host must win

Chapter 796 Nine consecutive victories (2023 Happy New Year)

Shevchenko finally got up from the ground, he could not appear in the eyes of the fans with such a decadent image.

He is a hero of Ukrainian football, how can a hero be so downcast?

He came under the stands where the visiting fans were, and together with several other Chelsea teammates who were not crushed by the defeat, he applauded the Chelsea fans who came with the team.

The leader is none other than Chelsea captain John Terry. The Chelsea captain, who will turn 26 early next month, has sharp-edged features that outline the image of a resolute warrior. Arm clapped continuously.

Terry was born in the Chelsea youth training camp and is a Chelsea native with a strong root.As early as 2001, Terry, who was not yet 21 years old, wore Chelsea's captain's armband for the first time because the then captain Desailly was unable to play. In 2004, after Desailly retired, Chelsea coach Mourinho appointed Terry as Chelsea's new captain.

In the 2004-2005 season, John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho formed Chelsea's central defender combination, creating the most clean sheets in the history of the Premier League.This season, John Terry led Chelsea to the Premier League title in his first Premier League season after taking over the captain's armband.

In the hearts of Blues fans, the young Terry is the symbol of the team, just like Yin Jun's status in the hearts of Chelsea fans.The frustrated Chelsea fans were also revived by his arrival. They applauded Terry and the other Chelsea players behind him, gave a thumbs up, and shouted: "It's okay! Keep working hard next game!"

For a time, there were two kinds of applause at the Manchester City Stadium: one was for the winners, and the other was for comforting the losers.

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Three days later, Manchester United ushered in another blue team at home, Toffee Everton.Moyes' team has performed better and better in the Premier League in recent seasons, often in the top half of the standings. In the 2004-2005 season, Liverpool ranked fourth in the Premier League under the pressure of the rivals in the same city. Unfortunately, because Liverpool won the Champions League that season, they took away Everton's Champions League qualifying seat.

This season, Everton's performance is still good, ranking eighth in the Premier League with 14 points after 21 rounds, but only 3 points away from Bolton, who is fourth in the standings, and may enter the Champions League at any time.

It is worth mentioning that Moyes' team currently has the same points as the rival Liverpool in the same city, and relies on the advantage of goal difference to beat the rival in the same city.

Everton is a traditional strong team in the history of England's top league. It maintains the record of the most games played in England's top league. It has won the old League One championship 9 times in history, which is 2 times more than Manchester United's League One championship. .

However, in the Premier League era, although Everton has participated in all 15 seasons so far, their early results are very average and they often struggle in the relegation zone.It wasn't until Moyes took charge of Goodison Park that Everton's record gradually improved.

In the game against Manchester United, Everton's performance was very bad.In the previous 14 Premier League seasons, the two sides played against each other 28 times. Everton only achieved a poor record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 23 losses.

And Everton defeated Manchester United at Manchester United's home court, which was still the first season of the Premier League.It was also the only time Manchester United lost at home to Everton in the Premier League era.

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Despite the strength of the opponent, Ferguson still carried out a substantial rotation of Manchester United's lineup.In the game against Chelsea, although Manchester United narrowly beat their opponents, it still caused a huge consumption of Manchester United players.Sylvester, Heinze, Scholes, O'Shea and Richardson replace Vidic, Evra, Yin Jun, Carrick and Giggs respectively, although Giggs is 33 today birthday, but did not appear in the 16-man list.Also not included in the big list is Yin Jun, and Phil Neville starts to face the old owner.

At home, Manchester United continued their good tradition against Everton and took the lead in the 39th minute. With the cooperation of Richardson, Scholes and Ronaldo, Scholeske's shot from 25 yards was blocked by Valente Out, Ronaldo shot from 24 yards from the middle into the lower left corner of the net. This is the Portuguese's 5th goal in the league this season.

Manchester United expanded the score in the 63rd minute. Rooney scored the ball to the left. Evra, who had just come off the bench, took advantage of his physical strength and dribbled the ball to the left side of the penalty area.This is his first goal of the season.

Manchester United sealed the victory in the 89th minute. Rooney's shot from the edge of the penalty area on the left was blocked. Evra made a cross from the left. O'Shea cleverly ejected from the outside of his right foot 6 yards before the point and scored.This is his first league goal in nearly 10 months.

In the end, Manchester United beat Everton 3-0 at home and continued to lead the Premier League standings with a 7-point advantage.

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After entering December, Manchester United ushered in last season's bitter master Middlesbrough in the first game.

Middlesbrough has performed very well under the leadership of former Manchester United assistant coach McLaren in recent seasons. Last season, it played a giant killer frequently, beheading Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United consecutively.In the European competition, they also reached the UEFA Cup final all the way, but unfortunately they lost 0:4 at the foot of Sevilla.

With his outstanding performance in Middlesbrough, McLaren became England's new coach in the summer.However, this is a lose-lose decision. McLaren has done a bit badly in the position of England coach, and after losing the backbone, Middlesbrough's performance this season has also plummeted and has been struggling on the edge of the relegation zone. Scored 16 points before the first round of the game, ranking 15th in the Premier League standings, but only 3 points above the relegation zone.

Manchester United hopes to avenge the 1:4 away defeat last season, so even though they will usher in the Champions League 6th round group stage at home in the middle of next week, Ferguson still sent the strongest lineup to play.

Manchester United took the lead in the 19th minute. Yin Jun made a direct pass. Ronaldo fell over the right rib of the penalty area and then fell over Schwarzer. Rooney hit an empty goal and was blocked by the defender, but the referee Foy still awarded a penalty. Yin Jun made a low shot from the lower left corner. Into the league's 11th goal.

But the TV slow-motion playback showed that Schwarzer had no direct contact with the Portuguese, so every time Ronaldo touched the ball afterwards, he would be booed by the home fans.

Middlesbrough player-coach and future England coach Southgate made substitution adjustments at the beginning of the second half, replacing Woodgate with James Morrison to strengthen the attack.

The substitution quickly had a miraculous effect. In the 66th minute, Downing made a cross from the left, Heinze made a header error, and Morrison shot a low shot from the far corner of the penalty area from the right rib 7 yards into the net.

However, it took only 2 minutes for Manchester United to surpass the score again.Yin Junzhong passed the top long pass, penetrated Middlesbrough's three lines of defense, and accurately found Giggs on the left.The Welshman made a pass from the left. Ronaldo faced the boos of the home fans and shot from 8 yards in the middle. It was blocked by Andy Taylor, and then the Portuguese made a pass back. A header from the yard.

In the end, Manchester United won the away game 2:1, winning nine consecutive Premier League victories.

(End of this chapter)