host must win

Chapter 649 Reappearance of the Death Race
At 3 noon on March 10, local time in France, the European Champions Cup quarter-final and semi-final draw ceremony was held at the Paris City Hall.

This is the first time that UEFA has placed the draw at the venue of the final.Since the second round of the 1/8 final between Inter Milan and Ajax will be held on the 14th next week, a total of 9 teams will participate in this draw.They are AC Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan in Serie A, Barcelona and Villarreal in La Liga, Manchester United and Arsenal in the Premier League, and the remaining two teams are Lyon in Ligue [-] and Ajak in Eredivisie. s.

The draw for the quarter-finals is random, and teams in the same league are no longer shunned.For example, in Serie A, Premier League and La Liga with two or more teams, there is the possibility of a derby.

In addition, this draw will divide the eight teams into two halves, and the four teams in the same half will fight each other, and the winners will face off.

In other words, there will be no draw for the semi-finals.This draw will be the last draw for the UEFA Champions League this season.The result of this lottery will not only determine the opponents in the quarterfinals, but will also determine the opponents in the semifinals.

The draw ceremony was presided over by UEFA CEO Olsson, and the former French central defender Blanco, who won the 1998 World Cup at the Stade de France, was the guest of honor.The newly designed trophy to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Champions Cup was also displayed at the lottery scene, with the names of the former 50 champions engraved on the trophy.

Gento, the former Real Madrid star, and Steven Gerrard, the captain of the previous championship, played with the trophy. Gento was one of the Real Madrid players who won the first Champions Cup and the only player who won six Champions Cups.

Gento and Gerrard handed the trophy to Alesson, who in turn handed it to Paris Mayor Delanoe, and the trophy will be on public display until the final day.

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In the much-anticipated draw, Manchester United and Serie A giants AC Milan were drawn together. The other two teams in the same half were Manchester United's opponents Villarreal in the group stage, and Inter Milan and Ajax. the winner.

This is not a good sign for Manchester United.As the top giants who have won the Champions League five times, AC Milan is not an easy opponent to deal with.

Yin Jun found that since he joined Manchester United, in the Champions League, AC Milan has been entangled the most. In the 2002-2003 season, the two sides met in the Champions League final at Old Trafford. As a result, Manchester United snatched away the sixth Champions League title that should have belonged to AC Milan; The Legion avenged their defeat at Old Trafford two years ago.Today, the two teams meet again in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and I don't know what kind of sparks will arise from the friction.

The release of the results of this draw also means that Manchester United's devil's schedule starting on February 2 will continue at least until early April.

In the next less than a month, Manchester United will play 9 games in the three fronts of the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.

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To be precise, he played 28 games in 9 days!
At noon on March 3, in the 12th round of the Premier League, Manchester United faced Newcastle United at Old Trafford.

Two days later, on the night of March 3, also at Old Trafford, Manchester United will face West Ham United, which is a make-up match for the 14th round of the Premier League.

On the afternoon of March 3th, Manchester United will go away to challenge West Brom. This is the 18th round of the Premier League.

Then, Manchester United will play back-to-back games with Birmingham City in three days: on the night of March 3, Manchester United will challenge Birmingham City away, which is the quarter-final of the FA Cup; In the afternoon, the two sides moved to Old Trafford to fight again. This is the 21nd round of the Premier League.

On March 3, the quarter-finals of the Champions League will start. Manchester United will face the Serie A giants AC Milan at home that night.

On the afternoon of April 4, Manchester United will challenge Bolton in the 1nd round of the Premier League.

Immediately afterwards, Manchester United will fly non-stop to Milan, Italy, and challenge the Rossoneri at the San Siro Stadium on the evening of April 4.

After returning to England, Manchester United will face Arsenal at Old Trafford on the afternoon of April 4th, which is the 9rd round of the Premier League!

During this period, the longest interval between Manchester United's two games was less than 5 days, and the shortest rest time was about 54 hours!
This can no longer be described as a devil's race, it's a death race!

What's even more terrifying is that such a schedule is likely not to end after entering mid-April.Because once Manchester United can continue in the FA Cup and European regulations, then Manchester United's death schedule will definitely continue!

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March 3, 12:[-] noon, Old Trafford.

Premier League No. 20 nine rounds, Manchester United vs. Newcastle at home.

Since it was at their home court, Manchester United had to win the three points, so Manchester United played with all their strength in this game. Ferguson even directly shouted the slogan of must get three points before the game.

Manchester United still formed a four-four-two formation. Rooney and Ronaldo served as the team's double forwards. O'Shea, Eun Jun, Park Ji-sung and Giggs formed a midfielder and formed a diamond shape. Yin Jun acted as the midfielder and Giger Si and Park Ji-sung separated on the two wings, and O'Shea lagged behind.

Van Nistelrooy is sitting on the bench, and he has appeared more and more on the bench recently.The media was full of news that Ferguson decided to clean Ruud van Nistelrooy in the summer.

It's cold in Manchester, with a little snow in the sky.

Manchester United created a clear advantage from the beginning and almost firmly controlled the situation, but the quality of the crosses from the two wingers was not high and there were many mistakes. The first 10 minutes did not create a threat.

Instead, in the No.12 minute, the team changed their strategy. Yin Jun opened Newcastle's defense in the middle, assisted Rooney to score a goal, broke the deadlock on the field first, and took the lead for Manchester United.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Ferguson made adjustments, and Manchester United took the lead.

Yin Jun broke through in the middle and made a direct pass. After getting the ball in the penalty area, Rooney dexterously got rid of the defender, turned around and volleyed near the penalty spot, and made another victory for Manchester United.

The little fat man scored twice!

The entire Old Trafford stadium was completely in a carnival, and everyone was very satisfied with Manchester United's recent performance.After losing in the Manchester Derby, Manchester United ushered in a wave of 14 unbeaten games. Among them, in the domestic arena, it ushered in a wave of 12 consecutive victories in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. won a League Cup.Although the UEFA Champions League drew with their opponents in the two quarter-finals, they eliminated their opponents and advanced to the quarterfinals by virtue of the advantage of more away goals.

Although Manchester United did not perform well defensively during the period, for the fans, as long as the team can play beautiful games and win consecutively, it is the best result!
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