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Chapter 236 Prince William's Banquet

The next day, in the evening of local time in Amsterdam, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between Manchester United and Ajax began on time.

In this game, Ferguson did not use the parallel position 442 they were best at in the first two seasons, but adopted 4411.

As a striker, Van Nistruy was at the forefront, and Scholes was the one who played the "1" behind him. His position was between the front midfielder and the shadow forward. Ferguson gave him a special explanation of how long he could shoot.

The roster of Manchester United in the 4 behind him and last season has also changed a bit.

No matter how Ferguson diverted the media's attention at the press conference yesterday or made a big fuss to excuse his subordinates, his arrangement today still exposed the side behind this matter. Ronaldo did not appear in the midfield, and Carrick replaced Ronaldo, who and captain Keane were in the midfield.

The starting lineup on the left was the young Dutch Panther Robben, while veteran Giggs was rotated. He was directly left in Manchester by Ferguson and did not come to the Netherlands at all.

Right forward Ferguson did not play Ronaldo, but chose to let Ribery play.

The defense line has not changed any changes compared to last season: central defenders Ferdinand Vidic, left back Evra, right back Gary Neville, goalkeeper Van der Sar.

Seven major players were seated on the bench, except Drogba, Van Persie, Solskjaer, Ronaldo, Cambiaso, Macon and Weis Brown.

Ferguson drew the starting lineup on the tactical board, and after explaining the specific tactics, he made the final advice: "Two requirements." He stretched out his two fingers, "First, don't be injured. Second, show your abilities without being injured."

Manchester United is indeed more than better than Ajax. Although it lacks the absolute organizational core of Ronaldo, Ajax still cannot stop Manchester United. Manchester United scored two goals in the first half, basically securing the victory.

After receiving Robben's cross, Van Nistrui stabbed the ball five meters in front of the goal, continuing his good form in the past two seasons and once again proved that he is the best scorer in the world today.

"Manchester United scored a goal! The tacit understanding between Van Nistruei and Robben, two Dutch national team members, performed! When they were in the Netherlands, they had hatred for Ajax. Unexpectedly, after they went abroad, they still showed no mercy when they faced Ajax again." The commentator shouted excitedly.

Van Nie and Robben are both from Eindhoven, a giant in the Netherlands. Ajax, as one of Eindhoven's strongest opponents in the Netherlands, has always had competition between the two sides, so this is why the commenter said.

Ferguson stood up from his seat and applauded the field. The goal was of course worthy of joy, but it made him even more happy because of the tacit understanding the team showed before this goal:

After Carrick got the ball, he passed it to Scholes, who received the ball with his back to the goal. Scholes had no chance to turn around and shoot, and he passed the ball in time to Robben, who was plugging in at the wing speed. Then Robben broke through with speed and then made a cross.

Van Nystruei's instinct of a world-class shooter was revealed at this moment. After seeing the opponent's defender pressing him tightly, he rushed forward and made a move to respond. When he ran to the middle, he suddenly braked and retreated. The opponent's defender was not fooled, and turned around to retreat. At this moment, Van Nystruei and the opponent passed by - he suddenly started forward again! After these two wits, there was no Ajax defensive player beside him, and after receiving the ball, he easily scored.

Scholes showed a valuable side in this offense, that is, if there is no chance to shoot, he will distribute the football to his teammates with better positions in time, rather than forcefully turning around and seeking a shot.

This is why Ferguson has been reusing Scholes for more than ten years. He not only can score goals by himself, but also can send out wonderful passes to help the team score.

The second ball came more easily, without those complicated transmission and cooperation, Carrick's sudden dribbling attracted the attention of Ajax players. Just as everyone focused on this English player, he transferred the football to Scholes. Then Scholes pulled his feet and shot a long shot amid the boos of countless Ajax fans!

The football flew through Ajax's defense and rushed into the goal!

During the break, Ferguson analyzed two goals for the team. The first goal he praised the team, and the second goal he praised Scholes who scored and Carrick who assisted.

After the second half, Manchester United changed their offensive momentum in the first half and turned to defense. Moreover, Ferguson had used up three substitutions just 70 minutes into the game.

Since they have already secured the qualifying line, Manchester United has no need to kill all their opponents.

Moreover, in the following season, Manchester United's are very dense in the arena, and it is also a very good choice to maintain the physical fitness of the main players. After all, even with the advanced training of Manchester United and the scientific diet, the players' bodies are still inevitably tired.

In this case, we must naturally protect the players from injuries as much as possible.

One of the substitutes Ferguson replaced was Solskjaer. When Jiang Feng just joined Manchester United, Solskjaer was seriously injured. After that injury healed, Solskjaer finished a relatively complete season.

However, shortly after the season began, Solskjaer was injured again and waited until the beginning of this year to recover.

His first comeback battle was amazing, but he fell into peace afterwards. In less than two years, the repeated injuries of two surgeries still affected his condition.

Ferguson didn't say anything to him, but he knew that Solskjaer must know in his heart that this was his opportunity and he had to seize it, otherwise he would be eliminated - even if the leader asked him to stay in the team, he would not agree to live that kind of life.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must prove that Coach Ferguson is right because he is still old and is a frightening penalty killer.

As a forward, what is the best way to prove that your sword is not old?

"Its_GOOOOOO—AL! Ole Solskjaer! What a nostalgic name... He scored! Manchester United led Ajax with three goals!"

Ferguson jumped up from the bench, and the research did not disappoint his expectations.

After scoring the goal, Solskjaer ran towards Ferguson and hugged him tightly.

Of course, this ball has to be dedicated to coach Alex Ferguson who has always supported him and trusted him and is waiting for the opportunity to make him a freshman.

Teammates rushed up to celebrate Solskjaer's goal.

Ajax only relied on young player Maduro to score a goal that saved his face at the last moment.

Today I finally opened my eyes and knew what it means to have heaven beyond heaven and there are people above me.

"Come on, Jiang Feng, I'll give you a glass, thank you!" Prince William picked up the wine glass and said with a smile at Jiang Feng.

"You're welcome."
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