838 It's Manchester United's turn!
Manchester United's special plane landed at Manchester International Airport.
Soon, the stars took the team bus that was already on standby at the airport and headed to the Carrington training base ten kilometers away.
The airport is in the southern suburbs of the city, while Carrington is in the western suburbs of the city, and there is no need to pass through the bustling area along the way.
The whole bus was silent, and the players either pretended to sleep, closed their eyes and rested, put on their headphones, ignored their affairs, or just stared out of the window in a daze.
It was already midnight, and there were already few vehicles on the expressway. Occasionally, there were vehicles sermons, or when passing through a street light, the lights entered the carriage, so that the loneliness and frustration on the faces of Manchester United players could be clearly seen.
They lost one-to-three away.
This is certainly not a satisfactory result, because it means they have to work harder in the second round.
However, they will face Chelsea next, which is a top-ranked battle and cannot be missed.
Could it be that you really have to stop at the quarterfinals like this?
No one from Manchester United will be convinced from the players.
Red Devils Manchester United never admits defeat!
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The bus passed through the Carrington path familiarly and soon arrived at the training base.
With a thud, the car door opened.
Chief assistant coach Mike Ferran obviously wants to stand up from his seat as usual and loudly remind the players that the team will disband on the spot and that they can go home.
But at this moment, Ferguson, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Mike Ferran's arm.
The assistant coach sat back again, but Ferguson stood up.
In the carriage, all the players looked directly at Ferguson. In the dim light, he seemed to be older than usual.
He is already sixty-eight!
The passion on weekdays often makes people ignore Ferguson's age, especially when he uses his ultimate skill, the hair dryer. Everyone feels that this somewhat annoying old man in his 50s and a middle-aged man in his prime.
But at this moment, they suddenly realized that the old man was really old.
It's sixty-eight, and there's something wrong with the heart. God knows how long he can coach?
Since the team won the Champions League, there have been rumors that Ferguson will retire, but if he retires, who will take charge of Manchester United?
Everyone from Manchester United is probably unable to adapt to a club without Ferguson.
He is like a legend, an immortal monument.
Many times, he doesn't need to do anything or say anything. He just needs to stand there and stand in front of the coach's seat on the sidelines. Everyone will feel an unprecedented spiritual force and are willing to work hard for him.
At this moment, he stood up, stood in the middle of the aisle, looking at the long bus and rows of players.
Everyone was also looking at him and waiting for him to speak.
But he didn't say a word for a long time.
What's strange is that the carriage was not embarrassed at all, as if at this time, although he didn't speak, everyone could understand Ferguson's meaning of silence, and gain confidence and encouragement from him.
No one cares whether it is thirty seconds, one minute, or two minutes.
Until Ferguson himself broke the silence.
He said slowly in a tone that was neither light nor heavy, as if it was light but also made people feel very heavy, "Don't worry, guys, just two goals, we will advance at Old Trafford next Wednesday!"
Suddenly, everyone believed it!
Everyone in the car was convinced by him in one sentence!
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Real Madrid reversed Manchester United three-to-one, causing an uproar in the world football world.
Everyone knows that Real Madrid is strong and that bookmakers have high expectations for Real Madrid, but in fact, almost all professionals are not optimistic about Real Madrid because it is a team that has just experienced restructuring.
It broke up and reorganization, and at the same time, it just broke the curse of the top 16 of the Champions League. It is very difficult for such a team to get results in a short period of time.
But Real Madrid did it, and reversed Manchester United three-to-one at home, allowing everyone to see the strength and potential of this team.
The reputation of the King of Benitez Cup has been recognized again, and Yang Yang, who scored two shots and one pass, was elected as the best player in the game, and once again became the number one person in the world football world that fans around the world scrambled to celebrate.
Also recognized are Ibrahimovic, Robben and Sneijder. Real Madrid's offense in the frontcourt showed incredible strength, and everyone is looking forward to Kaka's return, hoping to restart the offensive phalanx in the early stages of the season.
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Under the good situation, Real Madrid welcomed Atletico Madrid at home.
Since he was going to play in the Champions League on the weekend, Benitez had appropriate rotation of the team's lineup, and the intensity was quite strong.
Las Diarra replaced Mascherano, Maxwell, Granero, Raul and Higuain all qualified, but main players such as Yang Yang, Xavi Alonso, Ramos and Fermuren are still there.
The Bedding Legion attaches great importance to this game. The head coach Flores, who put out the fire in the middle, even said that this will be the most important game at Atletico Madrid so far this season, and the team has been carefully preparing for this for a long time.
One side is tired after a long battle, while the other side is waiting for work. The start is obvious, and Atletico Madrid seized the opportunity.
What is surprising is that in the tenth minute of the game, Las Diarra dribbled the ball in the midfield and Atletico Madrid passed and cooperated continuously. Former Real Madrid player Reyes quickly inserted behind left defender Maxwell, and shot a curved ball on the edge of the penalty area, directly breaking Casillas' goal.
Subsequently, Real Madrid launched continuous offensives, but never failed to break the goal of Atletico Madrid.
The running and pressing ability of the Bedding Legion made Real Madrid very passive in the scene.
Until the 49th minute of the second half, Yang Yang broke through from the left and made a cross, forming a corner kick, Granero sent a corner kick, Fermall headed the ball, and Xavi Alonso scored a volley.
Just five minutes later, Xavi Alonso's straight pass tore open Atletico Madrid's defense line. Yang Yang successfully counterattacked and stopped the ball with his chest and drove into the penalty area. An agile pendulum was out of hand, dribbling past goalkeeper De Gea and hitting the empty goal.
Then Yang Yang scored two consecutive shots, one missed a long shot, and the other was swept by De Gea, but failed to break through Atletico Madrid's goal both times.
In the 63rd minute, Yang Yang took the ball from the left to attract the attention of the defensive, and passed the ball to Granero on the left rib, who sent it into the penalty area. Higuain scored one shot and won another goal for Real Madrid.
Three to one!
Real Madrid reversed again!
But after scoring consecutive goals, Real Madrid's offensive took a short break, but Atletico Madrid took advantage of a corner kick opportunity in the 68th minute to create a foul on Xavi Alonso when defending in the penalty area. The referee awarded a penalty kick, and Fran calmly scored a penalty kick.
After that, both sides had offensive and defensive attacks, but neither Atletico Madrid nor Real Madrid could break through the opponent's goal again, and the three-to-two score remained until the end of the game.
In the end, Real Madrid reversed the Bedding Legion three to two in the Madrid derby.
Reversed in two consecutive games, and after conceding one goal first and then chasing three goals in a row, Real Madrid's performance in the last two games has once again made people worried, and it also exposed some problems, such as the weakness of the inadequate bench thickness of the frontcourt offensive players.
The reason why the poor performance in the first half of this game was not only because of Atletico Madrid's tenacious style and Real Madrid's exhaustion in a long battle, but also an important reason is that after Robben and Ibrahimovic did not appear, there was no player in Real Madrid's frontcourt able to replace these two players.
Except for Yang Yang and Robben, no third person in Real Madrid has the ability to assault on the wing. After Robben was absent, Yang Yang's left side immediately became the focus of the opponent's strict defense.
Especially after Atletico Madrid scored a counterattack goal, Maxwell's insertion force on this side was significantly reduced, causing Yang Yang to fall into a state of being alone in the frontcourt.
This is obviously a problem.
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Manchester United's match against Chelsea was played at noon, and Manchester United lost to Chelsea 1-2 at home.
But in this strong conversation, Ferguson hid many main stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Carrick, and even arranged four players over 35 years old in the lineup.
After Gary Neville could not stop Yang Yang from the away game in the mid-week Champions League, he could not stop Maluda in the weekend's league. The first goal of the game was the goal assisted by Maluda on the left side of Chelsea, which made Ferguson very worried.
Gary Neville is already 35 years old, and his competitive level is no longer as outstanding as before. How confident can he be to face Yang Yang next Wednesday?
There is also Berbatov, the Bulgarian center continues to be disappointing. During the strong dialogue, Brother Xiaosha is always invisible and performs sluggishly, which makes Ferguson feel very angry.
He was very optimistic about Berbatov's characteristics, but he really didn't expect that the psychological quality of the Bulgarian center would be so bad that it would be useless if it repeatedly beats.
If Berbatov can have 80% of Drogba's dominance in the penalty area, Manchester United's forward combination can sweep Europa.
Ferguson was worried, and was very worried about the mid-week game and couldn't even sleep all night.
However, after seeing Real Madrid's home game against Atletico Madrid, Ferguson's eyes suddenly lit up and a smile flashed. He saw a very fatal weakness of Real Madrid, and it was also Benitez's always weakness.
In addition to the well-known gap left behind the left back on the offensive, Benitez's team was still so bad when defending corner kicks. The area-to-man defense was too complicated, so from Liverpool to Real Madrid, Benitez never found an effective solution to make up for this weakness.
And back then, Chelsea used this to kill Liverpool three goals at Anfield Stadium.
Chapter completed!