readytorunbook Chapter 300 Can Notts County be the runner-up?
Chapter 300 Can Notts County be the runner-up?
Chapter 300 Can Notts County be the runner-up?
Notts County's first game of the new season is not the Premier League, but a traditional event in England, the Community Shield.
Before the name change in 02, the event was called the Charity Shield. The two sides of the competition were the Premier League champions and the FA Cup champions of the previous season.
This is not a high-impact game, but as a warm-up before the start of the Premier League, something can still be seen.
Notts County is qualified for winning the FA Cup, while Notts County's opponent is the Premier League giants Manchester United, last season's Premier League champions.
After David moved into Notts County, several super teams in the Premier League, including Liverpool and Arsenal, and Notts County have already had the experience of playing against each other. The only one that has not played against is Manchester United.
As the defending champion of the Premier League, Manchester United's operations in the transfer market this summer are not satisfactory. At least judging from the previous warm-up matches, Manchester United has lost the sharpest offensive weapon in the past. The offensive system has also undergone considerable changes. It is simply too difficult for Ronaldinho to pass such coquettish crosses and long passes from Beckham on the wing.
At least in David's view, this season's Manchester United is by no means the protagonist. In the previous life, Arsenal ended this season's Premier League with a terrible unbeaten record, and it was also Arsenal's most glorious season.
Of course, this game is not that important. Adapting to the atmosphere of playing against strong Premier League teams in advance is still good for the team to sprint in the next Premier League.
He is more or less a champion, and David doesn't think there are too many championship trophies in the team's room of honor.
This game can be regarded as the first appearance of the two teams in the new season after the running-in of the summer, so most of the media attended the pre-match press conference.
When asked about his goals for this season, Ferguson did not hesitate to take the Premier League title and the Champions League title as his pockets. It seems that these two championship trophies are worthy of Manchester United's status as a giant.
If David was at the scene, he would probably be able to stand directly in front of Ferguson and tell him loudly that the two champions, Manchester United, are useless!
Indeed, they were suppressed by Arsenal in the league, and in the Champions League, although they have forgotten where Manchester United has come, at least there is absolutely no place for the Red Devils in the semi-finals, because this season's Champions League is a very famous in history. of a season.
When asked about his opinion on Notts County's opponent, Ferguson smiled unexpectedly, and then calmly said a word, and this word completely ignited the scene of the press conference.
runner up!
These are the words that came out of Ferguson's mouth.
This runner-up obviously does not refer to the League Cup runner-up, nor does it refer to the FA Cup runner-up, but the Premier League runner-up.
Ferguson thinks Notts County can win the Premier League runner-up?
Is this sincerely praising Notts County or belittling Arsenal from the side?
Obviously, England's top league has changed from the previous double red meeting to the current direct collision between the Red Devils and Arsenal. After Liverpool lost their championship competitiveness year by year, the competition between Manchester United and Arsenal for the championship has become the main theme of the Premier League.
In the past seven seasons, the Premier League titles have been won by these two giant clubs, Arsenal won two titles, and the other five were all won by Manchester United.
In such a fierce competition, Ferguson suddenly said this, obviously not really optimistic about Notts County, but borrowing this method to belittle his biggest opponent Arsenal!
The reporters were all excited. They thought that there would be no interesting news in an insignificant Community Shield Cup, but they didn't expect that Ferguson, an old Scottish man, was not willing to be lonely at all!
"Do you think that Notts County is stronger than Liverpool and Newcastle, or even stronger than Arsenal, a strong contender for the Premier League title?" A reporter asked excitedly, and this question also represented the doubts of all reporters.
Ferguson nodded with a smile, and said with a serious face: "Yes, in my opinion, Notts County is very strong. If they are given a few more seasons, they may have the strength to directly win the championship, but This season, Manchester United can still suppress them to win the championship. As for Arsenal and other teams, they should not be the opponents of Notts County. After all, Notts County has already won the UEFA Cup on behalf of England in League One. The most important thing is , if I remember correctly, Notts County had already eliminated Arsenal in the League Cup when they were in League Two, doesn't that explain the problem!"
The reporters suddenly remembered that Ferguson really wasn't aimless, but something real happened.
The reason why Notts County was able to participate in the UEFA Cup last season as a League One club was precisely because they won the League Cup in League Two last season. The elimination of Arsenal was a shocking upset that shocked England!
But the story of Notts County and Arsenal is not over. Although Ferguson didn't say it, maybe he forgot, maybe he didn't know at all, but the reporters remembered it very clearly. In the battle, Notts County once again defeated Arsenal tenaciously, and finally won the FA Cup.
Speaking of which, Notts County has defeated Arsenal twice in a row.
The reporters looked at each other in blank dismay, and had been ignoring it before, but the facts are in front of them, Notts County is really a bit of Arsenal's nemesis!
But the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Premier League are completely two concepts. Well, even if Notts County eliminated Arsenal in the cup, does that mean that Notts County can casually eliminate Arsenal in the Premier League? Suppressed?
It's a bit of a nonsense!
No, that's too much nonsense!
Leaving aside the unexpectedness of a single knockout match, just the level of Arsenal's commitment to the two cup games is enough for Arsenal to have something to say.
Obviously, Ferguson, a stubborn old man, is using this method to belittle his opponent and make Arsenal uncomfortable, but the question is, is this method really effective?
In any case, with Ferguson present, Love, a junior, has no sense of existence at all. Listening to Ferguson's eloquent talk, Love is also dumbfounded. Obviously, it is the first time that Ferguson has learned how powerful his mouth is.
"Manchester United is very strong. We will do our best to win this game, but no matter what the result is, I think it will be valuable experience for the players, because they are still very young!" The only sentence that Loew said at the press conference, but it was still considered by the media to be that Loew lacked confidence and dared not challenge Manchester United, which really made him helpless for a while.
(End of this chapter)