host must win

Chapter 663
On the evening of April 4, at Old Trafford.

In the Champions League semi-final, Manchester United played at home against the La Liga team, the upstart Villarreal nicknamed the "Yellow Submarine".

A day earlier, in another UEFA Champions League semi-final held in London, Gunners Arsenal lost 0:1 to Barcelona in Highbury's farewell performance to the European war, losing the initiative to advance.

This also makes this match between Manchester United and Villarreal more attention, especially the British and Spaniards.

Arsenal's lessons learned from the past, Manchester United naturally do not want to lose their footsteps in the farewell game of the European war at Old Trafford.

When this world-renowned focus battle lasted to No.404 minutes, when the first half was about to end, the score between the two sides was still 0:0, but Yin Jun dribbled the ball and broke through the Italian midfield tower Chinadi, rushed into the penalty area of ​​Villarreal.

"We must completely freeze Yin Jun during the game!"

This is a sentence that Villarreal coach Manuel Pellegrini repeatedly warned the players before the game.

No one will forget that it was Yin Jun's outstanding performance that helped Manchester United beat Villarreal twice in the group stage.Pellegrini focused on rehearsing the team's defense before the game. As the midfielder of the yellow submarine, former Juventus deputy Tacchinardi is the key figure in defending Yin Jun.

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Tacchinardi made his debut in Atlanta. On January 1993, 1, he made his debut in Serie A and was quickly spotted by Juventus. In the summer of 24, Tacchinardi officially joined Juventus and quickly gained a foothold.

Tacchinardi has a fierce playing style on the court, can fulfill his duties as a defensive midfielder, and has the unique skill of shooting from a long distance.A handsome face also makes Tacchinardi deeply loved by many girl fans.

Last summer, with the joining of French midfielder Vieira, Tacchinardi had no place under Capello's command, and he was immediately loaned to Villarreal.

This season, although Tacchinardi is not the absolute main player in Villarreal's midfielder position, he is also an important rotation player and has performed well.

But in Tacchinardi's heart, there is always a thorn, and that is Yin Jun.

In the 5th round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, in Villarreal's guest challenge to Manchester United, he was supposed to be responsible for defending Yin Jun, but he failed to watch Yin Jun.After the Oriental kid easily dropped him, he punched Tacchinardi and Gonzalo and scored the game-winning goal.

This goal once pushed Villarreal to a desperate situation.

Fortunately, Manchester United beat Benfica 4:2 away in the last round of the group stage, which made Villarreal lucky to advance.But Tacchinardi didn't thank Yin Jun for his hat-trick in that game. He just regarded his mistake against Yin Jun in the game as a shame in his career.

Since it is a disgrace, then revenge is required.And his revenge is to freeze Yin Jun in the semi-finals of the two rounds, so that he can't perform well.

No matter how good you say before the game, in the game, you still have to rely on your real strength to prove it.

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This season, Yin Jun rarely missed Manchester United's games, but before this game, Manchester United chose to let Yin Jun rest in the key game against Tottenham.Everyone knows that he is saving his energy to play Villarreal.

Under such circumstances, Tacchinardi naturally did not dare to be negligent or careless during the game.He is very clear that as long as there is a slightest carelessness, Yin Jun may create an opportunity.

During the game, Tacchinardi repeatedly reminded himself that he must be focused and pay attention.

Pellegrini even allowed him to be responsible for keeping an eye on Yin Jun full-time, and he can ignore other things.

He also performed his duties very conscientiously. He entangled Yin Jun tightly and followed him every step of the way.Wherever Yin Jun ran, he followed. He was like a piece of dog skin plaster stuck to Yin Jun's body, and he couldn't get rid of it.

This kind of man-to-man defense made it very difficult for Yin Jun to deal with it.

Although the former Juventus meritorious player is no longer as brave as he used to be, his defensive skills are still there, and his game experience is even richer.

Although Yin Jun also got a few opportunities and made two threats, but the opportunities were not very good, and his teammates did not grasp them.

As for personal performance, limited by Tacchinardi's close marking, coupled with Pellegrini's strict defense in front of the penalty area, it was difficult for Yin Jun to make a difference, and he failed to perform impressively throughout the first half. Bright play.

Tacchinardi ran more than 40 minutes and he was tired, very tired.

After all, he is a veteran who is about to turn 31 years old, and he has clearly felt his body's aging.

Fortunately, the first half is coming to an end, and I can finally rest and take a breather.

The Italian midfielder thought to himself when he saw the fourth official on the sidelines holding up a sign for 2 minutes of extra time.

But it was just this short moment of distraction, and when he turned his gaze back to Yin Jun on the court, he found that there was no one there.

At this moment, his whole body seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar.

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Yin Jun was also very tired, already out of breath.Facing an experienced veteran like Tacchinardi, he really has no other choice but to rely on running.

When he saw Gary Neville get the ball in the backcourt, he ran back immediately to catch it.Manchester United's right back played a bit conservatively tonight, not daring to press too high, worrying about what was behind him.After all, his opponent was the Argentine Sorin who was known as the "King of the Left Wing".

Gary Neville did not pass the ball directly to Yin Jun, but passed it to Fletcher, and Fletcher passed it to Yin Jun, forming a triangle pass.

When Yin Jun was about to catch the ball, he found that Tacchinardi did not entangle him immediately, which made him overjoyed and successfully caught the ball.

At this time, Tacchinardi chased up from behind, but because his reaction was a bit slow, the chase was a bit too hasty.

Yin Jun knew exactly what to do at this time.Before Tacchinardi came behind him, Yin Jun quickly turned around and pulled the ball.

"Oh my god, the Marseille roundabout..."

After turning around and throwing Tacchinardi away, Yin Jun quickly dribbled forward with the ball, gritted his teeth, mustered all his strength, and the speed became faster and faster.

Villarreal's late midfielder in this game is the Brazilian Marcos Senna, who quickly rushed towards Yin Jun after reacting.Unexpectedly, without waiting for Senna to get close, Yin Jun directly passed him, continued to rush forward with the ball, and went straight to the penalty area.

John Mortenson exclaimed excitedly: "Excellent! Yin Jun charged up, passed two Villarreal players in a row, and rushed to the penalty area!"

(End of this chapter)