Chapter 48
United's schedule for October starts with a visit to Sheffield Wednesday, then back home to Tottenham Hotspur, then away to Everton "Toffees" and finally at home to Queens Park Rangers.Then there are two Champions League knockout games in late October.

United won all of their league fixtures, Lee Sharpe won the Premier League Player of the Month for September against Sheffield Wednesday and Ferguson won the Coach of the Month award for September.

In the next October's schedule, Lee Sharp, who won the Player of the Month in September, became the best star again, while Cantona led the entire Red Devils to move forward, crushing all obstacles.

Mark Hughes' quick counterattack, Ince's long-range shot and Giggs' breakthrough shot were all converted into goals, while Jost was like a filter, sweeping the midfield constantly to filter out dangers, and the defense led by captain Bruce was impenetrable.

In this month's game, Manchester United's offense played a wide variety of frontcourt small-area coordination, triangle coordination, open running, off-the-ball support... The diversity of Manchester United's offense completely stunned the opponent.

Ince's deadly through ball, Cantona's control of the rhythm and attack direction, often with scalpel-like assists, Lee Sharp's light dribble and powerful shot from the top of the penalty area, and Mark Hughes stopped the ball in the penalty area, completely without a run-up and a clever shot from the dead corner... Manchester United's attack power destroyed the opponent's resistance.

到10月末的时候,曼联已经取得了34分积分,大幅度领先No.211分之多。继续狂飙突进的曼联在英超开局如此完美,红魔在赛季前14轮12胜1平1负,这是曼联历史以来的最佳开局!也是是英超近20年的纪录。

It can be said that Manchester United's strength is frightening in the Premier League.Many reporters and coaches began to lament, "Just one third of the league, there is no suspense for the championship. Let's compete for the second place in the league!"

In addition to Manchester United fans singing and dancing, and using the Theater of Dreams as a stage for their own joy, another strong evidence is that British bookmakers have hardly opened for Manchester United's season to win.

There were no odds - a testament to the fact that even the most analytical and judgmental pundits have lost interest in United's chances of winning the title.

But Manchester United is still triumphant in the league.Nothing seemed to stop Manchester United.

At the end of October, Manchester United ushered in the second knockout round of the European Champions Cup. Manchester United faced the visiting Galatasaray at Old Trafford.

Ferguson formed the strongest lineup, captain Robson replaced Jost as the starter.

Manchester United attaches great importance to this Champions League and wants to go further in the Champions League.

During the home game, Manchester United once played smoothly at Old Trafford, and quickly scored two consecutive cities in 13 minutes.Cantona's strong shot and Hughes' counterattack single-handedly scored for Manchester United. The fans at the scene thought that Manchester United would bring an easy victory.

But the Red Devils suddenly lost control of the midfield and the interception was not in place. The Turkish team Galatasaray attacked wildly. Swiss international Turke Yilmaz's header in the penalty area and Turkish striker Arif's powerful shot helped the team score 3 goals in a row. Galatasaray took a 3-2 lead instead.Among them, Arif scored two goals alone.

If Cantona hadn't scored again with his personal ability at the last moment and equalized the score for Manchester United, the prestige of Old Trafford might even become the laughing stock of the Ottomans.

A week later, Manchester United flew to Istanbul, Turkey to challenge Galatasaray at Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul.

Before the game, Manchester United was generally favored by the media, thinking that Manchester United could finally advance.This is also the first time in Manchester United's history that they will play in Türkiye.

Manchester United as a guest in Istanbul is really like going to hell Galatasaray's home court has always been nicknamed "Hell", and the madness of Turkish fans is famous all over the world.

From the moment Manchester United arrived at Ataturk Airport, Galatasaray fans used various means to "intimidate" Manchester United soldiers. Thousands of Galatasaray fans held banners and shouted at Manchester United players.

They put up "Welcome to Hell" banners at the airport, and fans wrote on paper "Hey Manchester United, these are your last 48 hours. 3-0!"

Some Manchester United players were a little uncomfortable, and the whole team left the airport in a bus.

When the Manchester United players got on the bus, there were people throwing things at the Manchester United players.The narrow miss of Ferguson left United dissatisfied with Galatasaray's security.

The fans were making noise outside the hotel where Manchester United stayed to affect the rest of the Manchester United players. The fans shouted all night, which made the Manchester United players not sleep well.

Someone even called the hotel room. The craziest thing was that some fans pretended to be waiters and knocked on the doors of Jost and Scholes in the middle of the night.He was caught and beaten away by Jost.

In the pre-match press conference, Ferguson complained about the unfavorable security of the game organizers affecting Manchester United.

Galatasaray coach Rainer Holman warned United that "you're going to be in trouble".

But he was right!No matter where the Manchester United players are, there are hundreds of Galatasaray fans always around them. They will sing and shout at the Manchester United players, and some even get close to the faces of the Manchester United players.

Galatasaray fans even surrounded the Manchester United bus when it arrived. They held up 'Hell welcomes you' and 'Jackass, die! ' slogans and notice boards, shouting like a machine gun.Some fans even threw eggs and tomatoes at the Manchester United bus. "

Before the game, coach Ferguson told the players to be calm, but many people really couldn't do it.They gradually became anxious, and even doubted whether they would be able to walk out of the stadium if they won against Galatasaray.

In this game, Ferguson learned the lesson of Manchester United's loss of control in the midfield, and ranked Jost in the starting lineup, allowing him to intercept in the midfield and disrupt Galatasaray's midfield.

On the day of the game, Galatasaray fans had entered the stadium a few hours ago, and the stadium was full of people.Standing in the center of the stadium and watching, I saw that the stands were full of people and full of smoke-the fans burned a lot of things, making the atmosphere like a battlefield filled with gunpowder.

The Ali Sami Yen stadium was full of people, and Galatasaray fans frightened their opponents with flames and loud noises. Huge banners such as "Welcome to Hell" and "Welcome to the End of the World" were very eye-catching.

The game started in a fiery and eerie way.In fact, it is not only the interference of fans and the hot atmosphere, but the game is also full of many things that are difficult to explain.

During the game, the Galatasaray players were rough and presumptuous, their fouls were extremely fierce, and tricks to delay time emerged endlessly... Not only that, the performance of the referees was even more puzzling, as if they were pampering the Turks.

But Ferguson's team was often punished for scrambling, warned for minor fouls, and even some balls that were suspected of fouls were directly deemed by the referee to be violations.Jost became the number one target of the referee and was frequently warned by the referee.

However, the Turkish team turned a blind eye to the more irritating actions and worse foul referees.

The tsunami of fans outside the stadium was not only cheering and cheering, but also cursing and cursing. In such an environment, the anger of Manchester United players was quickly aroused.

Mark Hughes, who has always been calm, was also irritated.Hughes was harassed by his opponent's dirty fouls throughout the game, and finally he exploded violently, turned around and punched the bastard who reached out to pinch his genitals while he had the ball-the referee saw the whole process and only gave him a verbal warning.

Ince was also injured. As a midfielder, he suffered from all kinds of flying shovels, elbows and all kinds of violent collisions. He was even injured by an extremely fierce volley shovel kicked by his opponent.

Although Cantona smiled at the shouting fans when he entered the stadium, Cantona also said to Jost next to him: "I know they are afraid of us and see me as their biggest threat. Their provocation is conceivable, and this is part of the game."

But the situation on the field made the Manchester United players outraged.Cantona was finally ignited, and he fought back the violation with his opponent, and when he was pushed down by Arif, he found that the referee in front of him regarded him as air.

As a result, Cantona knocked the referee to the ground directly while running, and it is difficult to say whether he did it on purpose.

In the 75th minute, Cantona, who endured a futile game, went to the sidelines to pick up the ball. Suddenly, he kicked the ball hard towards Galatasaray's bench and hit the opponent's assistant coach. Galatasaray's bench exploded immediately, and the players rushed out to beat Cantona.

Naturally, the Manchester United players rushed forward not to be outdone.Jost pushed down Arif, who had been making small moves throughout the game, for which he received a yellow card.

This time, the gang fight that was close to breaking out was pulled away by the staff of both sides. Cantona also received a yellow card for this, and the game continued.

In the end, the "King" couldn't stand the opponent's delay of time. In his bad temper, he cursed at his opponent in French and greeted the referee who indulged his opponent.

Referee Kurt Roethlisberger from Switzerland did not hesitate to give a red card after hearing Cantona's French swearing.

Cantona stepped forward and reasoned with the referee: "Why did you give me a red card directly?"

The referee Roethlisberger scolded back: "Damn it, I used to be a French teacher! Do you think I can't understand French?".

After receiving the red card, Cantona was like an enraged lion. He roared at the referee, but the referee with a ghost in his heart ignored Cantona.

Cantona, full of anger, refused to leave the field, and was persuaded by Pallister, Bruce and other big brothers to leave. When Cantona left the field, he kicked the water bottle on the sidelines.

The jug flew directly towards Galatasaray's bench, and the atmosphere immediately became tense, causing the Galatasaray's bench to shout and shout.

Manchester United was very passive throughout the game. If it weren't for the brave Schmeichel's many rescues, Manchester United might have been scored by Galatasaray early on, and it is not surprising that they even failed by a big score.Manchester United's always active midfielder was very dull and sluggish in this game, and the offense did not show any improvement. The opponent's fierce and bad fouls effectively blocked the route and space for Manchester United to pass forward.

Ince was kicked and injured, Giggs was tackled to the ground countless times, and Cantona was smothered by the opponent's endless small-movement defense. Mark Hughes could hardly get any effective supply.In the end, Manchester United could only swallow the bitter pill of 0-0-the total score of the two rounds was 3-3. Manchester United was eliminated because of the away goal disadvantage.

(End of this chapter)

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