I am the king of football

Chapter 341 Too Much Fatigue

The morale boost brought by Manchester United's victory over Real Madrid was incredible. Except for Maguire, who needed to rest for a week due to a concussion, all other players in the team showed extremely high fighting spirit.

With the second leg against their opponent still two weeks away, Manchester United's schedule for the next two weeks is quite full.

In the first week of the league they will play against Norwich at home. After the battle with Norwich, they will face Reading at home in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

After this week's games, Manchester United has truly ushered in a devilish schedule that will make anyone curse. In a week, they will play against Sunderland away in the league, against Swansea at home in the league semi-finals, and against Real Madrid at home in the second round of the Champions League knockout round.

A team will not be able to hold out if it plays three games in seven days without rotation. Add to that the double matches last week, which means Manchester United has to play five games in more than ten days, which means one game every little over two days on average.

Ferguson was already angry before the game even started. If his players had not been in very good spirits, he might have once again scolded the people in charge of scheduling the various competitions in the interview.

Of course, this is actually a sweet trouble. At this time, there are not many teams that can still keep up in various competitions. Many teams have given up some competitions due to team bench or status problems.

Although Manchester United's defense has been having problems this season, it is undeniable that with veterans such as Scholes and Giggs still able to be used, Manchester United's bench depth is really impeccable.

So, after the start of the new week, Manchester United, which had recovered some of its form, started this devilish two weeks.

In the first game, against Norwich at home, Ferguson took rotation measures. Three strikers, Qin Hu, Van Persie and Luke Shaw were rested, three midfielders, Carrick, Scholes and Giggs were rested, Evans and Maguire started in defense, Ferdinand, Phil Jones, Vidic and other players were rested, and even goalkeeper De Gea got a chance to rest.

But even so, thanks to Hernandez's two goals, Manchester United beat their opponent 2-0 at home, and Norwich had no power to fight back throughout the whole process.

Norwich, who had taken a bite out of Manchester United with their tough defense in the first half of the season, was in a very sluggish state in the second half of the season. Facing the powerful Manchester United B team, their strength was far inferior.

Later, in the fifth round of the FA Cup, Manchester United's main players returned to the game. With Carrick's assist, Qin Hu and Van Persie, who were the team's double striker positions, each scored a goal. They easily defeated Reading at home and successfully advanced to the next stage.

A huge gap in strength still exists. Manchester United, which is in hot form, can be said to be invincible in the Premier League now, not to mention that Reading did not even field all its main players in the FA Cup because of its struggle to avoid relegation. Reporters and media are willing to report on such matches.

After this week is over, the new week will start with an away league trip. The team's starters will still all appear. In order to maintain a good enough form, Ferguson plans to make major rotations in the League Cup.

This time, the team's away opponent Sunderland caused Manchester United a lot of trouble. Thirty minutes into the game, the Black Cats Sunderland scored a goal with a counterattack, and then they retreated and started to defend.

Qin Hu tried a series of attacking methods including long shots and headers, but he seemed to not have brought shooting boots in this game. Seeing that Qin Hu was getting more and more excited and began to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the opponent's players regardless of the risk of injury, Ferguson on the sidelines chose to make a substitution.

Hernandez, who performed well in the last round of the league, came on as a substitute. The player known as Manchester United's super substitute lived up to expectations and scored a goal in the 80th minute of the game with his ghostly movement.

Then ten minutes later, after receiving a pass from Robin van Persie, the youngster entered the penalty area and was brought down by the opponent's defender. Then, Robin van Persie took the penalty kick and Manchester United once again defeated the opponent in the final stage. Hernandez, who came off the bench and scored a goal and created a penalty, was once again elected the best player of the match. This striker, who was always considered a substitute in the front line, completed the achievement of being elected the MVP of the game for two consecutive games.

After three consecutive games, the team didn't even have time to catch their breath or take a holiday to win. After two days of recovery training, they had to face the semi-finals of the League Cup.

This time, no matter how strong the mental attributes were, the state of Manchester United as a whole team still had a significant decline. After the team's main players had gotten the opportunity to maintain their form, Ferguson waved his hand and once again used the full substitute lineup.

This time, the little pea was not included in the roster, but he successfully caught Ferguson's eye with his outstanding performance in two consecutive league rounds. In the next Champions League game, Sir Alex Ferguson plans to use him as a secret weapon.

Then, a big defeat that no one expected came. Manchester United B team, which played against Swansea at home, collapsed in the first round of the League Cup semi-final.

Rooney, who started the game as the offensive core of this rotation lineup, was in a sluggish state and none of his three shots hit the target. Shinji Kagawa also got lost in Swansea's united and iron-blooded defense. The double backcourt formed by Vidic and Smalling made consecutive mistakes.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Manchester United lost the game with a score of 0-2. In the penultimate match on the road to the final, the Red Devils finally failed.

Such a result, regardless of whether you rotate your players or not, as long as it is a game played by Manchester United, it will inevitably attract widespread coverage and attention.

Finally, the journalists and media who watched Manchester United's defeat began to report the Red Devils' defeat on major platforms, and everyone began to wonder whether the players who did not appear on the field were in worse condition.

"Continuous battles have brought too much fatigue to Manchester United. Qin's performance in the last round of the league is obvious to all. He was replaced after 60 minutes, without scoring any goals and even his shooting data was not ideal. In just two days, we have reason to suspect that this magical young Chinese player is in a downturn."

The report was quickly pushed to the top of the hot searches in foreign media, and many fans of other teams who had been upset because Qin Hu said that Manchester United's goal was to win the Champions League came out one after another.

"Sunday's game is waiting for Manchester United to be reversed by Real Madrid."

“Young people should not be too arrogant. It will be difficult for Qin and Manchester United to end this time.”

"Hehe, some objective factors cannot be changed by subjective will. Compared with Manchester United, Real Madrid only has three games in the past two weeks. I think Manchester United is finished."

For a time, public opinion was surging towards looking down on Manchester United, and some crazy people even completely ignored the fact that Manchester United was actually leading in the score and away goals.

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