Before the smoke of the UEFA Cup final had cleared, Manchester United's defeat was like a bolt from the blue, making them, who were originally regarded as the favorites to win the Cup, a target. Even United legend Scholes was shocked by his team's loss. He was convinced that Solskjaer's team was far superior to their opponents and was expected to break the curse of no title. However, the reality gave him a resounding slap in the face.
Before the match, Scholes was dismissive of his opponent Villarreal and even scoffed at the whole of La Liga: playing Villarreal here, you're facing a team that's ranked 7th in La Liga. Looking at Real Madrid and Barcelona's performances this season, United deserved to win the title with ease. However, the truth is very different from his expectations. Villarreal's victory made Scholes a target of ridicule. But he did not hide his anger at the Yellow Submarine's manager Emery's tactics, which were simple barrel-formation defense.
Scholes even vented his frustration with foul language, raging at the players who were dying on the edge of the penalty area for 120 minutes: there's some shit here today, they think defending like this is tactical mastery! Please stay away from me, you idiots! (bell ends) Scholes put the blame for United's loss on the performance of the players rather than manager Solskjaer. He said: It's hard to recover from this game, their performance was really bad tonight. Overall, United have made some progress. But did the loss affect them enough? It's almost become an acceptable thing. From Ole's point of view, what exactly is he asking for?
