Arthur's Football

Manchester United's first game in 2010 was the FA Cup, but unfortunately they lost.

After the big list was released, Arthur, Modric and many other main players, as well as Kaka, who played in the last game to find his status, were not added to the big list this time.

Although Ferguson has intentionally given up the FA Cup and the League Cup, the four-line battle is too difficult for them with constant injuries, but he will not surrender easily, because their opponent in this round is only a League One team .

Although, this team is called Leeds United.

There are nine leagues in England. The Premier League, where Manchester United is located, is at the first level of the pyramid. The next level is the Premier League Champions League, and the next level is the British First Division.

As mentioned before, Manchester United's real rivals are Liverpool, Leeds United and Bolton.

After Ferguson coached Manchester United, although Manchester United fans still hate Bolton because of more losses than wins, can they call Bolton their sworn enemy?Hehe, that's putting gold on their faces!

Manchester United regards Leeds United as a sworn enemy. Like Liverpool, it was originally due to geographical relations.The Lancastrians of Lancashire and the Yorkshires of Yorkshire fought for the throne in the 30-year War of the Roses.

On the team emblem of Leeds United, there is a graceful white rose, and the jersey is also white.

In Manchester United's early team logo, there are also elements of red roses, and the jersey is red.

So in the initial confrontation between the two teams, it went beyond pure football factors, and was hailed as the continuation of the War of the Roses in modern times. The hatred between the two teams has also continued and deepened in the centuries-old history of the two teams——

In 1958, the Munich Air Disaster happened to Manchester United. It was not only Boll who mocked Manchester United, but also Leeds United!

In the 70s, extreme fans of the two clubs even started fighting outside the field, which caused the police to intervene.

After Ferguson took over Manchester United, Leeds United returned to League One in 90. In the 91/92 season, Leeds United beat Manchester United by 4 points to win the championship.

In the direct dialogue between the two teams, Ferguson was convinced by Cantona, who was still the top card of Leeds United at the time. Ferguson wanted to get the Frenchman no matter what he said. For this reason, he actively persuaded the then chairman Edwards for a long time.

Finally, after the end of that season, Ferguson brought back their king to Old Trafford for only 120 million pounds!

Although it was Leeds United's top management who decided to clean Cantona's thorn, the ultra-low transfer fee still made Leeds United fans regard Cantona as a traitor from now on!

What makes Leeds United fans even more hate is that this kind of thing is not over yet——

In the era when Ferguson led Manchester United to the pinnacle of team history and won the Triple Crown, Leeds United also cultivated their generation of young players, known as the Leeds United Youth Guards.

In the 01/02 season, these young people won the top four in the Champions League and the top four in the Premier League.

Then Leeds United's economic situation went wrong, and Ferguson directly smashed Rio Ferdinand with a record breaking defender's worth of 3000 million pounds.

Although Ferdinand left a generous transfer fee, he was still regarded as a defector by Leeds United. [1]

After one season, in order to save the team, Alan Smith, who once said "never join Manchester United", also turned his head to the rival Manchester United with tears, and also became a traitor in the hearts of Leeds United's extreme fans.

Leeds United, which went bankrupt in 04, was relegated. They fell into the British Championship, and then dropped to the League One amidst the ups and downs. The opponent is just a "League One team", and the tickets are still sold out.

Because he was not added to the squad, Arthur watched the game at home with Kaka and Benzema.

Before the game even started, they faintly heard Manchester United fans taunting their rivals singing from the TV——

"Let us continue to dominate Europe, and let you continue to sink at the bottom of the valley!"

Except for the Double Red Club, Arthur has hardly seen Manchester United fans so "crazy". Such chants were sung continuously during the game, but the game did not lean towards Manchester United as everyone thought.Instead, Bradley Johnson scored a header because of Evans' header at the beginning.

The fans at the scene, who were constantly mocking their opponents, even booed and sang at a standstill, and turned into crazier boos in the next moment!

When the camera was shown on their head coach, even through the camera, even though Ferguson just chewed gum and looked expressionless, Arthur could still see that their boss was angry.

Ferguson was indeed a little angry, but the ball that had got into the net would not roll out of his own goal because of his anger, and the score would not become 0:0.

But they still have time ... although Ferguson is aware that the next game will be more difficult to play.

Picking up such an opening gift package, even the head coach of Leeds United is just an ordinary fan who knows what Leeds United should do at this time——

turtle!Shrink!Defend!Shou!

Leeds United went up to the coach, down to the players on the field, no one thought that they would score first at Old Trafford!But after realizing that they are now the leading side, all Leeds United players withdrew to their half area!

They have to defend!They have to hold on!

Ferguson looked down on the FA Cup, but it was different for Leeds United!

The FA Cup is different from the English League Cup, which has been completely reduced to tasteless. Winning the FA Cup means qualifying for the Europa League.

Although even if they win Manchester United this round, they may not win the FA Cup, but they can also be happy if they win Manchester United!

Without Ferguson's instructions, the Manchester United players on the field knew what they were going to do next.

So Arthur, the three of them, and little Luca, who was sneaking around in Arthur's arms, watched the teammates on the field together in the TV series and tried their best to break through Leeds United's dense defense.

Based on experience, Arthur infers that this is not difficult, because they have an absolute advantage——

With Beckham on the field, O'Shea and Evans have the height, Owen and Nani can serve as a fulcrum, the other can pull a wide cross, and Carrick can take a long shot.

After the baptism of these few seasons, Manchester United has been an out-and-out winning team. These players on the field even started the Champions League final one and a half seasons ago. It should only be time for such a lineup to open up the situation. question.

But after the end of the first half, the score was still 0:1, and the visiting team took the lead.

Football reminds Arthur in this way that although football is just football, football is also round!This is football you can't predict and you can't control.

At half-time, after seeing Ferguson storming into the tunnel, Kaka couldn't resist praying for their team-mates.

Because Benzema is Mu Slim, Kaka respects his beliefs and will hardly do this in front of him, but this time he is really worried that if he loses the game, Ferguson will be pissed off by them.

Before the start of the game, the guests of the BBC began to make jokes about the Manchester United dressing room. Of course, they were mainly guessing how Ferguson would spray the players. Arthur pressed the mute button expressionlessly.

After the start of the second half, Manchester United regained momentum and continued to attack high. It is said that in their wave after wave of attack, Manchester United will be able to pierce their shell sooner or later, but the fact...is still not the same thing.

Kaka and Benzema's faces were already very ugly when they saw that the situation was not opened for 75 minutes in the second half and Ferguson's three substitutions had been used up.

For a giant like Manchester United who can count the number of times they lose with two palms in a year, as long as their game is not a giant, losing means "upset".

What if you lose to a League One team now?

Even if the FA Cup is a hotbed of upsets, they dare not imagine how furious their boss will be after the game!

Kaka saw that the corners of Arthur's mouth were tightly pursed, but there was nothing he could do at this time, he could only continue to watch the game intently.

Seeing that Owen was brought down outside the penalty area again, and the referee Foy still turned a blind eye to the Manchester United players being fouled, Benzema, who is actually a good-tempered Frenchman, couldn't bear it and said: "Does this guy insist on Michael being injured?" Will you give Snodgrass a card in the end?"

Kaka and Arthur could only keep silent.

They could only vent their dissatisfaction verbally off the court, but there was a conflict on the court. Beckham pushed O'Shea behind him, negotiated with the referee, but received a yellow card for himself.

The camera immediately showed Ferguson very clearly. Not only did Sir Ferguson not get angry this time, he just looked at the field with a stern expression. That expression made the three people watching the game at home understand that the anger of their boss had risen to a higher level.

It's just that his anger is not aimed at the referee on the field, but at his teammates, because they missed too many opportunities. Even if today's referee seems to favor Leeds United, Manchester United should not be delayed. situation.

Arthur pursed his lips, and Benzema had already thought of Ferguson's anger when they almost lost to Derby County last season.

Kaka breathed a sigh of relief when he saw 5 minutes of stoppage time. He silently cheered for his teammates in his heart, but his cheering couldn't change the result of the game...

At the moment when the final whistle was blown, they could only watch Ferguson walk into the player tunnel without looking back after shaking hands with the Leeds United manager with a blank face, and heard the sound of the old Trafford lawn. They were all running and cheering like the Leeds United players who won the Champions League final, and what they heard was the ridicule of the Leeds United fans, who were only a small group of more than 7 people——

"What's the current score?"

"0:1!"

"Who lost the game now?"

"Red mad dog that bites people!"

"Leeds will never sink! Wait for us to return to the Premier League!"

Arthur didn't know if the United fans would hit back, but he put his head down.

In fact, all of them can see that Ferguson has already given up the FA Cup and the League Cup, and they can accept such a result, but they shouldn't lose the game like this, let alone lose to Leeds United!

He didn't know what the reporters would write about, or how his teammates would be pissed at his boss now. He didn't play, but he will never forget this game.

"Are you okay?" Kaka asked softly, putting Arthur's head on his shoulders.

"I'm fine, Ricardo," Arthur reminded him, "I didn't play."

"But I know you're sad." Kaka kissed his forehead lightly, "I know, that's sad."

He saw Arthur looking into his eyes blankly, which made him unable to hold back and kissed the corner of his eyes again, and said softly: "We are the same, how I feel now, you must be too, because we love each other Same team."

His chicks were no different from them.

Arthur couldn't help blinking when he kissed the corner of his eyes, and then buried his head on the side of his neck. After a while, he said softly: "Next time we meet Leeds United, we will score a lot. ball."

"of course."

"Ricciardo, do you want to assist me?"

"Okay, don't worry, I won't pass it to Waza. He played too badly today, and I won't pass it to Karim, because he is not as cute as you."

Benzema rolled his eyes, Brazilians!Pay attention, your son is still sleeping in my arms!

The game was in the afternoon, and Luca fell asleep in his arms during the game even though he took a nap. On this weekend, he was the happiest person.

"Ricciardo, you just said you love Manchester United?" Arthur suddenly looked at Kaka.

His god-kissed eyes stared at Kaka round and round. If this expression represented his mood, then Arthur must be shocked now, the Brazilian thought.

But what does the little guy's eyes mean!He looked at Arthur →_→, "Yeah, shouldn't I fall in love with this team?"

Arthur shook his head immediately, he just raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said softly: "I'm very happy."

Of course he should be "happy".

With Kaka's expression on his face, he couldn't help kissing him again, he knew what Arthur was "happy".

There may be many kinds of things mixed up, but one of them is definitely that he and his heart will stay in Manchester together, fight side by side with him, and stay by his side.

Kaka patted Arthur again, he thought, I must show off to someone at night, my cub loves me so, so, so much!

Benzema thought blankly: Why do I have a sense of sight like a light bulb?Why don't I watch the football at home on weekends, and why am I blind when I bring my children here?

Benzema: Oh, I remembered, I came for lunch+dinner...

On the second day, the Carrington base was silent. Everyone was doing group training under the arrangement of Redondo. Arthur caught De Gea to practice shooting.

In the middle of their training, Ferguson showed up on the training ground, which was an anomaly, but the players knew why he was on the pitch.

Redondo thought Ferguson would say something, but in the end Ferguson just stood there until the end of the training session and turned away.

In the afternoon, he showed Ferguson today's training data, and asked him the reason in a low voice, and Sir Alex slowly said: "I showed up to let them know that I value it, and I didn't say anything because the lion will no longer take a nap. Son."

Ferguson actually understands very well that the loss to Leeds United also has reasons for his arrogance, but anyway the game is over and they have already been eliminated in the FA Cup, so he will not allow another loss in the league and the Champions League!

After this game, Manchester United had enough time for more than a week to prepare for the next game, which also made all the players live in dire straits——

Their head coach has hired a new Pintus who is more of a demon than fitness coach Clegg!

"I want to die... Arthur, are you okay?"

"Chicken, are you alright? My God, one devil is already cruel enough, why hire an even scarier one now?"

"I, I can't do it either..."

Carrington's training ground was already full of "corpses". Among the corpses, Arthur lay motionless, if his chest was not still heaving...

Arthur felt a little guilty when he heard the complaints from his teammates, because Pintus was introduced to Ferguson by him, and Ferguson broke the liquidated damages and asked David Gill to pry it.

Pintus was communicating with Redondo and Perrin before. Although he is Italian, he has worked in the UK for several years, and his career is dealing with athletes from all over the world. His English is very good and he has heard their complaints.

He walked towards the players expressionlessly, and when Rooney saw him and wanted to get up, he said in a drawn-out tone: "Don't worry, your rest time is not over yet, but I doubt you are really professional athletes? It’s actually not as good as a person in my 40s!”

The thing that made Fatty and the others speechless about Pintus the most was not the intensity of his exercises, but the fact that he took the lead!

And as he said, Pintus is already in his 40s, much older than the oldest players among them, and the 1-meter run before each training session, even Redondo Get involved, what else do they have to say?

Arthur was still breathing, and Pintus had come "near" him, with Kaka's brown fur at his feet.

"Arthur, although I'm glad that you finally finished the run instead of throwing up halfway, your physical fitness is still too bad! I looked at your data in the last game, and your sprint speed dropped after 70 minutes At least 15%! Of course, I know you're still quick—”

Arthur pushed himself up, he wanted to get up, he didn't like being looked down upon.

"You are only 19 years old now, and your physical fitness is still on the rise, but I am very responsible to tell you that after your 20s, you will not be faster than your current speed, because speed players are prone to injuries , it is easy to lose speed, then you need to fight against defensive players more, but look at your current physical fitness, do you have any advantages?"

Arthur was speechless.

Pintus was a bit venomous, but this was his job. In fact, the people at Manchester United didn't take his mental attacks seriously. After all, their boss was Ferguson.

Arthur, Arthur has always been the perfect disciple in their BOSS hearts. The most vicious teacher he met before was only Maradona, but Maradona is Argentine, he is too lazy to talk to him, an Englishman. What a waste of saliva...

Pintus didn't need him to answer. Of course, he attacked Arthur first because of his prestige.

I can train your squad leader, but I can't train you?

He then turned his gaze to Kaka at his feet, looked at him with raised eyebrows and said, "Kaka, your weight loss has not been completed, and I will not allow you to play until you have completed it."

Kaka nodded heavily.

He didn't!overtake!Heavy!

But since he took office, he has lost at least 2.5 pounds, and his diet is strictly restricted, which is miserable!

Pintus looked at Rooney again, and the fat man immediately wanted to avert his eyes when he saw him, don't look at me, don't look at me!

"Wazza! Do you feel that running is easier than before? Of course, I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with the previous plan—" Pintus looked at Clegg, who spread his hands at him, expressing that he didn't mind He said so.

He has worked for Manchester United for more than ten years. After he retires, there will always be someone to take over his job. It's just that people come earlier and stronger now.

But he understands that the fitness coach just wants these guys to tremble like a rabbit seeing an eagle when they see them?

"Maintain your weight and body fat percentage, if you fail to meet the standards, you will have a difficult life, I promise." After finishing speaking, Pintus pointed at Modric without looking at Rooney.

"Luka, you have to keep gaining weight!"

Modric sighed in his heart, I have been working hard to gain weight, but it takes time to gain weight and control the body fat rate, okay?

After this exhausting morning, Arthur fell asleep on the dining table after eating lunch at the base.

This is not the first time since Pintus took office, and his teammates will no longer be frightened, but everyone still feels distressed to see him so tired.

But no one felt that Ferguson was eager. They lost to Leeds United, and they had no right to relax!

In this way, the time came to January 1th, Manchester United ushered in the 10st round of the league, and they challenged Birmingham away.

This is also the first league game after the new year. In the standings at this time, Manchester United has only scored one draw in the past 20 rounds, lost one game, and won the half-time championship with 55 points at the top of the list.

Behind them Chelsea are second with 45 points, Arsenal are third with 43 points and Manchester City are fourth.

Kaka entered the squad for this game, which means that if the game goes well, he will have the opportunity to be sent by Ferguson to find his status.

Arthur hoped that the team could score early to buy time for Kakado.

He knew that Kaka was anxious, not only because of the World Cup, but also because Manchester United's midfield competition was too fierce.

The winter transfer window will end at the end of the month. Recently, there are many players who have scandals with Manchester United, especially in the backcourt. However, Manchester United's midfield competition is too fierce. He hopes that Kaka can recover from his injury as soon as possible.

He and the team need him.

Arthur is thinking about Kaka, and both Evans and O'Shea are under great psychological pressure. Their boss will definitely buy a central defender this winter. Now that the FA Cup is out, their chances after buying someone even less...

Today Scholes started the game, and before going on the field, Lao Si specially called Arthur and asked the chick to bend down to listen to him.

"Strive for the first one at the beginning, and be steady."

"Be careful of their black feet."

After Lao Si finished speaking, he glanced at the referee team who was bringing the ball out.

Manchester United don't know if they are on the blacklist from the FA, all kinds of small shoes, in this case, even if Arthur is present, it may not make them less small. After all, it is up to the referee whether to brag or not .