host must win

Chapter 595 Fiasco
In the middle of the week, Manchester United ushered in the third round of the League Cup this season and faced Barnett, who is ranked 3st in the second division, at Old Trafford.

This is a match between two teams with a huge gap in strength. Manchester United, ranked second in the Premier League, is 87 places higher than their opponents!
Ferguson naturally carried out a comprehensive rotation of the team lineup, playing with a lineup composed of substitute players and some players drawn from the youth team, and still achieved a 4:1 victory, thus advancing to the fourth round of the League Cup.

However, in the subsequent draw for the fourth round of the League Cup, Manchester United's luck was not so good. They drew the Premier League team West Brom.

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On the afternoon of October 10th, Manchester United was a guest at the Riverside Stadium, ushering in the last game in October.

Because he will go to France to challenge Lille in the middle of next week, Ferguson did not send out the full main lineup.On the defense line, Vidic and Evra ushered in a rotation, and Sylvester and the teenager Bardsley got the chance to start, forming a defense line with Ferdinand and O'Shea.In midfield, Yin Jun was on the bench, Scholes partnered with Alan Smith and Fletcher, Giggs and Ronaldo took turns on the striker, and Park Ji-sung, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rooney formed the striker trident.

United had a nightmare start at the Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough took the lead after just two minutes, ex-Spain international Mendieta shot a right-footed shot from 2 yards in the middle, Van der Sar flew to save the ball, but couldn't Prevent the ball from entering the net.

In the 25th minute, Manchester United conceded another goal. Mendieta made a long pass from the midfielder to the left side of the penalty area. Ferdinand failed to clear the siege. Hasselbaink intercepted the ball from behind and shot a long arc shot with his right foot from 1 yards on the left side of the penalty area. angle into the net.

The continuous blows made the Manchester United players a little confused, especially the starting right back Bardsley, who was like sleepwalking, which made Ferguson completely unable to sit still, and just after 30 minutes of the game, he used another young player Richard Sen replaced it, and O'Shea changed to right back.

Poor Bardsley left the field dejected and in a state of breakdown.

However, Ferguson's substitution did not help the confused Manchester United. Richardson, who came off the bench, sent a penalty kick during stoppage time in the first half, which made Manchester United enter the center with a score of 0:3. field break.

At half-time, Ferguson turned on his hair dryer again in the dressing room and sprayed the Manchester United players with blood.

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Everyone expected that Ferguson's hair dryer could wake up the stunned players, but his hair dryer only accelerated the melting of Manchester United, and the defense in the midfield was useless.United attacked desperately in the second half, but were unable to create good scoring chances.And Middlesbrough used counterattacks to frequently create threats.

Middlesbrough expanded the score in the 68th minute. Yakub got rid of Ferdinand from the left and broke into the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area to pass back. Mendieta scored twice with an easy push from 12 yards in the middle. The home team Middlesbrough is in front.

At this time, people noticed that Yin Jun, who had already stood on the sidelines and was about to come off the bench, was called back to the bench by Ferguson.Obviously, Ferguson has given up today's game.

If the team is 0:3 behind, there is still a glimmer of hope for recovery, then when the team is 0:4 behind and the players on the field have been completely beaten, there is no room for recovery, so Ferguson also Very simply abandoned treatment.

It was only at the last moment of the game that Manchester United was pulled back by Ronaldo, which was regarded as a face-saving goal.But it didn't help, Manchester United had to swallow a 1:4 defeat in the away game.

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This fiasco came so suddenly that everyone was unprepared.Because before that, Manchester United maintained an unbeaten 14 games in all competitions this season, with a proud record of 12 wins and 2 draws, even surpassing all teams in the Premier League during the same period.

For this fiasco, everyone is very at a loss, just like the performance of Manchester United players at the Riverside Stadium, everyone does not know what caused this sudden fiasco.

The 1:4 fiasco made all Manchester United people extremely disappointed. This should not be the performance of Manchester United.

Yin Jun said in an interview with reporters after the game: "The second goal and the third are both bad. A team of our level shouldn't concede like this. We can't afford it!"

Ferguson was even more blunt, saying: "Such a poor performance shocked me! The players should blame themselves. From the second minute onwards, we started conceding stupid goals in a row and never recovered. ...When you get scored like this, you should be able to hear the players themselves say 'unacceptable' words, I need players with enthusiasm and a sense of honor."

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After losing 3 points and dignity at the Riverside Stadium, Ferguson had to face a bigger storm: the team captain Roy Keane fired!

Just when Manchester United was about to forget the previous humiliating defeat and set off again with a new face, Keane, who was recovering from his injury, suddenly criticized his teammates for their poor performance. "The Times", "The Sun" and many other British media published this news in important positions.

The headline in The Times read: Manchester United hit the panic button...

The cause of the incident stems from a video that has been blocked.

After losing to the Riverside Stadium, Manchester United TV's traditional program "Match Authority" invited Keane to comment on the reasons for the team's defeat.

This was originally a "going through the motions" program. After a loss, the guests often said some general words, and then encouraged their teammates and comforted the fans.However, as straightforward as Ferguson, the Iron Man of Ireland was uncharacteristically this time and aimed his guns directly at his teammates who performed poorly in the game.

"The Sun" revealed that there were five players named and criticized by the captain, namely the main midfielder Smith, defender O'Shea, Richardson who came off the bench, midfielders Fletcher and Miller.The "Times" believes that Ferdinand, who is worth 5 million pounds, can hardly escape Keane's scolding.

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What the hell did Keane say?It's a mystery.Because this video was quickly blocked by relevant personnel of Manchester United.

The Sun believed it was Ferguson who ordered the program to be replaced, while The Times vaguely said it was a management decision, adding that Manchester United chief executive David Gill confirmed that the program was "not allowed to air".The Manchester United official spokesman and the person in charge of Manchester United TV refused to explain and comment on the sudden change of the program content.

It is not difficult to find from the attitude of Manchester United's senior staff that Keane's words are far more than just criticism.Maybe the Irishman scolded something nasty, or said something that everyone should not know.

In short, the situation was so serious that it was completely blocked.

　Happy Mid-autumn Festival!There is only this chapter today, so I won’t say the reason...

　　
　
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