Best of the 188 season
After a 2-0 win away at Brighton, the new United overcame Brighton by one point to reach the top of League C for the first time this season, and as long as they continue to withstand the pressure and win all their games in the next few league games, this year's League C title will be in the bag for the new Manchester United.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Kurosawa drew 1-1 at home to Cardiff, leaving the third and fourth points in the league unchanged, and it will be up to which team can continue to withstand the pressure.
After returning to Manchester from Brighton, Jose Mourinho gave his squad another day off.
After the regrouping, Mourinho announced the strategy for the remaining seven league games, and he asked the team not to let their guard down because of the reversal of Brighton to reach the top, because the next opponents will not be easy, including teams such as Cheltenham and Rochdale aiming to qualify for the play-offs, as well as teams such as Essext who are not yet out of the threat of relegation.
Often this kind of team can always burst out with amazing energy at such critical moments to destroy those careless opponents.
Jose Mourinho demands that his players must maintain 90 minutes of attention in every game, follow through with the team's tactics, and only win seven games to ensure that the new United win the title this season.
Jose Mourinho told his players that at this time, in distant Brighton, their manager must have told his players to give it their all for the next seven games.
"They're waiting for us to make mistakes, guys, it's a war, you understand? A war! Mourinho yelled, he felt that the team is very young, especially after three years of good performance, at this time, these young players must keep their heads clear, otherwise, it is likely to fall short!
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In fact, Mourinho was right to be worried.
In the away game against Plymouth on 31 March, the new United were a little absent-minded from the start, especially with a big win over Plymouth in the first leg, and the players felt that winning this game would not be a problem.
But in reality?
The score was 2-0 at half-time, with the home team in front and the visitors in the back.
The new Manchester United, who conceded two goals, returned to the dressing room and was severely criticized by Mourinho, especially for the starters, including the main striker Kitson, who felt that Kitson's performance on the pitch was very lacking in fighting spirit and was a soft egg, and he even replaced Kitson with Crouch.
After a foul-spell at half-time, the team's performance immediately improved at the beginning of the second half, and the returning Juninho Jr. showed excellent form, first scoring directly from a free-kick in front of the goal in the second half, then setting up Curtis's header from a corner kick, and then setting up Crouch to score the winning goal.
After a hard-fought 3-2 win over Plymouth, the new United were a little in suspense for the rest of their lives, as Brighton comfortably beat their opponents 3-0 on the other side.
Feeling the pressure exerted by Brighton, the new Manchester United suddenly threw the mentality of winning the championship into the clouds, and Mourinho frequently suppressed the arrogance of the players, especially against Kitson, the main striker after the Brighton game, the performance was somewhat disappointing, especially on the field, never as diligent and full of fighting spirit as before.
Seeing Kitson like this, Mourinho decisively took him down and replaced him with Crouch, but the tall guy's height does have an advantage, but his ability to fight in the front court is far inferior to Kitson, which makes the game of the new Manchester United very difficult.
On April 7, the new Manchester United challenged Cheltenham away to the game, although the new United firmly controlled the situation on the field, but the advantage could not be converted into a goal, and in the end could only rely on a long-range shot from Hleb to help the team take three points from Waden Road, at the same time, Brighton also won again.
Previously, the new United had been accustomed to chasing others this season, but now they have suddenly become the target of being chased, which has put the new United players under extreme pressure.
At this time, the psychologists in the laboratory played their due role and helped Mourinho to adjust the team's psychological state well.
At the same time, Kitson also apologized frankly to Mourinho, thinking that he was indeed irrational at this time, and hoped to be forgiven by the manager.
Mourinho forgave Kitsen, and on April 10, in the 42nd round of the English League C, he let Kitsen start again in the home game against Southend, and Kitson did not live up to Mourinho's expectations, performed very well, scored twice to help the team beat Southend 4:1.
Then the City Stadium welcomed Rochdale, a team that had been a contested side who had a consistent lack of desire in the game, as if they didn't care about a promotion place at all, and in this game, they did not show enough tenacity to be beaten 3-0 at home by the new Manchester United.
A week later, in the 44th round of the League C, the new Manchester United played Mansfield away, and the team ranked 12th in the English League has lost the qualification for the play-offs, so in this game, the new Manchester United got three points without danger.
Back in Manchester, the new Manchester United hosted Essext, who had been out of relegation danger and relegation, and Kitson once again performed well in this game, helping his team to get three points with one pass and one shot.
Brighton, on the other hand, did not seem to have given up hope at all, and while the new United won back-to-back games, they also overtook and did not fall behind, and they kept the gap of one point until the final round of the league.
In this round of games, the new Manchester United is at home against the old rival Kidderminster, and Brighton is away to challenge Scunthorpe, and before the game, all the media agreed that the new Manchester United has firmly taken the league title into its arms, because in the city stadium, the new Manchester United has never been defeated.
This time, Kiddaminster was no different.
Kitson has been in excellent form since the end of the season, starting the final five league games and scoring six goals and providing three assists, making him the team's best performer, and it was his opener who sounded the horn of the new Manchester United's attack.
4:0, Kidderminster once again folded City Stadium!
Even though Brighton staged a big comeback away and also got three points, the new Manchester United still had the last laugh and won the League C title this season, while Brighton, who performed equally well, was unwilling but unable to do anything.
As the media commented on the league at the end of the season, Brighton have been in great form this season, with their only mistake being to drop six points in two crucial games, leaving them in second place below the new Manchester United.
The new Manchester United have been getting better and better this season, and they have been in the relegation zone in the early part of the season, but after adjustments, they have shown amazing form, especially the midfield composed of Kitson, Malouda, Hleb and Juninho Jr., showing an amazing attacking ability.
The most commendable thing is that the football of the new Manchester United is full of blood and strength, the players are frequent and fluid, and the team's attack is invincible, which allows Mourinho's team to always be able to suppress the opponent on the field and win at the same time.
Of course, no one will regard the football of the new Manchester United as attacking football, because they are not playing openly, if you want to evaluate the football of the new Manchester United, maybe the balance should be more appropriate, the attack and defense are balanced, the attack is very sharp, efficient and concise, and at the same time there is no lack of highlights, and the defense is very focused and orderly.
This is also considered to be a big reason why the new Manchester United have been able to score and concede two of the best goals in the league this season.
At the end of the season, the FA also selected the best managers based on the 46 rounds of league games, among which the best manager of the season was undoubtedly the Portuguese Jose Mourinho, who was elected with the highest number of votes and was considered the best manager in League C this season.
Kitson, Malouda, Hleb, Juninho Jr., Abidal and John Terry were all named to the Team of the Season, with Curtis named Rookie of the Season, but due to his small appearances, he narrowly lost to Brighton's main centre-back.
The team won the championship, and the players also got the honors they won, Xiao Yu, the owner, naturally can't be stingy, he gave everyone in the team a high bonus, thanking them for their efforts to help the team this season, and hoping that the players can continue to maintain efficient and stable performance next season.
After the players received their bonuses and salaries, they were given more than a month off before returning to the squad on June 25 to start training for the new season.
As soon as the players went on vacation, the club began to operate efficiently, with the commercial development department led by Mark David also planning and executing the sponsorship and commercial development of the new Manchester United for next season, with a view to generating more revenue for the team.
Xiao Yu is in talks with Mourinho and other coaching staff to evaluate the first-team squad of the new Manchester United this season to see where the new Manchester United should bring in players next season.
Since Schmeichel has made it clear that he wants to retire, Gary Turner has also expressed his reluctance to move to other teams, and he wants to work at the club and train coaches, and Xiao Yu has also agreed to his request.
To that end, Mourinho wants the squad to complement the centre-back, right-back and goalkeeper, as Bosingwa has relied on Essien to play as a substitute when he rests this season, which has made Mourinho feel that he is short on manpower.
Xiao Yu agreed to Mourinho's request, and at the same time, he had already thought of a suitable candidate in his mind, he invited Mourinho to inspect the players together, and Mourinho agreed on the spot.
But just as they were about to leave Manchester, they got a piece of news that they didn't want to get.
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