host must win

Chapter 635 The most evenly matched double red society
United, who came off the bench in an FA Cup replay at Old Trafford on Wednesday night, slaughtered Burton 5-0 to advance to the next round.Italian teenager Giuseppe Rossi was radiant in the game, with 2 shots and 2 passes, dominating the game by himself.

Although Burton failed to create a miracle, the two rounds of the FA Cup also made Burton reap a lot of TV broadcasting, ticket revenue and appearance fees.

It can be said that the income brought by these two games to Burton even exceeded Burton's income in a whole year under normal circumstances!
The impact of these two games on Burton is actually far more than economic.It gave Burton the wings to take off, and in the next few years, it quickly became a professional team and even promoted to the British Championship!

The substitute lineup played in this FA Cup game, and Manchester United's main players continued to get rest time.However, Manchester United's main players, who have had more than a week's rest, have exposed a lot of discordant news during this period.

First, the "Manchester Evening News" broke the news that after the end of the Manchester Derby, Manchester United players broke out infighting in the locker room. Two superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney had a fierce quarrel with Van Nistelrooy. It wasn't for the dissuasion of teammates, the three of them might have already made a move.

As for the reason for the infighting, it was because the Dutch striker accused the Portuguese genius of the stupid red card in the locker room, and Rooney threw the team captain Yin Jun to celebrate the goal at the end of regular time. Ruud van Nistelrooy believes that such behavior It delayed Manchester United's offense and eventually led to the team losing.

For Ruud van Nistelrooy's accusation, neither Ronaldo nor Rooney would accept it willingly. The Portuguese retorted, saying that the Dutchman was invisible during the game and did not make any contribution to the team. He would only trouble his teammates after the game.

The grumpy boxer rushed straight to Van Nistelrooy, ready to punch the Dutchman, but he was stopped by his teammates in time.Angrily, Rooney kicked the door of the visiting team's locker room a few times as if venting himself.

The report of "Manchester Evening News", although it is often biased towards Manchester United, but within Manchester, they are basically biased towards Manchester City.

Just like this time, they stabbed Manchester United in the back without hesitation.

Ferguson, who was attending the post-match press conference with Yin Jun, didn't know about what happened in the locker room after the game, but he was very annoyed afterwards and severely criticized Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ronaldo and Rooney.

However, this wave of infighting did not end there. On Monday, when Manchester United players started recovery training at the Carrington training base, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy broke out again.

Ferguson called the two men into his office for lectures immediately after the incident, but there is no indication that either party involved has been disciplined by the club.

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Regardless of whether the "Sun" report is true or not, such infighting is not a good thing for the current Manchester United.

After all, they are already 5 points behind Chelsea in the league, and their opponent in the next league game is their rival Liverpool who has been in excellent form recently.

Just on Sunday afternoon, Manchester United will sit at Old Trafford and usher in the second round of this season's Double Red Club.The Red Army rebounded quickly after a poor start to the season.

自从英超第10轮客场0:2负于富勒姆之后，贝尼特斯的球队迎来了一波联赛12场不败, 战绩是11胜1平, 是同期所有英超球队中最好的！

At present, Liverpool has 2 wins, 13 draws and 5 losses with 2 rounds less, ranking third in the league with 44 points, 12 points behind Manchester United.

If Liverpool can beat Manchester United away in the double red meeting and win the two make-up matches, they will only be 3 points behind Manchester United!
With Liverpool's recent fiery state, this possibility is extremely high.

At least, for Manchester United, which has once again fallen into internal strife and low morale, it is not easy to beat Liverpool in the game.

Once they lose to Liverpool, Manchester United will be 8 points behind Chelsea in the standings, and will basically withdraw from the competition for the league title. Even the second position in the standings will be threatened by Liverpool.

For a time, Manchester United's position seemed a little precarious.

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At 1:22 p.m. on January [-], at Old Trafford Stadium, the world-renowned Premier League Double Red Club will blow the whistle to start the battle.

It can be said that this is the most evenly matched double red meeting in recent years!

Although Manchester United only lost in the Manchester Derby in the last round, looking at Manchester United's recent state, it is definitely hot, not much worse than Chelsea at the top of the list.

And Liverpool is in the best state in recent years, unbeaten in 12 league rounds, 11 wins and 1 tie, even surpassing Chelsea and Manchester United in the same period.

Such a game will naturally attract the attention of the world even more.It is estimated that more than [-] million people around the world will watch the game.

The commentator on the commentary booth is explaining the starting lineup of both sides to the fans and audience.

Liverpool formed a 442 formation, the starting goalkeeper is Reina; Finnan, Hyypia, Carragher and Riise form the defense line, Gerrard, Alonso, Sissoko and Kewell join hands in the midfield, West Cy and Gao Guy Crouch partnered up front.

Compared with the previous game, Benitez only rotated Morientes.

For Manchester United, the lineup is not so complete.Scholes has not yet recovered from his injury, Ronaldo suffered another red card suspension, and Manchester United directly lost two generals.

Ferguson also formed a 442 formation, goalkeeper Van der Sar; Gary Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic and Evra formed a defensive line; in the midfield, O'Shea, Fletcher, Yin Jun and Giggs were in parallel positions ; Rooney and Van Nistelrooy partnered up front.

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In this game, Yin Jun was not in the front midfielder position where he was more this season, but was placed on the right side to join forces with Gary Neville. This side will be the area where Manchester United will focus on attacking today.

Although Liverpool has never been involved in the Premier League championship since entering the Premier League era, in Ferguson's view, the Red Army has always been the biggest threat to Manchester United. After all, in the eyes of many British people, it is still the Reds Liverpool.

Ferguson said more than once that leading Manchester United to pull Liverpool off the throne will be his lifelong pursuit!

And the Double Red Club is also one of his most important games!

After winning the Champions League last season, Liverpool once again maintained an advantage over Manchester United in the number of top league titles and the number of Champions League titles.Under the leadership of Benitez, Liverpool also showed a trend of revival.

Under such circumstances, beating Liverpool will be very crucial!
The basic judgment can be drawn from Liverpool's starting lineup. Benitez's team will focus on offensive tactics in today's game.Moreover, in the coin guessing session, Manchester United captain Yin Jun won Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard.

Ferguson felt that this was in the hands of Benitez, because it would allow Liverpool to get the kick-off, and they could use the opportunity to kick-off first to preemptively strike.

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As Ferguson expected, after the game started, Liverpool took advantage of the opportunity to kick off first and launched a fierce attack on Manchester United's goal.

Ferguson had already planned for this. Facing Liverpool's opening offensive, Manchester United chose to avoid the limelight and took the initiative to retreat.

This made Liverpool even more excited.

Benitez sat on the coach seat, staring at the field.From time to time, exchange a few words with the assistant beside you.However, no one knows the anxiety in his heart.

As we all know, Benitez is a tactical master in world football, and his obsession with tactics is simply unbelievable.Of course, this is not to say that he is obsessed with a certain tactic, or a certain formation.On the contrary, he is very flexible in terms of formation and specific tactics.

His obsession with tactics lies in his constant study of various tactics to deal with different opponents.

In addition, Benitez believes in data very much, even to the point of being superstitious.

He has studied all of Manchester United's games this season, especially the two defeats Manchester United have suffered this season.Then he discovered that Manchester United's two defeats were all due to the mental slack of Manchester United players after a long period of unbeaten, or even winning streak.

This is the root cause of what the outside world calls Manchester United's inexplicable performance. After all, spiritual things are hard to see.

However, this Manchester United team has a very strong self-correction ability, and can adjust its state in the shortest time after a loss, thus showing extraordinary fighting spirit and combat effectiveness in the next game.

After careful research, Benitez found that the root cause of this change may be Yin Jun!

After Manchester United's disastrous defeat at the Riverside Stadium this season, Yin Jun wore Manchester United's captain's armband for the first time.Then Manchester United defeated Lille away in the Champions League when the overall state was not good, and then ended 40 unbeaten and arrogant Chelsea.In these two games, Manchester United's performance was a complete 1-degree turn from the previous 4:180 defeat to Middlesbrough, which shocked everyone's glasses.

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Manchester United's defeat at the Riverside Stadium led to the removal of Manchester United's meritorious captain Roy Keane from the team.

The team has lost the spiritual pillar of Roy Keane, and many people speculate that Manchester United will fall into a downturn for a period of time, and even be completely defeated in the competition with Chelsea.

But to everyone's expectation, Manchester United showed a completely different combat effectiveness than people imagined afterwards, ushering in a wave of 17 unbeaten games, including a round of 15 consecutive victories in various competitions!

With such an excellent record, Manchester United not only achieved a complete victory in the Champions League group stage, but also bit Chelsea in the Premier League.

Just when everyone thought that Manchester United would continue to win, Benitez felt that Manchester United was likely to suffer a loss.

United then suffered a surprise draw with non-league side Burton in the FA Cup and then lost to Manchester City in the Manchester derby.

Under such circumstances, the media once again exposed Manchester United's internal strife: two talented young players, Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney, clashed with Ruud van Nistelrooy, the boss of the team.

This is simply a replica of what happened after Manchester United's disastrous defeat at the Riverside Stadium!
The British media once again predicted that Manchester United will collapse in the infighting!

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However, in the ensuing game, Manchester United first used a full substitute lineup to slaughter Burton in the FA Cup replay, and then encountered Liverpool, who was in full swing, in the Premier League.

Many people think that Manchester United will lose to Liverpool, which is in full form, but as the person concerned, Benitez is in a panic. He has already foreseen a Manchester United with explosive combat power!

Benitez even felt that his team might lose worse than Chelsea at Old Trafford!

And it was because of Yin Jun that he made such an inference!

In the defeat at the Riverside Stadium, Yin Jun's personal status was relatively average, and he had not yet firmly secured the position of Manchester United captain, so his influence on the team was far less than it is now.

After more than two months, Yin Jun's position in Manchester United has become more and more stable, and his influence on the team is much stronger than before.This can be seen from the fact that in the Manchester Derby that just passed, Manchester United almost completed a comeback at the Manchester City Stadium even when the team was in poor condition, even with ten players for a long time.

Yin Jun is terrible!

The Chinese, who will turn 21 next month, has scored 110 goals and 100 assists in his first 61 Premier League games!
Of course, Benitez will not let it go, nor does he think his Liverpool have no hope of winning at all.If his team can perform like Manchester City, with some luck, it will be able to overturn Manchester United in the away game.

Benitez's strategy for the team in this game is to use the opportunity of Manchester United's unstable foothold to launch a fierce attack after the start, and use lightning tactics to strive for the lead.

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More than ten minutes after the start of the game, Liverpool's momentum was very strong. They turned away from the guest and almost pressed Manchester United in the onslaught.If it weren't for the outstanding performance of the old Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar who started today, Manchester United's goal would have been pierced long ago.

Especially the team's tall striker Crouch, this player who has been in a very hot state recently is full of motivation and fighting spirit, eager to prove to the England national team coach Eriksson that he is the best in England now One of the strikers, we must take him to the World Cup in Germany.

He is very active in looking for opportunities in the frontcourt, which also puts a lot of pressure on Manchester United's defense.After all, Crouch's height advantage is too obvious. Even if Manchester United's two central defenders are big men with a height of about 1.9 meters, facing Crouch who is in his early two meters, he has no height advantage at all.

Plus the other Liverpool players seem to be in good shape.

Manchester United had to return to defense across the board and stick to the penalty area.

Just watching these ten minutes of the game, it is hard for you to imagine that Manchester United, who is now under pressure by Liverpool, has swept Europe in recent years.

And watching Liverpool besieging Manchester United, beating Manchester United to the point where they couldn't even pass halftime, Benitez, who had always been worried, finally showed a smile on his old face.

(End of this chapter)