host must win

Chapter 651 The Tired Heart
Manchester United's first game in late March is away to Birmingham in the FA Cup quarter-finals.For consecutive weeks of double matches, Ferguson continued to implement a large-scale rotation.

In fact, this is also a disguised abandonment of the FA Cup.After all, compared to the weight of the Premier League and the Champions League, the FA Cup, the oldest cup in football history, seems a bit tasteless.

Of course, if possible, Ferguson will not refuse to win this championship.

Although Yin Juncai played in the 30th round of the league against West Brom three days ago, he was still included in the squad for this game and went to Birmingham City with the team.On the one hand, his physical condition is not bad. On the other hand, Ferguson has no plans to completely give up the FA Cup. Ferguson always has a feeling that as long as Yin Jun can play, he can be of great help to the team.

However, Ferguson did not let Yin Jun start the battle, he used Yin Jun as a substitute.If Manchester United's rotation can win Birmingham City, he will let Yin Jun take a good rest on the bench; but if the team's offense is weak and the game cannot be won for a long time, Yin Jun will play at the right time and contribute to the team .

Birmingham City is currently ranked 17th in the league. In fact, they have the same points as West Brom, which is 18th. However, they have not fallen into the relegation zone due to a goal difference advantage, but they are also a complete relegation team.

Birmingham City, facing huge pressure to relegation, will naturally not go all out to compete for the FA Cup at this moment, especially now that it has only reached the quarter-finals and there are still 3 games away from the championship.

Thus, a somewhat weird game was played at the St. Andrews Stadium.Both sides seemed to have no intention of attacking, and only wanted to use defense to delay time.Until the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0.

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After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Ferguson still has no idea of ​​substitutions.He wants to wait and see more, to see if the team can win the opponent without making adjustments, so that players like Yin Jun can get as much rest time as possible.

Yin Jun himself is very aware of his situation.

Don't look at his recent goals and assists in various competitions. It seems that he is in full swing and has unlimited scenery, but in fact he has already felt deeply tired, and there is always a feeling that he has more energy than energy.

Because of the existence of the system, he can use the physical energy card to make up for the consumption of physical energy, which makes his physical energy look good, but in fact he is very tired.

Since the start of the new season in August last year, he has represented Manchester United in 8 games in various competitions in 7 months, and also played 40 games on behalf of the national team.On average, he almost plays a game in about 4 days on average.

With such a long season and intensive schedule, physical fatigue can be supplemented by physical cards, but psychological fatigue can only be relieved by oneself.

Although relying on his strong self-regulation ability, Yin Jun has always had a very good performance, but he has more and more a feeling that he has more than enough energy.

He desperately needs a rest, not a short two or three days of rest, but a week or even longer rest.

However, as the captain of the team, when the team needs him, he cannot run away and refuse to play.

Not only can't refuse the game, he has to do his best to lead the team to victory!
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Yin Jun also kept comforting himself and adjusting his emotions, while the game continued on the court.

In the second half of the game, Manchester United finally stepped up their offense.Since the opponent has no urgent desire to win, Manchester United has to take the initiative to attack.

Manchester United was unable to attack for a long time, but it exerted tremendous offensive pressure on Birmingham City. 8 minutes, Birmingham City midfielder Stephen Clemens was shown a yellow card for a foul on Scholes.

This Clemens is the son of legendary Liverpool goalkeeper Raymond Clemens. Raymond is Shankly's chosen goalkeeper and can be regarded as one of the cornerstones of the Liverpool dynasty.His outstanding performance in front of the goal was an important factor in Liverpool's sweep of England in the 80s and [-]s, and even their invincibility in Europe.

However, Stephen did not have the achievements of his father. He was never the absolute main force of Bai Lily when he debuted in Tottenham. After several seasons of unstable performance, he came to Birmingham City in the winter of 2002 and has been playing until now.

It was at this time that Ferguson asked assistant coach Mike Phelan to come over and call Yin Jun.

Since he has already warmed up, Yin Jun can go up anytime.

Yin Jun stood on the sidelines, waiting for the dead ball to play.

Mike Phelan was beside him, holding a tactical board and gesticulating towards him, softly reminding him what he should pay attention to after playing.

"OK, I see!" Yin Jun nodded while straightening his shorts.

"Okay, come on!" Mike Phelan patted Yin Jun's shoulder lightly, then turned and retreated to the coaching area.

Soon, No. 60 minutes, a chance of a dead ball, Yin Jun replaced Scholes.

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After playing, the ball was quickly cleared by Birmingham City.

Yin Jun had a quick sprint down the left, but it was more of a warm-up as the ball never came close to him.But this time, Yin Jun also felt that although he was not in his best condition, he was still doing well.

When Birmingham City attacked, Yin Jun expanded his range of activities.On the one hand, it is to warm up by running and find the state of the game, and on the other hand, it is also patiently looking for opportunities.

Manchester United soon succeeded in stealing the ball and sent it to the right again, with Gary Neville launching the attack.

The attack from the right was very urgent, but Yin Jun did not follow up immediately in the middle, but paid attention to the timing.

After the football was handled by Alan Smith, it was passed to Rossi.

The talented Italian striker got the ball, got rid of a defender, and quickly passed it back to the right side of the penalty area and handed it to Gary Neville.

Almost at this moment, Yin Jun suddenly rushed to the penalty area and raised his right hand high to ask for the ball.

Gary Neville was obviously also instructed by the coaching staff. As soon as he saw Yin Jun crossing into the penalty area, he immediately chose to cross. Alan Smith and Rossi also immediately took away the defensive players to create space for Yin Jun .

At that moment, the Birmingham City players had no idea who Manchester United's cross from the right was going for, and the entire first half was played around two players, Alan Smith and Rossi, so they looked When the two players moved, they rushed up immediately.

But in this way, the left side of the restricted area was empty.

(End of this chapter)