green showman

Chapter 9
In the southwest direction of downtown Manchester, 6 miles westward from Old Trafford Stadium, there is a very quiet place surrounded by green trees, beautiful scenery, convenient transportation.

Passing through a narrow path, visitors will see a slightly narrow gate. Although there is no sign, there is an endless stream of tourists who come here for sightseeing.

This is the heart of Manchester United - the famous Carrington training base.

There is a small four-story building standing beside the training grounds ranging in size from 14 yuan. Although it was past [-] o'clock in the evening, the second floor is still brightly lit.

The staff pushed open the door, "Mr. Alex, Mr. Carlos, this is the video material just sorted out."

The red-nosed old man did not speak, but looked down at the information in his hand.

The figure of this old Scottish man who still looks energetic has covered almost the entire Premier League in the past ten years, and has unparalleled influence on the coaching world, refereeing world, and players.

With the passage of time and the long coaching time, Ferguson himself was very surprised that the so-called Manchester United faction appeared in the Premier League... Two Manchester United captains Brian Robson and Steve Bruce successively coached the Premier League, while Mark Hugh Smith also took over Blackburn last year.

Queiroz nodded, turned his head and said with a smile: "Unimaginable score, two equalizers in the regular season and overtime, and a lore in the last minute. You must know that Chelsea only conceded 1 goals in 34 league rounds."

The red-nosed old man took off his glasses and rubbed between his brows, "McCarthy scored a goal?"

Queiroz looked down at the table, "A penalty kick in overtime, 21 goals have been scored throughout the season, including 15 goals in the league. Mark Hughes has trained well."

This statistic is indeed outstanding. Ronaldo scored the most goals in the Manchester United team, with 14 goals in the league and 22 goals in the season.

"He won the Champions League a few years ago, what does that have to do with Mark..."

Queiroz shrugged and said nothing. He had already entered the Carrington training base for the second time, and he knew that Mark Hughes, the famous Red Devil, was not in harmony with the old man.

"But I can kill that Portuguese..." Ferguson rubbed his red nose and said with a smile, "Maybe it's a big help."

Since 2003, Manchester United has not won the Premier League title for three consecutive seasons. First, there was the myth of Arsenal's invincibility, and then Mourinho led the Blues to win the title twice. This is unacceptable to Ferguson.

Although he will be away at the Milan Stadium next week, Ferguson is in a good mood. The former disciple can kill the Portuguese, which means that he can have a buffer in the formation behind. After all, the strength gap between Blackburn and Chelsea is obvious. .

It is human nature to take pleasure in other people's misfortunes, and it applies everywhere.

So when he drove out of the Carrington training base, he was in the mood to stop and open the car window to be interviewed by reporters.

"Sir Alex, an hour ago Mourinho announced at the press conference that Blackburn's No. 38 player Best and Cristiano Ronaldo are tied for the greatest actor in the Premier League. What do you think?"

Ferguson's face, which was still smiling just now, was suddenly covered with dark clouds.

Looking at Ferguson who was drooling, the reporters got excited. Everyone knew that Ronaldo was his godson of the new generation...

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"First of all, in the 23rd minute, Peterson broke into the penalty area and was brought down by Essien. This is a judgment or not; in the 42nd minute, Blackburn counterattacked, Roberts stopped the ball and was sentenced to handball. This is a misjudgment..."

"Of course, the most exciting thing is the extra time. In 102 minutes, Robben broke through the penalty area...I tripped myself, and No. 38 Best is a bit wronged." Lineker smiled and said: "But Blackburn also Not to be trifled with, 3 minutes later, Ballack elbowed two yellows and turned one red to leave the field, and it was No. 38 Best who fell to the ground."

"In 112 minutes, Best broke into Chelsea's penalty area and was tripped by Drogba..." Today's special guest, former Blackburn player Alan Shearer laughed and said: "To be honest, he went to find Germany. Roba's leg."

"Then he assisted Roberts to complete the lore with his heel, but the wonderful plot did not end." Lineker winked, "Everyone knows what happened in the press conference later, let me tell you something that everyone doesn't know."

Then the screen turned.

"Drogba tripped me, but it wasn't a penalty."

"Drogba's calf tripped over my left leg, how could it be a penalty?"

"Unless my left leg trips over my right, it's a penalty."

"Haha!" Alan Shearer couldn't help laughing wildly again, "I like this kid, Mark should bring him to the press conference."

Lineker nodded vigorously in agreement. In the past few years, Mourinho has offended everyone who can be offended...

"Crack!" Patrick turned off the TV, smiled and said to his wife beside him, "Unbelievable game."

"But I really didn't see any talent in Best before." His wife shook her head, "His mother complained to me twice, but she refused to let him go back to China."

"I recommended him to the first team because there were a lot of injuries. I didn't expect..." Patrick leaned on the sofa, frowning and said: "He was hit twice today, the first time he fell into a coma, and the last time was a flop... …you know that Best used to be very honest.”

"Huh?" The wife got up and looked out, "Where's the Best people? Have you checked?"

The Best family and Patrick are neighbors.

"I've had a physical examination, and there's nothing wrong with it, but it seems that my personality is more cheerful than before? Maybe it's because of excitement."

Patrick recalled today's game, muttering: "What an exciting debut, you know who he reminds me of?"

"Who?"

"Pep, although in different positions and different styles, but they all play with their brains, appear in the right place at the right time, do the right thing...Best seems to know what he should do..."

"Although it was his first appearance, he was lacking in tactical execution and had a lot of defensive problems, but look at that time when he suddenly started from outside the penalty area, first pointing backwards, and then diagonally inserted to the front point. , it seems that Best has a very keen observation of the gap."

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"Of course it's a good thing, and Pep can't make an unconventional move with a heel assist." Patrick relished when he thought of the final lore. He watched how Best went from the Blackburn youth team to the youth team, from U16 to U17 , U18, U19 and then to the reserve team, I have never seen Best perform like this.

Calm and cunning, smart and talented.

"I heard that Pep is going back to Camp Nou..." the wife suddenly said, "You don't know?"

"Yes, Laporta invited him to coach the Barcelona B team." Patrick turned his head and glanced at his wife, "Pep is different from me. He went to Barcelona at the age of 13 and has experienced teams of all ages. Time to serve as the captain of the first team, after coaching the Barcelona B team, it will be a logical promotion to the first team."

The wife stopped talking. Although her husband was one of the earliest coaches of the La Masia youth training camp founded by Cruyff, his player career was spent in Barcelona's rivals in the same city, the Espanyol club.

Although the national derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona attracts the most attention in La Liga every year, for the Catalan region with a high sense of autonomy and autonomy, Derbi barceloní is the real derby.

Barcelona can allow to lose to Real Madrid, but never allow to lose to the Spaniard.

And Patrick, who once played for the Spaniard and even beat Barcelona in a Copa del Rey match in 1987, could never be truly accepted by Barcelona, ​​even though he was personally invited by Cruyff to enter La Masia as an echelon coach.

(End of this chapter)