After the game, there was a dead silence in the home team's dressing room at Old Trafford.
After all the players came back, they sat in their seats, not daring to breathe. From time to time they raised their heads and looked at the entrance to the locker room.
After suffering a humiliating defeat at home last season, Ferguson was already furious, and now they suffered a 0-5 loss at home. No one dared to imagine what Ferguson would do to them later.
Turn on the hair dryer mode and spray a lot of saliva?
This is already considered light.
No one dared to speak. Even Phil Jones, who usually seemed fearless, seemed to feel the atmosphere in the locker room. He sat upright and didn't even dare to look around.
Finally, the door to the locker room was pushed open from the outside.
The players sitting inside immediately raised their heads and looked at the entrance, and saw Ferguson walking in with a livid face.
The old Scottish man barely had a dragon-slaying knife in his hand, and two words were written all over his face, anger.
Seeing Ferguson walking in angrily, even though everyone was mentally prepared, their hearts still jumped for no reason.
Many people even feel their heartbeat speeding up.
Damn, this is the rhythm of killing people!
Ferguson pushed open the door and walked straight towards the players, getting closer and closer so that everyone could clearly see his face that was red with anger, which made Mike Phelan who was following him very worried.
, wanted to remind him to pay attention to his blood pressure, but the assistant coach was too frightened to say anything.
Ferguson has endured it for a long time, and he still endured it during the halftime break. Now, whoever steps forward will be unlucky.
Everyone just raised their heads and looked at Ferguson, and even several players were so nervous that they almost stood up.
Ferguson came in front of everyone, looked at everyone present, and said something through gritted teeth.
"You guys play like shit!"
Everyone suddenly thought, It's over. They turned on the typhoon mode as soon as they came up. It would be a difficult night.
In fact, the current group of players in the Manchester United locker room, except for veterans such as Giggs and Ferdinand, even Rooney and Vidic, do not know much about Ferguson, because after falling out with Beckham, Ferguson
I am constantly reflecting on myself, and my personality and coaching style have also changed a lot.
For example, when he treated Class 92, Ferguson was like treating his own children. He would turn on the strong mode at will and start spraying. Every sentence contained a cordial greeting to the female elders in the player's family, and every sentence contained some harmonized feelings.
Commonly used words.
At that time, the players were sprayed with spittle all over their heads and faces. Who dared to say anything?
Beckham's retorts will make your eyebrows bloom!
But after Beckham, who loved his father and son, left Real Madrid, Ferguson was also reflecting on it. At the same time, after the team introduced young players such as Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, Ferguson was also changing his management model. His temper had actually changed.
It has become much more restrained.
Even last season, when he was slaughtered by Manchester City at home, Ferguson was not as angry as he was tonight.
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When Ferguson turned on the typhoon mode, Manchester United's players had no choice but to be trained obediently.
Whoever says one more thing, regardless of whether it makes sense or not, will definitely be in trouble first.
This is the principle of dealing with things after Ferguson went berserk.
First, I’ll give you a severe lesson and scold you for all the things you did in the past period. Then... go back to the beginning and scold you again.
As for being reasonable, please, that is a matter for the future.
The players at Manchester United are all aware of his violent temper, so they all dare not say anything.
In fact, Ferguson did not criticize indiscriminately, but specifically selected old players.
Which of today's young players is not in full swing?
Just like Phil Jones, look at his appearance, can he be scolded like this by you?
Do not make jokes!
Therefore, Ferguson would either scold the entire team or single out old players to criticize typical players.
For example, Ferdinand and Evra, these two unlucky guys were scolded by Ferguson. The harmonious words starting with F appeared countless times, and even words like idiot and fool were blurted out many times.
Ferdinand and Evra had no choice but to endure it. Who told them that they did not perform well tonight?
Not wanting to be slapped with spit on their faces, the two old fritters just lowered their heads, looking shameless in front of others.
I don’t know if Ferguson knew what these two old guys were thinking. Anyway, he just scolded, which made the locker room completely silent. He even breathed carefully, for fear of taking another breath of air.
After scolding several senior players in the team one by one, Ferguson gave all the players a few harsh words of warning, and finally his eyes fell on Vidic.
The Serbian central defender was injured while participating in the national team game, which made Ferguson very dissatisfied.
If Vidic and Ferdinand partnered in this game, I believe Manchester United's defense would be much better.
This is a long-standing problem.
A long time ago, Ferguson made a request to Vidic, hoping that he could retire from the national team and concentrate on playing for Manchester United. After all, he was already thirty years old, but he has never been able to convince Vidic.
Now, Ferguson stared at Vidic with an angry look on his face, making it impossible for the Serbian central defender to avoid it.
"Nemanja, now, I give you two choices." Ferguson said without doubt.
"Either you retire from your damn national team and concentrate on playing for Manchester United, or you hand over your captain's armband to me."
Vidic raised his head in surprise and looked at Ferguson in disbelief.
The other players in the locker room were also surprised. They didn't expect Ferguson to take this opportunity to make such a request.
"From now on, I don't want to hear any explanations from you. You just need to answer me, national team or captain's armband, choose one of the two. I want to know your answer in five minutes!"
After saying that, Ferguson turned around and left.
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Manchester City beat Manchester United 5-0 in an away game and slaughtered their opponents at Old Trafford for two consecutive seasons. News like this is destined to be reported by major media around the world and arouse heated discussions among fans.
Su Dong's hat-trick was certainly stunning, but Manchester City's overall passing and ball-control style left a deep impression on people.
Especially Cruyff, who was far away in Spain, wrote a column immediately and cheered for Guardiola's Manchester City from a distance.
Cruyff believes that Guardiola imaginatively placed Javi Martinez in the deep-lying central defender position, which not only improved the ball-playing ability of Manchester City's defense, but also greatly improved Manchester City's defense.
level.
In the column, Cruyff proposed that Manchester City's three-four-three can actually be seen as three diamonds.
In the front are Di Maria, Sudong, Hazard and Sanchez, in the midfield are David Silva, Hazard, Busquets and Toni Kroos, and in the back are Pepe, Busquets, Ha
Vi Martinez and Kompany.
This three-diamond shape is interlocking, with Sudong, Hazard, Busquets and Javi Martinez as the central axis. It is ever-changing, especially when the team has an absolute advantage in possession of the ball and is pressing forward as a whole.
Each diamond shape can be pressed very flat, but it is also very layered. The players are very skillful in cooperating and penetrating within a small area.
"For the entire game, Manchester United was unable to keep up with Manchester City's rhythm and pace. They could only passively follow Manchester City's rhythm."
Cruyff believes that through this game, Manchester United has shown its aging weakness, while Manchester City has shown its prosperity, because this team still has at least five years of peak period.
As for the three-four-three style of play adopted by Guardiola, Cruyff believed that it was still different from Barcelona's three-four-three style, and looked more like a variant of Argentina's three-back tactics under Bielsa's coaching.
"He is like a philosopher, constantly thinking about how to innovate and make breakthroughs. He is repeatedly absorbing the tactical nutrients of other world-famous coaches and integrating them into his own tactical system, constantly improving and adjusting it."
After praising Guardiola, Cruyff once again criticized the Barcelona management headed by Rosell, believing that it was their stupidity that let go of Sudong, Busquets and Guardiola.
Diola and others have created such a passing and controlling team that is even better than Barcelona.
"This is a crime against all Barcelona fans around the world, and it is also a betrayal of Barcelona's historical tradition!"
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If Cruyff still had some private goods, then the British media were more surprised by Manchester United's decline.
The authoritative Times analyzed that Manchester United's lineup has long been unable to keep up with its rivals in the same city.
No matter in the forward, midfield, defense, or even the goalkeeper position this season, they are lagging behind Manchester City.
After Edwin van der Sar retired, De Gea's performance was unstable, and Manchester City replaced Joe Hart with Thibaut Courtois. The Belgian goalkeeper has not conceded a goal in the Premier League so far, and his performance is remarkable.
More importantly, Guardiola's team played a dazzling passing and possession style, which has never been seen before in the Premier League. Even a team as strong as Manchester United was suppressed at home.
Without moving, the whole game only had a poor 23% ball possession rate. What a shabby data this is!
Is there any way?
The Times thinks, no!
"If we don't defend strictly, Manchester City might be able to score more goals. But after we defend closely, we can only sit back and watch Manchester City control the ball."
The Times said this is the difference between suicide and chronic suicide.
"So far, no Premier League team, or no team this season, has found a tactic that can effectively curb Manchester City's passing and possession of the ball, and no team can stop Su Dong from scoring.
ball."
The Times, as always, gave Su Dong a very high rating, believing that Su Dong was indispensable for Manchester City's ability to play such a pass-and-possession tactic and to annihilate its rivals at Old Trafford for two consecutive seasons.
More importantly, after defeating Manchester United, Manchester City has won nine consecutive victories.
Let me ask, facing Sudong and Manchester City like this, who else in the Premier League can stop them?
