Chapter 869 Before the final battle
For Ferguson, as Manchester United's head coach, his greatest achievement is to "pull Liverpool off the throne of fucking". Now Manchester United dominates the Premier League, and Liverpool has not even won a Premier League championship once. Although the total number of top league champions in England has not surpassed Liverpool, in Ferguson's view, that's a matter of time sooner or later - Liverpool's situation is getting worse and worse now, and a mentally retarded management will not revive with a traditional giant, so Ferguson has no doubt that he has allowed Manchester United's league championships to exceed Liverpool's league championships before retirement.
However, Liverpool's dynasty was not built up by the league championships alone. The four golden Champions League champions established the throne of Liverpool's England's No. 1 giants. They are the team with the most champions in the top league in England and the team with the most champions in the Champions League. With these two, no matter how long they sink, they will not lose their throne.
There is no big problem in surpassing the league, but what about the Champions League? Manchester United has only won two Champions League titles so far. Although one of England's first triple-champions is at the bottom, it is necessary to fight against Liverpool.
The difference between two and four is twice, and three and four is not too much. If Manchester United can win more than Liverpool’s League championships before retirement and there is only one difference in the Champions League, Manchester United can beat Liverpool in both history and status quo, so that this mortal enemy will never turn over!
So even if he faces Mallorca in the final, he will find a way to defeat his opponent.
He knew that Mallorca was very strong. He defeated Manchester United at home last season and finally reached the final to win the championship. There were many good players in the team. However, the Manchester United he trained now is also very strong. Cristiano Ronaldo performed extremely top this season. His offensive combination with Rooney is the most powerful combination. In addition, midfielder Scholes Giggs and others are still strong. Carrick Hargreaves Fletcher is a good engineer. Most importantly, Manchester United has once again an excellent defense line!
The current Manchester United team is the strongest since 1999. Compared with the triple-champion Manchester United, the value of the midfield may be slightly weaker, but it seems to be stronger in the defense and forward lines!
With such a strong lineup, you naturally need to perform better. Now that the league championship has been won, the worst is just a Champions League Cup.
"Mallorca's offense is very strong, but its defense is a little worse. This season they have conceded more than 40 goals in the league. They can achieve such a good result mainly depends on their offense. They have many offensive points and more players than us. However, the game is only a game of eleven people. No matter how many good offensive players, they cannot all be piled up. At this point, we need to make good use of it."
Ferguson naturally could see that when it comes to offense, no team can compare with them. This can be seen from the Champions League scorer list - Cristiano Ronaldo scored seven goals in the Champions League this season, but others scored not many goals, Rooney and Tevez both scored four, and what about Mallorca? Henry has scored nine goals like a draw in the Champions League. The French striker has taken out his best form this season for the Champions League. With Kaka and Klose who scored six goals, Mallorca's number of goals is one level higher than Manchester United. The only thing that Manchester United seems to be better is their defense. They only conceded one goal in six knockout matches. This result is not something that any team can achieve.
Stable midfield and quick counterattack are Manchester United's basic strategy in the finals. They use shrinking defense to fight against Mallorca's offense. At the same time, they rely on three fast players in the frontcourt to counterattack and use the slightly slow speed of Mallorca's defense line to launch an attack. This still has a great chance of winning.
We can neither attack against Mallorca nor passive defense. The degree in the middle needs to be well grasped, and we also need to have strong overall strength. Fortunately, Manchester United has both of these things.
They have a top head coach and a lineup that has never been so strong since 1999!
It is precisely because of this confidence that I have the ability to deal with Mallorca.
In fact, many things in the world are like this. There are many problems that seem difficult to solve, but it is just because your strength is not enough. If a writer has the ability to code 10,000 per day, it will be very easy to deal with the task of paying 60,000 words per week. However, if you change to a person who can only code 5,000 per day, you probably think it is an extremely difficult task...
Manchester United now has an excellent lineup and excellent state. For Ferguson, they have many advantages in this final - Manchester United's league was all over the 13th day, and they rested long enough. Although Mallorca won the championship one round ahead of schedule and did not send any main players in the last round, the joy of winning the league has not yet passed, and the mentality may become more impetuous. Playing the final at Mallorca's home court is both motivation and pressure for them, while Manchester United can play lightly...
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"In fact, our advantage in this game is not as great as we imagined, and it will be a tough battle."
Strolling along the streets of Mallorca with Karin, Jose said leisurely: "Manchester United is very strong now. Well, quite strong. Cristiano Ronaldo is fully mature. With Tevez who runs without hesitation and Rooney who can sacrifice himself to play a supporting role for Ronaldo, this offensive lineup can be very strong. Manchester United's creativity may not be as good as us in the midfield, but it is enough to run and have good confrontational ability. In addition, the top defense line that is not inferior to Chelsea... In fact, even so, we will not be much worse than them, and even much better, but... I just experienced the joy of winning the championship and setting records three days ago. We may not be as fast as them in the finals as they enter the state. In such a game, getting into the state a little later may be a huge flaw..."
"I rarely see you so nervous before the game. Why are you nervous? Didn't you say you are never nervous when directing the game? Because compared with other head coaches, you are under less pressure..." Karin asked with her head tilted.
Jose touched his forehead and then laughed at himself.
"Maybe you're right. Every game of the Champions League this season, I feel nervous because I want to enter the finals and then let you return to me early. Now in this final, there are still reasons to make me nervous." Jose said with a smile.
"What's the reason?" Karin asked strangely.
"Because... I want to propose to you after winning this championship." Jose said happily: "I have thought about it all. After winning the championship, I will use the gold medal of the Champions League championship to propose to you."
Karin blushed: "Is it for such a reason? But I don't want to get married so early."
"Are you trying to keep me from being nervous?" Jose glared at Karin, who pursed his lips and smiled without answering.
"Okay." After a while, Karin stopped and looked up at Jose: "I can only admit that for the past two years, I have been thinking about you... When I was on the grasslands in South America, I was thinking about how good it would be for you to run on the grasslands with me. When I looked at the sea in the Strait of Magellan in Chile, I thought about how good it would be if you were by my side. When I saw running antelope on the African prairie, I thought about how good we should stop and watch together. I know that it is very hard for you to coach the team, and I hope it can help you and make you less hard."
Jose smiled happily, then hugged Karin tightly.
The next day, Jose's energetic shouts rang out on Mallorca's training ground again.
"Don't be immersed in the joy of winning the league! We have one of the most important games. If we win this championship, our season will look more perfect! Be happy, after the final of the Champions League, we have enough time to be happy! Do you understand? Guys, cheer me up all of them!"
The players of Mallorca looked at each other in a glance. Jose rarely yelled on the side of the training ground. Does it make him so excited to reach the Champions League final? It is not very worthwhile. It is not the first time Mallorca has won the triple crown. Although the three consecutive championships in the Champions League are also very exciting, Jose will not be so excited...
Then Mattias said with a sense of superiority in IQ: "What do you know... Miss Karin came back yesterday..."
"Oh..." All the Mallorca players made a meaningful voice. No wonder the boss was so excited. It's been two years since they were already in a hurry? I guess the boss was so tired before, but now he has to get what he wants, so he looks like he's injected with chicken blood!
Many players began to ask themselves if they could bear it if they held it in for two years, and then collectively began to look at Jose with respectful eyes - the boss is the boss, and he can indeed tolerate what ordinary people cannot tolerate!
The players were a little furious when they looked at them. Jose first looked at him if he hadn't zipped up his pants, and then looked up at the players: "What do you think I'm doing? Damian, what did you say just now?"
"I didn't say anything! I just told them that we should calm down and prepare for the next game, and use a victory to welcome Miss Karin's return!" Matthias immediately shouted loudly.
Jose glared at Matthias, it would be strange if he believed this guy's words, but it was not the time to pursue the matter. He immediately waved his hand: "Go and train. Others said that our season is perfect enough, but if we don't win the Champions League, then this season still has huge flaws!"
Now the Mallorca players dispersed obediently and started training - at this time, no one would relax, even if they subconsciously would be distracted because the joy of winning the championship had not yet passed, but they would not feel that there would be any problems in continuing to train at this time.
The final of the Champions League will begin the day after tomorrow at the Conch Stadium. At this time, Jose will naturally not be able to train with a lot of exercise. At this critical moment, if a player is injured because of too tired training, it will really make any coach regret the slap in the face...
It is just restorative training and group confrontation training. During confrontation training, you will only play more offensive cooperation in the game without fighting too fiercely. At this time, anyone will pay great attention.
Among such powerful soldiers and horses, May 22nd arrived soon as expected.
ps: Happy New Year
Chapter completed!