Chapter 45 Watching others go their own way
Before the game, Alex Ferguson said in an interview with the media: "Our only goal in this game is to win, this is a good opportunity for us to return to the No. 1 Group. Our goals this season are very ambitious. I don't want to lose my desire for championships too early in the league. My players are ready and I believe they will beat Arsenal, even if Arsenal is in good shape now!"
And in an interview, Arsenal Wenger said without hesitation: "Our goal is to win, we won't fall behind at this time, because I want to surpass Chelsea because we play one less round and our goal difference has an advantage. Believe me, we will establish a huge advantage at the beginning of the league, and Manchester United is just our stepping stone!!"[]
Before the game, the head coaches of the two teams did not miss any chance of verbal battles. They both claimed that they could defeat the other side to win the game. In this way, the atmosphere of the game became even more tense.
As the two heroes who dominated the Premier League world before Chelsea emerged, Manchester United and Arsenal had a total of 209 confrontations in history, and the Red Devils had a slight advantage in 84 wins, 46 draws, 79 losses. Since the establishment of the Premier League, the two sides have had 40 confrontations, Manchester United has a 17 wins, 12 draws, 11 losses, with an absolute advantage in home wins, 12 draws, and three losses. In the past four confrontations at Old Trafford, Manchester United remained unbeaten in three wins and one draw. Ferguson and Wenger have 34 confrontations, and the Scots have won 14 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses.
In the historical records of both sides, Manchester United has a great advantage. In the battle of verbal between the managers of both sides, Alex Ferguson has used this a lot to hit Arcena Wenger. Faced with these Arcena Wenger, he said lightly: "Indulging in the past means not having confidence in the present. It seems that Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United team is about to be finished."
While they were having a verbal battle, they were carefully preparing for the next bad battle. Arsenal scored a total of ten goals in the first two rounds of the game. This attacking ability is very strong, which also shows that Arsenal's current situation is very ideal, which is definitely not good news for Manchester United.
Especially now, Manchester United's defense problems are very serious. Vice captain Leo Ferdinand has been injured for a long time, and goalkeeper Van der Sar has been injured for a longer time. Jonathan Evans, the player who played central defender in the past few rounds, has been blocked and persisted. Brown, who has just recovered from injury, has been unable to find his form for a long time. O'Shea's playing central defender is uneasy. If Manchester United has such a bad defense line, it will be difficult for Manchester United to encounter Arsenal with such strong attack power.
However, it is not entirely bad news for Manchester United. Arsenal's core midfield captain Fabregas was injured and is likely to miss this game, which is definitely good news for Manchester United.
Last weekend, Fabregas was replaced by Welsh young player Ramsey after only half of the game against Portsmouth. In the middle of the week, Fab admitted that he had strained his left leg, right leg and groin. He was too hasty to go on the game last weekend, causing his injury to worsen. Fab was then ruled out of the UEFA Champions League qualifier against the Celtics on Wednesday.
Xiao Fa has contributed two goals and three assists in two games in the new season, which is undoubtedly Arsenal's offensive soul. If Fabregas really doesn't play, this is definitely super good news for Manchester United.
However, Wenger played Tai Chi: "The scan result is reassuring. His muscles were not strained, but it will take some time to recover. He may catch up with the battle at Old Trafford."
This is still a question as to whether Fabregas can appear in the fourth round of the Premier League match against Arsenal.
However, for Manchester United, no matter whether Fabregas is at the meeting or not, Manchester United must make complete preparations. They cannot give Arsenal a chance to take advantage of it. Therefore, Alex Ferguson made a very careful arrangement in the arrangement, fearing that a little mistake would affect the final result.
At this time, Alex Ferguson was under great pressure. If he lost this game, then Manchester United would be left behind by the No. 1 Group, which would inevitably bring him greater pressure. There should be no loss in this game.
Before the game, the English media questioned Gong Zheng, who believed that Gong Zheng was not suitable for the Premier League and was not suitable for the local conditions, just like Diego Fran many years ago. This does not mean that Gong Zheng has no strength, but that he is not suitable for the rhythm and atmosphere of the Premier League. Manchester United's signing this time will definitely be a big loss.
Listening to the barking of these media, Manchester United Chairman Mr. Glazer was very anxious at this time. He spent such a large price to introduce a parallel product, which made Glazer very unhappy. This was a huge loss. The team was already dissatisfied with Cristiano Ronaldo, and his image in the hearts of the fans was falling a thousand feet. Now if Gong Zheng was introduced was really a parallel product, what would these fans think of him?
The Glazer family was rejected by Manchester United when they moved into Manchester United. They finally eased up with Manchester United fans. If they were to be brought before liberation because of the introduction of a super high-priced foreign aid like Gong Zheng, Glazer would not even have a chance to cry.
So, at this time, Glazer put a lot of pressure on Alex Ferguson. Glazer said that this game must be won, and it would be better for the guy named Gong Zheng to score a goal, otherwise, they will have a hard time in the future.
At this time, the media in England questioned Gong Zheng. They all looked at Gong Zheng in tinted glasses and criticized Gong Zheng. They had seen too many parallel players, but they had never seen the parallel players of 60 million euros...
There are also some excessive media that even took Gong Zheng's main lineup in how many days he was excluded from Manchester United's roster, and left Manchester United in shame as a bet after how many days he was.
Under the clamor of these media, those fans who were not optimistic about this deal and some unstable fans also began to doubt Gong Zheng and accuse Gong Zheng! Gong Zheng was under great pressure at this time...
Although both fans and chairman Glazer put pressure on Alex Ferguson, Alex Ferguson did not put pressure on Gong Zheng, but he was still reducing pressure on Gong Zheng. He told Gong Zheng that he thought Gong Zheng was the best striker in the world, and he didn't believe that there was any player in this world who was not suitable for any national league style. Alex Ferguson comforted Gong Zheng, which made Gong Zheng feel warm.
At this time, many Manchester United players comforted Gong Zheng and told Gong Zheng not to pay attention to the garbage media outside. These guys just don’t make some news, they won’t be able to survive. These guys who are serious and have only money but no bottom line are like this. There are especially many such scum in England.
Haha, this is Rooney's original words. It can be seen that Lu Xiaopang Children's Shoes hates these media reporters very much.
Most Manchester United players came forward to comfort Gong Zheng, but some guys were happy to see Gong Zheng like this. Gong Zheng is so young and so high in value and salary, which makes some guys jealous. Of course, they hope to see Gong Zheng face such a situation. If there is no one, these guys will clap their hands and laugh: "Hahaha, you kid is today, God opens your eyes!"
It is absolutely false to Gong Zheng not be angry about the media's doubts about fans. However, if you expect Gong Zheng to curse these reporters and fans like some shrews, it will definitely not be shown. Gong Zheng is not such a person. The thing this guy is most willing to do is slap his enemy in the face, and slap his enemy in front of people all over the world, making the other person's nose and face swollen, and even his mother doesn't recognize him.
At this time, Gong Zheng felt a sense of enthusiasm. He wanted to squeeze his face and beat these guys who were not clamoring and had no bottom line for money.
When German media and fans saw the English media criticizing Gong Zheng so crazy, they did stand beside him and watch the show with their chests. Once upon a time, he had done this to Gong Zheng, but they were always the ones who were slapped in the face. They learned their lessons while beating these guys, and knew that they would have to retreat to the face of this guy, so they lost a lot of joy in the Bundesliga later in the last season.
However, now they have fun again, because these "arrogant" reporters in England are following their old path. When they watched these English reporters desperately put their faces towards Gong Zheng, the German reporters couldn't help but say with a slap in a voice: "It's so positive. Even if you go up and make people slap in the face, it's so weird!"
Arsenal attached great importance to this game. They set out early and came to Manchester from London to prepare for the game. In recent days, Arsenal manager Wenger has often heard these media doubts about Gong Zheng, but Wenger did not believe the words of these media, and these media's words are the most unreliable.
Therefore, in daily training and tactical arrangements, Arcena Wenger told his defensive players to keep a close eye on Gong Zheng and not give Gong Zheng any chance. Arcena Wenger still attaches great importance to Gong Zheng.
On August 30, 2009, Manchester was sunny and breeze!!
This is already a very good weather for Manchester, a rainy city, and it is very suitable for outdoor sports. It seems that the sky is beautiful, and God also wants to see a perfect war in Mana!
On the day of the game, Manchester United fans, like a tide, rushed into Manchester United's main stadium, Old Trafford Stadium, wearing red jerseys. In this stadium, "Glory of Manchester United" was sung passionately!
With an hour left before the game, Old Trafford Stadium was filled with red and became a red ocean. The jubilant Manchester United flag was like a rushing wave, their passion had been ignited, and they were looking forward to the team's victory!!
Of course, Arsenal fans also sat in the stands at Old Trafford Stadium, but there were more people than Manchester United fans, and they seemed much weaker. However, this did not prevent them from cheering for their favorite teams. Notes belonging to Arsenal also sounded in Old Trafford Stadium!!
Chapter completed!