Manchester United legend

Chapter 93 Reinforcing the Lineup
In the Euro-British semi-final match between England and Germany, England had the upper hand against the German team, which was short of major generals, and Shearer opened the scoring for England in the first 3 minutes. The situation was originally extremely beneficial to England.

But Kunz of the German team quickly equalized the score.Gascoigne missed the game-winning goal in overtime.

In the final penalty shootout, Southgate's missed penalty finally marked a sad end for English football.

Not only that, England fans have another memory. In the semi-final match between England and Germany, the good English media irresponsibly uncovered the bloody scars of World War II.

This stimulated the British fans who have always been tough.Just before the war, fans of the two countries fought violently, causing dozens of fans to be injured after the game, more than 200 fans were arrested, and the city of London was in chaos.

Sure enough, the European Cup final was launched between Germany and the Czech Republic.In Ferguson's view, the Czechs' tactics are really incredible. They seem to play 451 with only one striker, but in fact it is more like 460. The striker undertakes a heavy task in defense. He needs to retreat to the middle circle to delay the opponent's advance.

In addition, Poborski, the soul of the team, is very good, and his role of offensive organizer is also very vague. He swims freely behind the forward-a shadow forward who can rush and run?This is the new way of thinking of the Czechs.

When the Germans were in their own half, the Czechs let them have free possession and passes, and the team retreated quickly.Once the Germans crossed the half-court line, the Czechs began a dense midfield strangle.

The Czechs were everywhere and launched a fierce press on the German team. The six-man hoarding midfield made this area a quagmire that was difficult for the Germans to cross.

The Czech team focused on defense, but that doesn't mean they couldn't attack. In fact, their quick counterattacks made the German team very painful.

It is often the Czech team that steals the ball and immediately organizes a counterattack. They don't get entangled in the midfield, they always pass forward quickly, and use the fast horses in the team to eat the opponent raw.

Poborski is the core of the Czech attack, and his breakthrough and speed still make the Germans miserable.

Ferguson thought Poborski looked tired, but was still overwhelmed by his performance.

The Czech team scored first, and it was Poborski's dribbling in the ribs that disrupted the German's defensive system and forced the German defender to trip him in the penalty area.

Poboski won a penalty for the team, and the Czech team led the opponent 1-0 with this penalty.

The German team, which was behind, did not panic, and Vogts made a significant substitution decision.He replaced Hasler and Müller with younger players to strengthen the impact.In this way, the German team equalized the score after 10 minutes, and finally defeated the Czech team with Bierhoff's golden goal in overtime, and finally won the European Championship.

Ferguson admired the Czech team very much and believed that the Czech team performed very well. They played extremely well, and the team's tactics and discipline were impeccable.

Of course, Ferguson also agrees that the German team is more resilient, and their mental strength of fighting to the end and fighting to the death made them have the last laugh.

Ferguson believes that Germany's victory was based on a rigorous foundation. They played more holistically and organized more tightly. Although they did not have any advantages in speed and technology, they relied on the strength of the group and continued to fight against the Czech team. The spirit of the Czechs was completely exhausted, and the physical strength of Borg, the largest midfielder in the Czech team, was targeted and exhausted in advance.

These arrangements allowed the German team to implement them from the beginning, and then persisted until the final victory.

Ferguson is a person who pays great attention to details. He later cited an example to prove the meticulousness and thoroughness of the Germans, "The rigorous organization of the Germans is their core advantage, whether it is on or off the court.

They thought of everything, even generously tipped the waiter a generous amount when leaving the hotel, and gave away 100 autographed sweatshirts, which is beautiful. "

Ferguson has a vicious vision. Although his prediction was not favored by everyone at the beginning, the result was exactly as Ferguson predicted, that is, the German won the championship in the end.

In fact, before the final, Venables and Ferguson made a bet that Venables was optimistic about the Czech Republic. He believed that the Czech team had a talented forward and a powerful midfielder. The German team was old and slow, and it was not an opponent of fast football.Ferguson insisted on his opinion, he has been optimistic about Germany.

The lottery of the two people's bet was a sumptuous dinner, and now Ferguson is sure of Venables.

Ferguson watched the entire European Cup match. He paid close attention to the various new styles and features of European football at the level of the national team, and he also paid close attention to the stars emerging in the European Cup.

For Shearer's powerful attacking power, which scored 5 goals in five games, Ferguson was drooling on the ground. Not only during the European Cup, Manchester United have been pursuing Shearer throughout the season.

Ferguson even declared that he is very much looking forward to joining Shearer, and is ready to contact Shearer's manager no matter where he is.Fleet Street reporters are predicting how much Shearer's transfer fee will set a new record.

Throughout the summer, Manchester United has been committed to chasing top strikers and powerful midfielders. Even though Manchester United has won 3 Premier League titles and has definitely become a super strong team and the most watched giants, it is still difficult to introduce super shooters.

Among the super strikers that Manchester United has been chasing for a long time, Ronaldo eventually moved to Barcelona, ​​another superstar Bergkamp moved to Arsenal, and Vialli joined Chelsea.

Manchester United and Ferguson have been chasing endlessly. It seems that Alan Shearer, who seems to have a chance-the top scorer in the 96 European Championships, once again said no to Manchester United.

In terms of midfield, Zidane, who was originally interested in Ferguson, did not come in the end. Yes, it was Zidane.Ferguson had already spoken to Eric Cantona about France international Zidane, and Ferguson asked Cantona if he thought Zidane could play on the right.

And Cantona said that he would talk to him, but he thinks Zidane may think he is more suitable to play in midfield.

Ryan Kershaw and I had watched some of Zidane's games for Bordeaux but at the time they wanted to wait until the European Championships.

Zidane's EuroBasket performances made him a star in the transfer market before he was lured away by Juventus.

Manchester United paid 350 million pounds to attract the Czech star Karel Poborski, who scored a wonderful goal in the European Championship that year, and also bought Jordi Cruyff (son of the legendary star Cruyff) at a price of 140 million pounds. Ferguson was very optimistic about Cruyff.

He is only 22 years old, he is a player on the rise, with exquisite and comprehensive skills and outstanding awareness. I regard him as a natural candidate for Manchester United.

Perhaps what he needs now is to develop his football career out of his father's grip. "In the key central defender position, Ferguson spent 120 million pounds to buy Ronnie Johansen from Norway.

In the position of goalkeeper, Ferguson added a new reserve. He bought the Dutch goalkeeper Raymond van der Goel at a price of 50 yuan, but Van der Gould was teased by reporters that he looked more like a singer, an architect or a thinker, but unlike Wet Wet Wet lead singer Matty Pyro, he didn't look like playing football at all.

Manchester United's youth training was hit that summer, and only one newcomer joined the youth team, and he was Wes Brown.

Fans questioned why Ferguson signed Cruyff Jr., and it was difficult for the media to find a reason to explain why Jordi Cruyff, that is, Cruyff Jr., wanted to transfer from Barcelona to Manchester United.

One possible reason is that his father is no longer coaching Barcelona, ​​so Cruyff Jr. is likely to have no play in Barcelona, ​​so he can only come to the Premier League to try his luck.I have to say that Cruyff Jr.'s Manchester United career was a tragedy. Even though his father asked Ferguson to take care of him, fate played a cruel joke on him.

I don't know when it started, but Ferguson was so keen on collecting fast horses from the wing.

Or it may be that Kanchelski's departure made Ferguson feel a pity, and the departure of Lee Sharpe this summer also allowed Manchester United to further reduce the reserve of wide players.

To some extent we can say that wing attack, especially fast wing attack, may be Ferguson's tactical label for a long time.

Just this summer, Ferguson "suddenly" decided to buy the little-known Poborski for £350 million.Of course, the so-called "suddenly" is just a term used by the media to attract attention. Ferguson had already made a lot of preparations before buying Poborski.

During the entire European Championship, he personally inspected the soul of the Czech team at that time.

Ferguson must have been watching the match between the Czech Republic and Portugal in the quarter-finals. He must have been excited by Poborski's wonderful lob.

It was a perfect combination of a winger's talent, aura, technology, awareness, wisdom and experience. In the entire European Championship, Poborski's impact on the right can be described as horror.

To some extent, Poborski's performance in the European Championship was amazing, and he was also a member of the best team in the entire European Championship. Therefore, he must have impressed Ferguson.

In the end Ferguson didn't even bother to pay the price, paid £350 for him without any haggling.So eager to call in Poborski, Ferguson had high expectations. He dreamed of the situation where the fast wings on the left and right would wantonly tear apart the opponent's defense.

In addition to the favorite Alan Shearer, what Ferguson urgently needs to supplement is the defender position, especially the central defender.

However, Manchester United still did not introduce big-name players in the league, and Ferguson did not even have any offers for the main defenders of several major leagues.The scouts he sent brought good news from Norway, and that was Ronnie Johansen, a little-known versatile defender.This summer, Ferguson finally decided to use 120 million pounds to take Johansen away from Besiktas.

From there, this tall defender from Norway played for Manchester United.

Manchester United's Taobao in Norway also has a collateral gain, that is, Ferguson brought Manchester United a striker who was still unknown at the time, and his name was Solskjaer.

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