host must win

Chapter 486

This season's Champions League quarterfinals have become a confrontation between the Premier League and Serie A.Eight teams, three from the Premier League, and the top three in Serie A, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus, also advanced to the quarterfinals.The other two teams are Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and Ajax in the Eredivisie.

La Liga, which originally had the highest points in the European War, has been wiped out after the knockout round of the sixteenth round: Real Madrid was smothered home by Juventus in overtime, and Barcelona was smothered by Mourinho's Chelsea. Smothered at Stamford Bridge.

And in the draw for the quarter-finals, the Premier League teams looked even better.

The Red Devils Manchester United, who have already reached the top of the European War standings, faced Ajax in the quarter-finals. Almost all European media believed that Manchester United was almost guaranteed to enter the semi-finals.

On the other hand, Chelsea, which is strong and strong, faced Bayern Munich, which is not in the best condition, and has a clear advantage in the promotion odds.After all, even against the slumped Arsenal, Bayern Munich's promotion looks a little lucky.Now facing the blue army in full swing, the Bundesliga South King wants to continue, but I am afraid there is not much hope.

That is to say, the poorly-formed Red Army Liverpool is not very favored in the quarter-finals, because they faced the powerful Serie A class bully Juventus.

The last two teams in the quarter-finals, the Milan duo, will stage a city derby in the quarter-finals.

Many European media have predicted that this season's Champions League semi-final is likely to be two Premier League teams against two Serie A teams.

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Yin Jun didn't pay too much attention to the next Champions League match, because even the first leg against Ajax at home will only be played in early April, and there is still about a month from now.

Before that, he still has 4 club games and 2 national team games to play.

Manchester United's first game into mid-March is the FA Cup quarter-final against Southampton.

Ferguson once again carried out a certain rotation in this game, but Yin Jun still started.

The best of the game belongs to Van Nistelrooy.Although the Dutch striker has not yet found the feeling of scoring, he sent 3 assists in the game, which is the biggest contributor to Manchester United's 4:0 victory in the away game.

Manchester United's 4 goals were scored by Yin Jun, Ronaldo and Scholes. Among them, Jiangtou continued to show extraordinary state and scored twice in the game.

Manchester United continued to show a strong state in the three fronts of the Premier League, the Champions League and the FA Cup, which made the media and gambling companies all over Europe very optimistic about them winning the Triple Crown again.

If this is the case, plus the League Cup that Manchester United has already won, Manchester United will become the first "quadruple champion" in the history of England and even European football!
尤其是在英国当地时间3月15日晚上进行的英超第28轮补赛里，曼联在主场以3:1的比分拿下朴茨茅斯，再次抢回英超积分榜首的位置后。

In this game, Rooney showed excellent form and scored twice. He has scored 9 goals in the Premier League this season.

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Recently, three Manchester United super young stars have exploded in succession, allowing the world to see Manchester United's youth storm.

Some families are happy and some are sad. While the three young people are full of glory, there must be some people who are frustrated. The biggest frustrated person is undoubtedly the Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Since suffering an injury at the end of last year, Van Nistelrooy's state has fallen into a trough.And his status in Manchester United has also dropped again and again.

Although he sent 3 assists in the FA Cup against Southampton, compared to the super shooter before this season, Van Nistelrooy's current situation is indeed embarrassing.

After becoming the team's top scorer with 36 and 44 goals in the two seasons at the beginning of joining, the "honeymoon" between the Dutchman and Manchester United ended when they played away against Fulham last season. He has received a red card before he played, and then a fierce conflict broke out with Ferguson in the locker room.

Of course, this does not mean that the Dutchman has lost the trust of the coach, but the relationship between Van Nistelrooy and the team has undergone tremendous changes: two years ago, Manchester United relied on him like Henry on Arsenal; but in the past In 12 months, he only scored 19 goals in 6 appearances in the Premier League (4 of which were penalties), coupled with endless injuries, Van Nistelrooy is no longer the indispensable shooter.

What's more, Van Nistelrooy's own technical characteristics are far from perfect. For example, he has never scored a goal for Manchester United outside the penalty area.

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More importantly, in Ferguson's newly appointed 433 new formation, Rooney looks far more suitable for the striker arrow position than Van Nistelrooy, who turned 7 in July this year. A major feature of the "Christmas tree" formation is multi-point offense. Manchester United did not have a scorer like Ruud van Nistelrooy in the season when they achieved the "Triple Crown". Now there is also no reason to pin all hope of scoring goals on a certain player, even if he is Ruud van Nistelrooy who "will become a legend" (Ferguson's words).

Especially under the premise that Manchester United also has Yin Jun, the young World Footballer of the Year and the double winner of the European Ballon d'Or, as the core of the team.

"Guardian" columnist Rob Smythe's remarks are even more extreme. He believes that if there is a club that bids for Van Nistelrooy like Real Madrid did to Beckham in the summer of 2003, Ferguson can sell it, although at the moment The Dutchman is certainly not worth £3500m.

Although the views are somewhat extreme, they are not completely nonsense.

First of all, Ferguson has to buy suitable candidates for two important positions, one is the successor of captain Keane in the midfielder position, and the other is a world-class goalkeeper who can inherit Schmeichel's mantle.

For the former, Gattuso of Milan and Essien of Lyon have recently become the rumored targets of Manchester United, while Niemi of Southampton and Frey of Parma are in the goalkeeper position.

Regardless of the final candidate, a high transfer fee is inevitable, but the introduction of Rooney has almost already prepaid all the club's transfer budget this summer.

On the other hand, with the return of wounded strikers and the progress of 17-year-old rookie Rossi, the imbalance in Manchester United's lineup has been fully revealed. If it is necessary to sell players in exchange for transfer funds, Ferguson will definitely take bloated money. Up front.Among them, Ruud's potential buyers are easier to find.

Therefore, Ruud's only choice now is to try to get back to his former state in the shortest possible time.Otherwise, not only will it be doubtful to regain the main position that belongs to him, but even the desire to make the last contribution to Manchester United will be in vain.

(End of this chapter)