After a long dull game, at the end of the first half, Wolfsburg finally scored a crucial goal in a set piece. With this goal, there was a roar in the stands of Old Trafford, and this roar also made Moyes have the illusion of living like a year in the whole half-time.
My own team is behind Wolfsburg at home. After 40 minutes of defending, they still lost the ball - at the beginning of the second half, Moyes couldn't even remember how he explained the unfortunate backwardness to the players in the dressing room, and he didn't remember whether his players listened to his explanation.
In fact, what's the difference between listening and not listening? Anyway, Manchester United are behind.
Although this game, strictly speaking, is the coach of the Premier League champion and the Bundesliga champion, both of them have the champion of last season as the proof of their strength. It is very possible for either side to lose or win in such a game. It should not have been a surprise game, but this is Manchester United, and the opposite team is wolves Fort. The fame of the two has decided that Manchester United should or can only win this kind of game. For them, there is no excuse to lose.
Moyes stood on the sideline and sighed: he knew very well in his heart that whether the players listened to their own explanation or not, from the bottom of his heart, they all looked down on themselves. In their opinion, they are not worthy of the position of Manchester United head coach. This poor result is the best proof.
Moyes knows this, but sadly, he has no good way to change their mind. The players look down on him because of his achievements, but he can't prove himself with decent achievements, which is the most depressing thing.
I've known for a long time that it's not so easy to take over from Ferguson, but I never thought it would be so difficult. All his tactical reforms to Ferguson have been resisted by the players and questioned by the media. He is almost unable to do anything. What makes him even more confident as a coach is that although he is determined to reform, many times, when his theory can not work, he still has to use the method used by Manchester United before.
For example, now, after the start of the second half, he had to replace Giggs, even if it was a very reluctant thing.
He has always been extremely resistant to this practice. Giggs is old. He is old enough to be a coach. He doesn't represent the future of Manchester United. It's always up to him. Manchester United can't go far.
But what can he do without Giggs? It's also a big problem. His reform is not effective, and he is not willing to use the old way. Can he still watch Manchester United die? At the critical moment, only Giggs can count on this team, which is to be admitted.
At least, from the second half to replace Giggs, on the pitch, the situation has changed a lot.
The backwardness in the first half can be said to have put Manchester United in a very embarrassing situation. Although it's not a big deal to be 1-0 down, maybe they have the chance to fight back and level the score, as Manchester United fans, they don't want to see their team being hanged by the weak team at home. Manchester United fans want to see the elegant demeanor of the team, they want to attack, which is the situation Moyes has to face.
He's not Ferguson, he doesn't have the authority to keep the fans quiet. He's not Jose, either. He can forget the complaints of the fans. In the face of this situation, he had to make adjustments. After the second half, Welbeck was replaced and Giggs was replaced. The situation of Manchester United was very different.
Unlike Welbeck and others who have the ability to fight back but can't control the ball, Giggs's excellent technique makes him on the pitch and improves United's attack a little. Manchester United have van Persie in the front court, and there is no lack of technology. With Giggs, relying on him to get rid of the ball in the front court and try to make the ball for van Persie, Manchester United's chances seem to have increased a lot, which also calms the anger of the fans.
However, it is true, but at least for now, Manchester United still do not see the possibility of a goal. Only two men's cooperation in attack seems to be weaker. In this game, of course, United have been thinking about how to defend to score, Wolfsburg's defense is also very strong, United's attack, even if it has improved, can not open the other side's defense for a while, the game is still in deadlock.
Such a united, or reform - looking at the current situation, Moyes will think so.
To be fair, Moyes doesn't think there are too many mistakes in his tactical reform. If he says so, he thinks he has done it very correctly: from a long time ago, all the coaches in the whole Premier League have realized that the tactics of the Premier League have lagged far behind the European continent, and it needs to be reformed. This has long been the consensus of English football .
Because of the suspension, because of the reform of the competition system, because of Margaret Thatcher's reform of the English games, Scottish football can not keep up with the pace of the development of the Premier League For too many reasons, the Premier League is behind. At that time, Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, even the foreign players, such as Jose and Rafael Benitez, were trying to change the situation of English football.From Arsene Wenger's technical attempt to Ferguson's massive introduction of Portuguese players. From the arrival of the 4231 Premier League which is popular in the future, to the protracted wrangling between Benitez and the management of Liverpool. Over the years, the coaches of the Premier League have made countless attempts because of the reform.
Moyes is not the first one to make reform attempts in the Premier League. Moyes is not the most successful and the most unsuccessful in the reform. He is just one of countless people. If there is anything worthy of people's attention, it is that he has been rooted in the Premier League for a long time, is familiar with the environment of the Premier League, and has the most views on the situation of the Premier League.
He believes that this is why Ferguson chose him as his successor: what Ferguson is looking at is not fame, but the long-term development of Manchester United. After all, at the end of Ferguson's coaching career, he had to admit that for various reasons, his tactical reform and his reform plan to make English football catch up with mainland football also failed. He doesn't have the time to complete the reform himself. What he can do is to build a team to realize his dream of knocking Liverpool out of the throne in the British way and with his unparalleled experience. More things can only be handed over to later generations.
For him, it's probably the most important thing he wants to see for a long time. Just because of this, he chose a coach who would rather be unknown, but Moyes, who can coach a team for a long time, should not be famous. He has a great chance to win the championship, but he has no qualification.
Manchester United's coach can not easily abandon his team, they are not real Madrid, not Chelsea, they are Manchester United, have their own characteristics.
But obviously, things have gone beyond Ferguson and his expectations. Obviously Ferguson has forgotten that the coach may not abandon the team, but sometimes the team does. As a big team, sometimes patience is bad. This is not the time when he was in charge of Manchester United. The team can give him a few years to rise slowly. Today's Moyes, even the loss of several games will make the fans extremely dissatisfied, his reform road is long, but whether he can insist on going through is a big question.
He really had a bad start at Manchester United, losing to Liverpool and Manchester City, which has already been questioned. He had expected the team to play better in the Champions League, relying on the Champions League to prove that he is not a weak player. At least use the Champions League competition to renew your life and keep going for a long time, but now it seems that this is not possible.
it may be possible for him to finish early. At least, Moyers believes that if his team plays as bad as the league in the Champions League, he may really consider leaving Manchester at Christmas.
For a moment, Moyes also had a lot of thoughts, from the possibility of leaving class early to the idea that Manchester United might not rush to fire him because it was difficult to find a coach on the eve of the world cup. Maybe after looking at the situation on the pitch and making a change, the situation of Manchester United has slightly improved, and Moyes's anxious mood has also slightly eased, which makes him no longer worry about the situation on the pitch, and his mind is drifting further and further.
However, when his thoughts floated away, the thinking of Wolfsburg players was not so divergent. At least, in the face of the opponent's enhanced attack, Gao shunyao didn't have so much wishful thinking.
Compared with Moyes' sad spring and hurt autumn, as the dominant player on the field, Gao shunyao would never think of so many things. On the field, the only thing that can attract his attention is the game itself. The other side replaced Giggs, and the offensive power increased a lot. Looking at the old guy skillfully holding the ball in the front court, Gao shunyao's heart, also has a slight worry.
After all, Wolfsburg is only 1-0 ahead. This is the most unsafe score in football match. After all, it's an away game. Manchester United's home reputation is not ordinary. It seems that such a score is not enough to guarantee victory. Maybe I should find a way to score a goal again.
In principle, this is unlikely, the other side's defense is not weak, and the attack has increased, it seems impeccable. However, maybe the opportunity is contained in it. Manchester United's playing style seems to have changed a lot, and the balance between attack and defense has also been broken. But their coach was watching quietly on the sidelines, not taking the opportunity to make a full attack or steady pressure adjustment, which makes it possible for Manchester United's attack and defense to be out of touch.
What is the coach of the other side thinking when he is directing? Gao shunyao doesn't know, but he knows, maybe, this is a good opportunity for Wolfsburg.