host must win

Chapter 228
Entering November, the Premier League ushered in the No.11 round.

Manchester United ushered in Portsmouth at home.The performance of the Pompey Legion this season is average, ranking 11th in the league after the first ten rounds, which is considered a mid-range level.

For the UEFA Champions League in midweek, Ferguson continued to let Roy Keane, Yin Jun and Ronaldo wait on the bench first. A large number of newcomers were used in the lineup, and Djemba, Fortune, Fletcher, Berlyon and others all got the chance to start.

Portsmouth are still without an away win and former Manchester United striker Sheringham received a warm welcome at Old Trafford.

With Forlan's goal in the first half, Manchester United led their opponents 1:0 into the intermission.

After the start of the second half, the two teams still played back and forth, and the visiting team even had more chances than Manchester United.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ferguson changed three people in a row in the 76th minute of the game. Keane, Yin Jun and Ronaldo came off the bench at the same time.

4 minutes after his debut, Yin Jun made a free kick in the frontcourt through his breakthrough on the right. Just as Yin Jun was about to take the free kick, Ronaldo, who was a little itchy, volunteered to take the penalty. Yin Jun hesitated and handed him the ball.

The Portuguese took this free kick very well. He sent the ball directly into Portsmouth's goal, and the opponent's goalkeeper didn't respond.

Ronaldo, who scored his first goal after joining Manchester United, was very happy. He ran to the corner flag happily, jumped high, turned in the air, opened his hands back when he fell, and roared excitedly after landing.

Seeing Yin Jun and his teammates come to celebrate the goal with him, Ronaldo grinned and said, "Yin, am I more handsome than you in this action?"

Yin Jun: "..."

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Then the Red Devils launched a fierce attack on the Portsmouth team, especially the two wingers played very actively. First, Yin Jun assisted Keane to make another victory for Manchester United, expanding the score to 3:0.Immediately afterwards, he scored a goal himself to seal the victory for the team.

In the end, Manchester United won Portsmouth 4-0 at home.

After experiencing a bitter defeat and a difficult victory, the Red Devils finally ushered in a hearty victory.

However, Manchester United still failed to regain the top spot, because Arsenal, which started the war at the same time, beat Manchester United and Rangers with a 4-1 victory at Elland Road Stadium and continued to beat Manchester United and Rangers by 1 point.

Both Manchester United and Rangers have a record of 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, but Manchester United, with their better offensive and defensive performance, overwhelmed the Blues with more goal difference and occupied the second place in the standings.

At present, Manchester United has scored 29 goals on the offensive end, which is the strongest firepower in the Premier League; on the defensive end, they have only conceded 11 goals in 6 league rounds, which is also the strongest defense in the Premier League.

After Yin Jun joined Manchester United, Manchester United's offensive performance has become better and better.They scored 38 goals in 90 Premier League games last season, which is the second-most scoring season in team history in the Premier League era, second only to the 1999 goals in the 2000-97 season!
This season, Manchester United's offensive firepower looks better than last season, averaging 2.64 goals per game, exceeding last season's average of 2.37 goals per game.

Among them, Yin Jun's contribution is very large.So far, Yin Jun has contributed 9 goals and 6 assists, directly involved in 29 of Manchester United's 15 goals, and his performance is not bad.

However, Yin Jun failed to continue to keep pace with his opponents in the scorer list, because the gun king Henry scored twice in this round of the league, thus leading the way with 10 goals.

After 11 rounds of the league, the top three Arsenal, Manchester United and Rangers have at least 4 points ahead of Birmingham City, which is temporarily No. 7. It can be said that the new season of the Premier League has taken shape.

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This week marks Ferguson's 17th anniversary in charge of Manchester United and there is nothing like the icing on the cake for Ferguson's anniversary than beating his early Glasgow Rangers. loaded achievements.

17 years ago, several Manchester United dignitaries, including chairman Edwards and Sir Charlton, went to Glasgow to seek talents, and they were treated with great hospitality by Rangers. Now that McLeish returns to Old Trafford, it is difficult to get the same. treatment.

This is the practice of Ferguson - never against non-England team when the first salute.Even after the narrow victory over Gaotu at the Ibrox Stadium, he and McLeish never talked about the details of the game after the game, but only chatted about the atmosphere of the stadium and reminiscing about the old days.

In the Champions League group match against Rangers, Ferguson arranged a 433 formation according to his previous thoughts.The goalkeeper is Howard, the defense is Gary Neville, Ferdinand, Sylvester and Phil Neville, the three midfielders are Fortune, Roy Keane and Giggs, and the front three is Yin Jun , Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ronaldo.

Originally, the three midfielders in Ferguson's mind should be composed of Scholes, Keane and Giggs, but Scholes is currently on the injured list, and it is difficult to play games even in November.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester United played very strongly, almost holding down the Glasgow Rangers' onslaught.

In the opening 2 minutes, Keane took a long shot in the middle and almost pierced the Rangers goal.

In 3 minutes, Yin Jun made a cross from the right. Ronaldo headed the goal from a long distance and was saved by the Rangers goalkeeper, but Manchester United's offensive has already formed.

1 minutes later, Manchester United launched a long pass from the backcourt, and Ferdinand's pass accurately found Ruud van Nistelrooy.Almost without any challenge, the Dutch center grabbed the first spot and gave the header to Yin Jun, who was advancing from the wing. After Yin Jun caught up, he waded through the defender when he stopped the ball, and his right foot The volley scored and opened the scoring for Manchester United.

The whole scoring process was clean and neat, without any sloppiness, very beautiful!

Just 3 minutes later, another long pass from Giggs.Running out of space on the right side, the unguarded Yin Jun suddenly rushed into the penalty area after receiving the ball, but his shot was bravely saved by the Rangers goalkeeper, but then Ruud van Nistelrooy followed up with the push and sent the ball directly into the penalty area An empty goal, 2:0.

The two goals were the simplest, most direct, and most efficient way to break the Rangers' goal.

Then Manchester United gradually slowed down their offensive, while Rangers tried to counterattack.

But in the 18th minute, Ronaldo made a pass from the left, and the Rangers defender headed to clear the siege. Yin Jun followed up and shot a long shot 25 meters away, piercing the Rangers goal again, 3:0!

Defeat like a mountain!
The Rangers were in a desperate situation almost from the beginning of the game.And when the game lasted less than 10 minutes, there was no suspense.

(End of this chapter)