Star card system.

Chapter 465 Fighting for Honor
Won Roma on May 5th and returned to Manchester City the next day.

Take a day off as usual and adjust well.

As a result, the Premier League game on May 5 will require extensive rotation.

But this is already in Mourinho's plan.

On the evening of May 5, Manchester United visited London again to play against Tottenham.

Manchester United has one game less, which is the third to last round of the league this season.

Tottenham only have the last two rounds left.

They are currently ranked third in the standings, far behind the top two Manchester United and Chelsea. Even if they win the next two consecutive games, it is impossible to continue to improve; and they are also 7 league points ahead of Manchester City behind them. Even if they win the next two consecutive games, they are [-] league points ahead. Even if you lose, you won't fall down the rankings.

So Tottenham didn't really care about the last two games, Pochettino aimed at training.

The same is true for Manchester United.

Before this game, they were six points ahead of Chelsea, with a clear goal difference. If they win any of the next three games, they can win the championship.

Therefore, in this game that followed the Europa League semi-finals, Mourinho also played with all substitutes and even sent in many young players.

Even Xia Xing was on the bench in this game and did not start.

The other main players did not even make the 18-man roster.

Despite this, Manchester United still played well.

Especially the attack in the midfield and frontcourt, one wave after another, played very actively.

But Tottenham didn't get it for nothing. Although they used many substitute players, they still maintained their first-class combat effectiveness.

They haven't had many opportunities to play all season, so they cherish this game.

In the end, both sides failed to break the deadlock in a fierce confrontation, and the game ended 0-0.

For Tottenham, this is not a big deal, after all, it does not affect their ranking.

But for Manchester United, this score is still a bit depressing.

In another game, Chelsea defeated West Ham 2-1.

Although the process was not satisfactory, the result still satisfied Blues fans.

With two games remaining and four points behind Manchester United, Chelsea still have a chance.

At the press conference, Conte remained confident when facing reporters.

"We will definitely go all out and wait for Manchester United to make mistakes! We still have a chance to win the Premier League championship!"

These words made Mourinho really unhappy.

"Do they have a chance? Nonsense! They have no chance a long time ago! They have never had a chance!"

On the training ground, Mourinho looked serious.

"There are four games left until the end of the season.

"Two league games, an FA Cup final and a Europa League final,

“The events are very close, we must grasp the time well and allocate our physical strength reasonably.
“We must win in this Premier League match tomorrow!

“Must win!
"In the last Premier League game, we can train and maintain sufficient energy to deal with the next two finals.
“If we don’t win tomorrow’s game, then we will be under huge pressure in the last game!
"This is what I don't want to see,

“An accident at this stage may lead to a huge rout!

"I need you to go all out next,

"Must win!"

Mourinho is right.

Throughout the season, Manchester United played very steadily and rarely made mistakes.

Has maintained its leading position until now.If an accident occurs at this time, it will greatly affect the morale of the players and may even result in no gains.

Many times, it only takes a split second to compete for the title on multiple fronts and end without success.

Next, Manchester United only have four games left this season.

On May 5, in the eight-round make-up match of Premier League No. 18, Manchester United played Southampton away.

On May 5, in the final eight rounds of the Premier League No. 21, Manchester United faced Crystal Palace at home.

On May 5, in the English FA Cup final, Manchester United and Chelsea competed for the last domestic championship trophy of the season.

On May 5, Manchester United will face Ajax in the Europa League final.

In such a stadium, Manchester United is under a lot of pressure.

That's why Mourinho asked the players to win this game against Southampton.

On the evening of May 5, the Manchester United team visited St. Mary's Stadium.

In this game, Manchester United played all its main players, and Mourinho played all the offensive cards in his hand.

There is only one result for Manchester United today - victory!
Only by winning this game will Manchester United be able to focus on the next two cup finals.

This game is a make-up match, and most Premier League teams have only the last round left.

Therefore, before this game, the rankings of many teams have been basically finalized.

For example, Southampton, their league ranking this season is definitely ninth, and they will not move forward or backward.

In fact, at the beginning of this season, Southampton was in good shape. They even hovered between No. 6 and No. 7 for a time.

However, as time goes by, several wealthy teams slowly wake up, especially Arsenal and Liverpool's recovery in form, which makes Southampton completely lose their desire to look forward to the European war.

In the end, they can only finish ninth in the league this season.

Their strength is very good this season, and many players have great potential. As a result, the whole team is in a bad mood.

Therefore, even though the league ranking has been determined, Southampton still goes all out today to fight for honor.

In this game, Southampton deployed a 4-5-1 formation, focusing on defensive counterattacks.

Manchester United, on the other hand, changed its past stability-seeking style and attacked across the board.

In the 9th minute of the game, Manchester United took the lead in getting the chance.

Ibrahimovic received a diagonal pass from Xia Xing outside the penalty area, leaped high and headed the ball into the goal!
The ball is high!
This is not because of Ibrahimovic's header accuracy problem, but because of the opponent's interference!
Van Dyke!
The moment Xia Xing passed the ball, Van Dijk had already started.

He even grabbed the position before Ibrahimovic, making Ibrahimovic's header very uncomfortable.

In this game, Van Dijk was the backbone of Southampton's defense, and he focused on marking Ibrahimovic.

And he also did a good job organizing the defense.

In the current Southampton formation, Van Dijk is a super star.

In the 14th minute of the game, Pogba's long pass to the ground found Rooney who was advancing forward. Van Dijk took the lead and stole the ball!

Destroyed Manchester United's offense again!

This steal was also very decisive and exciting!

In the first half hour, Manchester United could not attack for a long time, and Van Dijk's defense was extremely solid.

Perrin on the sidelines was speechless: "Fortunately, this guy is in Southampton. If he were in the camp of our direct competitor, we would really be in trouble."

Mourinho looked at Van Dijk and looked forward to it: "This young man is really good. He is already on my transfer list for the new season. It would be great if he can come to Manchester United."

Mourinho was looking forward to it at the moment, but a few months later, everything was completely out of his control...

(End of this chapter)