host must win

Chapter 487 Lawrence World Sports Award
On March 3, the 19th round of the Premier League started one after another.Manchester United hosts Fulham at Old Trafford.

After winning the make-up match in the middle of next week, with 9 rounds left in the Premier League, Manchester United temporarily leads Chelsea by 2 points and ranks first. The competition between the two teams is very fierce. Out of competition.

Despite a double match in a week, Ferguson still has a full main lineup at home.After all, it's the national team's game day soon, and Ferguson doesn't plan to save his strength or anything. Ronaldo and Rooney supported Van Nistelrooy in the frontcourt, and Yin Jun continued to serve as the team's midfielder.

Manchester United almost created a chance for Ronaldo to pass Ruud van Nistelrooy directly after the opening game, but facing the unguarded Yin Jun, the Dutchman's pass was completely wrong, which made Manchester United miss an excellent opportunity to lead.

This was Van Nistelrooy's most impressive performance since his return from injury. He then passed a direct pass to Ronaldo in the penalty area. Rooney got rid of Goma's defense, but in the front point he turned the Portuguese's pass. Partial.

In the 11th minute, Roy Keane's lucky shot from 20 yards was blocked by Clayton, and then Scholes made a pass from the left, and Yin Jun's powerful header missed the post.

Fulham was almost completely suppressed by Manchester United, and was broken by Manchester United in the 21st minute of the game.Roy Keane passed the ball to Ronaldo, and the Portuguese broke through to the top corner with his right foot from 20 yards in front of the goal.

It was the only goal scored by both sides in the first half.Although Manchester United suppressed Fulham's onslaught at home, they failed to score more goals.

After the start of the second half of the game, Ferguson adjusted his tactics and strengthened his offense, hoping that the team could expand the score as soon as possible, because in the first round of the match between the two sides, Manchester United once took the lead in the away game to control the situation, but was equalized by Fulham at the last moment. Hope it happens again.

However, Fulham's defense today is very solid, especially their Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, who blocked in front of the goal and resolved Manchester United's attacks again and again, which annoyed Ferguson on the sidelines.

When the game progressed to the 77th minute, the unbearable Ferguson replaced Ruud Van Nistelrooy who had squandered almost a dozen chances on the field. Yin Jun was pushed to the front line to form a trident with Ronaldo and Rooney.

This adjustment paid off quickly.In the 80th minute, Rooney's strong shot from the right was blocked by Clayton, Scholes passed the ball, and Yin Jun's shot from the left side of the penalty area hit the target, helping Manchester United lock the score at 2:0.

In the end, Manchester United successfully won Fulham with a score of 2:0 at home.United are two points clear at the top of the table despite a 4-1 thrashing of Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge in another game at the same time.

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After scoring the 20th Premier League goal of the season and narrowing the gap with Henry to 2 goals, Yin Jun took a flight back to China that night. In the next two weeks, he will fight for his country.

During this national team match day, the Chinese team will usher in two World Cup quarter-final matches, an away game against North Korea and an away game against Japan.

Before going to North Korea, a reporter interviewed Yin Jun and asked him his thoughts on being shortlisted for the best male athlete of the year for the Lawrence World Sports Awards again.

Ten days ago, the Lawrence World Sports Awards officially announced the shortlist for various awards in 2005.After being shortlisted for the best male athlete of the year last year, Yin Jun once again entered the shortlist for this award.

In fact, Yin Jun has been on the shortlist for the Lawrence World Sports Awards for three consecutive years. In 2003, he and Yao Juren were shortlisted for the best rookie list of the year, but they lost to Yao Juren in the end; in 2004, Yin Jun was nominated for the best male athlete of the year list, but finally lost to the car king Schumacher , missed the award.This year, he was once again shortlisted for the best male athlete of the year.

In the eyes of domestic reporters, Yin Jun is very likely to win this year, because as the 2004 World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or double winner, it is logical that he won the Lawrence World Sports Award for the best male athlete of the year.

If Yin Jun wins the best male athlete, plus Liu Feiren who is very likely to win the best rookie of the year, the Chinese will really have a bright future at the Lawrence World Sports Awards.

Although Yin Jun didn't want to spoil the interest of these reporters, he still believed that the possibility of himself being the best male athlete of the year was really too small.

In the past 2004, although Yin Jun was in charge of the world football and won numerous honors, his competitors were also very strong.

Defending champion Schumacher continued to dominate the F1 arena, setting a record of winning 13 championships in the first 12 races.

Fei Tianwang began to officially dominate the tennis world, winning 11 championships throughout the year, including three Grand Slams, three Masters Series and the Tennis Masters Cup, leading the men's professional tennis world.

In addition, Yin Jun’s opponent is the Tour de France champion Armstrong. At this moment, Armstrong is not the Armstrong who was ruined because of the doping incident later, but an anti-cancer fighter and a six-time Tour de France champion. He is in the limelight in the world sports.

There is also Phelps, who was born in the Athens Olympics last year and won six gold medals, and Rossi, who won the world MotoGP championship for the fourth time.

None of these five opponents is good, especially Schumacher and Federer, no matter in terms of fame or honor, they are not inferior to Yin Jun at all.

Of course, the main reason why Yin Jun is not optimistic about himself is the official favor of tennis and F1 of the Lawrence World Sports Awards, as well as the vague rejection of Chinese athletes.

Although football is called the number one sport, when it comes to the popularity of the Lawrence World Sports Awards, it is far inferior to tennis, F1, and golf.

In the past five awards conferences, although football has won some awards, these are basically team events.Among them, Manchester United is the biggest beneficiary. The Red Devils won the Triple Crown in 5.In addition, the French team and the Brazilian team also won the best team award in 2000 and 2001 because of the European Cup and the World Cup.

But in terms of individual awards, football has rarely won.Only Pele won the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award, while Ronaldo was the consolation Comeback Player of the Year in 2003.

Coupled with his Chinese identity, Yin Jun is not optimistic that he can beat Federer and Schumacher and finally win the trophy.

Don’t look at the presence of Chinese people in the Lawrence World Sports Awards ceremony in the past two years. Yao Juren even won an award, but Chinese people are not so popular in major awards such as the best athlete of the year. .

Of course, Yin Jun would not say these words, it would be a slap in the face.He just said that he will try his best, but Federer and Schumacher are also great athletes, and it is entirely possible to win.

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