The days of playing football with Da Luo

Chapter 616 The battle for the top spot
2月16日晚，青年军阵容的QPR主场2：1逆转了巴恩斯利，顺利挺进足总杯 8强。

On the evening of February 2th, QPR was a guest at Turk Telecom Stadium to challenge Galatasaray.

In the winter transfer window, Galatasaray introduced Sneijder and Drogba, which greatly increased their strength.

With Sneijder, Drogba, Yilmaz, Altintop, Muslera and other famous players, Galatasaray will never give up easily.

Moreover, Galatasaray's home court has always been known as "hell". Playing such an away game is a great test for the psychology of QPR players.

In the 12th minute of the game, Galatasaray scored the first goal.

Drogba scored the ball in the frontcourt, Selcuk made a wonderful pass, Yilmaz flicked the ball past two defenders with his heel, and shot from the penalty spot, breaking through Handanovic's ten fingers!

This is Yilmaz's seventh Champions League goal this season. He and Ronaldo are tied for second in the UEFA Champions League scorer list. The top scorer is Ricardo, who scored 7 goals in 6 games.

QPR was completely suppressed in terms of morale, Galatasaray played better and better at home, especially Didier Drogba, who constantly threatened QPR's goal.

In the 18th minute, Sneijder sent a through pass, and Drogba broke in with a single shot and shot with his left foot. However, Handanovic made a superb save and saved his inevitable powerful shot to the bottom line.

In the 21st minute, Drogba took the ball and divided it to the right. Altentop volleyed vigorously from the edge of the penalty area, hitting the crossbar and popping out, scaring the QPR fans from afar into a cold sweat.

In the 38th minute, Drogba sent a wonderful pass again, and Yilmaz shot with his left foot in the penalty area. This time, Handanovic made a contribution again, miraculously holding the ball out of the crossbar.

If it weren't for Handanovic's heroic performance, QPR would be three or four goals behind.

It wasn't until after 40 minutes that Galatasaray's fitness declined that QPR found some chances.

In the 42nd minute, Neymar sent a cross after a breakthrough from the right. Klose headed the goal and Muslera dropped the ball. However, Nainggolan followed up with a follow-up shot and missed the equalizer.

However, in the first minute of stoppage time, QPR played a skillful counterattack. Modric directly found Klose with a long pass. Klose sent the ball behind him. 1 situation.

In front of the goal he broke through Nocau and sent a low pass in front of the goal. Neymar faced Muslera with an easy push to equalize for QPR.

In the second half of the game, Galatasaray continued to play against QPR. First Drogba received a header from Amrabat's cross and almost scored, and then Bastos' long-range shot hit the post again.

At the end of the game, Drogba showed a monster posture and used his physical strength to carry the two to send a wonderful pass. Yilmaz broke into the penalty area and shot a strong shot. Handanovic once again saved the ball and tried to keep the goal. .

In the end, QPR got a draw away and had a valuable away goal.

Although the process is not very beautiful, but the result is good.

QPR returned to London non-stop, and began to prepare for the contest with Manchester United three days later.

The British sports media has already reached a climax. This game, which is related to the situation of winning the championship this season, has touched the hearts of all England fans.

Manchester City and Chelsea have fallen too far behind. Manchester City is 15 points behind Manchester United and QPR in one less game, and Chelsea is 18 points behind. They are destined to be unable to pose a threat to QPR and Manchester United.

The winner of this game will take the initiative in the championship battle.

The two teams were also troubled by the Champions League competition, QPR experienced a tough game at the Turk Telekom Stadium, Manchester United also had a big fight at the Bernabeu and Real Madrid, and neither team was able to play at its best.

Relatively speaking, Manchester United's lineup may be more neat, and their main players have no injuries.

On the QPR side, Modric was injured in the game against Galatasaray; Nainggolan also suffered an ankle sprain. Although he insisted on playing the entire game, it is still unknown whether he can play against Manchester United.Ronaldo was injured, Fernandinho was suspended for accumulating yellow cards, Ricardo was also slightly injured, the situation is more serious for QPR.

"Manchester United is a great opponent. Although this game is our home game, we are missing several big players. Modric, Nainggolan, Ricardo and Ronaldo cannot play, so we will still focus on defense. Lord, fight for a draw," Simeone said in his pre-match news conference.

"I don't believe a single punctuation mark in Simeone's words," Mourinho commented. "Modric and Ronaldo are hard to say. Ricardo will definitely start the game. You just wait and see."

Gary Neville said in an interview: "Manchester United this season is very stable and in excellent form. But we cannot underestimate QPR. Under the leadership of Ricardo and Simeone, QPR only lost 2 games this season. Now The problem is that if one side loses in this game, it is likely to lose morale and lose the whole season. Therefore, I think Manchester United must first defend well in this game and ensure that they do not A loss, a draw is acceptable."

Ricardo said: "Manchester United has never been an opponent that can be easily dealt with. In the first round of this season, we have drawn a draw, which basically reflects the strength of the two sides. I am not sure in this game. Whether I can play or not depends on the team doctor's diagnosis of me, but I believe that no matter whether I can play or not, we will not lose."

2月23日，伦敦时间下午15：00，洛夫图斯路球场座无虚席，16000名QPR球迷和2000名曼联球迷来到现场观看这场榜首大战。

Outside the stadium, more than 2 QPR fans and thousands of Manchester United fans failed to buy tickets and could only watch the big screen outside the stadium.

Ricardo is already considering the expansion of the Loftus Road Stadium, or plans to build another stadium.

The existing stadium can no longer meet the growing demand of fans.

This season, QPR sold 16000 season tickets, and there are still a large number of fans who want to buy season tickets, but they cannot sell them because they must reserve tickets for the visiting team.

Loftus Road Stadium has long been saturated.

However, the current economic situation of the team can only reach a balance of payments, and Ricardo has no extra financial resources to build a new stadium.

Only a few more seasons can accumulate.

Looking back on the pitch, Manchester United formed a 442 formation today, with goalkeeper De Gea, defenders Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic and Evra, midfielders Carrick and Giggs, and Nani and Ash on both sides Leigh Young, forward van Persie with Hernandez.

For QPR, Simeone formed an aggressive 4231 formation today, goalkeeper Courtois, defender Alex Sandro, Alderweireld, Miranda and Walker, midfielder Pogba with Na Ingeland, midfielder De Bruyne, left Ricardo, right Neymar, single striker Vardy.

The war is about to start.

(End of this chapter)