Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

The game was a big success, but the fans were shocked.

In the locker room after the game, Van Gaal was furious at the Manchester City players.

Consecutive losses against Arsenal had made him lose his mind, and he was mad at the players.

Especially Joey Barton, he even announced on the spot that Barton would be demoted to the reserve team from tomorrow!

Barton was about to get angry, but Distin on the side pulled him back.

Van Gaal glared at Barton and walked out of the locker room directly.

And the sequelae of this game are far more than that.

In the Premier League three days later, Manchester City was unexpectedly tied 1-1 by Blackburn, who was ranked at the bottom, at home.

Manchester City, which adopted rotation in this game, was in very poor condition, which also made many experts begin to criticize Van Gaal's rotation policy.

Yang Luo was indeed very dissatisfied with Van Gaal's impulsiveness, but Manchester City's performance was still good at this time, so he just talked to Van Gaal and asked him to control his emotions.

But Van Gaal didn't care: "Don't worry, I will deal with it in my own way, and it will be much better in a few days."

This made Yang Luo frown.

The Dutchman is very good, but his locker room problems also limit his higher achievements.

I hope he can stay for a little longer this time to lay a foundation for the team.

After playing Blackburn, they went to Spain to prepare for the away game against Deportivo La Coruna.

Deportivo La Coruna is now at the bottom of the group. As long as Manchester City remains unbeaten in this game, they will lock in the group qualification in advance.

Van Gaal didn't do anything weird in this game. He sent all the main players of the team.

However, Manchester City was still in a very low state in this game, and even lagged behind for most of the game.

If Ronaldinho hadn't scored a goal with his own ability at the end, Manchester City would have been upset away from home.

In the end, Manchester City drew with Deportivo La Coruna away from home.

Although they finally secured their qualification for the group, Van Gaal was very dissatisfied with the content of this game.

He criticized Ronaldo and Kaka, who were in poor condition, in the locker room: "You two didn't play to your level at all, and you can be called offensive terminators!"

Ronaldo and Kaka hung their heads and said nothing.

Van Gaal continued to spray: "And Uifalusi, Pandiani passed by you so easily at that time? What were you doing at that time? Were you distracted?"

Uifalusi opened his mouth, but didn't speak in the end.

Van Gaal sneered: "You don't have to be silent. After returning to Manchester tomorrow, cancel the rest and train more!"

This time, Distin couldn't help it: "Boss, we have been fighting continuously recently, and our bodies are a little exhausted..."

Van Gaal sneered: "Why, do you still want to bargain?"

Distin opened his mouth, but finally fell silent.

Van Gaal straightened his collar and walked out of the locker room.

Pintus followed him out: "Mr. Van Gaal, from my point of view, I suggest you should give them some rest time."

Van Gaal snorted: "Do you think I don't know? It's just that these little guys have been too much recently. I need to teach them a lesson!"

Pintus was stunned for a moment.

Van Gaal said again: "Don't worry, you will be responsible for training that day, mainly for recovery."

Pintus hesitated and finally nodded.

Although it is recovery training, the players want to rest at home more!

When he thought of this, Pintus' eyes showed a trace of worry.

Yang Luo naturally heard about the locker room incident. He talked to Bernstein and thought that they should pay attention to this situation at all times and not let Van Gaal make things worse.

Fortunately, in the next Premier League game, Manchester City defeated Portsmouth 3-1 away and finally stabilized their position.

And Manchester City drew in the next away game against Monaco, thus locking in the first place in the group.

After playing Monaco, Manchester City defeated Aston Villa 2-0 at home and won two consecutive league victories.

This eased the atmosphere in the locker room, and Van Gaal took the opportunity to call Barton back from the reserve team.

It seems that everything has returned to normal.

The time came to December 7, 2004.

This time, Manchester City's opponent is Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough is an interesting opponent, although his strength can only be regarded as

Although he is in the middle of the league, he is a victim of Manchester City.

Since Van Gaal took over Manchester City, he has never won Middlesbrough.

Last season, the team had one draw and one loss in the league. In the cup match, they were tied by their opponents and lost to their opponents on penalties.

This also made Van Gaal hold back his anger before the game and he must defeat his opponents in this game!

However, sometimes things often go against one's wishes.

In this game, many famous players in Middlesbrough suddenly showed their power, which caught Manchester City off guard.

In the 15th minute, Spanish star Mendieta suddenly took a long shot 30 meters away from the goal. Van der Sar failed to save the ball and the ball went into the net.

Middlesbrough led 1-0.

In the 31st minute, Mendieta made another straight pass in the counterattack and passed the ball to Zenden who was inserted on the wing. Zenden took two steps and passed the ball to Hasselbaink.

The Dutch striker did not miss this opportunity. He pushed the ball to extend the score to 2-0.

This made Van Gaal on the sidelines extremely depressed.

The score was behind on one hand, but the main reason was that Mendieta, Zenden and Hasselbaink were all his old players. The three of them slapped him twice in the face!

So he began to let the players press forward in a big way, vowing to equalize the score!

And the players did not disappoint him. With Ronaldinho's two assists, Ronaldo and Torres each scored a goal, equalizing the score with 20 minutes left in the game!

Van Gaal immediately became energetic and deployed troops, replacing Kaka and Tony, preparing to attack the opponent.

Middlesbrough was completely on the defensive at this time, and it was difficult for them to move the ball to the front court.

In everyone's opinion, Middlesbrough only had the goal of keeping the score.

But the ball is round.

In the 87th minute, Hasselbaink made a last-ditch effort and brought the ball to the 30-meter area in the front court, but was eventually knocked down by Distin.

The referee decisively awarded a free kick.

The Middlesbrough players also rushed forward, knowing that this would be their last good chance.

So the penalty area of ​​Manchester City was filled with players from both sides.

Mendieta sent out a free kick, and the penalty area was in chaos.

At this moment, a Middlesbrough player jumped high and headed the ball!

The ball was too close, even Van der Sar could do nothing!

3 to 2, Middlesbrough once again overtook the score with a set-piece at the last moment!

And the goal was scored by Gareth Southgate!

Comrade Southgate, the future England coach!

Yang Luo frowned in front of the TV. If Manchester City lost the game, would it cause another disturbance in the locker room?