football's most handsome

Chapter 119 The Beginning of Growth

"Welcome everyone to Old Trafford, Manchester United's dream theater!" The commentary on the scene was full of enthusiasm. He has been in Old Trafford for many years. No matter how many times he said the usual opening remarks, he was very enthusiastic. Especially today's game is particularly important.

"As we all know, Manchester United and Arsenal have faced each other many times, and now is the key point of Arsenal's creative unbeaten record!"

"Either, Arsenal draw or win, and continue their unbeaten mythical record!"

"Or, Manchester United directly snipe Arsenal, so that their unbeaten stop here!"

"Sir Alex Ferguson also let go of his rhetoric before the start of the game. He is bound to kill the Gunners. In this game, he also came up with Manchester United's best team-it is worth mentioning that Cristiano Ronaldo is also among them."

"We all know that Ronaldo's father is sick, and Ferguson has agreed to let him take a vacation, but for the sake of the team, he stepped onto the battlefield without hesitation!"

The camera scanned the player channel, and saw the Portuguese teenager hiding in the innermost at a glance. The expression on his face seemed a little careless. Scholes, who was standing in front, turned around and said a few words to him, and he seemed to be affected. As if startled, he immediately looked up at the person.

"... Is his mental state really all right...?"

Although the commentator was very worried, he didn't say it directly. The person who said it was the live broadcast of Sky Sports.Since Frank and Dean went to commentate on the La Coruña game, now Sky Sports commented on the Manchester United game with two very passionate young people, although they did not tease like their predecessors , but also has its own interpretation characteristics.

Just like now, regarding Cristiano's expression before the game, the two of them analyzed a lot of cadences, from the possibility of the Red Devils' victory in this game to the relationship with the person in the first row.

Yes, there's a guy in the front row that no one will ignore.

Juan Diaz.

When this person arrived at the hospital yesterday, his whereabouts had already been photographed by many people, and he did not hide his tracks after that. After staying in the hospital for an hour, he went out and went directly to Sir Alex's house. The scope has moved, at most it is to go out to buy groceries and throw out garbage with Ferguson's wife Casey, and it will be the game tonight when it appears again.

To be honest, Juan himself didn't expect that he would appear here. The clothes on his body were taken by Aunt Casey for dry cleaning, and now he was wearing the clothes of Ferguson's third son, Jason.

Speaking of his third son, Jason, Sir Alex still has a feeling that he hates iron and steel.

In 03, Jason Ferguson, as an agent, was involved in a black gold scandal and was exposed by the BBC. Aizi Ferguson was eager to "protect his shortcomings" and broke up with the BBC. The relationship has not yet eased.

In order to save his father and reduce the damage caused by the struggle to the whole family, Jason Ferguson gave up the elite company, completely quit the brokerage industry, and completely left the football circle. The disputes at that time were enough to tear Manchester United into pieces.

Jason Ferguson's disgraceful record in the transfer market is not innocent, so even if Juan wants to help him, it is impossible. After persisting for several months, he gave up at the beginning of 04——

It is worth mentioning that Ferguson was recuperating in the hospital at that time, Smith was temporarily acting as the head coach of Manchester United, and Juan Diaz was an assistant coach, so he was really too busy, so he had no time to take care of this matter.

Although he did something very ashamed, Jason returned to his father's accommodation to spend the holiday together when Christmas was approaching. It is precisely because of this that Juan avoided wearing the same one for several days The embarrassment of clothes.

Fortunately, although Jason was not as tall as Juan in height, he still wore a large size, and it was winter, so he couldn't see much difference, so he could still sit in front and watch the game calmly.

"Tsk tsk...Juan Diaz came to watch the game, and he was sitting in such a front place. Didn't he really fancy someone and want to buy it?"

"I also think it's possible! Look at Diego Forlan. He didn't get many opportunities with Ferguson. As a result, he scored ten goals with Deportivo in the half of the season!"

"Yeah, yeah, it feels like anything can happen under Juan Diaz, do you remember the two months he was at Manchester United?"

"Of course I remember! To be honest, although Manchester United and Deportivo have different playing styles, I always feel that their spirit is the same..."

"What spirit?"

"The spirit is always unpredictable, and what the opposing team can feel is always a surprise!" The commentator laughed, "We never know what will happen in the next game between Manchester United and Deportivo. What kind of formation, what kind of staffing, it can be said that every game of these two teams is amazing."

Although Ferguson's rule at Manchester United can be called a dictator, everyone who watches the football knows that the most precious wealth of Manchester United is not the owner of the team, the Grayson family, not the radiant and dazzling stars, but This old Scottish man with a ruddy face is always chewing gum on the coach's bench.

It is precisely because of his existence that Manchester United will stand up and go forward bravely in the face of strong enemies again and again, indomitable and never fall.

"Juan Diaz was trained under Alex Ferguson. In half a season in La Liga, he did hand in a good answer sheet, but Depor is just a new force. The established giants are clubs like Manchester United."

"Yes, and Ferguson is also an experienced head coach. Dias may be here today to strengthen his studies again!"

These two Brits are habitually bragging in the studio, although most of what they say is true.

Compared with the two of them singing together, Wenger saw it very clearly from the edge of the court, about Manchester United's aggressiveness when they came on the field, and Arsenal's vague struggle.

——Manchester United is indeed a veteran giant. For such a giant, it is absolutely impossible for them to decide to give up a certain game at the end of the season and focus on another game, unless there is no hope at all, or It is a strategic abandonment, so the continuity of the team is a very important thing.

Especially the winter break in the Premier League - oh sorry, he shouldn't call it a winter break when there is only one week of rest - it's terrible, during this week the players can't even adjust themselves to take a good breath There is no chance, and there will be another game in a blink of an eye, so compared to other leagues, the Premier League teams must have sufficient continuity.

A strong team does not need to use up all of its abilities at the beginning, as long as the entire team is in a gradually rising position, this is the performance that a strong team should have, and it is also the most suitable Adapt to the season.

Wenger didn't understand this until recently. Seeing that his team had begun to show fatigue, his heart sank gradually.

To be honest, he was very happy to see Manchester United show a very good state at the beginning.

Because based on his understanding of Ferguson, Sir Alex Ferguson's control of the team has reached the point of perfection. If he deliberately wants his team to show such a state, then there is only one possibility.

There is indeed a problem with a certain part of Manchester United now.

He still doesn't know where the problem is, but as long as he looks for it with his heart, he will definitely be able to find it. Then it will be Manchester United's death!

However, after 25 minutes of the game, he felt differently.

His players are very tired. The continuous winning of multi-line games seems to have overdrawn them. The running on the court is a bit sluggish. When receiving the ball, it is true that there is no smooth flow in the previous games.

What he could discover, Juan and Ferguson naturally discovered too, and the two smiled tacitly.

After all, they are the same coaches, and they are very similar in the direction of handling the team. Deportivo and Manchester United have shown excellent offensive ability and state since the beginning of the season-of course, this is for Manchester United. It's a very common thing.

It is really helpless for them to do so. Manchester United has no weak teams in the entire Premier League, and Deportivo has been encountering strong teams since the beginning of the season. They can only try their best to stimulate the players' state earlier Come out, but also in order to let the defense bear more pressure during the game, and strive to convert the pressure into motivation, so that the connection between the midfield and the backcourt becomes better.

Facts have proved that both of them are doing well.

"How do you think this game will be?" Jason specially accompanied him to watch the game today, but in order to avoid being photographed by the camera, he wrapped himself in sunglasses, a scarf and a hat, while Juan was caught by him. He ordered to show his face, so that the camera only focused on him.

Hearing the question from the people around him, Juan smiled and turned his head: "You lend me a scarf and I'll tell you."

"..." Jason opened his mouth, feeling that he was really speechless.

How could he take the scarf off! !

Juan is really not used to the eyes of the people around him looking at him. What's more terrible is that the camera frequently ran in his direction, and his face appeared in front of everyone instead of the situation on the field. Juan almost felt that I will be resented to death by the fans.

Who wants to watch him, everyone is here to watch the ball, okay?

But he really didn't know. After noticing him, most people still turned their attention to him, especially when the scene was really glued together and there was no real progress at all, the camera would focus on him. Push in the direction.

"Juan Diaz seems to be very worried about the situation on the court. He has been frowning all the time, not knowing what he is thinking."

"... Hasn't he always had this expression?"

"Uh, is that so? Ah... We saw Queiroz get up from the coach's bench and hand a scarf to... Juan?"

Juan was still a little dazed when he received the scarf. He subconsciously took the scarf, looked at Queiroz, and then at the direction of Sir Alex Ferguson — Sir Alex sat safely in the bench and did not look in his direction. Take a look.

"Excuse me...?" Juan asked anxiously, and Queiroz smiled: "My lord also wants to hear your opinion."

Listen to his opinion?

Both Juan and Jason were embarrassed. They didn't expect that what was originally chatted in the back could be heard clearly by Sir Alex in front when he was paying attention to the game.

"Jason, it's all your fault, why did you buy the first row?" Juan threw the pot to Jason, and Jason stared at him: "Wait, it's not that you said sitting in the first row is more beneficial." Do you feel it, otherwise why don't we go to the family seats and take free seats?!"

"Okay, okay, don't bicker, what do you think?"

Juan blinked: "Can I not have this scarf?"

"No." Queiroz said bluntly. Since he went to Real Madrid, he certainly understands how much pressure it is to coach a powerful team. Still at the top, he expressed surprise.

So now, not only Sir Alex, he also wants to hear what Juan thinks about this game.

Seeing that there was really no escape, Juan said: "My idea is that Manchester United should compete with them in the midfield..."

"Midfield?"

"Yes, although Arsenal's midfield is very strong and the golden midfield is famous all over the world, our midfield is no worse than them in terms of control and organization." Juan directly used "we", which made the sidelines Both Jason and Queiroz's expressions moved.

"Although it may be a bit strange to say this... But I think it is one of the better ways to play against them than to score goals. Arsenal's midfield does not have the kind of midfield master who can control the rhythm, Borg Both Kemp and Henry need people to deliver shells to them, but Pires, Vieira and Ljungberg obviously all have their own ideas, probably because they were too hard before, and their control of the rhythm is not as good as before alright."

After a pause, Juan raised his eyebrows: "Mr. Queiroz, is it really okay for you to continue here?"

"..." Queiroz looked deeply at the half-spoken person in front of him, but he got an innocent look back.

When Queiroz sat back feeling depressed, he obviously said something to the Sir. The Sir looked back at him, and Juan calmly pretended not to see him.

In fact, Manchester United may have no confidence in fighting Arsenal against each other. Ferguson has introduced many midfielders over the years, including Veron and Cristiano Ronaldo, but Veron is a bit out of place in Manchester United's midfield. His rhythm , Running are not the same as Manchester United's most accustomed offensive methods, so after Cristiano arrived at Old Trafford, Veron's position was quickly replaced.

To be honest, if Juan was in command of this game, he might choose to tie Arsenal's running route with his best pass, and then seize the opportunity to focus on attacking Arsenal's central defender position——

What I have to say is that if you have to pick a focus to play, Arsenal's middle lane is indeed the best one to play.

On both sides, Bergkamp and Henry, whoever touches will be unlucky.

Cristiano was running fast on the field. The wing he was on was very dangerous. If he was not careful, the ball would be distributed to Henry, the King of Highbury.

Under such dangerous conditions, whether it is Ferguson or everyone on the field, whenever they see which direction the ball is going to him, they will unconsciously tighten their hearts.

If Henry was given space to run, even Manchester United would be overwhelmed.

But fortunately, every time the ball went in the direction of Cristiano, he ensured that the football would stay under his feet, and Manchester United's offensive was advancing step by step.

Arsenal and Manchester United are actually the same type of team. Both of them are very strong offensively, and they are used to blooming more in front. Almost all players in the frontcourt can score goals, but there are obvious flaws in the defense. Relatively large, the state has declined, the substitute can't stand up well, and there is no suitable playmaker in the midfield.

Ferguson didn't know what to think. After thinking for a while, he got up and began to adjust the midfield. This surprised many people. Even Wenger next door subconsciously looked in this direction several times.

Alex Ferguson is not in the habit of making adjustments in the middle of the game. Basically, he will make sharp and direct adjustments until the halftime break. It can be said that he rarely directs tactics on the field. Many newspapers felt that Juan Dias did not seem to be a person who was trained by Sir Alex at all.

After all, judging from his performance in the past half of the season, what Juan Diaz is best at is to adapt to the situation on the court and adjust the team's formation at any time. However, it has to be said that these two are true biography in terms of hitting the nail on the head.

Of course, this does not mean that Sir Alex Ferguson will not make adjustments on the spot.

In terms of on-the-spot command ability, Ferguson is obviously better than most coaches in the Premier League. In the 99 Champions League final, Scholes and Roy Keane were suspended, so he could only make a big change in the midfield .

At the beginning, Beckham was attacking the midfielder, Ryan Giggs was on the right, and Bromqvist was on the left. As a result, the midfielder was beaten by Bayern like a grandson. At this time, Ferguson made the most reasonable move. adjustment.

He played Sheringham as a midfielder, and Beckham and Giggs returned to their positions.

Such an adjustment and substitution stabilized the situation on the field in time. Although there was no immediate effect, Manchester United did not suffer in the second half of the game, thus laying a solid foundation for the big reversal in the last few minutes!

It was really a soul-stirring game. Even thinking about it now, the Red Devils surrounded by them couldn't help yearning for it.

"Alex Ferguson is a head coach who has been trying to improve, there is no doubt about it." Sky Sports' live broadcast looked at Sir Alex Ferguson who was commanding calmly on the sidelines, and took a deep breath: "Although he is a typical hero However, he is also a coach who dares to reform. His Manchester United will always improve. In contrast, although Wenger has already made history and is also leading Arsenal to the right track...but he is now Everything Ferguson did ten years ago!"

Juan is watching the game on the court seriously.

Cristiano is fast and crazy. In the summer of the 04-05 season, Manchester United introduced Wayne Rooney, which can be regarded as a way for Ferguson to try to change. He is gradually groping to move Cristiano closer to the offensive line on the side. The Portuguese is very offensive. From a perspective, he can completely walk sideways in the entire Premier League like this.

However, if it is enlarged to the whole of Europe, Cristiano Ronaldo still has many shortcomings, at least because of his physique, he needs someone to help him share in physical confrontation.

Moreover, in the entire European arena, the skills of Manchester United players can only be ranked in the middle, and their midfield playmaker is even the Premier League tough guy Roy Keane-although this has a little to do with the overall team atmosphere of the Premier League.

But now, whether it is Manchester United or other teams in the Premier League, there is a lack of an organizational genius who can control the rhythm of the midfield. Originally, Ferguson wanted to lead Cristiano on that road, but it turns out that he is even better. What matters is his breakthrough ability, not organizational ability.

Since this season, Manchester United has gradually surpassed the scope of English football, becoming more technical and ground-based, and their competitiveness in the European arena has also become stronger, and they know a word, called keeping a low profile. Play with the strength of six or seven points, if you can win, it will be reduced to five or six points, and if you can't, you can increase it.

It can be said that the game against Arsenal was one of the few games in which Ferguson played directly with 100% strength, which is enough to show how much Ferguson really attaches importance to this game.

"Juan, what did you mean by half of what you said just now?" Jason finally couldn't help it, and asked, it was too much effort to listen to half of what he said, and he was still scratching his heart and lungs now, especially Wondering what else Juan had to say.

"Huh?" Juan blinked, "It doesn't mean much, I just want to say that Manchester United has a great chance of winning, that's all."

The chances of winning are indeed great. Roy Keane is stronger than Pierre. His energy, explosive power and continuous ability are all terrifying. But every time he was very precise and powerful, especially in the No. 607 minute of the game, he volleyed directly and made Arsenal's goalkeeper Lehmann helpless.

Pierre is a master midfielder, but his ability to break through and advance is not very good. In Arsenal, he is best at scheduling and passing shots, but passing and scheduling require the cooperation of his teammates In the team adjustment just now, Ferguson directly let Manchester United's midfielder cut off the connection between him and the other two Arsenal midfielders, so that the Gunners' midfielder could not be connected.

Although it is only a midfielder, Arsenal will not be unable to function during the game, but after all, Pierre is in the middle. No matter how Arsenal wants to pass the ball, most of them still cannot go around the middle.

All of a sudden, Manchester United and Arsenal were caught in a pressing situation. Phil Neville stepped up. He was always by Pierre's side, making it impossible for him to easily cooperate with his teammates. When Manchester United was attacking, Gradually adjust the center of gravity of the offense to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Manchester United's No. 7 has a very distinctive feature. Although he often controls the ball at his feet, if Manchester United needs uninterrupted passes to launch an attack, he will not deliberately stick to the ball.

Manchester United's No. 7 youngster seems to have been very successful in running in with his teammates after getting along for a season. He knows the running position of his teammates, and his teammates know what kind of situation he will be in. Send a wonderful biography.

Wenger's eyes were vicious. He had already noticed the difference when Manchester United started to change formation, but he didn't do anything. He just turned his head and looked in Sir Alex's direction, then paused, continued to shift his gaze, and looked towards The very conspicuous person sitting in the first row.

Juan Diaz.

La Liga ended early, and it was only natural for this person to come here to watch the game, but I don’t know why, maybe it was Arsenal’s exhaustion, maybe it was Manchester United’s menace, or it was just because they saw a shocking scene at the scene. For those who are uncomfortable, Wenger's brows have been frowned tightly.

After Pierre was controlled by Manchester United's midfielder, Arsenal's offense began to become a little messy, while Manchester United's offense began to become quite smooth.

Rio Ferdinand continued to pass the ball to the midfielder to create opportunities. Cristiano and Giggs on the two wings also kept suppressing the living space of the opponent's two full-backs. They were trying their best to create opportunities for Scholes in the center.

Although Scholes was only at the front alone, but the opponent's two central defenders were slightly older, so Scholes tried his best to bully these two people, chug chug with the ball, that feeling But it's quite cool...

"Manchester United is now gradually gaining an advantage on the field, because their midfield is functioning better than Arsenal's. With neither side having any fast forwards, instead they all need the midfield to support the striker, can the midfield occupy the field? The advantage has become the weight of victory for both sides."

The Arsenal fans were very depressed watching the situation on the scene.

When have their Gunners been at a disadvantage in midfield?

In the Premier League, there is no team that can compete with Arsenal's midfielder. At most, it is Manchester United's golden period midfielder, which can be compared a little bit, and all Gunners fans believe that in the entire European arena, it can be said that there is To grasp the teams that suppress them in the midfield, there are only a few Real Madrid and Bayern teams.

But now Manchester United, using their not very golden midfielder, has dragged Arsenal into the abyss of the game a little bit, which makes them very incomprehensible.

They don't believe in their hearts that Arsenal's midfield strength is lower than that of Manchester United. Even Manchester United can often gain the upper hand in the midfield competition when facing Real Madrid and other powerful players, but in their hearts, Manchester United is still the same. A team that has uncoordinated connection between the midfield and the backcourt and can only rely on frontcourt attacks to cover up deficiencies.

But what about in practice?

Pierre played very depressed on the field. With Neville's running and intercepting at all costs, it was difficult for him to receive the pass from his teammates on the field, and naturally he could not organize it, let alone launch a decent attack. Running, there is no one around him to respond, forward to get the ball, Bergkamp and Henry are enough to share the ball; retreat to get the ball, he will be crowded with Ashley Cole.

...And even if he retreated, Phil Neville followed him like a shadow, following him all the way up, making him standing here neither moving nor moving.

Moreover, in this game, Ferguson used his most convenient 4-3-3 formation. Van Nistelrooy was injured today, and Giggs, Scholes and Cristiano Ronaldo were on the court and took full responsibility. The role of disrupting the opponent's defense.

Especially Manchester United No. [-], he ran very frequently in the midfield in this game today. Whether he is holding the ball or not, he is running all over the field, trying to make contributions in interception and organization. Now it seems that his role is very obvious. At least under his disturbance, Arsenal has not been able to operate smoothly.

"He really worked hard." Jason sighed, then turned to look at Juan: "Have you been to the hospital?"

"I've been there." Juan nodded. He now buried half of his face in Manchester United's scarf, and he didn't feel embarrassed as the head coach of another team at all. Let me know, okay?"

"Of course." Jason nodded. Anyway, he has given up his agency and quit football now, and he still has a lot of free time.

Juan glanced at him and coughed lightly.

"What, do you speak Spanish?"

Jason was taken aback: "Huh?"

"German is also ok, or do you know a broker friend who can speak multiple languages?"

"Uh, I can speak a little Portuguese and Spanish...what's the matter?"

"Do you know Jorge Mendes?" Juan raised his eyebrows and smiled shortly. Jason understood that for this Portuguese agent who has suddenly risen in recent years, he has done the same job very well. Shui Qi, in just a few years, has achieved business with major top clubs, but he still can only live in low-level leagues, or even regional leagues.

Such a gap is indeed huge, and Jason really admires this person.

After all, compared to a self-made man, Alex Ferguson stood behind him. The starting point and resources are different, but the current positions of the two people are already very different.

Juan continued: "Actually, Mendes and I jointly opened a brokerage company..."

Jason's eyes grew brighter.

The situation on the Arsenal field is not very optimistic. Wenger knows that if he continues to play like this, the situation of Arsenal will not be very good. They are creating historical records, so after every game, they are facing the most severe test.

It can be said that every Arsenal player already has an extremely heavy burden in their hearts. After playing every game, they all have sad faces. This is no longer the scene Wenger wants to see.

——Maybe, losing this game is a good thing.

And losing to Manchester United is no shame.

However, the facts have proved that people must never have any thoughts of giving up. Once they start to think about it, things will quickly slide in an unpredictable direction.

While Manchester United's midfielders kept turning their feet back and forth, Cristiano kept running in the penalty area looking for opportunities.

Once Manchester United's midfielder does not have an advantage, he still has to retreat to play the ball, but now that Manchester United has the advantage on the scene, what he has to do now is much simpler.

breakthrough!sprint!

He ran in the penalty area as if he was tireless, rammed against Ljungberg in the penalty area, ran to find Arsenal's gaps, and tried his best to grab a powerful spot!

When Rio Ferdinand passed the ball to Giggs' feet again, Cristiano took a quick step forward. Although he was not good at body collisions, it still made the unsuspecting Ljungberg jump. Leng, turned to look at him.

Just such a pause, Cristiano has been subtly at the node of offside and not offside.

At this moment, Giggs, who was carrying the ball, faced Pierre directly. Without looking at the penalty area, he deflected his right ankle and sent the ball directly into Arsenal's penalty area!

The ball drew an arc in the air and fell directly to the right of the penalty area. At this time, Cristiano just caught Ljungberg behind him, and the Portuguese teenager took a step to the right, directly throwing off Blanco's Defense, and then took another step forward, blocking Campbell, who came to make up for the position, on the outside!

It's complicated to say, but everything just happened with a flick of the finger. After all the actions, Giggs's pass has fallen precisely in his direction. Cristiano took a step forward and used his chest After unloading the ball, his next move was to raise his feet high!

Faced with this shot that was close at hand, Arsenal goalkeeper Lehmann couldn't catch the ball no matter how fast he reacted. He stretched out his hand subconsciously, then turned his head, and watched the football hit the net behind him heavily!

"goooooooooooooooal! Cristiano Ronaldo! Giggs created a chance with a pick pass from the midfielder, and he managed to avoid the entire Arsenal defense by himself! Before the game, we had suspected that the young man Will he perform poorly on the court because of his father? Even at the beginning, we thought he was sleepwalking, but he told us with a goal that it was wrong!!"

"Cristiano Ronaldo, No. 7 of the Red Devils, he can still create threats in the game, the little hero of Old Trafford!!"