host must win

Chapter 653 500 and 100
Yin Jun's barb goal was the only goal in this FA Cup quarter-final.Manchester United eventually defeated Birmingham City 1-0 and advanced to the semi-finals.

Four days later, the two sides faced off again on the battlefield, but this time the battlefield was changed to Old Trafford, Manchester United's home stadium.

Although Manchester United will face AC Milan at Old Trafford in four days, but in the 31st round of the Premier League, Ferguson still did his best.Manchester United formed a 442 formation, with Yin Jun and Fletcher in the middle, Ronaldo and Giggs on the two wings, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rooney on the front line.

Compared with the FA Cup game four days ago, the situation of this game can be described as one-sided, and Ryan Giggs unexpectedly became the protagonist.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Manchester United made a fantastic start.Manchester United won a free kick in the front court, and Giggs opened the door of victory with a wonderful free kick.The Welshman curled the ball with his left foot around the wall and fell into the net with a strong spin. Birmingham goalkeeper Taylor made a hard leap and touched the ball, but still could not prevent the goal from being missed. The ball hit the post. The inside pops into the net.

Manchester United expanded the score in the 15th minute. Manchester United attacked quickly. Yin Jun scored a midfielder and found Rooney on the right. Rooney passed the left rib of the penalty area directly. Opening twice, this is the Welshman's fifth goal of the season.The 8-minute game was only one-sixth, and Giggs locked three points for Manchester United.

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Manchester United, which took a two-goal lead early, continued to firmly control the rhythm of the field. Yin Jun sat in the midfield and used the pass to frequently adjust the team's offense.

In the 32nd minute, Yin Jun passed the ball, Giggs made a clever block, and Rooney single-handedly broke into the left rib of the penalty area 11 yards away and slightly missed the far corner.

One minute later, it was Yin Jun who sent another ingenious pass in the midfield. Rooney, who was offside again and successfully got a single-handed chance, pushed the ball 1 yards in front of the goal, and the ball went slightly wide of the left post.

The little fat man, who wasted two single chances in a row, was a little annoyed, and kept grabbing his not-so-thick hair.

The fans of Dream Theater didn't care too much about the Manchester United striker wasting opportunities. They were already immersed in the atmosphere of victory and applauded the team's continuous offensive.

Shortly after the start of the second half of the game, the big screen at the scene showed the number of fans in this game: 69070!

This is a number that exceeds the number of seats in the stands at Old Trafford, and it is also a record number of spectators at Old Trafford.

This record may be permanently recorded in the history of this stadium, because this 96-year-old stadium will be rebuilt after the end of this season.

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Originally, Manchester United executives planned to expand the Old Trafford Stadium, mainly to expand the northeast and northwest corners of the stadium, and expand the stadium into a stadium that can accommodate about 76000 people.

However, after negotiations between the team owner, the Glazer family, and Manchester United's management, considering the serious aging of many facilities in the stadium and the high cost of renovation, the renovation plan was finally overturned, and a new modern football stadium was built on the original site instead.

The new Old Trafford Stadium is basically rebuilt on the original site of the stadium, but the capacity of the stadium will far exceed the original stadium after completion, and will be as high as 90000 people, which is the same as the capacity of the new Wembley Stadium that is about to be completed. exactly the same!
According to media reports, the total investment of this new stadium reached 6.5 million pounds, which is a full 1.3 million pounds lower than the new Wembley Stadium of the same size!
Still, £6.5m is an astronomical figure for any football club.

Don't you see, Arsenal have been tightening their belts for the past few years in order to build a new stadium, and this poor life will continue until the debt is paid off.

You know, Arsenal's new stadium is expected to invest only 3.9 million pounds, and the final cost is only a little over 4 million pounds.

The Glazer family has such confidence, which comes from Manchester United's vast fan base.Due to the rapid success of the team in recent years, especially the rise of Yin Jun, Manchester United has added hundreds of millions of fans all over the world, especially in China.And every season, the team has more than 10 fans waiting to buy season tickets.

In addition, according to reports, the construction period of this new stadium is unexpectedly short, only two years.The new stadium will be put into use in August 2008, when the new Premier League season starts.

During the construction of the new stadium, Manchester United will rent the Manchester City Stadium.In other words, in the next two seasons, the two Manchester teams will share a stadium!
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Just after 60 minutes of the game, Manchester United still maintained a two-goal lead on the field.Ferguson began to make substitution adjustments, Yin Jun and Giggs were replaced, Richardson and Park Ji-sung came off the bench.

Obviously, this is Ferguson's efforts to prepare for the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals next Wednesday night.

Although Manchester United withdrew their troops, the pace of the team's goals did not completely stop.

In the 83rd minute, Edwin van der Sar took a goal kick with a big foot, Ronaldo headed the ball, and Rooney broke into the middle of the penalty area with a single-handed shot from 12 yards.

This time, Rooney finally did not waste his 5th single-handed chance in this game!
At the same time, this is also the 13th league goal of the little fat man this season.

In the end, Manchester United beat Birmingham City 3-0 at Old Trafford.

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The game, Ryan Giggs is the most dazzling protagonist, but not the only protagonist.Another member of the Class of 92, Gary Neville, is also a person who has attracted worldwide attention, because today is the day he played 500 games on behalf of Manchester United.

Before the game, the Manchester United club also held a simple ceremony for Gary Neville: awarded Gary Neville a football with the word "500".

In the game, although Gary Neville did not become the most shining one in the team, his performance was considered very good, and he did not discredit his 500th club game.

而在曼联耗资6.5亿英镑的新球场竣工后，将会有一系列主题包厢的出现，包括500俱乐部(纪念为俱乐部出场超过500次的球员)、100俱乐部(纪念为俱乐部打进超过100球的球员)、青训营(提倡曼联培养英国本土球员的传统)、队长包厢、爵士包厢(以巴斯比、鲍比·查尔顿和弗格森为名)和球衣展览(回首历史上曼联球衣的变化)。

加里·内维尔是曼联历史上第八位出场达到500场的球员。斯科尔斯在不久后将成为第九位。内维尔之前的七位分别是：鲍比·查尔顿(754场)、比尔·福克斯(688场)、吉格斯(663场)、阿莱克斯·斯蒂芬尼(546场)、托尼·邓恩(540场)、丹尼斯·埃尔文(527场)和乔·斯班塞(514场)。

And Manchester United's 100 club has many more members than the 500 club. There are a total of 20 people, including Yin Jun, who happens to be the 20th member to join the Manchester United 100 club!

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