Chapter 415 Thrilling Promotion

After two consecutive defeats, Manchester United has only 3 points in the table, but this is the leading score in the multi-round round.

If Arsenal wins, then Manchester United will no longer have any point advantage!

The Premier League needs to ensure that the Champions League is equally important. In the first round, Manchester United brought back a 0:0 draw away. As long as they win the opponent Marseille at home, they can advance to the top 8 of the Champions League!

There were many problems in the last game of 0:0, and Marseille coach Deschamp's understanding of Li Yu was a key reason.

Deshang is Li Yu's enlightenment coach, which led Li Yu to a career path. The agents of the two are still the same person. They have a deep relationship, and the teacher-apprentice relationship is also good.

With Li Yu this year, Deschamps knows the technical characteristics of Manchester United No. 9 very well, and it is not surprising that it can be successfully contained.

Of course, the poor performance of other players in the first round is also an important reason why the Marseilles can freeze Li Yu.

In the second round, when Rooney was in a bad state, whether Li Yu could play became the key.

The two sides drew in the first round. In the 1999 Champions League group stage, Manchester United defeated Marseille 2-1 at home. Manchester United has been unbeaten with 8 wins and 3 draws against France 11 times at home, only 1 win in England in 9 times in Marseille's history, and won Liverpool in the 2007 UEFA Champions League group stage in Anfield. Vidic was absent due to injury, Nani recovered in time, Giggs and Scholes also returned to the starting lineup, Hernandez was still on the bench, Rooney continued to partner with Li Yu, and Heince returned to Old Trafford to fight against the old master.

The two sides observed a moment of silence for the victims of the earthquake in Japan before the game.

Manchester United took the lead in the 5th minute. Rooney scored the ball on the left, Giggs passed low, Rooney passed in front of the goal on the left side of the penalty area, and Li Yu, who was far away, easily shot into the empty goal.

1:0!

Marseille ended without conceded goals for 512 minutes in a row in the Champions League.

Li Yu's competitive shot opened the door to victory for Manchester United at Old Trafford!

Rooney's assist also indicates the strong return of Manchester United No. 10.

In the next game, Manchester United will be much easier. With a one-goal lead, the Maasai must attack, or the fate of elimination is waiting for them.

After the goal, the picture of Manchester United's two forward partners hugging and celebrating each other has not appeared for a long time!

Manchester United defeated Marseille 2-1 at home. Manchester United No. 9 Li Yu is undoubtedly the number one hero. Manchester United's two goals helped Manchester United to get the last eight of the Champions League, which is also the fifth consecutive season of Manchester United to have reached at least the top eight of the Champions League.

When the last minute of the game was played, Manchester United, which had used up all three substitution places, defended with all its strength. Li Yu received the out-of-bounds ball from Rooney near the opponent's corner flag area and took the ball on her back. Marseille right-back Fani came to defend.

In order to buy time to get back the ball, the French international Valbuena, who had previously got a yellow card, came to defend. He violently hit Li Yu from behind. Li Yu, who was very stable on the chassis, saw that the other party was not good and was not willing to show weakness. She used her buttocks against the French dwarf tiger and tried to push away the small movements with her arms and elbows. Broken opponent.

In a panic, the ball was knocked out of the sideline, and the Spanish referee Kabaro blew the whistle at the end of the game.

But at this time, Senegalese international Diawara came over, and the 32-year-old African uncle first pinned Li Yu's leg with his leg, making the completely unprepared Manchester United No. 9 stagnant; and then pushed Li Yu's face.

Manchester United finally broke out, pointed to the opponent and spread out his hands to ask the other party why he did this. On the sidelines, Manchester United coach Ferguson is also paying close attention to the progress.

At this time, Rooney pushed Li Yu away and kept him away from the scene of the incident. Just when everyone thought that the matter was coming to an end, Marseille winger Andre Ayu came straight to Hernandez and deliberately hit Li Yu. Fortunately, Li Yu, who had regained her senses, ignored his opponent.

In the life-and-death battle of Manchester United in the second round of the eighth quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, Li Yu not only scored two goals, but also successfully used the ball to kill time at the last moment, and ignored the opponent's continuous provocation, avoiding additional penalties from UEFA.

On the court, it is the courage to fight, and the real men hit their opponents back with one goal after another. From this perspective, Li Yu can be called a pure man, and Ferguson also affirmed after the game.

Due to the absence of both Vidic and Ferdinand, Ferguson had to out the combination of central defenders such as Brown and Smarlin, which also became the biggest variable of the team's home game against Marseille.

There is almost no suspense in the attack group led by Rooney and Li Yu to break through the opponent's goal, but whether the defense line can withstand the opponent's wild offensive is the key to the team's promotion. As a result, Brown poses own goal, right-back position O'Shea and the substitute Raffahl's thigh muscles have been strained one after another, and four defenders Half of it is not good. Fortunately, Manchester United also has Van der Sar, a patron saint who is always trustworthy.

Objectively speaking, Marseille has created many scoring opportunities in the whole game. If one of them can be converted into a goal, Deschamps's team will also be eliminated by Manchester United due to the advantage of scoring more goals away from home.

In the 36th minute, Marseille central defender Diawara received a cross from Taivo's right and headed the goal at the edge of the small penalty area. The ball missed the left post. Van der Sar stood still and did not respond. If the ball was within the range of the goal, it would be difficult for van der Sar to save even if he had three heads and six arms.

However, I'm afraid that the Marseille players did not expect that missing this must-goal goal meant that the team could no longer break through the door held by Van der Sar, because since then, all the threatening attacks of Marseille have been resolved by van der Sar one by one, and Gignac, Ayu and Remy can't find the flaw of the Dutch goalkeeper at all. Except for Brown's end, which once made Deschamps see the opportunity, other times Van der Sar's steady performance made Marseille's attackers only lose.

In the 48th minute, Marseille organized a very threatening attack. Xie Lu made a long free kick, and Ayu headed the ball in front of the penalty area to ferry Gignac. The latter entered the penalty area to form a single knife. Smarin and Brown missed Marseille's single arrow, but Van der Sar was always observing Gignac's running position and attacked at the first time. Confiscated the ball before the Gignac kicked.

In the 74th minute, Remy broke through from the right side and passed low to the middle. Xie Lu pushed the shot 10 yards from the goal, and the ball went straight to the far corner. The ball was very close to the second goal position of Hernandez. The two shots were the same, but the people standing on the goal line were not at the same level, facing Li Yu's shot. Mandanda, who was still wandering in the corner, took the initiative to disarm and did not make any rescue moves.

In contrast, Van der Sar's performance fully reflects the difference between world-class goalkeepers and ordinary goalkeepers.

Van der Sar, who was still blocking the near corner before, quickly moved to the middle after Remy's pass. At the same time, he judged the flight trajectory of the ball at the moment when Xie Lu completed the shooting action, so as to accelerate to the far corner, and flew sideways to solve the danger at the moment when the ball was about to cross the goal line.

In the 79th minute, Van der Sar once again magically saved the opponent's close-range shot. Evra's header was not far away. Fani made a low shot in the penalty area line, and the ball went straight to the lower right corner of the goal, but Van der Sar moved in advance to seal the angle and held the ball firmly.

He saved the opponent's must-goal goal three times, intercepted the cross twice, and destroyed the opponent's single knife once. Although Van der Sar's performance is not as eye-catching as Li Yu, who scored twice, it is not inferior.

In the post-match score of Sky Sports, Van der Sar, the offensive hero Li Yu and the offensive core Rooney also got a high score of 7 points, which shows how outstanding Van der Sar's contribution to Manchester United's thrilling promotion is.

As Arsenal coach Wenger said after the FA Cup match between Manchester United and Arsenal: "Van der Sar is one of the greatest goalkeepers in world football. He is irreplaceable for Manchester United. If van der Sar really chooses to retire at the end of this season, Manchester United will immediately feel the gap, regardless of them. It's the same with who wants to be the successor. Van der Sar's experience and technology are unparalleled.

In that game, it was with the help of Van der Sar's many magical saves that Manchester United was able to defeat their old enemy Arsenal with a strange array of 7 defenders. The scene of 70,000 spectators shouting "Edwin (Van der Sar), another year" with tears in their eyes made the whole Old Trafford tremble.

In fact, this fan activity with the theme of "Edwin must stay" has been going on for several weeks.

Rooney also admitted after the game that he begged Van der Sar to stay again in the shower, and his teammates also talked to Van der Sar about this topic many times.

Unfortunately, Van der Sar does not intend to change his plan. The Dutch doorman is ready to spend more time with his sick wife and two children. Van der Sar said: "I don't think retirement is a very bad decision. In fact, I am looking forward to the arrival of this day and saying goodbye to me at the peak. It's a good choice. I will stay away from football and noise for the time being. After all, I have been playing in football for 20 years. However, I still have many good things to accompany, that is, my beautiful wife and lovely children. In the face of Van der Sar's determination, Rooney could only say helplessly, "We must respect his decision."

Ferguson is also well aware of the importance of van der Sar to Manchester United, and the speculation about van der Sar's successor has been throughout the season. Liverpool's Reina, Schalke 04's Neuer, Inter Milan's Cesar, Atletico Madrid's De Gea and Van der Sarchin Point's Steckremberg have all had an affair with Manchester United. Even Lindgaard, an unknown young descendant, came from the fairy tale kingdom of Denmark with Manchester United's legendary door god Schumacher.

has been given infinite reverie by many Manchester United fans, which shows how much regret Van der Sar's announcement of retirement has left for the Red Devils. After Manchester United wrote an immortal legend, Schumeichel retired gloriously and left Manchester United with the goalkeeper's for five years. Now Van der Sar also chooses to retreat before stepping down from the altar. I don't know how long it will take Manchester United's No. 1 position to get out of the shadow of its world-class predecessor this time.

If it hadn't been for Li Yu, the god of Manchester United, to score the second goal in the 75th minute, Ferguson's Manchester United would have been blocked by the French by the French. Before the game, everyone knows that if the Red Devils lead by only one goal, they may be defeated by their opponents at any time and turn over with the advantage of away goals. But I'm afraid that not many people can expect that the person who broke the van der Sar goal was not from Dechamp's command, but the Lord's own backyard was on fire - Brown's own own goal made the Scots have to stand on the bench for more than 10 minutes.

In the 82nd minute of the game, when Brown cleared his opponent's corner kick on the edge of the small penalty area, he accidentally hit the ball directly into his own goal. Van der Sar did not expect this scene to happen. Although Scholes was relieved within the goal line, the referee Espanyol Cabalo decisively blew the goal.

The settled situation made the French faintly see the dawn again because of a bad mistake. Fortunately, the Red Devils were united, and the advantage of one goal in two rounds was finally maintained at the end of the whistle.

Brown, who has a fierce ball style, once again failed to withstand the pressure in the key game. Because of his own mistakes, he almost made the team lose to Maicheng. It should be said that as a firefighters who replaced the injured Vidic and Leo in the key game, Brown's performance was not unqualified.

For the sake of the team's promotion, Sky Sports after the game was quite polite and gave Brown a passing score of 6 points. However, in the score of the fans within an hour after the game, Manchester United only had the lowest 5.2 points in the team. This oolong ball that almost made the team fall, obviously made a group of Red Devils fans feel unhappy. .

Judging from the data from Manchester United's defensive end provided by OPTA, Brown's contribution to the whole game is comparable to that of another central defender Smarlin. The former succeeded in all 4 steals and 1 key relief; the latter rescued 7 times, 3 successful, and successfully stole 1 time. But in terms of the details of handling the ball, the Red Devils veteran is particularly ashamed. If the Marseille player doesn't feel too bad in front of the goal, Manchester United is likely to cause more goals to be conceded because of Brown's mistake.

One of the most impressive details is that in the 62nd minute, the visiting team's full-back Taiwo sent a cross from the left side. Wes Brown in front of the goal kicked out a simple clearance action without interference, turning into a funny clearance error. Fortunately, no one answered near the opponent's back point, otherwise This is a must-have opportunity.

There was such an amateur player's mistake in the knockout match of the Champions League. Brown's mistake was a little disgusting, and it was too late for his teammates to wipe his buttocks. Don't forget the most threatening attack completed by Diavala in the first half of the visiting team. At that time, it was Brown who was close to the central defender of Marseille. The latter's lack of concentration led to the failure to keep up, giving the Senegalese an unmarked header in the small penalty area. If it hadn't been for Diavala's poor shooting skills as a defender, Manchester United would have been tied.

In today's game, the two most likely dangers of conceding goals except for the loss of the ball were made by Brown, and the latter's state in the key battle was really not reassuring.

Brown's appearance data this season almost reached the lowest point of career efficiency during Manchester United, most of the 10 start-time games were in irrelevant games.

Among them, in the FA Cup match against amateur team Crowley, Brown, wearing the captain's armband, led a group of second-tier players to eliminate the opponent. He also scored the winning goal and became the best on the spot. But this has also become one of his few excellent games this season. Moreover, in that game, Crowley's amateur players have limited abilities. They have little chance to threaten Manchester United's goal, and Brown's frenness on the defensive end is covered up.

When it comes to the key game against the strong team, Brown has never been able to perform well this season.

In the away game against Villa, Manchester United directly lost two goals and were forced to draw by the opponent because of Brown's mistake. In the game against Liverpool, Brown was easily passed by Suarez and scored, and he also became the target of Van der Sar's frequent roars in the whole game. Against Arsenal, the veteran's performance finally improved, ensuring that the team will not lose. Ball; but today, Brown gave Ferguson another "off" with an own goal.

In the four key games of this season, Brown's performance in three games is not worthy of passing scores. I'm afraid that the figure who assisted Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League final will never come back.

If it hadn't been for the injury of Vidic, Ferdinand and Evans, it would have been difficult for Brown to get as many appearances.

When playing against Chelsea, Fergusoning paired O'Shea and Smarling. Although the Red Devils also lost the battle, there were no obvious loopholes in the performance of the two central defenders.

The game at Anfield was originally Brown's redemption battle, which will directly determine whether he can stay with the team after the end of this season, but England's central defender's performance is not ideal. Brown, who was sentenced to "death reprieve", finally survived the game with Arsenal, and this game is a big deal. Everything is doomed to be the old minister who has been loyal to the Red Devils for 19 years since his apprenticeship. He is likely to be swept out by Ferguson this summer, while Manchester United fans can only send "Let's go, go, you don't do anything. The song of "must miss".

With the comebacks of Vidic and Ferdinand, the rest of Manchester United's games will be related to the championship competition. Brown, who made too many mistakes, is likely to have no chance to play in the key games.

It is undeniable that Brown's relative experience and ability on the defensive end are still there. When the winter transfer window opened in January, six Premier League clubs, including Tottenham Hotspur and West Brom, all offered to buy Brown, which also laid the groundwork for the old minister's departure.

The return of the FA Cup against amateur teams is difficult to change the fact that Brown's status in the team is esberth by day. Interestingly, midfielder Gibson still supported Brown at the beginning of this month, thinking that he and Evans were the best choice when Vidic and Leo could not play, and did not even mention the recent stable Smarin. The Irishman's vision is not shown for the time being, but with his frequent sleepwalking on the court this season, maybe he should pay more attention to his current situation.