bestfiction Chapter 480 Laying the Foundation for Qualifying
Chapter 480 Laying the Foundation for Qualifying
Chapter 480 Laying the Foundation for Qualifying
Chapter 60 lays the foundation for qualifying
After the game against Crystal Palace, the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage against CSKA Moscow will follow in the middle of the week.
The four teams in Manchester United's group have accumulated four points after three rounds. Now there are only three rounds left in the group stage. Any game is very important for Manchester United.
The League Cup was eliminated, and Manchester United fans didn't think it was a big deal. After all, the League Cup champion is still a bit tasteless.But the Champions League is different. Fans' expectations for the Champions League are much higher than the League Cup.
The Champions League trophy and the Premier League championship are at least equally important, and even whether the weight of the Premier League championship can catch up with the Champions League championship is another discussion.At least if a team wins the Champions League and loses the league title, no one will say that the team has failed this season.
Therefore, the Champions League group stage matches are now very important.Because Manchester United's performance in the Champions League group stage was not as strong as in the Premier League, they did not take the lead in points in the first three rounds, and the team did not dare to relax in the last three rounds of the group stage.
In the last round in the cold Moscow, Manchester United and CSKA Moscow had a big draw, but this time the game came to Manchester, and the weather in England also gave the Russians a blow.
Manchester, which managed to see sunshine a few days ago, has been pouring rain since the day before the game.
The torrential rain for two consecutive days even made many media speculate whether the game will be postponed.Fortunately, a few hours before the start of the game, the torrential rain gradually stopped. Although there were still light rains, with the drainage facilities of Old Trafford, the amount of rain was not enough to flood the turf of the Theater of Dreams.
Just when the players entered the stadium to warm up, the heavy rain started again.
When the players were warming up, the assistant coach Giggs shouted in the wind and rain: "Warm up enough, don't get hurt!"
There will be many unexpected situations in games under heavy rain. Among them, the most important thing for players to pay attention to is the wet and slippery field, which will increase the chance of players being injured.
But no matter what the weather is, if Manchester United cannot score three points in this game, then the initiative to qualify for the group will no longer be in Manchester United's hands. As the number two qualifying, when the draw for the knockout rounds, Manchester United will be the first in the other groups, so the probability of meeting a strong team in the top [-] is too high.
Ancelotti doesn't want to start desperately in the top [-] of the Champions League and make the team pay more consumption for no reason, so Manchester United must win this game.
Playing in heavy rain, the Russians looked more difficult to adapt than Manchester United.
In the 13th minute of the game, CSKA Moscow's midfielder Zagoyev slipped to the ground during a dribbling process, causing a thigh muscle strain. CSKA Moscow had to make passive substitution adjustments.
Perhaps it was this change that caused CSKA Moscow's defense to lose focus, and Manchester United quickly seized the opportunity to score a goal.
Rooney, who had regained his starting position, seemed to be recovering well. He pierced CSKA Moscow's defense with a long shot from the outside of the penalty area and helped the team open the scoring.
In such a bad game environment, the football is always flying in the air more often.Because the heavy rain also brought great trouble to the goalkeeper's defense, so long-range shots often become a weapon in rain battles.
Before the end of the first half, Manchester United scored a goal again through a long shot.
This time the player who scored the goal was Di Maria.After Li Qingshan took the ball in the penalty area, he made a wall for Di Maria and set up a comfortable shooting gun for Di Maria.
Di Maria volleyed the ball directly, and the football flew into the net through the rain curtain.
The CSKA Moscow goalkeeper was completely unresponsive in the torrential rain and watched as the ball flew into the net from his other side.
Two to zero!
Ancelotti stood up from the coach's bench and rushed to the sidelines despite the rain.Winning this game is too important for Manchester United.For Manchester United fans, the absence of the Champions League last season was nothing short of humiliating.
And this season to return to the Champions League, if you can't even pass the group stage, wouldn't it be a greater humiliation.
Ancelotti knows that for a big club like Manchester United, the importance of the Champions League is beyond doubt.
The team needs to expand its influence through the Champions League, and also needs the Champions League to prove that Manchester United is still one of the best big clubs in the world.
There were a total of three goals in this game.
In the second half of the game, Manchester United scored from a corner kick.
Di Maria sent a corner kick from the right to the middle. Li Qingshan headed the ball from the middle to grab the point and hit the goal with a shake. The goalkeeper of CSKA Moscow subconsciously blocked the ball with his hand, but his efforts only went so far So far, the football blocked by the goalkeeper fell to the feet of central defender Rojo. Rojo stretched out his foot and poked the ball into the goal.
In the torrential rain in Manchester, Manchester United beat CSKA Moscow [-]-[-] at home.
After the game, the results of another game in the group came. Eindhoven and Wolfsburg were tied. In this way, with this victory, Manchester United finally surpassed the rest of the group in terms of points. The opponent, after four rounds, scored seven points and ranked first in the group standings.
Eindhoven and Wolfsburg each scored five points, ranking second and No.3 in the group respectively, while CSKA Moscow still scored four points and ranked at the bottom of the group.
Theoretically speaking, in the case of two rounds of group matches, no matter which team is in this group, there is still hope of qualifying.
In fact, CSKA Moscow, which ranks at the bottom, is not the most dangerous, because Eindhoven and Wolfsburg will face Manchester United separately next time. Manchester United defeated these two teams, and Manchester United will definitely qualify. , and the next qualifying spot will be produced in Eindhoven, Wolfsburg, and CSKA Moscow.
In addition to not having to face the strongest Manchester United in the remaining two rounds, CSKA Moscow's confidence also comes from their cold home in Moscow.Next they will face the Bundesliga team Wolfsburg at home, and in the last round they will play PSV Eindhoven away.
Now the group is undoubtedly dominated by Manchester United. As long as there are no accidents, Manchester United should have no problem qualifying from the group.However, the other three teams competed for a qualifying spot, and it will be decided in the final round.
(End of this chapter)