In April 2008, international and domestic turmoil was in full swing, and in Europe, various football matches were in full swing. As the most successful team in Europe in recent years, Manchester United also reached the most critical moment on all fronts at this time.

The Champions League has entered the semi-finals for five consecutive years, and combined with the four consecutive championships before, this is a very amazing result. In this era of increasingly competitive competition, it is amazing to be able to win a Champions League trophy, let alone win the championship for four consecutive years. It can be said without hesitation that Manchester United's four consecutive championships, even Real Madrid's five consecutive championships, is incomparable.

In Ferguson's coaching career, he has won five UEFA Champions League trophys and became the head coach with the most championships in Champions League history. Manchester United has now won the Champions League with a total of six times, tied for the second most championships with AC Milan, and has also become the fifth team in Champions League history to be able to permanently retain the St. Berede Cup.

Even if he was unable to win the Champions League in the end of this season, Alex Ferguson also made his name engraved in the history of the Champions League. His prestige at Manchester United is at its peak. In places outside England and China, when people mention "Manchester United", they only say that Alex Ferguson is alone, and they don't know who the real boss of this club is. He became the image spokesperson of Manchester United. When it comes to Alex Ferguson, they will naturally think of Manchester United. When it comes to Manchester United, the first person they think of is Alex Ferguson, not those stars.

However, as Manchester United's head coach, Ferguson knew clearly who was the master of this team and the boss of this team. Without that magical young man, he would not have achieved such an unprecedented achievement, and it is also likely that he would have been a brilliant achievement of no one. Manchester United would not have become the undisputed number one giant in the world football world today.

The Champions League has entered the semi-finals, and the next game will be until the end of April. Ferguson has nearly a month to conduct league strategy. The competition for league championships has become increasingly fierce:

After the 33rd round of the league on April 5, Manchester United ranked first with 81 points, Chelsea ranked second with 78 points, and Arsenal ranked third with 72 points. These three teams are basically the most promising to win the league championship.

Mourinho in this time and space is far from being as successful as another time and space. Because of Manchester United's strength, he only won one FA Cup and one League Cup championship in his three years of coaching Chelsea. This is far from meeting the requirements of the ambitious Abraham, so last summer, Abraham, who could not bear it, fired the Portuguese. However, Mansour's patience is very good. In the nearly three years when he bought Arsenal, Wenger led Arsenal to only win one FA Cup championship. However, he stayed very safely in the position of Arsenal head coach.

Manchester United's biggest opponent, Liverpool, has completely fallen into decline, but their results in the league have not improved at all this year. Although they are ranked fourth in the standings, they are already 18 points behind Manchester United, which is the top. With only five rounds left in the league, their possibility of winning the league championship theoretically has been shattered. They even have to work hard to qualify for the Champions League next season. Because the points of the same city rival Everton are only three points less than theirs, and if they are not careful, they may be stepped on by their opponents in the same city.

The former overlord of England's top league and European arena has now fallen to such a level, which makes people sigh. But professional football is like this. There is no winning general in the world, and there will always be a tide when the tide goes up and down.

Compared with the league's results, Liverpool was unexpectedly firm in the Champions League, and they also made it to the semi-finals of this year's Champions League.

Three teams from the Premier League in this Champions League are from Ferguson’s Manchester United and the other is Grant’s Chelsea. The remaining team is Liverpool led by Benitez.

They all led the team to the semi-finals of the Champions League, Ferguson was praised, and the voices surrounding Grant and Benitez were still "doubt". It was simple. Manchester United defeated the powerful Roma in the quarterfinals, while Chelsea's opponent was a team like Fenerbahce. Putting aside the home factor, the strength of this team is the last among the eight teams. Therefore, Chelsea's victory cannot be convinced. Moreover, this statement is popular among the media and fans - Grant's current achievements are based on Mourinho, so there is nothing to praise. Because the lineups Grant is using are basically the same as Mourinho, and Shepchenko is still sitting on the bench. Judging from the game, there is also a strong Mourinho style. The team's training may still be based on Mourinho's arrangement when he was in office...

You said, how could any achievements achieved in such a context be convincing?

So Grant has a very bad relationship with the English media. Although Mourinho has had many disputes with the media, in general, the media likes Mourinho as a topic, and Grant can't create any topics for the media. He is always taciturn, does not trigger a war of words with other coaches, and is not handsome. He is not an idol of middle-aged and elderly women, he is just an ordinary team head coach. Such a person inherits Mourinho's position. Compared with the two, Grant is indeed disappointing...

Let’s take a look at another person, Alex Ferguson. For the English media, having Alex Ferguson is like celebrating the festival every day. Rome, which just sent off, triggered a war of words between the two countries, attracted Chelsea, which had always been resentful.

Do you still remember the series of storms caused by Mourinho's resignation? Ferguson, who had nothing to do, became the protagonist, but the media just liked it. While criticizing Ferguson openly on their respective positions, he said unstoppable and did not pass through his brain, while expecting Mr. Ferguson to have brain cramps several times so that they can have a circulation.

In the 34th round of the league, Manchester United challenged Chelsea away. The media were excited like wild dogs in heat.

Grant was unwilling to talk more about his grudges with Ferguson. In fact, they had no grudges, just Ferguson said at that time, "Who is that?"

But the media refused to let Grant say something about it. The questions raised around him had nothing to do with the team, all of which were "How is Ferguson?"

Later, Grant couldn't bear it anymore and roared at these media: "When I first took office, you always talked about Mourinho. Now you talked about Ferguson. Are you here to interview me or those two people? I know you compare me with Mourinho, but I think I've done a good job - leading the team to the semi-finals of the Champions League! What does it have to do if I don't have the ideal ranking in the league?"

His sudden outbreak caused an uproar among the reporters.

Since it had already exploded, Grant simply finished saying: "Why are we not in a good position in the standings? What other explanation can I give? I can only do my job well, but in fact it is - when I accepted the team, we were already too many points behind the leader. After that, we have to chase other teams, and now we can catch up to the second place in the league, which is quite difficult. What else do you want? You think Mourinho is not as good as me, so why is it me, not him who is sitting here for interviews now?"

The smell of attacking Mourinho in this sentence is already very, very strong.

When the media had been criticizing Grant for not being as good as Mourinho, he didn't see him refuting. Unexpectedly, the first counterattack was so naked. He said this, aren't he afraid of offending the power in the locker room? Everyone knows that his ability to manage the locker room is low and he can't suppress the big names at all. Now he says this undoubtedly adds fuel to the fire. Is it just to lead the team to the semi-finals of the Champions League, which makes him hard?

After saying this, Grant stood up and left.

As soon as he left, Ferguson came in and watched Grant leave with a sarcastic smile on his face. He had heard the whole process of Grant being furious outside the door. He thought Grant's words were ridiculous, and the way of shifting the blame to his ex was too technical.

He decided to infuriate the other party further.

"When I took over Manchester United in the old English League One, the team ranked second to last. After half a season, we won the eleventh league, and the next season, we won the league runner-up. Now I have won eleven Premier League championships and five Champions League championships. As for the FA Cup and League Cup, I am embarrassed to say it." He said with a smile, "I hope to use this story to encourage Coach Grant. 'When I take over the board, I'm embarrassed to say it."

When this team is in this team, which is the number one? Only incompetent people will use it as an excuse... Oh, of course I am not saying that Mr. Grant is incompetent, please don't distort my words anymore. You should know that being able to lead the team to the semi-finals of the Champions League is a remarkable result... If I were Grant, I would give up the league and concentrate on preparing for the Champions League. Anyway, the possibility of Chelsea winning the league this season is very slim."
Chapter completed!