Manchester United legend

Chapter 98 Solskjaer's Savior

After the start of the league, Manchester United stole the limelight. The opening game of the Premier League allowed Beckham to grab everyone's attention, so that Ravanelli was extremely depressed.

Ravanelli, the Italian pulsatilla, joined Middlesbrough's first game at home against Liverpool.

In that game, the Red Army led three times, but Ravanelli was completely possessed by the gods. He scored three goals in a row to help the team tie three times, and he just grabbed a point.

Back then, after every goal, Ravanelli lifted his jersey hijab and celebrated wildly.But while the Middlesbrough fans loved him to death, the Fleet Street reporters almost completely ignored him!
In the second league game, Manchester United faced Everton at home.Ferguson didn't dare to be careless about the Toffees, which had gradually slipped to the mid-range, and deployed an all-main lineup.

It is a pity that the main striker Andy Cole had to miss more than a month because of pneumonia before the start of the season.

And because Cruyff played well in the last game, he also got the chance to start this game.

Everton are tough and their striker Duncan Ferguson is the toughest.

The high center forward has caused Manchester United's defense to suffer almost every time, and often has to pay the bloody price.This time, his excellent performance made Manchester United extremely painful.

Everton's attacks were not too many, but every time they scored into Manchester United's penalty area, they almost became a huge threat. First, Ferguson took the ball with his back around Manchester United's gourd top, easily got rid of it with fake moves, and then shot directly into the dead corner.

This is not over yet. In the first half, Ferguson beat Manchester United's central defender in the penalty area again. He jumped in front of the goal and scored with a header. Once again, he broke through Manchester United's goal and Everton led by two goals.

However, the two goals behind not only did not make Manchester United surrender, but instead aroused the bloodiness of the Red Devils.

In the second half, Manchester United set off a siege of Everton's goal.Beckham made a precise cross from the right, and the ball accurately found Cruyff in the penalty area. The blond Cruyff shook his head and headed the ball into the dead corner.

Soon Irvine made another attack on the right. His strong pass forced the Everton defender to make a big mistake in his own penalty area. He blocked the ball into the goal and gave Manchester United an own goal.In this way, Manchester United grabbed a point under adversity.

In the third game Manchester United played against Blackburn at home, the result of the game was once again unexpected.Manchester United once again faced falling behind twice and tied twice. In the end, Manchester United scored another 2-2.

In this game, Schmeichel was in a sluggish state. He encountered a series of depressed moments. When he conceded the first goal, he had already saved the ball, but no one of his teammates returned to the defense, and watched the opponent score.

In addition to Schmeichel, another veteran of the Manchester United team is also worthy of criticism, that is Pallister who defends in the penalty area. He actually gave up blocking in the most dangerous area of ​​​​the penalty area, temporarily short-circuiting and acting as a spectator, allowing the opponent to shoot freely.

Pallister himself couldn't understand why he was like this, but in the post-match summary meeting, facing Ferguson's increased power hair dryer, Pallister, who had dared to challenge him face to face, honestly admitted his mistake and apologized to the team.

There was a problem with Manchester United's defense. Fortunately, Ferguson still had an attack line to rely on.

The old guys at Manchester United would be distracted, but the young players were full of energy and became Ferguson's savior.

In Manchester United's backward situation, it was two newcomers who saved the Red Devils.

First, Cruyff scored again. He followed up all the way to the penalty area during the attack, forced the opponent's defender to make a mistake, and then easily scored in the penalty area. Then Solskjaer, an unknown new player from Norway, came off the bench in the second half. A supplementary shot with the second kick finally scored the crucial equalizer.

For Solskjaer's goal, the fans were first stunned, and then overjoyed and cheered.

Even Ferguson himself didn't expect Solskjaer to turn the tide at first.

Ferguson said, "At the last moment I switched to playing three forwards, sending Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on his debut with Cruyff and Cantona behind him.

Solskjaer changed the final few minutes.We've been attacking, we've been putting pressure in front of the opponent's goal.But the last few minutes with Solskjaer on the pitch really made a difference, we were more of a threat.

Cruyff and Cantona actively pulled, Solskjaer found his attacking position, and finally he scored a goal.We got a rare draw.

The Norwegian's goal announced yet another star at Old Trafford and he is becoming a theater of dreams darling. "

Ferguson said, "To be honest, he surprised me. I didn't plan to let him play so early in the league this season. I planned to let him learn our style of play. Maybe let him play a few Coca-Cola Cup games (League Cup) so that we can observe him.

But at his first training session he surprised everyone.His progress week in and week out has been amazing.

I think he's ready for everything.Solskjaer is always waiting for his opportunity.

Experience tells me that the player who plays the ball is very important. For a striker, a goal can build confidence.

Solskjaer's start was perfect, that one goal was better than all the goals he scored in training. "

Manchester United scored another point, but Ferguson couldn't care less about entanglement.

Solskjaer's performance completely changed his view.So on September 9, a week after Manchester United played against Blackburn, Ferguson personally flew to the Norwegian team's game site to further observe Solskjaer's performance.

Ferguson later said, "From this game in Norway, I noticed some characteristics of Solskjaer, which proved that he is a very good player. I like his style."

Of course, Ferguson has another harvest, that is, he also inspected Johansen, "Johnson played very calmly in the game, his speed is very fast, and he has a good feeling for the ball."

From this we can also know how perfect Ferguson's observation, analysis and training of a player is.He not only uses players in his own team, but also pays attention to their performance in their respective national teams, and pays attention to their performance in the reserve team.

(End of this chapter)