Saking ketakutannya kesalib lagi di game week berikutnya, ferguson sampe rela
pasukannya istirahat lebih lama sehari untuk menghadapi villa ketimbang nyimpen
istirahat lebih lama untuk menghadapi porto......
Kalo yg gw baca, fixture manutd lawan aston villa kan dijadwalin main hari
minggu 5 april dan lawan porto selasa 7 april. Dengan undian ucl porto tgl 7
april sebenarnya manutd bisa meminta fa untuk memajukan jadwal pertandingan
lawan villa-nya menjadi sabtu 4 april. Namun ferguson mungkin dia lebih concern
kesalib sama Pool ketimbang persiapan UCL lawan porto jadinya ga dipindahin deh.
Hihihi we're getting to you mr ferguson, aren't we?
Adiosssss
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FERGUSON TAKES FIXTURE GAMBLE
Posted 24/03/09 07:56
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Manchester United's decision to re-schedule their Premier League match with
Aston Villa for Sunday April 5 has been interpreted as a sign that Sir Alex
Ferguson has become so concerned by his side's mini-slump in the league that he
has cancelled plans to prioritize progress in the Champions League.
According to The Guardian, 'When the match was originally chosen for live
television United announced it would automatically revert to a Saturday
kick-off if they were drawn to play in the Champions League.' However, a
statement released on United's official website yesterday declared: 'It was
previously thought, and advertised, that the Villa match would be brought
forward to the Saturday if United's Champions League tie fell on Tuesday.
However, we can now confirm that the games will be played a little more than 48
hours apart.'
By facing Villa on the Sunday, United will now have just 50 hours of recovery
time before they face Porto in the first-leg of their Champions League
quarter-final. It is the sort of fixture pile-up that Ferguson would normally
be determined to avoid, and it is understood that his decision to snub Sky
Sports following the recent 4-1 defeat to Liverpool was a form of protest
against that match being played on the Saturday lunchtime after United had
faced Inter Milan on the previous Wednesday night.
But The Guardian claims that, following back-to-back defeats, Ferguson has
become so alarmed at United's lead at the top of the table being drastically
cut by Liverpool that 'the Scot has drastically altered his thinking. Ferguson
publicly declared last month that the Champions League was his "priority" but
he has now decided it is more important that those United players who will be
away on international duty over the next week and a half have an extra day to
prepare for the visit of Martin O'Neill's side.'
