future king

Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar announced yesterday that he will retire after the end of this season. The 40-year-old Dutch goalkeeper will end his 21-year career this summer.

In his 21-year professional career, Van der Sar played 130 times on behalf of the Dutch national team. The only regret is that he did not help the Dutch team reach the highest podium in the World Series. In June 2005, Van der Sar switched from Fulham to the Red Devils with a transfer fee of 6 million pounds, becoming another legendary goalkeeper of Manchester United after Schmeichel.

In an interview with MUTV, Van der Sar explained his decision to retire. "After playing for so many years, you come to an inflection point where you need to make a decision. There are many things to consider, whether you still have the game**, and your family, it is time to focus on mine. The family is on. You have to look back at yourself. You have to ask if you can still perform at the top level, which is what you have to do at Manchester United. Still happy with the results on the pitch. I just want to leave at a high level."

"After you've turned 40, you can't always be superhuman. It's a hard decision to make, but this season is the last. When I first came here, I was just happy to be able to Signed a two-year contract. I want to win a Premier League title before I retire. I am lucky to do it now, a little more than I thought. Happiest moment of my career? Saving Ane I would say the happiest moment was when I saved Anelka's penalty in the Champions League final against Chelsea in 08. Of course I made better saves, but that one was too special. Decisive. I had such fun with the lads after the game that I will never forget it. It was a great feeling as a player to win the most important game for the club I played for."

Ferguson was not surprised by Van der Sar's decision to retire. As early as last month, Ferguson said, "We are ready. This is Van der Sar's last season." Ferguson gave Van der Sar He gave a very high evaluation, "An extremely good person, a fantastic goalkeeper, and an incredible career."

"He is a role model for all the young people in the world who want to be goalkeepers. Over the years, Van der Sar's level has not regressed in any way. He has never changed. He has always played at a consistent high level. He has always been exceptional. Calm. He is very calm, he never likes to deliberately express himself, he is very happy with what he has achieved in his career, he does not pursue other things, he is really a good person. I know, he will take a break first, But sooner or later he will be coaching, based on his experience over the years."

When Van der Sar and Ferguson talked about the Dutch goalkeeper's decision to retire, they both expressed their biggest regret that Van der Sar did not join Manchester United earlier.

In this regard, Van der Sar felt very helpless. "It was a mutual decision (retirement) we made, I spoke to the manager last week and he agreed. I enjoyed my time at Manchester United, I have been happy at Manchester United for so many years. You probably said, 'You Maybe stay a little longer'. But that's life, you can't always get what you want at the right moment. I'm just happy that at least we've been together for so many years. It's not over yet, I still have It's been a few months. I still have more goals to achieve. It's a blessing at my age to have a lot of great experience at a great club like Manchester United."

Manchester United goalkeeper coach Steele believes that Van der Sar will be another legend of the Red Devils after Schmeichel. "Van der Sar will retire at the end of the season, it is a joint decision between the manager, the team and Van der Sar. He is so good, I am very lucky. I worked with Schmeichel when I was at Villa. I worked with Van der Sar at Manchester United for two and a half years. The penalty save in Moscow put Van der Sar on equal footing with Schmeichel."

Manchester United's official website praised Van der Sar as a "super goalkeeper", and believed that the Dutch goalkeeper could play another year in terms of physical fitness.

This season, Van der Sar has kept 12 clean sheets in the Premier League.In the past three seasons, when Van der Sar played for Manchester United, the Red Devils had the lowest conceded goal rate per game, and even kept more clean sheets.This season, when Van der Sar played, Manchester United's average conceded rate was only 0.8; when he did not play, Manchester United's average conceded rate reached 1.2.In the past 14 games Van der Sar played, Manchester United only conceded 7 goals, averaging 0.5 goals per game, and kept 8 clean sheets.

Such a super goalkeeper's decision to leave the Red Devils this summer is definitely a sad news for tens of millions of Manchester United fans around the world.

At the same time, the fourth round of the FA Cup will also start.

Manchester United defeated Southampton 2-1 without any risk. After the crazy reversal of three goals in the last game, the Red Devils once again became magical in this campaign, and once again offered a reversal battle.

"Little Pea" scored in two consecutive games and became the spokesperson of Manchester United's reversal, while Gibson, who had a rare chance to start consecutively, continued his poor performance.The young Irishman who was once placed high by Ferguson failed to seize the redemption opportunity generously given by Sir Alex Ferguson. His appearance made the team habitually passive in the first half-using conceded goals to set up a stage for the team to stage a reversal. Gibson has achieved Manchester United's reputation as the "reversal king" from another level.

Gibson appeared in the right midfielder position in this game, and the super rookie Chamberlain, who Manchester United focused on observing, also frequently played on the right wing of Manchester United, which gave Gibson many opportunities to have direct dialogues with Chamberlain.

As a result, Gibson, who has played for Manchester United for four seasons, looked as immature as a rookie in front of the 17-year-old football prodigy.

In the 13th minute, Gibson received a direct pass from O'Shea and was about to break through. As a result, Chamberlain quickly slammed in from the side, and a precise sliding tackle destroyed the ball under Gibson's feet.In the first head-to-head confrontation between the two sides, Gibson exposed the weakness of the slow frequency at his feet.

In turn, Chamberlain's breakthrough on the left made Gibson helpless.In the 44th minute, Chamberlain used his speed to rush all the way from the left side to the front of the penalty area to score the ball. Gibson chased after him in embarrassment. Even though Chamberlain made continuous changes of direction on the way to get rid of it, Gibson still chased further and further. The main force of Manchester United The midfielder has been reduced to such a situation, which really shames the red jersey that carries the great history.

In addition to being completely defeated in the direct dialogue with Chamberlain, Gibson also repeatedly squandered the offensive opportunities created by his teammates.

In the 33rd minute, Fabio made a free kick on the left side of the penalty area. Gibson, who is considered to be a first-class long-range player among Manchester United midfielders, made a mistake like an amateur player-he didn't drive the ball at all.

At a position so close to the goal, professional players often make such low-level mistakes only when their physical strength is seriously overdrawn. I am afraid that Gibson's "flying fairy" foot can only be attributed to his absolutely unreliable basic skills.

After 1 minute, Gibson once again wasted Manchester United's excellent offensive opportunity.He received a pass from his teammate in front of the penalty area and got a chance to shoot without marking. This was a good opportunity for him to show his proud shooting skills, and he may even use it as an excuse for the poor performance of the previous game. The performance realizes self-salvation.However, Gibson made several adjustments in a row due to his unstable stopping of the ball. As a result, he waited until the supplementary defensive player reached the goal before completing the shot, and the ball was blocked by the defensive player without any suspense.

The unbearable Ferguson replaced Gibson with veteran Ryan Giggs in the 58th minute. This is Giggs replaced Gibson for two consecutive games.

After Gibson came off the bench, he shook his head sluggishly on the bench, as if he had a premonition that his time at Manchester United was approaching.

And like the previous game, this substitution was once again a turning point in the game. After Giggs came on the field, Manchester United's offensive immediately improved, and the reversal was completed naturally.

Giggs, who only got the chance to perform in 32 minutes, sent key assists to Hernandez in two consecutive games, which not only achieved the reputation of "Little Pea" as the key man, but also strongly contrasted Gibson's mediocrity.

Look at the naked comparison between the two in opta's post-match statistics.

In 58 minutes, Gibson made no contribution on the offensive end except for a non-threatening cross and two irrelevant shots; and he, who is known for his tough style of play, only had one counterattack and one clearance on the defensive end .

In 32 minutes, Giggs sent 2 threatening balls, 3 crosses, no kicks, and an astonishing 3 counter-attacks on the defensive end.

"Sky Sports" fans scored an hour after the game, Gibson only got a poor 3.9 points, the lowest in the game, this is also the unlucky Irishman reduced to "Mr. Worst" for two consecutive games.

Giggs's score is as high as 7.6 points, almost twice that of Gibson. The players of the same team score such a disparity, which is very rare in the scoring history of "Sky Sports".

In addition to Gibson, Manchester United's other "star of hope" Evans' performance was also lackluster. It was his defensive mistakes that made Southampton's wonderful goals.

In the 45th minute, Southampton's Chaplow, who was on loan from Preston, intercepted Manchester United's clearance ball on the right side of the penalty area. The shells in the chamber roared like the upper right dead corner.The moment Chaplow kicked his feet, Evans had already been thrown away by 5 meters. In fact, after being successfully broken by Chaplow, Evans began to slow down and obviously gave up resistance. Manchester United's never-say-die team spirit seemed extremely out of tune.

Evans was once regarded by Ferguson as a defensive super rookie with the same potential as Pique.But while Pique has grown into a world-class defender, the 22-year-old Evans has lost his aura and become a mediocre central defender.

In this campaign, Evans' poor defensive skills and poor defensive awareness were magnified in various ways in front of the underdogs. If it weren't for O'Shea's active replacement, Evans would have been overwhelmed by the opponent's repeated attacks.

More importantly, Evans did not show the talent to grow into an excellent central defender at all. In addition to the poor performance that caused the goal to be conceded, Evans also resorted to amateur defensive actions many times.In the 37th minute, the Southampton player made a big foot clearance in the penalty area. Evans used a very obvious elbow to push the opponent down in the top fight near the middle circle. As a defender of a wealthy team, he has no skills. Content's small defensive moves can only be described as childish.

"Sky Sports" fans gave Evans a low score of 5.1 points, just higher than "Mr. Nan Guo" Gibson, the second worst in the game.

Looking back on the few appearances that Evans has made this season, almost every time he can only be reduced to such a buffoon.

从3-3战平埃弗顿的低级冒顶，到1-0小胜流浪者的**回传，再到7-1狂胜布莱克本的唯一污点，以及0-4惨败给西汉姆的狼狈不堪，埃文斯俨然成为了曼联后防线上的首席灾星。

"Evans is a player with outstanding technical ability and psychological quality. He represents the future of the team's defense." Evans, who was once evaluated by Sir Alex, is obviously unable to bear the seriousness of being criticized. Overrated grandeur.

The 37-year-old Giggs has renewed his contract. Manchester United's big change to welcome the "New Red Devils Dynasty" seems to have turned the gun. The targets of the clean-up are turned to the mediocre talents like Gibson and Evans who have proven to be embarrassing to use. Even though they have an age advantage and were once considered to "represent the future of the team", they are completely unworthy of this kind of ability. It is absolutely impossible for Manchester United to pin their hopes of revival on the players who wear the Red Devils jersey.

A few years later, in Ferguson's magnificent Manchester United epic, they did not have the opportunity to leave their names. If they did, the footnote could only be: Ferguson's insightful coaching career is a rare failure.

The games in January have all ended, and Manchester United's killer Li Yu will return to the team at that time. Li Yu, who returns with the style of the Asian king, is bound to set off a scoring craze again, so Manchester United's road to the championship will undoubtedly add a lot. Less combat power.

In Rooney's ups and downs, Li Yu is the most secure person. Ferguson has been waiting impatiently. Now that the Asian Cup has finally come to an end, Li Yu hurried back. I have to say that this is Ferguson's impatience.

The Chinese New Year is coming, but in the game on February 2, Chinese fans still can't see Li Yu. Ferguson did not let Li Yu enter the squad in the game against Aston Villa, so that the main striker Rest, this is also a helpless move for Ferguson.

It is very dangerous for the players to rush around and play in such a hurry. To be on the safe side, let Li Yu rest this round and adjust his physical condition. There must be a game waiting for Li Yu to play in the future!

With Wayne Rooney's brace and an assist, Manchester United easily defeated Villa 3-1 at Old Trafford and achieved a 9-game winning streak at home in the league.After the game, coach Ferguson was full of praise for Rooney.Before this campaign, Rooney only scored 3 goals for Manchester United in all competitions this season, but it seems that after this game, Rooney has gradually recovered his best form.

In an interview with "Sky Sports", Ferguson said: "I am absolutely very happy, an excellent performance! Our performance today was great. I am very happy. We played very well. Villa is a very good team. When they have the ball, we have to be very focused because they have the ball very well."

"Great vision from van der Sar, great pass! Rooney felt great today, everyone should remember tonight, he finally got paid for it. We missed a few chances today, their The goalkeeper made two or three really fantastic saves and I think we deserved more."

"If we keep winning, we can't lose the title. Our aim is to keep that momentum going, to keep working like we did against Villa tonight, and hopefully we can get there in the end."

Before United's game against Aston Villa, even the most optimistic Red Devils fans did not expect the team to start so smoothly. Rooney opened the game with a Batistuta-style goal just 49 seconds into the game. The team opened the door to victory, and it was the 40-year-old goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar who sent Rui Costa-style precise long passes not Nani, Ryan Giggs and other "pass masters".

At that time, Manchester United won a free kick in the backcourt. Vidic stood in front of the ball and was about to take the penalty. Van der Sar suddenly saw Rooney who was going forward and quickly shouted at Vidic. Slapped the horse and hit a long pass that spanned nearly 70 meters and was accurately delivered to Rooney. Rooney stopped the ball comfortably, and at the same time leaned on Dunn who was close to him, and then volleyed with his right foot. Goal back corner.Ferdinand immediately rushed to Van der Sar excitedly, celebrating this typical paradigm assist with his old partner excitedly.

In fact, Van der Sar's passing skills have always been underestimated, especially compared with Manchester United's previous legendary goalkeeper Schmeichel, the Dutchman's low-key and steady style is very deceptive.The former Denmark captain is famous for his roaring commands from the back and ultra-precise back-throws to launch fast breaks, but the restrained Van der Sar is no slouch in these two skills.This assist for Rooney fully demonstrated Van der Sar's overall view and precise footwork, and this was only the beginning of Van der Sar's excellent performance throughout the game.

In the 17th minute of the game, Van der Sar once again displayed his long pass stunt. Under the pressure of the opponent's players, Van der Sar's big foot was comfortably sent to Evra's feet near the center line.In the 3rd minute of stoppage time in the second half, Van der Sar launched a counterattack with a hand throw across the half court. The ball accurately found Nani on the right like a cruise guidance.

Manchester United central defender Ferdinand, who is known for his delicate footwork, once lamented that Van der Sar's footwork was outstanding, even better than many teammates in the non-goalkeeper position.More importantly, Van der Sar's left and right feet are very balanced. When facing the opponent's pressing, there will be no embarrassing scene of rushing the ball with the weaker foot. Compared with Cesar, Senna, etc., who have excellent footwork but are too dependent on their habitual foot This characteristic of Van der Sar is even more commendable.All things considered, Van der Sar can even be called the best goalkeeper in active football in the world.

In addition to the "passing on behalf of others", Van der Sar's own job was also completed perfectly. Opta's post-match statistics showed that Van der Sar made 3 rescues and 4 successful attacks. He played against the brave Friedel on the other side and became a beautiful scenery in the game.It is worth mentioning that, compared to Friedel's 7 rescues which are more ornamental, Van der Sar's performance is even more masterful.