Fengba Greenery

Chapter 453

Chapter 33 The grievances between the Red Devils and Arsenal

After winning a Champions League game at home, the Premier League is also about to be staged at the weekend.

After winning Wolfsburg at home, the Manchester United team will go to London. Their opponent in the league is Arsenal.

In the midweek Champions League game, Arsenal fans were not as happy as Manchester United fans.They lost [-]-[-] at home to Olympiacos.

The defeat in the Champions League is undoubtedly a major blow to Arsenal's morale. Arteta said in an interview: "Everyone was disappointed after that game, but even if we are not against Manchester United in the next game, we should have enough. motivation. We need to bounce back, and we have the strength to bounce back."

There is no doubt that Arsenal regard the game against Manchester United as a key game for their rebound.

Speaking of Manchester United and Arsenal, these two teams have too many stories to tell.

The conflict between Manchester United and Arsenal is the talk of the media almost every season, and it is the focus of double-handed fans.

The contradictions and sparks between Ferguson and Wenger are the confrontation between the two oldest coaches in the Premier League, and it is also the main gimmick of the usual Premier League.

However, with Ferguson's retirement, and Arsenal's reluctance to make progress and muddle through these years, the intensity of confrontation between the two teams has dropped to the lowest level in the past ten years.

Before that, how fierce was the confrontation between Manchester United and Arsenal?

"The most famous gang fight in the league happened to Manchester United. It is a matter of course. Of course, it is even more natural that the opponent is Arsenal." - "Manchester Evening News" wrote on its front page.

In fact, the conflict between Arsenal and Manchester United is really not a mortal enemy. Their conflict did not exist from the beginning. In the summer of 1987, Ferguson also bought Vivi Anderson from Arsenal. There is nothing between the two teams. A life-and-death conflict.Arsenal's real rivals are their north London neighbours, Tottenham Hotspur.

Throughout the 80s, Arsenal was the superpower. Manchester United was only a mid-range team and did not have the strength to compete with Arsenal. Even in terms of temperament, Manchester United was not strong. At that time, only Robson was from England. superstar.However, when Ferguson came to Manchester United, he inspired Manchester United's blood, and injected iron blood, tough fighting spirit and bravery into Manchester United.Manchester United's players first became stronger mentally, so when they met the equally rough and tough Arsenal, the two teams naturally sparked each other. At the beginning of 1987, under the leadership of Ferguson, Manchester United defeated the aggressive Arsenal 2-0, causing Arsenal to lose the league title.Manchester United's style of play was as rough and direct as their opponents, and Arsenal suffered a lot by being caught off guard.Since then, the two teams have formed a bridge.

In the next few seasons, the matches between Arsenal and Manchester United were almost always very tough, with constant sparks on the court. Although the London team was stronger, the Red Devils under Ferguson were not afraid of Arsenal's powerful style of play at all. No loss.The sparks aroused by repeated gun wiping undoubtedly deepened the hatred, and the two teams gradually became rivals.Every encounter on the field means a "martial arts exchange" or a "battle for medals".Finally, this season, the conflict between the two teams broke out fiercely, and they jointly staged a gang fight.

That was still in the 1990-1991 season. On October 1990, 10, Manchester United ushered in Arsenal at home.The powerful Arsenal is aiming for the championship, and Manchester United is also eager, and because of the previous rift between the two teams, that is, the last fight between McClell and Winterburn, the Manchester United striker was still flying at the opponent's home court Taking a crucial penalty, he was humiliated by his opponents Winterburn and the whole audience.Therefore, this match can be imagined to be intense.McClair and Winterbourne were even more jealous when they met each other, and they went straight to it from the beginning.The match was fierce and fierce, and the referee's whistle kept ringing, but it only cut the match into fragments, but did not effectively control the scene.Failure to play the card in time to expel the troubled player was considered one of the referee's biggest mistakes after the game.Under fierce fighting, Arsenal had the advantage in the game, and Andres Ripa scored the only goal of the game, and finally defeated Manchester United 20-1.However, Arsenal's victory was insignificant. What the game was remembered by later generations and played up by the media was a large-scale gang fight involving almost all 0 players. We also call it the most popular gang fight.

At the beginning of that game, the pitch was set with flying shovels. The players of the two teams were full of enthusiasm and longed for a hand-to-hand battle.

And the poor referee lost his position and allowed the situation to develop. It was obvious that whistleblowing could not control the development of the situation.As a result, the brains of the two teams became even more bloodshot, their aggressive moves became more and more serious, and fouls began to escalate.Fouls can be seen almost everywhere, such as flying shovels, elbows, pushes, and spitting each other are commonplace, and they haven't stopped for a moment since the opening.

Winterbourne shoveled McClair first, but McClair dodged it, and McClair turned around and satirized the Arsenal people with words.And every time McClair waited until Winterburn got the ball, he also served with a flying shovel, regardless of whether there would be serious injuries.

The actions of the two were very outrageous, which immediately affected their teammates.Then Manchester United's McClair and Adams spat at each other; Winterbourne turned red-eyed and took rough fouls on Manchester United players; however, the out of control of the incident did not come from Winterburn's bad foul, nor McClair Martial arts performance, although the two have long been enough to get a red card.The fight took place between the defenders of both sides.Arsenal defender Limpal suddenly lost control. He was also fouled by Manchester United players many times before. He was so angry that he rushed forward and knocked Irwin down. Irwin naturally fought back. People fight together.

After McClair came to help fight Limpal, he kicked Winterburn to the ground with Erwin.So the game was interrupted and a brawl ensued, with nearly every player on both sides joining the fray.The brawl that broke out in an instant was fierce and brutal. No one persuaded the fight. Players from both teams jumped up and beat each other hard.

There are many good fighters in the Manchester United team, and Paul Ince is famous for his toughness. He sent Limpal to the billboard on the sidelines and punched Winterburn to the ground. In larger-scale conflicts, even the players and staff on the bench are involved.

The police intervened when the sideline substitutes and players who were not on the roster rushed to join the fray.Of course, Arsenal's staff, bench personnel, including assistant coaches, etc. are also not idle.The two sides fought in an all-round way on the court. On the bench, on the turf, and even in the goal, there were crowds everywhere, and the large-scale brawl was spectacular.The sound of cursing, screaming, punching and kicking came into my ears; Meteor Fist, Shadowless Kick, and slapping came on stage in turn.At the beginning, the referee planned to separate the players from both sides, but he soon found that things were out of control, so he could only watch the fun from the sidelines foolishly.

The scene of gang fights became more and more intense, and the fans on the sidelines were even eager to move.If it wasn't for the fact that the police on the field were not alert enough, and that there were not enough staff at the Manchester United club, they stopped the fans who wanted to swarm into the field to fight, and persuaded more people from both sides not to participate, this incident is likely to lead to another A great tragedy.

In this fight, among all 22 players on the field, only Arsenal's Seaman did not participate in the fight.As a result of the brawl, almost everyone was injured.In addition to what the team doctor can handle, 11 players from both sides even had to be sent to the hospital to bandage their wounds and examine their injuries, waiting for further medical treatment.

There is no doubt that this is the most serious gang fight in the history of the two teams.

This time the brawl can be regarded as completely bringing the two teams to opposite sides.

Ferguson certainly will not let any team ride on his own and Manchester United's head. "Welcome to play football, fight with you." was his response.Of course, Manchester United under his command strictly implemented this creed, showing the toughness and violence of a bloody army.

Later, with the gradual growth of Manchester United's Class [-] and others.Young people such as Giggs, Neville, Scholes, and Beckham gradually began to play a major role in the Manchester United lineup.Ferguson's first generation of Red Devils started the period of dominating the Premier League. In [-], Manchester United won an unprecedented triple crown!
And Arsenal ushered in new coach Wenger. Under Wenger's leadership, Arsenal's golden age gradually took shape in the years after the early 21st century. In the 2003-2004 season, Wenger's Arsenal, that one only With the powerful team of Henry, Vieira, Cole, Bergkamp, ​​Pires and others, they won the Premier League championship that year with an unbeaten record that season.

At that time, Manchester United had just passed the first transition period. The Red Devils No. [-] Beckham left Real Madrid due to the flying shoe door incident, and Manchester United entered a short transition period.

During this period, the two young players Rooney and Ronaldo gradually matured. With the addition of van der Sar and Ferdinand on the defensive line, the Red Devils gradually recovered.

Arsenal, on the other hand, are at their peak. In the 2004-2005 season, before Arsenal met Manchester United, they were unbeaten in 49 games across the season. This was the top team in Europe at the time, and that was the heyday of Arsenal.

However, Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten record ended in the hands of Manchester United.

However, the most interesting thing about that game is which Arsenal player threw the pizza to Ferguson.Although all kinds of evidence point to Cesc Fabregas, Fabregas himself did not admit it, so the mystery has not been fully revealed. We can only know from Ashley Cole’s description in his autobiography that “that piece of pizza was straight Hit Sir Alex Ferguson straight in the face."

And the day that piece of pizza flew down the tunnel at Old Trafford was also the day Arsenal's 49-match unbeaten run was interrupted.

And this seems to be a turning point in the fate of the Arsenal team. Since then, the Gunners under Wenger have lost their former sharpness and vigor, and victory has become difficult for them to touch.

Since that season, Arsenal, the former master of the kings, has never been able to touch the Premier League championship trophy.With the economic pressure brought by the new stadium, Arsenal began to gradually reduce investment, the style of the entire team is no longer tough and iron-blooded, and the temperament has become much softer than before. Four", and fans often talk about 49 unbeaten games, because this is the most glorious moment in the 30 years since Arsenal entered the [-]th century.

Arsenal has been in decline for ten years, but the conflict with Manchester United still exists.

Before the start of this round of the Premier League, when Wenger was interviewed, he did not forget to lose his old rival Ferguson, even though he has retired.

"I'm going to retire sooner or later, please don't worry. However, I haven't decided when I will retire. I will tell you when it is officially decided. I have heard it many times. Many coaches will say 'I will retire next year. Will retire', but they continue their work. I am not sure when I will retire, but what is certain is that if I say I will retire, I will definitely keep my promise, and I will really retire (not delay delay),” Wenger said.

This sentence undoubtedly hurt Ferguson.

In the 01/02 season, Ferguson announced before the start of the season that he would retire after the end of the season.

This then led to Manchester United's lack of morale in the early stages of that season. They were once behind the top team by more than ten points.In the middle of the season, Ferguson changed his mind and announced his delayed retirement.

After that season, Ferguson brought Rooney and Ronaldo, and Ferguson began to build his second-generation Red Devils.

In addition to losing an old rival, Wenger also expressed helplessness for Li Qingshan's choice to go to Manchester United.

Prior to this, the English media broke the news that Wenger wanted to sign Li Qingshan long before he went to Atletico Madrid, but because at that time Arsenal was only willing to pay 300 million euros, and Atletico Madrid paid more than Arsenal. 500 million.Manchester United naturally chose to let the players talk to the team with the highest bid.

In the end, Li Qingshan returned to Manchester United and helped the Red Devils continue to win with consecutive goals.

Li Qingshan's agent is Mino Raiola, who single-handedly operated the deal for Li Qingshan to join Manchester United.According to gossip from some English media, in order to get Li Qingshan, Manchester United gave Raiola, a vampire agent, a commission of more than 500 million euros.It's no wonder that Raiola said so many good things about Manchester United when Li Qingshan chose to transfer.

In this regard, Wenger was very helpless: "A few years ago, we hoped to sign Li Qingshan, but in the end we failed. But this summer, he chose another club. You know, this club is very special."

Since then, Li Qingshan has also become a member of the temperature difference sign.It is tied with Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, Ibrahimovic, etc.

If all the "players Wenger almost signed" were combined into a team, Li Qingshan would even consider whether he could start the team...
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