Chapter 343 The ups and downs of the 19th anniversary
Mikel has been taken out by Chelsea, Essien has been taken out and now even Ballack has been killed.
Mourinho's Chelsea is not giving Manchester United even one way, taking advantage of Keane's departure, and other veteran players have also been dealt with by Ferguson, Mourinho boosted Ferguson at this time, which is indeed a very beautiful hand.
What's more, these players are indeed a good fit for Chelsea......
In Mourinho's eyes, Alex Ferguson's Manchester United has always been Chelsea's biggest rival, much more important than Arsenal, so if there is an opportunity and a reasonable way to engage Manchester United, he will never let it go.
And before the two teams face off, he will never let go of such an opportunity to 'humiliate' Manchester United again.
So although he did not officially sign a professional contract with Ballack, Mourinho spoke about Ballack's transfer in his pre-match press conference.
'Michael Ballack is a great player and I'm very keen for him to join Chelsea as soon as possible and he personally thinks it's the right choice to go to Chelsea, at least, at Chelsea he can win everything he wants. There's no way he's going to choose another club that doesn't have any competitiveness. ”
Although it was not named, everyone knew it at a glance. It means that Chelsea has a title and Manchester United has nothing. What's more, the salary that Chelsea can give, Manchester United can't give at all.
Whoever wants to be a barack knows how to choose......
'Chelsea are still league leaders this season and we won't give any other team a chance, and if we don't defend the league title, it's a failure.'
Ferguson also admitted in his pre-match press conference that it is no longer realistic to compete with Chelsea in the transfer market: "As long as Chelsea see the players we are interested in, we don't even think about competing with them, unless someone like Park is determined to join us. Young players who want to be talented should think about us and we do give them a chance. ”
Talking about Ronaldo's recent troubles, Ferguson did not shy away from it: "Young people always have to pay a price for doing things, I don't make any comments until things come to light, and in the same way, the irresponsible media reports on Ronaldo are also wrong, we can't crush that child, as for the transfer? That's impossible. ”
Because of the scandal that broke out in Ronaldo, there is now a lot of uproar about his transfer.
First, the Sun revealed that Real Madrid had begun planning to buy it for £20 million in the winter, and then Russia's "Soviet Sport" quoted Dynamo Moscow owner Fedarichev as saying that the Russians would 'seriously consider the possibility of bringing in C. Ronaldo', because the Portuguese's former manager of the national team, Scolari, is likely to take over the Russian Premier League team in the near future.
Ferguson clearly doesn't want to talk too much about Cristiano Ronaldo. He brought the conversation back to Manchester United and Chelsea.
'I still remember my first game in charge at Aberdeen, when the players danced happily in the dressing room after the 1-1 draw – as if it was the best score they could get. At the time, I couldn't help but ask myself, how can this work? Must change! As he approached his 19th year in charge of Manchester United, Alex Ferguson recalled.
There is no doubt that 1 to 1 is not enough. The old man is at one of the most critical junctures of his coaching career, but he believes United can finish Chelsea in the same way that they ended Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten run last season: "There are similarities between the two games, although Chelsea are more resilient, they are not invincible. ”
Manchester United have met Jose Mourinho's side seven times before, losing the first four, but gaining the advantage in the last three thanks to Dong Fangzhuo's goal: in the 2003-04 Champions League round of 16, the Red Devils won only one draw and one defeat from Jose Mourinho's Porto, and finally missed the last eight games for the first time in eight years, and since then it has been a history of decline for nearly two years.
Last season's league campaign was a winning start for the Blues away in the opening game, followed by a win and then defeat at Old Trafford in the closing stages of the league to welcome the new champions.
However, in the Carabao Cup semi-finals, they forced a draw away from home, and although it was also a draw at home, they had a better goal difference away from home and eliminated Chelsea.
Win again in this season's Community Shield. So although Chelsea are unlimited, Ferguson still has big hopes for a win against Chelsea.
After the Community Shield match, Ferguson and Mourinho opened the best red wine bowl brought by the latter, and they were quite sympathetic, but the lord obviously would not be easily convinced by this junior.
Now the old man is not polite to Chelsea: "We all know that they are a team that insists on defending to the death. They have a hard time getting through their defences and are always playing a lot of long high balls and hoping that the opposition will make mistakes at the back. This is our good chance – a good chance to prove to others that they can be beaten. ”
However, Ferguson admits Chelsea are the best team in the Premier League at the moment: "They are the best team in the country and they deserve to be champions. Their consistency even surpassed that of Manchester United in the 1990s. ”
But Ferguson attributes this in part to Chelsea's deep pockets: "We have to buy players now precisely and quickly – especially before Chelsea find them. I'm not jealous, the money is not an obstacle for me, but I believe in our healthy youth system. There was still a lack of confidence, but the young people did a great job. This is where United's future is founded. ”
Ferguson's prowess was also evident before the game: "As a manager, you have to keep all the criticism behind closed doors. We can't always be groundlessly criticized by the media, and we can provoke some non-existent facts and contradictions. ”
Over the past 18 years, whenever a MUTV reporter has interviewed him without any questions that bothered him, he would always end up with a thumbs up from the old man. At the same time, he also hopes that the fans will be more tolerant, "I can't allow criticism from the fans to hurt my players. ”
At least tonight at Old Trafford's 19th anniversary, Ferguson doesn't want to see those back-V-gestures from his own people on Old Trafford disrupting the game.
After the frenzied trident at the start of the season, the attacking weakness that hit a record low last season has returned: they have scored just three goals in their first four games to regain their chances.
Rooney admitted in a previous interview that he didn't get any good opportunities at all.
On the issue, Ferguson said: "It happened a lot last season and if we don't fix it in time, we're going to be just as disappointed this season. ”
However, he refused to admit that this phenomenon had anything to do with the coaching staff or the previously criticized 433 formation: "It has nothing to do with the coach, the formation or anything else. Hit the target, that's the responsibility of the players. ”
Speaking of which, the old man finally gave out his admiration for Chelsea, "To be honest, I'd rather be like Chelsea, create two or three chances a game and score two goals, rather than go on a rampage and go back empty-handed!" ”
"At this point, I hope that neither Wayne Rooney, nor Dong nor Ronaldo can do it."
And before the start of this game, the fans finally surprised Ferguson. In the packed stands, fans held banners wishing him and Manchester United to continue to move forward bravely: "Come on, Alex,"
"19 years of ups and downs, you have survived."
Dong Fangzhuo wore the captain's armband, walked in the front, and muttered in his heart:
"Take Chelsea and give the old man a big gift!"