host must win

Chapter 74 Stand firm
After narrowly defeating the pharmaceutical factory in an away game and getting Manchester United's first victory in Germany in 36 years, Manchester United flew back to Manchester overnight, and then put themselves into preparations for the next game.

As for the criticism of Ferguson and Manchester United in the media, Sir Alex didn't take it seriously at all.Anyway, Manchester United's 3 points are real, and it also allows Ruud van Nistelrooy and Yin Jun, the two frontcourt generals, to get a relatively sufficient rest time, and they can play smoothly in the weekend game against Charlton.

Although Yin Jun and Van Nistelrooy were replaced early in the game in the middle of last week, neither of them appeared in the starting lineup in this game.Manchester United's midfield is an old combination of Beckham, Butt, Scholes and Giggs.

At the Valley Stadium in Greenwich, the Manchester United team was a little tired, which was a sequela of high-intensity and high-density games in double matches for a week.

In the first half, Manchester United did not play very well. Instead of breaking through Charlton's goal, they conceded a goal at the end of the first half. It was Charlton's Danish midfielder Klaus Jensen.

During the intermission, Ferguson was very dissatisfied with the team's game in the first half, especially Bart, who started the game, played very poorly in the game.

At the beginning of the second half, Yin Jun stood on the sidelines, and he will replace Bart.

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Manchester United's substitutions quickly saw results.

In the 54th minute, Yin Jun dribbled the ball in the middle of the frontcourt, passed all the way, and passed the ball to Ryan Giggs on the left side of the penalty area.Manchester United sent a cross on the 11th, causing chaos in Charlton's penalty area.In the chaotic battle, Scholes, who had just returned from injury, grabbed a shot near the penalty area line, broke through Charlton's goal, and helped Manchester United equalize the score.

The equalizer obviously did not satisfy Ferguson. He continued to make substitutions and adjustments. Van Nistelrooy, who still had a minor injury on his body, went into battle with an injury in the 56th minute and replaced Forlan, who was in poor form.

After two substitutions and adjustments, Manchester United gradually took control of the situation on the field and formed a comprehensive suppression of Charlton.

Charlton is not considered a big team in the Premier League. Since returning to the Premier League in the summer of 2000, they have ranked 9th and 14th in the Premier League in the past two seasons, which is a typical mid-range team in the Premier League.

The mid-range teams in the Premier League all have a very obvious characteristic, that is, they are not stingy, and they are not afraid of anyone, even if the opponent is the Premier League overlord Manchester United.

Amidst the cheers of the home fans, Charlton, who was unwilling to only score one point at home, set off a counterattack when the game was about 70 minutes into the game, hoping to break through Manchester United's goal.

But this Manchester United team was also not good. In the 71st minute, Manchester United intercepted Charlton's pass in the backcourt, and Scholes quickly passed the ball to Yin Jun.

Manchester United quickly counterattacked, Yin Jun broke through with the ball, transferred the ball to the right near the center circle, and handed it to Beckham.Beckham moved again in a wide range and accurately found Giggs who was attacking from the left.

Giggs moved quickly down the left flank and received a pass from Beckham almost parallel to the penalty area line.He dribbled inside and fired past the Charlton right-back who was defending him.

Giggs chose to hit the close corner, but his shot was stuck on the post and popped out of the baseline.

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3 minutes later, Manchester United made a comeback. Yin Jun once again distributed the ball to the right, looking for Beckham, who was advancing forward, but the ball was touched by Charlton's defenders out of the sideline.

O'Shea quickly sent a throw-in ball, Ruud van Nistelrooy received the throw-in ball and broke into the right side of the penalty area to make a pass, Giggs swayed past the goalkeeper, and pushed his left foot into the empty goal 6 meters in front of the goal.

2:1, Manchester United overtook the score!

Although the score was behind, Charlton did not give up because of this and continued to attack Manchester United.The sparks of the two sides' fight on the field caused more than 20,000 fans of both sides in the stands to cheer and exclamate one after another.

However, the score on the field has not been able to rewrite again.

In the rapid offensive and defensive transition, the game time passed quickly, and it was inadvertently that it was injury time.

Charlton launched a final frantic counterattack towards Manchester United's goal, hoping to equalize the score.However, their attack failed to break through Manchester United's goal.On the contrary, it was once again quickly counterattacked by Manchester United.

This time, Charlton's luck was not as good as last time.Yin Jun made a long pass to the right in the counterattack, Giggs broke into the penalty area and made a pass, Ruud van Nistelrooy scored with a header at the back post.

3:1, Manchester United sealed the victory!

After this victory, Manchester United's points reached 14 points, and their ranking rose to fifth in the league.However, there is still a gap of 5 points between them and Arsenal at the top of the list.

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In the middle of the week, Manchester United continued to play in the Champions League and faced Olympiacos, the third opponent in this group, at Old Trafford.

The match was at 10:2 a.m. on October 2, Beijing time. During the National Day holiday, many domestic fans stayed up late to watch the match.

Yin Jun continued to start the game, but Van Nistelrooy entered the injured list in this game.

Olympiacos is an old acquaintance of Manchester United. The two teams also met in the first stage of the group stage last season, but Manchester United double-killed their opponents in two rounds, the scores were 2:0 and 3:0.

In this game, the visiting team failed to pose any threat to Manchester United's defense in the first half.Giggs and Yin Jun, where Manchester United left, has become a deadly threat to Olympiacos.

Giggs enjoyed the thrill of being on the court. He was on the left from the first whistle of the referee Besil, making it impossible for the Greeks to kick, and Yin Jun also connected this side with ease from the left side of the midfield. .

Although United have been putting strong pressure on the left, the first goal came from the right, Solskjaer dribbled the ball back to Scholes, who made a beautiful pass to Giger The Welshman opened the scoring for Manchester United in the 19th minute.

Just after 1 minute, Manchester United had a penalty kick, and the visiting goalkeeper Dimitris threw Yin Jun who had entered the penalty area with the ball in the penalty area, but the referee did not make a penalty.

In the 26th minute, Yin Jun and Beckham made a two-for-one cooperation, and then volleyed the goal from the penalty area line. It is difficult for players to show such skill skillfully in the game, so all the fans of the home team were welcomed Applause.

The visiting team was angered by Manchester United's performance in the first half. The reckless Ze Elias shoveled Yin Jun with both feet in stoppage time and was sent off by the referee.

Although Yin Jun was not injured, the Chinese fans in front of the TV were still in a cold sweat.

After a beautiful 45 minutes, the second half of the game looked a bit mediocre.It wasn't until the 67th minute that Giggs finally made the 67000 crowd at Old Trafford boil again. He shot the ball into the near corner after swiping past defender Anatoly Kakis on the left baseline.

In the 77th minute, Scholes assisted Solskjaer to score the fourth goal to lock the score at 4:4.

(End of this chapter)