host must win

Chapter 672 Suspense Continues
Three days later, Manchester United, who flew to Villarreal in Spain, fought a fierce battle with Villarreal at the La La Résidence Stadium to qualify for this year's Champions League final.Manchester United, based on defense, played steadily in the away game. After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, the two sides scored a goalless draw.

As a result, Manchester United defeated Villarreal with a total score of 1:0 in two rounds with a 1:0 victory at home in the first leg, and advanced to the Champions League final for the third time in four years!

On the second day after Manchester United's promotion, Arsenal also drew a goalless draw with Barcelona at the Camp Nou. The total score of the two rounds was 0:1. It also missed the opportunity to launch an impact on the Champions League in front of the folks.

On the evening of May 5th, Manchester United will compete with Barcelona for the UEFA Champions League this season at the Stade de France!

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After returning to the UK, Manchester United took a short rest, and under the leadership of Ferguson, they took the train to London.

On April 4, the most watched Premier League match of the season was played at Stamford Bridge.

Before this round of competition, after 35 league rounds, Manchester United and Chelsea had scored 95 points and 88 points respectively. As long as the Red Devils can beat Chelsea in this game, they will be able to win the Premier League this season at the opponent's home court Championship trophy.

Although the possibility of reversing Manchester United to win the championship is close to zero, Chelsea absolutely cannot tolerate their opponents winning the championship at their home court, so all parties predict that this game will definitely be a battle between dragons and tigers.

But when Manchester United's 18-man squad for the game was released, people discovered that things might not be the same as they imagined.Because Manchester United's regular main lineup this season, including Yin Jun, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ronaldo, Rooney, Ferdinand, Vidic, Gary Neville, and Evra, didn't even make the squad!
In other words, Ferguson has given up the game strategically, and the Red Devils will play this game with a substitute lineup!

This is really unexpected!

However, after considering the current reality of Manchester United, Ferguson's choice is reasonable again.

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Before this game, Manchester United fought hard again and again.In the last month, Manchester United played a full 9 games, and this game against Chelsea is the 10th game. The whole process was a double match a week, and the opponents were all difficult.

Especially in the last half month, Manchester United has played against Tottenham and Chelsea successively, and they have also played two games against the super dark horse Villarreal in the Champions League, without any rest at all.

Although Manchester United broke into the finals of the FA Cup and the Champions League in a row, and maintained a huge advantage over Chelsea in the league, the physical fitness of Manchester United players has encountered a huge crisis.

Under such circumstances, even if the main players are all out, it will be difficult to beat Chelsea to the top at Stamford Bridge, which has created an unbeaten home record.

Since Mourinho took charge of Stamford Bridge in early 2004, Madman's team has never lost at home in the league.

This record can even be traced back to when Mourinho was the head coach of Porto, that is, in February 2002. It has been more than 2 years so far, and the number of games has reached 4!
Under such circumstances, it is better to give up this game, let the main players get enough rest, and then seek to win the championship in the next two home games.

This can be regarded as retreating.

After all, judging from the current points situation, as long as Manchester United wins another victory, the championship will be in their hands!

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Manchester United played with a full bench, so it is naturally impossible to be Chelsea's opponent.In the end, Gallas, Joe Cole and Carvalho each scored a goal, and the Blues beat their opponents 3-0 at home.

However, Mourinho was not happy, very unhappy.

He would rather Ferguson fight him at Stamford Bridge with the main lineup, because for him, that is a better result, which can consume Manchester United's strength and provide for Middlesbrough and Charlton in the next two games at Old Trafford. The upset game at the Rafford Stadium created opportunities and also created opportunities for Chelsea to comeback.

But now Ferguson is avoiding the fight, allowing the main players to get enough rest, which makes it almost impossible for Middlesbrough and Charlton to be upset at Old Trafford.

Mourinho felt like he had punched cotton. When he saw the starting lineup Ferguson sent, he almost vomited blood.

But in any case, with Chelsea defeating Manchester United at home, the Blues still saved their last face and did not witness their opponents lift the championship trophy at their home court.

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On the evening of May 5st, a make-up match in the 1th round of the Premier League started at Old Trafford, with Middlesbrough challenging Manchester United away.

Middlesbrough has been Manchester United's tormentor this season. When the two sides met at the Riverside Stadium in the first round, the Red Devils suffered the worst defeat of the season, which even led to the departure of the team's meritorious captain Roy Keane.

For Manchester United, this is also a battle of revenge.

What's more, they urgently need a victory to seal the league title.

Therefore, for Manchester United, their fighting spirit in this game is beyond doubt.

After the start of the game, Manchester United's main force, who got enough rest, launched a fierce offensive towards Middlesbrough's goal, vowing to swallow the opponent in one go.

However, after 90 minutes of the game, the score on the court was still 0:0!

Manchester United failed to win the opponent at home!
When the game was over, Ferguson was even black-faced when he shook hands with his former assistant McClaren!

At that moment, the old man must be thinking, why is this guy so blind?When the situation was not clear before, it was fine to beat Manchester United, not to mention that he caused troubles for Chelsea and Arsenal later, but now the situation is obvious. As long as Manchester United wins, they can win the championship. This guy What are you working so hard for?
Manchester United unexpectedly failed to win Middlesbrough, which gave hope to Chelsea behind them.A day later, in another make-up match of the 36th round of the Premier League at Ewood Park, although Mark Hughes wanted to help his mentor, he once led the team to lead the Blues 1:0 in the first half, but he did not The team's strength was limited, and they failed to withstand Chelsea's full counterattack in the second half and lost with a score of 1:2.

As a result, with only the last round of the Premier League remaining, the Premier League title is still up in the air.

曼联在37轮联赛里31胜3平3负拿到了96个积分，可切尔西37轮联赛30胜4平3负也拿到了94分！
This season's Premier League champion is bound to be decided in the final round!

What is certain is that whether the championship ultimately belongs to Manchester United or Chelsea, the runner-up team will definitely refresh the record for the highest runner-up in the five major leagues set by Manchester United last season!

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