There is a dream called football

Rome, the eternal city.

There is no need to say too much about the greatness of this city, and in the football circle, this is also a great city.

Manchester United's second Champions League opponent is Roma.

At this time, there were Totti, Mancini, De Rossi and others in the Roma team, and the one leading the Giallorossi was Italian coach Spalletti.

Luciano Spalletti.

He is not the best coach in Italy, but he is still in the top echelon. He may not be as famous as Lippi and Capello, but he is still a good head coach. At this time, his Roma team is also strong.

Spalletti's first goal is to qualify from the group, and his second goal is of course to go further.

If you want to go further, it is actually very important to be first in the group, but Manchester United also thinks so.

Ferguson also knows that it is necessary to be first in the group, otherwise Barcelona and Real Madrid will be drawn in the first round of the knockout round, which will be troublesome.

To be fair to this group, the only one that can compete with Manchester United for first place in the group is Roma, so if we win this game, then we may basically get the first place in the group.

When Spalletti led the team to Manchester, he was immediately surrounded by many reporters, especially reporters from the Premier League, because this was considered a major Champions League battle.

"Can we interview Totti?"

"certainly."

At the airport, Totti was surrounded.

At this time, Totti is very popular throughout Europe. In fact, if he is willing, he may come to play in the Premier League. For such a player, any team in the Premier League will be ready with cash to welcome him.

But whether it was later or now, Totti's loyalty to Roma cannot be changed. Totti said that he will only end his career in Roma and cannot go anywhere else.

"Francisco, Manchester United is very strong now, have you found a way?"

Totti smiled slightly and said, "You don't need to remind me. I also know that Manchester United is very strong now. They came here to compete for the championship, but what I want to say is that we are also very strong. Many of our lineups are from the 2006 World Cup."

Member, me too!”

This is Totti's strategy. Since the Champions League cannot defeat its opponent, after all, the opponent is a team that has won the Champions League, then okay, let's talk about the World Cup.

"What I mean is that we have also seen big scenes, so I don't think we will be afraid of anything."

"In addition, this is an away game. I think the pressure on us will be much less. Even if we draw or lose by one goal, we are completely acceptable."

"Okay, I hope you can score a goal."

"It doesn't matter if I improve or score goals, the most important thing is that the team can win."

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To be honest, Ferguson is very unfamiliar with Roma. Although this team is very famous, Ferguson feels unfamiliar because he has never encountered it before. The last time Manchester United met Roma, it was not the beginning of the Ferguson era.

Ferguson is even a little more familiar with Dynamo Kiev, at least they can meet this team once every few years.

However, it is not difficult to collect information about Roma. Generally speaking, this team still plays defensive counterattack, so it is more suitable for Manchester United.

In the Premier League, Manchester United is a relatively traditional team, so they are not afraid of intensive defense because their style is strong enough.

Queiroz is the one who usually collects information, and Ferguson also has absolute trust in him, so he is also someone who can come to Ferguson's office at any time.

"How's it going, Carlos? Did you find anything new?"

"No, I just want to talk to you about the team's situation."

"Haha, now the team has no thorns in the side."

The thorns in Ferguson's mouth are Ruud van Nistelrooy and Keane.

Keane really went too far in the last few years at Manchester United. For example, once Manchester United went to Portugal for training, Queiroz bought a very nice villa for everyone to live in, but Keane said that there was no owner, and finally made trouble with Ferguson.

, Ferguson is also popular because it is indeed a very nice villa.

Under Ferguson's pressure, Keane stopped, and right after that, Ferguson quietly told Queiroz that Keane had to leave.

Everyone knows what happened later, Keane and Manchester United broke up on bad terms.

Compared to Keane, Ruud van Nistelrooy's departure was more or less embarrassing. Keane was in the late stages of his career. For Ferguson, sending him away was just a feeling of reluctance and a little guilt, but for Ferguson

Van Nistelrooy is actually a very useful forward, but his conflicts with Cristiano Ronaldo and Queiroz force the head coach to make a choice.

In the end, Ferguson of course chose Queiroz and Cluo, so for 15 million euros, Manchester United sent away Ruud van Nistelrooy, the king of the small penalty area.

After these two people left, Ferguson is really quiet now, because no one dares to make trouble anymore, unless they feel that they have lived too long.

Queiroz chuckled, "I don't mean to stab the head, I mean that our team must rotate."

Ferguson nodded, "Then we will rotate it in the game against Roma. Saha will play and Li Qiao will also take a rest."

Queiroz nodded.

This is like living a life. You can make 50,000 yuan a year, and you can make 5 million a year. It depends on how you live. For a team with a relatively strong lineup like Manchester United, rotation is to keep the ball.

A good way to improve the team's condition. If you do this, Manchester United's players will still be in good condition even at the end of the season.

The reason why Manchester United in the Ferguson era has been able to thrive in such a highly competitive Premier League lies in the rational use of players.

"In addition, I think healthy competition among players is also very important."

Ferguson chuckled, "What do you want?"

"It's very simple, create a certain sense of crisis."

Ferguson shook his head, "I don't like this idea. My team has always been like a whole. I am like the head of the family. I don't like to create any competition. I think my players will understand everything."

This is indeed the case. In this regard, Ferguson is relatively old-fashioned. What he likes is conversation, just like with his own children. Everyone chats together and says what they have to say.

This may also be the reason why he was violent with Xiao Bei back then. After all, a person can only do that in front of his own children. Another way of thinking is, if it is not your own child, who will take you seriously?

Queiroz was helpless. It seemed that the boss disagreed.

Ferguson patted him and said, "Okay, let's go to work. You decide the tactics. We have to overthrow Roma at home."

"After the first three rounds, we will determine the position of the group leader."