and excellent tactics."

John Mortensen nodded and said: "This Manchester United team is indeed very good. In fact, I have studied the results of this team. Although they only won the League Cup last season, this does not mean that their results are not good. They scored 91 points in the league. If it was changed in the past, this score would definitely win the Premier League. In the Champions League and the FA Cup, Manchester United also reached the semi-finals. This season, they are also in the top 20 They scored 53 points in the round, which is an absolute high score. They failed to rank first, I can only say that Mourinho's team is really too strong, they don't seem to belong to this planet."

Lineker said with the same feeling: "It is true, 21 wins, 19 draw and 1 loss in 1 league games, this is simply not something that humans can play! Money can really do whatever it wants!"

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John Mortensen laughed and didn't continue to dwell on this question, but said: "Gary, what do you think of what Patrick (Vieira) said in the "Sun" years ago?"

That's why the BBC arranged for Lineker to partner with John Mortensen to commentate the game.After all, both of them are pillars of the BBC, and under normal circumstances they will host the commentary competition alone.Although the match between Arsenal and Manchester United is the focus of this round, under normal circumstances, the two of them would not be allowed to attend together.

As we all know, Lineker is a gentleman in football. Lineker has achieved many honors throughout his career. The most prominent point is that he has never received a yellow card, which can be called a good story in world football.

And Yin Jun is Lineker's favorite player, because he seldom fouled in the game, and he didn't get a single card in the first three seasons of Manchester United. Although he got a yellow card this season, that It's just a tactical foul, and the foul is very clean without any malice, so Yin Jun can also be regarded as the cleanest player in the Premier League.Coupled with his excellent football skills and extraordinary performance on the field, he completely convinced Lineker, and made this "football gentleman" express in public more than once that he was a fan of Yin Jun.

However, it is precisely because Yin Jun's game is too clean that Vieira thinks he is too gentlemanly, even cowardly.

Regarding the question of the partner, Lineker smiled lightly and said: "I think what Yin said in the interview is the best response to Vieira: football matters, let's leave it to football. Is Yin Jun a coward? , I think Arsenal fans know best. If I remember correctly, after Yin joined Manchester United, he played against Arsenal 8 times and has never lost to them."

John Mortensen nodded and said: "Yes, Yin Jun played against Arsenal 8 times, with a record of 4 wins and 4 draws. Yin Jun scored 6 goals and 1 assist."

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In the interactive commentary of the two commentators, time passed, and soon, players from both sides came on the field. When the names of Arsenal players were announced on the radio, there were cheers in the sky above Highbury. At this time, the cheers reached their peak.

As the banner of Arsenal, Henry is deeply loved and loved by fans, at least at this time.

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John Mortensen turned the topic back to the game: "Let's take a look at the starting rosters of both sides."

The starting rosters of both sides of the game were also displayed on the live TV screen.

Arsenal's lineup: goalkeeper No. 1 Lehmann; defense from right to left No. 12 Lauren, No. 28 Kolo Toure, No. 23 Campbell, No. 18 Nishioka; midfielder No. 7 Pires, No. 15 Fabre Gass, No. 19 Gilberto, No. 13 Hleb, No. 9 Reyes; Henry single arrow forward.

"This starting lineup for Arsenal..." Lineker paused, as if considering the words to describe it.

"This is to swallow Manchester United in one bite." John Mortenson said directly, "This is a very aggressive starting configuration, and it is also very risky."

On the visiting team's bench at Highbury Stadium, Ferguson raised the piece of paper in Yang's hand and said to his assistants Queiroz and Mike Phelan: "Arsena is crazy. Look, Reyes and Pires played. On the wing, this is actually a three-forward combination, no, counting Hleb, it can even be a four-forward combination, and in the midfield, Gilberto and Fabregas play double midfielders, but in fact, these two Individuals are not the kind of full-time defensive players, tsk."

As he spoke, Ferguson shook his head and said, "Are you too confident, or do you look down on us?"

"I feel like you're so happy right now." Queiroz poked at him.

"The starting lineup is the first step in a tactical duel. Fortunately, I was prepared." Ferguson said triumphantly. He is now looking forward to seeing Wenger's expression when he gets Manchester United's starting lineup.

(End of this chapter)