In the early morning of May 7, in the early morning of Beijing, the last game of the 36th round of the English Premier League, Crystal Palace defeated Manchester United 4-0 at home, and in the 32nd round of French Ligue 1, Lyon reversed Lille 4-3 away, and Leverkusen led by Alonso has won the first Bundesliga championship. Manchester United's Ten Hag, Pharma's Marcos Alonso and Lyon's Sage, three managers with very different styles have brought different styles and results to the three teams, and the manager is very important.
Manchester United – Ten Hag
Manchester United has a history of more than 100 years as a Premier League giant, with a total of 20 league titles, 3 Champions League titles and 12 FA Cup titles, and the most famous manager in Manchester United's club history is Sir Alex Ferguson. With the brilliant record of his predecessors, Manchester United's head coach has changed one after another in recent years, from Premier League relegation master David Moyes to Manchester United meritorious captain Ryan Giggs, from veteran coach Van Gaal to the madman Mourinho, from Manchester United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to Rangnick to Ajax coach Ten Hag. Since Alex Ferguson's departure on 30 June 2013, Manchester United have changed seven managers in 11 years, and in the 16/17 season, Manchester United won the Europa League twice, and the rest of the year has not achieved much. After the Dutch coach Ten Hag entered Manchester United, Manchester United's senior management spent a lot of money to introduce many players according to Ten Hag's requirements, but Manchester United's results in the past two years have become less and less bright, third last season, eighth this season, and the Champions League group stage was eliminated at the bottom, creating Manchester United's shameful record in the Champions League. In the league, in the past two years, the Red Devils under Ten Hag have also been Liverpool 7-0 to create the biggest tragedy in the history of Manchester United, and today Manchester United was beaten 4-0 by the little-known Crystal Palace, although Manchester United has many injuries this season, but the skills and tactics on the field can rarely be seen, and there is no clear implementation of Ten Hag's style of play this season, resulting in the lack of implementation of tactics on the field, which is also one of the reasons for Manchester United's poor record this season, and the failure of reinforcements is also controlled by Ten Hag, and at the same time, in order to stabilize the locker room to remove Sancho who shined in the Champions League, but left Rashford and other players, which is also one of the reasons for Manchester United's poor record。 It can't be said that Ten Hag is completely incapable, Manchester United is a club with very deep water, maybe Ten Hag can't stir up the deep water of Manchester United, and can't drive this rusty aircraft carrier. Ten Hag and Manchester United have reached a fork in the continent, whether to advance and retreat together or go separately requires the decision of Manchester United's top management and the support and advice of Manchester United fans around the world. Manchester United need to take off, they need to rebuild their glory!
Bayer Leverkusen – Alonso
Bayer Leverkusen as a Bundesliga veteran powerhouse, the previous years of ups and downs, these two seasons under the leadership of Alonso, rejuvenated back to the top, not only Europa League into the top 4, a high probability of entering the final, but also won the club's first 120 years of Bundesliga championship trophy, this point Alonso as a coach is indispensable, as a young coach, he dared to reuse young players Wirtz and Frimpong, the introduction of economical and practical Boniface and the former Arsenal main Swiss veteran Xhaka, coupled with reasonable targeted tactics and harmonious dressing room, give full play to the potential of all Leverkusen players, thus creating a brilliant record of unbeaten league this season。 If Alonso does not leave and the main team does not lose a lot, Bayer Leverkusen will be a strong contender for the Bundesliga title and even the Champions League semi-finals in the next few years. With the qualification of the Bundesliga champion, no one in the football coach dares to question the 42-year-old Alonso, congratulations to Alonso!
Lyon-Sage
From November 30, 2023, the 45-year-old Pierre Sage has changed from assistant coach to interim head coach, leading Lyon to Ligue 1, playing 18 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in 25 league and cup matches, before Sage took over, Lyon ranked first in the league with 10 league games, 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses, and after taking over, Lyon is currently ranked seventh in the league and has a good chance to compete for a European place, and Lyon has reached the final of the French Cup, and the final opponent is Paris Saint-Germain, the French hegemon. The same players, the same living atmosphere, different managers can make a huge difference in the team's results, which Sage is doing very well at the moment, and I hope that the young Sage can lead Lyon to glory.
Ten Hag and Manchester United will need to decide where they go from now on.
Alonso and the pharmaceutical company need to stick to their original intentions and move towards their own brilliant record.
Sage and Lyon need to complement each other, develop together and create brilliance together.
The manager is really important!!