After playing against Everton, the Manchester United team took a chartered flight to Monaco on the Mediterranean coast the next day to prepare for the European Super Cup that began on Friday night.

On Thursday night local time, that is, on the evening of August 26, several Manchester United players, including Ferguson and Yin Jun, attended the 2003-2004 Champions League awards ceremony and the 2004-2005 Champions League group stage draw ceremony.

As the first team to defend the Champions League since the reform of the Champions League, Manchester United is undoubtedly the biggest winner of this award ceremony. Yin Jun, Howard, Keane, Giggs and Fanny were selected for the best team in the Champions League, accounting for almost half of the best team. In the personal best, Howard was elected the best goalkeeper, and Yin Jun was elected the best midfielder and best player.

Yin Jun won the Best Midfielder and Best Player for two consecutive years.

In the subsequent Champions League group stage draw in the new season, Manchester United, as a seed team, was divided into Group D along with the second-tier French Ligue 1 overlord Lyon, the third-tier Turkish team Galatasaray, and the fourth-tier Prague Sparta from the Czech Republic.

The result is not the best, but it is not the worst. As the Ligue 1 overlord, Lyon is still very strong. Galatasaray and Sparta Prague are not very strong, but the long distance is a test for Manchester United.

Of course, there is also the away atmosphere of Galatasaray. For any team, playing football in Türkiye will not be a good experience.

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One day later, at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco, Manchester United competed for this year's European Super Cup champion Valencia.

As the La Liga champion last season, Valencia is still very strong. After all, they can beat the Galaxy battleships and the recovering Barcelona, ​​which proves their strength.

However, the Bat Legion lost their meritorious coach Benitez this summer, and the Spanish coach took over Anfield in the summer and became the new helmsman of the Reds. This was a big blow to Valencia.

At Louis II Stadium, Manchester United encountered a fierce battle. Yin Jun scored in the 17th minute of the first half to help Manchester United lead, but Baraja equalized the score in the 32nd minute.

In the second half, Marco Divaio's goal in the 67th minute gave Valencia a lead in the score.

At the critical moment, Yin Jun once again played the mainstay. He first assisted Ronaldo in the 78th minute, allowing both sides to return to the same starting line, and then assisted Alan Smith in the 83rd minute, allowing Manchester United to win the championship trophy.

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Although he won Valencia and won the European Super Cup, this game also consumes a lot of money for Manchester United players.

Manchester United flew back to England after 72 hours to challenge Blackburn away.

This is the last game in the fourth round of the Premier League.

Before that, Chelsea had already played Kai at home. The Blues were also scaring the home team fans. After losing the ball in the 12-second game, relying on Beatty's own own and a penalty kick, he was lucky to win the four consecutive wins of the season 2:1.

Arsenal defeated Canary Norwich 4-1 away, continuing its unbeaten record to 44 games. At the same time, in the Premier League standings, they also relied on the advantage of goal difference to top Chelsea, which also won four consecutive victories.

So, before Manchester United's game started, they were already 6 points behind Arsenal and Chelsea in the standings.

In this game, Ferguson rotated the team's starting lineup, Yin Jun took the bench, and Scholes started and played as the front midfielder.

After the opening, Manchester United, who seemed a little tired, was obviously not in shape. The home team had the advantage on the field and took the lead in the 17th minute of the game.

Peterson threw a sideline ball from the left, Sylvester was not tightly targeting people, Dikov stopped the ball and turned around, and shot half a volley from the front corner of the small penalty area into the upper right corner of the goal. Manchester United fell behind 0:1 away.

The score remained until the end of the first half.

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Judging from the first half of the game, Manchester United's single striker Smith lacked enough support and did nothing under the control of Short and Amoruso. Ronaldo and Cleberson are two of Manchester United's best performers, but after halftime, Cleberson was replaced by Giggs, and Ronaldo was also pushed to the front line. Manchester United should play three forwards.

However, Manchester United's substitution adjustment did not play a very obvious role, forcing Ferguson to make a second substitution adjustment in the 67th minute of the game. Yin Jun replaced Jemba and took over Manchester United's command from Scholes.

Yin Jun played a role shortly after he appeared.

In the 71st minute, Manchester United passed the ball over the right, Yin Jun followed and used his head. He was about to form a single shot, Amoruso knocked him down from behind and was sent off by referee Willie.

Sones immediately strengthened his defense and replaced Dikov with Swedish defender Johnson.

However, this substitution adjustment did not help Blackburn. In the 77th minute, Yin Jun received a wonderful pass from Alan Smith's heel and shot with his left foot at the edge of the penalty area. Although Friedel responded, Yin Jun's kick was too tricky and could not stop the ball from entering the net.

1:1, Manchester United equalized the score.

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Manchester United's morale rose sharply, and they still have a numerical advantage, which completely suppressed Blackburn on the scene, almost putting the home team in the penalty area and beating it hard.

However, Manchester United's second goal was delayed, and Blackburn's old American goalkeeper Friedel showed extraordinary form. Although he failed to stop Yin Jun's shot, Ronaldo's header from close range and Scholes' volley in the small penalty area were all incredibly blocked by him.

Before Yin Jun appeared, Friedel had contributed many key saves.

Soon, the regular 90-minute game ended. The sideline officials signaled for 4 minutes of stoppage time, and the home fans started to cheer together. Obviously, the home fans thought that this stoppage time was too much.

Blackburn's situation on the court is very passive, and the home team fans want the referee to end the game after 90 minutes.

At this time, Manchester United had already pushed the whole team. Except for Gary Neville and goalkeeper Howard who stayed behind, the other nine people basically pushed into Blackburn's penalty area.

When the game was about to end, Manchester United launched the last strike, Scholes made a long pass in the midfield, Yin Jun beat Short to head the ball, and Smith volleyed with his left foot 11 meters in front of the goal, and magically overturned the score.

The home team was very dissatisfied with the goal. They believed that when Yin Jun headed the ball, Alan Smith was in an offside position. However, the slow motion showed that Smith was not obviously offside, and he was basically in the same line as Johnson.
Chapter completed!