I am the king of football

Chapter 492 Departure
As Manchester United defeated two strong opponents, Leverkusen and Shakhtar Donetsk, in the Champions League, Real Sociedad from La Liga was naturally no problem. Manchester United first defeated the opponent with a score of 3-0 at home, and then beat the team 2-0 in the next away challenge. Real Sociedad's ranking was firmly locked at the bottom of the group.

As for the other two games against the other two teams, Manchester United showed extremely strong skills and tactics both at home and away. Their top player Qin Hu scored in every game, defeating Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 and Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1.

Winning all the group games, this is the answer the defending champions gave in this season's Champions League group stage. They had a good draw and indeed had smooth sailing in the group stage and easily secured their place in the knockout stage.

Not to mention the league, the first two games in December were not against BIG6 level teams, and Qin Hu and his team also won two consecutive victories with scores of 2-0 and even 4-1. Qin Hu's league goal number finally reached goals, and half a season has not even passed.

However, Manchester United, which was at its peak, had its winning streak ended in the third league game in December, and it was Manchester City that accomplished this feat.

Manchester City, Manchester United's arch-rival, has spent half a season observing Manchester United under Ferguson. It can be said that the entire team is now built to best play against Manchester United.

In the Manchester derby held at the Etihad, Manchester City targeted Manchester United's weaknesses and scored two goals in the first half to lead their arch-rivals 2-0. Aguero, the Blues' top player, also scored twice.

This lead lasted until the 70th minute. Just when the entire Manchester City team was excited and thought they were going to end their arch-rivals' winning streak and deal a heavy blow to their arrogance at the Etihad Stadium, the Red Devils' counterattack began.

In the 77th minute of the game, Qin Hu rushed into the penalty area during the team's indirect free kick. The two defenders' obstruction could not stop his domineering leap. He hit the ball hard in the air and it flew into the goal from under the crossbar.

1-2, Manchester United scored a goal away from home.

After scoring the goal, Qin Hu did not celebrate wildly. Amidst the boos, he quickly dived into the opponent's goal, took the ball and called on his teammates to quickly return to their own half. The other players saw Qin Hu's actions and understood his intention, so they cooperated and returned to their own half.

It was obviously Manchester United who scored the goal, but in the end it seemed that they were waiting for the Manchester City players to be ready to kick off. Faced with such an action by the opponent, the entire Blue Moon team felt extremely humiliated and they vowed never to let Manchester United score another goal.

After the game started again, Manchester City's defensive intensity rose to a higher level. They had the right to kick off and kept wasting time. After the ball was intercepted by Manchester United players, they would also launch a crazy counterattack.

Facing such a tough opponent, although Manchester United's morale was high, they could not find any opportunities in a short period of time. The game time passed by minute by minute, eighty minutes, ninety minutes, and finally the time entered the four minutes of stoppage time.

Manchester City fans in the stands have already started cheering in advance. Manchester United's madness in the league and the Champions League this season has made their arch-rivals' eyes red. No one wants to witness the glorious arrival of their city rivals, at least not at their own doorstep.

Unfortunately, the excitement of these fans did not last until the final break. When the game reached the 93rd minute, the increasingly ferocious Manchester United finally found another chance to score.

That was an attacking opportunity launched by William, who had just come on as a substitute, from the left. After breaking through the defense of two players in a row, he made an inverted triangle pass to Carrick who was running in the middle.

Carrick got the ball and advanced to the right at the fastest speed, which prompted two Manchester City midfielders to rush towards him. When the ball was passed to Van Persie on the right, Manchester City's defense could no longer keep up with Manchester United's attack frequency.

Even so, Van Persie was still not the last link in the team's attack. He invaded from the right side of the penalty area and let the two Blue Moon defenders surround him, and then he made an inverted triangle pass. "Shua~"

It was a dazzling passing and controlling match. At this moment, people seemed to be seeing another Premier League team that had just lost to Manchester United.

"Oh!"

"Qin Hu! Follow up with a world-class shot!!! The ball goes in!"

The ball flew into the goal in the next second. At the last moment of injury time, the score was equalized. Joe Hart, standing in front of Manchester City's goal, once again proved with a dumbfounded expression that he was really not good at defending long-range shots.

Of course, with Qin Hu's super explosive shots, it would be useless to replace him with a stronger goalkeeper.

"Rough but refined, like carving on paper! Manchester United is definitely not a team that only knows how to make long passes and lobs. Ferguson's style is very comprehensive and solid. This goal is enough to show their level. This series of passing and controlling attacks is not much worse than Arsenal. They maintained the team's unbeaten record until the last minute of the game!"

Zhan Jun's voice sounded in the commentary booth. The first team of this season to tie with Manchester United was born. However, the expressions of the entire Manchester City team were as sad as if they had lost their parents. They could have won, but now they can only end up with a draw at their home court.

Of course, the Red Devils were not excited about the equalizer. When they were riding on the bus back to their club, the whole team was quite upset. They were behind and suppressed for most of the game. If it weren't for the last-minute effort, they would have really lost to their arch-rivals.

Ferguson originally wanted to curse a few words, but seeing the expressions of these players, he chose not to put too much pressure on them. Since these guys were able to know their shame, there was no need for him to put more pressure on them.

At the end of this battle, this season's Club World Cup has already gone through two rounds. As the champion of last season's Champions League, Manchester United only needs to play in the semi-finals, while the champions of other continents must go through a brutal knockout round.

It is worth mentioning that a Chinese team appeared in this season's Club World Cup for the first time, which was the Guangzhou Evergrande team that won the AFC Champions League last season.

Many domestic Chinese Super League fans were looking forward to whether Evergrande could meet Qin Hu's Manchester United. With such expectations, everyone was very excited when Guangzhou Evergrande defeated the African champion team Al Ahly in the quarter-finals and successfully advanced.

When the draw results were announced and it turned out that the semi-final opponent of European Champions League champion Manchester United was actually Guangzhou Evergrande from Asia, domestic fans were excited.

Although it was not a final, the result was exciting enough.

At the same time, the entire Manchester United team officially set off on their journey to Morocco in Africa.

(End of this chapter)