Although Giggs and Carrick will stay in Manchester, this does not mean that the Red Devils intend to play off tonight's away game against Cluj.
Before this game, Manchester United had won 99 games in the restructured Champions League. If they can win today, Manchester United can join the "100-win club" in the restructured Champions League.
After 90 minutes of play, the Red Devils achieved this meaningful victory as they wished. However, the defensive problems that have not been solved so far this season still gave the Red Devils a bitter blow in this game.
In this game, Manchester United experienced the same trend as the last round of league defeat to Tottenham. After the opening, the Red Devils performed extremely weak, and the defense made another big mistake and allowed the opponent to score.
However, in the second half of the game, they were able to show a brand new performance and fight back against their opponents. Fortunately, unlike the last game against Tottenham, today's Red Devils were able to have Li Yu score a lucky goal in the first half to equalize the score.
, so they only scored one goal in the second half and successfully achieved a reversal.
However, this is by no means accidental. After all, in all 6 games in which Manchester United conceded first this season, in as many as 4 games, the Red Devils achieved a comeback and won!
It seems that it has always been the nature of the Red Devils to strike first, and this nature is also very obvious in Manchester United's data this season: Manchester United participated in a total of 9 games this season, and in the first half of all 9 games
Manchester United only scored 7 goals in total, but in all the second half of these 9 games, Manchester United scored as many as 12 goals.
One! If you break down Manchester United's game time in 15-minute units, then in the 75-90 minutes that have always been called "Manchester United time", Manchester United scored a total of 4 goals in 9 games, and this
It is also the time period that witnessed the most goals scored by Manchester United this season, and Manchester United did not concede a single goal in all this "Manchester United time" this season!
Of course, the significance of this game is not just that it achieved another reversal for Manchester United.
This game is Manchester United's 100th win in the Champions League since the European Champions League was renamed the UEFA Champions League in 1992. Apart from Manchester United, only Real Madrid has achieved 100 wins in the UEFA Champions League, and "
"Galactico" has the same number of wins as 100, and according to statistics from the well-known German football website "Transfer Market", Manchester United still has the highest number of wins since the Champions League was restructured.
The team with the highest points, among the 18 UEFA Champions Leagues they have participated in, the Red Devils with 100 wins, 48 draws and 36 losses have scored a total of 348 points, 6 points more than second place Barcelona and more than third place Real Madrid.
They scored 13 points, and their two UEFA Champions League championships are second only to Barcelona, Real Madrid and Milan in Europe. The Red Devils deserve the title of the "veteran powerhouse" of the Champions League.[
But the joy of achieving today's milestone still cannot conceal the fact that the Red Devils' defense is weak.
You must know that today is the sixth time this season that Manchester United has conceded a goal before its opponent, and they have only participated in 9 games this season.
And in these 9 games, Manchester United conceded a total of 11 goals, and conceding more than one goal per game should be an intolerable stain for a giant. However, the Red Devils' defense is really poor this season.
Too generous and made too many mistakes in front of opponents, including today
During the game - when Cluj's Sogu made a pass during the counterattack, Evra, who was supposed to step forward to press, walked and watched the ball being passed to the center, while Evra, who was marking people in the center,
Vince's interception was too amateurish, allowing Cluj forward Capetanos to score without any pressure.
In an interview with "Sky Sports" before the game, Ancelotti had already raised his dissatisfaction with the state of the team's defense and concerns about Cluj's defensive counterattack: "If you watched us play against Southampton,
In the first half of the game between Liverpool and Tottenham, you should know that we still have room for improvement. The way we conceded goals in those games was really good.
It makes me feel a little bit weird. Last week we paid attention to Cluj's performance in Braga. They won that game, and as early as the qualifying round, they unexpectedly doubled Basel, the team eliminated last season.
The team we were eliminated from. Cluj’s defense responded quickly, was not afraid of physical confrontation, and defensive counterattacks were their main advantage.”
As Ancelotti expected, Manchester United really suffered from the opponent's counterattack in the game. It is a fact that the Red Devils' defense is currently short of manpower, but this does not become an excuse for the team's frequent defensive mistakes.
Does Manchester United have to rely on reversals to win? Although they have come back from behind in 6 games to win 4 times, Manchester United's defensive issues must be given due attention.
He only scored one penalty kick in three consecutive starts, and even missed a key goal against Tottenham in the last round of the league. Perhaps people who have watched Li Yu's recent performance at Manchester United will begin to doubt the "honeymoon" between the Chinese striker and Manchester United.
Has the period passed?
Will the "Li Yu" just hover over the Theater of Dreams? However, today they went to Romania to challenge Cluj. The Red Devils, who were the first to be scored by their opponents in the first half, were finally able to reverse and win the 100th win of the Champions League, relying on the right things.
These are two precious goals scored by Manchester United No. 9!
This time against Cluj, although the pair of flying wings Nani and Valencia did not play, they sent three forward players Li Yu, Hernandez and Van Persie in the starting lineup. Anshuai won the
The intention of the game is still very obvious, but due to another mistake in the defense, which has not been strong so far this season, Manchester United unexpectedly fell behind early in the game.
After conceding the goal, Manchester United tried to counterattack, but Cluj, who was striving for an upset at home, put up an unambiguous formation.
However, at the critical moment, the Red Devils had Li Yu step forward and score a golden equalizer that allowed the Red Devils to see a turnaround before the end of the first half: In the 29th minute, Hernandez scored from the left for
Manchester United won a free kick in the frontcourt. Mata passed the ball and avoided it.
Li Yu, who caught the opponent's defense, headed the ball 10 yards away from the goal. The ball hit Li Yu's shoulder, but it just drew a parabola and passed the opponent's goalkeeper, and also fell into the gate of Cluj.
It was also Van Persie's first Champions League goal for Manchester United this season!
However, even if they could equalize the score in the first half, Manchester United's task of overtaking and winning in the second half was still arduous. However, in the 49th minute of the game, Li Yu scored twice to complete the task for the Red Devils: Mata passed a long diagonal pass from the right, and Li Yu
Anti-offside
Successfully, he flicked the ball before the Cluj goalkeeper attacked. The ball flew over the goal line again, and Manchester United, who successfully overtook the score, finally scored three points as expected, and won the 100th victory in the reformed Champions League.
In the bag!
It is worth mentioning that in the 51st minute, Li Yu, who seemed to have a docile personality, unceremoniously confronted his opponent in a conflict. The domineering nature of Manchester United's 9 is evident!
This goal is also Li Yu's 60th goal in the Champions League. The attributes of "Mr. Key" can be said to be even worse!
Returning to the domestic arena, Manchester United won Newcastle 3-0, a score that was not too surprising, but what was unexpected was that the three players who scored goals were all cold characters that cannot be found in the scoring charts.[
Evans, Evra and Cleverley together did not score ten goals for Manchester United, but today they teamed up to create a hearty victory for Manchester United. North Korea scored the first goal.
Irish central defender Evans was scored by "Sky Sports" after the game, which was tied for the highest score of the game with 8 points. His comment was simple and concise: "Excellent performance, scoring a goal makes tonight's performance more complete."
The 24-year-old Evans has played for Manchester United for a long time. Although there were several loan spells in the middle, Evans has played 132 times for Manchester United since the 2007 season, 81 league appearances, and 38 appearances last season.
He is a regular member of Manchester United's first team, but when it comes to goals, including today's goal, there are only two, and the scoring methods are surprisingly similar.
They both came for a corner kick and scored the first goal of the game. Last season against Wolves in the league, Evans received a pass from Carrick's corner kick and volleyed the goal; today against Newcastle
, Evans directly raised his head high and hit the header from Van Persie's corner kick in the penalty area.
After scoring a goal, he also vented his anger with a roar. It is true that different paths lead to the same goal. The way Evans scores goals is very old-fashioned - grabbing points from set pieces, which is the most common among central defenders. However, from getting a stable number of appearances to finding a consistently effective
In terms of scoring methods, Evans' progress is obvious to all.
There is a scene that makes people deeply moved. When Manchester United was taking a corner kick in the frontcourt, Ferdinand, who was usually used to "sexually" stepping forward to compete for the top, stayed motionless in the backcourt.
It can be seen that he stayed in the backcourt to guard against the opponent's surprise attack, but it can also be seen as a veteran who knows what's interesting. Looking at Evans' amazing jump skills on today's ball, does Ferdinand need to step forward to join in the fun?
Since joining Manchester United in 2006, Evans has been criticized as a parallel import. The soft-hearted Evans has become an outstanding representative of Manchester United's Mesozoic defenders. After experiencing the nightmare of a 1-6 defeat to Manchester City last season, Evans
Gradually he matured, and the resentment he had held for 6 years finally came out in the second half of last season.
When Phil Jones, Smalling and others were injured and Leo was in average condition, Evans alone supported Manchester United's entire defense like a backbone. Data showed that Evans made 11 clearances and
1 interception, in addition to scoring a goal, there was also a wonderful pass from the heel to Welbeck in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, "Black Bay"'s kick was ridiculously light.
For now, Leo and Evans are special figures who must not be injured. Because they are injured again, Manchester United's central defender line can only find people from the reserve team and youth team to make up the number. Vidic and Phil -
Jones is out for a long time, Smalling won't recover for a while, and Evans is on the sidelines.
He injured his thigh against Tottenham and was helped off the field. After reluctantly returning, he injured his thigh again against Cluj. However, considering the embarrassment of Manchester United's central defender, Evans gritted his teeth and persisted in the game. Fortunately, the Northern Ireland central defender was quite good.
Awesome, he played some of the best games since joining Manchester United.
Manchester United's defense has been questioned in the new season. The Red Devils' line is worth nearly 100 million pounds (according to transfer market network valuation: Vidic 22.5 million, Ferdinand 5.3 million, Evra 13.5 million, Smalling 13 million, Jones 16 million
,Butner 5.3 million,Evans
8.4 million, Rafael 7.9 million, adding up to 91.9 million pounds.) What kind of results the defense can achieve depends largely on the performance of Evans. If something unexpected happens to him when he is in good condition, then
Manchester United's defense is really worrying.
In the current environment where there is no competition at all, as long as Evans doesn't accidentally cause "chaos" to his thighs, the starting partnership between him and Leo will obviously continue. Evans is also very optimistic about his prospects this year. He has a premonition
He will become a key figure. Before the game, he said: "When we enter the field, we have to prove
Let me show you. I think this season will be of great significance to me." Should I quickly take advantage of the current good opportunity to temper myself into an indispensable and absolute main central defender, or should I just give in when the competitors return?
As an ordinary rotation player, if Evans can take advantage of now and make another breakthrough, then when?
Although Manchester United defeated Newcastle United 3-0 away from home, some controversies in the game will still become topics of discussion after the game. In addition to the goal-line suspense caused by Cisse, Manchester United forward Robin van Persie was suspected of elbowing Newcastle United.
Midfielder Cabaye, the Dutchman may be suspended for 3 games.
When the game reached the 83rd minute, Van Persie got entangled with Cabaye while running the ball. The Dutch forward's arm seemed to hit Cabaye in the face. The latter immediately stopped and covered his face. The two then confronted each other face to face.
They were still chattering incessantly. In order to prevent the situation from escalating, referee Weber quickly separated the two people, but did not show a yellow card to Van Persie, who was suspected of fouling.
According to the "Sun" report, Newcastle head coach Pardew directly criticized Van Persie for a flagrant foul at the post-match press conference. Pardew said: "He glanced at Cabaye and elbowed him. I think this needs to be done after the game."
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He had some issues with Robin van Persie, I don’t know if this factor affected him.” Last season, during Arsenal’s home game against Newcastle United, Van Persie and Krul had a fierce confrontation, Pardew pointed out, “
"Celebrating the holidays" may be this.
Pardu said: "I don't think Cabaye would have stopped if he hadn't been hit by Van Persie, but I didn't see this myself. But through the video playback, I clearly saw that Van Persie did hit with an elbow.
It’s Cabaye.”
The referee on duty, Webber, did not make any comment on Van Persie's action. However, the Football Association questioned Webber about the matter and listened to his post-match report. According to the relevant regulations of the Football Association, if it is possible to confirm that Van Persie elbowed
Cabaye, then he will be suspended for 3 games.
According to the schedule, Manchester United's next three opponents are Stoke City in the league, Chelsea in the league and Chelsea in the League Cup. If the charges against Van Persie are true, then he may miss the two key games against Chelsea.
Manchester United was able to defeat Newcastle with a big score of 3-0 in the away game. On the one hand, it was because of its superior ability, and on the other hand, the Red Devils were favored by the goddess of luck in this campaign - the two defenders Evans and Evra were "iron trees blooming"
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Afterwards, Newcastle's goal that was suspected of crossing the goal line was dismissed by the referee as airborne. Even Van Persie's violent behavior of elbowing Newcastle midfielder Cabaye on the court finally successfully escaped the eyes of referee Webber and the English Football Association.
Additional penalties imposed after the incident.
The controversial scene occurred in the second half of the game. Van Persie raised his arm and knocked down Newcastle player Cabaye with his elbow without fighting for the ball.
Since the referee Webber did not observe Van Persie's movements, even though Cabaye covered his face and rolled on the ground in pain, he did not make any penalty against the Dutch forward. Sir Alex Ferguson did observe Van Persie's emotional fluctuations.
, Van Persie was substituted 4 minutes after the incident.
After the game, Newcastle head coach Pardew publicly called on the FA to launch an investigation after the game and give Van Persie a heavy penalty of a three-match ban. "He clearly observed Cabaye's position at the time and then punished him.
An elbow strike was made. Otherwise, Cabaye would not have fallen to the ground for nothing."
However, the development of the whole matter did not go in the direction expected by Pardew. On Monday local time, the Football Association stated that they would not use video evidence to impose penalties on three players who had caused controversy after the game. These three players
They are Huth, Tiote and Van Persie.
Although Tiote, who maliciously stepped on Cleverley, also escaped additional punishment, the entire Newcastle team was still very angry after learning the news.
A club insider told a reporter from "The Sun": "This is simply unbelievable. Does this kind of behavior count as violence? Van Persie elbowed Cabaye. This is indeed doubtful. Such behavior is not considered by the Football Association.
The investigation is really puzzling. Manchester United can always escape in such a situation..."
Amid controversy, Robin van Persie will return to the Netherlands this week to prepare for the next World Cup qualifiers with Louis van Gaal's national team. In the following two international matches, Manchester United's 34-year-old veteran defender Ferdinand, who has played 81 times for the England team, will
But he can only stay alone in the training base of Manchester United and practice.
Although he has not publicly announced his decision to hang up his boots in international competitions, England's current head coach Hodgson has put an end to Ferdinand's international career due to various considerations. Last week, Huo Taigong also said in public that "in the future he will
I will never consider Ferdinand again." As a result, after a lot of media hype, the coach got himself into trouble.
Ferdinand's experience gained sympathy from Manchester United star Pallister. In an interview with the "Daily Mirror", the former Manchester United steel defender said: "I think Roy Hodgson's decision is completely wrong. I think every week
Observing Ferdinand's performance, he still has great
High standard. In my opinion, Ferdinand should still have a place in the England team. After Terry announced his retirement, you especially need Leo's game experience. Even if Ferdinand loses his speed advantage, he is still stronger than any England player.
Homegrown centre-back!”
Ferdinand is not included in Hodgson's "Three Lions" squad, but it leaves another Manchester United youngster Cleverley with another chance to prove himself. Taking advantage of the league's world wave to knock off Newcastle City, Cleverley has the courage to
Leigh is also looking forward to his third senior international appearance against San Marino this Friday.
"Despite the injuries, I am still full of expectations for the future." The Manchester United youngster told reporters, "Although the league has just begun, I have already experienced many big scenes, and I am excited to play in a packed stadium.
, and also help me accumulate more game experience. I am proud of what I have achieved at Manchester United and the England team."
