Manchester United officially announced that due to the impact of ice at Broomfield Road, the Red Devils' away game against Blackpool, originally scheduled to be held at 17:30 local time on Saturday, will be postponed.
Snowstorms have hit most parts of Europe recently, and England is no exception.
Last week, many lower league games were postponed due to snowstorms, and Blackpool's home ground at Broomfield Road does not have a geothermal system to prevent the ground from being severely frozen.
A spokesman for Blackpool confirmed that the game will be postponed due to the freezing ground. "The weather is too cold, the temperature has even dropped to minus 8 degrees, and there was even a large-scale frost on Thursday night, so the ground is no longer available.
It was suitable for the game. Our staff tried to use heaters to thaw the ice, but these efforts ensured that the game against Manchester United could go ahead smoothly."
The referee of this match, Mr. Peter Wharton, inspected the match venue on Friday afternoon. He believed that the Broomfield Road venue laws were unfrozen before Saturday's game, and such venue conditions were not sufficient to host a Premier League game.
Manchester United's official website reported that after discussions with the Premier League committee, match officials and Manchester United, it was decided to postpone the game between Blackpool and Manchester United. The specific make-up time is to be determined, and Manchester United fans can still attend the game with their tickets after the postponement.
Although Manchester United, with one game in hand, may give up the top spot at the end of this round, they can save their energy and go all out to fight the next three key battles. In the middle of next week, Manchester United will compete in the final match of the Champions League group stage.
In the home game against Valencia, as long as they draw with their opponents, they can secure the top spot in the group; after beating Valencia, Manchester United will face Arsenal at home and challenge Chelsea away in the league championship. These three games will determine
Manchester United's trend throughout the season.
Entering December, many European players have relaxed their mentality, and the winter break is about to begin.
Premier League players are more nervous than ever. Not only do they have no rest [
During this period, the competition intensity is even higher than other periods.
The whole of Europe is on holiday, but only the Premier League players are not on holiday. You can imagine the physical and mental fatigue.
Manchester United has been in a series of tough battles recently, and they are all games that cannot be missed. The last round of the group stage of Valencia's Champions League is about the top spot in the group. They can complete the goal without losing. This is a relatively simple task.
Playing one less league game is beneficial to Manchester United!
At the same time, Manchester United decisively adopted a abandonment strategy in the League Cup, and the non-main lineup went to the away game to complete the League Cup match against West Ham.
The result can be imagined. Although the Manchester United reserve team players worked hard, they still failed miserably in the harsh British winter.
Obinna is crazy! No one expected that Manchester United, which had been unbeaten in 29 games in all competitions for nearly 8 months, would suffer a 0-4 away defeat to West Ham, the deputy captain. It was even more unexpected.
What's surprising is that the one who broke down Manchester United's entire defense was Obinna, who was like a useless player in Inter Milan's formation. I wonder what Benitez would think when he saw Obinna playing like this.
Let’s first take a look at the four goals directed by Obinna in the game. In the 22nd minute, Obinna made a right-footed pass from the edge of the penalty area, and Spector stepped in to get rid of Fletcher’s defense and scored with a header; in the 37th minute, Obinna made a right-footed pass from the edge of the penalty area.
In the minute, Spector passed the ball and Obinna's shot from the middle of the penalty area was blocked by Fabio, but the Brazilian slipped and fell, and Spector followed up and scored with a shot.
In the 56th minute, Obinna used his speed to get rid of Fabio and made a pass from the left baseline. Carlton Cole scored a header before Evans in front of the goal; in the 66th minute, Obinna faced Rafael.
Despite the blockage, the cross was still sent out. After getting rid of Evans, Carlton Cole shot twice from a small angle in the penalty area. In 44 minutes, Obinna used three assists to tear the defending champion Manchester United into pieces.
In addition to directing 4 goals, Obinna also had many wonderful shots in the game.
In the 16th minute, Obinna received Spector's pass and saw someone stepping forward to block it immediately, so he fired with his left foot in front of the penalty area. The ball was refracted and entered the net. Just as the Nigerians were celebrating wildly.
But the linesman kept holding the flag persistently.
Sure enough, the slow-motion replay showed that before the ball entered the net, it hit Spector's body, which was in an offside position, and was refracted, so the goal should have taken effect. In the 26th minute, Obinna's shot in front of the penalty area was blocked, but unfortunately he
Already in an offside position when shooting; 36th
Minutes, Obinna passed a free kick from the left, and Tomkins' header went wide; in the 42nd minute, Green took a goal kick, and Obinna's shot from the edge of the penalty area was scored by Kuzzak; in the 79th minute,
, Obinna, who was full of confidence, took the lead 40 yards from the goal.
A free kick was taken, but his shot was slightly higher; in the 89th minute, Obinna's direct shot from a small angle on the left went wide again; according to opt statistics, in the whole game, Obinna shot 3 times and 1 shot was on target.
Scored goals; sent 4 threatening passes, 3
direct assists; contributed 7 crosses, 3 tackles, 2 successful tackles, and 1 reverse break. After the game, "Sky Sports" gave Obinna a game-high score of 8 points, and among the fans
In scoring, Obinna also scored a game-high score of 89 points.
Since the start of this season, Obinna has been called a League Cup expert.
In the third round of the League Cup, West Ham played away to Sunderland. Obina first assisted Picchionne to break the deadlock, and then scored the winning goal after the opponent equalized, leading the team to defeat the "Black Cats" 2-1.
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In the fourth round, Obinna scored a goal in overtime to help West Ham defeat Stoke City 3-1 at home.[
In the fifth round, Obinna sent another hat trick of assists, helping West Ham beat the defending champion Manchester United 4-0.
In 3 League Cup games, Obinna scored 2 goals and provided 4 assists. He can be said to be the main contributor to West Ham reaching the semi-finals of the League Cup. After 11 league games, Obinna finally made his mark on his own.
He made some gains in the 12th round of the Premier League. Last weekend, he scored 1
The ball and 1 assist helped West Ham defeat Wigan 3-1 at home, leaving West Ham only 3 points away from escaping the relegation zone and rekindling confidence in relegation. In all competitions this season, Obinna has already
Scored 3 goals and provided an astonishing 9 assists for West Ham.
The media exaggerated West Ham's victory, who told them to eliminate the Premier League hegemon Manchester United!
Ferguson didn't take this too seriously. In fact, it was really surprising that Manchester United gave up the League Cup.
In what is likely to be his last year as manager, Ferguson will easily give up a laurel.
Although I don't understand, Ferguson's courage is still doubtful. When faced with choices, the decisiveness shown by Sir Alex is worthy of learning from other coaches.
Manchester United has spent a lot of money for the crucial battle in December.
Next we have to see what the real effect is.
Manchester United defeated Valencia with 1 goal in the away game in the group stage. If they remain unbeaten in this game, they will be ranked first in the group. However, Valencia has not won in three visits to Old Trafford in history. The game was postponed last weekend.
Manchester United has a strong lineup, but in order to prepare Van der Sar for the league match with Arsenal next week, Ferguson only started with third goalkeeper Amos. Manchester City winger David Silva was also paying attention to the performance of his old club in the stands.
, although Valencia also locked in a promotion spot.
With Anderson's goal, Manchester United drew 1-1 at home with La Liga powerhouse Valencia and advanced to the top 16 of the Champions League as the group leader. During the game, Ferdinand was substituted due to injury, which shocked hundreds of millions of Manchester United fans.
Worried that Leo will be absent for the next game
In the two championship games between Arsenal and Chelsea, Ferguson revealed after the game that the result of the immediate inspection was that Ferdinand's ligaments had not suffered any possible long-term damage. Sir Alex also believed that Rooney would soon be injured.
can reach his best condition.
In an interview with Sky Sports 2, Ferguson said, "Absolutely, Rooney did a good job today. His distribution of the ball tonight, his role in front of the opponent's defense, his work efficiency, his movement speed
They are all very outstanding." Xiaopang was also quite satisfied with his performance after the game, "I feel that my physical condition is very good. I feel that my sense of smell is back in and outside the penalty area. Generally speaking, I am very satisfied with my physical condition and my sense of smell.
I'm very happy with my performance tonight."
Sir Alex Ferguson also commented on the performance of Rooney's strike partner Li Yu tonight. "I think we should win the game, we have many opportunities. Li Yu may be able to score 4 or 5 more goals tonight, but the opponent's goalkeeper made a mistake
He made a lot of great saves. We noticed those shots. He didn't score tonight just because he was unlucky."
"You have to get the result you want and I think the squad we have is good enough to deal with anything we come across, any opponent. Tonight our goal was to get a sixth clean sheet in a row in the group stage and we didn't get it, but
The most important thing is to win the first place in the group, which is much more important than keeping a clean sheet. In the last 20 minutes, Watts
Rencia played the best phase, but we knew a draw would be enough for us. Sometimes the game is dangerous, especially when you lack experience at the back. We have Fabio in the back
, Rafael, Smallin and Amos, it’s a tough task for them. Inexperience could kill our effort.”
England is not a blessed place for Valencia. In the previous 13 away games in England, Valencia only achieved 1 win, 8 draws and 4 losses. However, in the last 5 visits to England, Valencia achieved an unbeaten record of 1 win, 4 draws.
Record, the only victory was at 02-0
3 Defeated Liverpool 1-0 in the away game in the Champions League group stage. Although Manchester United missed the first team in history to keep zero goals in all six group stages of the Champions League due to Carrick's mistake, Ferguson's team still
Beating Valencia to top the group.
The Premier League officially announced the make-up time for Manchester United's away game against Blackpool. The make-up match will be held on January 25 next year, Tuesday night at 19:45 local time, which is undoubtedly good news for Manchester United.
On January 22nd next year, Manchester United will face Birmingham at home in the Premier League; on February 1st, Manchester United will face Aston Villa at home in the Premier League. Between these two leagues, there is this addition
A less difficult away match against Blackpool, I believe Sir Alex Ferguson can no longer find any reason to be unhappy.
Because, even if Manchester United defeats Liverpool at home in the third round of the FA Cup on January 9 and advances to the fourth round of the FA Cup to be held around January 29, Sir Alex Ferguson is likely to be like this.
He will continue to give up the FA Cup this season and focus on playing the home game against Villa after the make-up game. After all, the Premier League and the Champions League are the events that Ferguson values most.
There are various signs that Manchester United will undergo some personnel changes this winter and next summer. "The Sun" said that if the 40-year-old Van der Sar chooses to retire after this season, Ferguson will have a talk with him after Christmas.
Talk. Although Van der Sar’s wife Annemarie prefers that the Manchester United goalkeeper can return to the Netherlands to settle down after retiring, Manchester United is more willing to provide Van der Sar with a position. However, Van der Sar’s position will not affect the current goalkeeper coach Steele.
position, and more likely to be a royal scout or Manchester United ambassador.
The highlight of the next round of the Premier League, Manchester United versus Arsenal, has become the focus of fans around the world.
The two teams can be said to have been old enemies in the Premier League for the past ten years. Before the start of the competition, the war of words between the two teams has already deeply penetrated the hearts of the people, and it feels like they never tire of hearing about it.
Before the match against Arsenal, Manchester United's main defender Evra mocked the Gunners' performance and called Wenger's team garbage.
Manchester United will face Arsenal at Old Trafford on Monday. Evra took the lead in launching a psychological war. He said: "Arsenal, such a big club, has not won any trophies in five years? For me,
To say this is a crisis is rubbish."
"Arsenal are a young team and they have a good style. I will watch them and enjoy them, but at the end of the day can they win trophies? That's what people remember you for."
"People always praise Arsenal for their style of play, but at the end of the day what accolades do they have to show for it?"
Evra believes that the game against Arsenal is not decisive, and the championship battle will still be between Manchester United and Chelsea. "We may lose to Arsenal next Monday, but in the end what will their result be? Nothing will work.
They can't win the championship."
"Our real opponent is Chelsea, and we care more about Chelsea's results than Arsenal. Maybe I sound arrogant when I say this, but if Manchester United doesn't win the championship, that's Manchester United's problem."
"For me, the real enemy is Chelsea because they have the ability to win the title and we are not afraid of them, but they are the team we are paying attention to."
Evra also said that Manchester United likes to play Arsenal. "When we play against Arsenal, we all enjoy it. They are not a team that puts eleven people in the back line. Arsenal sometimes cannot end the game.
We, on the other hand, are efficient."
"People are so easily impressed by Arsenal's style. I hear people comparing them to Barcelona, but in 20 years, people won't remember what Arsenal's style is. When people say Arsenal are like Barcelona,
I couldn't help but laugh, Barcelona played well, but they can win the championship, and the only thing that interests me is the team that can win the championship."
Soon, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger hit back at Manchester United defender Evra's taunt, saying that the French defender showed disrespect for other teams.
Manchester United and Arsenal are about to face off at Old Trafford on Monday. Evra said that Arsenal is a team that cannot win the championship. In this regard, Wenger believes that this is a sign of disrespect for the opponent.
Wenger said: "Before the game, Evra gave some good material to the media."
"Our guideline is the style of football we want to play, not what our opponents say about us."
"Personally, I think if you're a well-known player, you have to always respect your opponents, and that's what we've been doing."
"Whether Evra disrespects his opponent or not, that's up to you to judge. Before a game like this, we don't want to get involved in an unnecessary war of words. We want to focus on our own style and ignore it before the game.
Any provocation."
"Our motivation is the desire to win games and the quality of football we want to play."
Contrary to Evra, Manchester United coach Ferguson called on Old Trafford fans to respect their opponents and not to disrespect Wenger. In last season's game, Wenger was sent to the stands and had to stand in the stands.
Some people next to Manchester United fans insulted him. The referee apologized to Wenger after the game, and Ferguson called on the fans to respect the opponent's coach before the game.
In response, Wenger said: "I think you should respect everyone and be respected. So every time Manchester United comes to Arsenal to play, we always ask our fans to show respect."
Talking about the duel with Ferguson, Wenger said: "The situation between us has changed a little. We respect and understand each other. This may be what you call 'softening'. But the important thing is not Ferguson vs. Wenger, but
It's Manchester United versus Arsenal."
Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed that in Monday's Premier League top-of-the-table clash with Arsenal, the Red Devils' three main players, Rio Ferdinand, Evra and Scholes, have all recovered from injuries and will be able to play in this crucial game.
Ferdinand left the Champions League group match against Valencia on Tuesday due to injury. He felt a problem with his hamstring. Scholes has missed Manchester United's last three games because of a groin injury. Evra has not been due to physical reasons.
against Valencia, but Ferguson said all three will be available against Arsenal on Monday.
"Everyone is healthy," Ferguson said. "Scholes participated in training yesterday, although it was only a light exercise, but he should be fine on Monday, and Ferdinand should also recover."
In terms of reserve players, defenders Evans and Brown have recently been unwell due to colds, but have now recovered. Ferguson said: "Evans and Brown had colds recently, which is spreading in this area, but now they are in good condition
It's much better, and we should be able to play as a team on Monday."
Of course, the "whole team" Ferguson mentioned does not include the two long-term injuries of Owen and Hargreaves. Owen has recently resumed training and the situation is improving. Ferguson said: "He can't catch up with the game against Arsenal, but
