Chapter 561 Southampton scored!(1/2)
"Aldes is such a bastard!"
In front of the visiting coach's seat at Upton Park Stadium in the East District of London, Ferguson saw that after referee Probert whistle, the Hammers players immediately boldly pressed forward, and took a stance to press with all their might.
This made the Scottish coach curse indignantly.
Upton Park Stadium has suffered a lot this season.
In the third round of the FA Cup, Manchester United, who had just survived the Christmas Devil schedule, was a visit to Upton Park Stadium.
As a result, Allardyce's team gave Manchester United a head-on blow at their home court.
Clevie scored the first record for the Red Devils, followed closely by West Ham United's consecutive goals, reversing the score.
In the end, Manchester United relied on Van Persie's goal in stoppage time to get a draw, and then escaped from Upton Park, and in the second leg of the game, he defeated West Ham United and advanced successfully.
Therefore, many people are full of concern about Manchester United's visit to Upton Park Stadium.
If you are not careful, you will lose points!
Mike Ferran knew that Ferguson and Allardyce were good friends, and they had close contact with each other. Allardyce's home was in Bolton, which was very close to Ferguson's home, and the relationship was even more solid.
When he was coaching at Liverpool, Benitez once humiliated Allardes, but Ferguson made his debut as a friend.
So, people were laughing at their old friends, and Mike Ferran kept silent rationally.
"Jazz, since we played Southampton at home, we have never conceded the ball again, and we have conceded zero goals in four rounds, which shows that our defense is gradually regaining its best form!"
Compared with that FA Cup, the central defender combination at that time was Vidic and Evans, but now it was Vidic and Ferdinand. The two central defender combinations were obviously not on the same level!
Besides, with zero goals conceded in four consecutive league rounds, isn't the defense good enough?
"Don't underestimate Allardyce, he is a dangerous enemy!" Ferguson was full of worry.
He knew Aldes too well. If he was not sure enough about the urine properties of the latter, how could he dare to expose it?
Furthermore, if we want to say that among the local coaches in England, the one who attaches the most importance to data analysis is Aldes.
Therefore, this guy's tactical targeting is also quite excellent.
Whoever dares to despise him, just wait to cry!
Mike Ferran was a little suspicious when he heard Ferguson gave his opponent such a high evaluation.
Is it really that powerful?
If he is so powerful, why don’t he coach a top team?
Especially when he saw that after Manchester United survived West Ham United's attack in the opening stage, he began to take the initiative in the game and made his own attack, he became even more proud.
But at this moment, after the Hammers successfully intercepted the ball, they quickly counterattacked.
Jarvis made a cross from the left, and in the penalty area, high center forward Andy Carroll beat Evra and headed the ball to the small penalty area.
The tall Portuguese center Watt arrived, headed the ball and jumped to the top, breaking through De Gea's goal.
One to zero!
A burst of thunderous cheers suddenly rang out from the entire Upton Park Stadium.
Andy Carroll, a high center forward who had encountered a career trough after switching from Newcastle to Liverpool at a high price, has now regained his life at West Ham United and performed quite well.
Ferguson closed his eyes, looking like I couldn't bear to see it.
Mike Ferran next to him was so surprised that his chin dropped.
It's that simple?
Is Manchester United's defense line a piece of paper?
He did not concede goals in four rounds of the Premier League, but was scored by West Ham United in just a few strokes?
"Mike!" Ferguson opened his eyes again and shouted.
But his assistant looked at Carol, Watt and others on the court in amazement.
"Mike!" Ferguson had to emphasize his tone and shouted again with force.
To be honest, he was not satisfied with his assistant coach. Sometimes he was too self-righteous and sometimes he was too impatient.
In this situation, if the goal is lost, can the head coach be in trouble?
"Ah..." Mike Ferran reacted.
"Go and tell them to stabilize the situation, hold the ball, don't be messed up, and control the ball more!"
"Oh, OK!" Mike Ferran hurried to the sidelines and shouted loudly.
Ferguson shook his head and turned toward the coach's seat.
"How is the score on the Carlo Road Stadium?"
Manchester United plays West Ham United and Southampton plays Norwich at the same time.
A member of the coaching staff immediately checked, "It's been almost twenty minutes, zero to zero!"
Ferguson's face then calmed down a little. Norwich's home court was still quite terrifying!
“What’s the situation?”
The coaching staff checked again, "From the data, Southampton should have the advantage, with a ball possession rate of up to 67%. Norwich has already received two yellow cards!"
Hearing this, Ferguson's brows frowned again.
Although it was just two simple pieces of data, he could clearly outline the game scene in his mind.
Southampton had the advantage of possessing the ball and completely controlled the ball. Norwich tried every means to grab the ball, but in some unscrupulous situations, he could only make fouls again and again.
"The situation is not very good!" Ferguson murmured to himself.
He knew better than anyone else that Southampton had just issued a letter of battle and Manchester United had just accepted the challenge.
If you lose points in this round, it will definitely greatly boost Southampton's arrogant arrogance, and Manchester United's morale will suffer a heavy blow, which will have a certain impact on the players' psychology.
The game started again, and with Ferguson's adjustment, the players began to consciously control the ball on the court.
This season, Manchester United's left and right sides have been criticized. Whether it is Ashley Young, Nani or Valencia, they performed very poorly, which directly affected Manchester United's attack power.
In addition, the lack of hardness in the midfield for a long time has caused problems in Manchester United's defense.
To this end, Ferguson also made adjustments to the team, especially on activating the two wings.
As a result, as Manchester United firmly controlled the ball, Ferguson's adjustments and changes gradually showed threats.
In the 33rd minute, Van Persie pulled the ball to the left and broke into the penalty area.
Japanese Shinji Kagawa took the ball and avoided the blocking of the defensive players and knocked on the front door.
Valencia, who has never scored a goal this season, arrived and pushed the ball in front of the goal, scoring his first goal of the season.
One to one!
This goal made Ferguson, who had been waiting on the sidelines for a long time, excited.
"Okay, beautifully done!"
Manchester United coaching team and bench were even more excited.
Half an hour, the score equalized, and there was still one hour left in the game, so there was nothing to play!
Valencia's goal not only relieved Manchester United players from heavy psychological pressure, but also made Ferguson feel relieved.
OK, with the goal, things are much easier to do!
"Mike, inform them to continue fighting like this and be patient!" Ferguson issued another order.
Mike Ferran immediately agreed and ran to the sidelines to convey the head coach's meaning.
Ferguson stood on the sidelines for a while and saw that the players were basically still playing as he asked. He was quite satisfied with the situation. He nodded with a smile and turned around and walked back.
"How is it? What's going on over there in Carlo Road?"
The members of the coaching team immediately opened the web page and looked at it for a while, "Well, it's still zero to zero, no change!"
After hearing this, Ferguson grinned and laughed, "Carlo Road Stadium is the place where the Premier League teams failed this season. Chris Houton reorganized their extremely bad defense last summer and his strength has increased greatly. It is difficult for Southampton to escape without any hesitation!"
Norwich's current four main defenders, Garydo, Basson, Michael Turner and Whitaker, were all introduced last summer. Garydo and Whitaker both were free transfers, Basson spent four million and Michael Turner spent one and a half million.
More than 5 million pounds, this is not cheap for a team like Norwich!
>But the effect is also particularly obvious. At least Norwich's goal count has been greatly reduced this season.
In fact, as early as Norwich lost to Manchester United by 0-4 away, Ferguson had a premonition that Chris Houton would have to keep his energy playing at home.
Otherwise, how could it be explained that Chris Hütton did not send all the main players to play before the game. In the first 75 minutes, when he fell behind zero to one, he replaced three main players in succession, resulting in the team losing three goals in a row and losing zero to four.
"Okay, OK, Chris Hugton, if you can successfully snipe Southampton, I will write down this favor!"
Ferguson was in a good mood when he heard that another game was still zero to zero.
In this game between Manchester United and West Ham United, as long as the current situation continues to develop, Ferguson is very confident that he can win it.
And as long as Manchester United scores three points and Southampton draws, the Saints should be desperate!
By that time, I will see again, who else dares to say that we can't win the championship!
To be continued...