Football King Bale
Chapter 681: Gunners left behind
With the end of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Bell and Manchester United have focused their attention on domestic competitions. After all, the first round of the Champions League knockout draws are still a few days away, and the time to start the Champions League knockout game is to wait until February next year, which is still two months away from now, very early.
Before the Champions League playoffs start, Manchester United will usher in a series of devil schedules in China, including the famous Christmas Devil schedule.
However, before the New Year, the most headache and helplessness for Manchester United is not the Christmas Devil schedule, but the upcoming World Club Cup.
Although there is no need to fly to the Far East to participate in the competition this year, the schedule for this year's schedule is annoying Manchester United. Manchester United's first match of the World Club Cup this year is on December 17th, no accident, on December 21st, they will also have a World Cup final.
However, within England, Manchester United will usher in the quarter-finals of the League Cup on December 18, and then will usher in the 17th round of the Premier League on December 21, which will inevitably conflict with the schedule of the World Club Cup .
Obviously, the schedule of the World Club Cup will not change unless Manchester United does not participate. Therefore, we can only think of ways to adjust the schedule of domestic competitions.
After the negotiation between Manchester United and various parties, the 17th round of the Premier League was moved to the evening of December 23rd, but the League Cup quarter-final with Stoke City, but there is no way to adjust.
Because the first round of the semi-finals of the League Cup is scheduled to take place in early January, the quarter-finals must be completed before the New Year. However, from mid-December to the New Year period, Manchester United almost maintained the rhythm of a game of two or three days. How can we add a game in the middle?
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For the scheduling problem, Manchester United management has managed to coordinate after Manchester United broke into the quarterfinals of the League Cup, but until now, the problem has not been solved.
In the end, there was really no way. Manchester United had to adopt Bell’s suggestion: the soldiers should be divided into two ways and play the World Club Cup and the League Cup at the same time!
Obviously, this requires Manchester United to make a trade-off between the World Cup and the League Cup. After all, Manchester United cannot be eliminated from the main lineup on both sides. If the main players are evenly distributed, I am afraid that it can only be a result of losing both ends.
Manchester United's decision was that Ferguson led the team's main team to the World Club Cup, while Giggs, a player and team assistant coach, led a group of Manchester United substitutes and reserve young men to play in the League Cup to challenge Stoke City.
For such a result, the people of Stoke were almost crazy.
When the quarter-finals were drawn, Stoke City people were ashamed. After all, their opponent Manchester United was really too strong. That was the real big devil, whoever touched and died. But now Manchester United's schedule can't be coordinated, only to send a reserve team to play, then the result is different.
Can't play your first team, can you still play your reserve team?
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On December 14, on the eve of Manchester United's World Cup, the 16th round of the Premier League officially whistle to start the battle.
The opener started at Etihad Stadium, and Manchester City faced Arsenal at home.
This is a real battle between dragons and tigers, and no one can afford to lose.
After 15 rounds, Manchester City ranked only 5th in the Premier League standings, which is 8 points away from Manchester United and Arsenal. If they lose again, they will be 11 points behind the top.
Arsenal can’t afford to lose either. Although they are still tied with Manchester United at the top of the list, if they lose this game, they are likely to be pulled down by Manchester United.
Everyone knows that the most terrifying thing about Manchester United is his tenacity and stability. Every time they make efforts in the league, it is during the Christmas Devil schedule.
Once Arsenal left behind before entering the Christmas Devil schedule, when the Christmas Devil schedule is over, I am afraid that Manchester United will not even see the rear lights!
In such a situation, the two sides launched a fierce confrontation at the Etihad Stadium, and it was also a goal fight. Aguero's volley shot was the first to win, Walcott pushed to score, then Negredo scored from close range, Fernandinho scored from long range, Walcott scored twice, Silva icing on the cake, Fair Nandinho went to the next city before the end. Mertesacker and Toure scored 1 goal each in stoppage time. Manchester City beat Arsenal at 6:3 at home!
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The game between the blue moon and the gunman shocked England. Arsenal may lose on the road, which is what people expected, but such a tragic loss is unexpected.
Since the beginning of this month, the question of Arsenal's consecutive battles with Everton, Naples, Manchester City and Chelsea has once again faced the death schedule. Now that the three games have passed, the Gunners have only achieved a dismal result of one level and two losses. Not only is the Champions League squeezed to second in the group, but the league may also be pulled down by Manchester United. It seems that the season crash that has been repeated in recent years will reappear.
In the battle between Arsenal and Manchester City, the Gunners can be described as defeated opponents. Not only did they fall in the stats, but the back line was also hit by six goals.
What is more worrying is that the Gunners players are generally unable to lift their spirits on the court. Sneijder has almost disappeared. Giroud missed the opportunity several times. Even Ramsey, who has always been known for his physical strength, also appears in continuous combat. Tired, without the brave performance of running back and forth in the past,
The reason is probably that Wenger has long been criticized for a long-term rotation policy. Unless the main player is plagued by injuries, the professor rarely makes too many adjustments in the league and the Champions League, and at most replaces two or three in the starting list. As a result, the bench won't get a chance to exercise, and the main force won't get a rest.
The most obvious example is Wilmaren. Even though the status of the gunner captain has declined significantly, his strength is not so low that he has only made three appearances in the previous league, with a total of 113 minutes. When Koscielny was injured and left the field, Vermalen appeared on the bench and was in a hurry, which was closely related to the collapse of the defense.
Comparatively, Ferguson did a very good job at this point. Although this caused Manchester United to have some problems at the beginning of the season, as Manchester United's rotation became more and more successful, Manchester United has returned to the right track.
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In addition, although the gunners who are determined to win the championship have beaten Dortmund, Naples and other strong teams in the Champions League this season, their record in the domestic arena is lacking. In addition to Liverpool 2:0 and Tottenham who defeated the break-in period 1:0, Arsenal lost to Manchester United and Manchester City in the league. The League Cup was eliminated by Chelsea and evened by Everton.
If you want to compete for the championship, then the gunners must have a more convincing performance when facing the team in the top half of the standings.
The house leaks in the middle of the night, and Arsenal, who was divided into the death group in the Champions League, has only won the second group ranking, and will face a first-class strong team in the knockout, and will also face the dead in the FA Cup. Tottenham draws together, the prospect is really not optimistic.
However, after this round of defeat to Manchester City, Arsenal will usher in a precious 9-day rest time. For the physically and mentally exhausted gunman, it will be a good opportunity to adjust the state to meet the London Derby with Chelsea in the next round. But if the Gunners still have a hard time winning the next round, I am afraid that the "crash syndrome" that is often talked about is really more than just talking.
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Shortly after Arsenal lost to the Etihad Stadium, Manchester United also ushered in the game with the host at the Vera Park Stadium.
Although three days later, they will fly over 2100 kilometers to North Africa to usher in the opening match of the World Club Cup, but in this league, Manchester United still elaborately. In addition to Van Persie and Carrick who suffered injuries again, Rooney and Bell are both starting. Among them, Lu Xiaofan ushered in his 500th match at the Manchester United club. Their striker partner is Welbeck.
In the midfield, Kanter, Modric and Pogba partnered, and the rear line consisted of Rafael, Van Dyke, Phil Jones and Evra. De Gea kept the goal.
Villas played very actively at home. In the first half of the opening period, only 24 seconds, Luna slipped a shovel near the bottom line of the front court and brought down Raphael, but the referee Lee Mason only fouled.
The referee's punishment scale gave Vera the courage to suppress Manchester United in the next ten minutes.
However, the Manchester United were also agitated bloody, and scored the first goal to break the deadlock.
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In the 15th minute, Raphael made a strong right pass and made a pass. The header near the penalty spot hit the bottom of the left post and bounced back~lightnovelpub.net~ Welbeck made a right foot shot from the edge of the small penalty area to break the deadlock. , Black Bay broke the league goal shortage in the past four months.
In the 18th minute, Villa midfielder Baker's own half pass was intercepted, Manchester United launched a quick attack, Pogba low pass, Welbeck fell to the ground before 7 meters and grabbed a shot. The scorer scored twice. Rewrite the score as 2: 0.
Hebei, who has scored two goals in a row, is very excited. In this game, he can be regarded as correcting his name.
Heibei's shooting has been criticized by the outside world in recent years. His running position, scramble and other technical aspects are good, but he lacks too much in grasping scoring ability, but he is a striker. His main task is to destroy the team. Zhai, poor shooting is his greatest sin. Therefore, he has become a waste wood in the eyes of Manchester United fans.
Bell is a little depressed. It seems that today is not his lucky day. First, the must-take header is rejected by the goal post. Now he is planning to trigger a must-try shot, but he is first intercepted by the black shell. Hu, really said the dog.
However, when the game reached the second half, Bell finally opened his goal account.
In the 52nd minute, Bell intercepted the ball in front of the right side of the frontcourt, Rooney scored the ball to the right after the ball, and Bell got the ball in time. Rewritten as 3: 0.
In the end, the score was held until the end of the game.
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