host must win

Chapter 154 The Crucial Battle for the Championship

After defeating Tottenham, Manchester United's devil schedule in April finally came to an end. In 4 days, Manchester United fought 22 battles and achieved 7 wins, 5 draw and 1 loss. Not only did they defeat Real Madrid in the Champions League to advance to the semi-finals, they also reversed Arsenal in the Premier League. In the battle for the league title, Standing in a dominant position.

After getting through this super devil schedule, Manchester United finally won a full week of rest before the start of the 37th round of the Premier League.

曼联和热刺的英超第36轮联赛是在4月27日的下午，而和查尔顿的英超第37轮联赛，则是在5月3日的中午。

The one-week rest period allowed Manchester United to get a relatively full rest, so that they were well prepared before ushering in the key battle for the championship.

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At 5:3 p.m. on May [-], Beijing time, when the domestic people are still enjoying the May Day holiday, the fans can happily sit in front of the computer or TV and watch the Manchester United game.

If Manchester United can win this game, they will temporarily lead Arsenal with 2 rounds less in the Premier League standings by 8 points!
This means that if Arsenal makes any mistakes in the subsequent games, Manchester United will win the Premier League championship this season ahead of schedule!

Before the game started, Ferguson watched the players who were ready to play in the locker room and shouted: "Win the game! I only have one request! Win the game! Go, what the fuck!"

As he said that, Ferguson forcefully opened the door of the locker room, and the hustle and bustle from outside poured in instantly, lifting everyone's spirits.

As a gold-medal football market in the world, the atmosphere in the Old Trafford Stadium is very contagious. From the moment the fanatical fans enter the field, driven by the on-site DJ and die-hard fans, the whole audience sings the team song, and at the same time Shake the team flag or scarf rhythmically, and set off waves of people from time to time.Anyone who is in it can't help but be moved by the frenzied atmosphere.

In the Premier League, the middle and lower teams are not easy to play. Even a giant like Manchester United has a headache when facing the mid-lower teams.The middle and lower teams may not be as skilled as the strong teams, but they have bodies, fierce confrontation, desperate fighting, and the team's tenacious defense can cause headaches for the strong teams.

However, if Manchester United can open up the situation quickly, the game will be much easier.If there is a stalemate on the court for a long time, or even being counterattacked by the opponent, the game will become very difficult.

"We must open up the situation as soon as possible." This is what Ferguson told his players.

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In the No. 15 minute of the game, Manchester United played a beautiful offensive cooperation.

Keane and Scholes teamed up to steal the ball, and then Yin Jun quickly played the ball to find Beckham.Beckham had a good vision and had already figured out what to do when he received the ball. With a diagonal kick, he directly tore through Charlton's defense.

Manchester United's offensive speed is very fast, and Charlton is very uncomfortable with this sharp attack.

When Yin Jun and Beckham passed the ball continuously and finally cut into the penalty area horizontally, Charlton's defense had completely collapsed.

The last thing was simple, Yin Jun passed the ball to the penalty area, Ruud van Nistelrooy bounced the ball to Beckham in the penalty area, the latter volleyed with his left foot in the penalty area, and the ball hit Powell who fell to the ground and tackled. The line was hung into the left side of the gate, and Charlton goalkeeper Keeley watched the ball into the net.

"Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful goal! Manchester United lead 1:0, this is not the point." Lineker said, "The point is, the ball is very beautiful, Manchester United's counterattack is very fast, the whole process of scoring, Almost all of them were passed with one kick, and Charlton's defense line was torn apart with a few kicks, and Charlton seemed helpless in the face of this kind of attack."

John Mortenson was also full of praise for this goal: "Charlton's players seemed to have been hit on the head with a stick, dizzy, and didn't know how to defend at all. They could only passively follow, but The end result is - conceding the ball."

Ferguson applauded from the sidelines, cheering for the team's goal.

He was very satisfied with scoring so early.

As long as he seizes the opportunity to score another goal, Charlton's determination to resist will be greatly reduced.

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Although Ferguson had confidence in the strength of his team, he didn't expect the team's second goal to come so quickly.

Ten minutes later, Yin Jun's frontcourt breakthrough caused a foul, and Manchester United got the opportunity to set the ball in the frontcourt.

Because this free kick is far away from the goal, it is unlikely that the goal will be scored directly, so tactical cooperation must be used.

Yin Jun took the set kick and entered the penalty area. Ruud van Nistelrooy's header caused Charlton goalkeeper Keely to throw the ball away. The Charlton defender hurriedly made a clearance. Yi retreated to the point of contention and shot into the net with a volley hook with his right foot 6 yards in front of the goal on the edge of the small penalty area.

2: 0!

The Dutchman has scored in 9 consecutive games, tying the club's historical record.

"GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"

"2:0! Van Nistelrooy, the Dutchman scored his 22nd goal in the personal league. He is now tied with Henry in the top scorer list, tied for second place in the scorer list, second only to Beatty who scored 23 goals." John Mortensen yelled, "Manchester United's goal came again, facing Manchester United, Charlton was almost powerless!"

Ruud van Nistelrooy and his teammates celebrated with excitement.The league is not over yet, and he still hopes to compete for the Premier League Golden Boot this season. He scored a goal early in today's game, which is undoubtedly the best news.

As the Red Devils who most liked to cause tragedies in the Premier League in the Premier League era, Manchester United, which led by two goals, did not stop, but set off an offensive frenzy.

In the 309th minute of the game, Yin Jun assisted Ruud van Nistelrooy and scored a goal, rewriting the score to 3:0.

Before the end of the first half, Yin Jun cut in from the right and shot from the far corner. While scoring his 17th league goal of the season, he also helped Manchester United expand the score to 4:0.

Manchester United took a [-]-[-] lead in the first half.

This made the commentators Lineker and John Mortensen lament that the suspense of this game no longer exists.

"Manchester United completely destroyed Charlton with a devastating onslaught," Sky Sports' Lineker said.

John Mortensen of the BBC said: "The team built by Ferguson has young people like Yin Jun, O'Shea, and Fletcher, as well as Van Nistelrooy, Ferdinand, and Sylvester. With such young players in their prime, and such veterans as Roy Keane, Giggs and Scholes, Manchester United has a very reasonable age structure and very strong strength. It is not surprising that they can reverse Arsenal. .”

(End of this chapter)