Chapter 592 Super Sagittarius Festival

Manchester United didn't have time to suffer for losing the top spot in the Premier League, because just three days later, they welcomed their next opponent: Portuguese super giant Benfica!

This is the second round of the Champions League group stage this season.

Both teams won in the first round, and both won 1:0, and are currently tied for the Group D standings. Now that the two teams are directly playing against each other, it will undoubtedly determine who will eventually stand firm at the top of the list.

Manchester United lacked major general in this game, Rooney was suspended from red card, Keane, Gary Neville, Heinzer, and Brown were all absent due to injuries, and Sylvester's leg injury before the game made Manchester United worse. Giggs started for the second time this season and wore the captain's armband.

Eusebio, who participated in the 1968 Champions League finals of both teams, and England coach Elicitson were both here to watch the game.

After the game started, Benfica, who was away, took the lead and attacked Manchester United's half, which led to a continuous danger in Manchester United's goal. Fortunately, Van der Sar performed well and saved Benfica's must-have goals twice in a row, ensuring that Manchester United's goal was not lost.

After defeating Benfica's opening attack, Manchester United, which has gained a foothold, gradually took the initiative on the field and posed a threat to Benfica's goal.

In the 14th minute, Smith snatched the middle, O'Shea made a cross from the right, and Fanny's right foot volleyed at the air and shot the crossbar from 19 meters in front of the goal.

In the 27th minute, Ronaldo broke through the middle and passed by Van Nicht almost made a one-on-one strike, but he missed the opportunity.

In the 36th minute, Benfica cleared the ball not far away, Scholes volleyed with his right foot outside the penalty area and missed the right post.

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After wasting several excellent opportunities in a row, Manchester United finally scored a goal at home. In the 39th minute, Ronaldo's breakthrough was blocked by Leon, and Manchester United won a free kick 25 meters away from the goal on the right.

Yin Jun took the free kick, and he kicked a beautiful arc ball with his left foot and directly sent the ball into Benfica's goal, and Manchester United led 1:0.

This is Yin Jun's 42nd goal scored in the Champions League, continuing to consolidate his position as sixth in the Champions League history scorer list, and is only 2 goals away from Shevchenko in front of him!

In the current Champions League historical scorer list, two Real Madrid scorers occupy the top two, legendary scorer Distiffano tops the list with 49 goals in 58 games, while the current Galaxy Captain Raul ranks second with 49 goals in 98 games.

After two Real Madrid super scorers, the two tied. Benfica's legendary scorer Eusepioo and Manchester United's leading scorer Van Nie both scored 46 Champions League goals in their careers, of which Eusepioo's all scored in 65 Champions League games, while Van Nie scored 46 goals in 57 games. However, 4 of Fan Nie's goals were obtained in the qualifying round of the Champions League. That is to say, his Champions League goal was only 42.

Behind Eusepio and Van Nie is Shevchenko, who scored 44 goals in 79 games, allowing Ukrainian nuclear warhead to rank among the top five in the Champions League history scorers.

Behind Shevchenko is Yin Jun. This young man who is only playing in the fourth season of the Champions League, has scored 42 goals in his 38 Champions League games, allowing him to beat Henry (36 goals in 89), Puskas (36 goals in 41), Ged Muller (34 goals in 35), Piero (34 goals in 90), and ranked sixth in the Champions League history scorer list!

In the top ten scoring list of Champions League history, Yin Jun is also the only player who averages more than 1 goal per game!

The closest to him are Ged Muller and Puskas. Both of them have goals efficiency approaching 1 goal per game, among which the German star's goal rate reached 0.97, while Puskas' goal rate reached 0.88, which are both amazing. But compared with Yin Jun's goal rate of 1.1, it is undoubtedly inferior.

Many people are very clear that their current location will definitely not be Yin Jun’s limit.

In fact, according to Yin Jun's performance in the past few seasons, he is very likely to top the Champions League historical scorer list this season!

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Yin Jun took the lead for Manchester United with a shocking and direct free kick, but shortly after the second half, Benfica returned with a color and also broke Manchester United's goal with a free kick.

In the 59th minute, Smith violated Mikoli and was warned by a yellow card. Benfica won a free kick 22 meters away from the goal on the left. Ximang kicked a wonderful fallen leaf ball with his right foot and went to the near corner. Benfica scored 1:1!

Ximang looked at Yin Jun with a provocative look after scoring the goal, and the meaning was obvious: You can, so can I!

Yin Jun didn't care much about Ximang's provocation, but Ferguson on the sidelines was very unhappy and chewed gum.

Due to the lack of people in his hands, Ferguson has no one to change, but Old Trafford fans who booed last weekend made a huge noise to encourage the team to strengthen their offense.

Benfica seemed satisfied with the draw and started playing control. Manchester United grabbed every ball and attacked Benfica's goal.

In the 72nd minute, the young defender Balzley, who came on the bench, made a cross from the right, and Scholes's shot from the back post was a slight difference.

Under continuous attacks, Manchester United finally scored again. In the 85th minute, Giggs took a corner kick from the right, Ferdinand headed the ball on the corner of the small penalty area at the front point, and the ball bounced to the back point, and Van Nie was 2 meters in front of the goal and into the empty goal.

This is Fanny's 47th Champions League goal in his career, which also makes him beat Benfica's passer star Eusebio in the stands and ranks alone in the third place in the Champions League history scorer list.

At that moment, Eusebio, who was watching the game in the box, also stood up and applauded Van Nie's goal.

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In the end, Manchester United defeated Benfica 2-1 at home with the goals of two super scorers Yin Jun and Fanny, and won two consecutive Champions League group stages. Because in another game in this group, Villarreal tied with Lille away, Manchester United gained a three-point advantage after two rounds of group matches.

This round of the Champions League group stage is like a festival for super scorers. Yin Jun and Fanny, two active scorers in the top ten of the historical scorers, scored goals in the game. After approaching the players in front of them, the two active scorers Raul and Shevchenko, who were chased, were not willing to be lonely, and scored goals in the Champions League group stage the next night.

In the match against Olympiacos, Raul received a cross from Beckham in the 9th minute of the game and scored his 50th Champions League goal in his career. While reaching the Champions League historical scorer list, he also became the first player in history to break through the 50-goal mark in the Champions League.

Later, AC Milan's leading scorer Shevchenko also scored a wonderful header at the Schalke Stadium in Germany, increasing his Champions League goals to 45 goals!
Chapter completed!