Chapter 118: Battle

In the twelfth round of the Premier League on November 24, Manchester United played against the underdog Cardiff City. The final score of this game was 5 to 0, and Manchester United won a great victory. After winning Arsenal in the last game, they have returned to the top four of the league, and this victory has allowed them to consolidate their position.
Manchester United have won two consecutive Premier League games and they are gradually back on track.
将 Manchester United returned to Manchester. Two days later, they boarded a plane to Germany and went to North Rhine-Westphalia to challenge the Champions League opponents, Leverkusen, at Bayer Arena.
形势 The situation in this game is very delicate. At present, the UEFA Champions League has played in four rounds. Leverkusen has three wins and one loss, with 9 points, ranking first in the group; Manchester United has two wins and two draws, with 8 points, ranking second in the group; and Donetsk The miner had one win, two draws and one loss, with 5 points, ranking third in the group; the Royal Society had three losses and one draw, with 1 point at the bottom of the group.
In this round of the UEFA Champions League, Donetsk miners played against the Royal Society. If there are no special circumstances, Donetsk miners have a higher win rate. If the Shakhtar Donetsk wins, then they will score 8 points and equalize with Manchester United. In the final round of the group stage, it was Manchester United at home against the Shakhtar Donetsk. If Manchester United do not win Leverkusen this round, then the next match will be a decisive battle with the Shakhtar Donetsk miners to compete for a place.
For Leverkusen, who played at home in this game, as long as they can hold a draw, after the fifth round, Leverkusen will have 10 points, Manchester United 9 points, Donetsk Miners 8 In the next round, regardless of the results of the Manchester United and Donetsk miners, Leverkusen will definitely be able to advance from the Champions League group stage.
So Leverkusen is determined in this game: it doesn't matter if you don't get three points, but you must not lose!
They hold on to their faith.
On November 27th, in the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Leverkusen sat in Bayer Athletics Stadium to meet the challenge of Manchester United.
At the pre-match press conference, both head coaches were confident and their goal was to win the game.
Leverkusen's starting lineup in this game is almost the same as the previous one. Before Kisling, South Korean star Sun Xingchi was on the side, and behind them were Emre Jane.
On the side of Manchester United, Gintager sent his main lineup: 4-4-2 formation, the goalkeeper is De Gea; the back line is still a combination of Smolin and Vidic's partner defender, Evra on the left and right sides And Raphael; midfielder Kanter and Giggs, Mahrez and Nani left and right; forward is a combination of Rooney and Van Persie. The seven substitutes are: Alisson, Alonso, Jones, Ashley Young, Valencia, Carrick and Icardi.
The opening tempo of this game was very fast. Leverkusen's frontline trident cooperated very well in the frontcourt. It was not like an offensive combination that had just been played for less than half a year. 10 minutes before the opening, Manchester United was struck. Wolkusen couldn't lift his head at all, not even a decent attack.
Scholes asked Kintag on the sidelines: "Captain, the situation is not good now, should we make some adjustments?"
Jintaige shook his head: "Although Leverkusen has attacked fiercely, there is no particularly good chance of attacking. Our defensive position is no problem. We have just started the game and are not in a hurry."
Sure enough, after withstanding Leverkusen's opening three axe, Manchester United slowly recovered its rhythm. On the field, Captain Giggs played a huge role. He shouted for his teammates to make up for defense, and resolved Leverkusen's successive waves of offenses one by one.
In the market, Jin Taige smiled and said to Scholes, "Paul, you see, I'm right, our team is fine. A good captain is definitely worth half of the team."
J. Scholes also praised Giggs: "Ryan has always been a natural leader. However, he retired at the end of the season ..."
Jin Jinge heard this and was silent.
Alas, Ryan retired at the end of the season. At that time, all members of Class 92 will bid farewell to the greenery field. I want to be motivated at the beginning, and now parting, how can I not let people sigh.
Jintaige and Scholes were talking off the court, the game on the field is still going on.
Under the command of Giggs, Manchester United restored the status of Premier League giants. They relied on sharp wing attacks and continued to attack Leverkusen's back line. The two teams played offensive football and watched the fans. Screamed.
However, neither team's luck seemed to be very good. Manchester United got a good chance for a single-handed shot. Rooney approached Leverkusen's goal with a ball, but his final shot slipped out; and Leverkusen side There was also a chance, a shot from Emre Jan hit the post. So until the end of the first half, the scores of the two teams were still 0-0 ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Both players returned to the locker room with the regret of not scoring.
In the visiting team's locker room, Jin Taige ordered his team members to step up the attack in the second half and must win this game! Otherwise, the situation of the group's qualifying is precarious.
In the locker room of the home team, Leverkusen players received the latest instructions: retreat in the second half and play a defensive counterattack.
Immediately after the second half, the players were ready to kick off. Jintaige tilted his head and looked at the home coach's seat, where the head coach Leverkusen was his old acquaintance. Although they are old acquaintances, there was no other communication after the opening time except that the two shook hands politely.
The reason is simple, because Leverkusen's current head coach is Hypia, a former Liverpool.
Erhaipia has played for Liverpool for many years. He is the first foreign captain in Liverpool history and the core of Liverpool's ability to remain competitive in the Premier League a few years ago. He announced his retirement after the 2010-2011 season. After retiring, Hapia first served as assistant coach for the Finnish national team, then came to Leverkusen as assistant coach, and then after Leverkusen coach Robin Duter was fired, he served as Leverkusen interim coach. On May 15, 2013, Leverkusen officially signed a contract with Hepia for four years. Hepia has since become Leverkusen's well-known coach.
Although Hypia has already retired long ago, Kintag is very upset when he sees Hypia and remembers his former Liverpool captain status.
This is the huge hatred of the Red Devil and the Red Army ...
虽然 Although it is not England ’s national derby now, the two sides are still very fierce. Both Jintaige and Hypia have only one purpose: to win the Champions League group stage first and advance smoothly!