host must win

Chapter 76 The Chinese Showdown
Before the game started, Yin Jun met Li Tie in the player tunnel, and the two stood there chatting.During the period, Li Weifeng, another Chinese player who played for Everton, also came over and entered Everton's 16-man roster today, but was not selected for the starting roster.

Among Everton's 5 substitute players, Yin Jun also saw a very familiar face-Rooney!
Rooney entered Everton's first-team squad this season, and made his debut early, and scored his first official career goal in the second round of the League Cup last week.

However, compared with Yin Jun, who is already famous in the World Cup and has gained a firm foothold in the giants Manchester United, he was born in the same year. He is still a real fledgling and has little reputation in world football.

Yin Jun noticed that when Lu Xiaopang passed by him, he looked at him very seriously, and his eyes looked a little complicated, more envious.

The scene of the three Chinese players chatting in the player channel was broadcast to Asia through the TV broadcast signal, which made the fans of China, Japan and South Korea feel very complicated.

Chinese fans have a feeling of pride. They feel that although the performance of the Chinese team in the World Cup is not as good as that of Japan and South Korea, after the World Cup, China is ahead of Japan and South Korea in terms of player development.

Originally, South Korea was the most successful in this regard, but because of South Korea's practices during the World Cup, several South Korean players who played in Serie A were purged in the summer and had to return to South Korea to play.

Although Japan also has many players playing in Europe, not many play in the five major leagues.Not to mention that there are three players like China who have gained a firm foothold in the upper middle and upper reaches of the Premier League and even in wealthy teams.

In this regard, Korean fans feel sour. They can only say that we have more players who have played in Europe than Chinese.

Japanese fans feel that the players of their national team should work hard and catch up in this regard.

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The game officially kicked off at eight o'clock local time.Manchester United, who played at home, quickly suppressed Everton, forcing Everton to fully return to defense.Even if there is an occasional counterattack, it can only be quickly passed through the midfield with a high ball, otherwise it will soon be intercepted by the Manchester United midfield guarded by Butt, Yin Jun and Scholes.

Sure enough, as Chinese fans expected, Yin Jun, who is the brain of Manchester United's offense, frequently faced off with Li Tie, who was sitting in front of Everton's defense.

In the head-to-head contest between the two Chinese players, Li Tie looked a bit embarrassed. Not to mention being broken by Yin Jun many times, he almost let Yin Jun score.

It was in the 5th minute of the game, Yin Jun took the ball forward and approached Everton's penalty area line.Li Tie came up to defend Yin Jun, but he took Yin Jun's fake action, and Yin Jun broke into the penalty area and kicked the goal.United would have made a fantastic start were it not for the concentration of Everton goalkeeper Richard Wright.

Of course, in the confrontation with Yin Jun, Li Tie sometimes won.In the 11th minute, Yin Jun broke through with the ball, and Li Tie fell to the ground and tackled the ball, keeping the football from Yin Jun's feet.

In the 12th minute, Yin Jun made a diagonal pass from the midfielder to the left, Hibbert did not get stuck, and Beckham took the lead and shot from a small angle and missed the near post.

In the 13th minute, Sylvester made a long pass from the left, and Hibbert made a header to clear the baseline and Manchester United got a corner kick.

Yin Jun took a corner kick, intending to find Ruud van Nistelrooy in the penalty area, but was rescued by Everton goalkeeper Wright with double fists.

The football fell to Li Tie's feet. He dribbled the ball on the right and broke through. Beckham fought side by side with him. Seeing the ball was going out of control, Li Tie shoveled the ball forward, but Sylvester, who was in position first rescue.

In the 16th minute, Yin Jun made a long pass from the midfielder. Manchester United played two to four in the frontcourt. Giggs distributed the ball to the edge of the penalty area.

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The game was played in a situation where Manchester United was the main attacker and Everton was the main defender, and the time passed quickly.Everton's defense is very stable. Although Manchester United launched wave after wave of offensives, they failed to completely tear through Everton's defense.And Manchester United's more than a dozen shots failed to knock on the Everton gate guarded by Wright.This has a lot to do with the poor shooting sights of several players on the Manchester United attack line today. Wright hardly made a flying save. For the goalkeeper who is a guest at Old Trafford, this is very rare.

Throughout the first half, Manchester United's real chance to score was Yin Jun's shot after breaking through Li Tie in the 5th minute. If Wright was a little slower in that save, Yin Jun would have scored .

Everton's offense is also lackluster, especially Campbell's slow movements, it is difficult to form an impact on Manchester United's defense.

In the end, the two sides entered the intermission with a score of 0:0.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, neither side made personnel adjustments.Overall, there were no notable mistakes from both players in the first half, especially for Everton, who defended very successfully.

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In the first ten minutes of the second half of the game, the situation of the first half continued on the field. Manchester United continued to attack Everton's defense with offense, but they were still unable to break through Everton's goal.

In the 49th minute, Beckham quickly dribbled the ball in midfield, and Gravesen made a beautiful sliding tackle to steal the ball, but was whistled for a dangerous move by the referee. The Dane vented his dissatisfaction and was warned by a yellow card.

Everton, after withstood Manchester United's onslaught at the start of the second half, began to counterattack around the 55th minute of the game.

In the 55th minute, Li Tie made an oblique pass from the right side of the frontcourt, and Radzinski stopped the ball with his chest on the edge of the penalty area, but Campbell did not take the initiative to meet the ball. As a result, he was intercepted by the Manchester United defender and was hit by a counterattack.Fortunately, Everton's defense has enough numbers, making Manchester United's counterattack not too threatening.

In the 56th minute, Bart passed the ball from the backcourt to find Yin Jun near the center circle, but was spotted by Li Tie. He fell to the ground in front of Yin Jun in the midfield and gave it to Campbell. Richie volleyed with his right foot 19 meters in front of the goal and missed the far post.

In the 59th minute, Everton launched an offensive again. Campbell stopped the ball too far and was tripped by Butt who stepped forward to press.

Everton formed several consecutive offensives, which made the more than 3000 Everton fans who came to Old Trafford very happy. The singing and dancing made a lot of noise in the huge Old Trafford stadium.

On the contrary, the fans of the home team seemed relatively silent during this period of time. The team played more passively on the field, and the fans were not happy.

(End of this chapter)