At the same time, in the 37th round of the league, Manchester City's Yaya Toure scored twice, helping Manchester City get 3 points as they wished. Before Manchester United even started the game, they rushed to the first place in the standings!
Even in the subsequent games, goals from Scholes and Mata helped the Red Devils end their two-game winless streak, but the 8-goal difference was like a chasm between the Manchester brothers. Fortunately, Manchester United got it.
3 points, but also maintained a 2-point advantage, which makes Manchester City's goal advantage completely meaningless!
In the must-win game, Manchester United did not show the courage and magic to challenge the limit. They did not even have the courage to leap across the chasm. Facing Swansea, which had no desires and desires, Manchester United's good performance not only failed
The last one on my body
The fig leaf of the so-called championship heritage also allowed Manchester City to completely get rid of the burden of goal difference. In the last round, the Blue Moon Army not only had to defeat its opponents, but also expected Manchester United to draw or lose in order to remove Manchester United from the throne of the king.
Pull it up and down.
Comparing the two games played by the Manchester brothers in this round, Manchester United's style of play is obviously more calm, with clear passing routines and reasonable player movements. However, the passion of Manchester City players and their star effect at critical moments put Ancelotti's team to shame.
, and this is where the gap between the two teams lies now.
Ancelotti's training, as well as the presence of veterans such as Scholes, Carrick, and Giggs, have enabled Manchester United to maintain a sophisticated tactical routine, but the individual players' ability and hunger for the championship are far less than
City rivals.
After Manchester City defeated Newcastle, the goal difference between the two teams once reached 10 points. In the last round, Manchester City, which has a terrifying home record of 17 wins and 1 draw, will sit at the Etihad Stadium to face the Queens, who have the worst away record in the league.
There is almost no suspense for Park Rangers to get all three points. In this case, it becomes natural for Manchester United to choose a safe way to get points. As long as they have three points, they can still guarantee the league championship.
There has never been a season where the final crown of the Premier League has been as ups and downs as in this league. According to past rules, the first place has already established its advantage early, at least it does not have to be finalized in the last round.
The competition in the Premier League has become more and more fierce. Even if Manchester United wins the final crown, it is only a worthy thing. From the lineup, Manchester United no longer has the kind of dominance, and its dominance is declining. It is only Manchester City and Chelsea.
The local tycoon group can definitely attack the league's throne.
What Manchester City lacks is a championship pedigree, while what Chelsea lacks is stability.
Arsenal has been working hard to qualify for the Champions League in recent years, and Keteachable's team can completely act as a spoiler to determine the final winner of the championship.
Ancelotti said meaningfully in an interview: "Our financial resources cannot compete with Manchester City. They can buy all the players they want, which is beyond comparison. We will definitely make moves this summer, and signings may be
2 or maybe 3, but we will give priority to bringing in young potential players to train, this is our consistent transfer strategy."
However, does such a transfer strategy have to be tried and true? The success of Rooney and Ronaldo does not represent the universality of young players becoming successful. In recent years, Manchester United has not bought many potential stocks such as Anderson, Obertan, and Bebe.
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But now the foundation of the team is still the same group of old players before the Americans took over. Among them, only Rooney, a player in his prime, has also chosen to be sold this season. Giggs, Scholes, Cardiff, etc.
Rick, Evra, and Ferdinand have all passed their prime and it is difficult to continue their top-level performance.
Young players like Phil Jones and Welbeck are certainly worth looking forward to, but in this team that has been struggling to catch up, they have been entrusted with important tasks prematurely. As a result, their impatience and immaturity have been exposed at a glance.
New aid Mata may be a figure worth looking forward to, but Spain seems to have not found the rhythm of playing in the Premier League this season. However, Mata has still left a deep impression on people in many games. He is definitely a talented player.
A player with the potential to revitalize Manchester United's midfield.
What about Li Yu? The absolute core. He is leading most of Manchester United's offense now. Without the painstaking support of Manchester United's No. 9, Manchester United will not appear in the championship group this season and compete with Manchester City in the final round.
, the championship battle!
It's just that there is only one Li Yu after all. When Manchester United's overall strength is declining, it is a bit too rash to count on the performance of only one person.
The defense and midfield are in urgent need of transformation. Regardless of whether they win the final championship or not, this is what Manchester United must do!
Manchester United's legendary midfielder Roy Keane pointed out mercilessly in a column in The Sun: "Manchester United's young players have not performed well, and those old players should be criticized more."
What Manchester United currently lacks is a leader who never gives up, who can inject iron will into the team and a bloody spirit that suffocates opponents.
Perhaps Phil Jones, a young man regarded by many as the future captain of the England team, can inherit the legacy of Cantona and Keane, but don’t forget that he is only 20 years old, allowing him to support the biggest club in the world.
The backbone is definitely the best interpretation of the word "pull seedlings to encourage growth". And the culprit behind all this is undoubtedly the team's vampire owners, the Glazer family.
Li Yu is domineering in the game, but his leadership temperament is still lacking. There is also an innate shortcoming, that is, he is not a player from a strong football country in the traditional sense. This also affects Li Yu's performance in the team to a certain extent.
Establish prestige in it.
Fans also expect that Li Yu will assume more responsibilities during the game and show corresponding dominance and leadership qualities. If Li Yu becomes the new leader of Manchester United, it may also mean that Manchester United has entered another era.
At the same time, looking at the role played by Yaya Toure, David Silva and Aguero in Manchester City, it is difficult to imagine that Ancelotti has no regard for such explosive signings in their prime years.
Not moved.
But Ancelotti, who has repeatedly emphasized tapping potential internally and buying people rationally, obviously does not have the generous backing that Mancini does.
Ancelotti pointed out: "The team's summer transfers completely depend on the overall plan."
Obviously, this plan refers to the budget. However, you can get a glimpse of Manchester United by just looking at the rumored candidates for the central midfielder position from Sneijder, who is worth 35 million, and Modric, who is worth 40 million, to Shinji Kagawa, who is worth 7 million.
What is the approximate transfer budget for next season?
From this point of view, no matter how bad Manchester United's record is, it cannot awaken the conscience of the American boss. It is not enough to be eliminated from the Champions League group stage, not enough to be humiliated by Crystal Palace in the League Cup, not enough to be eliminated by Liverpool in the FA Cup, and not enough to be doubled by Athletic Bilbao in the Europa League.
It's not enough to kill them. The Premier League was almost reversed by Manchester City. It's not enough. Seeing a season in which all four major players are about to be staged, the Glazer family only cares about how to expand the team's influence in Asia and how to earn more yen. This is definitely a game.
It is an even more desperate tragedy that the team lost all honors.
As the final round of the league is about to take place, Ancelotti realizes that he must strengthen his lineup. If we fail to have a surprise in the final round, Manchester United is very likely to usher in the fifth season in 23 years where all four major players are empty.
, Ancelotti absolutely does not want to see Manchester City suppress Manchester United for a long time, so he plans to introduce strong reinforcements this summer. The "Daily Express" stated that Ancelotti's transfer budget this summer is as high as 100 million pounds.
The 21-year-old Lille attacking midfielder Hazard, the 26-year-old Tottenham core Modric, the 27-year-old Athletic Bilbao center Llorente and the 23-year-old Valencia left back Alba are all in the team.
Celotti's signings are within sight.
On the front line, Owen, whose contract with Manchester United expires this summer, is likely to leave the team voluntarily, and young player Macheda is also very likely to be sold. Anderson, the 2008 European Golden Boy Award winner, also left the team early, and Fabio is very likely to leave the team.
Possible loan move to Benfica.
Last summer, Ancelotti spent close to 60 million pounds to sign Mata, Phil Jones and De Gea.
"Daily Star" said that Ancelotti has told Manchester United's top management that the lineup needs fresh blood, and Manchester United CEO David Gill has promised to give the Italian a large transfer fee.
Ancelotti wants to find a successor for the 33-year-old Ferdinand. The "Daily Star" said that the Italian may even offer to let the 25-year-old Pique return to Old Trafford. The 27-year-old Sneijder has been
He is a player that Manchester United is interested in. Last summer's bid for Sneijder failed, and he may make another bid for the Dutchman this summer.
The 24-year-old Argentine midfielder Gaitan, the 23-year-old Dortmund Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa and the 22-year-old Icelandic attacking midfielder Sigurdsson are also on Ancelotti's signing list.
During the game, some fans in the stands held banners hoping Ancelotti would acquire Sigurdsson.
The difficulty of poaching Pique from Barcelona can be imagined. The "Daily Mail" stated that French defender Mbiwa hinted that he wants to play in the Premier League next season.
The 22-year-old Mbiwa is 1.84 meters tall and is the captain of Montpellier, the leader of Ligue 1 this season. He mainly plays a central defender, but can also play as a left and right full-back, and can even serve as a defensive midfielder.
Mbiwa's contract with Montpellier expires next summer, so it only takes about 7 million pounds to take him away. Since he refused to renew his contract with the team, Montpellier plans to sell it this summer.
He. Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Newcastle are all interested in Mbiwa. In an interview with alplus TV, Mbiwa said that playing for Manchester United is a dream. "Playing for Manchester United will give me great satisfaction."
Feeling, that means dreams can become reality. Arsenal is also a giant team."
In terms of signings in the midfield position, the "Daily Mail" said that Manchester United is considering signing Porto winger James Rodriguez, whose worth has been fired to 25 million pounds. The 20-year-old Rodriguez is 1 meter tall.
80, is a Colombian international, known as the "South American Ronaldo". He has expressed that he cannot resist the temptation to switch to Manchester United.
Since joining Porto from Banfield two years ago, Rodriguez's performance has been impressive. This season, Rodriguez has played 22 Portuguese Super League games for Porto and scored 12 goals. In 2003, Manchester United paid 12.5 million
He purchased Ronaldo from Sporting Lisbon for a transfer fee of £80 million, and finally sold Ronaldo to Real Madrid in the summer of 2009 for the world's largest transfer fee of 80 million pounds.
It is a fact that the transfer market prices are inflated, and the strategy of focusing on young players is also in line with the healthy development of the team. However, a championship team cannot lack stars. Ancelotti also recognized this: "If you want to achieve success,
To succeed, you still need to chase high-priced players in the transfer market.
Ronaldo scored more goals for Real Madrid than he played. At that time, we thought selling him for 80 million pounds was not a bad deal, but if Real Madrid knew that Ronaldo would become so good, they would probably pay
160 million pounds. For Real Madrid, buying Ronaldo was a dream acquisition. Maybe we should have asked Real Madrid for 800 million pounds."
Ancelotti's words revealed a hint of sadness and helplessness.
You must know that before the Glazer family acquired Manchester United, the former coach Sir Alex Ferguson had always been a man of the hour in the transfer market. From Gary Pallister and Andy Cole to Veron and Ferdinand, they all broke the Premier League at that time.
The king of transfer records.
In addition, Ferguson has also made value-for-money deals like Ruud van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo. However, since buying Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid for 80 million pounds in 2009, Manchester United's ambitions in the transfer market have declined.
It is much smaller and has not recruited stars of the same level.
Ancelotti took over the team last summer. Although Manchester United also spent about 50 million pounds to introduce Mata, De Gea, and Phil Jones. Although the performance of these three players this season has not disgraced their worth, they
He is not as irreplaceable as Cristiano Ronaldo.
Please don’t forget that there is a prerequisite for the transfer of these people, and that is Rooney’s high transfer price. You must know that in 2007, Manchester United had 7 people selected into the best team of the season at the same time. This is very telling. From 7 people
To 1 player, it is an indisputable fact that the Red Devils currently lack top stars.
The reason why Ferguson has gradually changed from being generous and spending a lot of money to being frugal and relying on transfer income during the Ancelotti era is because of the stinginess of the Glazer family.
The data can speak for itself: The Glazer family raised 525 million pounds to acquire Manchester United in 2005. From the date of acquisition to December 31, 2011, Manchester United spent just as much money to repay the interest owed on the Glazer family's loan.
£497.5 million was spent.
Before the arrival of the Glazer family, Manchester United did not have any debts, and now Manchester United still has an outstanding debt of 440 million pounds in its account. No wonder the team has been shrinking from signings. In stark contrast, since 2008
From taking over Manchester City in 2011 to May 2011, the Mansour consortium spent a total of about 800 million pounds, and promised to invest another 1 billion pounds in the future for signings and building a new training base.
One does not care about the cost for the club, and the other only treats the club as a money-making machine. This is really a comparison that is beyond comprehension, and it is shocking to compare.
As the final round of the league is about to begin, Manchester United is trying to use good news to inject vitality into the team.
On the other hand, Manchester City is exactly the opposite.
Manchester City coach Mancini said that he has 100% trust in his players and firmly believes that they will not miss the championship opportunity that is already in their hands.
In the final round of the Premier League this Sunday, Manchester City only needs to defeat Queens Park Rangers at home to likely lock in the Premier League championship. A month ago, Manchester City was eight points behind Manchester United. In this regard, Mancini said that they do not
Hard-won opportunities will be missed.
"I have 100% trust in my players, they know everything is under their control," Mancini said. "They have been working very hard and giving their best in every game all season, and now they have
A huge opportunity. In the last two games against Manchester United and Newcastle they have been very strong and have a good mentality and I think that will be the case again on Sunday."
Manchester City last won England's top flight in 1968 and Mancini knows what it would mean for Manchester's blue side. "I understand. We haven't won the league in 44 years and in
This is a city where our neighbors win the championship almost every year and it's tough for our fans."
"I hope I can change that. The fans are happy and they hope we can get another win. It's a crucial game for Manchester City because it's the first time in a long time and we want that for the fans
Win the championship.”
Former Manchester United coach Ferguson once commented that Mancini has a typical Italian style, which is to focus on defense, while Manchester United puts offense first. Mancini responded: "I agree with what he said. I am Italian
Man, I can't change my mind. He's Scottish, he's the best manager in the world and I agree with what he says."
In this game, Mancini will face Queens Park Rangers coach Mark Hughes, who was the former coach of Manchester City and was replaced by Mancini in 2009. It is said that Hughes is still bitter about this, saying that Manchester City
Cini's coaching is a "**" style. In this regard, Mancini said: "Hughes is a good coach. He knows the Premier League better than me. I agree with what he said."
"The grudge between me and Hughes is not important, we are not familiar with each other, but Sunday is Manchester City v QPR, not me v Hughes. For me, QPR is a good team, they are not
Should be in the lower reaches, they will try their best to avoid relegation, so I think it will be a difficult game, one team is fighting for the championship and the other is fighting to avoid relegation. Such a game will be difficult for us,
It’s even harder than Newcastle and Manchester United. Manchester United’s opponent, Sunderland, has nothing to ask for. I’m sure they will try their best, but they really have nothing to ask for.”
Recently, Manchester City has won consecutive victories and has overtaken the 8-point gap behind Manchester United to maintain the hope of winning the championship. Mancini said: "Being 8 points behind is a good moment for us because all the pressure is gone.
We can play freely. And even if we are 8 points behind, we still maintain the belief. We know that if we can catch up to 3 points before the Manchester derby, then we have a chance."
"In the first six months of the season we played very well and played some of the best football in the league, but it's impossible to play like that for a whole year. We had problems in one month and conceded goals easily.
And there are no goals, but this is a normal fluctuation."
Manchester United fans said that Manchester City bought the league title with money, while Mancini said: "All teams that have won the Premier League have spent a lot of money. Obviously, if you have money to spend, you will win more
Opportunities, but it's not always easy. If you have money, you can choose players who have the ability to play for your team. Every time people talk about Manchester City, they talk about Manchester City. They can spend money, but if you buy good players
, you can play well, but it’s still not easy to win.”
"I think City are now one of the top teams in England and Europe and if City can win the title then potentially we can do the same thing in the next three or four years, but the most important thing now is to win the first one
