host must win

Chapter 215 The Eve of the Great War
On the eve of the battle between Manchester United and Arsenal, the Manchester United team still stayed at the Laurie Hotel as usual.

Because at noon today, Chelsea slaughtered the Wolves 5-0 away, which allowed the Blues to temporarily overwhelm Arsenal with an unbeaten record of 4 wins and 2 draws, topping the Premier League standings, while Manchester United temporarily fell to the league. third position.

Although the Premier League is only in the sixth round and the entire season has not yet been played, Ferguson still feels tremendous pressure from the good performances of Arsenal and Chelsea.

The old man is very clear that this season, if Manchester United wants to defend the league title, it will face a daunting challenge!

In tomorrow's home game against Arsenal, Manchester United cannot afford to lose.

After driving the players to their respective rooms to rest and warning everyone not to go out, Ferguson called a meeting of the coaching staff.The central topic of the meeting is naturally the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final against Aston Villa tomorrow.

"Everyone speaks freely, how should we play this game? How will Arsenal play?"

"There is nothing to say." Mike Phelan said indifferently, "I have studied it so many times, and I am even more familiar with it than my own wife."

"Do you want me to drive you out?!" The Ferguson hair dryer roared and started immediately.

Mike Phelan was taken aback and quickly shut up.

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When the coaches are in a meeting, the players are also chatting and spanking.

Although Ferguson had rushed the players to the hotel room before the meeting, it was still early and everyone couldn't sleep.

There were also people who visited each other, but no one dared to sneak out of the hotel to fool around. Even a prodigal son like Giggs stayed in the hotel obediently.

Ronaldo sat on his bed and asked Yin Jun: "Boss Yin Jun, tell me, can I start tomorrow's game?"

"No." Yin Jun deliberately teased him, "You are too weak."

"Why?" Ronaldo said, "I was the best player in the last league game."

Scholes, who had just entered the door, listened, and said with a smile: "What's the use of being the best in a game, look at me and Yin, the best in a single game is soft."

Facing the two big men of the team, Ronaldo felt that he had nothing to say.

Scholes continued to attack Ronaldo, saying: "When we play against Arsenal, the boss will definitely form the strongest lineup. Not surprisingly, Roy and I will be in the middle. Yin and Ryan must be on the left and right, and Rude will definitely be in the front. It will occupy a position, and the other position is likely to be created between Ole and Diego, where does your kid have a chance to start?"

"I don't want to live anymore..." Ronaldo covered his face and shouted, pretending to peek through his fingers. When Scholes and Yin Jun found out, he himself laughed happily.

Everyone didn't take it seriously, this guy was a troublemaker with a good temper, and the big brothers in the team liked him very much.

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After the tactical analysis meeting, at the pre-match press conference the next morning, Ferguson challenged Wenger.

"Wenger will realize that he is far behind me." Ferguson said, stretching out eight fingers.

He is deliberately stimulating Wenger, mainly because he has won 8 Premier League titles, but Wenger has only 2.

"Yes, I'm eight years younger than him," Wenger said.

Ferguson felt that this guy was sarcastically calling him an old bone, and immediately replied: "Some young people should respect their predecessors."

Wenger: "Hi senior, don't cry when you lose."

The media and fans were very happy. They watched the war of words between Ferguson and Wenger with relish.

Ferguson and Wenger quarreled in full swing, and the players on both sides were also tit-for-tat.Especially Arsenal's number one star, Henry, set fire to the referee.

The Arsenal striker was surprised that referee Liray alone awarded United six penalties at Old Trafford last season, saying: "I'm not complaining about Manchester United getting too many penalties but If something like this happened at Highbury, people would be amazed and pay attention. Referees are human and make mistakes, but there should be no discrimination in decisions. Pires was overwhelmed by criticism , but some who did the same thing easily escaped."

Henry's argument before the game obviously had something to say.

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"I'm already outside the Old Trafford Stadium. There are still three hours before the start of the game. The scene is already far away from a large number of fans." The front reporter of Sky TV is conducting a live interview outside the Old Trafford Stadium.

"John, interview the fans at the scene." The director ordered in the background.

"Received." The reporter in front agreed, and took the microphone to a group of Manchester United fans.

"Hello--"

"Manchester United must win!"

"Fuck Arsenal!"

"3:0!"

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Before the reporter finished speaking, the Manchester United fans shouted excitedly, and several of them were obviously drunk.

In the middle of the week, Arsenal had just lost 0:3 to Inter Milan in the Champions League, and Arsenal also lost 0:3 at Old Trafford last season.

"Well, we've all seen it, the Manchester United fans are in high spirits," said the reporter in front of him loudly.

Soon, he took the camera team and found another group of Arsenal fans.

"Hello-"

"Fuck Manchester United!"

"Come on! Kill Manchester United!"

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The reporter shrugged and said: "It can be seen that the morale of Arsenal fans is also very high."

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An hour and a half later, in the live signal, the buses of Arsenal and Manchester United left the hotel respectively.Along the way, there were continuous fans driving to follow, and the scene was spectacular.

Manchester United is the host, their hotel is in a good location, closer to the stadium, and they arrived at Old Trafford earlier, which aroused huge cheers from the Manchester United fans.

The players got out of the car one by one, everyone looked very serious, and no one was interviewed by the media.

Ferguson was surrounded by reporters, the old man snorted, the reporter group was in a commotion, some even took two steps back, there was no way, this was the deterrent force of the old man.

"Sir, can you talk about your prediction for this game?" A reporter who knew Ferguson well shouted.

"Victory! Our goal has remained the same!" The old man raised a finger and said, then strode away.

This is what the godfather is like.

About ten minutes later, Arsenal's bus arrived.The players got out of the car one by one, and under the organization of the assistant coaches, they quickly passed through the mixed interview area, and also did not accept any interviews.

"Arsena!"

"Mr. Wenger, please say a few words."

"We'll see you in nine 10 minutes!" Wenger said after stopping, and then left straight away.

(End of this chapter)