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Chapter 178 Do You Think We Still Have Hope?
Birmingham is a team without many stars. Of course, if you have to care about the names of those players, you can see giants like Ferguson and Benitez here, and of course there are Swedes like Larsson. It’s a pity The thing is that they are young relative to the people whose names are on the line, and they seem to have nothing but a big name.

However, this team should not be underestimated. They are strong against weak teams, but they are not weak against strong teams. It is very entangled?Not at all entangled, they are not a strong team, at least not at this stage, but they are hard enough, most of their players are still young, not young, but lack of experience, but the situation of this group of people in terms of confidence Under the circumstances, it may not necessarily be called a strong team in two years.

Learning from experience is a process. What Birmingham needs now is not results, but competitions, games against strong teams, overcoming headwinds instead of obeying headwinds, so that they can mature.

For this game, Ferguson is determined to win, there is no way, if you want to have a better result than last season, then after losing the League Cup, the FA Cup must not be lost.

On the other hand, Birmingham, they are not in a hurry at all. Their current results in the league are already very good. If they stick to it, there is still a lot to do to win a place in the European League. However, McLeish seems not satisfied with this, at least he thinks he should Fight for it, although the opponent is Manchester United, but who knows what the result will be, they are not the Wolves, but the Wolves can suddenly bite Manchester United, how can a team like them with lofty goals give up easily.

Besides, the boss has to come to Old Trafford to supervise the battle in person, so he has to admit defeat without struggling. Not only will he lose the face of the boss, but he will have nowhere to put his old face, let alone facing the old man himself. The coach, there is no way not to be careless.

Water?What a joke!
Where did the mentoring relationship between McLeish and Ferguson come from?

aberdeen.

McLeish is a player who grew up in Aberdeen. He devoted almost his entire playing career to this Scottish team. When he became the main player, Ferguson was the head coach of Aberdeen at the time.

Some people once said that the coaches of the Premier League are linked to Mann, but now it seems that there are only two types of coaches in the Premier League, one is Ferguson's opponent, and the other is Ferguson's student, but in the final analysis they are all opponents.It's simple, but realistic.

Before the game, Ferguson praised this opponent who is already qualified to be his own, "I knew he would eventually become a coach when he played. His understanding of tactics is amazing. As a defender, Not only has the offensive spirit, but his defense is so perfect."

This kind of cheap praise has actually been said by Ferguson for several years, but when they arrived at the stadium, apart from the initial handshake, they have always been desperate in the game, and this time will be no exception.

Although he was determined to win the real game, Ferguson did not form the strongest lineup. It was not because he wanted to stay strong, but to make long-term plans. Most of the games were more or less injured. It is a good opportunity to recover during this period of time. Otherwise, after February, there may be a gap in the progress of the game.Let alone defending the Champions League at that time, it is estimated that whether the league can defend the title is a question mark.

As for the FA Cup, it must be won, and Ferguson will send all the players who can play.

The goalkeeper is still Niu Shisan. There is nothing to doubt about this. Even the most picky England fans now have to admit that at least Niu Shisan is the best in the Premier League. Even with Cech and Shay Wen, Niu Shisan Thirteen used his own performance to prove that England's number one goalkeeper is not accidental, even if it is accidental, there is an inevitable premise.

The right back is Brown. After the World Cup, Brown has been in a slump. Half a year later, his form has begun to recover. If possible, he should be able to last for two or three years or even longer at Manchester United. The central defender is a combination of Ferdinand and Evans , the left back is Fabio.

Park Ji-sung is used on the left side of the midfield, Giggs has an ankle injury and Silva needs to rest.

Gibson and Carrick in the middle, Gibson has performed well in several appearances recently, Ferguson also let go, let Mike rest, and Valencia is on the right.

Forwards Grafit and Berbatov.

In this game, Ferguson asked the focus of attack to be on the right, and Park Ji-sung on the left was in charge of restraining Bowyer in the middle. It’s not that Bowyer’s threat was so great. In fact, what Ferguson was worried about was that Gibson was too young to withstand Bowyer’s provocation. With a barrier in the middle, Manchester United's game is not easy to play.

The situation on the court was a bit dull at the beginning. It is said that both are Premier League teams, and the number of times the two sides have played against each other is not small. Frequently, each position still needs running-in.

But Birmingham also put on an appearance of calmness to face the game, playing the posture of an away team. It would be no wonder if this game was boring!

The dreary situation was finally broken after half an hour of waste. Fans who went home late because of overtime work did not have to worry about missing the exciting scene.

Perhaps Niu Shisan is used to playing the ball to the side. Looking at this long pass, it can be regarded as a precise guidance.

The football landed behind Murphy after crossing two-thirds of the field. If Murphy hadn't fallen off the top, he would have had time to organize Valencia's run at this time. Unfortunately, once the "if" was used, it proved that he had missed it. opportunity.

Sometimes Ferguson couldn't figure out why Niu Shisan's goal kicks seldom flew out of the sideline. It felt like there was an invisible barrier on the sideline that was repelling the football.

Naturally, Niu Shisan has no special abilities. He was able to kick the ball like that because he always kicked the ball in the front when he was a child, so it was difficult for him to kick the horizontal arc, but the vertical landing was quite good.

Of course, it is impossible for him to be truly precise guidance. The competition for football is a [-]-[-] thing. This time Murphy fell to the top, maybe he will really top it next time!There is no absolute in this kind of thing.

Back to the original question, Valencia's speed is not slow. Without Murphy's restraint, he caught up with the football very easily. At this time, Johnson was also in place to defend, but Valencia did not get entangled with the opponent at all. It means, a step, push the ball directly to the bottom line, and then quickly pass the ball before Johnson's foot.

"What's the GOALLLLLL!"

"Dimita Berbatov..."

What kind of shot made the scene so excited?

Back in time for three seconds, Valencia kicked in a cross, and Berbatov was fighting for position with Dan. Brother Xiaosha didn’t like this kind of hand-to-hand combat, so he took a step back. Didn’t everyone say that a step back would open up the sea and the sky? !

At this time, the football flew into the penalty area and was blocked by Parnaby, who retreated to assist in the defense. Unfortunately, the football did not fly to the bottom line, but flew high and still headed towards the middle.

What was supposed to be a low pass turned into a high throw, and Berbatov turned around to block Parnaby. He originally wanted to pass the ball to Grafite, but the pull behind him made him suddenly conscious, and his chest and abdomen twitched. Ting, raised his left hand back, turned half-turned and volleyed towards the ball.

The football was in place, it was powerful, it was angled, and it happened so suddenly that Joe Hart didn't react!

In fact, Berbatov kicked a lot of barbs, but this half-volley sweeping shot with a body rotation looks extremely chic.

"This is what I planned!" Ferguson wanted to say this, but he held back because he felt that no one would feel that such a shot was inevitable.

Maybe it was really accidental, but if there was no request from Ferguson, Niu Shisan would rarely pass the ball to the side. At this time, maybe the football is still hanging around Gibson's feet, and it is not necessarily a goal?To hell!
Manchester United took the lead at home and finally took the lead in the FA Cup, although it was only the first game of the season.

After taking the lead, Manchester United seems to have found the feeling of attacking, or the positions have been adjusted. Look at how smooth the pass from the midfield is. Gibson scored the ball to Valencia, and the latter was quick when Murphy came to defend. Pushing the ball back to the middle, Carrick received the ball smoothly and took the opportunity to wipe Carsley.

After all, Carsley didn't 'stuck you', facing Carrick's action, he had to turn around and grab the ball?It's better to grab the position first and then talk!

"Carrick dribbled the ball and he was going to shoot, oh beautiful, the pass was so beautiful, it was Park Ji-sung, it was his first time today, let's go, shoot! Pity, Joe Hart's reaction was good, If Park Ji-sung can press a little bit, I believe Joe Hart will definitely not be able to pounce."

It can be seen that the score is leading, which makes the on-site commentary very excited.

This time it was a pure midfield attack, which made Ferguson feel very relieved. Sitting on the chair, he rarely raised his legs, and his leisurely attitude made several cameras on the scene unable to bear to ignore it.

"Sir Ferguson seems to think this kind of game is like a casual game!" The tone of the TV announcer was a little sour.

Tom, who hadn't appeared for a long time, suddenly said: "Do you think cat and mouse will be a game?"

I really want to tell him that there is a cat named Tom who likes to play cat and mouse games, but it is a pity that he is not a comrade in the same way...

The first half ended later, with Manchester United leading Birmingham 1-0 with Berbatov's wonderful volley.

Yang Jiacheng in the stands didn't seem to be affected by the score lag, and chatted with his friends about the game naturally.

"Do you think there is hope for us?"

(End of this chapter)