Father Green

Chapter 3: Arsenal vs Manchester United
When the score came to three to one, it meant that Benfica had no chance.At this time, Charlotte used up the last substitution spot. He replaced Aubameyang with the teenager Sterling.

The final score was [-]-[-], and Southampton won the first round of the final. Such a score also means that the Saints have already stepped into the threshold of the Europa League final.

Benfica fans after the game were dismayed, even though there was still a game to play.But the disadvantage of two goal difference and the opponent's three away goals, these factors make them clearly know how difficult it is to make a comeback, not to mention that the opponent will still be fighting at home in the next game.

This made Benfica fans involuntarily think of the "Gutman Curse", the Hungarian who they love and hate.The Benfica star brought the league championship and the European Champions Cup to Benfica for two consecutive years at the time, leading Benfica to glory.

But after the final in Amsterdam, Gutman hoped the club would give him a lucrative contract because of the great success he had brought to the club.This is normal. They have brought you five championships in three years, and two of them are heavyweight big-eared champions. Is it normal to raise your salary?
But the Benfica club stingily refused, and then the two sides had a disagreement, and Gutman finally resigned angrily.

After Gutman resigned, he once said: "Without me, Benfica will not win a European championship in 100 years!"

In this regard, this Hungarian personality coach who has labels such as pioneering, rough, charismatic, straight-eyed, bohemian, ruthless, superstitious, etc. has a new nickname-"Wizard"!
Because after this sentence, Benfica has entered the Europa League and Champions League finals six times, but failed to win the championship in the end, which also made Benfica fans superstitious.

You must know that there were six times when they lost to their opponents in the finals. I don’t know how many times they worked hard to reach the semi-finals and immediately entered the finals. For example, this year
The 1990 European Cup final was held in Vienna. All the top management of Benfica went to the tomb of the legendary coach Gutman to pray. The great Eusebio even fell to his knees, but they still lost after a few hours. finals.

This also made the "Gutman Curse" begin to resound throughout Europe. In fact, this kind of superstition is not just a list, football is sometimes very superstitious.

There are even rumors that, in order to ward off evil spirits, the Benfica club is planning to build a statue of Gutman outside the Stadium of Light, just like Eusebio standing outside the Stadium of Light now.

This made the fans of Benfica very unwilling. If the statue was repaired earlier, maybe they would be the ones who entered the final and won the championship this year.
Charlotte didn't think too much about the trouble she caused Benfica fans.After the game, he himself took a bouquet of flowers and placed it under the statue of Eusebio outside the stadium. Great legends are always worthy of respect, so Charlotte came to pay his respects after the game.

For a legend like Eusebio, even Benfica's sworn enemy Sporting Lisbon can't hate it.Apart from being a Portuguese hero, Eusebio came from Sporting Lisbon's youth training academy in Mozambique when he was young, but later on when Sporting Lisbon lost to Benfica in the competition, he could only watch helplessly. Genius puts on the jersey of the sworn enemy.

At the end of the game, Charlotte led the team back to England overnight.It was already twelve midnight when we returned to Southampton, and Charlotte announced that the team would have a day off tomorrow.

For Southampton, the nerves have been a little tight recently, and the players need to relax a little bit, otherwise even if the rubber is too tight, it will break.

When the team resumed training, Charlotte asked the whole team to forget the Europa League and prepare for the next league.

This round of the league is the fifth round of No.30 in the Premier League. If Southampton wins this game, they will win the league championship trophy three rounds ahead of schedule. Brownwich's.

"No desires and no desires?? The last round of Swansea was also no desires and no desires. The result? We almost capsized in the gutter!!" In the targeted tactical meeting of the ranks, Charlotte told the coach The group and the team players said so.

"Look at the current ranking of West Bromwich Albion, hell they are eighth! They are two places higher than Swansea, can we be careless about such a team? We compete with each other, you can't just go Look at the name of the opponent, what achievements they have made in history, and most importantly, you have to look at their achievements this season!!"

"They are now No.8 in the standings. This is an upper-middle ranking. What's more, they have double-killed Liverpool and defeated Chelsea this season. So this is enough to show that the opponent is not easy to deal with. Among them, we need to pay attention to them. Sean Long, a free-for-all striker, and Romelu Lukaku, a Belgian center on loan from Chelsea."

Charlotte mobilized the team before the battle and warned them not to be careless. After all, the saying "there are no underdogs in the Premier League" is not a joke. It is normal for the Premier League to be unpopular, even if they are competing for the championship in the league The teams of the group may not be able to win those teams in the relegation zone, and they don't even dare to guarantee that they can win the middle and lower reaches of the team.

The last is the most important targeted deployment. Charlotte put the focus on Sean Lang and Lukaku. One is a speedy striker who can eat both sides and the middle. He is an opportunist. And the other is a powerful center with outstanding physical fitness and is known as a "little monster".

Since Southampton played a Europa League game in the middle of the week, and Manchester United currently only has league games left, Manchester United's game was played on Saturday, and Southampton's game passed the application and was postponed to Sunday. carried out in the evening of the day.

Although defeating the opponent can win the championship early, the real pressure is not on Southampton's side, but on Manchester United's side.

First of all, there are still four league rounds left, and the points difference between the two teams is [-]%. This is like a sword of Damocles hanging over the head of the Red Devils.Secondly, and most importantly, Manchester United's opponent in this round is Arsenal! !

The two teams are mortal enemies, there is no doubt about it, and the fans are familiar with the stories between Wenger and Ferguson, so Wenger's encounter with Manchester United on the way to the championship will definitely stumbling the Red Devils, although another championship candidate Southampton and his Charlotte are not "good things" in Wenger's view, but relatively speaking, it is clear that their hatred for Manchester United is higher.

And the most crucial thing. Arsenal is competing for the No.4 UEFA Champions League qualification.You can't afford to mess with the so-called Big Four in world football, Manchester United in stoppage time, Real Madrid in extra time, Bayern in the semi-finals and Arsenal in the top four!

Since the Manchester United game started one day earlier, Charlotte arranged for the whole team to watch the live broadcast of the Manchester United and Arsenal game in the conference room after training this afternoon.

Both sides played conservatively at the beginning. Although they are already very familiar with each other, for the two teams, every game remaining this season is very important, so it is not easy to be careless.

The first half was relatively dull, just when everyone thought the whole first half was over, Van Persie stood up and received Carrick's through ball. Score the ball.

"Damn!!" Pogba yelled, at this time he did not have the awareness of Manchester United fans.

Van Persie scored a goal for the first time back at the Emirates Stadium as an opponent, and it was also the first time that Gunners fans booed a Van Persie goal in this stadium.

Although the stadium was full of boos and abuse, the Dutchman did not celebrate the goal. He just silently lowered his head and returned to the middle circle to wait for the opponent's kick-off.

Van Persie's goal was in the No.404 minute of the first half, so after Arsenal kicked the ball out, the first half was over.

The multimedia conference room in Southampton was a bit depressing, and Charlotte could naturally feel that the water molecules in the air were about to condense into ice cubes.

"What are you doing?" Charlotte said, "Manchester United is very far away from us, that is to say, even if Manchester United play Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium with a score of [-]-[-], as long as we beat Westminster at home tomorrow Bromwich Albion, even if it is one to zero that we hate the most, then the championship is still ours."

Charlotte smiled: "So it shouldn't be us who are under pressure, but the Red Devils Manchester United! And there is one thing I think everyone has forgotten, this season... No, since I accepted Southampton, the Saints have been at St. Mary's There has never been a loss on the court!!"

The players were taken aback for a moment, and then they remembered that tomorrow's game against West Bromwich Albion will be played at their own home court. As the boss said, they have never been afraid of anyone at home, let alone West Bromwich Albion.

"So we watched the game quietly, as if we were learning about our competitors. After all, I want to taste the taste of the league championship, and you will definitely not want to experience the excitement of the relegation zone. Teams like Manchester United and Arsenal will be our direct opponents from next season." Charlotte was full of pride.

Southampton's players are all geniuses, and geniuses naturally have their own arrogance, so when Charlotte made such a statement, they felt a surge of enthusiasm. They are looking forward to the next season before the end of the season.

"Treasure it, the old man's game is one less." Charlotte didn't say this, but just said it silently in her heart.

Manchester United's confidentiality work is really good. The season is coming to an end soon, and the news of Ferguson's retirement has not been released, so the outside world does not know.