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They said so After winning 3-2 at Southampton six seasons ago, Manchester United are now on the move. The manager at the time was The Special One, Jose Mourinho.
Three months later, the team lifted the Europa League Cup at the Friends Arena in Stockholm and Manchester United our Underway.
Then everything went to hell.
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Morten Pedersen is from Valerenga, east of Oslo. She worked as a freelancer at Arbeiderbladet while at school. To Dagbladet in 1986. Two spells as Dagbladet’s correspondent in London. The electronic newspaper from 2021. Editor and publisher of Football Magazine – 4-4-3 Gatelagmagasinet.
Six seasons and Three coaches later – with the first being Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and the second it’s still impossible to see why (Ralf Rangnick) – Manchester United were in place in 2017. The League Cup was back at Old Trafford.
And the possibility of another win in the tournament they would rather not play in – Thursday’s Europa League – is also there.
The big difference between the past and the present is the man who leads the team.
It was Jose Moreno In many ways bigger than Manchester United. It was The Special One and he won it all. It was always about him.
When he won trophies, he added them to his resume, and when Manchester United lost, he blamed the team.
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A season and a half into the 2017 turnaround, he was sacked after yet another humiliation at Anfield.
Eric ten Hag (53) He made his name known in the Manchester United club that won in Stockholm, Ajax. He captained a team that was the youngest ever to play in a European final. He has made Ajax what Ajax once were, a team that can beat anyone.
In the second season (2018/2019) he took them to the semi-finals of the Champions League, and in the end he was stopped by Tottenham after six minutes of extra time.
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On the way there, Ajax knocked out both Real Madrid and Juventus.
way from one A big team in a small league to a huge club in the biggest league in the world is about to turn Erik ten Hag into a great coach. What you saw at Ajax is what you got at Manchester United.
Erik ten Hag is an intense professional and a serious person with short answers.
It’s as if football isn’t something to smile about until you get your hands on the cup.
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In the Netherlands know Whoever it was when Manchester United knocked on the door this time a year ago. Now the whole world knows that.
It hasn’t looked so good yet 1-2 for Brighton (H) and 0-4 for Bradford (M) in the first two rounds.
When Cristiano Ronaldo took his whine to public, it looked totally fine.
All managers Manchester United will be weighed and compared to Sir Alex Ferguson. It cannot be avoided. Of the five on the scales – David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick – none were even close.
I don’t mean to say Erik ten Hag is there after the 2-0 win over Newcastle at Wembley, but there is just something about the way he handles the job.
Not to mention the way he dealt with Cristiano Ronaldo.
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With a CR7 finish, tell whoever decides at Old Trafford.
For those who remember how Sir Alex Ferguson got rid of his wardrobe woes – Jaap Stam, David Beckham and Ruud van Nistelrooy are three of the greats – it was a scheme.
Then Manchester United He won the League Cup in 2017 and was led by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Scored two goals in the final. Now, in fact, they have none (Wout Weghorst). Some good starts during the game, even if it’s a goal-scoring pass, isn’t even close.
Wighurst is on loan from Burnley (!), lacks speed and does not score goals.
Compared to Erling Braut Haaland and Harry Kane, it is as if Manchester United are playing with 10 men.
2023 has begun Good for Manchester United. Suddenly there is some kind of hope in the Premier League too. In addition, it is the hardened professional who decides, not a poser.
Erik ten Hag has sorted out his problems with Manchester United for now, but winning the League Cup is no plaster on the wound.
Remember 2017.
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