Tottenham ranked fourth in the Premier League last season. There are star players like Modric, bell, van der Vaart and crouch in the team. Coach Redknapp has rich experience. After nine rounds of this season, Tottenham ranked fifth and are still strong contenders for the championship.
However, United are not afraid of spurs, and even like to play Spurs. I don't know whether it's because of the same style of playing, or because they want to pit their rivals in the same city, Arsenal and Chelsea. In short, Spurs have been beating Manchester United for so many years. They have been unbeaten at home for 10 years and 21 years away, which is almost United's sending points.
In the weekend's game against Tottenham, Manchester United want to hit the best start record in the history of the team. The big guys and superstars in the team want to fight for the position of captain. The fans are also enthusiastic and come to the Old Trafford stadium early to wait for admission.
Reporters also came out ahead of time to interview the fans, asking them what they think of the game, who they think Manchester United captain is, and what they expect from Manchester United this season.
This season, Manchester United is in the transition period. Before the start of the season, the fans did not dare to have too much expectations for Manchester United. They thought that they would be satisfied to win the league title from Chelsea. However, Manchester United started so hard that now the Red Devils have higher expectations for Manchester United. They all hope that Manchester United can regain the glory of winning the treble in 1999.
What the reporters can't imagine is that when they asked the Manchester United fans about their captain, a considerable number of them hoped that Gao Xiaodong could become the captain of Manchester United. These Manchester United fans thought that although Gao Xiaodong was different from the former Manchester United captain, he had the spirit of United's desperate for victory. They believed that Gao Xiaodong could lead Manchester United to the top of the world The top of Europe.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Manchester United players arrived at Old Trafford by bus from Carrington training base.
Thanks to captain Gary. Neville announced his retirement with the tacit consent of Ferguson. Manchester United players know that the day when class 92 leaders leave is not far away.
Although the influence of the local gang is still strong, and Ferdinand, Rooney, Carrick and Fletcher are still the backbone of Manchester United, the mainland Gang headed by Vidic, Evra, van der Sar and Berbatov can also compete with the local gang.
In addition, Gao Xiaodong, who has just come to Manchester United with a sky high transfer fee, has also won his supporters after showing his strength. Portuguese speaking players such as Nani, Anderson, Rafael and Hernandez are all close to him. Park Zhixing, also from Asia, has begun to approach Gao Xiaodong after a period of observation. Now he has just passed his 21st birthday It has become the core figure of the Asian African Latin American group outside the British group and the mainland group.
On the bus, when players choose seats, it is obvious that they are divided into three parts: local players sit together, mainland players sit together, and Asian and American players like Gao Xiaodong sit together.
Neville, Scholes and Giggs of class 92 can see clearly, but they didn't say anything. Neville will retire during the winter break. If he can win the league title this season and surpass Liverpool, Scholes and Giggs will also retire.
Since they are all going to leave, there is no need to worry about how the young people of the team toss about. Anyway, as long as they don't make trouble in the dressing room and can win the game, several big men of class 92 will let them fight for it. The real leader who can stand out in the competition is the one.
When he came to the dressing room, the tactical coach murenstine handed the tactical board to Ferguson. Ferguson repeated to the players the tactical arrangements and the problems that need to be paid attention to in this game, and then the players went out to warm up.
At the moment, Old Trafford is full of Manchester United fans in red shirts. The magnificent Old Trafford is like a red sea.
Seeing Manchester United's players coming out, "the ocean" is tumbling, and more than 70000 fans burst out with earth shaking cheers.
"Xiao Donggao!"
"Rooney!"
"Berbatov!"
……
The commentator dragged out the names of the players and introduced the starting lineups of both sides to the fans.
At home against Tottenham Tottenham, United's starting line-up today is bold and aggressive.
Goalkeeper: No.1 Edwin van der Sar
guard: No.21 Rafael, No.5 Rio Ferdinand, No.15 Vidic, No.3 Evra
midfield: No.17 Nani, No.24 Fletcher, No.10 Gao Xiaodong, No.11 Giggs
forward: No.9 Berbatov, No.7 Rooney
while coach Redknapp's starting line-up for Tottenham is some conservative 451 formation:
goal General: No.1 Gomez
guard: No.2 Houghton, No.13 Galla, No.4 Kable, No.32 ektor
midfield: No.7 Lennon, No.14 Modric, No.8 Jenas, No.11 van der Vaart, No.3 bell
forward: No.10 Robbie Keane
commentator Martin was filled with emotion about Sir Alex's starting, You can't help doubting Sir Alex's age. He's not like a 70 year old man right now. He's full of courage and aggressiveness. He's Rafael at full back, Giggs and Nani at two full backs, and he's a double forward. He really doesn't pay attention to TottenhamAt the same time, Martin was surprised that Ferguson put Scholes on the bench and Giggs in the starting line-up. "Tottenham's midfield includes Modric, bell and van der Vaart. There is no doubt that they have strong attack power. It's OK for Gao Xiaodong and Fletcher to strengthen the defense in the middle, but what does Giggs mean on the edge and avant-garde? Do you expect an old Giggs Did Chris and bell blow each other up? Isn't it right to go to park to guard against Bell? "
Although Martin is a senior critic, he is not Ferguson. Of course, he does not understand what Ferguson thinks.
After Neville announced his retirement, Ferguson was dissatisfied with the fact that the player's agent was involved in the captain's dispute. He said that "to be the captain of Manchester United, we should not only be the leader of the dressing room, but also be able to play an important role on the pitch". Of course, he had to give a level playing field to those who have the ambition to be the captain, so he put Scholes in charge Put on the bench, let him in the mind of the captain candidate to try to fight against the enemy.
The players of Manchester United are all methodical and meticulous in training, but Gao Xiaodong is different. He feels that his qualification in Manchester United is too shallow and needs the support of the fans, so he plays with some tricks to please the fans from time to time.
Manchester United's big men frowned and felt that it was a strong dialogue, not a friendly match. Gao Xiaodong did not do it properly. Manchester United did not rely on the so-called acrobatic football of Arsenal and Barcelona to please the fans. Manchester United relied on their enthusiasm, fighting spirit and champion.
It's no use for the big guys not to like it, which doesn't prevent Gao Xiaodong from becoming the focus of the stadium. From his appearance to his warm-up, the fans have been clapping for Gao Xiaodong and chanting his name. In contrast, Rooney, the former king of Manchester United's popularity, is a bit dim.
At 7:40 p.m., the players of the two sides came out of the dressing room under the leadership of referee Gomez and exchanged flags and badges for group photo. After that, the focus battle between Manchester United and Tottenham in the 10th round of the Premier League began