[Football] The Light of Abandoned Sons

On January 1, the FA Cup entered the third round, and the Premier League team officially joined.The Manchester United FA Cup has officially begun. Manchester United's first team came to Stamford Bridge to play away against Chelsea.The first game of the new year is the same opponent as when the summer curtain kicked off.Everyone's running-in has become more tacit than before, but the influence of many other factors in the season makes everything confusing.

When the commentators Martin Taylor and Andy Gray held the starting lists of the two teams in their hands, they smiled meaningfully at each other.Martin cleared his throat, "So, Ferguson will never let us down." Andy never let his partner feel better, and deliberately interrupted, "How do I remember you saying at the beginning of the season that these coaches never let us down?" Want to watch a play?"

Martin gave him a blank look, and refused to admit it. "Are you sure I said that? I just remember that you said that if Manchester United played the Dutchman, Gullit would think it was disrespectful."

Gray saw that the topic was too much, and pulled the center back, "For Manchester United, just as Ferguson said before the game, the starting goalkeeper is Lou van der Rey again. The Dutch teenager represented Manchester United for the first time in the League Cup. The result of that game was that Manchester United lost and eliminated. After that, due to Schmeichel's injury, he played an away game and had zero opponents. In this game, coach Ferguson chose to continue to believe in him, let us have a look at his performance We'll see."

Martin announced the rosters of the two teams, and then talked about the same important issue, "At the beginning of this season, Gullit, who coaches part-time players, has officially left the role of a player and became a head coach, but the results are not satisfactory. Can See, at Stamford Bridge, people pulled up banners 'Luther, thank you for bringing us the goal, but please bid farewell to the manager's seat'. There is no doubt that if Gullit loses in this game With Chelsea knocked out of the FA Cup, the clamor for Gullit's dismissal must have been particularly loud."

Lou van der Ley, who was waiting to play in the player tunnel, stood in the second position of the Manchester United team. All the cheers and curses in the stadium in front of him were poured into his ears. In front of him was the captain who was joking with his teammates. Roy Keane, he didn't look nervous at all, and his laid-back look made Aarau want to pry his brain open to see if he really wasn't nervous at all.

At this time, the head coaches of the two teams walked out from between the two rows. I don't know if it was an illusion. Aarau felt that Gullit seemed to have glanced at him.Just when he was wondering, Keane patted his shoulder.Aarau looked back in some puzzlement, and Keane looked at the scurrying Dutch boy, "Which of the Dutch Three Musketeers do you like best?"

"Van Basten," he replied without hesitation.

Keane raised his eyebrows, showing a smile that is reassuring in the eyes of acquaintances but presumptuous in the eyes of enemies, "Then I'm relieved."

Alao turned his head, first took off the gloves and put them in his mouth to brush his half-long hair for the last time, then put on the goalkeeper gloves again and tidied them up.From his expression, you can never see that he has fallen in the cup again and again, his heart is full of tension, this kid's bluffing face was lifted by the seriousness, he finally patted his gloves, "Don't worry. "

"Hello, audience friends. This is the end of the third round of the FA Cup knockout match between Manchester United and Chelsea in the 97-98 season. The score of this game was 1-5. Manchester United won an absolute victory. It is worth mentioning that, Manchester United's rookie goalkeeper showed excellent and stable ability, his decisive attack resolved two opportunities for Chelsea to threaten the goal, and even blocked a direct shot from Di Matteo."

"However, the best player of the game was awarded to Manchester United's Beckham. This super popular kid scored a goal with a set kick and made two direct assists to seal the victory for Manchester United..."

The noisy commentators continued, and Phil Neville walked back with a smile on Aarau's shoulder.The joy brought by Araun's victory was directly expressed on his face, which made the whole person instantly escape from the somewhat cold aura of the game, and the sweat-soaked jersey was tightly attached to his body, making countless fans in front of the TV unconscious He swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Martin turned off the microphone in the joy of everyone at Manchester United, and Andy, who was finishing work, glanced at him, "What's the matter, old man?" "Do you think this is like an announcement of the real end of an era?"

Andy couldn't help sighing as he looked at the former Dutch hero and the Superman galloping on the field, Gullit was surrounded by a group of reporters, and he seemed to be eating them immediately.

There are definitely not many people who think like Andy Gray and Martin Taylor. The memorable era is coming to an end one by one, and the crazy stars will eventually grow old one by one. It is always inevitable at this time Melancholy.

However, when people once again sighed that the glory of Dutch football has returned to dim, no one knew that this was actually the real beginning of the revival of Dutch football.

On January 1th, Manchester United was a guest at Walsall and advanced to the next round of the FA Cup with a score of 24-4.

"Coach Ferguson chose to rotate again in this game. Manchester United are leading the league, but Arsenal are in the second place. I think the Scot didn't realize at the beginning that the Frenchman would be his way to win the title this season. rival."

On February 2th, Manchester United played against Barnsley away, 15-1.

"Nice save from Lou van der Ley, Manchester United."

Manchester United, who came to watch the away game, cheered and celebrated the team's entry into the next round of the FA Cup. Someone in the audience laughed and said, "Although we were unlucky to draw three rounds of away games in a row, but this time we This rookie goalkeeper really lived up to the title of 'genius'."

The people next to him didn't know whether to agree or just complain, "Yes, every year there are many talents from all over the world, and it turns out that most of them are parallel imports. Thinking of the price Manchester United paid for him, I have to feel that I have picked up a big leak."

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As the stadium commentary said, although Manchester United has always been at the top of the league, Arsenal and it are only 2 points away, and they can recover in one game.These two teams were eliminated early in the League Cup this season, but the FA Cup is still struggling. If Manchester United and Arsenal, which are divided into two areas, want to meet in the FA Cup, then it can only be this event finals.

However, Manchester United and Arsenal still have a chance to face each other directly in the league. On March 3, Arsenal will be a guest at Old Trafford to compete for championship points at Manchester United's home court.This game has nothing to do with Aarau, but Aarau looked at the "14=3" in huge fonts in the newspaper, and felt that it was Alexander who opened the 6-point gap in a game.

Facts have proved that even Schmeichel, who is born with a big heart, cannot bear all the pressure.Once he almost carried Denmark to become the European Cup champion with his own strength, but when the hero is dying, there are always times when he can't do it.Overmars volleyed, and Schmeichel hadn't realized that the ball had fallen into the net behind him.Schmeichel looked at him with a wanton smile on his face, that expression was full of provocation, as if saying that no one could block his must-goal.The crazed cries of the Arsenal fans behind Schmeichel poured into his ears like bombs, causing panic to flash through the usually calm Schmeichel. His mind went blank, and he subconsciously glanced at the bench.Ferguson stood there with a gloomy face on the sidelines, and Lou van der Ley's usual good-looking face was even a little scary in Schmeichel's eyes.

I'm that old?

Arsenal beat Manchester United 0-1 in the away game. The Red Devils watched their enemies celebrate on their proudest stadium, celebrating Manchester United's loss and celebrating Manchester United personally holding the league championship to Arsenal.

Four days later, it was still Old Trafford. Manchester United drew 4-1 with Monaco at home in the Champions League. Combined with the score of 1-0 at home in Monaco in the last round, Manchester United was also eliminated in the Champions League.

All of a sudden, the Red Devils who were dreaming of the Triple Crown suddenly realized that their dreams were shattered too quickly and too cruelly.Schmeichel, who was holding the goal post on the pitch and didn't know what to think, looked so old. The face of this goalkeeper who never seemed to be afraid was full of bewilderment. Two losses in a few days almost ruined the team. The whole season of hard work made him feel extraordinarily unreal.

On March 3th, Manchester United played away against Wimbledon, which made people lose again unexpectedly.The fans covered their faces in horror and didn't know what happened. Ferguson sat on the coach's bench so black that he could drip ink.

Goalkeeper coach Ardano looked at Schmeichel's position. If the first two games were stable, the Dane's performance in this game was really terrible.The lack of physical strength caused by the slow recovery of physical strength due to older age is one aspect. In people's eyes, Schmeichel, who has always had strong confidence in himself, began to doubt himself.

In the matches played at the same time, Arsenal has won four consecutive victories since March 3, and the gap between the two teams is no longer close to the point.Although Ferguson gritted his teeth and said that Manchester United had not given up, he himself understood that nothing could change Manchester United's current state.

After this game, Schmeichel was exhausted and his old injury recurred, and the team doctor suggested a two-week suspension.Schmeichel certainly understood what the suspension would mean, but he suddenly found himself too tired to refuse.

When Manchester United won their first recent victory against Blackburn in an away game, Ferguson sighed deeply when he learned that Arsenal had won five consecutive victories, "The French people this season really filled me up." Whether it was Monaco or not, Ferguson felt that everything made him extremely depressed.

Thinking of this, Ferguson made a decision. He looked at the nervous assistant coach, "Do you remember the color of the French flag?" "Blue, white, red..." replied somewhat inexplicably.

"Where is the Netherlands?" Ferguson revealed the answer before he could answer, "Blue, white, red."

Ardano, who watched all this, looked at Ferguson in surprise, "You mean, let Aarau play in the home game against Liverpool on April 4?" Ferguson looked forward with a strange smile, "Why not?"

"Even though he has played so many games before this, he has never played at Old Trafford... You know that a home game is both motivation and pressure..." Before he could finish speaking, Ferguson turned his head and looked at Him, "Is he competitive enough?"

"Of course, but..."

"Then that's all right," Ferguson looked at the kid he brought back from Madrid, "then let him appear on the stage of the Theater of Dreams."

—I know he's ready, look, don't you think he's actually trembling with excitement all the time?