Pirated Ronaldo

Chapter 479 Naive Portsmouth Fans

On December 12rd, Saturday, at 3:18 p.m., Manchester United's first match in December, and also the first match of the new Manchester United, slowly kicked off.

People are looking forward to what kind of temperament Manchester United will show in the first game after Ferguson publicly declared the new Manchester United.

Although, in the past November, Manchester United played very well, won four consecutive victories, and even the Keqiang team, the mental outlook of the team has also taken on a new look, whether it is facing Chelsea, the most powerful opponent in the league, or the most powerful team. The fierce West Ham and Manchester United have won, which can be called brilliant.

However, as the former overlord of the Premier League, if this result is placed in the glorious history of Manchester United, it will not be a big deal. Just imagine, is Manchester United in the 90s a big deal to win a four-game winning streak?
Don't talk about Manchester United in the past, even Arsenal or Chelsea in recent years. The four-game winning streak is just a side dish. Arsenal's 47 rounds of unbeaten is proof. Chelsea was also an unbeaten team for 40 rounds a month ago. Compared with those results, Manchester United's success in November is nothing worth mentioning.

Therefore, what kind of appearance Manchester United can start a new journey is very important. As the saying goes, a good start is half the battle. Although the British do not have this kind of saying, people also know that facing Portsmouth in the first game , if the new Manchester United that Ferguson said can't deliver a satisfactory answer, then this team is just a show and not worth looking forward to.

"New Manchester United! The first game must be won!"

"Our new Manchester United, our hope!"

"A new journey! A new starting point!"

In Old Trafford, similar slogans are flying everywhere. This is the intention of Manchester United. Seeing that the first half of the 2005-06 season is coming to an end, the team is playing well in the Champions League and the league. Ferguson proposed the concept of the new Manchester United, so it was just right to play a beautiful game, stabilize the hearts of the fans, give everyone hope, and reshape a brand new image for the team, which is beneficial to all aspects of the club.

As the saying goes, persimmons should be picked softly, and it is just right to sharpen the knife with Portsmouth's booing underdogs!

In other words, in the Christmas game in December every year, what do the teams that perform well rely on?Is it just relying on the thickness of the bench?

mistake!If a team only relies on the strength of the substitute lineup, their total score in the Christmas game will definitely not be at the forefront, at most it will be in the middle. Then, when the league kicks off again in January next year, people will It will be found that the ranking of some promising teams has not advanced, while other teams that are considered to be in trouble have improved instead.

At the pre-match preparation meeting before this game, Ferguson Sr. answered all the players' questions with a smile.

Ferguson said: "Can a team with a full lineup achieve satisfactory results during the Christmas period? That is completely wrong! If that is the case, the Christmas period will not be called a period of unpopularity! Every A team is ranked according to the strength of its players and the strength of its bench, so how can there still be upsets?"

"Since this is the case, what is the most critical factor? Mental outlook! Temperament! Fighting will!"

The old man's statement was very mysterious, but he then explained the characteristics of the Christmas game that he had summed up over the years, which made everyone feel suddenly enlightened.

First, during the period from Christmas to New Year's Day, professional players are subject to too much interference from various aspects, and the performance of many players will drop sharply. Sometimes the performance of substitute players with a strong desire to win is better than that of the main players.

Second, this period is also a period of unpopularity. The tactics commonly used by some underdogs are: fight a few games, try to protect a few games. Specifically, choose a few games to strive for victory and grab points desperately, while other games will be To save a tie, or simply give up for hopeless games, to save the players' physical fitness, if this goal is achieved, it will definitely score more points than usual.

Third, in games during the Christmas period, there will often be a situation where the strong team is not strong and the weak team is not weak, and the outcome of the game is only between Zhong Bo.

From the above situations, it can be seen that whichever team can stand up on the court, hold on, and can grit their teeth and be resolute when encountering difficulties, whoever is the ultimate winner!
In general, if the Manchester United team can show their momentum and the prestige of the new Manchester United in the middle and early December, then even if they have some injuries during the Christmas game in the middle and late December, they will not necessarily suffer. On the contrary, If the Manchester United team is discouraged and the team's momentum is let down, even if the team is well-equipped, the team will easily lose the game during the Christmas period when there are many disturbances.

After listening to Ferguson's explanation, not only the players suddenly realized, but even coaches like Queiroz, Roy Keane, and Steven Round were lost in thought!
In other words, Ferguson has coached Manchester United for 19 years. When it comes to the experience of leading the Premier League, he would say that he is second, and no one in the league dares to say that he is the first. Therefore, no one will doubt Ferguson's explanation. That must be correct, otherwise, Ferguson would not have achieved so many achievements and become the most detached head coach in the Premier League.

However, Ferguson's performance today is really unusual. In the past, he was domineering enough, often arranging what to do for everyone, and rarely giving detailed explanations.

This time, Ferguson not only explained, but also made a thorough analysis. This does not look like a pre-war analysis meeting, but rather a teacher teaching students. What Ferguson took out is equivalent to his Since it is a unique skill, there is no reason to make it public, but Ferguson just made it public.

This is the most incomprehensible point!
In other words, if a certain coach present becomes Ferguson's opponent next season, he will be able to clearly grasp Ferguson's psychology and be targeted so that Ferguson himself will be in a disadvantageous position!
For example, if the old Ray of Portsmouth knew what Ferguson was thinking, would he still choose to stimulate Ferguson at this time?Obviously not!If Lao Lei knew that Ferguson wanted to let the team play a good mental outlook in early December and prepare for the Christmas game, he would definitely avoid Ferguson far away. Not only would he not provoke the old man, but he would voluntarily give up this difficult game. Save your energy for the next game. Anyway, Lao Lei has just returned to Portsmouth. Even if he loses the first game, he can push it clean. There is no need to take risks.

Ronando has a feeling, does Ferguson seem to be explaining the funeral?The old man may really have the intention to retire, and what happens to the Christmas team next year may have nothing to do with him as an old man!

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"The spiritual leader of the Hammer Gang, create a new Pompeii Legion!"

Just after the Manchester United players lined up to enter the stadium, they suddenly discovered that the Portsmouth fans who followed the visiting team to Old Trafford, although there were not many of them, put up a big banner high up, using eye-catching There is such a large line of characters written in the font, which is particularly eye-catching from a distance.

Is it weird?Manchester United's Ferguson has just created a "new Manchester United", and Portsmouth has also produced a "new Pompeii Legion"!
This is determined to be the tip of the needle!

In other words, the Portsmouth fans seem to have some truth. Old Ray coached West Ham for seven and a half years, and brought a relegated West Ham to a team that can be called a powerful team with the highest ranking of fifth in the Premier League. He also led the team to win the Intertoto Cup in 2000, which was the only trophy that West Ham could win after 1986. Therefore, it is reasonable to say that Lao Lei is the spiritual leader of West Ham.

As for Mr. Tony Carl, who has been the coach of West Ham's youth training for 32 years, he has indeed cultivated a large number of West Ham elites, but he is not as important as Lao Lei in inheriting West Ham's fierce style of play.

In the past ten years, West Ham's aggressive style of play has benefited from the teaching and persistence of Lao Lei, an iron-blooded coach. Many people agree with this view.

However, Lao Lei's ability to lead West Ham into the most fierce team in the Premier League does not mean that he has the ability to cultivate a certain team into a team with a similar style!West Ham is a unique team in England. Their style of play was not developed ten years ago, but a tradition that has been passed down for hundreds of years. What the old Ray did in West Ham was just to continue this tradition. , It is not a creation, let alone an original creation. This is fundamentally different from Ferguson's turning Manchester United into a ferocious Red Devils in the 90s.

Simply put, what Ferguson did was to start from scratch, while Lao Lei inherited the tradition.

Now, Portsmouth fans wishful thinking that Lao Lei is back. He was the spiritual leader of West Ham. He said that if he wants to stop Manchester United at all costs, he will transform Portsmouth into another Hammers. , this is a bit funny!If Lao Lei really had such supernatural powers, after he was kicked out from West Ham, he would have brought Portsmouth into an iron army long ago, instead of just letting Portsmouth be at the lower level of the Premier League.

When the Manchester United players saw clearly the large slogans of the Portsmouth fans in the stands, after a short moment of astonishment, some people were not convinced immediately!

Paul Scholes sneered and said, "What a big tone! Is Mr. Redknapp the god of West Ham?"

Wes Brown asked a little confusedly: "Impossible, isn't it? Didn't the newspaper say that Mr. Redknapp was terminated by West Ham on his own initiative? Wouldn't that just drive his god away?"

Paul Scholes went on quickly: "So, there is no God! And there is no new legion!"

boom!Loud laughter!

The Manchester United players couldn't bear it any longer and all laughed. The Portsmouth fans were indeed too naive. Not to mention Lao Lei couldn't be a god. What happened to Portsmouth? In just a few days, Lao Lei returned to Portsmouth from Southampton. After all, he has been away for a year. It is already amazing to find out the current situation of the team and understand the current situation of the team. It is estimated that the team's tactics will not be changed in time. Talking about the "new Pompeii Legion" is simply nonsense.

On the contrary, Ferguson said that the new Manchester United was not a whim. There was such a statement as early as the beginning of the season. After four months of training, Ferguson felt that the time was ripe, so he pushed out this concept.

The Manchester United players on the side of the field made too much noise, not only made the Portsmouth players walking on the other side stare with anger, but even the referees at the front were also alarmed.

The on-duty referee Chris Foy turned his head, coughed majestically, and shouted: "Everyone be quiet! Do you still understand the rules!"

Manchester United captain Gary Neville saw that the referee was not happy, and quickly shouted: "Don't laugh! Stand up, don't let the fans see the joke!"

Gary Neville's voice was more effective than the reprimand from the referee Chris Foy, and everyone quickly quieted down. There was no way it could be done. Sometimes the players became more famous, and it was indeed more effective than the referee's words. Today's referee Chris Foy is a relatively young referee, not yet 40 years old. He only became a Premier League referee in 2001. Although he has gone abroad to enforce the law, he is also a line referee in international competitions, or a young man who enforces the law. His qualifications are basically at the bottom of the 19 Premier League referees of the Professional Ball Game Officials Co., Ltd.

Goalkeeper: No. 19 Edwin van der Sar

Forwards: No. 9 Luis Saha, No. 8 Wayne Rooney
Midfielders: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer No. 20, Paul Scholes No. 18, Darren Fletcher No. 24, Cristiano Ronaldo No. 22

Defenders: No. 4 Gabriel Heinze, No. 2 Gary Neville, No. 26 John O'Shea, No. 6 Wes Brown
Ferguson said to build a new Manchester United, but the players are still the same group of players, of course this cannot be changed.

What matters is the state of mind!Now Manchester United must show the fighting spirit of winning every game and grabbing every point. There must be no mistakes that should not be made. The league points that should be obtained must not be missed. This is a strong team. Momentum, I think that was the case with Manchester United back then. Otherwise, Manchester United at that time would not have become the favorite to win the championship every season. Even if they lost the championship occasionally, they would compete with other teams until the final stage of the league. Only then will the winner be determined, and at most it will be within one game.

Most of the time, the teams that can reach the last round of the league and still have the hope of winning the championship, even if they lose in the end, in people's eyes, they are also successful, because they are at the same level as the champion team.

Now, the goal that Manchester United wants to achieve is actually the same as Lao Lei's so-called "every goal, every point must be grabbed", but the focus is different. The identity of their own Premier League team, and Manchester United is to regain glory, defeat all opponents including Chelsea, and once again become the dominant Premier League team!
Goalkeeper: No. 15 Jamie Ashdown
Forwards: No. 9 Hazard Karadas, No. 31 Dario Silva

Midfielders: No. 32 Lomana Lualua, No. 40 Salif Diaw, No. 26 Gary O'Neal, No. 11 Lauren Robert, No. 14 Matthew Taylor
Guards: No. 16 Andy Griffin, No. 6 Brian Persky, No. 2 Linwo Primus
The Portsmouth team that Lao Lei has just been in charge of has a mediocre lineup. There are almost no first-class stars in the team that can rank in the Premier League. It is a standard team featuring second-rate stars and relying on the unity of the players. Cooperative, a typical example of a downstream team struggling in the league. Even if one or two promising stars occasionally emerge in such a team, it is difficult to keep them.

For example, when Lao Lei first arrived in Portsmouth two years ago, he brought in a promising Nigerian striker, Ayegbeni Yakubu, who was not yet 21 years old. Playing in the Israeli league, after arriving at Portsmouth, he scored 16 goals in the first full season, and the statistics are also very good, averaging one goal every 2 games. This kind of data is enough to make Yakub a A representative young star of the Premier League, very promising, but the bad thing is that Yakubu was sold this summer for a high price of 3 million pounds.

Portsmouth sold Yakubu and did not use the money to introduce equivalent stars. Instead, they spent about 500 million pounds and bought several "promising" second- and third-rate players, hoping to train them again. For similar stars, the remaining 250 million pounds was used to make up for the shortfall in club operations.

However, it is not easy for a team to buy low and sell high, and it is not easy to profit from it. Even Lao Lei only made a good deal for Yakubu for Portsmouth.

Alan Rodland, the original head coach who took over from Lao Lei, obviously did not have the vision and ability of Lao Lei. Among the players he brought in for 500 million pounds, defenders Brian Persky and Linwo Primus, forward Dario Silva, Hazard Karadas, midfielder No. 11 Lauren Robert, a total of five players have entered the team's main lineup, but the performance of these players is only satisfactory, compared with Nigerian striker Yakub Up, that's not in the same class at all.

That is to say, for Portsmouth this season, judging from the current performance of the team, they will not only make no money but also lose money in terms of signings. If these players are sold next season, it is estimated that they will lose money Can't get it back.

Although Lao Lei is greedy for money, he can thrive in English football not only because he can make troubles, but also because he has real skills. Among the coaches in English football, Lao Lei is the best at speculative trading Coach, he can sell the players in his hands at a high price, and he can also buy the players he likes at a low price. When Portsmouth was in his hands, the club did not give him a large amount of signing funds, but Lao Lei Relying on his management methods, he brought the team from the British Championship to the Premier League, and ranked 13th in the first season.

Although the current Portsmouth team has been cleaned up by former head coach Alan Rodland during the two transfer periods, there are still many players who were brought into the team by Lao Lei.

This is the real thing!Any character who can make a good appearance on the big stage of the Premier League should not be underestimated. Maybe they have flaws, but they must have some advantages that ordinary people can't match. This is like panning for gold in the sand. What remains is always Gold, Lao Lei is the kind of coach with a smooth wrist. If he can slowly polish in a team, maybe he can really make him toss a second West Ham, or another strong team with other styles ,Everything is possible.

(End of this chapter)