Chapter 243 Before the first national team match day of the new season

After Sir Alex's amiable and gentle education, Ronaldo, Anderson and others finally realized their mistakes and that they really needed the club's help and needed to catch up with their teammates who were making positive progress. So they voluntarily made the following adjustments:

2. Depending on the status of the organizer of the weekend event, donate 2 weeks to months' salary to the club; the club will help those who are really in need, such as Uncle Mike who mows the lawn, Uncle Dodge who guards the door, Aunt May who cooks in the cafeteria, and the coaching team who work hard day and night.

2. Depending on the physical participation level on the weekends, after the team has completed two training sessions a day, additional physical training will continue for a week to a month, supervised by a team of physical trainers.

3. Ronaldo, Anderson and others publicly stated in tears in front of the whole team that the above actions were purely voluntary and there was absolutely no forced element...

As for who else will be in the team besides Ronaldo and Anderson, you can probably guess from the starting lineup at the weekend. Whoever is missing will be awkward... (This is just my guess! Don't take it seriously.)

So the whole team returned to the harmonious and exciting daily routine of two exercises a day.

After a few days of personal training from Ricardo, Sarafina's passion has also subsided. She is ready to give Ricardo a few days off to train and prepare for the battle. In fact, it is also because the scumbag Li has been tested for a long time and is well versed in hand-to-hand combat. After all, he has the physique of a professional athlete. After a few days, Sarafina is a little swollen and needs to be relieved...

So during the two days of training on Friday and Saturday, Ricciardo was back in shape.

After hearing the report from the coaching staff, Sir Alex Ferguson naturally thought that Ricardo was just coming out of his grief: What a strong and self-aware kid!

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This weekend, Manchester United, led by Sir Alex Ferguson, will face Sunderland, led by the legendary Red Devils captain Roy Keane, at home.

This match between the defending champions and the newly promoted team was also given the special meaning of a dialogue between master and apprentice; compared with the relatively unsuspenseful outcome of the match itself, perhaps the performance of Sir Alex and Keane on the sidelines would be more eye-catching.

In the previous four league rounds, the two teams' performances were in stark contrast. Manchester United only got 4 points in the first three rounds, but finally got 3 points from Tottenham in the last round, which seemed to be on the right track. Meanwhile, Sunderland was going downhill. After the surprise victory over Tottenham in the opening game, they had 2 draw and 3 losses in the following games, and relegation became a word associated with them again.

Compared with Manchester United, which has a luxurious lineup, Sunderland is much less resistant to injuries. In the League Cup held in the middle of this week, Sunderland not only lost to the lower league opponent Luton, but also paid the price of captain Whitehead being injured in this game.

In the past history of the two teams' encounters in the Premier League, Manchester United has maintained an overwhelming advantage over Sunderland at home with 5 wins and 1 draw. The only draw occurred in April 2006, when Keane had already left Manchester United. Therefore, for the former Manchester United captain, in the past, only Sunderland lost to the opponent at Old Trafford in his memory. This time is his chance to change history.

However, Ferguson will definitely not show mercy to Keane because of their former friendship. The British media has already published the headline "Ferguson is extremely eager to win" to describe the old Sir Alex's attitude towards this game.

Compared with rivals such as Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, Manchester United is already lagging behind in the league title race. Therefore, after winning the first game of the new season in the last round, Ferguson hopes that the team can continue the winning momentum and get rid of the shadow of the losing streak at the beginning of the season...

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However, just two days before the game, something that everyone in European football was particularly concerned about was settled.

摩纳哥当地时间2007年8月30日18时，07/08赛季的欧洲冠军联赛32强小组抽签仪式将在摩纳哥赌城蒙特卡罗举行。

Before the draw ceremony, everyone observed a 10-second silence for Puerta.

参加抽签的球队包括卫冕冠军AC米兰等16支直接进入小组赛的球队，还有16支通过资格赛入围的球队(由于普埃尔塔逝世，塞维利亚客场对雅典AEK的资格赛第3轮次回合比赛改期至9月3日进行)。

According to UEFA's club points, AC Milan and the top seven teams were listed as seeded teams, that is, the first tier. It is worth mentioning that all four English teams entered the first tier, occupying half of this tier. Other teams are also divided into three tiers according to their points. When drawing lots, one team is drawn from each tier to form a group, a total of eight groups, but teams from the same league are not in the same group.

The draw results were soon announced. Manchester United and Roma, who had engaged in a bloody massacre and caused fan riots last season, were once again placed in the same group.

Since Manchester United beat Roma 7-1 last season, the meeting between the two teams in the group stage this season will definitely attract special attention. Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson also believes that the match with Roma will become a hot topic: "After the game last season, it will definitely be a topic of conversation."

In addition, Sir Alex Ferguson also said that the other two opponents in this group are not easy to deal with. Manchester United's goal in the group stage is to get 10 points, which will basically ensure their qualification for the group.

The specific draw results are as follows:

Group A: Liverpool, Porto, Marseille, Besiktas;

Group B: Chelsea, Valencia, Schalke 04, Rosenborg;

Group C: Real Madrid, Bremen, Lazio, Olympiacos;

Group D: AC Milan, Benfica, Celtic, Shakhtar Donetsk;

Group E: Barcelona, ​​Lyon, Stuttgart, Rangers;

Group F: Manchester United, Roma, Sporting Lisbon, Dynamo Kyiv;

Group G: Inter Milan, PSV Eindhoven, CSKA Moscow, Fenerbahce;

Group H: Arsenal, Sevilla or AEK Athens, Steaua Bucharest, Slavia Prague.

Among them, Group B, Group E and Group F are considered by the media to be the group of death...

However, the media reporters quickly turned from the debate about the Group of Death to praising the Son of God.

Because at the European Champions League draw ceremony, UEFA also announced the winners of several best player awards last season. AC Milan's Kaka was named the club's player of the year, and among the winners of awards in various positions, Chelsea's Cech was named the club's goalkeeper of the year, AC Milan's Maldini, Seedorf and Kaka won the Defender of the Year, Best Midfielder and Best Forward awards respectively.

Ricardo, who watched the live broadcast of the draw with the team, couldn't help but sigh inwardly: It seems that this year's Footballer of the Year will also be Kaka's...

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2007年9月1日下午17时15分，07/08赛季英格兰足球超级联赛第5轮一场焦点战将在老特拉福德球场展开争夺，较量双方是红魔曼联与黑猫桑德兰。

曼联在双方近7场交锋中5胜2平保持不败，双方英超历史交锋12场，曼联8胜3平1负占据绝对优势，唯一一次失利还是1997年3月在客场败北。桑德兰最近一次取胜曼联还是2000年11月的联赛杯第4轮，但在老特拉福德的取胜历史还要追溯到1968年5月。双方历史交锋123场，曼联50胜34平39负占据上风。

Brazilian midfielder Fletcher replaced Carrick and made his debut. Young player Ignacio also replaced Giggs who was injured in the thigh during training yesterday. Former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane returned to Old Trafford as Sunderland coach. His appearance before the game drew applause from the Red Devils fans in the stands. Former Manchester United striker Yorke, one of the former black wind duo, also started against his old club.

Players from the other two teams lined up to welcome Manchester United legend Solskjaer. The Norwegian chose to retire after playing for Manchester United for 11 years and joined the Manchester United coaching staff.

But before the game, there was an interesting incident.

This interesting story comes from Sir Alex Ferguson, the only privileged member of Manchester United, who has always been regarded as the best image spokesperson in the hair dryer industry.

In early August, Manchester United played two warm-up matches in one day, but Ferguson did not appear on any of the pitches - he stayed at home to help his wife move. A month later, Ferguson was ready to make sacrifices for his family again, this time not for the game, but for the rules he personally set for the Manchester United dressing room.

This weekend, Ferguson's son Darren Ferguson's English League Three team Peterborough will challenge Accrington away. Ferguson plans to go to the scene to support his son, but the problem is that the match between Peterborough and Accrington will start at 9 pm on September 1st, England time, and 3 hours and 2 minutes later, Manchester United will play against Sunderland, coached by former player Keane, at Old Trafford. Ferguson had no choice but to make a decision that shocked the coaching staff: take a helicopter to the game.

After learning of Sir Alex Ferguson's decision, Manchester United assistant coach Mike, with his fearless spirit of not fearing sacrifice, directly said: "I can't believe you made this decision. You are taking the lead in destroying the rules you set."

Sir Alex Ferguson then started to act like a rogue: "I am 66 years old and too old to race. If I drive a car, I can't possibly take care of both games."

Sir Alex Ferguson, who was born into a blue-collar family in Scotland, has always hated the special treatment given to star players. He made it clear in the Manchester United locker room that no one is allowed to take a helicopter or private plane unless the club requires it.

But Sir Alex Ferguson, the new spokesperson for the famous double standard, did not think that his exception was a big deal. He was the only one in Manchester United who could act like a big shot. In fact, he was also a lovely old man respected by everyone...

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Manchester United started with a 4-4-2 parallel formation. This time Sir Alex Ferguson decided to try to push Li Qi, who was in good form, to the front line to see the effect.

Goalkeeper: No. 1 Van der Sar;

Defenders: No. 6 Wes Brown, No. 5 Ferdinand, No. 15 Vidic, No. 3 Evra;

Midfield: No. 24 Fletcher, No. 4 Hargreaves, No. 18 Scholes, No. 33 Eagles;

Forward line: No. 17 Li Qi, No. 32 Tevez.

After the opening, the home team Manchester United had a clear advantage in morale and physical fitness. The situation on the field was also one-sided. Manchester United completely suppressed Sandra, but it seemed that they had no way to deal with Sunderland's iron bucket formation...

Everyone knows that the 4-4-2 formation with parallel positions is mainly used to attack the two wings; and Manchester United's two wings today are Eagles and Fletcher.

Although the former is not young, but apart from breakthroughs, his crosses are not very reliable. Today is his first league start of the new season, and he seems a little too excited, always wanting to work alone, and then he was intercepted...

The latter was originally a winger. Although his passing was more stable than Eagles', he could not attack the visiting team's defensive third zone from his side at all.

So after all this time, Scholes in the middle had to be responsible for delivering ammunition to the striker, and Evra, the left back, was still able to make some good crosses.

However, just the two of them carrying the ammunition in the back obviously had no effect on Sunderland, who were hiding in their turtle shell and defending themselves tightly.

In the first 30 minutes, Manchester United had only 5 shots, but none of them posed any real threat. Li Qi missed one shot, Tevez hit the goal frame with one head and one foot, Scholes missed one shot, and Eagles also tried to miss one shot...

Sir Alex Ferguson, who was watching the game on the sidelines, found that this was not enough. The team only had ball possession, but the midfield had no ability to speed up and change. If they continued to play like this, they might not be able to score a goal even if they played another 10 games.

So Sir Alex Ferguson began to make partial tactical adjustments, letting Fletcher return to play as a defensive midfielder, freeing up Scholes to play as an attacking midfielder, while Lizzie retreated to play as a right midfielder, responsible for organizing the attack on the wing as in the previous game.

Manchester United's formation changed to 4-2-3-1.

After the formation change, Manchester United's offense immediately improved.

In the 34th minute, Li Qi sent a straight pass from the wing, Tevez cut in from the right side of the penalty area and shot with his right foot from a small angle 15 yards away, but it was confiscated by Sunderland goalkeeper Gordon. One minute later, Eagles and Scholes played a wall pass and shot from 1 yards away from the left, but the angle was too straight and was confiscated by Gordon again.

In the 42nd minute, Li Qi committed a foul in the frontcourt and then took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to take a tactical free kick. After receiving the ball, Scholes, who was not marked, shot with his right foot from 28 yards in front of the middle of the goal and hit Sunderland defender Danny Collins who was flying to block the shot. The ball was deflected and unfortunately hit the left post and went wide.

Before entering the injury time of the first half, Li Qi took another tactical corner kick from the right side, and Scholes shot again from 18 yards on the left side of the penalty area, but his shot was caught by Gordon in the near corner.

Entering the half-time break, Sir Alex Ferguson also figured it out. Although Leeds' retreat and Scholes' forward pressure made Manchester United's midfield organization more efficient and the rhythm changes and forward delivery more threatening, there was only one agile striker, Tevez, in Manchester United's penalty area.

Although Tevez is also a tough and agile player with a compact body, he does have room to maneuver when he is trapped in the Sunderland defense in the penalty area. Therefore, Manchester United can only frequently shoot long shots from the perimeter, but this is not reliable...

However, this game is different from the previous ones, Sir Alex has a backup plan!

In the second half, Sir Alex Ferguson immediately replaced Fletcher with the French striker Saha who had recovered from injury, and the formation changed back to 4-4-2. After all, facing the defensive Sunderland, two defensive midfielders were a waste.

At this point, Li Qi looked at Sunderland strikers Jones and Chopra who were about to kick off the second half, and York who was playing ninja stealth behind them. Li Qi was confused, and he really didn't understand Roy Keane's train of thought. You are going to play defensively, why put three strong attackers? Isn't it a waste? Keep one and put two strong defensive midfielders, isn't it better?

But obviously Li Qi would not remind the other coach to make things more difficult for his team. Moreover, even if he did, Roy Keane, a fool, would probably think that Li Qi was a big fool and ignore him. So it is really important for the head coach to have a normal brain circuit and clear thinking!

Sir Alex's adjustments here had an immediate effect.

After Saha came on the pitch, Manchester United had two hard nails in the opponent's penalty area, and Manchester United immediately had more options for outflanking when passing from the wing. Moreover, under Saha's cover, Tevez could also boldly leave the middle of the penalty area and move flexibly, and he was no longer so easily targeted by the opponent's defenders...

In the 51st minute, Tevez retreated and, under the cover of Scholes, received a diagonal pass from Li Qi, turned around and shot from 25 yards in the middle. Unfortunately, Gordon again made a heroic save and confiscated the ball.

In the 57th minute, Eagles made a cross after breaking through, Saha chested the ball at the edge of the far penalty area and volleyed it directly against the defense. Gordon flew to save the ball again. Then Hargreaves took a corner kick from the left, and Vidic volleyed it with the outside of his foot from 8 yards in front of the goal, but it was slightly higher than the crossbar.

Although Manchester United has not scored yet, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Manchester United's attack waves are getting more and more intense, and the threat is getting greater and greater. It is not far from breaking the deadlock...

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Here is a little background story: Rocky Michael Chopra, the Sunderland striker who was once one of Newcastle United's most promising rookies, was born on December 1983, 12; his father is Indian and his mother is British. He is also the first player of Indian descent to play in the Premier League and score a goal...

Ah San can also be naturalized...

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