host must win

Chapter 473 The Showdown of the World Cup Silver Boots
A week later, the fifth round of the FA Cup started, and Manchester United was a guest at Goodison Park to challenge the Toffees Everton.

Since Manchester United will go to Germany in the middle of the week to usher in the first round of the UEFA Champions League [-]/[-] knockout round, Ferguson did not hesitate to carry out a large-scale rotation of the starting lineup. Not included in the squad for this game.

When faced with the choice between the Champions League and the FA Cup, Ferguson and Wenger's choices were surprisingly consistent: abandon the FA Cup!

However, Ferguson was not as thorough as Wenger did, and he sent at least half of the main lineup.

Of course, because of the stronger lineup they sent, Manchester United also achieved better results than Arsenal.Arsenal, which almost played with the youth team, will make up the match, while Manchester United, which played with half of the main lineup, defeated Moyes' team 2:0 in the away game and broke into the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.

And Manchester United's opponent in the quarter-finals is the Saints Southampton!

For Manchester United, this is undoubtedly a good draw result.Because the Saints are currently deep in the relegation zone, I am afraid they have no intention of competing with Manchester United for the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

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The Premier League overlord encounters the defending Bundesliga champion, which undoubtedly became one of the focuses of this season's UEFA Champions League round of [-] knockout rounds.Since Manchester United won the first place in the group during the group stage, they have achieved a favorable schedule in the two knockout rounds.

The focus of the focus is the two superstars who rose like comets during the Korea-Japan World Cup and are also the final silver boot winners. Yin Jun and Klose met in the game for the first time.Therefore, when Manchester United encountered Werder Bremen, the media of the two countries once again heard the news.

Coincidentally, Yin Jun broke the scoring drought at this time, which undoubtedly gave the media of the two countries more talking points.

Since it was an away game, Manchester United showed more restraint. Both Ferguson and Roy Keane said that it was a satisfactory result for the team to get a draw away.

Yin Jun also said in an interview with the media that playing Bremen away is not easy.

"In this team, there are many very strong players, such as Klose, such as Ismail, and Micoud...Facing such a team, I think we must score 120,000 points. attention."

Yin Jun listed many stars of Bremen, and believes that this team is very competitive and should not be underestimated.

Compared with Manchester United's restraint, Bremen is relatively high-profile, after all, they are playing at home.

According to the Champions League knockout rules, if you can't win your opponent at home, it will be difficult to play away, so Bremen must want to win at home, and the players have also shown their determination to win.

Pasanin will be the main starter for this game. On the day before the game, he accepted an interview with German media and said that he is no stranger to Premier League teams, especially Manchester United, because he once played for Portsmouth Pass.

Like all the media, when the German media interviewed Pasanin, they deliberately laid a trap for him, asking him what Yin Jun thought when he won the World Footballer and the European Ballon d'Or.

Perhaps it was due to psychological warfare, or Yin Jun mentioned many people in the interview before, but did not mention his name, so Pasanin said very bluntly: "If I were to choose, the world Among the five strongest attackers in the world, Yin Jun's name will definitely not appear, and even the top ten is a bit reluctant."

The media reporters originally wanted him to step on Yin Jun, but they didn't expect Pasanin to fire the cannon directly, which made them excited. They all chased Pasanin to ask questions, and the Finnish central defender answered honestly. Lots of tough questions.For example, he believes that defending Manchester United should not only focus on Yin Jun, because Yin Jun is not the most difficult player for Manchester United to defend.He also believes that even without Yin Jun, Manchester United is still the most competitive team in Europe.

"Actually, Yin Jun is not as important as you think."

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When Manchester United arrived in Bremen collectively, the German media quickly conveyed Pasanin's words to Yin Jun with embellishments, as if they were afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

When Yin Jun accepted their interview, he accepted Pasanin's words with a smile, thinking that he was indeed not the strongest attacker.

"At least I'm not right now." Yin Jun smiled and hinted that his recent state was indeed not ideal.

As for Manchester United, Yin Jun agrees with Pasanin's remarks even more.

"I am able to have what I am today. The help of everyone at Manchester United is crucial. Without me, Manchester United is still one of the strongest giants in Europe. But if I lose the platform of Manchester United, it will be difficult to achieve what I am today. score."

"I think he's right, defending Manchester United can't just stare at me, because we have a group of better players, such as my friend Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Giggs, Scholes, Kyle Well, they are all very good players, and any team that only looks at me and ignores everyone else will definitely pay a heavy price."

Yin Jun followed Pasanin's words and didn't give the media any chance to stir up trouble. Moreover, he seemed to be smiling and in a good mood throughout the whole process.

When the media asked him why he seemed to be in a good mood, Yin Jun said it was because he was very happy.

After being blocked by Yin Jun's taiji push, the media reporters found that they had hit the cotton directly with their fists and could not exert force.

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Because it was an away game, Ferguson appeared relatively conservative and formed a 4231 formation.The goalkeeper is Carroll, Gary Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic and Evra are in the defense, and the midfielder is captain Roy Keane partner Scholes, Ronaldo, Yin Jun and Giger As Ruud van Nistelrooy has not fully recovered from his injury, Rooney made a single arrow forward.

Bremen also sent their main players to play.Rheinke is the goalkeeper, with Staltery, Ismail, Pasanen and Manion forming the back line.In the midfield, Jensen, Ernst, Micoud and Porowski led. On the front line, due to Klasnic's injury before the game, the home team's chief striker Klose, who had been hidden before the game, started the game, and Paraguayan teenager Valdes Partner striker.

Schaaf's strategy is very clear, let the team aggressively press the attack from the beginning of the game.

This season, after losing the main central defender Krstajic, Bremen's defense is no longer stable.22 goals have been conceded in the first 26 rounds of this season.Instead, their striker led by Klose has scored 49 goals so far, which is the most powerful in the Bundesliga!

Taking advantage of strengths and avoiding weaknesses, Werder Bremen wanted to suppress Manchester United from the beginning, using their fast-paced offense to attack opponents, and at the same time, they also played the threat of Valdes and Klose, the two powerful forwards.

(End of this chapter)