I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

Although winning the Premier League is in sight, after all, the championship has not yet been won. The fans can cheer for it, but Ye Su and the Manchester United players have not yet reached the time to start celebrating. And, their next battle will come in 70 hours.

At 8:5 pm local time on May 14th in the UK, the second round of the Europa League semi-finals this season will be held at Old Trafford.

Because they lost in the away game in the first round, there is no room for loss in this game for Manchester United.

Therefore, after the game against Crystal Palace, even though it was late at night, the Manchester United team rushed back to Manchester overnight.

By the time Manchester United got off the bus in Manchester, it was already the early hours of May 12 local time.

And at 9 o'clock in the morning of this day, Ye Su called the whole team to resume training.

Although the players who played the game last night still feel very tired, but because the season is coming to an end soon, everyone is gritting their teeth and persevering.

Of course, the most important thing is that the league championship is about to be won, which makes the players' spirits very excited, and they also have the mental motivation to persevere.

For the current Manchester United team, although the last time they won the Premier League was two years ago, due to the team's metabolism during this period, there are not many players in the team who have the experience of winning the Premier League.

Especially in the main lineup, including Luke Shaw, Maguire, Van Dijk and Kyle Walker in the entire defense, Kante, Mata, De Bruyne and Bruno Fernandez in the midfield, and the striker Vardy on the board, all 9 people have never tasted the taste of the Premier League championship.

Among them, Mata is a very special one. The 27-year-old Spanish midfielder is definitely a successful player in his career. In terms of clubs, he has already won the Champions League, Europa League, FA Cup and Copa del Rey. In terms of national teams, he has also won the highest honor of the World Cup, the European Cup and the European Youth Championship. The League Championship is out of the question. Whether it was in Valencia, or Chelsea, or coming to Manchester United last season, his team failed to win the league title.

Except for Mata, the rest of them are almost all rookies in the top league, so they have almost no experience of winning major championships. Naturally, they are more eager to win major championships.

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In the busyness, two days passed quickly.

Because the UEFA Europa League match was held at 8 o'clock in the evening, so on the morning of the 14th, the Manchester United team conducted normal training at the Carrington training base, but the training in the afternoon was much simpler, mainly to adjust the status of the players Training content.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the team had dinner together, and then rested for another hour. They set off from the Carrington training base at 6:30, boarded the team bus, and headed to Old Trafford for pre-match preparations.

When the Manchester United team bus arrived at Old Trafford at seven o'clock, tens of thousands of Manchester United fans had already gathered in the square.

When Ye Su led the players off the bus, he was warmly cheered by the Manchester United fans in the square.

After more than a year of outstanding performance, Ye Su has now been widely accepted and loved by Manchester United fans. The applause and cheers he received were not less than those of stars in the team such as Rooney and De Bruyne.

Among the fans, Ye Su saw many oriental faces, and many of them even carried slogans in Chinese characters to express their support for him. Among these people, there are Chinese working and studying in the UK, as well as overseas Chinese.

Ye Su was in a good mood, and was invited to sign autographs for several nearby fans.

However, the Manchester United team did not stay in the square outside the stadium, and quickly entered the stadium and began to warm up before the game.

At 7:50 in the evening, when the peak of fans entering the field came, Manchester United finished their warm-up and returned to the home team dressing room.

Ready to play.

Ye Su gave a brief pre-match speech again, mainly to emphasize the team's tactics, and there are some points that need special attention.

After talking for two or three minutes, Ye Su, Giggs and other coaching staff members left the locker room.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Manchester United's starting XI, led by captain Wayne Rooney, walked out of the dressing room and prepared to play.

Facing this life-and-death battle for advancement, Ye Su had no reservations and formed an aggressive 433 formation. The starting goalkeeper De Gea, the back line Luke Shaw, Maguire, Van Dijk and Kyle Walker; Kanter is the single midfielder, De Bruyne and Mata form the front midfielder, De Bruyne is on the left, Mata is on the right; Vardy, Rooney and Bruno Fernandes form the striker trident.

For Sevilla, with Cork Andujar starting, Vidal, who performed well a week ago, was pushed to the midfield position, and Reyes temporarily sat on the bench at the beginning of the game.

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Sevilla is one of the teams with the best record in the history of the Europa League. At present, they have won 3 Europa League titles, tied with Juventus, Inter Milan and Liverpool for the most number of Europa League titles in history. And unlike the Juventus and other three teams that mostly won the Europa League in the early and mid-term, Sevilla is the newly-emerged overlord in the Europa League.

Sevilla won the Europa League for the first time in the 2005-2006 season 9 years ago, but in the past 9 years, they have entered the Europa League final three times, and finally won the championship three times. miss.

Even, in Yesu’s memory, Sevilla’s performance in the Europa League will be even better in the future. Including this season, Sevilla won the championship three times in six years, giving the Europa League The saying of the Villa Cup.

The performance of the English team in the Europa League is actually not bad. This event, including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup, has a short history. It has only 44 seasons so far, and 43 champions have been produced before. The English team has won 7 championships, second only to Serie A, which has won 9 championships, and La Liga, which has won 8 championships.

The UEFA Cup's first championship was won by the old League One team Tottenham Hotspur at the time. The second championship was won by Manchester United's rivals, the Red Army Liverpool.

Among the teams that have won the most Europa League titles, four teams including Liverpool and Juventus are tied for first place, followed by Tottenham, which has won twice. In addition, Chelsea and Ipswich Town have also won the championship in this competition.

However, Manchester United did not perform well in this event, and their previous best result was only the quarterfinals.

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Manchester United's first participation in this event can be traced back to the 1964-1965 season, but at that time the event was called the International City Fair Cup, which was an invitational event and was not recorded in UEFA's official event records. United reached the semi-finals and were knocked out in the semi-finals by Hungarian side Ferencvaros, who won the title that year.

In the 1971-1972 season, UEFA officially took over the Fairs Cup and created the UEFA Cup that we are familiar with.

Manchester United participated in the official UEFA Cup for the first time in the 1976-1977 season. After reversing and eliminating Ajax in the 1/32 finals, Manchester United was reversed and eliminated by Juventus in the 1/16 finals. Juventus finally won the UEFA Cup that season. .

In the 1980s, Manchester United participated in the UEFA Cup three times, but in the 1980-1981 season and 1982-1983 season, they were eliminated by the Polish team Wizeflodz and the Spanish team Valencia in the 1/32 finals of the first round. The champions of those two seasons belonged to Ipswich Town and Anderlecht respectively.

Finally, in the 1984-195 season, Manchester United ushered in a breakthrough in the UEFA Cup. They successively eliminated the Hungarian team Gioli, the Dutch team Eindhoven, and the Scottish team Dundee United, reaching the quarterfinals and creating a team league. The best result of the cup era. Manchester United was finally eliminated by the Hungarian team Vidoton Fekhwa in the quarter-finals. The latter won the runner-up of the season, and the championship belonged to Real Madrid.

Entering the 1990s, English football ushered in the era of the Super League, and Manchester United gradually entered the era of Ferguson's dynasty. In the 1992-1993 and 1995-1996 seasons, Manchester United won the league title at home, but they also gave up the UEFA Cup prematurely. Gele eliminated, the champions of these two seasons were Juventus and Bayern Munich.

As Ferguson's empire entered its heyday, Manchester United participated in the Champions League all year round and won the championship twice in the 1998-1999 and 2007-2008 seasons.

In the 2009-2010 season, the UEFA Cup was changed to the Europa League, entering a new era. In the 2011-2012 season, Manchester United was accidentally eliminated in the Champions League group stage and could only move to the Europa League. As a result, after eliminating Ajax, Manchester United was double-killed by Bilbao in the 1/8 finals. Into the final, lost to Atletico Madrid.

Last season, Manchester United ranked sixth in the Premier League and got a place to participate in the Europa League play-offs. After double-beating the Cyprus team Limassol, they advanced to the Europa League. After qualifying as second in the group, Manchester United defeated Fiorentina, Roma and Dynamo Kiev one after another and entered the semi-finals, which has created the best result in history.

Although they lost away in the first leg of the semi-finals, Manchester United will not give up. Manchester United is eager for the championship, which is not only a trophy, but also means the grand slam glory of collecting the three major European cups.

The three major European cups refer to the European Champions Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Cup. At present, only Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich, and Chelsea have completed the Grand Slam. Manchester United has won the Champions League three times. Won the Cup Winners Cup in the 1990-1991 season, never won the Europa League and its predecessor UEFA Cup.

If Ye Su can not only regain the Premier League title in his first full season leading the team, but also win the Europa League and become the fifth European team to win the grand slam glory of the three major European cups. , is undoubtedly a perfect thing.

Therefore, when the Premier League title was already at the gate of Old Trafford, Ye Su's desire for the Europa League title was already burning.