host must win

Chapter 647
After winning the League Cup, Yin Jun did not return to Manchester with the team, but took a plane from Cardiff to Paris, France, and then transferred to the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East.

Because Iraq has been in a state of war for many years, Iraq's home game is not in Iraq, but is determined to be in Al Ain, UAE.

March 3st is FIFA's statutory international match day, but not many players in Europe can return to Qinwang this time, because many players who played in Europe, including Sun Jihai and Zheng Zhi, have recently suffered injuries. in the body.

As the highest-ranked team in the world in this group except China, Iraq will be the biggest competitor of the Chinese team in this group, and there are some threats to the Chinese team winning the first place in the group.

And this Chinese team's away game against Iraq is the most variable game.

As for Iraq, they are currently at the bottom of the group standings due to an accidental shipwreck in Singapore in the first round.If you want to qualify in this group with a strong Chinese team, this game will be very critical.Once they lose, they may even lose the possibility of qualifying for the Asian Cup finals.

Because of the existence of Yin Jun, this game is nominally an Iraqi home game, but when the game started, people found that there were more fans cheering for the Chinese team.This is because Yin Jun has a large number of local fans in the United Arab Emirates, coupled with the fans who traveled thousands of miles from China to the away game, the number of fans cheering for the Chinese team in the stands even exceeded that of the nominal home team Iraq.

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The Chinese team played very hard in this game.

In the first half, Iraq took the lead with Mahdi's goal in the 15th minute. At the beginning of the second half, Alihan replaced Li Tie, who was in poor condition, with Shao Jiayi.

The Chinese team, which strengthened their offense, evened the score in the first 4 minutes of the second half.Yin Jun took a free kick from the center to the penalty area, Li Weifeng headed the ball to the center, Ahma's header was not far away, Tao Wei volleyed with his left foot from the left side of the penalty area, and the ball flew through the gap and into the net.

After that, Yin Jun scored a goal in the 53rd minute of the game to help the Chinese team overtake the score.However, the Chinese team quickly conceded another goal.

In the 66th minute, Li Leilei's goal kick was not well placed and directly hit the Iraqi team. The "home team" attacked from the right side on the spot. Tackling Younis, Dewey received a yellow card and gave the opponent a free kick in a very good position.Haval took a free kick 27 meters away from the center and shot directly with his left foot. The ball flew over the wall and hit the lower edge of the lintel and bounced. When Li Leilei turned around to take the ball, the ball hit Li Leilei's face and bounced into the net.

Such an embarrassing loss of the ball made many Chinese fans very speechless, and even the morale of the players on the field was hit to a certain extent.The game also came to a stalemate.

At the critical moment, Yin Jun stood up.In the 88th minute of the game, Yin Jun drove straight in with the ball. After passing four Iraqi players in a row, he succeeded in shooting from a small angle on the right side of the small penalty area.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated Iraq, the strongest competitor in the group, 3:2 away.

After the two rounds of the group stage, the Chinese team took the lead with two consecutive victories as expected, followed by Singapore and Palestine. The two teams each won one victory. However, Iraq, which was originally considered to be expected to challenge the Chinese team, was unexpectedly The bottom of the ranking with two consecutive losses.

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After rushing back to the UK from the Middle East, Yin Jun found that Manchester United was 4 points behind Chelsea in the standings.

Of course, this is only because Manchester United played 2 rounds less than Chelsea.Because of the League Cup final, Manchester United's match against West Ham in the 27th round was forced to be postponed.The match between Manchester United and Wigan Athletic in the 28th round was scheduled after Chelsea's match.When Manchester United appeared at Wigan Athletic's home stadium, Chelsea had already defeated West Brom away, leading Manchester United by 2 points in the case of 4 more games.

Although Manchester United beat their opponents 4-0 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff a week ago, Manchester United did not play so smoothly in this away trip.

The two sides fought 0:0 in the first half. In the second half, Manchester United stepped up their offense. When it seemed that they were getting closer and closer to the goal, their own city was the first to lose.

In the 59th minute, Brad took a left corner kick. Dezeuu's header from 10 yards in front of the goal was blocked by Giggs in the far corner. McCulloch blocked the ball and Roberts shot from the edge of the small penalty area. It was saved by Van der Sar again, and Shanel followed up with a supplementary shot.

After conceding a goal first, the team was a little edgy for a while, but soon, players such as Yin Jun and Giggs helped Manchester United stabilize their position and regain control of their field advantage.

Manchester United equalized the score in the 73rd minute. Giggs intercepted the ball in the backcourt. Yin Jun quickly countered and scored the ball from the right. Ruud van Nistelrooy made a pass from the right side of the penalty area.

Manchester United made a dramatic comeback in the 92nd minute. Ronaldo made a cross from the right. Yin Jun broke into the penalty area and shot from 8 yards on the right rib and hit the near corner post. Zimbonda tried to clear the ball on the goal line but blocked the ball into the goal. Oolong.

In the end, Manchester United made a dramatic reversal.

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On the evening of March 3th, Manchester United played against Glasgow Rangers at home, which was the second round of the knockout round of the Champions League round of 7
Although the 2-2 victory over Manchester United at home in the first round made the Rangers lose the initiative to advance, but the Rangers put on a stance of guarding against death at Old Trafford, as if it was the one who took the initiative to advance. They are the same.

The Rangers' iron barrel array made Manchester United unable to find an effective offensive method for a long time. The visiting team took the lead in breaking Manchester United's goal with a quick counterattack.

In the 13th minute, under the impact of Barry Ferguson, Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar failed to hold the pass from Buffier, and Rock Vinlanz scored his fourth goal in the Champions League this season.

After that, Manchester United's offensive still did not improve, and Yin Jun fell into a situation where he was alone in the midfield.No matter how Manchester United fans cheer, the players on the pitch have never been able to find a way to effectively break the opponent's goal.

From the first half to the second half, from 10 minutes to 809, [-], and even No.[-] minutes, Manchester United is still struggling to find a way to break the opponent's goal.

In the final stage of the game, Yin Jun was already very tired from playing, but he still gritted his teeth.

After the fourth official on the sidelines played the 3 minutes stoppage time sign, everyone in the audience, including all the audience in front of the TV, even the game commentator basically believed that Manchester United would be eliminated by the Rangers, the first time in nine years. When breaking into the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Yin Jun stood up again!

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