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Chelsea, who have replaced a new coach, is indeed extraordinary. From mid-August to the end of August, they won three consecutive league victories, and all three games were clean opponents. Such a good start is equivalent to directly declaring war on other Premier League teams: Wolves are coming !

Last season's Premier League champion Arsenal also performed well. They also won all three games, but because of the low number of goal difference, although they have 9 points with Chelsea, they are temporarily ranked below the Blues in the standings.

Compared with these two teams, Manchester United's results are a bit bad.The Red Devils lost 0:1 to Chelsea in the first round of the league, and they beat Norwich City 2:1 in the second round of the league. However, because Norwich City is at the bottom of the Premier League, there is nothing to boast about.The third-round opponent Blackburn originally had a big gap with Manchester United, but because Manchester United repeatedly lost scoring opportunities during the game, the game ended in a 1:1 draw.

Three games, one draw, one loss and one win make sense for ordinary teams, but because it was Manchester United who achieved such results, after the three rounds of the league, fans immediately sparked a big discussion about it.

Not every team can come back to win the championship in the middle of the season. Such a thing is called a "miracle" precisely because it is rare. Most of the time, the team that performed well from the beginning to the end of the season It is the most powerful contender for the league championship, so a good start is too important for any team with championship ambitions.

But in fact, the reason for Manchester United's unfavorable start is also very simple. There are a few more newcomers in the main lineup of the new season, and the new and old players have not been in place in the training camp before the start of the league, resulting in a lack of cooperation between them.

Because of the lack of tacit understanding, good opportunities to score goals will be missed when attacking, and opportunities will be given to the opponent because they did not take care of each other when returning to defense.

It is precisely because of these shortcomings that Ferguson increased the team's training efforts and extended the training time by two hours every day.This arrangement caused many players to complain, but no one dared to show their dissatisfaction to Ferguson.

Manchester United's opponent in the fourth round of the league is Everton. Although Everton is not a giant, it can be regarded as a traditional Premier League team, and they have won England's top league championships 9 times.Especially this summer Ferguson just poached Rooney from Everton. Because of this, all Everton fans must hate Manchester United now, and the atmosphere during the game will probably be very hot.

Ferguson attached great importance to this game. As soon as he arrived at the training ground in the morning, he went to the office to study tactics. In the afternoon, he brought most of the coaches to discuss together. Only Carl and fitness coach Di Salvo were left on the training ground. Personally supervise the training of the players.

After urging the players to complete a series of warm-up actions, Karl felt a little thirsty. He said hello to Di Salvo, went back to the office building, made twice the coffee, and returned to the training ground with a cup.

When there was still a distance from the perimeter of the court, Carl saw that the players who had been running around the training ground had disappeared, but in the middle of the court, groups of people gathered, forming a huge encirclement , from the outside you can't tell what's going on there.

"It can't be that aliens suddenly fell from the sky." Carl muttered, put the coffee on the bench, and then turned his head to look for De Salvo.

Manchester United's fitness coach disappeared.

"Mr. Di Salvo?" Karl yelled into the field, wondering if the players were all gathered together because the opponent was giving a lecture.

But there was no response from the field, but a shout behind Carl: "I'm here!"

Carl turned his head and saw Di Salvo running here in a hurry.

"Where have you been?" he asked.

"Going to the toilet." Di Salvo said: "What happened in the training ground?"

Karl shook his head, and then turned his gaze to the training ground. After a closer look, he immediately noticed something was wrong—the outermost group of players stood on tiptoes, grabbed each other's shoulders, and looked into the crowd. It doesn't look like everyone is gathering together to talk, but it looks like they are watching some fun!

He immediately increased his volume and shouted into the arena: "What are you guys doing?"

Several players standing on the periphery turned their heads and saw Carl and Di Salvo standing on the edge of the field. Their expressions changed, and they immediately fiddled with the teammates around them. The crowd gradually separated, revealing the most middle situation——

Alan Smith pressed Cristiano Ronaldo to the ground and was punching his opponent's chin with fists!

Carl was furious: "Alan Smith, what are you doing? Stop!" As he spoke, he ran towards the field quickly, and Di Salvo followed closely behind him.

Although Karl ordered the opponent to let go, Alan Smith seemed to have never heard what Karl said, and still pressed Ronaldo's head and beat him to death.However, Carl's words still had a little impact on Alan, causing him to shake his head. Ronaldo took the opportunity to turn his body upwards, raised his arms, hugged Alan's head tightly, and clamped his legs With a force on Alan's waist, Alan, who was originally in the upper hand, was also dragged to the ground!

Although Ronaldo is very strong, he is young after all, and his fighting experience is definitely not as good as that of Alan Smith, who was honed in the Leeds United locker room.As soon as Ronaldo put Alan on the ground, Alan gave him a fierce punch in return. Ronaldo, who was originally bruised and swollen, immediately turned red, and the corners of his eyes were bleeding profusely.

Carl rushed in front of the writhing two people, trying to pull Alan away from behind to stop them from fighting, but Alan Smith seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, twisted and elbowed Carl back, and then fiercely He rushed towards Ronaldo, as if he had seen his father and enemy killed.

Ronaldo was at a disadvantage in this fight. Although he wanted to fight back, he was not strong enough, so he could only curl up on the ground, covering his head with his hands to prevent his injuries from getting worse.

This scene frightened Di Salvo too. He was too old to step forward and start a fight. He would just stand aside and keep shouting: "You guys stop! No more fights!"

But Alan Smith can't listen to anyone's words at the moment, he seems to have become a machine that can only beat people.

The other Manchester United players were watching the whole process just now, led by Giggs, Keane, Ruud van Nistelrooy and other big players in the dressing room, none of them stepped forward to fight.

But when they saw Carl and Di Salvo appear, and Carl even asked Alan to give him an elbow, the players understood that this matter had become a big deal, and they could no longer stand on the sidelines.Giggs took the lead, and four or five people stepped forward to hold Alan, and locked the opponent's limbs tightly, preventing him from acting rashly.

Gary Neville and others helped Ronaldo from the ground. The latter looked miserable at the moment, his jersey was crumpled and covered with dirt and grass, most of his face was bruised and swollen, and the right half of his face was bleeding. It is not clear whether it hurt the forehead or the eyelid.

Karl rubbed his stomach, stepped forward, asked Ronaldo to look up to stop the bleeding, and then told Ferdinand to go to the team doctor.When he saw Alan Smith twisting his body to break free from the shackles of his teammates, he yelled coldly: "Stay there!"

Alan Smith didn't move, but he slashed across Ronaldo's face with his knife-like eyes, and the veins at the temples swelled.

Carl took a deep breath and looked at Van Nistelrooy: "What's the reason for the fight?" There must be a reason why Ronaldo and Alan can fight so hard. Either of them will automatically favor him, and Ronaldo is now The blood is flowing all over the face, but it may not be enough to say anything.The training field is only so big, and there are no obstacles in the middle. The onlookers must be clear about how their conflict occurred, and Karl is confident that Ruud Van Nistelrooy will not lie to himself on this point.

Van Nistelrooy looked at Carl and said: "Just now everyone was practicing passing and shooting. Smith and Ronaldo were in a group. After a few minutes of cooperation, they quarreled. Smith said that Ronaldo can't pass the ball and will only drag his teammates down on the field. Ronaldo He just said that he didn't miss as many chances as Smith gave someone else's free kick, and Smith suddenly punched Ronaldo after hearing it, and the two of them started fighting."

Hearing this, Karl immediately understood the real reason for the fight—Alan Smith should be blaming Ronaldo for things in the league, because both Smith and Ronaldo were scheduled to start in the last few rounds. Ferguson's original intention was to let them The two work well together, and the one who performs better after a period of time will be the striker, and the other will play the midfielder.But the bad thing is that Smith and Ronaldo are born at odds. They never take the initiative to pass the ball to each other on the field. It is precisely because of this that Manchester United not only misses several excellent scoring opportunities in every game, but even occasionally sends them away. Give your opponent a free kick or a penalty.

However, even if he was dissatisfied with Ronaldo because of the game, Smith shouldn't be so heavy handed. Judging from the injury on Ronaldo's face, it probably needs stitches, and I don't know if it will affect the next league.

Alan Smith must be punished, and it must not be a few reprimands, there must be substantial punishment.Otherwise, it will definitely ruin the atmosphere of the team and make other players think that even if they hit their teammates, they will not be treated badly by the coach.

"No matter how much conflict you have with your teammates during training, you shouldn't be hit by your opponent." Carl looked at Alan Smith: "I apologize to Ronaldo, because this incident was completely provoked by you alone."

Alan Smith stiffened his neck and said nothing.

Carl frowned, his voice became cold: "Apologize immediately!"

Alan Smith remained unmoved.Giggs, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but tugged on his sleeve, but was thrown away by Smith.

Everyone's breathing can be heard quietly on the training ground.

Carl saw everything in his eyes, and he felt a burst of anger from the bottom of his heart: "Alan Smith, according to the team rules, if you violate team discipline, beat opponents, and ignore the coach, I will fine you a week's salary As a warning."

Alan Smith's weekly salary after signing for Manchester United is 5 pounds, which is not only an unimaginable figure for ordinary people, but also a lot of money even for high-income stars.

So when Carl said that he would deduct Smith's weekly salary, not only the Manchester United players around were stunned, but Alan Smith even shouted: "You are not BOSS or Mr. Queiroz, you have no right to punish like this." I!"

"He didn't, I did!" Just as Carl was about to speak, such a majestic voice came from behind him.

Everyone turned their heads together and saw Ferguson with a cold face leading a large group of people standing behind them.