Manchester United legend

Chapter 156 The Old Schmeichel

After playing the game in October, Manchester United has quietly climbed to second place in the league points.Who is the first?It's the amazing Villa at the beginning of the season!
Manchester United has caught up. Whether it is lineup or style of play, the Red Devils are in a state of continuous improvement, and their combat effectiveness is getting stronger and stronger.Ferguson is not limited to 442, and does not cling to the side attack. Yorke, Cole, Solskjaer and Scholes are all capable of penetrating opponents from the center. Sometimes he even puts Beckham into the center.

In addition, each position of the team is very neat, the main players and important substitutes are on par in strength, many substitute players and youth training players have performed at a very high level, and the mutual rotation arrangement has also allowed Manchester United to maintain their combat effectiveness.

And this is precisely what Arsenal, which has a thin main lineup, does not have.

There is almost nothing to be too worried about Ferguson, except for Schmeichel, the No. [-] goalkeeper who has often been in trouble since the start of this season.

It has to be said that the Danish goalkeeper, who has played for 8 consecutive seasons, has entered the end of his career. He is 35 years old, his body has begun to deteriorate in all aspects, and his reaction can't keep up.

In order to fill the big colander of Schmeichel, Ferguson had to let Van der Gould start many games, although the level of the Dutchman is not worthy of the super level of the Red Devils.

Entering November 1998, Manchester United's dressing room continued to be undercurrent.Reporters began to chase Schmeichel's news, why are the Danes so depressed?Was the Dane taught by Jost?Have the Danes been sidelined?Is Schmeichel the short board that ultimately derailed Manchester United's title dreams?
Soon, the reporters announced that Schmeichel "will leave Manchester United at the end of the season" on the grounds of his abnormal performance and poor form this season.

It has to be said that the sensitivity and bold predictions of journalists are sometimes reliable.In fact, Schmeichel is 35 years old this season, and he has indeed reached the decline of his career.

Just this season, Schmeichel made unimaginable mistakes against Arsenal, against Bayern and against the Bloom Derby, and his performance can also be said to be extremely poor.

It is indeed unimaginable that the Dinghaishenzhen in the back line of the past has become the weakest link in today's defense line, and has become a big colander in the defense line.

If this incident happened today, it is estimated that the reporter and the Internet would say "Schmeichel, you are so decadent, does your mother know?!"

Interviews with TV reporters and Ferguson's explanations made it possible for all this to gradually develop into the fact that the Danish goalkeeper had really decided to leave Manchester United. On November 11, Schmeichel officially announced that he would leave Manchester United after the end of the season.

Schmeichel said: "For me now, the English league is too frequent and I can no longer maintain the level that a club like Manchester United needs.

My love for the game of football is as strong as ever, but it's becoming more and more difficult to keep up with the game, I've had to increase my training to try and maintain my level, and I need a longer break than in the English Premier League.

I would love to have more than 12 days of holiday in the summer, but it is impossible to get such a long holiday in England. "

"I asked Manchester United to let me go at the end of the season and they graciously agreed," Schmeichel said.

Ferguson said in a news conference: "Over the past eight years, Schmeichel has been one of the main players in our team's brilliant achievements and has been the cornerstone of our team.

When I signed him from Brondby in 1991, I knew he would be one of the biggest contributors to our club's resurgence and success.

Peter decided to bid farewell to Manchester United due to personal reasons. We sincerely wish him a happy and bright future.I hope we will continue to cooperate and make this last season a legend of Manchester United! "

After officially announcing the news that he would leave Manchester United, Schmeichel let go of his heart, and his performance gradually became stable.Although it is impossible to return to the state of the peak period, it should be no problem to stand on the last post.

Entering November, Manchester United ushered in the fourth game of the Champions League group stage, playing against the Bloom Derby at home.The Red Devils showed their prowess amidst the cheers of the home fans and beat their opponents 11-5.Beckham's ultra-long free kick opened the scoring first, then Cole and Yorke turned to tear apart the opponent's defense, and then Phil Neville was unwilling to be lonely and made a kick in the middle.After the big victory, Manchester United, which scored 0 points in four games, jumped to the top of the group and has a good prospect of qualifying.

Four days later, Manchester United continued to sit in the Theater of Dreams against the "Magpies" Newcastle United.Unlike the big victory over European opponents four days ago, Manchester United is completely out of shape after the big victory, and the good luck that has been favoring Manchester United seems to have disappeared.

Many Manchester United players can't lift their spirits, like sleepy old people.Beckham also missed the best chance of the game. His one-handed shot went wide and the ball slid past the goal.Manchester United did not perform well, Newcastle did not perform well, and their super striker Shearer did not get any chances this game. His teammates still gave him too little support. The only best chance to score was a free kick outside the penalty area. However, Schmeichel played well in this game. He saved Shearer's extremely tricky free kick!Saved a point for Manchester United.

Yes, Schmeichel was on the goal line.At that moment he seemed to be rejuvenated, at that moment he seemed to be omnipotent.Even though Lian Po is old, he is still full of ambition!

Manchester United survived the shock of Schmeichel's announcement of leaving the team.However, the fact that Schmeichel will leave the team at the end of the season is not a particularly bad thing. After all, falling from the peak is limited by the rules. The old Danish goalkeeper candidly said at this moment that his level has declined.Just after the press conference was held on November 11, the Red Devils killed the not-so-good Blackburn team at home.

Both sides played a good half of the game, but Manchester United still made the fans tremble. Originally, Manchester United had an absolute advantage in the first half. The midfield suppressed the opponent and could not move at all.

In the second half, Blackburn's Sherwood was sent off for a foul and Scholes scored another goal. Everyone thought that Manchester United, which had a three-goal lead, would win easily, and even thought there would be a massacre.

But the Manchester United players thought they were sure of winning, so they could not help but relax.As a result, the 10-man Blackburn chased two goals in 65 minutes and 74 minutes, and the momentum became very strong. In the end, there was a panic in front of Manchester United, and they were almost equalized by several attacks in front of the opponent. Fortunately, Gary Neville and Stam successfully intercepted and defended in the middle. The excellent defense allowed Manchester United to finally keep the three points.

Ferguson, who was forced by the situation on the field in the last ten minutes and had to stand on the sidelines to direct, was livid. After the game, he said to the shocked Red Devils players in the locker room, "I don't care what you think on the field, and I don't want to listen to your explanations. I will just tell you that I am really disappointed. I am self-righteous on the field, do not work hard, and lead by a big score. I think I will win. I want to be lazy and rely on others. Is this still us Manchester United?! If you are so embarrassing, then just go straight Just tell me it's all kicking like shit!"

"Don't tell me we won the game? We not only want to win, but also win to convince others! A game that should have won a big victory is disgraced, and I am ashamed to face others. If everyone is like a wilted vegetable, what kind of heroes are you?!"

United's second-half performance sparked controversy, but a bigger story quickly grabbed everyone's attention.The news broke that Ferguson's most important assistant Brian Kidd proposed to the club to leave Manchester United and seek to coach Blackburn.

The news was leaked from the Blackburn team. Ferguson has been painstakingly persuading Kidd not to leave Manchester United. Although the two had many disputes over signings, team training and play arrangements since the beginning of the summer, Kidd insisted on his own opinion.

In addition, Kidd has a lot of complaints about Ferguson's attempts at Manchester United to play 433, 4141, etc., which is difficult to accept.The whole club knew that the two had lost the tacit understanding and trust they had in the past. Kidd, who had firmly followed Ferguson, was no longer and knew that Kidd was likely to leave Manchester United next season.

But no one expected it. Just when the team was about to enter the most critical devil's schedule, Kidd actually thought of putting the burden on the way.This news can be regarded as a blow to Manchester United, it can be said that "misfortunes never come singly".

The reporters who received the news gathered in Carrington, and it was impossible for Manchester United to stay out of it at this time.Ferguson negotiated with Kidd with Edwards, Charlton and other celebrities for the last time, trying his best to keep him from staying at Manchester United.

Kidd still decisively rejected Ferguson's wish, and Manchester United could not make Kidd change his mind in the end.

The press conference was held impromptu, and the team admitted to the outside world that Kidd was about to leave the team.

This is a huge shock - you must know that most of Manchester United's class of 92 are students of Kidd. The success and success of this group of children are all condensed with Kidd's painstaking efforts and love. No one imagined that things would turn so sharply. Kidd and Ferguson turned against each other and resolutely broke up.

To be honest, at that time, many players in the class of 92 were hit hard, and they were very confused and distressed.In the previous battles, Manchester United maintained an unbeaten record on all fronts, and also withstood the impact of Schmeichel's announcement of leaving Manchester United, but no one expected that Kidd would leave at this time.

The team quickly began looking for new assistants for Ferguson, and Ferguson had to lead the team in training himself, and had to talk to everyone in the team to unify their thinking and win support.In any case, Kidd's departure led to a downturn for Manchester United.

(End of this chapter)