heir to the red devil

Chapter 119
In the No.11 round of the Premier League on November 24, Manchester United played away against the underdog Cardiff City.The final score of the game was 12-5, and Manchester United won a big victory.After winning Arsenal in the last game, they have returned to the top four in the league, and this victory has allowed them to consolidate their position.

Manchester United won two consecutive victories in the Premier League, and they are gradually getting back on track.

The Manchester United soldiers returned to Manchester, and two days later, they boarded a plane to Germany, to North Rhine Westphalia, and challenged their Champions League opponents, Bayer Leverkusen, at the Bayer-Arena.

The situation in this game is very delicate.At present, the Champions League group stage has been carried out for four rounds. Leverkusen has three wins and one loss, with 9 points, ranking first in the group; Manchester United has two wins and two draws, with 8 points, ranking second in the group; and Donetsk The miners had one win, two draws and one loss, with 5 points, ranking third in the group; Real Sociedad had three losses and one tie, and ranked bottom in the group with 1 point.

In this round of the Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk played against Real Sociedad. If there are no special circumstances, Shakhtar Donetsk has a higher winning percentage.If Shakhtar Donetsk wins, then they will get 8 points, which is evenly divided with Manchester United.In the last round of the group stage, it was Manchester United's home game against Shakhtar Donetsk.If Manchester United does not win Leverkusen this round, then the next game will be a desperate battle with Shakhtar Donetsk for a place.

As for Leverkusen, who are playing at home in this game, as long as they can defend a draw, after the fifth round, Leverkusen will have 10 points, Manchester United 9 points, and Shakhtar Donetsk 8 points. Regardless of the result of the match between Manchester United and Shakhtar Donetsk in the next round, Leverkusen will definitely be able to advance from the Champions League group stage.

So Leverkusen made up their minds in this game: It doesn't matter if you can't get three points, but you must not lose!

They cling to the confidence to stick to it.

On November 11, in the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Leverkusen sat at the Bayer Arena to meet Manchester United's challenge.

At the press conference before the game, the coaches of both sides were full of confidence, and their goal was to win the game.

Leverkusen's starting lineup for this game is almost the same as the previous one, and the striker trident they rely on most is on the stage.Kisling rushed forward, South Korean star Sun Xingmin was on one side, and Emrejan was behind them.

As for Manchester United, Kintag sent his main lineup: 4-4-2 formation, the goalkeeper is De Gea; the defense is still the combination of Smalling and Vidic partnering central defenders, with Evra on the left and right And Rafael; the midfielder is Kanter and Giggs, Mahrez and Nani one left and one right; the striker is a combination of Rooney and Van Persie.The seven substitute players are: Alisson, Alonso, Jones, Ashley Young, Valencia, Carrick and Icardi.

The opening pace of this game was very fast. Leverkusen's striker trident cooperated very tacitly in the frontcourt. It didn't look like an offensive combination that had just played together for less than half a year. 10 minutes before the opening, Manchester United was strangled. Verkusen was so overwhelmed that he couldn't lift his head at all, and he didn't even have a decent offense.

Scholes asked Kintag on the sidelines: "Captain, the current situation is not good, should we make some adjustments?"

Kintag shook his head: "Although Leverkusen are attacking fiercely, they don't have a particularly good chance to attack the goal. Our defensive position is no problem. It's just the beginning, don't worry."

Sure enough, after withstood Leverkusen's opening three tricks, Manchester United slowly regained their rhythm.Captain Giggs played a huge role on the field. He shouted to his teammates to fill in and help defend, and resolved the successive waves of Leverkusen's attacks one by one.

Kintag smiled and said to Scholes, "Paul, you see that I am right, our team is fine. A good captain can definitely be worth half of the team."

Scholes also praised Giggs: "Ryan has always been a natural leader. However, he retired at the end of the season..."

After hearing this, Jin Taige was also silent.

Yeah, Ryan retired at the end of the season.At that time, the members of class 92 will all bid farewell to the green field. Thinking about how high-spirited they were at the beginning, but now they are about to part, how can we not let people sigh.

Kintag and Scholes chatted off the court, and the game on the court continued.

Under the command of Ryan Giggs, Manchester United has resumed its status as the overlord of the Premier League giants. They rely on sharp wing attacks and continue to attack Leverkusen's defense. The two teams play offensive football. Fans watching the game Hungry.

However, the luck of the two teams seems to be not so good. Manchester United got a good chance single goal. Rooney dribbled the ball close to Leverkusen's goal, but his last shot slipped out; There was also a chance, and Emrejan's long shot hit the post.So until the end of the first half, the score of the two teams was still 0-0.Players from both sides returned to the locker room with the regret of not scoring a goal.

In the locker room of the visiting team, Jin Taige told his players to step up the attack in the second half and make sure to win the game!Otherwise, the group qualifying situation is in jeopardy.

In the locker room of the home team, the Leverkusen players received the latest instructions: retreat to the second half and play defensive counterattacks.

The second half was about to start, and the players were ready to kick off. Jin Taige tilted his head and looked at the coach bench of the home team. The head coach of Leverkusen sitting there was an old acquaintance of his.Although they are old acquaintances, apart from the two people shaking hands politely at the beginning, there was no other communication after that.

The reason is simple, because Leverkusen's current head coach is Hyypia, a former Liverpool native.

Hyypia has played for Liverpool for many years. He is the No.1 foreign captain in Liverpool's history, and he is also the core of Liverpool's defense to maintain competitiveness in the Premier League a few years ago.He announced his retirement after the 2010-2011 season.After retiring, Hyypia first served as an assistant coach in the Finnish national team, then came to Leverkusen as an assistant coach, and then served as Leverkusen's interim coach after Leverkusen coach Robin Dutt was fired. On May 2013, 5, Leverkusen officially signed a four-year contract with Hypia, and Hypia has since become Leverkusen's legitimate coach.

Although Hypia has retired long ago, Kintag felt very upset when he saw Hypia and remembered his former captaincy of Liverpool.

This is the great hatred between the Red Devils and the Red Army...

Although it is not the England national derby now, the competition between the two sides is still very fierce. Both Jin Taige and Hyypia have only one goal: to win the first place in the group stage of the Champions League and advance smoothly!
　Thanks to the brothers "Ye丨灬qinghuan" for their rewards!

　　Thanks a lot!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)