Biography of a sports coach
The key acquisition of those years was the French striker Eric Canton. Cantona quickly played with striker Mark Hughes and helped United to go to the leaders of the championship by the beginning of the New Year. Until the end of the season, the club did not fall below the first three, and in April finally entrenched in the first place and for the first time in 26 years became the champion of England.
With this, the era of the dominance of Manchester United in the Premier League began. In the year, they won the Golden Dube - the championship and the Cup of England. The next season they did not have one point and victory in the final to repeat this success, but a year later they became the first English club to twice the Golden Dube. Then there was another championship and silver, as well as two Super Cups of England.
Ferguson created one of the best teams in the world. For the excessive trust in young players, the coach got from fans, but the “Ferge’s chicks” constantly proved that they were ready to play at the highest level. In ten months, the team lost only five matches. From a year, he won the Premier League more than another eight times and made Manchester United the most successful club in England.
Even the age of the players did not interfere with success: Giggs and Skowles veterans played up to 40 years, and Schmeichel and Cole were replaced by no less legendary Edwin Van der Sar and Wayne Runi. David Beckham left the year, but the title of the main star of the club did not remain unoccupied for long - that in the summer “Mu” invited the promising Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo.
Under the leadership of Ferguson, he grew up in one of the best players in history and received the first of five “golden balls”. In the year, Ferguson won the Champions League for the second time. At the Moscow Luzhniki stadium, his team beat the Chelsea London in a penalty shootout. Then the coach said that for three years he plans to complete his career.
However, Sir Alex lingered and left Manchester only in the year, immediately after his go for the championship of England. Over the next ten seasons, the team only fell into the top three times four times, and in the first place did not end even once. Alex Ferguson and Cristiano Ronaldo after signing the contract in the year. Unlike many other coaches, Ferguson never had a proprietary tactic under which he adapted his teams.
On the contrary, he could use different approaches based on the composition and goals in the club. At some point, he began to hire assistants who conducted training and built the game, and he himself acted as a strategist and manager. Such an approach helped the Scotsman to work on the top-level for almost 40 years: football was constantly changing, but Sir Alex did not lose relevance.
He was not only open to everything new, but he himself was an innovator. From the ban on alcohol and the organization of food to yoga and the color of the form - all aspects of the game and life of football players were important to him.