"This season's Champions League is going to be very unlucky!"
In the stands of the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Ferguson took his younger brother Martin Ferguson with him and took the tickets donated by Gao Shen. They sat at the core of the chairman's stand, quite close to Manchester United's CEO Ed Woodward, but not
Next to.
After seeing that before the end of the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo planned an attack from the left, Marcelo made an inverted triangle pass from the baseline, and Dzeko followed up with a shot from the center to equalize the score for Real Madrid, Ferguson's heart sank.
Went down.
Ever since Moyes adjusted, he has always had a premonition that he didn't want to do it.
This is obvious.
Ferguson believes that not only him, but even many fans with more experience watching football can see it.
After Fellaini withdrew to the defensive midfielder position, Manchester United basically could not organize an effective attack in the frontcourt.
The three players were all cut apart, fighting on their own, unable to integrate and cooperate at all.
This is a very deadly place.
The key is that both Manchester United's wings look good, but neither of them can pose a threat.
Welbeck's recent form is not ideal, and Valencia can hit the bottom, but it is basically difficult to pose a threat.
You know, with the development of European football to the current model, crosses from the wing are already considered a very crude offensive tactic, and almost no one uses it this way.
Because the efficiency is too low.
Just like just now, Real Madrid was playing on the wing, but in fact it had penetrated Manchester United's defense.
Marcelo had already rushed to the baseline and passed back from the inverted triangle.
This is no longer a simple cross from the wing.
Looking at Manchester United, Moyes still didn't understand it.
"He is still coaching Manchester United the same way he coached Everton before. This is the biggest problem." Ferguson frowned.
Not only on the technical and tactical level, but also on the psychological level.
The reason why Ferguson favored Moyes was not without purpose.
When Manchester United selects coaches, Ferguson can give big opinions. He believes that the best Manchester United coach is Gao Shen, followed by Guardiola, but this is obviously unrealistic, and none of them will come to Manchester United.
Moyes is not a traditional British coach with an outdated technical and tactical system. On the contrary, when he played as a playmaker at Everton, he was also very advanced in the Premier League.
Graveson, Arteta, Fellaini, Pienaar...
These powerful midfielders are all Moyes' favorite players at Everton.
Ferguson admired him because of Moyes' ability to keep pace with the times.
But Moyes' shortcomings are also very obvious.
He has been coaching Everton for the past ten years.
What team is Everton?
Many teams who are familiar with the Premier League will definitely be familiar with it. Everton’s biggest label is: a season of magic and a season of ghosts.
What does it mean?
He performed well this season and made it into the European competition, but he immediately withered away the next season.
why?
Because Everton simply cannot support two lineups, or even one and a half.
Therefore, once the Toffees perform well and enter the European war, they are forced to fight on multiple fronts. In addition, core players are poached, and the league results are immediately affected...
This has led to Moyes' serious lack of experience in European wars.
With insufficient experience in European competitions, I am naturally more unfamiliar with the most advanced football technical and tactical concepts, and have insufficient experience.
In fact, Moyes' caution is not unreasonable.
He clearly knows his shortcomings and deficiencies, so after taking the lead, he chooses to be steady.
But at Manchester United, that's the problem.
Because Manchester United has never been a conservative team, and Manchester United now has no conservative chips.
"If after scoring a lead, he pursues the victory and tries to score another goal, the situation will be completely different."
Speaking of which, Ferguson
Sighed.
Moyes has been coaching Everton for so long that his thinking has been fixed.
This is something Ferguson had never thought of before.
Manchester United will encounter problems this season. Ferguson guessed it. He even gave Moyes a lot of advice and help. Especially during the past period, Manchester United's performance was greatly affected. Moyes also took the initiative to find Ferguson.
Learn from the experience.
But the weird thing is that Moyes just doesn't understand many of the things that Ferguson took for granted.
It was the same lineup, the same group of players, and even later, Moyes simply used tactics similar to Ferguson's, but the performance of the players was completely different.
Can not go back!
On the one hand, the team won the championship last season and Ferguson retired; on the other hand, there are many veterans in the team, which caused the team to suddenly decline this season.
Originally, the management's requirement for Moyes was to be in the top four.
This is not excessive at all for Manchester United, which performed brilliantly last season. Even if Ferguson were to coach himself, his goal this season would still be to win the championship.
The top four already leave enough room for Moyes to adapt and adjust.
But who would have thought that Moyes would directly bring the team to 12th place in the league.
Of course, the league has just begun, and it is too early to tell the results now.
But what if the management loses control?
You know, losing the Champions League is really an extremely painful loss for Manchester United.
That’s an income of tens of millions of pounds!
What's more, all of Manchester United's current sponsors will have Champions League performance requirements when they sign contracts. If they lose the Champions League, how will Manchester United make up for their sponsors?
It is self-evident how great the losses will be in this two-and-done process.
"Martin, do you know what the most interesting thing in the world is?" Ferguson suddenly asked.
Martin Ferguson shook his head.
"That is, everyone thinks that the head coach is very important, crucial, and the soul of the team, but in the actual management, he is the least valued, and no one has ever even thought about protecting him.
, they would rather lose tens of millions of pounds than spend more money on this position."
This is actually a tragedy for a head coach.
In this star-centered football world, the head coach is the least important person.
"Don't worry too much. Give him a little more time. I believe that with his intelligence, he will be able to adapt quickly." Martin Ferguson advised...
Many people don't know that in fact, the first person Ferguson recommended to the Manchester United management was Gao Shen.
But at that time, Gao Shen was in full swing at Manchester City, and was later linked to Real Madrid, which led to Manchester United's senior management not even considering it.
Later, after Guardiola left Barcelona, Ferguson recommended the Spaniard to the Manchester United management. However, the Manchester United management was also in chaos at the time. David Gill was about to leave for FIFA and would no longer serve as Manchester United CEO from 2013.
, is handing over to Ed Woodward.
Under such circumstances, Guardiola was unwilling to take over Manchester United, so Ferguson connected him with Bayern.
But now, Moyes' coaching is far less than expected.
The turmoil at Manchester United is stronger than anyone expected.
"No time!" Ferguson said helplessly.
This is related to tens of millions of pounds in revenue. Once there are signs of missing the Champions League next season, Manchester United is likely to take action directly as long as they find a suitable candidate.
Capital, at this time, will not show any mercy.
…
While Ferguson and his brother were discussing the uncertain future of Manchester United and Moyes in the stands, in the Bernabeu home team's dressing room, Gao Shen was analyzing the situation in the first half with the players, while also planning the trend for the second half.
He believed that the team played a little too conservatively in the first half.
"We should see
, Rooney, Welbeck and Valencia all have strong personal abilities, but none of them can form a synergy in the frontcourt. In this case, we should be more proactive in pressing out."
"Our wings need to be more threatening, suppressing Manchester United's wings and forcing Welbeck and Valencia to defend."
Gao Shen pulled back Manchester United's two wingers on the tactical board.
One of the key points he expounded was to replace defense with offense.
"Smalin is tall and strong, but he turns slowly and has no offensive ability. Facing a full-back like this, what do you have to worry about? He is just a human punching bag. Do you need to think more? Just hit him!"
"And Evra, he is 32 years old. He has been fighting on multiple fronts continuously. After a few games, does he still have the condition? Does he still have the physical fitness?"
"Angel!"
Gao Shen pointed directly at Di Maria, "You only played 70 minutes in the last game, but Evra played the whole game. Don't tell me that you can't beat him physically. Then I will be too harsh on you."
disappointed!"
Everyone in the locker room smiled, and Di Maria quickly stood up and repeatedly promised that she would pay attention.
"We need to put more pressure on Manchester United on the wings and force their two wings to come back to help defend. Then only Rooney is left in front."
"Rooney is so easy to deal with!"
"What is he best at?"
"Desperately!"
"Yes, he is very hard-working, but when a core player has nothing to praise but only hard work and hard work, I would like to ask, what does this mean?"
"That means he's not much of a threat, guys!"
Gao Shen's words were indeed a bit over the top, mainly because the team did not play the kind of offense he requested in the first half.
But if these words get out, they will definitely be on the front page tomorrow. Then Gao Shen will really offend Rooney, and even the British media will probably attack him.
Rooney is England's current ace.
But I have to admit that Rooney really can't hold the ball and can't advance.
When Manchester United's frontcourt has to rely heavily on Rooney to play the core, this itself has proven a problem.
"I don't care what you think, anyway, my request for the second half is very simple. Press me out to attack, attack from both sides, suppress Manchester United, and move more, pull more, and try to create loopholes. I want to see
More goals!"
When he said this, Gao Shen first looked at Ronaldo. Real Madrid's only goal in the first half came from his planning.
Then he turned to Di Maria.
"Angel, in this game tonight, I want to see your goal. If you can't score, then you are dead!"
Di Maria was almost cried by Gao Shen's threat.
But everyone else around him suddenly started to rejoice in his misfortune.
Who doesn't know that Di Maria is Gao Shen's most beloved and trusted general.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I will help you." Ramos, who was sitting next to Di Maria, comforted.
