Ferguson can be said to attach great importance to this match with Tottenham. In order to allow players to welcome this game in the best condition, Sir Jay even strategically gave up the mid-week Champions League match and risked to send a large number of substitutes in the game with Olympiacos!

Unlike Platini, who later tried to win votes and win the support of those small national football associations, deliberately brought some unqualified teams into the Champions League by adjusting the schedule and match schedule, the current Champions League is indeed worthy of the saying "There is no weak team in the Champions League". Although Olympiacos is the weakest team in the D group where Manchester United is located, when Manchester United hides a large number of main players, this Greek giant made the Red Devils pay a heavy price for this - under the leadership of Rivaldo, Olympiacos narrowly defeated Manchester United 2-1 at Old Trafford Stadium, and won his victory in the Champions League this season!

The three-pointer he pinched in his hand and gave him the person, the situation of qualifying that was relatively easy became serious... After paying so much, Ferguson and Manchester United players had only one goal at this time, that is, to defeat Tottenham in this direct confrontation, breaking the curse of Manchester United's "unbeatable" after George took over Tottenham!

Goalkeeper Van der Sar, right back Badsley, left back Oshei, and center back Ferdinand and Sylvester; in the midfield, Carrick and Hargreaves partnered in the middle, Joaquin and Park Ji-sung were on the left and right wings of the front line; on the forward line, there is a combination of "King of the Small Bond Zone" Van Nystruei and England's new ace Wayne Rooney!

The reason why he could only send out such a shabby defense line when he was fully prepared was because the Manchester United defense line encountered a wave of extremely serious injuries from the beginning of the season - main players or major rotation players such as Heinze, Gary Neville, Brown fell one after another, and O'Shea only recovered from injury not long ago. Otherwise, Ferguson would not be able to put young players like Badsley on the roster!

Compared with the defensive line that is seriously insufficient due to injury, Manchester United can be regarded as full of talents in the midfield and frontcourt - even if Giggs is absent due to injury, there are stars such as Scholes, Fletcher, Alan Smith, and Saha on the bench, and they can handle any situation at all times!

Let’s look at Tottenham. Since they had just had a big game with Lyon two days ago, George decisively rotated the roster in this round of the league - goalkeeper Cech, Stephen Carl, Ridley King, Dawson and Bynes lined up in the defense; midfielder Phil Neville and Davis formed a double midfielder, and young player Dempsey got the chance to make an appearance; as for the offensive trident, George arranged for Arshavin, Lennon and Klose to partner!

Compared with Manchester United, which almost all the main players play, Tottenham, which has many main players resting, is obviously slightly inferior in overall strength. However, this does not mean that Tottenham has no possibility of winning away. In fact, if the players can play according to George's tactical arrangement, grasp the problem of insufficient manpower in Manchester United's defense line, and at the same time pursue and fight the defense zones of Badsley and Sylvester, then Tottenham still has the hope to leave some profound lessons for Manchester United!

Ferguson knew the team's problem at this time and knew that Tottenham would never allow it to make a smooth attack. Therefore, from the beginning of the game, Manchester United took advantage of the home advantage to launch a fierce attack, intending to use attack instead of defense. With its strength and physical strength, Tottenham forced them to shrink their defense, so that they had no time to spend extra energy to devote to the offensive end!

Relying on these advantages, Manchester United quickly took the lead. Just seven minutes into the game, Rooney relied on breakthrough to win a free kick from the left of Manchester United. Xiaopang personally took the penalty and hung the ball into the penalty area. Van Nistrui took a quick step away from Dawson, who was responsible for guarding him, and directly shook his head and attacked the goal seven meters in front of the goal!

Facing Fanny's close shot, Cech subconsciously raised his hand and blocked the ball, but he was unable to control the ball in his hand due to insufficient preparation, but instead he was in a state of losing his hand. Therefore, when Park Ji-sung, who followed up, fell to the ground and shot in front of the goal before Ridley King cleared the ball, the Czech goalkeeper who was beyond his reach could only sigh!

"A false left forward? I didn't expect Alex to learn this trick from Boske." Seeing Park Ji-sung's goal, George was surprised. He didn't expect that Boske's tactics that were only known in order to place Zidane would be used by Ferguson on Manchester United!

Although it is called the left vanguard, in fact, the activity range of "Park Sanli" is spread throughout the stadium, and he can be seen in almost every corner. As for Manchester United's left offense and defense, O'She and Rooney are mainly responsible for it. Park Ji-sung's job is to give full play to his strong running ability and appear in every place where he thinks he needs to appear to provide support for his teammates!

This is the biggest difference between Ferguson and his contemporary head coaches - when most head coaches stick to their own set of "successful experiences", Sir Judg never stopped absorbing new knowledge, and was able to apply what he learned so that he and Manchester United won't be eliminated by the times because they can't keep up with the trend!

The situation of falling behind by one goal did not make Tottenham players panic. With the comfort of Ridley King, Tottenham quickly stabilized its position. George's subsequent adjustment made Tottenham's defense more targeted, forcing Manchester United's offense to stagnate. Similarly, due to the strong pressure of staffing and Manchester United, Tottenham, which has limited troops on the offensive end, it is difficult for it to cause much trouble to Manchester United's defense line!

At his peak, Fanny is worthy of the title of King of the Small Bond Zone. But it is precisely because of his existence and the habit of waiting for his teammates to feed the ball in the penalty zone that Ferguson has always expected to see the crossover of the players in the offense is difficult to implement, and it also limits the activity space of other Manchester United players. In addition, Hargreaves and Carrick's forward-surge awareness is not very strong, so once Fanny is trapped in a heavy siege, Manchester United's offense often becomes quite difficult!

The stalemate between the two sides was not broken until the 68th minute. Arshavin scored the ball with one move and played the inexperienced Badsley before breaking into the penalty area, and then kicked the ball decisively before Ferdinand made up for defense!

All the game had a steady swing, so Van der Sar almost became the culprit of Tottenham's defeat in the league this season. The Dutch goal first flew over Arshavin's arc shot, then got up and blocked Dempsey's header to the top. However, when Klose intercepted the ball from Sylvester's feet and shot for the third time in a minute, Van der Sar, who had made two wonderful saves in a row, had to choose to surrender!

One to one! After going through hardships, Tottenham finally broke through Manchester United's goal and pulled the score back to the same starting line!

When can I find a more reliable defender to be my teammate? This is the sentence Van der Sar wants to say the most at this moment - it has been less than three months since he joined Manchester United. He can no longer bear Sylvester's endless emergence and his tricks are constantly making new low-level mistakes. He urgently hopes that the team can introduce a more stable central defender and Ferdinand partner!

In the end, when Howard Weber, who was the referee of this game, blew the whistle at the end of the game, with Klose's goal, Tottenham successfully escaped from Old Trafford Stadium amid Ferguson's dissatisfaction roar, ending the match between the two sides with a draw!
Chapter completed!