Manchester United legend

Chapter 100 Fiasco
Manchester United started the league with Solskjaer's excellent form and Cruyff's good performance. The outstanding performance of the two even affected Scholes' chances of playing.

After playing in the league for more than 2 months, Jiangtou only got one chance to play, and he seemed to disappear from Manchester United's lineup.

Reporters have asked Ferguson and Manchester United, Scholes's future is still in Manchester United.

Just as the rumors started to emerge, Ferguson himself had a heart-to-heart conversation with Scholes.

Ferguson said that he has not been able to reuse him this season, but Ferguson said that Scholes will definitely have brilliant achievements in Manchester United in the future.

Ferguson personally explained to Scholes that among Manchester United's existing players and lineup, he wanted to train Ginger Head as Cantona.

And when Cantona left, that was the day when Scholes emerged as a truly key player, Ferguson said, "I already regard you as Cantona's successor."

Scholes was very sad at the time. He thought he was about to be abandoned by Manchester United. He told Ferguson that he was considering playing for a second-tier team.Ferguson looked serious, stared at Scholes seriously and said, "I will not let you transfer, you are one of my plans. If I sell you, I will eventually buy you back."

In order to relieve Scholes' troubles, Ferguson promised to give Scholes more opportunities during the season.

What really moved Scholes was this remark, "I don't know how long Cantona will play for us. I only know that his contract will expire in two years. I hope he will play for another year or two, but he will not be here forever. And you are still young, and you can definitely take over Cantona's responsibilities."

The young Scholes understood Ferguson's arrangement and helplessness.Indeed, even in the eyes of Ferguson he is a good boy.

Although he is still young, he is already a strong man. He firmly believes that even if Cantona is in this club, he can win honor in the team.

After placating Scholes, Manchester United could have continued to triumph, but no one thought that a shocking blow was waiting for Ferguson and his Manchester United.

On October 1996, 10, Manchester United played away to Newcastle, which was the focus of the tenth round of the Premier League.

Perhaps even the Magpies fans at St. James' Park didn't expect that they would witness a miraculous and classic game.

Manchester United, who went to Newcastle, just played a Champions League game two days ago. The Red Devils traveled a long distance to Turkey and had to rush back overnight after the game.Therefore, Manchester United looked very tired before kick-off, and the Red Devils players reached their physical limit.

Fans can actually feel bad from Pallister's slumped shoulders.

Ferguson also knew that the players who traveled long distances could not bear the intensity of double matches in a week, but the schedule was so arranged that they could only bite the bullet and play against each other.

Not only the double match a week, Manchester United's Champions League match on the Istanbul Strait in Turkey was also a difficult experience. The players could hardly sleep all night. The difficulty of the game was similar to that of Galatasaray.

Manchester United's final defeat was actually due to the fact that their physical fitness and state reached their limits. The torture of the long journey severely weakened Manchester United's combat effectiveness.

In addition, Manchester United's starting lineup also has problems.Giggs, Jost, and Cole were unable to play, Johansen was preempted by Ferguson to play the midfielder position, and Beckham went to the left, which proved to be a disaster in actual combat; Manchester United's starting lineup on the grass at St. James' Park was such a 442: Schmeichel, Gary Neville, David May, Pallister, Irvine, Johansen, Beckham, Popowski, Butt, Solskjaer, Cantona.

Such a lineup is vulnerable to the opponent's tight pressure and quick assault. Pallister has been teased by Shearer and Ferdinand many times, and the defense will fall every second.

Even if Ferguson later replaced Scholes, McClair and Cruyff, it didn't help.And Cantona's restlessness led to a red card, which made Manchester United even worse.

Newcastle United simmered for revenge, launched a fierce attack at the beginning, and soon got the opportunity to threaten Manchester United's goal.

After wasting a chance to score, Ginola sent a corner and Peacock headed it in near the United penalty area.Manchester United fell behind 0 to 1. At this time, the game only lasted 12 minutes.

This goal was also caused by Manchester United's many low-level mistakes from the goalkeeper to the midfield.

Newcastle's offensive power is amazing, and Manchester United is eager to equalize the score after falling behind, pressing the defense line very hard, Newcastle is not reluctant, played against Manchester United, and got a lot of opportunities in the counterattack.In addition, Manchester United did not have the midfielder led by Jost, and the barrier defense ability dropped to an astonishing level, which really responded to the rhythm of various explosions.

Not long after Newcastle scored a goal, Ginola soon scored a world wave long-range shot, and Newcastle led 2-0 in the first half.

In the second half, it was Newcastle’s turn for a pair of strikers to show off. First, Shearer made a pass from the bottom line from the right and assisted Ferdinand with a header. Then Shearer opened the door of Manchester United and helped Newcastle rewrite the score to 4-0. This is not over yet. In the 83rd minute, Albert humiliated Schmeichel with an exquisite 35-yard lob – 5-0!

Manchester United swallowed the bitter fruit of the fiasco.This is the first time that Manchester United have lost so badly to the Magpies in the Premier League, and Newcastle can be regarded as revenge for the Charity Shield.

The Express report at the time was full of literary fanfare, "This is sweet revenge for all the pain Manchester United has inflicted on the Tyneside Club over the years. The dreams of Magpie fans are sweet."

However, the sensitive Sky TV found that coach Keegan was not very happy.No one thought that he would leave soon.

In this disastrous defeat, Manchester United was completely passive from the scene to the tactics, completely without the ease and freehand brushwork of the Charity Shield at the beginning of the season.

Ferguson's use of troops and rotation has also been questioned-Manchester United has not been slaughtered by opponents for a long, long time.

What the Red Devils fans are worried about is how can such a weak Manchester United stand out from the clouds of strong teams and finally succeed in defending their title?

"Suddenly United were in danger of losing streak and out of control; Ferguson's quality was once again in doubt."

The defeat to Newcastle United hit United hard and far-reaching.

The BBC said, "It's not that Manchester United does not allow failure, it's not that they can't face failure, but this game clearly shows Ferguson's underestimation of the enemy and Manchester United's own arrogance.

So climb high and fall hard. "Sky Sports said," Ferguson once again paid the price for his little tricks, underestimating the enemy is the greatest original sin. "

In fact, they have all forgotten that Manchester United's current lineup is out of control.Injury or illness, Ferguson actually couldn't even assemble the strongest lineup of the team.

Despite this, Manchester United's failure was too tragic, especially the all-round gap that was shown to the fans on the scene. Although Ferguson and Manchester United players knew that there was no such huge gap between strength and weakness, the bloody 5-0 made everyone uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)