Chapter 933 Bloodbath at Old Trafford
After the game, there was dead silence in the home team's locker room at Old Trafford.
After returning, all the players sat in their seats, not daring to breathe, and occasionally raised their heads to look towards the entrance of the locker room.
Ferguson was already furious after suffering a humiliating defeat at home last season. Now they are losing 0-5 at home again. No one dares to imagine how Ferguson will treat them next.
Turn on the hair dryer mode and spray a lot of saliva? That's already considered light.
No one dared to speak. Even Phil Jones, who usually looked fearless, seemed to feel the atmosphere in the locker room. Everyone sat upright and didn't even dare to look around.
Finally, the door of the locker room was pushed open from the outside.
The players sitting inside immediately raised their heads and looked towards the entrance, and saw Ferguson walking in with a grim face.
The old Scottish man almost grabbed a dragon-slaying sword in his hand, and his face was full of two words: anger.
Seeing Ferguson walk in angrily, even though everyone was mentally prepared, their hearts still skipped a beat for no reason.
Many people even felt their heartbeats quicken.
Damn, this is the rhythm of killing people! Ferguson pushed the door open and walked straight towards the players. He walked closer and closer, so that everyone could see his face that turned red due to anger. Mike Phelan, who was following behind him, was very worried. He wanted to remind him to pay attention to his blood pressure, but the assistant coach was so scared that he dared not say a word.
Ferguson has been patient for a long time. He was still holding back during the half-time break. Now, whoever goes forward will be in trouble.
Everyone raised their heads and looked at Ferguson, and some players were so nervous that they almost stood up.
Ferguson came in front of the crowd, glanced at everyone present, and said something through gritted teeth.
"You guys kick like shit!"
Everyone's heart skipped a beat. It was all over. Typhoon mode started right from the start. It was going to be a tough night.
In fact, the players in the Manchester United locker room now, except for veterans such as Giggs and Ferdinand, even Rooney and Vidic don’t know much about Ferguson, because after falling out with Beckham, Ferguson has been constantly reflecting on himself, and his personality and coaching style have changed a lot.
For example, when Ferguson treated Class 92, he treated them like his own children. He would just turn on the strong mode and start to criticize them. Every sentence contained a cordial greeting to the female elders in the players' families, and every sentence contained some common words that were harmonized.
The players were spitting blood and blood at the time, who dared to say anything? Beckham's retorts were enough to make you frown! But after Beckham, who was like a father and son, left Real Madrid, Ferguson also reflected on it. At the same time, after the team introduced young players such as Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, Ferguson also changed his management style, and his temper has actually been restrained a lot.
Even last season, when Manchester City beat Manchester United at home, Ferguson was not as angry as he is tonight.
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When Ferguson turned on the typhoon mode, Manchester United players could only accept the scolding.
Whoever says one more thing, no matter whether it makes sense or not, will be the first to be in trouble.
This is the principle Ferguson followed after his rampage.
First, they'll give you a severe lesson, dig up all the things you did in the past period of time and scold you, and then... go back to the beginning and scold you again.
As for being reasonable, please, that's for the future.
The Manchester United players were all aware of his violent temper, so no one dared to say a word.
In fact, Ferguson did not criticize indiscriminately, but specifically targeted the old players.
Which young player nowadays is not angry? Take Phil Jones for example. Look at his expression. Will he accept such scolding from you?
No kidding! So, Ferguson either scolded the whole team or singled out the old players as examples.
For example, Ferdinand and Evra, these two unlucky guys were scolded by Ferguson. Harmonious words starting with F appeared countless times, and even words like idiot and fool were often blurted out.
Ferdinand and Evra had no choice but to endure it. Who told them to perform poorly tonight? Not wanting to be spit on, the two old-timers lowered their heads, looking ashamed to see anyone.
I don't know if Ferguson was aware of the little thoughts of these two old foxes, but he just kept scolding them, and the locker room was silent. Even their breathing was cautious, for fear of taking a few more breaths of air.
After scolding several senior players in the team one by one, Ferguson gave all the players a harsh warning and finally his eyes fell on Vidic.
The Serbian central defender suffered an injury while playing for the national team, which made Ferguson very unhappy.
If Vidic and Ferdinand had partnered up in this game, I believe Manchester United's defense would have been much better.
This is an old problem that has been around for a long time.
A long time ago, Ferguson asked Vidic to retire from the national team and concentrate on playing for Manchester United. After all, he was already 30 years old, but he never convinced Vidic.
Now, Ferguson stared at Vidic with a furious look on his face, leaving the Serbian central defender with no escape.
"Nemanja, now, I give you two choices," Ferguson said without question.
"Either you retire from your damn national team and concentrate on playing for Manchester United, or you hand over your captain's armband to me."
Vidic looked up in surprise and looked at Ferguson in disbelief.
The other players in the locker room were also quite surprised. They did not expect Ferguson to take this opportunity to make such a request.
"From now on, I don't want to hear any more explanations from you. You just need to answer me, the national team or the captain's armband, choose one. In five minutes, I want to know your answer!"
After saying that, Ferguson turned and left.
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Manchester City beat Manchester United 5-0 away from home, and slaughtered their opponents at Old Trafford for two consecutive seasons. Such news is bound to become a topic that major media around the world will compete to report and spark heated discussions among fans.
Su Dong's hat trick was certainly amazing, but Manchester City's overall passing and controlling style of play was even more impressive.
In particular, Cruyff, who was far away in Spain, wrote a column as soon as possible to cheer for Guardiola's Manchester City from afar.
Cruyff believes that Guardiola imaginatively placed Javi Martinez in the position of central defender, which not only improved Manchester City's back line's ability to pass the ball, but also greatly improved Manchester City's defensive level.
In the column, Cruyff suggested that Manchester City's 3-4-3 formation can actually be seen as three diamonds.
In front are Di Maria, Sudon, Hazard and Sanchez, in midfield are David Silva, Hazard, Busquets and Toni Kroos, and in defense are Pepe, Busquets, Javi Martinez and Kompany.
These three diamonds are closely linked, with Sudon, Hazard, Busquets and Javi Martinez as the central axis. They are varied, especially when the team has an absolute advantage in ball possession and presses forward as a whole. Each diamond can be very flat, but also very layered, and the players are very skilled in coordinating and penetrating in a small area.
"Throughout the game, Manchester United couldn't keep up with Manchester City's rhythm and pace and could only passively follow Manchester City's rhythm."
Cruyff believes that through this game, Manchester United has shown its weakness due to aging, while Manchester City has shown its thriving situation, because this team still has at least five years of peak period.
Regarding the 3-4-3 formation adopted by Guardiola, Cruyff believes that it is different from the 3-4-3 formation of Barcelona back then, and looks more like a variation of Argentina's three-back tactics under Bielsa's coaching.
"He is like a philosopher, constantly thinking about how to innovate and break through. He repeatedly absorbs tactical nutrients from other world-famous coaches and integrates them into his own tactical system, constantly improving and adjusting it."
After praising Guardiola, Cruyff once again criticized the Barcelona management headed by Rosell, believing that it was their stupidity that let go of Sudon, Busquets, Guardiola and others, which created such a passing and controlling team that is even more Barcelona than Barcelona.
"This is a crime against all Barcelona fans around the world, and a betrayal of Barcelona's historical traditions!"
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If Cruyff had some ulterior motives, the British media were more surprised by Manchester United's decline.
The authoritative Times analyzed that Manchester United’s lineup has long been unable to keep up with its city rivals.
Whether in the front line, midfield, or defense, this season they are even lagging behind Manchester City in the goalkeeper position.
After Van der Sar retired, De Gea's performance was unstable, while Manchester City replaced Joe Hart with Courtois. The Belgian goalkeeper has not lost a goal in the Premier League so far, and his performance is remarkable.
More importantly, Guardiola's team played a dazzling passing and controlling style of play, which had never been seen before in the Premier League. Even a strong team like Manchester United was suppressed and unable to move at home, and only got a pitiful 23% of the ball possession rate throughout the game. What a shabby data! But is there any solution? The Times believes that there is no solution! "If Manchester City does not defend tightly, they may score more goals, but after defending tightly, they can only sit and watch Manchester City control the ball."
The Times said this is the difference between suicide and chronic suicide.
"So far, no Premier League team, or any team this season, has found a tactic that can effectively curb Manchester City's passing and possession of the ball, and no team can stop Su Dong from scoring goals."
As always, The Times gave Su Dong a very high evaluation, believing that Manchester City's ability to play such a passing and controlling tactics and to defeat their city rivals at Old Trafford for two consecutive seasons were all due to Su Dong.
More importantly, after defeating Manchester United, Manchester City has won nine consecutive games.
Let me ask, facing such a team like Su Dongbo and Manchester City, who in the Premier League can stop them?
(End of this chapter)
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