Manchester United legend

Chapter 200 Focus Battle
Subsequently, Manchester United returned to home against Sheffield Wednesday.The Red Devils, who were tied with an own goal at the last minute of the last game, returned to the home court and broke out. They vented fiercely on the Sheffield Wednesday team, which defeated themselves last season.

Giggs, who returned from injury, became the key figure in this game. He passed the ball from the opponent's left baseline in the 9th minute. Scholes, who inserted into the restricted area, easily took the ball and scored with his left foot, [-]-[-].

In the [-]th minute, Giggs made a comeback again. He once again penetrated the opponent's defense line, used his speed to eat the opponent raw on the bottom line on the left, and then made a pass from the bottom line to the goal.

In the second half, Manchester United continued to kill. In the 3rd minute, Manchester United got a corner kick. Beckham took a corner kick. Sheringham kicked a shot from the edge of the penalty area, and the astute Cole knocked the ball in front of the goal. Manchester United led 0:[-].

Sheringham missed another chance two minutes later, hitting the ball over the crossbar, but astute Norwegian striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made it [-]-[-].

Manchester United won at home, but the fans were not too happy.They are more concerned about how to retain Jost.

The renewal of the captain's contract with the team looked like a falling out. Jost, who had one year left on his contract, demanded a high salary, but Manchester United refused to make too many concessions, and at the same time, he was unwilling to let him go.

Jost, who performed well in this game, won the support of the fans. The fans played the slogan "Jost is more important than Edwards (Manchester United club chairman)" in the stands, and kept singing the song "Jost must stay".

This makes the staff of the Manchester United club, even Ferguson, feel bad.

In fact, Jost only proposed an annual salary of 200 million pounds. Although it is much higher than his current salary, it is not too high compared with many big-name players in the world.

But his role to Manchester United is the same as other world-class superstars.The fans understood Jost's role in the team very well. They sang at first, and then turned into shouts of the audience, "Jost must stay!" This deafening roar made Edward a little scared.

Ferguson said directly after the game, "I am the one who understands Jost's value best. We have heard the fans' slogans. I hope he will stay more than anyone else. I also want to shout like the fans, but everything depends on Jost's decision."

After defeating the Wednesday team, Manchester United ushered in a hard battle, which was to play Leeds United in the third round of the league.Before this battle, Leeds United also had one draw and one win, and they just beat Southampton [-]-[-] in the away game.

Leeds United recruited Bridges from Sunderland for a record transfer fee of [-] million pounds after Hasselbaink left, and bought Coventry's [-]-year-old striker Huckabee for [-] million pounds.

Bridges scored all the goals against Southampton and played a "hat-trick" game just after joining, which seems to be worth the money.O'Reilly said: "I originally planned to let Hasselbaink and Smith play the main force. Now I have to put Bridges on the field. He missed a lot of pre-season training, but he surprised me."

Manchester United played at home, and Ferguson sent out a classic 442 formation: Yorke and Cole were the strongest at the top, Beckham and Giggs were separated on the two wings, Scholes and Jost guarded the center, Stam led the defense, Borg, Irvine and Phil Neville started.

Bosnich's performance in the Premier League's first game on behalf of Manchester United was unsatisfactory, and unfortunately he also strained his thigh muscle.

Although in the second round match against Sheffield Wednesday, Bosnich, who persisted with injury, has improved, but Manchester United fans are still doubting his level, because his predecessor is too good.It makes Manchester United fans unconsciously compare the two.

Bosnic said to the fans: "At Manchester United I will give my best. I am not afraid of challenges. I don't remember Schmeichel's first season here, but I know his performance in these years is outstanding. I only hope that people will give me the same opportunity as him. I will show you a good me."

Because of the need to take care of the broadcast in other regions, the game was scheduled to start at 12:[-] noon.Manchester United appeared to be in poor form after the start, and their opponents also seemed a little unmotivated. Although Manchester United also had an advantage throughout the first half, they did not organize many threatening attacks.The two teams played a bit dull in the first half. The only bright spot in the first half was Jost's long-range shot hitting the crossbar.

In the second half, Manchester United's offensive really improved, but the opponent's counterattack also became sharper at the same time.In the 66th minute, Kewell of Leeds United entered the hinterland of Manchester United and took advantage of the negligence of Stam and Irvine's defense to get a good chance to score, but he finally shot the ball on the post.

Manchester United was taken aback and suppressed aggressively. In the 76th minute, Manchester United finally opened up the situation. Phil Neville made a high-speed cross from the bottom line. Yorke successfully flew to the top near the penalty area and scored the ball into the opponent's dead corner. 1-0, Yorke opened the scoring for Manchester United.

Four minutes later, Beckham came to the left side near the bottom line to take a free kick. York once again succeeded in grabbing a point in front of the small penalty area, and the header smashed the net, 4-2.

After this battle, Manchester United returned to the top of the standings, and Yorke also led the scoring list with 4 goals.The only regret is that Bosnich was injured without colliding with the players, and he was replaced by substitute goalkeeper van der Gou halfway.

Manchester United led the league just after the start of the league. Ferguson's team showed a domineering spirit that surpassed other teams. Even if Johnson and Brown were injured in the team, even if Bosnich's performance was far from Schmeichel's level, and even if the team still had Jost's contract renewal troubles, Beckham's contract renewal was also put on the news page.

Manchester United's fourth league game is a more difficult challenge, and it is also the most watched battle in the Premier League-the Red Devils challenged Arsenal away.

Arsenal is the most capable team in the Premier League to challenge Manchester United's supremacy. Although Wenger let go of Anelka, the huge transfer fee also made the team owner smile. He generously allowed Wenger to introduce many players.

Wenger introduced his direct disciple Henry and Real Madrid general Suker, and the strength of the team has not decreased but increased.Bergkamp is still the best striker in the Premier League, and the striker also has a killer with excellent technical awareness like Kanu. Vieira took over the armband of the injured Adams captain and became an "all-around midfielder".

The Arsenal camp has many generals, even a fast horse like Overmars can only sit on the bench, and a superstar like Suk who is the captain of Croatia can only sit on the sidelines in the first half. From this, we can also know that the Gunners are indeed very strong.The confrontation between the two teams has become the focus of this round.

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