Manchester United legend

Chapter 208 Toyota Cup Champion

Manchester United played against Palmeiras in the Toyota Cup. Manchester United took the lead temporarily. Palmeiras, who was behind, stepped up their offensive. They actively attacked from the center, hoping to open the gap.

In the 41st minute, Nunes broke through and shot. Manchester United goalkeeper Bosnich had surrendered, but defender Sylvester chased back and hooked the ball from the goal line to help Manchester United escape.

In the second half, the heavily counterattacked Palamelas team created a lot of scoring opportunities, and Manchester United's danger continued in front of the goal.At this time, the Manchester United goalkeeper Bosnich, who has been in a sluggish state since the season, seemed to have recovered his long-lost inspiration overnight.But despite this, Palmeiras' offense is still continuous like a wave, and the Brazilians will never give up.

In the 54th minute, Alex scored a goal, but was judged to be offside first. In the 1th minute, the left back Jr. Junior put in an assist and made a pass. Alex flew to the top to grab the position, but the ball he headed just missed. In the 69th minute, Osis received a corner kick and was unguarded at the near goal. Bosnic subconsciously blocked it. , Alex made another kick, and the ball flew into the sky.

Among the many attacks, the Palmeiras team finally did not seize a chance.

After Manchester United replaced York, they made up their minds to defend and counterattack, taking advantage of the opponent's overpowering and getting a lot of counterattack opportunities.It's a pity that Giggs and Bart squandered the "golden opportunity" twice.

In the end, Ferguson's team supported to the end with an unusually tough defense and Bosnich's magical performance.

With the only goal scored by Jost, Manchester United won.Unable to rewrite the score, Palmeiras could only watch Manchester United win the Club World Cup. Giggs, who was elected as the best player of the game, drove away in a brand new Toyota.

At that time, the head coach of the Palmeiras team was the famous Scolari, who also led the Brazilian Gremio team to play in the 1995 Toyota Cup.

Scolari accepted the defeat calmly. He praised Manchester United "truly a great team, with fast attack speed, strong ability to seize opportunities, excellent defense, and impeccable goalkeeper. Palmeiras lost in the grasp of opportunities."

Ferguson couldn't suppress his joy after the game: "Manchester United's victory makes me proud. Both sides played a good level in this game. We lacked Cole and Yorke did not start, and the offense was seriously affected, but even so, we were always able to find opportunities in the game and lock in the winning opportunities. Palmeiras played very well today. They also created a lot of offensive opportunities, but in the end we won. There is indeed some luck in this kind of game. "

Regarding the competition between European football and South American football, Ferguson pointed out cautiously, "From the point of view of the competition, the gap between European football and South American football is not getting bigger and bigger. Winning and losing are often only on the line."

Many Manchester United fans in Japan rejoiced, and this night became their carnival night.The British media made a big fuss, vigorously advocating that Manchester United's victory rewritten the "shameful history" of the British team's four defeats in the 20-year Toyota Cup and failed to score a goal.
Some football critics said that the Toyota Cup proved the modern football concept of "the midfielder wins", and football is about to enter the era of the midfielder.They pointed out: The key to team competition is to fight for the midfielder. Only when the midfielder is strong can the team be able to attack and defend freely. A good midfielder can strengthen the defense and boost the offense.

In this game, Manchester United's defensive midfielder Jost completely defeated Sampaio, which was the matchup, which was the key to the outcome.

Although Palmeiras striker Alex completely blasted Manchester United's defense, he arranged almost all threatening goals, and often Maradona-style consecutive shots; although Juninho was far superior to Irvine and Neville, Manchester United's Jost was the core figure in deciding the game.

Cheers and celebrations, championship glory... Manchester United's Toyota Cup memory remains at this moment.In the following years, Manchester United never played in the Toyota Cup again.

The history of the Toyota Cup continued until December 2004, 12, when the game was played between Porto and Caldas. Porto finally won the cup by defeating their opponents in a penalty shootout.That was the last Toyota Cup. In the second year, the Toyota Cup was replaced by the "World Championship Club League" organized by FIFA.

With the lingering prestige of winning the Toyota Cup, Manchester United flew more than half of the world back to Manchester and returned to the Premier League.This time, Ferguson's team turned out to be ferocious and bloodthirsty.

On December 1999, 12, Manchester United played against Toffee Everton at home.Before the start of the game, the Manchester United team showed the fans the Toyota Cup trophy and accepted the congratulations of the fans.

This game started with joy, but then it was not all good news. Bosnic had an accident at the beginning of the game. He sprained himself when he kicked a goal kick.

In addition, Manchester United's opening was not smooth. Although the Red Devils suppressed the opponent's attack at the beginning, Everton's strategy of defending and attacking gave Manchester United a sap.Their first counter-attack ripped apart the United defense.

Everton made a pass near the bottom line from the left, and forward Jeffers scored from behind the small penalty area of ​​Manchester United!

Manchester United fell behind 0 to 1. Misfortunes never come singly because Bosnich's injury aggravated and it was difficult to persist in the game. He was replaced by van der Gou early in the first half.Then Manchester United's gate almost fell again, Jeffers' header hit the lintel of Manchester United's gate!

Although Ferguson, who was commanding from the sidelines, was a little anxious, his expression did not change much. He was still full of confidence in this team.Perhaps it was Ferguson's composure that gave the players confidence, and the ensuing game was quickly controlled by Manchester United.

Everton's midfield was dizzy in front of Manchester United's tight and smooth passing and cutting moves, and the seemingly tight defense was quickly torn apart.

After barely holding off a United corner kick, Everton's defender made a mistake in his busy schedule and handball fouled in the penalty area to give Manchester United a penalty.Irwin made it all in one go, rewriting the score to 1-1.

Then it was Solskjaer's performance time.He first started early in the frontcourt, received a through ball from Scholes, overwhelmed the opponent's defender and entered the penalty area, facing the goalkeeper easily and broke the goal, 2 to 1; then, it was Scholes' pass again, this time.

In the second half, Solskjaer began to perform other nirvana.First, in the penalty area, he responded to a cross from his teammate from the left, headed the ball lightly, and pushed the ball into the dead corner; then in the penalty area, he keenly judged the route of Giggs' dribbling.

5 to 1 - Manchester United won a classic comeback, and the home fans once again witnessed Solskjaer's magical performance, and the baby-faced killer once again became the fantasy star of Old Trafford!This is already the second time he has scored 4 goals in a game for Manchester United!
After this battle, Manchester United returned to the top of the standings.

(End of this chapter)