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Hello! Gia Saralidze is in the studio of Vestnik Kavkaza.
We are speaking about football.
Now we will talk about Sir Alex Ferguson, the great coach,
probably one of the greatest coaches of the modern times, the coach of Manchester United.
He spent 26 years of career in this club.
Several generations of people have grown up who canít imagine MU without Ferguson.
Players were changing, squads were changing; only the main face of the club remained the same.
He is associated with all pages of the last three decades in this club, the great club.
MU has won two Champions League, multiple champions of England.
Bright players. Ferguson managed to provide a change of generations skillfully always.
When he began his career, he shifted from the Scottish championship.
He was given time for transformation of the team.
But after that Manchester United always was in the top.
MU became a football trendsetter in Europe.
All top clubs always respected MU.
Ferguson was thought to be an obvious master.
Some loved him, others didnít, but everybody admitted his talent
and his unique relations with players in the club.
For Ferguson, football was the main business of his life.
Even in difficult moments of his career, for instance, when David Beckham left,
it wasnít clear whether he threw a shoe in Beckhamís face or it was an accident,
even such semi-scandals show how meaningful football was for Ferguson.
Of course the fact that Ferguson resigns after victories in 1500 matches with his team,
the fact that MU became the champion of England this year, this seasonÖ
Last year you remember the crazy final of the championship
when two minutes before the end of the last match MU was a champion,
but Manchester City managed to score several times and took the victory from MU.
Probably Ferguson would leave earlier, but he couldnít leave being not a winner.
So, Manchester United has won this year outstandingly.
Unfortunately, the club failed in the Champions League,
but it is such a tournament where it is difficult to predict anything
ñ rivals are too strong; and sometimes coaches interfere with developments.
However, Ferguson leaves as a winner and the whole epoch leaves together with him.
What will happen to MU?
Can a new coach, Scottish as well, support what Ferguson has done?
I think it is very difficult to predict what will happen to MU in the future,
even though I worry about this club and wish it all the best.
But Manchester United with Ferguson and Manchester United without Ferguson are different teams.
Nothing can be done.
In this case importance of a personality in history is really great.
As for me, a fan of MU and a fan of Fergusonís talent,
I would like to thank him for his achievements in football
and for the minutes and hours of happiness which were presented to the audience by MUís squads,
including matches at Old Trafford.
My big gratitude to Sir Alex Ferguson, the great coach and wonderful person.
In the next episode of our program I would like to speak about pleasant things.
The European Football Cup (men under 17) was finished.
The Russian national team became the champion of Europe.
Letís talk about it in the next episode.