From the man behind the football king to the football king.
Chapter 433 Difficult Test
"Glory Glory Man United! Glory Glory Man United! Glory Glory Man United!"
Huge cheers erupted from the stands at Old Trafford.
Although Manchester United has not yet won the championship, this game laid the foundation for their persistence in winning the championship.
Judging from the current situation, Chelsea's theoretical maximum points this season is 93 points, which means they can win all the next six games. Judging from Chelsea's strength and opponent situation, this is a high probability.
This means that Manchester United, which has now scored 82 points, can completely lock in the championship as long as they get 7 points in the remaining 12 games!
Scored 7 points in 12 games. Although they still have three strong opponents: Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester City, it is not difficult for Manchester United, which has performed so well this season.
Bruno hugged every teammate around him, and then everyone ran to the stands, waving their arms toward the sea of red and cheering.
"League Champions!!" The fans shouted the ultimate goal of the season, waving red Manchester United scarves to their heroes.
At the beginning of the season, even the most die-hard Manchester United fans couldn't believe that their team would eventually win the league championship. Even at the beginning of the season, Manchester United won eight consecutive victories and when the media began to hype a revival, they only regarded it as that. A joke is too much praise.
But now, the facts are before them. The shining silver championship trophy is getting closer and closer, and they seem to be able to see the patterns on the trophy plate clearly.
At this time, they don't think about "this must be a dream", "this is a joke", "this is too abnormal"... They now only cheer for the team, cheer for the victory, and cheer for the championship.
If the championship really belongs to us, then let’s take it!
This round of the league is over, but there are still many stories.
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After the game, there was a carnival for the media. There were too many things worth digging out and reporting.
For example, Chelsea's reaction after losing the game, or the feelings of the entire Manchester United team after laying the foundation for winning the championship...
"Losing to Manchester United is simply a tragedy! Especially losing 0:3! No one thought of such a score before the game, but it did happen. Was Anderlecht confused by Manchester United's recent downturn? ?”
"I think Conte must have wanted them to fail when they faced Manchester United in the first half of the season, and he didn't want to lose with six games to go before the end of the league. The failure of this game left them with only six games left in the league. At the end of the game, they were 7 points behind Manchester United. In the last six rounds, can they catch up? I'm afraid there is basically no suspense..."
"It is said that Conte was angry with the performance of the players after the game. He cursed everyone in the locker room. Obviously he realized the seriousness of the situation. In the last six rounds, fate was not in his hands. It tastes really unpleasant, doesn’t it, Mr. Conti?”
"Manchester United laid the foundation for winning the championship, which made their boss Mr. Jassim ecstatic. It is said that the bonus he gave for winning the league was very high. It seems that he is going to bleed again, but this kind of heavy bleeding Mr. Jassim must be out of Of course, some people are happy and some are sad. Jassim is happy, but Mr. Abramovich’s mood may not be very good..."
"Bruno said in an interview with reporters after the game that they will work hard to win the league championship and dedicate the championship to Mata. Everyone knows that he and Mata are very close friends...At this time, he shouted the championship slogan again, No one feels incredible anymore…”
"Rashford, who opened the scoring for the team, also said that no matter what the opponents are in the final rounds, they will definitely strive for victory. After the game against Chelsea in the first half of the season, we once said that maybe the second time between the two sides The encounter will determine the league title, and now it seems that the prediction has come true. However, in the remaining seven games of Manchester United, the opponents are not very easy to deal with..."
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Manchester United will not only have difficult opponents to deal with in the next seven games, but the bigger test for them is the super-intensive schedule.
This season's Premier League will end on May 5, which is only 21 days before the end of the game against Chelsea. This means that Manchester United will play a Premier League game every five days on average.
What's even more cruel is that Manchester United not only has to play in the Premier League, they also have the Europa League and FA Cup to play.
Even if Manchester United is eliminated in the Europa League quarter-finals and loses in the FA Cup semi-finals, they will still have 31 games to play in the next 9 days.
And if Manchester United reaches the finals of both the Europa League and the FA Cup, they will have to play 34 games in just 13 days!
On average, a game is played in less than three days, and they are all very crucial games!
Whether it is 31 games in 9 days or 34 games in 13 days, it is an absolutely devilish schedule for anyone or any team!
Especially since it is still the end of the season, the players' physical fitness is already at an extremely bad stage!
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Four days after defeating Chelsea, Manchester United is about to face an important game: the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals at home against Anderlecht.
Since the first leg drew 1:1 with Anderlecht away from home, in this game, Manchester United must win at home or end the game with a score of 0:0 in order to advance directly.
As for the 1:1 score, although Manchester United will not be eliminated directly, overtime is the scene that Manchester United least wants to face at this moment.
Although the Europa League championship does not have too much weight for a top giant like Manchester United, but since the championship is right in front of you, what reason is there to give it up?
In Mourinho's plan, a 0:0 score is the most ideal.
Mourinho wants to keep the tie not because he has no ambition, but because the reality is cruel.
In the first leg away to Anderlecht, Kante received his third yellow card in the Europa League this season and will be suspended for one game in the second leg at home.
Kanter was suspended due to accumulated yellow cards. He has always been the main force in the midfield, with solid defense and tenacious fighting spirit. With him around, Bruno's burden will be smaller.
And now, after being suspended in the league due to yellow cards, he has been suspended again in the European war. In the game against Anderlecht, Manchester United's defense will face a big test.
Herrera, who replaced Kante in previous games, was determined to be unable to play in this game due to a calf muscle strain. At the same time, center back Maguire had returned home to rest because he was suffering from the flu and did not even participate in training. Even more impossible.
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In addition, Ibrahimovic felt muscle soreness during pre-match training. For the sake of conservatism, Mourinho did not let him continue training, but asked him to receive massage therapy.
Ibrahimovic is currently the team's main center and the team's main offensive firepower. The team consciously passes the ball to him during the offense. If Ibrahimovic has any shortcomings, it will be a big trouble for Manchester United.
Currently, there are two people who are most indispensable for this team. One is midfielder Bruno, who is in charge of the team's offensive rhythm and is the team's offensive and defensive hub; the other is center Ibrahimovic. In the final analysis, winning is still You need to score goals. It can be said that scoring goals is the key to victory, and Ibrahimovic is the one who holds the key to victory.
These two people are indispensable.
Ibrahimovic is also very promising. Although he is 35 years old, he has not had any major injuries so far this season. He has only been suspended for two games due to injury.
At present, Manchester United is very short of players on the front line. Rooney is suspended due to ankle injury. If Ibrahimovic is injured again, Manchester United's only forward will be the youngster Rashford.
So in the game against Anderlecht, Ibrahimovic was definitely going to play. In order to create trouble before the game, Mourinho had to be careful. Even if Ibrahimovic said it was nothing serious, he let Ibrahimovic rest. , just because the Ibrahimovic who appeared in the game against Anderlecht was a healthy Ibrahimovic.
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After two days of rest, Ibrahimovic appeared in the game against Anderlecht.
Before the game, some media said that Ibrahimovic felt muscle soreness during training and terminated the training early. When he might not be able to play in the game against Anderlecht, Anderlecht's Swiss head coach Rene Willer still had some suspicions. Fortunately, without such a dangerous figure, the pressure on my defense will be much lighter.
Although Rashford is currently the most popular player in world football, compared to the old and strong Ibrahimovic, both in terms of personal ability and game experience, he is far behind.
If Rashford replaces Ibrahimovic, he can completely ignore the young player.
Unexpectedly, when it came to the game, seeing Ibrahimovic standing outside the center circle, Weller realized that this might be a tactic used by Manchester United to deceive the opponent.
But Weller soon changed his mind again, because Ibrahimovic was really injured!
At the 0th minute of the game, the score between the two sides was still 0:. It seemed that both teams were not in a hurry.
For Manchester United, what Mourinho wants most is to keep the score at 0:0, thereby eliminating the opponent with the advantage of away goals. This is the most economical way to advance.
As for Weller, he was naturally a little wary of Manchester United's sharp attack. Weller did not want to attack aggressively at home, but left too many gaps for his opponents in the defense.
He knows that Manchester United has a Bruno. This kid's ability to seize the opportunity and pass the ball is very good. So he also chose safe and conservative tactics. Anyway, for Anderlecht, they were already mentally prepared to be eliminated when they met Manchester United. If you can steal one through defensive counterattack, it will be a big profit.
Because both sides played very cautiously, the first half of the game was not exciting. Everyone was trying to destroy the other side's football, but they couldn't play their own football.
This kind of game makes the Manchester United players who are used to attacking fiercely from the beginning of the game very uncomfortable. However, they dare not go against what the head coach has repeatedly emphasized before the game and can only hold back and play.
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