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Chapter 402 Christmas is approaching

Manchester United officially announced that due to the impact of ice on the Broomfield Road Stadium, the Red Devils' away game against Blackpool, which was originally scheduled to be held at 17:30 local time on Saturday, will be postponed.

Recently, snowstorms have been common in most parts of Europe, and England is no exception.

Last week, many low-level league games were delayed due to snowstorms, and Blackpool's home stadium, Broomfield Road, did not have a geothermal system to prevent the venue from being severely frozen.

A spokesman for Blackpool confirmed that the game will be postponed due to freezing ground. "The weather is too cold, the temperature has even dropped to minus 8 degrees, and there was even a large-scale frost on Thursday night, so the venue is no longer suitable for games. Our staff tried to use heating to melt the ice, but these efforts cannot Make sure the game against Manchester United goes smoothly."

The referee of the game, Mr. Peter Walton, inspected the venue on Friday afternoon. He believed that the venue law at Broomfield Road was thawed before Saturday's game, and such venue conditions were not sufficient to host the Premier League.

Manchester United's official website reported that after discussing with the Premier League Committee, match officials and Manchester United, it was decided to postpone the match between Blackpool and Manchester United.

Although Manchester United, which has one round less, may give up the top position after the end of this round, they can save their energy and go all out to fight well in the next three key battles.In the middle of next week, Manchester United will host Valencia at home in the final match of the Champions League group stage. As long as they draw with their opponents, they can secure the top spot in the group; Arsenal, away to Chelsea, these 1 games will determine the trend of Manchester United throughout the season.

Entering December, many European players have relaxed their minds, and the winter break is coming soon.

The Premier League players are more nervous than ever, not only did they not have a rest[

During the period, the intensity of the competition was even higher than in other periods.

The whole of Europe is on vacation, only the Premier League players are not on vacation, and the physical and mental fatigue can be imagined.

Manchester United has been fighting hard recently, all of which are games that cannot be lost. The last round of the Valencia Champions League group stage is related to the top spot in the group. It is a relatively simple task to complete the goal without losing.

It is beneficial to Manchester United to play one less league round!

At the same time, Manchester United decisively adopted the abandonment strategy in the League Cup match, and the non-main lineup went to the away game to complete the League Cup match against West Ham.

The result can be imagined, although the Manchester United reserve team players worked hard, they still suffered a disastrous defeat in the severe British winter.

Obinna is crazy!No one expected that Manchester United, which had been unbeaten in 8 games in all competitions for nearly 29 months before, would suffer a 0-4 away game to the deputy squad leader West Ham.What is even more unexpected is that it was Obinna, who was like a chicken rib in Inter Milan's formation, who blew up Manchester United's entire defense.I don't know how Benitez will feel when he sees Obina who has played so well.

Let's take a look at the 4 goals directed by Obinna in the game.In the 22nd minute, Obinna made a pass with his right foot from the edge of the penalty area, and Spector stepped in to throw away Fletcher's defense and scored with a header; in the 37th minute, Specto passed the ball, and Obinna's shot from the middle of the penalty area was rejected Biot blocked it, but the Brazilian slipped and fell, and Spector, who followed him, shot and scored.

In the 56th minute, Obinna threw away Fabio with speed, made a cross from the bottom line from the left, and Carlton Cole scored with a header before Evans; in the 66th minute, Obinna faced Rafal The blocking still sent a cross, and Carlton Cole scored twice with a small angle shot in the penalty area after getting rid of Evans.Within 44 minutes before and after, Obinna used three assists to dismantle the defending champion Manchester United.

In addition to directing 4 goals, Obinna also had many wonderful shots in the game.

In the 16th minute, Obinna received Spector's pass, saw that the person stepped forward to block the ball at the first time, and then fired with his left foot in front of the penalty area. But the lineman persisted in holding up the flag.

Sure enough, the slow motion playback showed that before the ball hit the net, it hit Spector's body in an offside position and refracted, and the goal should have taken effect.In the 26th minute, Obinna's shot in front of the penalty area was blocked, but unfortunately he was already in an offside position when he shot; in the 36th minute, Obinna made a free kick from the left, and Tomkins missed the goal with a header; in the 42nd minute , Green took a goal kick with a big foot, and Obinna's shot from the edge of the penalty area was caught by Kuzzak; in the 79th minute, Obinna, who was full of confidence, took a free kick 40 yards from the goal, but his shot was slightly higher; In the 89th minute, Obinna took a free kick from a small angle on the left and missed again; according to opt statistics, in the whole game, Obinna shot 3 times and 1 shot on target without scoring a goal; sent 4 threatening passes, 3 7 direct assists; 3 crosses, 2 tackles, 1 successes, and 8 counterattack.After the game, "Sky Sports" gave Obinna a game-high score of 89 points, and in the fans' scoring, Obinna also got a game-high score of [-] points.

Since the start of this season, Obinna can be called an expert in the League Cup.

In the third round of the League Cup, West Ham played away against Sunderland. Obina first assisted Picchione to break the deadlock, and then scored the winning goal after the opponent equalized, leading the team to beat the "Black Cat" 3-2 .

In the fourth round, Obinna scored a goal in extra time to help West Ham beat Stoke City 4-3 at home. [

In the fifth round, Obinna sent another hat-trick of assists to help West Ham beat the defending champion Manchester United 5-4.

In the 3 League Cup games, Obinna scored 2 goals and assisted 4 times, which can be called the first contributor to West Ham's semi-finals in the League Cup.And after 11 league matches, Obinna finally made some gains in his 12th round of the Premier League.Last weekend, he scored 1 goal and assisted 1 time, helping West Ham beat Wigan 3-1 at home, leaving West Ham only 3 points away from the relegation zone, rekindling their confidence in relegation.In all competitions this season, Obinna has scored 3 goals and provided an astonishing 9 assists for West Ham.

The media exaggerated West Ham's victory, who told them to eliminate the Premier League overlord Manchester United!

Ferguson didn't care about this either. In fact, it was a bit surprising that Manchester United gave up the League Cup.

In what is likely to be the final year of his coaching career, Ferguson will easily give up a laurel.

Although I don't understand it, Ferguson's courage still shows doubts. When faced with a choice, the decisiveness shown by Sir Alex Ferguson is also worth learning from other coaches.

Manchester United spent a lot of money for the key battle in December.

Then we have to see what the real effect is.

Manchester United once beat Valencia with 1 goal in the away game in the group stage. If they remain unbeaten in this game, they can get the top spot in the group.And Valencia has been a guest at Old Trafford three times in history without winning.Last weekend, due to the postponement of the game, Manchester United had a strong lineup, but Ferguson only started with the third goalkeeper Amos in order to make Van der Sar fully prepare for the league game with Arsenal next week.Manchester City winger David Silva was also in the stands to monitor his old club's performance, although Valencia also secured a spot for promotion.

With Anderson's goal, Manchester United drew 1-1 with La Liga powerhouse Valencia at home and advanced to the last 16 of the Champions League as the top of the group.In the game, Ferdinand was replaced due to injury, which made hundreds of millions of Manchester United fans worry that Rio will miss the next two title battles against Arsenal and Chelsea.However, Ferguson revealed after the game that the result of the first inspection was that Ferdinand's ligaments were not subject to possible long-term damage.And Ferguson also believes that Rooney will soon be able to reach his best.

In an interview with Sky Sports 2, Ferguson said, "Absolutely, Rooney did a good job today. His distribution tonight, his role in front of the opponent's defense, his work rate, his movement speed They are all very outstanding.” Xiaopang was also quite satisfied with his performance after the game, “I feel in good physical condition. I was very happy with my performance tonight."

Ferguson also commented on the performance of Rooney's striker partner Li Yu on the field tonight. "I think we deserved to win the game, we had a lot of chances. Li Yu could have scored four or five more goals tonight, but the goalkeeper made a lot of great saves. We noticed those shots. The reason why he didn't score tonight Ball, just because of bad luck."

"You have to get the results you want and I think we have a squad that is good enough for anything, any opponent we come up against. Tonight we aimed for a sixth consecutive clean sheet in the group stage and didn't get it, but The most important thing is to win the group, which is more important than a clean sheet. The last 6 minutes, Valencia played their best stage, but we know that a draw is enough for us. There is Sometimes the game is dangerous, especially when you are inexperienced at the back. We have Fabio, Rafal, Smalling and Amos at the back and it's a tough job for them. Lack Experience can kill our efforts."

England is not a blessed place for Valencia. In the previous 13 away games to England, Valencia only achieved 1 win, 8 draws and 4 losses.However, in the last 5 visits to England, Valencia has achieved an unbeaten record of 1 win and 4 draws. The only victory was a 02-03 away victory over Liverpool in the 1-0 Champions League group stage.Although because of Carrick's mistake, Manchester United missed the first team in history to keep 0 goals in all six group matches of the Champions League, but Ferguson's team still beat Valencia to take the top spot in the group.

The Premier League officially announced the time for Manchester United's away game against Blackpool.This make-up match will be held on January 1 next year, at 25:19 local time on Tuesday night, which is undoubtedly good news for Manchester United.

On January 1 next year, Manchester United will host Birmingham in the Premier League; on February 22, Manchester United will host Aston Villa in the league. A less difficult away game against Blackpool, I believe Sir Alex Ferguson can't find any reason to be unhappy.

Because, even if Manchester United beat Liverpool at home in the third round of the FA Cup on January 1, and thus advance to the fourth round of the FA Cup to be held around January 9, then Sir Alex Ferguson is likely to be as good as last. Continue to give up the FA Cup like this season, and try our best to play well in the league game against Villa at home after the make-up match.After all, the Premier League and the Champions League are Ferguson's most important events.

There are indications that there will be some personnel changes at Manchester United this winter and next summer. "The Sun" said that if the 40-year-old van der Sar chooses to retire after the end of the season, Ferguson will talk to him after Christmas.Although Van der Sar's wife Ann Marie prefers that the Manchester United goalkeeper can return to the Netherlands to settle after retiring, but Manchester United is more willing to provide Van der Sar with a job.However, the position of Lao Fan will not affect the position of the current goalkeeper coach Steele, but is more likely to be a queen scout or Manchester United ambassador.

The highlight of the next round of the Premier League, Manchester United vs. Arsenal, has become the focus of fans all over the world.

The two teams can be said to be old enemies of the Premier League for nearly ten years. Before the start of the competition, the war of words between the two teams has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it feels a bit tireless.

Manchester United defender Evra taunted the Gunners' results ahead of their clash with Arsenal, calling Arsene Wenger's team rubbish.

Manchester United will face Arsenal at Old Trafford on Monday. Evra took the lead in starting the psychological warfare. He said: "Arsenal, a big club like this, haven't won a trophy in five years? To me. To say, this is a crisis, is rubbish."

"Arsenal are a young team, they have a good style, I watch them play and enjoy it, but in the end can they win trophies? That's why people remember you."

"People always praise Arsenal for their style of play, but in the end what honor do they have to show?"

Evra believes that the game against Arsenal is not decisive, and the title race will still be between Manchester United and Chelsea. "We could lose against Arsenal next Monday, but in the end what will they do? Nothing, they won't win the title."

"Our real opponent is Chelsea and we are more concerned about Chelsea's result than Arsenal. Maybe I'm being arrogant when I say that, but if Manchester United don't win the title, it's United's problem."

"For me, the real enemy is Chelsea because they have what it takes to win titles, we're not afraid of them, but they're the team we focus on."

Evra also said that Manchester United likes to play Arsenal. "When we played against Arsenal, we enjoyed it. They're not a team with an eleven at the back. Arsenal can't finish games sometimes, we've been the opposite, efficient."

"People are so easily succumbed to the Arsenal style, I hear people comparing them to Barcelona, ​​but in 20 years, people won't remember what Arsenal is. When people say Arsenal are like Barcelona Can't help laughing, Barcelona are playing beautifully, but they can win titles and I'm only interested in teams that can win titles."

Soon after, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hit back at United defender Evra's jeers, saying the French defender had shown disrespect for other teams.

Manchester United and Arsenal will meet at Old Trafford on Monday. Evra said that Arsenal is a team that cannot win the championship. Wenger believes that this is disrespect for the opponent's performance.

"Evra gave the media some good material before the game," Wenger said.

"Our guideline is what style of football we want to play, not what our opponents say about us."

"Personally, I think if you're a well-known player you have to respect your opponents all the time, and that's what we've been doing."

"Whether Evra disrespects the opponent is for you to judge. Before such a game, we don't want to get involved in an unnecessary war of words. We want to focus on our own style and ignore it before the game. any provocation."

"Our drive is the desire to win games and the quality of football we want to play."

Contrary to Evra, Manchester United coach Ferguson called on Old Trafford fans to respect their opponents and not to disrespect Wenger.In last season's game, Wenger was fined to stand in the stands and had to stand next to Manchester United fans. Some people insulted him. The referee apologized to Wenger after the game. Before the game, he called on fans to respect the opposing coach.

In this regard, Wenger said: "I think you should respect everyone and be respected. So every time Manchester United comes to Arsenal, we always ask our fans to show respect."

Speaking of the duel with Ferguson, Wenger said: "The situation between us has changed a little bit. We respect and understand each other. This may be what you call 'softening'. But the important thing is not Ferguson vs. Wenger, but It's Manchester United against Arsenal."

Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed that in Monday's Premier League top battle with Arsenal, the Red Devils' three main players, Rio Ferdinand, Evra and Scholes, have all recovered from injuries and will be able to play this crucial game.

Ferdinand was sidelined in Tuesday's Champions League group game against Valencia with a problem with his hamstring, Scholes has missed United's last three games with a groin problem and Evra has been absent for physical reasons Valencia, but Ferguson said all three would be available against Arsenal on Monday.

"Everyone is fit," Ferguson said. "Scholes trained yesterday, light practice, but he should be fine on Monday and Ferdinand should be fit."

In terms of backup players, guards Evans and Brown have recently been unwell with colds, but have also recovered now.Ferguson said: "Evans and Brown have had a cold recently, and it's spreading in this area, but they are doing better now, and we should be able to play as a team on Monday."

Of course, the "team" mentioned by Ferguson did not include the two long-term injuries of Irving and Hargreaves. Irving has recently resumed training and the situation is improving."He's not ready for Arsenal yet, but he's doing well in his recovery," Ferguson said.

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