host must win

Chapter 70
Manchester United still has a 442 formation at home, goalkeeper Butters, the back line is a combination of Phil Neville, O'Shea, Ferdinand and Sylvester, and Beckham and Giggs are still on the two wings in the four midfielders , but Yin Jun's partner was replaced by the wizard Veron from the teenager Fletcher, and the double striker is still Ruud van Nistelrooy and Solskjaer.

In this game, Yin Jun's role has changed from that of Maccabi Haifa. He played a defensive midfielder!
The important task of organizing the offense is undertaken by Veron.

After the game started, Manchester United launched a fierce attack towards Tottenham's goal amidst the cheers of 4000 more than 3000 Manchester United fans.As for Tottenham, who is second in the standings, not only are their more than [-] fans completely suppressed by Manchester United fans, they are also completely suppressed by Manchester United on the field.

However, Tottenham's American goalkeeper Kelly performed extremely bravely, blocking high and low blocks, and kept Manchester United's frontcourt attack team shooting again and again, all of which were shut out.

In the first half alone, Kelly made 6 saves, three of which were must-goal chances for Manchester United!

Kelly's "Wall of Sighs" made Van Nistelrooy, Solskjaer, Giggs and Beckham hug their heads frequently and sighed.

Yin Jun strictly performed his duties on the field in the first half, sitting in the team's defense with Ferdinand and O'Shea, and rarely went forward to attack.Even when attacking from set pieces, he rarely goes up the field.

However, although Yin Jun did not participate much in the offense, his performance on the defensive end was very good.With his sweep in the midfield, Tottenham did not play any threatening counterattacks at all in the first half.

In the end, although Manchester United failed to break through Tottenham's goal in the first half, the Manchester United goal guarded by Butters was even safer. The French bald man basically had nothing to do in front of the goal.

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Although the team appears to be very stable on the defensive end, for the current Manchester United, offense and goals are the most critical.

In the first half of the game, Veron performed well on the offensive end because he didn't have to distract the team's defense, but he failed to help the team score after all, and Ferguson decided to replace him.

The second half of the game had just started, and the fans discovered that Manchester United had made a substitution. No. 2 Gary Neville came on the stage, but Veron appeared on the bench.

The Neville brothers appeared at the same time, with Neville the elder as the team's right back and Neville the younger as the team's left back. O'Shea, who played as a central defender in the first half, was pushed to the midfield to play as a defensive midfielder.Yin Jun returned to the playmaking midfield position he played against Maccabi Haifa.

After Yin Jun was pushed to the organizational midfielder, Manchester United's threat on the field was obviously greater.Yin Jun's concise style of play in the midfield and quick transfer made Tottenham a little uncomfortable.Because what they faced in the first half was a Manchester United playmaker who preferred to attack with the ball!
However, Kelly still continued his superb performance, and twice in a row turned away Manchester United's shots, which were must-goal opportunities.

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In the 49th minute, Yin Jun quickly split the frontcourt and found Beckham on the right flank.Beckham sent his iconic 45-degree cross, but unfortunately, there was a problem with the cooperation of the two Manchester United forwards. Beckham's pass was obviously for Solskjaer at the back, but it was in the middle. Van Nistelrooy didn't let the ball pass, and his very reluctant header just allowed Kelly to add another save.

Ferguson was very dissatisfied with Ruud's attack and became furious on the sidelines.

Eight minutes later, Manchester United made a comeback. This time, Yin Jun directly sent a through pass in the middle. The scalpel-like pass directly tore apart Tottenham's defense, but Ruud van Nistelrooy once again intercepted Giggs, who was in a better position. However, His shot didn't even hit the target.

Ferguson couldn't bear it on the sidelines. He felt that Ruud van Nistelrooy was too independent today. He wanted to rush to shoot no matter the opportunity, regardless of whether his teammates were in a better position.

But Ferguson did not choose to replace Van Nistelrooy after all, because compared to the Dutch striker, the Uruguayan striker Forlan on the Manchester United bench will only be in worse condition.

Although Forlan broke his 9-month scoring drought in the main game at Manchester United in the middle of the week, Ferguson still didn't trust him enough from the state he showed in training two days ago.

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Manchester United continued to organize the offense on the field, looking for opportunities to break the Tottenham goal.

In the 63rd minute, Manchester United continued to play smoothly in the frontcourt, and then Beckham sent an inverted triangle pass from the right. He reached out and pulled Yin Jun down in the penalty area.

The on-duty referee Stiles decisively awarded a penalty kick.

Ruud van Nistelrooy, as Manchester United's first penalty shooter, didn't ask Yin Jun who made the penalty at all, and walked towards the penalty spot holding the ball.

For Ruud's performance, the Chinese fans were very unhappy.Because in their view, Van Nistelrooy should concede this penalty. After all, this may be a special opportunity for Yin Jun to open his Premier League scoring account.

Many Chinese fans even chanted slogans such as "cancer" and "lone wolf" in front of the TV, and did not have much praise for Ruud's approach on the Internet.

However, Van Nistelrooy's penalty was indeed very reliable. He easily fooled the opponent's super-performing American goalkeeper Kelly today and helped Manchester United take the lead.

Ruud van Nistelrooy looked very excited after the goal, and celebrated wildly in the corner flag area again.The Dutchman has been in a scoring drought for nearly 6 and a half hours in the Premier League, so he is under a lot of pressure, and he was so independent today.

Van Nistelrooy's last Premier League goal was in the third round of the league, in Manchester United's 1-0 win over Middlesbrough at home.The Dutch striker, who was Manchester United's best player in the Premier League last season at the time, scored a penalty of his own making in the 28th minute of the game.

However, in the next three more games, he did not score again, and the scoring drought lasted for 387 minutes!

Similarly, after Manchester United scored this penalty, it also ended the team's nearly 6-hour scoring drought in the Premier League.The team's last goal in the Premier League was in the Rose Derby in the fourth round of the Premier League. Solskjaer helped Manchester United open the scoring in the 4th minute of the game.

However, Manchester United never scored again until the 63rd minute of the game, plus injury time, the team's league scoring drought has exceeded 340 minutes!

For a team like Manchester United, it was unbelievable that they could not score for nearly 6 hours, or almost 4 games.

But fortunately, the clouds are now clear.

(End of this chapter)