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Chapter 592 Super Archer's Festival

Manchester United did not have time to suffer from losing the top spot in the Premier League standings, because just three days later, they ushered in their next opponent: Portuguese giants Benfica!
This is the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage this season.

Both teams won the first round, and they all won 1:0, and they are currently tied in the standings of Group D.Now that the two teams are facing each other directly, it will undoubtedly determine who can finally stand at the top of the list.

Manchester United lacked a major general in this campaign, Rooney was suspended with a red card, Keane, Gary Neville, Heinze and Brown were all absent due to injuries, and Sylvester suffered a leg injury before the game, making Manchester United even worse.Giggs started for the second time this season and wore the captain's armband.

Eusebio, who had participated in the 1968 Champions League final between the two teams, and England coach Eriksson were all present to watch the game.

After the start of the game, Benfica, who was a guest, turned away from the guest and stormed Manchester United's half, which led to continuous danger in Manchester United's goal.Fortunately, Van der Sar performed well and saved two consecutive goals from Benfica to keep Manchester United's goal.

After overcoming Benfica's opening attack, Manchester United, who had gained a foothold, gradually took the initiative on the field and also posed a threat to Benfica's goal.

In the 14th minute, Smith shoveled in the middle, O'Shea made a pass from the right, and Ruud van Nistelrooy hit the crossbar with his right foot volleying 19 meters in front of the goal.

In the 27th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo broke through the middle and made a direct pass. Ruud van Nistelrooy almost formed a single-handed shot, but he lost the opportunity with the confusion under his feet.

In the 36th minute, Benfica made a clearance not far away, and Scholes volleyed with his right foot from outside the penalty area and missed the right post.

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After wasting several excellent opportunities in a row, Manchester United finally ushered in a goal at home.In the 39th minute, Ronaldo's breakthrough was blocked by Leon, and Manchester United won a free kick 25 meters from the goal on the right.

Yin Jun took the free kick. He kicked a beautiful curve ball with his left foot and sent the ball directly into Benfica's goal. Manchester United led 1:0.

This is Yin Jun's 42nd goal in the Champions League, continuing to consolidate his sixth position in the UEFA Champions League history scorer list, and only 2 goals away from Shevchenko in front of him!
In the current UEFA Champions League historical scorer list, two Real Madrid strikers occupy the top two places, the legendary striker Di Stefano occupies the top spot with 58 goals in 49 games, and the current captain of the Galacticos Raul ranks second with 98 goals in 49 games .

After two Real Madrid top scorers, it was another tie.Benfica's legendary striker Eusebio and Manchester United's leading striker Ruud van Nistelrooy both scored 46 goals in the Champions League in their careers, of which Eusebio scored all goals in 65 Champions League games, while Van Nistelrooy Neil scored 57 goals in 46 games.However, four of Ruud's goals came in Champions League qualifying.In other words, his Champions League goals are only 4 goals.

Behind Eusebio and Van Nistelrooy is Shevchenko, who scored 79 goals in 44 games, which allowed the Ukrainian nuclear warhead to rank among the top five in the history of the Champions League.

在舍甫琴科身后，便是殷俊了。这位如今仅仅是第四个赛季踢欧冠的年轻人，在他的38场欧冠比赛里取得了42个进球，使得他能够力压亨利（89场36球）、普斯卡什（41场36球）、盖德·穆勒（35场34球）、皮耶罗（90场34球）等传奇球星，高居欧冠历史射手榜第六！
In the top ten list of the UEFA Champions League's historical scorer list, Yin Jun is also the only player with an average of more than 1 goal per game!

The closest to him are Gerd Müller and Puskas. Their scoring efficiency is close to 1 goal per game. Among them, the German star's scoring rate has reached 0.97, while Puskas' scoring rate is 0.88. It reached 1.1, which is very astonishing.But compared with Yin Jun's goal rate of [-], it is undoubtedly inferior.

Many people are very clear that the current position is definitely not Yin Jun's limit.

In fact, according to Yin Jun's performance in the past few seasons, he is very likely to top the UEFA Champions League history scorer list this season!

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Yin Jun took the lead for Manchester United with an astonishing direct free kick, but shortly after the start of the second half, Benfica retaliated and also broke through Manchester United's goal with a free kick.

In the 59th minute, Smith violated Miccoli and was warned by a yellow card. Benfica got a free kick 22 meters away from the goal on the left. Simao kicked a beautiful falling leaf ball with his right foot to the near corner. Benfica drew 1:1!

After scoring the goal, Simao gave Yin Jun a provocative look. The meaning couldn't be more obvious: You can do it, and I can do it too!

Yin Jun didn't pay much attention to Simao's provocation, but Ferguson on the sidelines was very upset and chewed gum.

Ferguson had no one to replace him due to a lack of players, but there was a loud noise from the Old Trafford fans who booed last weekend, encouraging the team to step up the attack.

Benfica seemed satisfied with the draw and started playing possession.Manchester United seized every possession of the ball and stormed Benfica's goal.

In the 72nd minute, the defender Bardsley, who came off the bench, made a cross from the right, and Scholes missed a shot at the back post.

Under continuous attacks, Manchester United finally scored again.In the 85th minute, Giggs took a corner kick from the right side. Ferdinand made a header from the corner of the penalty area.

This is Ruud van Nistelrooy's 47th Champions League goal in his career, which also makes him overwhelm the Benfica passing star Eusebio in the stands, ranking third in the history of the Champions League.

At that moment, Eusebio, who was watching the ball in the box, also stood up and applauded Ruud van Nistelrooy's goal.

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In the end, Manchester United defeated Benfica 2:1 at home with the goals of Yin Jun and Ruud van Nistelrooy, two super strikers, and won two consecutive victories in the Champions League group stage.Since Villarreal drew with Lille in another game in this group, Manchester United gained a 3-point advantage after two rounds of the group stage.

This round of the Champions League group stage is like a festival for super shooters.After Yin Jun and Ruud van Nistelrooy, the two top ten active shooters in the historical scorer list, scored goals in the game and approached the players in front of them, the two active shooters Raul and Shevchenko who were chased were unwilling to be lonely. Goals were scored in the UEFA Champions League group stage on the second night.

In the game against Olympiakos, Raul received a cross from Beckham in the 9th minute of the game and scored the 50th goal of his career in the Champions League. The first player in history to break through the 50-goal mark in the Champions League.

Later, AC Milan's leading striker Andriy Shevchenko also scored a wonderful header at the Schalke Stadium in Germany, increasing his number of goals in the Champions League to 45 goals!
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