Manchester United legend

Chapter 151
In the arena of the Premier League, opponents' actions are not small.Let’s talk about Arsenal first. Wenger continued to improve and transform the team. This summer, he bought Freddie Ljungberg, Jo Osei-Kuffour and other players, and at the same time sent away meritorious veterans Wright and Pratt.

When it came to the winter transfer window, Arsenal continued to transfer and successively bought Kaba Diawara and Nwankwo Kanu, further strengthening the team's strength.The Liverpool team chose an unexpected dual-coach joint coaching model. Gerard Houllier (Gerard Houllier) was hired to Anfield to jointly coach Liverpool with Evans.

Four months later, Evans resigned, and Liverpool began the era of Houllier coaching.

Liverpool did not buy many players in the summer, but Houllier bought three players in one go for £500 million in the winter transfer: Jean-Michel Ferri, Frode Kippe and Rigobert Song.Houllier then brought in Djimi Traore in February and sent away Steve Harkness and Danny Williams in March.

As for cup heroes Chelsea, Casiraghi was bought from Lazio for £1998 in May 5, and another Blues-linked player, Goode Johnson, joined Bolton in the summer of 540.

No one expected him to become a famous player for Chelsea and Barcelona.Givas joined Newcastle United for £350m from Auxerre, while Tottenham signed Tramessani from Piacenza for £300m.

Players came and went, and many managers changed clubs.After Manchester United reorganized the defense and forward line, the team ushered in Keane's recovery and return.

Losing the league title to Arsenal last season was a heavy blow to the proud Red Devils. Arsenal's rapid rise was also the greatest challenge to Manchester United. Manchester United's players didn't need Ferguson to urge and pressurize them. They automatically increased their training volume and worked harder.In that summer, the shouts in the Carrington base were like thunder, and the running figures were like cavalry rolling over the grassland hills. The Red Devils were sharpening their knives and guns, and sharpening their vigor.

They want to regain their glory!

Manchester United's biggest opponent in the league is still Arsenal. Wenger's team is going faster and further on the road of technology. Ferguson needs to find a way to restrain his opponent.

But in fact, Ferguson failed on his first attempt, which was the Community Shield match before the season. On August 1998, 8, in the Community Shield game before the start of the Premier League, Manchester United and Arsenal met again. In this game, the Red Devils were defeated by last season's overlord Arsenal.

The score of 0 to 3 is actually not enough to show the gap between the two sides!Although Jost returned to the team and Manchester United played bravely and desperately, Manchester United as a whole seemed unable to keep up with the opponent's rhythm. Overmars was still so fast and dexterous, and Anelka also began to show his aura. The Arsenal team, which gathered this generation of French and Dutch talents, appeared full of confidence on the pitch.

Not only that, single-soldier assault?Physical confrontation?Shooting ability?They are also not inferior. I thought their defense might be worse because of their "grandfather level" age, but in fact Manchester United did not cause any trouble to Adams and them. 3-0 - Arsenal beat Manchester United with ease.

Vieira was overjoyed and full of ambition when he lifted the trophy, and he must feel that their confidence in defending the title has increased a lot.And Wenger, who was the second to win the trophy, must have felt that it was too easy to play Manchester United.

Manchester United did not improve throughout the game, and their poor performance even seriously affected the odds of the bookmaker.

After the Community Shield game, Manchester United's odds of winning the championship have dropped to Arsenal.

"The summer deal doesn't look like a good deal, Manchester United is still chaotic like a headless chicken", "Manchester United's transformation does not seem to be effective, and it is vulnerable to Arsenal!" These were the headlines on the tabloids at the time, and the media always sent the best evidence of being slapped when they thought it was appropriate.

The media uncovered more things, and the discordant notes in the Manchester United team were also exposed-to be precise, it was the competition between Schmeichel and Jost for the team captain's position.Ferguson had to temporarily appoint Schmeichel as captain after Jost was injured for a long time last season.

Before the start of this season, Jost had already returned, but since he participated in the World Cup during the summer warm-up match, Ferguson took care of him and was mostly a substitute, so Schmeichel still wore the captain's armband.

Before the start of the Charity Shield, Jost was naturally going to be the captain, but Schmeichel didn't show the slightest intention to give up the captaincy.Ferguson categorically made it clear that Jost was the captain, and Schmeichel must give up the captain's armband.

The media said, "Schmeichel and Jost have fought, and this time he was forced to give up the captaincy and his lungs exploded."

Some tabloids even speculated, "Manchester United lost [-]-[-] to their opponents in this game, which is likely to be related to the team's internal struggle." Immediately after the loss, Ferguson convened a meeting. At the meeting, Ferguson said, "Paul is our captain. This is my decision. No one should challenge my endurance or be too childish! I don't want similar incidents to happen again."

Ferguson did not turn on the hair dryer, but after he finished speaking, there was no longer any controversy about the captain in the locker room.

After finishing the Community Shield, it means that the league has almost officially started.However, Manchester United, which only won the runner-up last season, still needs to play a Champions League qualifying match-in fact, Manchester United has played more games in the Champions League this season than anyone else.

Manchester United beat LKS LODZ 2-0 at home. In the first half, Gary Neville made a long pass from the opponent's penalty area near the center line. Sheringham headed the ball away. Ryan Giggs, who cut in between, was unattended.

Then came the official start of the Premier League. Manchester United played at home against Leicester City for the first time.

The Red Devils were obviously not in any shape, and the defense line was wide open, and the opponent scored two goals in a row to lead.

Manchester United made a defensive error on the right in 7 minutes. Gary Neville did not stop the opponent's ball with a shovel.

The situation of Manchester United falling behind at the beginning of the game was made worse in the second half. Leicester City's tactics of defending and counterattacking were very successful. There was another loophole in Manchester United's defense, which was all over the line.

In the 76th minute, Leicester City counterattacked and dribbled the ball to the top of Manchester United's penalty area. After failing to meet Manchester United's effective interception, it was distributed to the right. The players who stepped in later received the ball, observed, and waited. Irwin rushed over after almost a cup of tea, but the opponent had already made a cross from 10 yards from the corner of the penalty area.

Last season, Manchester United failed to beat their opponents in the two league games. Could it be that they suffered a defeat at the beginning of the new season?

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