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Chapter 437 Who Was the Big Winner in 2004

On the first weekend of March, the 11th round of the Premier League kicked off.

After Arsenal was beaten 4:0 by Manchester United, which ended the 49 rounds of the Premier League unbeaten, it seemed that they were beaten and lost their spirits. First, they were tied by Southampton in the Premier League last weekend. In the Champions League match in midweek, the Gunners were tied 1:1 by the underdog Panathinaikos at the Highbury Stadium. The first 4 rounds of the Champions League group stage only got 1 win and 3 draws, and they were overtaken by Eindhoven. To the second in Group E.

In the 12th round of the Premier League game on the weekend, the Arsenal team still seemed to be sleepwalking. Although Henry scored the 10th goal in the league to help Arsenal lead, it took only 2 minutes for Crystal Palace to equalize the score.

Afterwards, although the two sides worked hard on each other, they failed to score again, and the game ended with a score of 1:1.

In another game played at the same time, Chelsea beat Everton, who was fourth in the league, 1-0 at home, temporarily topping the Premier League standings.

United take on city rivals Manchester City at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon.

Although it was early Monday morning in China when the game was underway, Chinese fans still stayed up all night in front of the TV to watch the Chinese Manchester Derby.

But to the disappointment of the fans, Sun Jihai was not able to start.For Manchester United, Yin Jun started the game.

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Both teams faced a large number of absences due to injuries in this game.

For Manchester United, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who just showed his prowess in the Champions League match in midweek, was suspended due to accumulating yellow cards, while Rooney suffered from the flu. In desperation, Ferguson had no choice but to discharge the three of Ronaldo, Alan Smith and Giggs. Forward lineup.

Manchester City is also full of injuries, Keegan used 16 young players in the 5-man list.

After the start of the game, Manchester United besieged Manchester City in an all-round way, and even almost won a penalty in the third minute of the game.At that time, in the corner kick attack, Mills pushed down Yin Jun, who was going forward to grab the point, but the referee Ball refused to award a penalty kick.

In the 14th minute of the game, Manchester City once again escaped a penalty kick.At that time, Ronaldo made a breakthrough on the left. His shot from the penalty area line hit Dunn's raised arm and was deflected, which was confiscated by Manchester City goalkeeper James.

The Manchester United appealed for a penalty again, but Poll rejected the Manchester United request with a blank face.

At this point in the game, the scene has gotten a little out of control. The movements of the players on both sides are getting bigger and bigger.

The first half of the game ended in chaos. Manchester United, who was at home, basically controlled the situation, but their crosses after many breakthroughs from the wing were all seized by Manchester City's tall defenders. Manchester City's tight defense was successful. Suspected that a penalty was missed again, Blue Moon was able to maintain its innocence in the first half, but their weak defensive counterattack failed to pose a threat to Manchester United's defense led by Ferdinand.

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After the start of the second half, Manchester United took the lead in personnel adjustments, Giggs replaced teenager Miller.

Manchester United continued to besiege Manchester City, and in the 58th minute of the game, Yin Jun scored to break the deadlock.

Keane passed the ball through the City defense and found Alan Smith.Smith headed across and found Giggs on the left.Wang Laoji broke into the left rib of the penalty area, James attacked in time but missed the ball, Yin Jun followed up with a supplementary shot, James could do nothing but watch Yin Jun's flick pass over his body and fall into the goal behind him.

After leading the score, the psychological pressure of the Manchester United players was released, and their performance was getting better and better.

In the 63rd minute, Cristiano Ronaldo made a cross from the right, Dunn headed ahead of Yin Jun to clear the siege, then Giggs took a left corner kick, Roy Keane diverted the ball with a far header, and Smith shot with a 7-yard barb in front of the goal , Seeing that the ball was about to enter the goal, it was miraculously blocked by McManaman in front of the goal line.

In the 69th minute of the game, Manchester United ushered in another good opportunity to score.Yin Jun made a direct pass to Giggs from the frontcourt, and the Welshman's left-footed arc shot from the edge of the penalty area missed the post.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Manchester City with Yin Jun's goal in the 58th minute.

After getting these 3 points, both Manchester United and Chelsea's points reached 29 points, but Manchester United overwhelmed Chelsea with a goal difference advantage and reached the top of the Premier League standings for the first time this season.

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Monday, May 11.

Titled "Who Will Be the Big Winner in 2004", "French Football" officially announced the list of 50 candidates for this year's European Ballon d'Or.

In this list, 6 people from the Greek team, the dark horse champion of this year's European Cup, and 6 people from the French team were also selected. Although Zidane has announced his withdrawal from the French national team, he is still on the list. This is also his 9th. Nominated for the shortlist of candidates.

However, the national team with the largest number of candidates is not a European team, but a five-star Brazil, with 7 of them selected for this list.

In terms of clubs, Manchester United, which has won the Premier League and the Champions League for two consecutive years, has become a big winner. Seven players including Yin Jun, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Scholes, Keane, Giggs, Ronaldo and Rooney were included in the list.

Followed by AC Milan with 6 people selected, La Liga duo Real Madrid and Barcelona both have 5 people selected.

With the official announcement of the shortlist for the European Ballon d'Or, major gaming companies in Europe have also launched the winning odds for each player.

Undoubtedly, Yin Jun once again topped the odds list. Major gaming companies have offered him odds of less than 1 to 2. Obviously, they are very optimistic about Yin Jun defending the European Ballon d'Or.

During the period after FIFA announced this year's World Footballer of the Year candidates, Yin Jun still continued to perform brilliantly.In this month, Yin Jun played 5 games for Manchester United in various competitions and scored 6 goals and 3 assists.

In this way, Yin Jun played 2004 games for Manchester United in 41, scoring 43 goals and assisting 24 times. He directly made 67 goals alone.In the national team, Yin Jun played 12 games for the Chinese team, scoring 18 goals and assisting 10 times.

So far, in 2004, Yin Jun has scored 53 goals and assisted 61 times in 34 games of various races. The number of direct goals has reached 95 goals. Breaking through 100 goals in a single natural year is already a certainty!
It can be said that no player can compare with Yin Jun in 2004, whether in terms of personal data or team honor.

Under such circumstances, it is reasonable for Yin Jun to be considered the biggest favorite for the 2004 European Golden Globe Awards.

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