host must win

Chapter 294 The Weird Game

"The game is over! The game is over!" the MUTV commentator shouted happily.At Old Trafford, the Red Devils fans were in a carnival.

This is the eighth consecutive year that Manchester United has broken into the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Since the team missed the Champions League in the 1994-1995 season because they failed to win the Premier League title in the 1995-1996 season, Manchester United has participated in the Champions League for eight consecutive years. At least break into the quarterfinals.Among them, they won the championship twice, broke into the semi-finals twice, and stopped in the quarter-finals three times.As for where Manchester United can go this season, we have to wait and see.

In this season's Champions League, not only Manchester United performed well, but the other two participating teams, Chelsea and Arsenal, also performed very well.

就在曼联在主场2:1击败波尔图，从而以两回合5:3的总比分闯进八强的同一时刻，波尔图的前主教练何塞·穆里尼奥率领的蓝军在主场和斯图加特经过九10分钟的闷战后互交白卷, 从而两回合总比分1:0淘汰对手, 闯进欧冠八强。

A day later, Arsenal became the third Premier League team to reach the quarter-finals with a clean 2-0 win over Celta Vigo at Highbury.

另外五队对手，摩纳哥主场1:0击败莫斯科火车头，两回合总比分2:2，凭借着客场进球优势闯进八强；皇家马德里主场1:0击败拜仁，两回合总比分2:1晋级；AC米兰主场4:1横扫布拉格斯巴达，总比分4:1晋级；里昂主场1:0皇家社会，两回合2:0晋级；超级拉科同样两回合都以1:0的比分双杀尤文图斯晋级。

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Two days later, the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. After entering the quarter-finals, there was no principle of evasion, so apart from Manchester United itself, the other seven teams that advanced were all potential opponents of Manchester United. .

In the quarterfinals, basically there are no weak players.But relatively speaking, among the seven teams of Real Madrid, AC Milan, Arsenal, Chelsea, Deportivo, Lyon and Monaco, the top three teams, and even Chelsea, are all that Manchester United is unwilling to meet early.As for the latter three teams, there is not much difference.

Manchester United and Ligue [-] champions Lyon were drawn together, which is a good draw.However, Manchester United did not have the schedule advantage of winning away first, and will play the home game first.

The other three pairs of opponents are AC Milan against Deportivo, Real Madrid against Monaco, and Arsenal against Chelsea in a Premier League civil war.

Such a lottery avoids the possibility of three Premier League teams breaking into the semi-finals at the same time. Many Premier League fans believe that this is UEFA targeting the Premier League teams.

After all, with the strength shown by the top three in the Premier League this season, apart from the two giants Real Madrid and AC Milan, it is difficult for the rest of the teams to match.

But from another perspective, this is almost a conservative in disguise. A Premier League team has entered the Champions League semi-finals.And among the three teams, the two teams that performed slightly worse in the Champions League.

Coupled with Manchester United's outstanding performance in the European war, such a draw is almost relative to ensuring that two teams will advance to the semi-finals.

The two legs of the Champions League quarter-finals will be played in late March and early April.

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On the weekend, the 28th round of the Premier League kicked off in full swing.

Manchester United ushered in a city derby with Manchester City in this round, but the two Chinese in both teams were placed on the bench.

In the past half month, Yin Jun played all four games for Manchester United, so Ferguson decided to let him rest this round.But because there were 6 members of Manchester United's first team missing for various reasons in this game, Ferguson still put Yin Jun on the bench and did not let him have a complete vacation.

Sun Jihai was not placed on the bench because of too many games recently, but because he was not in a good state recently and was pushed to the bench.

The current Manchester City team is not Manchester United's opponent in terms of strength or recent match records.

This season, Blue Moon's performance is not good. After 27 rounds of the league, they only scored 27 points. They are currently ranked 16th in the standings, but they are only three points higher than the relegation zone and may fall into the relegation zone at any time.On the other hand, Manchester United scored 67 points, overwhelming the undefeated Arsenal with a goal difference advantage, ranking first in the Premier League standings.

而在本赛季的交手中，曼联先是在第16轮在老特拉福德球场5:1横扫对手，然后又在一个月前的足总杯第5轮比赛里4:2大胜。

Therefore, all aspects are optimistic about Manchester United winning away games, but the Manchester United people do not dare to neglect, because they lost at Maine Road Stadium last season and only achieved a 1:1 draw at home.

Like this kind of derby, the historical record is hard to explain.

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After the start of the game, the Manchester United people really encountered fierce battles, were in danger again and again, and conceded the ball early.

Only 3 minutes into the game, there was a hole in Manchester United's defense. Dunn threw a ball from the right side of the line, Sibielski grabbed the header in front of Sylvester and then rubbed it. Fowler suddenly burst out from behind him, stopped the ball with his left foot and pushed it into the net 6 meters in front of the goal.

After 1 minute, Manchester United almost tied the score. Giggs' left-footed shot from outside the penalty area was blocked. Scholes made a low shot with his right foot from 20 meters in front of the goal. James fell to the ground and dropped the ball. Ruud van Nistelrooy had already Plugged in and prepared to make a supplementary shot, James dialed the ball out in a panic.Ronaldo, who followed on the left, pushed with his right foot 8 meters in front of the goal. Manchester City goalkeeper James had already disarmed and surrendered, but the door frame of the Manchester City Stadium saved Blue Moon and blocked Ronaldo's shot.

As the game progressed, the dominant Manchester United gradually took control of the situation on the field, especially the left side where Giggs and Ronaldo were located put a lot of pressure on the home team.

But just when people thought that Manchester United was getting closer and closer to an equalizer, Manchester United conceded another goal inexplicably.

In the 32nd minute, McManaman knocked back with the ball on the right side. Reina made a diagonal pass and hit Scholes on the left arm and bounced into the penalty area. The Manchester City player raised his hand to signal the handball. McCann turned around with his left foot 14 meters in front of the goal. With a volley, the ball went into the far corner from the crotch of Sylvester, who had just returned from injury, and Manchester City led 2:0.

Manchester United, two goals behind, launched a strong counterattack, and after 3 minutes, they pulled back a point through cooperation on the left. Cristiano Ronaldo crossed the penalty area diagonally, and Giggs hit the center with his left foot in the face of several defenders. , Scholes volleyed vigorously with his right foot into the lower left corner 12 meters in front of the goal.

One minute later, Manchester City's defensive error gave Van Nistelrooy a chance. Fortunately, James attacked near the left penalty area and blocked Van Nistelrooy. He expressed his dissatisfaction with Distin.

In the 39th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo and Giggs broke into the left side of the penalty area in cooperation, and hit a wonderful arc ball on the inside of his right foot 13 meters in front of the goal, hitting the crossbar and bouncing back into the field.

Ronaldo frowned and looked up at the sky, still making the sign of the cross in his hand.

(End of this chapter)