Chapter 230 Cantona’s calmness (the full-length "Manchester United Dynasty: Made by Ferguson" 95-96 season)
"See Cantona mediate the conflict between Keane and opponent players, see him go like a professor It is inevitable to persuade two arrogant guys to be surprised: Is this still the guy who kicks the fans? Such Cantona makes people feel even more daunting."
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was 12 points ahead of Manchester United. Coach Keegan also appeared quite calm and rational. He is very modest to say that the team is only temporarily leading, but this does not mean anything. He believes that Newcastle will encounter more difficult games and more powerful opponents.
just when Newcastle defeated Bolton in an away game, widening the points gap to 12 points, Manchester United played in the third round of the FA Cup rematch against the second-level Sunderland team.
Despite facing low-level opponents, Ferguson has put on five guards, which is why he is not assured of his defense. Ferguson still doesn't want to give up the FA Cup game. The team's defense is weak for this period of time. He has to improve the defense by increasing the manpower, allowing Bruce, Parker and Gary Neville to play the center back together. However, this arrangement made Manchester United's structure unbalanced. The defense was breached in the 24th minute. Sunderland's center Phil Gray took the lead, making the Manchester United team extremely uncomfortable.
At the beginning of the second half, Ferguson immediately corrected himself, changing the awkward five-back formation back to four-backs, replacing Parker with Lee Sharp to strengthen the attack, and after 20 minutes of onslaught, Manchester United still could not tear Sander. Lan's defense. Ferguson changed again and replaced Bart with Scholes.
's substitution proved to be effective. Just 7 minutes later, Phil Neville made a cross after reaching the front court. Scholes then inserted the ball just in time to receive the ball, and then made a beautiful false move. Take the ball, get out of the defender in time, and immediately start a long shot when he finds a shot opportunity. This powerful long-range shot broke Sunderland goalkeeper Chamberlain's ten fingers in one fell swoop.
Manchester United got more and more courageous after the equalizer, while the Sunderland team appeared exhausted and was completely attacked by the away Manchester United. In the 89th minute, Manchester United once again played the wing attack routine. Sharp made a left-footed pass. Cole from the back point made a strong header. The angle and strength of the header were perfect. It went straight into the bottom corner of the goal, 2 to 1. !
Manchester United completed the reversal at the last moment and successfully advanced to the next round.
returned to the Premier League, Manchester United challenged West Ham away.
At this time, Manchester United not only trailed the first place Newcastle by 12 points in the league standings, but the Red Devils have not won four consecutive away games, including an embarrassing three-game losing streak. Therefore, the away game Manchester United must also win. Moore began to attack as soon as the game opened. Giggs did a great job in this game. He caught the pass from his teammate Keane near the center line and used an unbelievable back heel to knock the ball. After that, the ball passed and the opponent looked confused. Dix forced, and then sprinted along the right road. Giggs dribbled the ball forward, and his speed kept suppressing the opponent who was chasing. Before he went to the bottom line, he also made a scene of pushing right and going left, and the ball was separated, which made the opponent's defender hate it, but he didn't take him. Method. Rather than pass from the right bottom like Beckham did, Giggs chose to cut inside and cut into the corner of the penalty area. Here he and Cole made a wonderful two-over one, Cole attracted the opponent defender. After that, the gap pass was very comfortable. After Giggs scored, he made a push to pass the ball to the front of the goal. Lee Sharp hit the goal at high speed to grab a spot but failed to grab it. When he was right, he calmly ejected into the net with his left foot at a small angle.
Manchester United led 1 to 0, just 8 minutes after the start. After
lost the ball, West Ham United began a crazy counterattack, and Manchester United’s defense was under great pressure. But this time the Red Devils’ defense never lost the chain. Although Bruce, Gary Neville, Cole and Lee Sharp all received yellow cards, Bart was even sent off with a red card before the end of the game, but Manchester United ultimately relied on its toughness. The defense saved the victory.
Manchester United won the first game of five consecutive away games. Ferguson said after the game, "We played well. We should have scored 3 or 4 goals early. In the second half we lost a lot of possession, but the players proved it. Their ability." When asked by Sky TV about the prospect of the title, Ferguson said something like this: "Of course it depends on the performance of Newcastle. They will have a lot of difficult away games.Of course we are the same. But I think that when the league enters March, if you want to compete for the championship, every game of yours will be very difficult, and every opponent will be difficult to do. We still have some experience in dealing with these difficulties, but not Every team has experience winning championships, who knows if something interesting will happen? "The
media are also concerned that Cantona, who has always been grumpy, came forward to persuade Keane and the other Dicks when he clashed. They couldn't even believe that this was what Cantona did. "What happened to Manchester United? What happened? Why can Cantona be the role of persuasion and comfort? This is really amazing! "Z1z
some media found out Cantona’s game video after his return, and they were even more surprised. After Cantona’s return, he was repeatedly attacked and humiliated by opponents on and off the court, and encountered various rough, The covert and malicious infringement was injured more than once, but Cantona accepted it calmly, and he did not see the unrestrained attitude of the year.
Yes, this change is surprising, but both Ferguson and Cantona are calm. In fact, including the entire Manchester United are actually undergoing some changes. The team has maintained its blood and domineering, but it has also begun to concentrate and calm. This change allows the whole team to work together, better eliminate interference, and move towards the only goal. Z1z
then Manchester United played away against Reading in the secondary league at the end of January. This is the fourth round of the FA Cup. Manchester United in the away game showed strong strength. In the first half, Giggs successfully countered the opponent’s penalty area. Sharp The shot was pounced, and Giggs promptly followed up and broke the net. In the second half, Paul Parker counterattacked and scored directly in front of the opponent's penalty area. This was the last goal he scored for Manchester United. At the last moment, Cantona relaxed. The goal was scored and Manchester United won the away game 3-0.
Manchester United won without pressure in this game. Cantona performed extremely well and was named the best player of the game. What is surprising again is that Cantona still controlled well. For his temper, he even picked up the banana that the home team fans threw at him during the game, and gave it back to the home team fans "humorously." The "biggest" test of
against Cantona was on February 3, 1996, with Manchester United At Selhurst Park, it was not the original owner of the stadium, Crystal Palace, but the Wimbledon team who had rented the stadium for a long time. In this stadium 374 days ago, Cantona was sent off in a game between Manchester United and Crystal Palace. , And was suspended for a long time because of kicking the fans. Manchester United eventually lost the league title. Z1z
returned to the old place, Cantona even directly refused the pre-match interview, he calmly waited for the start of the game. Ferguson on this There is only one requirement for the game, and that is victory. Facing Wimbledon, Manchester United is completely dominant in strength, but shortly after the start of the game, Manchester United ran into problems. The old captain Bruce was injured and could not continue the game. Ferguson could only replace Beckham, let Keane retreat to play as a central defender, and partnered with Gary Neville.
Even without a captain, Manchester United has been pressing the opponent's attack and creating a lot of shooting opportunities. In the first half. In 44 minutes of the game, Manchester United's corner kick caused confusion in the opponents. Irvine made a cross, and Cole scored the header. Manchester United led 1-0. Then Beckham's free kick hit the crossbar, and the opponent's center back Perry was in Keane. Under pressure, he made a mistake and pushed the ball into his goal. Manchester United led 2 to 0! Wimbledon, who was behind
, began to attack in the second half, and the two teams began to enter the attack mode. The mad gang first got a goal back by Gale, and Beckham assisted Cantona in the second half and rewritten the score to 3-1! After
scored Cantona rushed to the fans' stands, security personnel rushed over when they saw it, they were obviously Frightened by Cantona's actions. Cantona didn't want to trouble the home team fans. He rushed to the visitors' stand and hugged the Manchester United fans who came with the team to cheer him.
Cantona at this time bid farewell to the guy who kicked the fans in such a special way. Z1z
was behind Wimbledon by 2 goals and then pulled back again, but Cantona scored twice and finally helped Manchester United kill the game 4-2.
The media praised Manchester United’s young players after the game: “Manchester United strives to train its own young players, but few experts give them due praise for this approach. Sometimes some critics also criticize this strongly, thinking that Manchester United Relying on the youth training will not accomplish anything. We now see these young people playing very well, young people like Gary Neville, dare to fight, are very engaged, and he solved it with tacklesThe opponent's several offenses and running are very active. He has absolute loyalty to this team and is close to his teammates. As long as they continue to carry forward these advantages, sooner or later they will become a great team. "Z1z
" Of course we can't forget Beckham, this guy just won the first team's chance this year. His passing, his free kick, and his running are all pleasant surprises. He is improving every day, and every time he plays, people will see the shining spot. We believe that he will succeed here. "Z1z
" Giggs and Scholes have become stars. Their performance has made every Manchester United fan scream and excited every fan. They are also the fruit of Manchester United's youth training and have become the stars of this generation of young players. From these players we can see that Ferguson and his team have put in a lot of hard work. The team they built is full of hope. "Z1z
Ferguson praised Cantona alone after the game: "I am happy for him, this is his night. The significance of this game is huge. It is a key three-pointer for our team. For Cantona, it is not only two goals, not just the best of the game, but this game also means him. The emotions were released. Here, he and the fans who love him enjoyed the joy of football. He found the meaning of this sport and found his own unique value. I am very happy to see him become a hero on the pitch and become the leader of Manchester United. "Z1z
Yes, Cantona has taken on more responsibilities and more pressure after his return. He is no longer as rebellious as before, and is no longer as fierce and fierce as before. In the face of malice He chose to fight back with goals, respond with better performance, and vent with victory.
This is a new Cantona.
