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Manchester United dynasty collapsed!

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...The next day almost all sports newspapers in Europe put a sensational headline on the front page, no doubt about yesterday's under-recognized Community Shield game.

Many experts believe that in this game, Manchester United was almost without temper, and the audience was suppressed. This is hard to imagine for Manchester United, which has always been known for its tenacity, but it really happened, and It happened so suddenly.

So many experts believe that Manchester United only lost 2 goals in this game is considered very good, if the player's ability to seize opportunities is stronger, or the performance of American goalkeeper Howard is worse, then at least it can be better. Scored 5 goals for Manchester United.

Is this still defending champions Manchester United?

This is the general appeal of experts, because Beckham and Veron are released, but Ferguson has not been able to find an exciting replacement from the transfer market, Kleberson? He does have a certain amount of quality, but he can't replace Beckham's role on the right side of midfield, and he's not the kind of player who can change a team.

The day after the Red Devils conceded the goal, a group of fans organized a demonstration outside the Old Trafford stadium, using the slogan [Give me back to Beckham], because Beckham is the Community Shield. best player.

In the past, Manchester United fans were very excited when Beckham was elected the best of the game, but this time, they felt the pain in their hearts, especially when they watched Beckham put on the jersey, it was even more so. pain!

Even the Manchester United die-hards have complicated feelings. This is a team that people can't hate, but they have risen strongly in recent years, but Manchester United has lost the madness of the Red Devils. This year There are frequent failures.

Ferguson, standing in his office at Old Trafford, watching the fans demonstrate below, has his own difficulties.

The introduction of Veron, Ferguson has received threats from the board of directors, this is the last time, because with the salary increase of the big names in the team, the team must increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and the best way is to operate healthily, plus Veron is in the The failure of the Premier League, Ferguson has been clearly told that when introducing big-name stars, Ferguson will lose the decision-making power and must be submitted to the board for decision.

This is undoubtedly a restriction on Ferguson by Kenyon, because Veron's transfer to Manchester United cost the team 28 million pounds, but the value of the sale to Chelsea is only 15 million pounds, a loss of 13 million pounds in two years, This annoys the supposedly autonomous and healthy Manchester United board.

One more interesting thing.

One month before Beckham’s transfer, the market reported the news of Beckham’s transfer, and Manchester United’s share price rose sharply, but after Beckham’s low-cost transfer, Manchester United’s share price shrunk seriously, that’s all, Veron’s transfer At the meeting, Manchester United's share price fell again, for nothing else, because Veron's transfer value shrunk by 13 million pounds.

How long will it take Manchester United to make back the £13m, and the loss in share price?

Ferguson doesn't understand business, and he doesn't pay attention to it. The only thing he knows is that he has no decision-making power in the introduction of big names. He can no longer buy and sell players he likes, including Ronaldinho and Hleb.

Those vampire-like directors don't care about football at all. They only care about whether Manchester United can create value for them. Whether Manchester United's share price has fallen or has risen, as everyone knows, the share prices of football clubs around the world are also worth Manchester United. Why?

Just because Manchester United is using the method of running a listed company to run a football club, chasing profits!

……………… At the Newton Heath training base, the preparations for the game were still carried out in an orderly manner, and there was no pride in beating Manchester United in the Community Shield, nor did it relax because of the good start to the season.

Having won the FA Cup last season, this season will go directly to the official first round of the UEFA Cup,

Instead of having to start from the preliminaries like Manchester City, who won the fair play award and advanced to the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Cup competition will start at the end of September.

Due to the regulations of the FA, all Premier League teams participating in European competitions can play directly from the third round of the English League Cup. Therefore, as a newly promoted horse, it is very eye-catching to win this honor and directly enter the League Cup. Three rounds.

This leaves only 6 games to be played in the start of the league in August, including 4 Premier League games, 1 already concluded Community Shield, and a UEFA Super Cup with AC Milan, which is scheduled for On August 29, it was held at the Stade Louis II in Monaco.

The four league opponents at the beginning of the season are Charlton away, Blackburn at home, Manchester United away, and Portsmouth at home.

Since they share the Old Trafford Stadium with Manchester United, the FA will accommodate these two teams and make certain adjustments in the arrangement of the schedule, so that both teams will not be allowed to play at home in the same round of the league. Or both play away games, try to arrange for one team to play at home and the other to play away.

Focus has been given to these four opponents in the early stage of the league, not only these four teams, but also 19 other teams except the Premier League are under close attention.

As a newly promoted horse, understand every opponent as thoroughly as possible because only by understanding the opponent can you defeat him!

………………Charlton, as a traditional team in England’s top league, after entering the Premier League century, Charlton lingered in League One for many years, and did not return to the Premier League until the 1998-99 season, but that season They are 18th in the league and relegated to League One.

However, the next year they won the League One Championship again and they were promoted to the Super League, and then they stayed there until now.

Charlton's strength in the Premier League has always been in the lower reaches. They lack funds and can only reuse local English players. Even the style of play is traditional British style. The team, Charlton often can only reap disastrous defeats.

Charlton has spent almost nothing on signings this season. The only money used is to introduce Haaland from Ipswich, which cost them 750,000 pounds. Others such as Italian stars Di Canio and Carlton Cole Er and other players were either on free transfers or on loan, without costing them a penny.

And in the players who left, Charlton also did not receive a transfer fee.

Of course, Charlton is not the least expensive team in the Premier League. Teams such as Leeds United, Leicester City, Middlesbrough and Bolton have not made much movement, even if they are determined to enter the first army. Newcastle, who also just moved into bad boy Bowyer on a free transfer from relegated West Ham.

Teams in the Premier League are so poor, it is conceivable how embarrassed the teams in other leagues are in this world, and Chelsea's gold-dollar stick is undoubtedly irresistible to these teams. of.

At present, Chelsea is still waving the checkbook in their hands, hoping to introduce a number of stars, including Juventus midfielder Davis and Thuram and other stars, in addition, they have introduced Crespo and Veron. The brightest spotlight in the transfer market.

To deal with a lack of control like Charlton, it's a good experience, because they used to use this kind of control tactics in the lower leagues before, in last season's UEFA Cup final, against Celtic , but also use this tactic to defeat the opponent.

Now, Mourinho once again applied this tactic to Charlton.

If you look at it from the perspective of future generations, the starting lineup for the first Premier League match against Charlton is undoubtedly a shining star, and there is probably no team in the world that can match it.

The forward is Drogba, the two wingers are Ronaldinho and Palacio, the attacking midfielder is Kaka, the double midfielder is Beckham and Essien, and the back line is from left to right: Evra, Terry, Curtis and Kolo Toure, the goalkeeper is Cech.

It doesn't matter, look at the bench, Maicon, Vidic, De Rossi, Robben and Villa, which of these five bench players is not the star-studded superstar in the next few years, but today, they But only as a substitute.

However, the main lineup is also very powerful. Beckham's performance in the team is getting better and better, especially in the cooperation with his teammates and the control of the game, he is more and more integrated into his role.

There is Essien in defense. He only needs to be responsible for organizing and attacking, and then give proper defense, which greatly exerts Beckham's potential.

In this game against Charlton, he controlled the initiative from the beginning to the end. Charlton could not bear the almost unreasonable tidal wave. They were scored in less than 1 minute. The first half was 0:3 behind, Palacio, Kaka and Drogba each scored a goal.

After the break, Charlton adjusted, the defense did improve, and it did withstand the impact for a period of time, but in the end they were able to prevent a rout. ttp://wwnf.*he

Palacio received two assists from Kaka and Beckham in the second half, scored two consecutive games, scored his first hat-trick since joining the team, and helped the team beat Charlton 0:5. Won the league opener.

However, it is not the most popular team in the first round of the Premier League. Blackburn played against newly-promoted Leicester City at home. Violently defeated their opponents 6-0. In the strong dialogue against Liverpool away from home, Chelsea relied on Veron. And Hasselbaink's goal, 1:2 victory over Liverpool.

In addition, Manchester United, who faced Bolton at Old Trafford, also washed the decline of the Community Shield, 4-0 victory over their opponents, while Arsenal beat Everton led by Moyes 2-1 at home.

In this way, after the end of the first round of the Premier League that lasted for two days, Blackburn ranked first in the league with an advantage of goal difference, which also made Blackburn excited for a long time, and they finally tasted the first place in the standings. .

In second place, followed by Manchester United.

But everyone knows that the rankings in the first round of the league are nothing, the real test is still in the long season, who can better guarantee their state, who can get better results.

Sure enough, in the second round of the league, Violent Ben was a guest at Old Trafford. After a week of rest, they were obviously in good shape. They were confident that they wanted to score three points again on the newly-promoted horse and defend their top spot in the league. But let them clearly realize what is the gap.