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Manchester United manager Eric ten Hagg has put his faith in goalkeeper Andre Onana.

 

Onana joined United from Inter Milan ahead of the season. David de Gea, the Red Devils’ goalkeeper of choice, left the team and Onana was brought in to replace him. The transfer cost £47 million ($77 billion).

 

However, there has been more disappointment than excitement. Onana has made a lot of mistakes that have ruined games. United fans and former United pundits began to criticize him strongly. Some even criticized the club for selling De Gea to bring in such a mistake-prone goalkeeper.

Manchester United has fallen to 10th place in the English Premier League (EPL). In the UEFA Champions League (UCL), they have lost two straight games and are at the bottom of their group. Onana’s form has been cited as one of the many reasons for United’s struggles.

 

However, Van Gaal has denied this assessment. United will host Sheffield United in the ninth round of the EPL on May 22. Ahead of the match, Van Gaal defended Onana.

 

“Onana himself knows that he is not playing well enough. And I know he’s going to do a lot better in the future. Every player who comes to the EPL needs time to adjust. Even big goalkeepers 스포츠토토 like Peter Schmeichel and David de Gea needed time. Onana will get better and better.”

“We live in the present, but we have to prepare for the future. Onana needs to play better and create her own future. I’m sure Onana will do that. He showed that at Ajax, at Inter Milan. He showed that in the UCL, especially in the final. I believe Onana will have good games in the future,” he emphasized.

 

On the game against Sheffield United: “We prepared strongly. Our players are organized, determined and ready to win the game. This is what I saw of our players. They are very strong physically and mentally,” he said, expressing confidence in the victory.

The Samsung Lions, Kia Tigers, and Lotte Giants are three of the most popular local teams in the KBO. These teams have something in common.

Their thirst for a Korean Series title has been quenched by non-local or non-franchise personnel. Samsung didn’t win a title until 2001 after winning the 1985 championship. The managerial lineage isn’t limited to Daegu and Gyeongbuk, but the thirst for a championship has been quenched, or at least attempted to be quenched, by a native of Samsung’s eternal regional rival, Hattae.

Samsung finally quenched its championship thirst by winning the 2002 Korean Series, just two years after Kim’s arrival. The team had crumbled in the 1990s postseason when they faced only Hae-tae, and it took the head coach of that team to return to the top.

Samsung then built a dynasty under former manager Sun Dong-yeol. Sun took over pitching duties as head coach in 2004, and upon his arrival in 2005, the team won back-to-back integrated titles. There was outside investment to match, and a successful transplant of “Tiger’s Blood.

However, after Kim’s departure, Kia struggled in the early 2000s and didn’t win again until 2009. This time, the manager was none other than Daegu native Cho Bum-hyun. Of course, he played most of his career in OB, but his hometown was Daegu, and he wasn’t a Tigers fan.

In fact, KIA hasn’t had a Tigers alum lead the team to a Korean Series title since Kim Eung-ryong left. Sure, Kim Ki-tae, who led them to the 2017 title, was from Gwangju. But he wasn’t from the Tigers.

Lotte hasn’t won a Korean Series title in 31 years, since 1992. They haven’t even made the postseason since 2017. Traditionally, Lotte, like KIA, has hired a lot of managers and coaches from Lotte or Busan. I’m not saying this is a bad thing. It’s just that the results haven’t been there.

Among Lotte managers in recent years, Jerry Royster and Yang Seung-ho were the only ones who didn’t speak the Busan and Gyeongnam 토토사이트 dialects. Kim Si-jin, whose hometown is Pohang, is a former Samsung player who speaks a typical Gyeongbuk and Pohang dialect, but he also played for Lotte in his later years.

Kim Tae-hyung, who Lotte hired on Tuesday, is the second non-Lotte manager to speak Seoul since the 2000s after Yang Seung-ho. It’s funny to categorize this, but Lotte has always had a strong regional and club affiliation when it comes to managers and coaching staffs. There are still some non-Lotte, non-Busan/Gyeongnam members, but they are few compared to other clubs.

Kim Tae-hyung’s hidden strength is his strictly merit-based hiring. Even when he was in charge of Doosan, he was a leader without a so-called division. Even if he didn’t have any connections in his baseball life, he was willing to bring them in as long as they had the ability. So when Kim was at Doosan, there were many coaches from Hanwha, Lotte, Kia, and Samsung.