host must win

Chapter 588 Boxer Lu Xiaopang
On the evening of September 9th, in Villarreal, Spain, at the Stadium of Love.

Villarreal host Manchester United in the first round of Group D of the Champions League group stage.

Manchester United captain Keane was absent due to injury, and C. Ronaldo, who experienced the pain of losing his father, returned to the team. He replaced Park Ji-sung. The other 10 starters were the same as last weekend's derby.Riquelme, the core midfielder of Villarreal, injured his ankle, and former Manchester United forward Forlan and Guayre partnered up front.

Originally, the loss of Villarreal's midfield commander was good news for Manchester United, which would help Manchester United win the game.

Villarreal's strength is still very strong. Amidst the cheers of the home fans, even though they lost their core players, they still played back and forth with Manchester United.

However, relying on the advantages of comprehensive strength, the balance of victory in the game is gradually tilting towards Manchester United.Especially when the game entered the second half, Manchester United already had a clear advantage on the field.

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But just when people thought that Manchester United's away goal could come at any time, Manchester United suffered a heavy blow.

In the 64th minute of the game, Manchester United's offensive improved slightly, and there was hope to break the 0-0 deadlock on the field, but Rooney made an unnecessary foul with a tackle behind the back when his own frontcourt was counter-robbing, and was immediately caught. The referee on duty, the Dane Nelson (the one who sent off Beckham with a red card in the 98 World Cup), showed a yellow card.

But what was even more unnecessary was that not only did the little fat man not calm down because of this, but he slapped him twice aggressively under Nelson's nose.The Danish referee couldn't take it anymore and had to show a second yellow card.

After Rooney left the field, Manchester United, who played one less player, avoided the embarrassment of being besieged by the home team with a compact formation and oppressive style of play, but fell into a comprehensive passive situation.

Villarreal is the smallest town where all La Liga teams are located. Due to the remoteness of the stadium, Manchester United even relocated their pre-match adaptation training.However, the troubles brought by the "yellow submarine" to the Red Devils are no less than those of the La Liga giants such as Real Madrid and Barcelona.If it weren't for Villarreal, who broke into the Champions League for the first time in history, to be too cautious in the opening stage, the initiative of the game would have been firmly controlled by the home team without Riquelme early on.

But in contrast, Manchester United's attitude towards the game is equally cautious.In the absence of captain Keane due to injury, Ferguson still deployed a "double midfielder" midfielder configuration, and Alan Smith replaced the Irishman as a delayed midfielder.

Smith played the same role against Manchester City last weekend, but his mediocre performance, which was more than ferocious and less than strategic, only made Keane more missed.

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As the game draws closer to the end, more and more people believe that it is impossible for the Red Devils to end the first Champions League group match of the new season with precious three points away.

At the critical moment, Yin Jun stood up again.When the game progressed to No.807 minutes, after receiving Evra's pass from the left, Yin Jun quickly turned around and got rid of Villarreal's right back Kronkamp, ​​and dribbled the ball from the left to the inside. The front of the penalty area, and the first cross to the right of the top of the arc.

Scholes came up from the back row and met the ball in one fell swoop.

1:0, Manchester United finally took the lead with difficulty!

This score is maintained until the end of the game.

Although Manchester United was lucky enough to win a victory in the end, Rooney's performance in the game was still criticized by all parties.Because this is already the second time in a week that he has made a stupid mistake.

In the match between England and Northern Ireland last week, before the end of the first half, Rooney tripped a Northern Irish player fiercely from behind. The referee showed him a yellow card, but Rooney was not very clean. He complained to the referee with a hideous face.Captain Beckham immediately ran over to persuade him to calm down, and Rooney, who was furious, cursed Beckham again.The incident was thought to be over, but there was an even more violent battle in the England dressing room at half-time.

Rooney's behavior caused England to fall into civil unrest. Unexpectedly, a week later, Rooney almost made Manchester United pay for his bad temper.Fortunately, Yin Jun is reliable and almost saved Manchester United by himself.

When he is in good times, the silly smile on the little fat man's face and his outstanding performance are his angelic side, but when he is impatient, he is like a mad dog that bites everyone.

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August 9 at noon.

In the fifth round of the Premier League, Manchester United challenged Liverpool away.

Having just experienced a difficult away game in the Champions League, Manchester United has non-stop away to challenge rival Liverpool, ushering in the first round of the new season's Double Red Club.

Like Villarreal, who traveled long distances from Manchester United to Spain, Liverpool's opponent in the Champions League is also Real Betis from La Liga.After a fierce battle, Liverpool defeated their opponents with a score of 2:1 in the away game, and also won a narrow victory.

Every double-red game is a focus game that attracts worldwide attention, especially when Liverpool won the Champions League last season and showed a gratifying recovery.

This season, although Liverpool is currently ranked poorly in the standings, it is because they have missed two rounds.Because of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round, the third round of the league between Liverpool and Charlton was postponed; and then because of participating in the UEFA Super Cup, the fourth round of the league between Liverpool and Arsenal was also forced to postpone again.In the other 3 league games, although Liverpool remained unbeaten, they only achieved 4 win and 3 draws, and only scored 1 points. Their position in the standings is very unsatisfactory.

At this time, many people believe that Benitez will definitely fight for Manchester United in the double red meeting with Manchester United at home. On the one hand, it is to prevent Manchester United from advancing, and on the other hand, it is to get 3 points to improve Liverpool's position. .

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For various reasons, this game also attracted a lot of attention. At least 120 countries and regions around the world chose to broadcast this game live.

At Anfield, Manchester United played very hard, they were blocked by Liverpool.

Liverpool, who sit at home, even lowered their stance, and did not hesitate to use fouls and lethal tactics to limit Manchester United.On Manchester United's side, the double defensive midfielder composed of Roy Keane and Alan Smith is also very tough. Throughout the game, people turned their backs frequently.

The game scene was very hot, the whistle sounded frequently, and the fluency of the game was repeatedly broken. It is definitely the best interpretation of the Premier League hand-to-hand combat.Both sides put more attention on restricting the opponent and preventing the opponent from scoring. On the contrary, both sides were restrained a lot on the offensive end.

Until the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0.Although the two sides created some scoring opportunities, they did not have absolute scoring opportunities. In addition, the strikers of both sides were not in their best form today, so they failed to score.

(End of this chapter)