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Chapter 93 Before the Battle of Life and Death
Ferguson is in a bad mood recently.

The two consecutive draws at the beginning made the outside world's views on "Ferguson is old" once again become rampant.

As far as Ferguson himself is concerned, he actually has plans to retire, but that is based on the team winning the championship.

Take last season as an example, Ferguson had never thought of retiring, but being eliminated by AC Milan in the semi-finals of the Champions League made him unable to swallow this breath.

Retiring with a Champions League trophy is what Ferguson thinks now.

So he introduced Tevez, Barry, Anderson and Nani to continue to add strength to the team.

Among the four people introduced, there are two midfielders. Ferguson's purpose of strengthening the team's midfield is obvious.

But the ideal is very full, the reality is very skinny, and the two consecutive draws pushed the team to the edge of the cliff.

But there is also a reason, because in the first two games, Ronaldo was absent due to injury.The good news is that Ronaldo's injury recovery is very good and he can catch up with the team's third round.

This can't help but make Ferguson overjoyed. Ronaldo's comeback is the return of the backbone for the team's offensive line.

Since last season, the team has suffered from "C Ronaldo Dependency Syndrome" on offense, and is used to handing over football to C Ronaldo. Won the Premier League season record, and won all the individual awards of the Premier League last season.

Today's Ronaldo is the number one star in the Premier League, not one of them.

C Ronaldo's comeback gave Ferguson confidence.The haze of two consecutive draws in the previous two games also disappeared from Ferguson's head, replaced by a mature and confident smile.

In the pre-match press conference, Ferguson's happy face was in stark contrast to Duncan's seriousness.

"...Today's game will be a difficult battle for us. Manchester City's lineup is not as weak as reflected in the standings. They have a group of outstanding lads with amazing abilities...Of course, more importantly Another excellent head coach for them, this is the fundamental motivation for them to create infinite possibilities!"

Facing the crowded group of reporters, Ferguson was full of spring with a smile on his face.

This kind of praise is actually more effective than face-to-face slander, because the premise of praising your opponent is that your strength is much higher than that of the opponent.

Ferguson said this for no reason. The training grounds of the two teams are next to each other, so there is no secret at all.Just the night before, Ferguson received a tip that there was another brawl on Manchester City's training ground.

The protagonist of the incident is still the bad boy Button, and the one who clashed with him this time was the new midfielder Hargreaves who joined this season.

The cause of the incident is unknown, but the fight between Barton and Hargreaves was witnessed by the staff of his own club, absolutely unmistakable!
When Ferguson thought about it, he also thought it was reasonable.The team originally had a high proportion of new players, and their status was not low. Coupled with poor performance and the bottom of the score, a little misfire would lead to a raging fire.At that time, even if Duncan dispatched a helicopter, he might not be able to extinguish the fire.

A head coach who can't control the team, what can he use to talk about victory?

That's why he dared to praise Manchester City unscrupulously.

The purpose is to anesthetize Duncan and send Manchester City on the road by boiling a frog in warm water.The preseason loss to Manchester City made Ferguson unhappy for a long time.

The team's poor state in the new season and two consecutive draws are also directly related to the loss to Manchester City in that game.

Not to mention, Duncan made a move in the summer and snatched Hargreaves who originally belonged to Ferguson...

Therefore, Ferguson intends to end the old and new hatred together.

Psychological warfare is the first shot!
Manchester City in the Kevin Keegan era also performed extremely crazy in the first half of the season?Once opened up the young Manchester United by as much as 13 points in the league standings, but what about the ending?
In the end, wasn't he dragged to death by his old man using psychological tactics?
Although the current Manchester City team has individual strength, the team ability is still insufficient.If there is still worry, then it is Duncan.But Ferguson is not worried. After Manchester City lost two games, he believes he has found a way to beat Manchester City!
Compared to the smiling Ferguson, Duncan behaved abnormally at this press conference, perfunctorily perfunctoring the reporters' questions with a stern expression, looking impatient.

However, the reporters were obviously unfazed. They carefully asked about the internal strife that appeared on the Manchester City training ground the day before, including the protagonists Button and Hargreaves.

"They have a good relationship, and they will start today." Duncan said coldly, like an announcer, without any emotion.

Ferguson curled his lips in an unknown way: he is about to play, and this kid is still talking nonsense with his eyes wide open.It's no wonder that Hargreaves and Barton have the possibility of reconciliation.

This question was fruitless, and then the reporter asked about the relationship between the club's senior management and Duncan, but this question was blocked by Duncan "refusing to answer questions that have nothing to do with this game".

"Then the young man sitting next to Coach Duncan, can you introduce him?" Finally, a reporter found that there was a young player sitting next to Duncan, and he had a very strange face.

In fact, every press conference, the head coach will bring a player to participate.However, there have been too many topics about Duncan recently, so everyone has ignored the players Duncan brought.

As the reporter brought up the topic, the crowd realized that Duncan had brought a player they had never seen before.

His eyes, firm, powerful, not flustered.

Such eyes are rare in a young player.If he is really such a person, then his future will be limitless!
"Finally noticed." Duncan's tense face finally showed a smile: "I would like to introduce to you, the excellent product of Manchester City's youth training camp - Joe Hart!"

Joe Hart smiled and waved his hands, then put the microphone over to Duncan, said "Hello", and then returned the microphone.

Calm and natural, no tension at all.

The psychological quality shown by Joe Hart moved Ferguson.Such a good psychological quality shows that this player was born for big scenes.

But such an excellent player, why didn't I know it before?What position does this Joe Hart play?

The reporters at the scene also held their microphones high.

It stands to reason that at the pre-match press conference, the players brought by the head coach must be the starters of the game, but what does Duncan mean by bringing such a fresh player?

Among the reporters at the scene, only a few local Manchester media reporters knew a little bit about Joe Hart, but they only had a little bit of information.

To the reporters, this Joe Hart was no different than someone who jumped out of a crack in the rock.

"I brought him here, I believe everyone knows the purpose. Yes, he will be the starter of this game, the position is the goalkeeper." Duncan nodded: "As for his age-he will be 20 in three months. It’s a year old. Well, let’s end the press conference here, all the answers you want are in the game.”

Duncan completed the closing work in place of the host of the press conference, and left with Joe Hart.

Ferguson put a slightly uneasy heart in his stomach.A 20-year-old player still plays the goalkeeper position that requires the most experience. Even if the player's mental quality is good, it is not enough for Ferguson to feel threatened by him.

(End of this chapter)