host must win

Chapter 820 The Scary Red Devil
Entering the first day of 2007, Manchester United ushered in the third game of the Christmas Devil schedule, visiting St. James' Park Stadium to challenge the powerful team Newcastle.

This is the 22nd round of the Premier League.

Newcastle's record in recent years is Wang Xiaoer's new year. This season, they only scored 21 points after 25 rounds, ranking 13th in the standings. There is almost no hope of qualifying for the European war, but they are also higher than the relegation zone. 8 points, no relegation pressure.

This is Manchester United's third game in 6 days after Boxing Day, and only 21 hours have passed since the 48st round of the Premier League match between Manchester United and Reading ended.

Ferguson carried out a large-scale rotation of Manchester United's lineup. Many main players including Yin Jun did not enter the starting list, and Yin Jun did not even enter the squad for the game.

However, after the start of the game, the Manchester United people found that Newcastle, who seemed to have no desires, showed a very strong fighting spirit, playing back and forth with Manchester United at home.

Newcastle took the lead in the 33rd minute, Dyer passed the ball, Milner cut in from the left and swayed Gary Neville and then flashed a shot angle. The former Leeds midfielder shot with his right foot from 22 yards and went straight into the upper right dead corner.It was his first league goal since September 2005.

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Manchester United, who fell behind in the score, launched a counterattack, and it took only 7 minutes to equalize the score.In the 40th minute, Giggs passed the ball, Scholes passed behind one man and faced three defenses, and shot hard at the edge of the penalty area.

The two sides played 1:1 in the first half, and Newcastle's tenacity made Manchester United suffer.

But during the intermission, Ferguson made adjustments to the team's lineup and tactics.Only 22 seconds into the second half, Park Ji-sung passed the ball. Ronaldo, who came off the bench, attracted three defenders in the upper left corner of the penalty area and then passed back. Scholes shot from the outside of his right foot from 3 yards. The ball deflected and went into the net.

This is the 11th time Scholes has broken the Newcastle gate and his 4th goal in the league this season.And Manchester United also reversed the score 2:1.

After that, the game fell into a stalemate.

After some entanglement, the home team Newcastle equalized the score in the 73rd minute. Milner passed back from the left. Edgar hit Scholes with a strong shot from 30 yards and then went straight into the far corner.The Canadian teenager scored his first goal in his first appearance.

This was the last goal of the game. Since then, neither side has scored again, and the score of 2:2 was maintained until the end of the game.

The draw ended United's three-match winning streak, although their lead at the top of the table did not shrink as Chelsea and the home side ended a goalless 90 minutes at Villa Park a day later.

On the contrary, Arsenal and Liverpool have achieved big victories in this round. Liverpool rose to third in the standings, while Arsenal ranked fifth.

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In the Christmas schedule, Manchester United had two wins and one tie in three games, which was the best performance among all teams.This also extended their lead in the standings to 3 points.

Subsequently, this season's FA Cup started, Manchester United played against Aston Villa at home.

Around the New Year, Manchester United and Villa played against each other very frequently. On December 12, the last game before Christmas, Manchester United played away against Villa.Then came the third round of the FA Cup, Manchester United continued to sit at home against Villa.And a week later, on January 23, Manchester United will continue to sit at home and face their opponents in the 1rd round of the Premier League.

Three matches in 21 days, I am afraid that many Villars will vomit and lose.

Two weeks ago, Manchester United defeated Villa 3-0 cleanly at home. Now that they meet again, Villa naturally wants revenge.

However, they also know very well that it is too difficult to defeat their opponents at Manchester United's home court.So even though they wanted revenge in their hearts, they were very conservative in the game.

After the opening game, Manchester United quickly took the initiative on the field with their skillful cooperation, with a half-court possession rate of 64.5% and a pass success rate of 83.1%, both of which had a clear advantage.Reluctantly, bad luck, Rooney and Ronaldo missed scoring opportunities many times.

Yin Jun was once again heavily marked by Villa, and it was difficult to get a good shot.

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After the start of the second half of the game, the Manchester United team suddenly stepped up their offensive efforts and completely suppressed Villa, which gave Yin Jun more room for movement.He first quickly created a long-range shot for Ronaldo, and then rushed into the penalty area to score in 5 minutes.

Carrick made a pass in midfield, Ronaldo tapped Rooney, and Rooney pushed across the penalty area line. Yin Jun stopped with his right foot at 16 meters and then pushed to the right corner of the goal to break the deadlock. At the same time as he scored his first goal in 2007, It also helped Manchester United break the deadlock on the field and made Ferguson on the sidelines smile.

However, the tenacious Villa equalized in the 74th minute.Manchester United made a clearance corner kick to the outside, Bouma headed back to the front of the penalty area with a header from 30 meters away, Osborne made a cross with his back, and Abanglahor shot from the penalty area fell at the feet of Baros. As Ferdinand fell behind, the Czech striker did not Not offside, Barosh pushed his right foot from 12 meters to the lower left corner of the goal to equalize the score. This is also Barosh's second club goal this season.

After being equalized, Manchester United continued to increase their offensive, but Villa's defense was very tenacious, and Manchester United was unable to surpass the score again.

As the game entered stoppage time, it seemed that Manchester United had to choose a rematch with Villa. At this time, Yin Jun stood up again.

In the 2nd minute of stoppage time, Rooney crossed the right side of the middle and handed it to Yin Jun. He shot a low shot with his right foot from 17 meters away.

In the end, Manchester United narrowly beat Villa 2:1 at home to advance to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

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Six days later, Manchester United played Villa again at the Manchester City Stadium.In the end, Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 3:1 at home. Yin Jun took the lead and then assisted Carrick, and then Carrick also assisted Ronaldo to score.Villa pulled back a goal in the 52nd minute. Baros forcibly broke through Vidic from the right and made a cross near the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area. Van der Sar failed to intercept the previous point. Score.

Manchester United won their fourth victory in nearly five league games and continued to lead the standings with a 5-point advantage.This made Ferguson very happy at the post-match press conference, saying that he was very satisfied with the team's performance.

"I can feel that our team is gradually forming an orderly whole. Manchester United did what it should do, and that is the most important thing."

The most important thing in Ferguson's mouth is of course victory and three points.

"We won another game and now there are only 15 rounds left in the league."

In other words, Chelsea has one less chance.Fighting one game at a time, moving forward step by step, treating every opponent with all our strength while guarding against arrogance and impetuosity, this kind of Manchester United is truly terrifying.

(End of this chapter)