Manchester United legend

Chapter 58 The Second League Championship

In the first league game in March, Manchester United lost 0:1 to Chelsea at home. The London team was a nerve knife at that time, often beating strong teams, and often losing to weak teams strangely.

However, Chelsea's goal in this game was very exciting, playing the essence of team football.

Starting from the midfield, the simple triangle pass of the three Chelsea players easily broke through the parallel defense line of Manchester United. Schmeichel was powerless in the face of single-handedness.

However, Manchester United soon warned those ambitious teams with a five-goal victory at home.

Facing Sheffield Wednesday, Cantona launched a long pass in the backcourt not long after the opening, and Giggs rushed forward alone, defeating the double defense of the opponent's goalkeeper and defender.

Giggs' goal kicked off the massacre of Manchester United. Mark Hughes received Cantona's header assist and shot from the outside of the penalty area. The ball with strong external rotation was like a cannonball.

Ince then added the icing on the cake for United, while Eric Cantona scored twice to seal the score at 5-0.The king's prestige with two goals and two assists shocked the audience, truly domineering.

In the away game against Swindon, Manchester United was unfortunately tied 2:2 by their opponents.

This is an extremely hot game, which looks more like a fierce basketball game. Both sides fought hard for every opportunity. The whole court was full of fierce scenes of many people chasing a football.Manchester United opened the scoring, Mark Hughes' cross assisted Jost with a header.

Then Hughes couldn't hold back his temper and had a quarrel with the home team fans on the sideline.Niholt equalized the score, but Paul Ince overtook the score in the 62nd minute. At the last moment, the home team equalized the score by Fyotoft.

In this spark-splashing game, Cantona couldn't control his emotions during the game. After being shoveled by his opponent, he maliciously stepped on his opponent and received a red card.

Immediately after the fierce battle with Arsenal, Ferguson sent Lee Sharp as a surprise soldier, and he caught Arsenal by surprise.

Lee Sharp scored two goals in a row, which is surprising, but what Ferguson didn't expect was that Cantona got another red card in the hot game!Manchester United, who played one less player, was eventually tied by Arsenal.

The last league game in March was Manchester United's home game against Liverpool. After several difficulties, they relied on a header from Ince to win.

However, Manchester United at that time was no longer solely dependent on Ince, and Jost had grown rapidly.

Manchester United beat Tottenham 1-0 before beating Everton.Jost covered the entire midfield area, and he could even assist on the bottom line on the right, and Hughes scored in front of the goal.

This season, Jost has played a huge role in covering the game. He has begun to provide strong support on both ends of the offense and defense. Whether it is a key interception, a recent sharp assist, or even a variety of follow-up goals, he has done it perfectly and is impeccable.

It all depends on your hard work.Jost is a person who is talented and willing to work hard.

There is no doubt that Jost will become the core of Manchester United's midfield, and his importance has begun to overshadow Ince.

At the end of March in the league, Manchester United played 34 rounds and scored 76 points, continuing to lead the list.However, Blackburn has narrowed the point difference to 6 points with a wave of winning streak, and began to pose a threat to Manchester United.

After entering April, the Premier League's championship situation has become more and more complicated, and the competition between the top players has become more intense.

In the first league game in April, Manchester United's opponent is the strong rival Blackburn.

Blackburn was only promoted to the Premier League last season, but this season its boss spent a lot of money, buying stars everywhere, and invited Dalglish to coach, and even attracted future stars like Alan Shearer to join.

In this game, the Red Devils, who were a guest, lacked Cantona, and the formation of troops would have been greatly affected.

However, facing the Blackburn team who played at home and set off a frenzied attack, Ferguson's tactics were not conservative. He began to head-to-head with the opponent in the midfield, intercepted violently during the stalemate, the defense would not take the initiative to withdraw, and boldly attacked when in possession of the ball.

This tactical arrangement allowed the game to enter an extremely fierce rhythm from the very beginning.

The balance of the game was quickly broken. Blackburn's counterattack quickly passed through Manchester United's heavily-stacked midfield. A long pass directly found the striker Shearer.

Soon he scored a second goal, scoring a header over Bruce in the penalty area, 2-0!Although Manchester United continued to launch counter-attacks when they fell behind, but because of the lack of powerful weapons in the frontcourt and because of Blackburn's solid defense, there were no major loopholes. Therefore, Manchester United's offense eventually returned in vain.In this top battle, Blackburn finally defeated Manchester United.

However, it looked more like Shearer single-handedly overwhelmed United's entire defense.

It may also be from that moment that Ferguson began to want to sign Shearer.It may be that from that time on, Ferguson was worried about the future of the defense, especially after the aging of the two backbones.

Ferguson realized that it was time to supplement the defense personnel. It has always been Ferguson's advantage to plan ahead and act first.

After losing to Blackburn, Manchester United's lead is only 3 points, and the rest of the game cannot be lost.

Back at Old Trafford, Manchester United faced Oldham. The coach and the whole army did their best, and the goal was to win.

This game was full of sparks and climaxes, which was extremely exciting.In the first half, Giggs opened the scoring for Manchester United. Giggs received a 45-degree cross from the right of Jost. He made a contribution to Manchester United with a header he was not good at. The score of 1:0 was maintained until the intermission.

Not long after the start of the second half, the situation changed suddenly. Oldheim played a sharp and pleasing cooperation. McCarthy perfectly tricked Bruce with fake moves. He caught the ball and turned around.Oldheim tied the score 1-1!

When the situation was critical, Ferguson immediately made a substitution. Dublin, who had returned from injury, replaced McClair, who was far behind and hardly threatening, and asked the whole team to press up and strengthen the offense.

Ferguson's super command and adaptability are fully reflected in this substitution.After Dublin came on the field, the Red Devils immediately launched a fierce attack. Dublin accurately judged the key areas of Manchester United's offensive development.Dublin's second touch for Manchester United!

Subsequently, Manchester United scored another goal through a frontcourt counterattack. Although Oldham relied on McCarthy's goal to rewrite the score to 2:3 again, Manchester United still won the victory.

The title rival Blackburn won two games in a row, and the points have already tied with Manchester United, which has played one less game.

Manchester United played a thrilling heartbeat at this time, and actually lost to the giant killer Wimbledon in the away game!
Blackburn finally caught up!The points of the two sides are the same, and the difference can only be made by the goal difference.

At that time, Manchester United was questioned, and many people thought that Blackburn would take the opportunity to overtake.

But Dalglish's team also lost to Southampton, wasting a good chance for the title.

The frightened Red Devils fans finally ushered in the team's rebound, they packed the stadium and cheered the team all night on the match day.

The refreshed Manchester United did not give their opponents any more chances. They won four games in a row in the remaining games, and they defeated Manchester City 2-0 at home relying on the goals of Hughes and Ince.

Then followed by a 2-0 victory over Leeds United at home relying on Cantona's brace.

Relying on the goals of Giggs and Hughes in the away game, they defeated the Ispuvic team 2:1.

In the away game, Bruce scored two headers to destroy Southampton 2:0, and quickly opened up the gap with the opponent.

In the same period, Blackburn had difficulty maintaining their form, and was completely defeated by the huge hopes and pressure. They had two draws and two losses in the last five games and only won one game!
In the end, Manchester United won the Premier League championship with 92 points!Ferguson's team achieved the defending title.

The competition for the final point is really exciting.Manchester United, which is leading the way, is constantly sprinting at the end of the season. Ferguson often rotates new players. Scholes, Butt and Gary Neville often play. This is an extremely risky behavior.

Coaches often like to let veterans play at the last moment of the championship and rely on their experience to lead the team to victory, but Ferguson does the opposite.But he succeeded.

All of the above reasons gave Blackburn a chance to overtake, but Blackburn did not have the ability to seize it. Dalglish's team fell in the last 5 rounds, and they had to watch Manchester United take the championship trophy.

There is actually another reason why Manchester United played so hard in the final stage of the season, and that is that Ferguson's team needs to fight on multiple fronts.Manchester United made great strides in the FA Cup and League Cup, all the way to the final.

Manchester United still attaches great importance to domestic cup competitions this season.The FA Cup, which the FA allows all football teams to participate in, can be described as spectacular, but it is also a hotbed of upsets.

Manchester United is arranged to start the competition from the third round, and the opponent in the first game is the old rival Sheffield United.Relying on Hughes' No.601 minute goal, Manchester United eliminated their opponents 1-0.

In the fourth round, Manchester United faced Norwich. Jost and Cantona made contributions respectively, and the Red Devils advanced 2-0.

The opponent in the fifth round was Wimbledon. The strong opponent of the year is no longer a problem. The goals of Cantona, Ince and Irwin made Manchester United wipe out their opponents like a bamboo shoot.

In the sixth round, Manchester United defeated Charlton 3-1 and advanced to the semi-finals. Their opponent was Oldgheim from the second division.

In the first Manchester United thrilling draw, Hughes scored a key goal for Manchester United in 119 minutes. In the rematch, the Manchester United team no longer underestimated their opponents, concentrated their energy, and completely defeated their opponents with a wave of lightning-fast attacks. Manchester United scored two goals in each half, and finally eliminated their opponents 4-1.

Manchester United ushered in the final opponent Chelsea. Whether Manchester United can defeat their opponents and win the double crown depends on this game.

(End of this chapter)