No matter what the media says about Manchester United now, Li Yu's goals are still very guaranteed, with a total of 6 goals in four games!
No one can say anything, but Ferguson wants Li Yu to be the core of the frontcourt. It seems that it cannot be implemented now. If Li Yu becomes the core, who will score?
In the next Champions League, Manchester United will face Glasgow Rangers at home, a showdown between the dominant players in the English and Scottish Premier Leagues.
The overlords are also different. The Premier League and the Scottish Premiership are of course not the same. The overlords of the Premier League were unanimously optimistic before the game and were expected to win at home against Glasgow Rangers.
Perhaps because the confidence given to Ferguson before the game was too high, Li Yu was not included in the squad. The main striker was led by Rooney and new aid Xiao Wandou.
But the outcome of the final game was beyond everyone's expectations, 0:0!
No goals conceded at home and no goals scored at home!
Why did the 3 points that were inevitable become 1 point again?
For English football, this is the best of times and the worst of times.
Because of the advancement of technology in this era, football stars have received unprecedented attention. The interest chain of broadcast rights can allow them to obtain more generous income and live like celebrities or even rich people. And because of this, young talents no longer wear all their clothes.
Put your energy into the court with all your heart.
Rooney set a bad example. He made Scholes, Neville and Giggs go away forever when they were young and had fun once in the night and were scolded by Ferguson.
Scandal, how can a world-class player try his best for 90 minutes but get nothing.
Immediately after Manchester United was tied with Rangers at home, the authoritative media "Sky Sports" gave the slogan "Rooney led the team to failure." This evaluation appropriately reflects Rooney's performance today.
No matter how Ferguson explained after the game, the Red Devils did have a lot of substitutes in the starting lineup today. Under such circumstances, the performance of the core figure Rooney is even more crucial, but the truce in the league last weekend did not allow Rooney to find his best condition.
On the contrary, Xiaopang and the whole team stopped moving forward.
Rooney's poor state began in the 21st minute of the first half. During Manchester United's counterattack, Xiaopang and Hernandez formed a 2v2 in the frontcourt. This was almost the Red Devils' best chance after the start.
But just when more than 60,000 fans on the sidelines were expecting the deadlock to be broken, Rooney made an unknown cross pass and sent the ball directly to the feet of Rangers defender Will, and the ball was cleared. In this counterattack, Rooney could have
He chose to break through and force the goal, or pass the ball to Hernandez who was waiting in the penalty area one step in advance, but the little fat boy chose to take an extra step before passing, which wasted the opportunity.
In the 38th minute of the first half, when Rooney was chasing the opponent's breakthrough from the right, without any physical contact with the opponent, he made an emergency stop and accidentally injured his ankle. Not only his consciousness, but also Xiaopang's physical condition was very bad.
Not ideal. Regarding Rooney's poor state and sleepwalking performance, a set of shots in the second half is obviously more convincing.
In the 70th minute, Giggs broke through from the left and sent in a well-placed cross. Last season, Rooney, who once defeated his opponents with consecutive headers, unexpectedly took off half a beat too late without being marked in the penalty area.
A perfect opportunity passed the bottom line.
One minute later, during Manchester United's counterattack, Rooney once again accidentally lost the ball in the frontcourt and made an undue mistake. Another minute passed, Manchester United formed an offensive in the Rangers penalty area, and Rooney's dribbling was once again blocked.
He was so angry that he put the opponent's defender from behind and was called for a foul.
However, Rooney did not work hard. In the 75th minute, in order to fight for a header, he risked injury and collided with the opponent's goalkeeper.
But based on today's poor 90-minute performance, it is difficult for you to compare the Rooney in front of you with the majestic little fat guy in the Champions League last season. After the game, "Sky Sports" gave him 5 points unceremoniously.
The score is only higher than that of Park Ji-sung who scored 4 points, ranking second from the bottom of the team.
Is it true, as Ferguson said, that the Scottish Premier League champion Rangers' iron barrel formation was too successful, which led to Rooney's poor performance?
We must know that in the Premier League, when Manchester United faces the intensive defense of mid-to-lower teams, they can still win the game like a chopping of melons and vegetables.
What's more, Rooney's opponents today are the two central defenders of the Rangers, Will and Bogueira. One of them is a veteran who was born in 1970 and is 40 years and 4 months old and in a semi-retired state; the other is a veteran who has been in English League One and English for a long time.
In the second-rate league of the championship, even when he is a teammate with Zheng Zhi, there is no guarantee that he will be a starting second-rate defender.
It was such a group of opponents that Rooney couldn't find his way throughout the game. Among them, the Algerian Borgera once defended the little fat man in the World Cup group match. Today can be regarded as his "double victory" against Rooney.
"Kill". We can't help but ask, what happened to Rooney?
Yes, what happened to Rooney?
Perhaps from Ferguson to Capello, and even the more than 60,000 fans at Old Trafford, everyone knows the answer.
For today's game, Ferguson deliberately hid Rooney, who was in the whirlpool of public opinion, in the league last week. On the one hand, to protect the players, the Scots very much hope that Rooney will play against Sir Alex Ferguson's hometown team in today's first group match of the Champions League.
Sometimes he can perform well. The Manchester United coach told the Mirror: "We all hope that Rooney can have a good performance. I am looking forward to it." But Xiaopang obviously disappointed the teacher this time. After the game, Ferguson said to Rooney
His condition was not mentioned at all, and one can imagine the anguish in his heart.
The off-field scandal affects his on-field performance, which is a dangerous sign for Rooney. Although he is England's No. 1 red man at the Theater of Dreams, in the eyes of Ferguson, no one is indispensable in the Red Devils.
From David Beckham to Keane, Van Nistelrooy and World Footballer Ronaldo, all the figures who were once famous cannot escape the fate of running away.
Guardian columnist Richard Williams wrote on his blog: "You can choose to believe Ferguson's excuse for protecting Rooney at Goodison Park; or his assistant Mike Phelan.
The excuse "Rooney is not ready yet"; or the third possibility is that Ferguson has had enough of Rooney's troubles and wants to get rid of him.
Beckham fled Old Trafford and went to Madrid, but he is still continuing his career on the way to the fourth place. Now all of us, perhaps including Rooney's head coach, want to know whether such Rooney can still be at Manchester United.
Finish his youth." In fact, this question should be asked to Rooney, because only he knows the final answer to this question.
The media is also asking, what did Ferguson think when he left Li Yu, who was in great form, instead of using him, and instead used such an important match in the Champions League to try to activate Rooney, who was out of form?
If Li Yu was on the field, this would definitely not be the ending.
Faced with repeated questioning by the media, Ferguson finally revealed the majesty of the Premier League's top coach, "I have considered the issue of allocating players and who to send out!"
The media just wants to know how it is considered?
It's just that I will never hear Ferguson's answer to this question, because he has already turned around and left.
Glasgow Rangers have remained winless in their past 10 Champions League games, with a specific record of 3 draws and 7 losses. The last time they won in the Champions League was three years ago, when Rangers were beaten 3-0 at home.
Lyon.
Rangers have failed to score in 6 of their past 12 games against English teams, and counting this campaign, they have failed to score in 7 of their past 13 games against English teams.
Therefore, Rangers can thank God for being able to take away 1 point from Old Trafford.
Compared with the 11 starting players who drew 3-3 with Everton in the last round, Ferguson rotated 10 players in this game. The only one who has not been replaced is Fletcher. Even counting Rooney, Ferdinand and Valencia who have just returned,
Fletcher, Manchester United only played four main players in this campaign, while Vidic, Evra, Nani, Scholes and Li Yu, the five absolute main players, all took turns in this campaign and were not included in the substitute list at all.
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Ferguson's idea is also reasonable. Liverpool is his lifelong enemy. The most fulfilling thing in his life is probably to pull Liverpool down. And after four rounds, he is 4 points behind Chelsea. He played against Liverpool on the weekend.
, must not make any more mistakes, otherwise, after this round, he may only be able to pay attention to the brilliant Blues, but Ferguson met Smith who knew him well.
Rangers coach Walter Smith was Ferguson's assistant when he led the Scotland team to the 1986 World Cup. Moreover, Smith also came to Old Trafford to assist Ferguson in 2004. Of course, he knew Ferguson's tactical arrangements well.
In this campaign, the Rangers players under his command were united on the defensive end, which made the Manchester United players very uncomfortable. In the first half, Manchester United took 11 shots, while the Glasgow Rangers team had zero shots in the half. In terms of ball possession rate, Manchester United also ranked 59.3.
% to 40.7%. In the whole game, Manchester United led 21 to 2 in shots, but in fact, the Red Devils did not get one or two decent scoring opportunities in the whole game.
It's impossible for Ferguson not to keep his eye on Liverpool, just as Hodgson didn't include Gerrard and Torres in Thursday night's Europa League squad.
In the 2008-09 season, Liverpool beat Manchester United 2-0 at home and 4-0 away from home. Last season, Liverpool beat Manchester United 2-0 at home and 1-2 away. They had one draw and one loss against Manchester United. In the past two seasons, Manchester United only scored one goal in four games against Liverpool.
A record of 1 win and 3 losses.
Although Ferguson once said that both the Premier League and the Champions League are important, especially the Champions League is more important. But before the battle with Liverpool, Sir Alex Ferguson also decided to focus on this weekend's league first. In his opinion, if he fails to win,
Rangers, Manchester United still have 5 games to prove themselves. Once they lose to Liverpool at the weekend, Manchester United will likely be 7 points behind the leader Chelsea after 5 rounds. This is definitely a gap that he cannot bear.
In the UEFA Champions League in the 2005-06 season, Manchester United was placed in a group with Villarreal, Lille and Benfica.
As a result, Manchester United drew 0-0 with La Liga team Yellow Submarine both home and away, losing 0-0 at home and 0-1 away to Lille of Ligue 1; 2-1 at home and 1-2 away from Benfica of the Portuguese Super League.
There was a tie, but in the end, they were eliminated at the bottom of the group with a record of 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses. There are three reasons for this: First, the home record was too poor, with only 1 win, 2 draws and 5 points in the 3 home games;
Second, the offensive power is too poor. He scored 2 goals in 3 home games, 1 goal in 3 away games, and only scored 3 goals in 6 group matches. The offensive power is really worrying; third, Mourinho’s Chelsea gave Manchester United
It has exerted great pressure to compete for the league title, which inevitably distracts Manchester United from the domestic league competition when fighting on two fronts.
This season, Chelsea started the league very strongly, and after losing 4 points to Fulham and Everton, Manchester United no longer dared to be careless.
In this case, when Manchester United competes in European competitions, they will often divert part of their attention to the domestic league; while Chelsea, which is going smoothly in the league, can fully focus on the mysterious master Zilina. This weekend,
Ancelotti's team will face the newly promoted Blackpool at Stamford Bridge with a huge difference in strength. They have no pressure at all.
If Manchester United does not take advantage of the two-round direct confrontation with Valencia, even if it can successfully qualify, it is very likely to qualify as second in the group, and Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Inter Milan may all be eyeing the 16-to-8 match.
Waiting for Manchester United on the road. If this is true, with the loss of one of their generals, Valencia, Manchester United may repeat the tragedy of five years ago. The league championship still belongs to Chelsea, and the Champions League went home early and only got one.
Let's talk about the League Cup for comfort.
Just scoring 1 point is not the most terrible news for Manchester United.
Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia fractured his ankle in the Champions League group match against Glasgow Rangers. According to Ecuadorian team doctor Maldonado, he will be sidelined for at least six months.
Valencia encountered a tackle during a breakthrough and his left foot was pressed by the opponent's defender Broadford's body, resulting in a fractured ankle. This injury is similar to that of former Arsenal player Eduardo da Silva (the latter is more
It was so serious) that it took the Gunners forward nearly a year to return to the pitch.
National team doctor Maldonado said in an interview with Ecuadorian domestic television: "He will need at least four to five months to recuperate from his injury, and then he will need a lot of rehabilitation exercises to restore the function of his legs and achieve their original flexibility.
So it will take at least six months before he can come back."
In addition, Rangers defender Broadford said that he was horrified by the situation at the time. He had never seen such a serious injury. "I'm not sure how it happened. I made a sliding tackle and then looked back and saw his
The bones are sticking out."
"We were desperately trying to get the medics to come in and help him because it was a horrific scene, I've never seen an injury like this up close, I've seen it on TV but it's terrible to see it happen in front of your eyes. I hope
He can recover as soon as possible."
Having lost a powerful winger and having to face a strong opponent like Liverpool in a few days, there is no need to talk about what Ferguson said. The media should be able to understand why Ferguson would hide Li Yu, just for the next round of the Premier League battle.
There is another thing that Manchester United must decide early, the team captain for the new season.
The announcement has been delayed, and everyone knows that the old man wants to give it to someone, and that someone has been very incompetent and caused a scandal. Now it has come to the last time when he has to make a choice.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson appears to have selected a captain for the Red Devils this season. In Sunday's Premier League highlight match with Liverpool, he appointed Vidic as captain again, and the chances of the original favorite Rio Ferdinand look increasingly good.
The smaller.
A few days ago, Ferguson announced that Gary Neville would no longer serve as Manchester United's on-field captain. The replacement has not yet been finalized, but now, Sir Alex Ferguson has finally made a decision. "The captain's armband has been given to Vidic because he has all the
Participated in every session.”
In fact, in the last round of the league, Vidic wore the captain's armband. This time he was appointed again for the battle against Liverpool. It seems that Ferguson intends to make him the official leader. Sir Alex Ferguson said: "We hope that a player who can continue to play
The player of the match assumes the captaincy, and everyone agrees that Vidic can play all season, he has always been able to, and unless he is rested, he will not be left out of the lineup."
"Vidic has been captain since the start of the season and this will continue."
"The Sun" said that this is a blow to Rio Ferdinand. Originally, Rio was the favorite to succeed the captain, but injuries have become his biggest stumbling block. Now, he faces the possibility of losing two armbands.
In the England team, acting captain Gerrard is very strong, and Capello may be considering letting the Liverpool man officially take over the armband.
Ferdinand is currently striving to return to form as soon as possible, and he may participate in Sunday's game with Liverpool. Ferguson said: "It is a good thing for Leo to come back. If he plays, it is because he is a player with excellent ability."
Ferdinand himself is currently thinking about restoring his main role, and the ownership of the captain's armband comes second. He has been absent for three and a half months due to injury. He finally returned to the Champions League group stage in the 0-0 draw with Glasgow Rangers in midweek.
Ferdinand said: "Whether I can still play against Liverpool depends on the head coach's decision. Against Rangers we changed ten starters and may change ten more on Sunday. I hope I can be selected and become part of the starting lineup.
, but first I have to make the roster first.”
Ferdinand's defeat was due to his attendance and injuries, but what about Li Yu? He didn't mention it no matter what, and the subsequent news finally gave the final answer!
"Li Yu is the vice-president of Manchester United and the second captain on the field!"
If something unexpected happens to Vidic, then in the Premier League, the captain of the giant Manchester United will see a Chinese wearing the captain's armband for the first time!
