Manchester United legend

Chapter 255 The Coming Back Jost
European football set off a blockbuster transfer this summer, the first is Italy's Juventus's Zidane's move to Spain's Real Madrid.

Zidane's joining Real Madrid was the most influential transfer in 2001, and set a new transfer record again.

Figo and Zidane played for the same team, which was unimaginable in the past. Real Madrid's superstar policy has made the impossible possible.

In the first season of Zidane's joining, he scored Tianwaifeixianqiu in the Champions League final and helped the team win the Champions League for the ninth time. Both he and Real Madrid's Galaxy Battleship reached their peak.

Florentino implemented the superstar policy for the first time, called "Zidane + Pavon" policy. The world's top superstars were introduced in the midfield and local teenagers were used in the backcourt. The ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny.It also paved the way for Real Madrid's later Bai.

The second sight is the strengthening of Juventus. In the three seasons from 1998 to 2001, Juventus with a strong lineup failed to win the league championship for three consecutive years.

So in the summer of 2001, Juventus sold Zidane and Inzaghi, who were interested in going away. The team took the funds from selling Zidane to rebuild, and used a lot of money to introduce first-line stars such as Czech midfielder Nedved, French national team main defender Thuram, and talented goalkeeper Buffon.

Nedved has a will of steel and won the European Ballon d'Or in 2003. He played for Juventus for 8 years, and Juventus has always maintained a strong competitiveness.Buffon has played since 2001 and has broken various records. He can be called a legend.

AC Milan rebuilt through signings in the summer of 2001. The joining of Pirlo, Inzaghi and Rui Costa helped the team reborn.

Pirlo has gradually become a master who changed the course of football history. Inzaghi has long kept pace with Raul in the number of goals scored in the Champions League.

2001 was a turning point for Milan's recovery. With the joining of Seedorf and Nesta in 2002, the team became more and more perfect. The team won 5 Champions League titles and 2 Serie A title within 1 years, forming a pattern of "Juventus at home and Milan at home".

Dortmund, who has always been rational in the Bundesliga, continued to introduce Jan Koller and Amoruso in 2000 after the introduction of Rosicky in 2001, and ended Bayern's hegemony in the new season and won the league championship.

In 2001, Lazio introduced Valencia midfielder Mendieta and Dutch defender Stam, and sold two world-class midfielders Veron and Nedved.

The transfer of Mendieta and Lazio can be said to be a lose-lose deal. Mendieta has always had difficulty adapting to Serie A and performed poorly. He slipped from the ranks of the world's top superstars within a year and never regained his former state.

The failure of this transaction was the fuse of Lazio's decline. Lazio did not achieve the expected results, and the income was reduced. In addition, the previous investment regardless of cost was huge and hard to recover. In 2002, the team's parent company went bankrupt and the club chairman went to jail.

Manchester United also made a large investment this summer. As early as 2000, when they were eliminated by Real Madrid in the Champions League, coach Ferguson was preparing to transform the team and introduce European Latin stars. Under Arsene Wenger's guidance, Arsenal formed the French side and achieved great success, which further strengthened Ferguson's idea of ​​transformation.

So in the summer of 2001, Manchester United invested heavily in the introduction of Argentine midfielder Veron, Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, Uruguayan striker Forlan, and Irish tough guy. Roy Keane replaced Jost with Keane. Although Keane is not young, Ferguson believes that he will eventually help Manchester United.

Because this summer, Stam disclosed Ferguson in his autobiography, as well as the performance of Manchester United players in the locker room, which made Ferguson furious, and angrily sold Stam, the hero of the Triple Crown.

However, the technically delicate Veron has always been difficult to adapt to the fierce and unrestrained Premier League. Whether it is Manchester United or Chelsea, both performed poorly, and Stam's departure also caused Manchester United's defensive ability to decline significantly.

The French defender Blanco bought from Inter Milan could not replace Stam at all, which also laid the fuse for Manchester United's failure this season.

The failure of Manchester United's transformation objectively also gave Arsenal a chance. At this time, the French gang was well-established, and Arsenal introduced two defenders, Campbell and Van Bronhosk, to the city's rival Tottenham for free.

Leeds United was known as the Young Guards at the turn of the century. The team has performed well in the past two seasons, and a large number of young talents have emerged.

As a result, the team tasted the sweetness. When the transfer window opened, it absorbed many talented players to improve its competitiveness. Robbie Keane and Robbie Fowler joined in one after another.The team's signing strategy is exactly the same as Lazio's, regardless of cost, blind investment, and ultimately only bankruptcy.

All this has nothing to do with Jost, he has been doing recovery training with the help of team doctor Frank.

Then before the start of the summer, Jost trained alone with Manchester United's fitness coach Carter.

Manchester United performed well at the beginning of this season. Although Veron transferred from Lazio did not perform particularly well and did not adapt to the high-intensity physical confrontation of the Premier League, the Irish midfielder Roy Keane introduced from Inter Milan perfectly integrated with Manchester United and performed well, completely replacing the injured Jost.

Manchester United's most outstanding game this season was when they fell behind Tottenham by 3 goals in the first half, and then scored 5 goals in the second half to reverse Tottenham's game.

In the 2001th round of the Premier League in the 02-8 season, Manchester United came to White Hart Lane to challenge Tottenham.

Tottenham scored goals from Richards and Les Ferdinand after the opening 25 minutes. At the end of the first half, Zieg also broke the Red Devils goal. Tottenham had a huge 3-0 advantage before the break. At that time, almost no one believed that Manchester United could come back.

But that magical Manchester United performed a miracle in the second half!First Andy Cole scored, followed by Blanco, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Veron, and Beckham. A five-goal offensive made Tottenham dizzy. Manchester United staged a major reversal in the second half and finally defeated Tottenham 5-3 at White Hart Lane.

It was also from that game that Manchester United has maintained an unbeaten record against Tottenham in away games for 15 consecutive years.

During the winter period of the Manchester United team, injuries began to appear in the team, and personnel were also tense.

Jost recovered well from his injury. Jost had just finished training with the team that day. When he returned to the locker room, he saw the list of appearances for the next game against Liverpool at the door of the locker room. On the list, Jost saw his name.

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