spn Manchester United defeated the newly promoted Burnley 3-0 at home and fell 1 point behind Chelsea at the top of the list with one more game. In the game, Li Yu took the lead in breaking the deadlock for Manchester United, and then Rooney and Diouf scored to help
Manchester United achieved a great victory and avenged their 0-1 away defeat to their opponents in the first half of the season.
20 years ago, Manchester United defeated Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup. Ferguson was able to keep his job and create a dynasty. The life-saving goal came from Forest defender Laws who mistakenly sent a gift. He is still "bitter about it": "Sir Alex owes me."
A favor." For the first time coaching the top league, the first opponent was Manchester United. Routh's team gave Manchester United 3 points as a gift when Manchester United was in desperate need of victory, easing the pressure on the defending champion who started the new year with 1 loss and 1 draw. Routh not long ago played in
Sheffield Wednesday was not the ideal manager in the eyes of Burnley fans. One of the reasons was that he had bad luck at critical moments. He suffered four consecutive defeats before the dismissal and failed to score a single goal.
Burnley is no exception. They had 3 excellent opportunities, twice in front of Manchester United's goal, and once after Manchester United took a one-goal lead. If they seize any of them, Manchester United will be in big trouble, and Burnley may set a new record.
There is no record of winning at Old Trafford since 1962. Even if Manchester United is two goals ahead, Burnley still has a chance. But Steve Fletcher misses, Newzint misses, and Eagle
The goalkeeper was blocked by Van der Sar, and Thompson hit the post with his header! At the last moment, Burnley still had hope of breaking the ball, but Blake's high-quality free kick was saved by Van der Sar. There is an old saying in the Premier League: Manchester United
I won't deny you the opportunity, but you have to seize it.
Ferguson admitted that he was lucky: "Maybe the score was not fair to them. The game was funny and we were too casual. Burnley wasted a good counterattack opportunity and we were embarrassed if we scored. Rooney's foot was not very smooth today. It was not a miss."
Just playing high, I think he wasted at least 10 opportunities. We were very nervous at first, and everyone was anxious if we didn't score. Overall, winning is not too much." As soon as Rooney scored, the camera captured Ferguson coughing violently.
The scene was not a modest one. To say that they won is not an exaggeration is because Burnley had the worst away performance in the Premier League. They only got back 1 point halfway through the season. The last time such an embarrassing thing happened was in 1900.
The result was no surprise, and there were still other records set. Van der Sar came back in the New Year and became the oldest player to play in Manchester United's history after the war, at 39 years and 79 days. Thanks to his timely appearance, Manchester United once again kept a clean sheet. Since his absence, Manchester United subsequently
They have conceded goals in 8 of 12 games, and have only won 2 games after falling behind 9 times. If Manchester United scores first, they will maintain a complete victory. It is not difficult to understand Manchester United's eagerness to score. More than an hour before the goal, Manchester United was busy but rarely really acted.
The threat and routine are already well known: if you have the ball, look for Valencia on the right, and he will send the ball into the penalty area. Whoever catches up in the middle will be lucky. Count Schlieffen's strategic idea to contain France was nothing more than this: strengthen the right wing and let the ball hit the goal.
The right wing swept across the strait! In a real fight, the Germans had a right but not a left, and finally fell into brutal trench warfare.[
Manchester United's attack on the right is very strong, but the left is almost paralyzed. If most of the crosses do not result in a shot, they will basically need to go back to the right and start over. Even if there is a shot in the middle, it may not be reliable. Nani tops the arc
The kick flew up and was missed, which was a very amateurish fooling around. Manchester United's lack of left wing was entirely due to Nani's lack of form and confidence. As time went on, he became more and more inclined to dribble the ball inside and kick the goal. Look.
Nani dribbling the ball is something that makes Manchester United fans burst into blood.
Eagles, who was abandoned by Manchester United, was extremely active on Burnley's left wing, which made people feel that Ferguson had retained the wrong person. Both of the visiting team's single goals came from his wonderful passes. Only 7 minutes into the game, others passed through the seam to Newzint.
Breaking through Manchester United's defense, but unfortunately Steve Fletcher's final kick missed the target
In the 60th minute, just after Li Yu hit the goalpost, Eagles sent another wonderful pass. Newgent, who cut into the space, relied on inertia to pass the falling Neville, but unfortunately missed again due to interference.
Hiller was surprised: "Why is he hitting the goal with the outside instep? Can he hit the target with the arch of his foot?"
Winning did not solve Manchester United's problems, especially the defense. Burnley's three direct passes through Manchester United's lined-up defense were a serious warning. Unfavorable midfield interceptions were the root cause of the opponent's counterattack and faced Manchester United's key points. Recently,
The worry is the League Cup semi-final derby, and the long-term concern is the Champions League match against Milan, which has been improving recently.
One wave after another, the recent speech of UEFA "President" Platini has put Manchester United at the forefront of the storm again.
Platini turned his attention to businessmen who financed their business with loans. He believed that these people's loans were too high and destroyed the balance. Therefore, UEFA decided to implement a "financial fair competition" policy aimed at cracking down on those who rely on loans to make a living.
Bosses, there are several key points in this policy. First, clubs can only use their own income to purchase players.
Can rely on a wealthy backend to support; secondly, UEFA also requires clubs to avoid high loans. The "chairmen" of Chelsea and Manchester City have successively converted liabilities into assets to eliminate the personal debts owed by the two clubs to the owners in disguise. This "financial fair competition"
This policy has hit Liverpool and Manchester United harder than any other Premier League team.
Glazer was the first wave of HO acquisitions in the Premier League in the 21st century. He raised 7.9 billion, relied on a very meager principal to acquire the golden brand of Manchester United, and then transferred 23% of the debt to the club. The annual match day income,
Broadcasting revenue, etc. were first used to repay loan interest. Later, Hicks and Gillett also used the same method to take over Liverpool. Currently, the debt is 3.5 billion pounds, and the construction of a new stadium has not yet been completed.
After the acquisition by the Glazer family, Manchester United's on-field and commercial performance was outstanding. It won three consecutive league championships, one Champions League title and one runner-up. Commercially, the team has become the most valuable sports brand in the world, and its annual summer tour has attracted great attention in Asia.
The French rivals are hot. And Liverpool has also found the feeling of rising after Hicks and Gillett took over. Last season, the lineup was complete and had the potential to win the championship. Therefore, for such an acquisition, as long as the right balance of leverage is found,
Debt will not bring much harm to the team.
Similar to Liverpool, the success of these two teams relies too much on two things: refinancing and stadium performance. Liverpool has many difficulties in refinancing, so not only the stadium construction is started, but also the team management is in a very unstable state; and in terms of performance
The demands are even greater. Taking Liverpool as an example, if they fail to enter the Champions League next season, it will mean a reduction of more than 20 million pounds in Champions League broadcast revenue. In addition, the league ranking will ultimately determine the Premier League broadcast revenue. It is no wonder that it is now guaranteed
The battle between the front four is a matter of life and death for Liverpool. If not, it is inevitable that the coach will take the blame and sack the get out of class, and it is not impossible to sell the players-who leaves the team with no money to repay the interest! This situation is the same at Manchester United, Ferguson He has reached the twilight years of coaching, how long can he continue to work? His body has the final say. When Ferguson leaves, how should Manchester United, which is heavily in debt at that time, cope with it? The risks of leveraged buyouts are mainly reflected in the team's performance and performance. High hook.
Internally, there is the strong pursuit of Manchester City and Chelsea; externally, there is the tightening spell of Platini and UEFA. Glazer, Hicks, and Gillett, two American speculators, have indeed reached a very critical turning point.
As soon as we talked about Manchester United's financial problems, there was news of Manchester United's gilded journey.
Following the giants such as Real Madrid, Milan and Barcelona, the Red Devils Manchester United also came to the wealthy Qatar to seek gold, and set up a training camp here to escape the cold winter in England. Manchester United's base camp is set up in the famous Qatar Football Association base "spre".
The Qataris also paid millions of euros in invitation fees to Manchester United. After the training session on the 12th, Ferguson did not forget to compliment the Qatari media, "Everything here is perfect, and Qatar has the ability to host the World Cup."
Sir Alex Ferguson said with a smile: "I think there are three factors that are most important for hosting the World Cup. The first is the venue, the second is the distance between stadiums, and the third is safety. Qatar has these three conditions, and Qatar's
The conditions are better, which gives him a favorable position in the competition, especially the short distance between venues, which will bring a lot of convenience to the team and staff." A Qatari reporter asked the old Jazz, "But some people think that the venues are
Is it bad to be too close?" Ferguson replied without hesitation, "This statement is wrong. In a particularly safe country like Qatar, the concentration of venues is of course a good thing."
At the end of last year, the warm-up match between England and Brazil was held in Doha, and Ferguson criticized it at the time. However, now in Doha, Ferguson did not admit that he had said these words, "I was just wondering why the game was not held in England and Brazil.
It’s only natural that Brazil, the two participating teams, will host the event, haha. However, in the end, Doha hosted it very successfully.”
The old Jazz, who has worked at Manchester United for 24 years, has reached the age of enjoying his old age. "I am enjoying my time at Manchester United now. I enjoy my life, my job, and every morning. I hope to continue to work for Manchester United.
I won’t choose other clubs. I don’t think it’s right for European giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona to change their head coaches frequently. On the contrary, a club and a team should remain stable.”
When asked about the massive intrusion of Arab capital into the Premier League, Ferguson said objectively: "I think this is normal. There are not only Arab investments in the Premier League, but also American capital and Russian capital. The Premier League has become the most watched football league in the world.
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It is worth noting that the next League Cup semi-final opponent, Manchester City, lost in this round of the Premier League. It also ended the 4-game winning streak since new coach Mancini took office. It was Everton's victory that ended all this.
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As for the championship group, Chelsea ushered in another big victory, defeating Sunderland 7:2. After this game, Chelsea, who had a game in hand, trailed Manchester United by 2 points and was in second place in the standings.
Li Yu, however, stands out on the shooter list, leading the other shooters with a huge advantage of scoring 23 goals in 22 rounds, firmly occupying the first place on the shooter list.
In the League Cup semi-finals in midweek, a Manchester derby is about to take place. Facing the city rivals who have won four out of five games since Mancini took office, Ferguson is about to welcome back his defense leader Ferdinand, who has been out for nearly three months, and the latter is expected to compete with him.
Vidic reorganizes Red Devils' first choice centre-back partner.[
Since the away draw with Liverpool on October 25 last year, Ferdinand has not played for Manchester United due to a back injury. During this period, Manchester United suffered four defeats in all competitions, which shows the impact of Ferdinand's absence on the Red Devils' defense. At the beginning of this month, Manchester United played at home Before the game when they were eliminated by Leeds United, Vidic withdrew due to injury. If Ferguson wants to realize his dream of four consecutive Premier League titles, he still needs two central defenders to regain their shirts as soon as possible.
Prior to this, Sir Alex Ferguson had welcomed back another key figure in Manchester United's defense, Edwin van der Sar, in the league last weekend. After missing 12 consecutive games for Manchester United, the 39-year-old Dutch national goalkeeper was excited about his comeback: " It feels good to be back playing football, I feel great on the pitch, although I was even a little nervous before the game. We are one point behind Chelsea, so winning is important to close the gap at the top."
Despite the return of the chief goalkeeper, Ferguson is still not ready to sell England goalkeeper Ben Foster, who ranks third in the goalkeeper position. Previously, media said that Sunderland and Stoke City both offered 4 million pounds to acquire Foster. In order to be selected into Capello's England squad, it is logical for Foster to join a team where he can get stable playing opportunities. However, Ferguson denied this possibility in a strong tone, "Loan Foster out." It is absolutely impossible, absolutely. The World Cup will start in four months. I hope he can get enough playing time to win the opportunity to be selected for the England team. The decision will be made by Capello, but Foster has the ability to With South Africa's strength, he will be Capello's main consideration. And England doesn't have many 'outstanding' goalkeepers."
Van der Sar's return will also mean that Manchester United's second goalkeeper Kuszczak, who performed well during the Dutchman's absence, returns to the bench. Sir Alex Ferguson comforted: "I know Kuszczak will be disappointed because of this, because he is indeed Well done. But he should also know that Van der Sar's return will also help him, because observing Van der Sar's games and training up close will also be an improvement for Kuzzak. Of course, Van der Sar also There will be a day when he retires, so Kuzzak should cherish the opportunity to learn from him."
Another player that attracted attention from Manchester United last weekend was the 22-year-old Senegalese forward Diouf, who scored on his debut. He came on as a substitute for Rooney in the 73rd minute and scored a header in stoppage time to add to the Red Devils' success. " It felt great to score in my first game. I was a little nervous for the first two or three minutes after coming on as a substitute, but then I forgot about everyone in the stands because you have to focus on yourself. At work, I have benefited a lot from playing with forwards like Rooney, Owen and Berbatov."
After winning Burnley 3-0, Manchester United still leads chaser Chelsea with a slight advantage of 2 points. French defender Evra believes that with the efforts of the whole team, the Red Devils will be able to win an unprecedented four consecutive Premier League titles.
"I am convinced that Manchester United will win the championship this year. Everyone understands that we have a chance this season. The goal of winning four consecutive championships makes us more united because no team has been able to do it before. Not that I am arrogant, but we must let the league win. The title race is more open and I don't want to make excuses, but which team in the world can lose nine defenders and still be top of the table like Manchester United? Only Manchester United. Even though Chelsea and Arsenal both have a game in hand. , but no one will perform as well as Manchester United. If it were not for these injury problems, we would definitely be leading the standings."
"I'm not afraid of anyone now, I'm only afraid of Manchester United. We need to maintain our winning momentum and self-confidence. Some people say that we can't win the championship this season because the team has lost too many points, but I am confident that Manchester United is currently in the standings.
We are proud of our position. People can criticize us if we don't succeed in the end, but the most important thing is what we won at the end of the season."
Although Americans acquired two of England's greatest teams, Manchester United and Liverpool, they have become almost the least popular people in their respective cities. According to the British "Guardian" report, after the release of Manchester United's annual financial report,
The conflict between the Glazer family and Manchester United fans has escalated again, with some extreme fans even asking Ferguson to use dismissal as an "ultimatum" to kick the American out of the club.
This idea was proposed at a special meeting held by the Manchester United fans group before Manchester United defeated Burnley 3-0 last weekend. The topic was "driving away the Yankees". They even studied asking Cantona to come out and do it.
for the possibility of fan leadership and preparing for a protest before the Champions League match against Milan on March 10. More than 300 fans attended the meeting, and the former "Manchester United u
Flakes, the "President" of the Football Fans Federation, proposed a "joint letter" calling for Ferguson's resignation to put pressure on the Americans.
Flex said: "This is not against Sir Alex Ferguson himself, but he once said that he was a sociologist and a representative of the interests of workers and people, so he must also feel uneasy about the current situation of Manchester United. If thousands of football players
"The fans" sent this letter to Ferguson to let him know our concerns, which may have an effect. If Glazer continues to be in power, his successor will also be dragged down. We don't want to see this, and Ferguson certainly doesn't want it either."
Although Ferguson has been speaking for Glazer since he took over Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson once expressed his concerns before the American came to power. Now Manchester United's harsh financial policy has also made Ferguson constrained in the transfer market.
Now Glazer has even proposed to sell Old Trafford and Carrington training base and issue 500 million bonds to relieve the financial pressure of the club's 700 million pound debt.
During Glazer's acquisition of the club in 2005, Manchester United fans fiercely opposed it and hoped to get support from Ferguson, but failed. This time they hoped that Sir Alex Ferguson would force him to resign, which inevitably triggered
There was widespread opposition because Ferguson was, after all, the most successful manager in the club's history.
Flex, who has known Ferguson for many years, said: "Some people may think this idea is ridiculous. After all, Ferguson has won several honors for Manchester United and he single-handedly built the Manchester United empire. But we have to take a longer-term view. At present, we are facing a ridiculous situation.
In such a situation, a club with 70,000 fans (the capacity of Old Trafford) is actually losing money financially? This is what Ferguson said
Given the opportunity to clarify his position, he should think for the long-term interests of the club. If he says that he is ready to resign, it may allow potential buyers to speed up the acquisition process, so Glazer may get out early. Glazer even wants to use the Carrington training base
Sell it and then rent it back. In that case, what difference will there be between Manchester United and those small amateur teams? They don't even have their own training ground."
In addition, Manchester United fans are also preparing to take unified action in the Champions League match between Manchester United and Milan on March 10 to protest against the American boss. They plan to enter the venue 5 or 10 minutes after the start of the game, so that TV audiences around the world can
The game will start with empty stands at Old Trafford. They also hope that Manchester United season ticket holders will not renew their subscriptions in order to discourage
Glazer family. On the popular "febook", a domain name called "We want Glazer out" has also been opened to promote the protests of Manchester United fans. In the Premier League last weekend, a
A Manchester United fan displayed a large slogan "Love Manchester United, Hate Glazer!" in the Old Trafford stands, and was later kicked out of the stadium and fined 500 pounds.
Privately, a close confidant of Ferguson expressed his support for the fans' plan, but Manchester United captain Gary Neville said: "Manchester United players will never get involved in these things. Rumors are always flying. As players, our job is to
Win on the court and let others do the rest."
Although they are unwilling to "wad into muddy waters", Manchester United players were asked to become the club's "creditors" after returning to Old Trafford from the Qatar training camp last week. Glazer asked everyone in the club, from players to
Low-income staff have to "invest" in purchasing 500 million bonds issued by the club. According to a Manchester United insider: "The players are overwhelmed. The boss who pays the players' wages actually requires employees to pay.
money to buy the club's bonds. Although some people think it is a valuable investment, many people are not ready to respond to Glazer's 'call' for many long-term but low-paid workers at Old Trafford to invest in their own money.
They are worried about their future, and now they have been provided an 'opportunity' by the club to make themselves even more strapped. This is simply a joke." According to "revelation", the bonds issued by Manchester United are 50,000 pounds per share, with an annual return of 7%.
