I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 57 Ferguson is angry!

In the 04/05 season, the Christmas schedule of the English Championship was very scary.

As usual, there will be a match on Boxing Day, the 26th.

接着就是28日、2005年1月1日和3日。

That is to say, 9 games will be played in just 4 days.

This is not only true in the Championship, but also in the Premier League.

This is England's traditional devilish Christmas schedule.

After the 3th round of the Championship league on the 28rd, the 8rd round of the FA Cup will be on the 3th.

The opponent drawn by the Bayswater Chinese is the North London team, Tottenham Hotspur.

Very bad luck, and we are playing away.

In turn, Queens Park Rangers were drawn to play Nottingham Forest at home.

On the 11th, the Chinese team in Bayswater will head north to challenge Manchester United away.

This is the first leg of the League Cup semi-final.

If the match between Bayswater Chinese and Tottenham Hotspur is not a draw and no replay is needed, then they will have a week's rest after the 14th round of the Championship League on the 29th.

But then there will be another week of two games in a row.

With such a schedule, you can imagine how stressful it is.

Even teams with strong lineups such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, etc. are not sure they can win all the games in such a dense schedule, so they can only make choices.

For Yang Cheng, he certainly hopes to concentrate all his strength to play well in the League Cup semi-finals.

No matter what, he wanted to give it a try and see if he could get out.

The players' thoughts are similar.

In the league, the most important thing the team needs to do now is to try to maintain the current ranking and stabilize in the promotion play-off zone.

That is 6th place in the league.

The League Cup was completed at the end of February.

If the Bayswater Chinese can really overtake Manchester United, as long as they stay in the sixth place, Yang Cheng still has plenty of time to sprint.

In this regard, he has enough confidence in himself and his players.

For strategic considerations, Yang Cheng started rotating players as early as the 25th round.

……

In the 25th round, Bayswater Chinese played against Gillingham at home.

The team made a rotation and the players were not in very good shape as they had just celebrated Christmas.

Especially the defense.

Danny Collins, Roger Johnson, Koscielny and Piszczek.

This was the first time these four players started at the same time this season, and they did not work very well together.

In the 34th minute, Gillingham's right midfielder Nicky Southall made a cross, but Roger Johnson made a mistake in clearing the ball and failed to get the ball to Andrew Crofters who came in from behind and scored.

Subsequently, the Chinese in Bayswater launched a fierce counterattack, but failed to achieve any results.

It was not until the 79th minute of the second half that Modric's appearance changed the game.

First, Ribery assisted Modric to score, and then Ribery got a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.

Roger Johansen scored with a header in the 88th minute to turn the game around.

2 to 1, Bayswater Chinese made a thrilling comeback against their opponents.

In the locker room after the game, Yang Cheng did not criticize the players, but affirmed Gianni Vio's contribution.

Since joining the team, the Italian coach has helped the team score set pieces many times.

"We should add chicken legs!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

……

After the hard game against Gillingham, Yang Cheng and the players didn't even have time to rest properly before they set off for an away game on the 28th to challenge Wolves.

Although Wolves ranked 25th in the Championship after 17 rounds of games and only got 30 points, no one dared to ignore this team that was relegated from the Premier League.

It’s really interesting.

This season, the three teams in the Championship that were relegated from the Premier League are Leicester City ranked 3th, Leeds United ranked 14th, and Wolves ranked 16th, and their performances are not ideal.

But the strength of these three teams should not be underestimated.

Yang Cheng made intensive rotations and carefully prepared the offensive tactics at the beginning of the game.

Just four minutes into the game, Lambert scored the first goal for the team.

Then it became a game of attack and defense.

The Chinese in Bayswater focused on defense, and Wolves launched a crazy counterattack.

But in the 73rd minute, Kenny Miller equalized for Wolves.

In the end, the two teams shook hands and agreed to a 1-1 draw.

……

Time enters 2005.

January 1st, the focus battle of New Year’s Day.

Bayswater Chinese challenge Queens Park Rangers away.

Queens Park Rangers attach great importance to this game. They even regard it as the most important game of the season.

The purpose is to compete for home fans.

In preparation for this match, they lost both of their previous two rounds.

Let’s look at Yang Cheng.

There was still a lot of rotation in this game.

He has been working on the team's defense lately.

As a result, the two teams ended up in a 18360-0 draw amid the cheers of 0 fans.

Draw!

Queens Park Rangers head coach Ian Holloway told the media after the game that the tactics of the Bayswater Chinese in this game were disappointing.

Too conservative!
Yang Cheng was dissatisfied with the referee's decision in the 86th minute.

At the time, substitutes Aaron Lennon and Ashley Young were on a quick counterattack and Queens Park Rangers center back George Santos was fouled while returning to defense.

This was undoubtedly a tactical foul, so Jorge Santos received a red card.

But the controversy lies in that the Bayswater Chinese players all felt that Aaron Lennon was fouled in the penalty area.

The referee believed it was outside the penalty area.

This time, Gianni Vio's free kick tactics failed to work.

The two sides ended up in a 0-0 draw.

……

After two consecutive away games, on January 1, Bayswater Chinese played against Watford at home.

Yang Cheng is still in the rotation.

As a result, a goal was scored in the 11th minute of the first half.

But just four minutes later, Gerhan Inler equalized the score with a shot from behind. After the second half, center forward Kitson scored another goal in the 4th minute.

2 is better than 1!

Bayswater Chinese staged another comeback.

Although Bayswater Chinese only won 4 and drew 2 of the 2 games on Christmas schedule, this record is already very good in the Championship League.

The league ranking has risen instead of falling. With a record of 16 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, the team has got 54 points, surpassing Wigan Athletic's 53 points and ranking second in the Championship.

Only 1 point behind the top Ipswich.

……

After the league, the third knockout round of the FA Cup will begin at the weekend.

Bayswater Chinese travel to challenge Tottenham Hotspur away.

As the team will be visiting Old Trafford next Wednesday, Yang Cheng once again made rotations in this FA Cup match.

Goalkeeper: Danny Coney;
Defense: Capaldi, Roger Johansson, Skrtel and Piszczek;

Midfield: Huddlestone is in the back, with Matuidi and Gerhan Inler in the middle;

Forwards: Ashley Young, Kitson and Lennon.

Compared with the Bayswater Chinese, Martin Jol fielded the main lineup for Tottenham.

Key players including Defoe, Robbie Keane, Carrick, Ledley King and others all started.

This is also because the FA Cup is of extraordinary significance to English teams.

Although there was a rotation, the Chinese players from Bayswater still showed strong fighting spirit in the game.

Especially in midfield.

Inler and Matuidi took turns to oppress and harass Carrick, disrupting Tottenham's midfield organization.

This forced Tottenham Hotspur to shift more attacks to Ziegler on the left.

The Swiss player was very active on the left, making Piszczek lose his composure.

In the 40th minute, it was Ziegler's breakthrough that forced Piszczek to block the ball out of the baseline.

Tottenham Hotspur scored with the corner kick, and Ziegler assisted Ledley King to score.

But after the second half, just over 2 minutes after the change of sides, the Chinese in Bayswater took advantage of a quick counterattack opportunity.

Huddlestone suddenly made a forward run, received a pass from Aaron Lennon on the right, and shot from a distance, penetrating the goal guarded by Robinson and equalizing the score for Bayswater Chinese.

The England national youth team's core midfielder expressed his excitement about scoring a goal in front of 3 Tottenham fans.

After that, the two sides exchanged blows.

In the 83rd minute, Tottenham launched an attack on the left again. Swedish left-back Eric Edman made a cross and Robbie Keane scored the winning goal.

1 is better than 2!

Bayswater Chinese lost to Tottenham away and were eliminated in the third round.

……

Yang Cheng didn't take the elimination from the FA Cup seriously.

In the locker room after the game, he comforted his players, especially Piszczek.

Both goals conceded in this game were initiated from the team's right side.

Obviously, Martin Jol also saw Piszczek's defensive problems during the game.

"Don't take it to heart, think about how to strengthen it!"

After a pause, Yang Cheng pulled Piszczek over and whispered, "I'll give you a task in the next few days."

The Pole looked at the head coach with some surprise.

"I've talked to the new technical coach Danny McGrane. He's a very experienced coach who started out as a right-back. You should learn from him and improve your defensive skills as quickly as possible."

Piszczek nodded repeatedly.

He still listened to advice.

"If, I mean if, we play Manchester United away next Wednesday, as long as the defense can hold, I will arrange for you to play in the second leg at home!"

Piszczek looked at his head coach in disbelief, his eyes full of shock.

League Cup semi-final against Manchester United?
Today, he played away against Tottenham Hotspur and he was very excited even after playing the whole game.

At the same time, he was also frustrated with his poor performance.

The head coach also let him play against Manchester United in the semi-finals?

"Prepare well and have confidence in me and your teammates!" Yang Cheng encouraged with a smile.

Piszczek knew that the team had been preparing for this game almost entirely over the past period of time.

The reason for starting him in the FA Cup was to allow Kevin Fury to start in the League Cup semi-final.

Because when visiting Old Trafford, the most important thing for the team is defense.

……

While Yang Cheng was comforting Piszczek, Ferguson was furious in the home team locker room at Manchester Old Trafford.

Everyone in and outside the locker room was silent.

Even the air was filled with Ferguson's "Cao Nima".

Everyone knew that the old coach was angry.

In the third round of the FA Cup, Manchester United faced a low-level Exeter at home and ended up drawing 3-0.

Although they played with an entire substitute lineup, including Gerard Pique, Djemba, Bellion and Richardson, all played the whole game, but this was definitely not the result that Manchester United should have achieved.

"What are you going to do in front of 6 fans?"

Ferguson's roar could be heard clearly even in the corridor outside the locker room.

In the 60th minute of the second half, he replaced Ronaldo, Scholes and Alan Smith at once, but it was too late.

Everyone knows Ferguson's anger.

After the draw in this game, a make-up match will be played on the 19th.

This is undoubtedly another huge burden for Manchester United, which has a very tight schedule.

More importantly, Ferguson originally wanted to start several young players in the League Cup semi-final next Wednesday.

Because in the 23rd round of the Premier League next weekend, Manchester United will be visiting Anfield to challenge Liverpool!
The Manchester derby is one of the games that Ferguson attaches the most importance to.

Manchester United won 4 and drew 3 in the 1 games during Christmas. Is this a good result?
But Chelsea, coached by that damn Portuguese madman, won all four games.

Chelsea is already 11 points ahead of Manchester United.

Even Wenger's Arsenal have won all four games and are currently 4 points ahead of Manchester United.

Not to mention, Everton and Liverpool are eyeing them from behind.

If Manchester United cannot beat Liverpool in the Red Devils derby, their fight for the top four in the Premier League will be in danger.

With Chelsea in such good form, Ferguson is well aware that it will be difficult for Manchester United to win the Premier League title this season.

Reaching the semi-finals of the League Cup might be an opportunity.

Even though it is a useless cup competition, it is still a championship after all.

The opponent is a Championship team, so it would be a waste not to take advantage of this.

But look at these little monkeys in front of you, are they trustworthy?
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