Chapter 291 Comprehensive Competition
After Craven Farm was tied and tied by the Gunners in the standings, Manchester United's intensive schedule finally came to an end for a while and got a full rest time for a week. This is undoubtedly very important for the tired Manchester United.
However, even after getting a week of adjustment, Manchester United had a few bad news. Sylvester has not recovered yet, and Fuqin, who is on the defense, was injured in training again.
Although the South African is not the main player of Manchester United, he is competent for multiple positions in the midfield and backcourt, which is also a useful supplement to Manchester United's defense line. Especially in recent days, Manchester United's defense line has encountered a shortage of personnel, and Fuqiong's role has become increasingly prominent. Now he is also injured, and the blow to Manchester United's defense line is also quite a big blow.
Not only that, in Manchester United's next game, Gary Neville will also be suspended due to accumulated yellow cards, which makes Ferguson's platoon streak a little stretched.
In this case, Ferguson had to continue using Wes Brown, who made consecutive mistakes in the defense in the early stage.
Despite this, Ferguson still dared not use Wes Brown as a key position in the centre-back. In the FA Cup quarter-finals with Fulham over the weekend, Ferguson pulled captain Roy Keane back to the defense line and played center back with Van Biden, while Phil Neville and Wes Brown played fullback.
Fulham is the nemesis of Manchester United this season. In the first leg of the league between the two sides, Manchester United lost 2:3 at home. In the second leg of the league a week ago, the Red Devils were tied by their opponents away again.
Ferguson naturally does not want another accident in the third game against Fulham, so even if the Champions League match between Porto will be held at home in the middle of next week, Ferguson is still sending the strongest lineup to play. Fletcher and Scholes partnered with two back midfielders, Yin Jun continued to serve as the front midfielder, Ronaldo, Fanny and Giggs formed a trident in the front line.
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As soon as the game began, Manchester United got a fantastic start. Ronaldo crossed the middle, Van Nistruei cut into the penalty area and passed Giggs. Although the Welshman's shot was blocked by Van derssa, Van derssa could no longer do anything in the face of Yin Jun's follow-up shot.
Manchester United, who led the score, continued to be besiege Fulham, but Van Nie passed the goal three times in a row.
It is said that God will suffer the consequences if he doesn't win. Manchester United, who lost the opportunity, quickly paid the price. In the 22nd minute, US international Brian McBride broke away from Roy Keane and passed it into the penalty area. Wes Brown made a big mistake again and tripped Boa Mott in the penalty area. Referee Rob Sdale awarded a penalty. French striker Louis Saha, who had been rumored to have a scandal with Manchester United in the winter transfer window, hit a penalty kick, helping the visiting team equalize the score.
The defense line dug holes for Manchester United in many consecutive games, but fortunately, Manchester United's attack line is indeed strong, and it took only 2 minutes to surpass the score again. Yin Jun passed the ball in the middle, Giggs made a cross from the left, and Van Nisstruy scored a half-volley in the middle.
This Fulham's strength is indeed good. They almost tied the score again in the 35th minute of the game. After Zach Wright received a diagonal pass from Malbrlank, he hit the crossbar with a long shot from 30 yards and bounced out of the baseline, and Manchester United escaped.
Before the half game, Manchester United expanded its lead. Yin Jun took the free kick from the left and kicked a nearly unsolvable free kick from 30 meters away. Although Van der Sar flew over, he still couldn't stop the football from flying into the goal.
This is Yin Jun's 38th goal scored for Manchester United in various competitions this season, more than all players in the same period.
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Although Manchester United took a 3:1 lead in the first half, Manchester United was not satisfied with it. They still maintained high fighting spirit in the second half and continued to siege Fulham's goal.
In the 49th minute, Fletcher passed the ball Giggs, and the Welshman's powerful shot hit Van der Sar.
In the 55th minute, Walz fouled the tackle against Fletcher, and Yin Jun's free kick directly hit the goal slightly above the crossbar.
It is said that there are only three things. After two goals are short of a goal, Manchester United finally scored.
In the 62nd minute, Fur Yinjun passed the ball accurately and Ronaldo on the right. The Portuguese immediately crossed from the right. Fanny scored from a distance from close range. This is the Dutch's 26th goal this season, second only to Yin Jun in Manchester United.
The score on the field was rewritten to 4:1, and Manchester United completely locked in the victory. In order to keep the mid-week Champions League match, Ferguson quickly made a substitution adjustment. He replaced two people in a row, replaced captain Roy Keane with Osheim, and replaced Yin Jun with defensive midfielder Jemba.
Although Fulham launched a fierce offensive at the last moment, the Red Devils finally maintained a 4:1 score and advanced to the top 4 of the FA Cup.
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Immediately after Manchester United's victory and advanced, the Gunners swept Portsmouth 5-1 away and entered the semi-finals.
A day later, Sunderland defeated Sheffield United 1-0 at home, and in a low-level team matchup, Millwall and Tranmill had a white match at home, and the two teams will play a rematch ten days later.
In the subsequent FA Cup semi-final draw, Manchester United drew Arsenal, and Manchester United played away. Sunderland was the winner against Millwall and Tranmill.
For such a draw, both Manchester United and Arsenal are unwilling to see. For both sides, the best result is to meet in the final.
However, both games in the FA Cup semi-finals are four weeks later, and they are still far away. At present, Manchester United's main energy is still to focus on the league and the Champions League.
Currently, Manchester United is in a difficult position to play against Arsenal in the league.
After 27 rounds of the league, they scored 67 points. Manchester United only ranked first by relying on the advantage of goal difference, but Arsenal still remained unbeaten and was also full of momentum.
Judging from the status and performance of the two teams this season, the entanglement between the two sides may continue, and it will be difficult to decide the winner in the short term.
This season, Manchester United and Arsenal have performed very well on all fronts, advancing in the league, and both reached the semi-finals in the FA Cup. In the Champions League, both teams won away in the first leg of the quarterfinals.
The competition between the two sides is all-round!
Of course, what Manchester United is most imminent is to defeat Porto and advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
Although he narrowly defeated his opponent 3-2 at Dragon Stadium in the first leg and took the lead in the Champions League knockout round in two rounds, it is hard to say that Manchester United has gained a clear advantage.
After experiencing the first leg, Manchester United has seen Porto's strength and their tenacity. Even if they win away in the first leg and Manchester United wants to advance in the final, the second leg is still very difficult, and they may capsize at home if they are accidentally.
Chapter completed!