I am the king of football

Chapter 396 Trust
After using detailed information to analyze several players in Malaga who need special attention, Manchester United players finally have a better understanding of the strength of their opponents.

Ferguson didn't say anything else afterwards. After the team's unified warm-up, he divided the team into groups and started targeted training with their corresponding assistant coaches.

Baptista's comparative defensive training is not difficult to simulate. Qin Hu, who is more brave and aggressive than him, is the natural simulation object.

Under the arrangement of the assistant coach, Phil Jones and Maguire, who imitated Demichelis, both practiced facing Qin Hu. As for the two veterans Vidic and Ferdinand, although their conditions were not bad, the young people were the first to get training in Ferguson's arrangement.

In the midfield, experienced players like Carrick and Scholes have faced all kinds of opponents, and midfielders like Isco are not uncommon for them, but they and Fletcher, Cleverley and others were still arranged with targeted training.

No matter who the final starter is, it is always a good idea for the team to adapt to the opponent's style of play and player characteristics in advance.

Time passed quietly in this immersive training, and the limited preparation time was soon used up. When it came to the day before the game, all the players of Manchester United sat in the team meeting room again, and Ferguson stood in front of everyone.

"I don't need to say much about the importance of tomorrow's game. Next we will go to Spain for the first round. In this game, we will focus on playing safely. It would be best if we can score an away goal, but we must not concede a goal."

Ferguson said very seriously that he was not sure about Malaga's current state. According to his estimation, the worst case scenario was that the opponent was in hot form and took advantage of the home court to suppress the team. After all, Manchester United's forward lineup this season was sufficient, but the midfield and backcourt were really a little bit worse than the team's peak period.

"We will play 4231 in tomorrow's game."

Pulling out the tactical board, Ferguson once again used the team's usual 4231 formation for stability. This formation is very useful when Manchester United faces strong opponents. The two wingers can also move forward and change to 4213 according to the situation.

"Qin, single striker."

The team's top striker Qin Hu is playing. In such a heavyweight event as the Champions League knockout stage, he has already scored 10 goals in the Champions League and is now at the top of the scorer list. No one is more suitable to be the team's lone striker than him.

"Rooney on the left, Carrick on the attacking midfielder, and Van Persie on the right."

The two strikers were arranged at the left and right wing forward positions. Under Ferguson, no one would always stay in the same position except for certain players. When Sir Alex Ferguson arranges you to play a certain position, you'd better be able to adapt as soon as possible. Obviously, Rooney and Van Persie are people who can adapt well to Ferguson's arrangements.

"Two defensive midfielders, Scholes and Cleverley."

Although Cleverley has not yet grown into a world-class midfielder, Ferguson can be said to have true love for this young player who came from his own youth training. After Carrick coached Scholes, at the end of the training on weekdays, he often asked the team's veterans like Scholes to tell Cleverley more about the tricks of playing well in the midfield.

"The back four: Rafael, Phil Jones, Maguire, Evra, and goalkeeper De Gea."

The most daring thing was actually Ferguson's arrangement of the team's defense line. For the first time, Vidic and Ferdinand were pressed on the bench when their condition was similar to that of the two young players. When facing a team like Malaga, which was neither too strong nor too weak, Ferguson chose to give young players a chance.

Maguire, who got his first chance to start in the Champions League, was extremely excited. Compared to Phil Jones, who has now secured a starting position as a defender, he always felt that everything was like a dream when he joined Manchester United from Hull City in the middle of the season.

"Everyone who appears in the starting line-up does not need to underestimate themselves. The fact that you were selected means that you are the most suitable candidates at the moment. Concentrate on the game and don't be distracted. Remember what you learned in your daily training. Our opponents are not that scary!" After taking a look at the young players in the team's starting line-up, the older Ferguson also talked a lot. The importance of such a game is no longer the same as the group stage. Trusting these young people is one thing, and hoping that they can get training and perform well is another.

"understand!"

Several people raised their heads and responded loudly to their coach. What they needed to do next was to perform well on the court and live up to the boss's expectations.

That night, all the players on Manchester United's roster gathered at their training base. They took a bus to the airport and then flew directly to Spain via an international flight.

When the plane landed in Spain, the scenery in front of us was obviously different from that in the UK. As a remote European country, Spain's comprehensive strength is no longer what it used to be, but in the sport of football, it can still be regarded as the world's top.

As the second goalkeeper of the Spanish national team, De Gea, who has become a regular member of the Spanish national team, played the role of a good host and introduced the scenery passing by the bus window to his teammates from the moment they landed.

Since eliminating Casillas' Real Madrid, the young goalkeeper seems to have broken some shackles and his performance in the game has become more and more stable. Ferguson is also more and more satisfied with his performance.

Therefore, compared to De Gea's nervousness and silence when he arrived in Madrid last time, this time De Gea carefully introduced the customs and culture of Spain in English word by word.

This also gave Qin Hu a further understanding of this country. You know, before this, his impression of Spain was just the two giants of La Liga and the Chinese Super League, and at most there was also a bullfighting team.

When the team bus drove all the way to their destination, Malaga, the scenery along the way changed again. This is a city located on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain. For a long time, this city was not well-known for football. In recent years, the emergence of Malaga has added a different style to the city.

Looking at the sparkling sea in the distance and the quiet buildings around it in the night, the players finally felt the fatigue of the journey. When the team successfully arrived at the hotel booked in advance by the club, everyone quickly rushed to their respective rooms and fell asleep.

That night, there were no home team fans outside the hotel to cause trouble for the team. It was obvious that the number of Malaga fans was still far less than that of Real Madrid.

It was not until the next day when the Manchester United players got up and took the bus to the club's temporary stadium in the city for pre-match training that everyone saw a number of fans wearing Malaga's home blue and white striped jerseys on the streets.

These fans did not show much hostility when they saw the Manchester United bus coming. They were more curious and raised their cameras to take pictures.

For a whole day, the Manchester United players continued their training as if they had changed their environment, until two hours before the game when a staff member came to ask Ferguson to confirm the starting lineup, which made everyone feel that there would be a big Champions League battle today.

At 5:10 pm local time, Manchester United's bus set off again. This time their destination was the place where the battle would take place - Malaga's home stadium, La Rosaleda, which can accommodate 30,000 people.

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