Chapter 400 Rooney is back

It can catch up with Chelsea before the Christmas Devil's schedule. Manchester United has not played well recently, but Chelsea have lost too much points in the recent stage.

At the beginning of the season, the murderous Chelsea finally became tired, and the injury began to come!

Everyone knows what the upcoming Christmas war means!

All over Europe, only the Premier League has to entertain the public at Christmas!

Fatigue injuries are a big test for all teams.

Especially for the giant teams in the Premier League, if they want to win the final Premier League crown, the Christmas Devil's schedule is a watershed.

In the last round, Ferguson asked Li Yu to rest as much as possible to save Li Yu's physical strength and let the main players use their strength in key games.

In the Champions League, Ferguson put the long-lost Rooney in the starting lineup, but Li Yu was still excluded from the list.

Ferguson's determination to bet on the Premier League for Christmas can be seen. The media also understood the old man's intention and reported the internal reason for Li Yu's absence at the first time.

In the era of information development, if you want to play some conspiracy and tricks, then you can always do it.

Ferguson's plan is to keep Manchester United's best physical fitness and competitive state before December.

The Rangers were full of wounded soldiers in the English Derby, and their competitiveness declined. Lord Ferde also boldly rotated a pair of main central defenders, and the defense line let Van der Sar lead the newcomers.

They are still the main force in the midfield and front court, in order to help the comeback Rooney regain his self-confidence.

After returning from the limelight in the United States, Rooney probably only has 50% combat effectiveness compared with last season. The sense of the ball is poor, and there are many mistakes in passing and receiving the ball and the goal in the penalty area.

The few highlights were just that the header hit the crossbar in the first half and cooperated with Hernandez in the second half to create a good opportunity for Carrick.

After all, the opponent's physical fitness declines and the defense line is getting worse, and the possibility of making mistakes is greater. If he really waited for the penalty opportunity for him to deal with it, Lu Xiaopang did not waste his painstaking efforts. He scored his 22nd European goal, tying with his predecessor Bobbi Charlton and ranking fifth in the Manchester United record list. From the shouts of his relief after scoring the goal, it can also be witnessed how important this goal is to him after a series of "storms" and is the first step to revival.

It is also worth affirming that Manchester United still continues to lose zero goals in the case of rotating the central defender combination, but Evans's mistake almost ruined the efforts of the team's teammates. I'm afraid he will fall behind the young player Smarin in the future choice of the team's central defender.

Fabio, who helped the team win the key penalty, has been in place. Like his twin brother Raphael, he has made many achievements recently, and his overall performance has become obviously mature, making Manchester United's full-back reserve very rich. Their next goal is to help the Red Devils become the first team in the history of the Champions League that can score zero in all six games in the group stage.

However, we also want to see that Manchester United has only scored 6 goals in the Champions League this season, the least of all the early qualifying. Rooney has only scored two penalty kicks in the club since the end of March this year, and there is still a big gap from the heyday. In order to continue the hard-won unbeaten record in 22 games this season, they still need to work hard on the offensive side.

As long as there is a draw in this game, Arsenal can set the best record for a Premier League team that has qualified 11 consecutive times in the group stage of the Champions League. Unfortunately, the referee's obvious misjudgment and Wenger's adventurous use made the team suffer a double blow. The next few weeks were originally the best time to welcome the little **, but now it looks more difficult.

Learning from the lessons of the 0:6 defeat in the first round, Braga still did not take the initiative to attack at home and took a destructive kick to obstruct the Gunner's mid- and front-court advance.

Their starting lineup is only two Portuguese players, and most of the others are from South America. They will not suffer a lot if they are familiar with the individual confrontation in the ground battle, which will bring a lot of trouble for the Gunners to enter the rhythm and organize the attack. It is no accident that the previous four consecutive expeditions to Portugal were invincible.

But the turning point of the game was still the referee's misjudgment of the penalty. Bella was obviously tripped by the opponent's Peruvian central defender Rodriguez, but got a yellow card and was sentenced to a fake fall.

Judging from the position of the Hungarian referee at that time, such a mistake should not have been made, not to mention the assistance of the bottom referee! If you can take the lead through the penalty, you may not be hit by the opponent after 6 minutes. Coach Wenger ventured to continue to use the recent hamstring injury. As a result, he will be absent for three weeks due to a leg injury. If he misses the key game against Villa on the weekend, it is likely that he will not be able to return in time in the away game against Manchester United in early December, which is really sad.

In fact, Nasri has proved that he can play the role of midfield commander in France and Arsenal last season, and there is no need to overuse the small method. In addition, Denelson's performance in the North London derby last weekend was already very poor. As a midfielder, his pursuit speed was too slow. He was at a loss when he met an opponent who was good at counterattacking. He was also responsible for losing the last two goals in this game. Choosing to let him start instead of Alexander Song, who is irreplaceable at this stage, is probably also the professor's "failing move".

The blocked attack in the midfield is naturally not good, and there is only one shot from the target in the whole game.

"Confidence Emperor" Bentner has scored twice as a substitute this season, and has been complaining that he can't play the game recently. It has finally started for the first time in the past three weeks, but the ball control in the front court and the activity in the penalty area are very inefficient.

"Little Tiger" Walkot also can't find the feeling of hat-tricking at the beginning of the season and breaking Newcastle in the League Cup not long ago. There is no end to the cross. Occasionally, he uses the advantage of speed to enter the opponent's penalty area and lacks confidence.

The ups and downs of these second-tier stars, including De Nielsen, have also affected the Gunner's performance. They now have to beat the bottom Belgrade Guerrillas at home two weeks later to ensure the qualifying, and there is also the possibility of being second in the group. Originally, the rivals Villa and Fulham in the next two rounds of the Premier League were not a big threat, and they were also more sure to win the top 8 against Wigan in the League Cup. The Gunners are expected to create a strong momentum before playing against Manchester United at the beginning of next month. Now after two consecutive defeats, they have broken Xiaofa and Ebue, and it is more difficult to rebound.

What about the Blues Chelsea?

Slovak League champion Ālijina is one of the three teams that have not scored one point in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. They have conceded 15 goals and scored only 1 goal in the first four games.

As long as Chelsea gets one point, they will ensure that they are locked in the top position. It is the best time to choose to exercise newcomers. The average age of the starting lineup is 24 years and 164 days, setting a new record for the team's youngest starter in the Champions League. In the end, there was a thrilling reversal to win, which was also the first time that the club could score all three points in the first five group matches of the Champions League. The last time a team made this perfect start in the Champions League was Manchester United in the '07-08 season. That year, they finally won the championship trophy.

The most important purpose of the Blues in this battle is to get rid of the downturn of losing three games in the last four rounds of the Premier League and strive to re-consolidate the home deterrence after training the new players.

Among the five newcomers, only relatively experienced Sturridge and 17-year-old McIlan performed well. Sturridge is fast, moves quickly, and is best at the horizontal disk in the front court. If you can run more deeply like this battle in the future and increase the threat in the restricted area, you can gradually become a strange soldier on the sidelines.

McIllan is regarded as Chelsea's "Wilshire". Although he is thinner, he has a good overall view and transmission skills.

If Essien and Lampard are around, I believe his role will be more prominent.

The contrast between the team's performance in the first and second half also reflects the fact that there are more new players. In the first 45 minutes, the pressure given to the opponent in the front court was not enough, and Drogba and the two young players behind him could not wipe out sparks. In the second half, Xiao Kalau's attack was much more active. When Anelka appeared again, his opponent gradually couldn't stand it.

The Blues had an unbeaten record of 21 games at home in the Champions League before the last 16 games last season. At the beginning of this season, both the Premier League and the Champions League had a spirit of "who to give up" in Stamford Bridge. The visiting team is easy to make mistakes under pressure. Including last weekend's away game against Birmingham in the league, the Blues had a total of 60 shots in two games. Although they only scored two goals + four post beams, they can also see the team's momentum gradually returning. It only takes a little more luck and the comeback of one or two key stars to "break out of the cocoon".

If you see the starting lineup of Manchester United against Rangers before the game, you must think that Ferguson is suspected of deliberately releasing water against his old subordinate Walter Smith.

When the two teams met for the last time, Lord Ferguer replaced 10 starters. Although Manchester United's midfield and frontcourt played all the elites today, they directly put four substitutes on the guard line: O'Sye, Smarling, Evans and Fabio. A draw can make Lord's team successfully advance, and Manchester United will win? At least it can't be seen from the intensity of the game. If it weren't for Fabio's excellent performance in the whole game, it would have been reasonable for the Red Devils to shake hands with their opponents on the road.

As a guest of Glasgow, the three main players on the defense line, Vidic, Ferdinand and Rafalso, stayed in Manchester, and the only main left-back Evra, sat on the bench. The position of left-back is obviously the most reassuring for Manchester United. However, the young player Fabio's performance today made Ferguson directly take a reassurance. If he can have such a performance, why worry that the old Evra has no successor? After watching Fabio's performance, the Red Devils' recent purchase plan in the left-back position seems superfluous.

After the game, Sky Sports gave Fabio the highest score of 8 points, which is the same as Rooney, who scored a penalty. For Fabio, I'm afraid it is rare to get such recognition from the British mainstream media after joining Manchester United.

After the start of the game, one of the Brazilian twin stars of the Red Devils entered the state early. In the 7th minute, he made a breakthrough on the left and sent a very comfortable pass. Berbatov rushed to the front of the goal and shook his head to attack the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was easily confiscated by the home team goalkeeper McGregor. In the 41st minute, Fabio broke through the left side again and passed the ball. The ball drew a strange trajectory and impartially found Rooney, who was waiting in the penalty area. The latter jumped high and put the ball on the crossbar of the Scottish Premier League champion! Fabio's offensive can be said to be the closest opportunity for Manchester United to break the goal in the first half.

After changing sides and fighting again, Fabio let his opponent get a yellow card twice.

In the 83rd minute, when the Brazilian young player broke through in the middle, he was pulled to the ground by the home team's midfielder Huton, and the referee on duty Bousaka decisively showed a yellow card and warned him.

Four minutes later, Manchester United found a good opportunity. This time, the Brazilian young player appeared in the penalty area at the right time. He received a clever pass from Carrick and formed a breakthrough in the penalty area. At this time, he played a good home team midfielder in the whole game. The former toffee player Naismith directly swept the leg and hit the face! Yellow card! Penalty kick!

Although Naismith's foul did not seem to hurt people maliciously, and he did not see Fabio behind him in the process of retreating, the visual impact of this foul was enough to catch up with De Jong's kick in the chest against Alonso in the World Cup final. You know, today's kick is on the face!

With Rooney's penalty kick, 20-year-old Fabio also successfully completed the curtain call of the game.

Made 1 penalty, made 2 yellow cards of the opponent, and made many threatening crosses. The Brazilian young player, who usually doesn't play much, is no less than his twin brother today. The pain caused by a physical injury to Fabio is definitely not as exciting as the excitement of directly helping the team win. This season, the young man has only got five chances to play for Manchester United, including four starts, and Manchester United has 4 wins and 1 draw. Obviously, when there is this blessing, Manchester United's winning rate is reassuring.

In terms of ability, Fabio may still have a certain distance from Evra, but in comparison with his own brother, Fabio has advantages that Rafa does not have.

In terms of passing ability, although Manchester United left-backs also passed a lot of good balls today, Rafal's arc ball pass level is definitely not something that Fabio can practice overnight; but when it comes to breakthrough ability, Fabio, as a brother, is definitely better, and has a tendency to catch up with Evra.

The former captain of the Brazilian national youth team is gaining Ferguson's recognition step by step with his unremitting efforts. You should know that the two brothers were only accidentally discovered by Ferguson at a youth tournament in Hong Kong five years ago. At that time, no one would have thought that they could find a place in the first team of the Red Devils five years later. Ferguson's unintentional trip made him gain a generation of strong men comparable to the Neville brothers, which can be said to be a value-added deal.

Of course, when you make money in business, there must be times when you don't make money or even lose money. Evans' performance on the field today is in sharp contrast to Fabio's. Manchester United had an absolute danger in the first and second half today, all of which were "Made by Evans". If it hadn't been for the roughness of the Scottish Premier League strikers and the brave performance of Van der Sar, it would have been doubtful whether Manchester United can retreat today.

In the 44th minute of the first half, Naismith was blocked in front of the penalty area, Rangers striker Miller cleverly cut into the right side of the penalty area, and a small angle 1 to 1 shot was blocked by Van der Sar with his leg.

Naismith's pass was looking for the space behind Evans. The Northern Irishman turned around a little slower than his opponent. When Miller shot, Evans didn't even have time to rush to the scene to stretch his legs to block.

The dangerous situation did not end there. In the 58th minute of the second half, it was Evans's decisive relief on the penalty area line. While waiting for Van der Sar to attack, he was shot by Naismith. This time, Van der Sar made a contribution and blocked the ball with both hands. The two opportunities that Evans gave his opponent in the whole game were much better than the shooting opportunities his teammates worked hard to make today. If it hadn't been for the Dutchman's high and low blocks, it would have been very possible for Evans's low-level mistakes to change Ferguson's team to 0 points for 3 points.

Ferguson was willing to let go of the current World Cup champion and the world's number one defender in Maldini's eyes. It was precisely because of Evans's existence that he had confidence in the future. However, as time went by, the young player from Northern Ireland born in 1988 did not surprise Ferguson as expected, but did not stop declining. At the beginning of the season, from Fulham to Everton to Bolton, the Manchester United penalty area guarded by Evans was almost defenseless against the high ball, and any random side kick from the opponent made Ferguson on the bench scared.

For the purpose of protecting the players, Ferguson took Evans from the position of main centre-back, but the Northern Irishman himself was disappointing and his confidence did not recover. Such a rare appearance opportunity ended up almost, which made people speechless. In terms of staffing, the former celebrity in the eyes of the old lord has been ranked behind Vidic, Ferdinand, Smarin and even Brown, and is gradually becoming the last choice of Old Trafford.

Anyway, with Rooney's final point kill, Manchester United defeated Glasgow Rangers 1-0 away, thus advancing to the top 16 of the Champions League one round ahead of schedule. After the game, in an interview with British ITV, Sir Ferguson praised Rooney for his great courage. After Fabio earned a penalty for Manchester United, Rooney did not hesitate to take the ball and hit the main penalty steadily.

"That's a high-quality penalty. Taking the initiative to stand up for the penalty showed Rooney's courage. For him, tonight was not the easiest night. He missed many opportunities. He is still not at his best. He needs to play. Everything we do is to let him play for 90 minutes on the field. We deserve to win, and we now want to move on until we win the top of the group. We will also play a game at home with Valencia (December 7), and we may make one or two changes in the starting lineup according to other games. But we look forward to the early start of the game, and we hope we can get the results we want.

Rooney, who scored the penalty, said, "There's nothing to be nervous about. I know what I'm doing, and I know which side I'm going to shoot. If the goalkeeper guesses the right direction and jumps out, that's it. Thank God, that scene did not appear. There is no doubt that scoring a goal is a relief for me. I hope I can be reborn from now on. I want to celebrate with our fans. It always feels good to beat Rangers away. I hope I will continue to score goals from now on. I'm really happy to be back.

At the same time, Manchester United striker Rooney admitted that he never really wanted to join Manchester City. Last month, in the heated Rooney contract renewal soap opera, Manchester United's name was frequently related to Manchester City. But in the end, Rooney successfully renewed his contract with Manchester United for five years. Sir Alex Ferguson was also gratified that Rooney finally understood what a great club Manchester United is.

Rooney said on Manchester United's official website that he never thought of joining Manchester United's sworn endear Manchester City. Everyone said that I would definitely join Manchester City, but believe me, if I leave Manchester United, I will not join other clubs in England. I talked to the head coach and David Gill, and it was obvious that they dispelled my doubts. It took about two or three hours to negotiate, and I signed a renewal contract.

"Is that the biggest mistake I've ever made? Yes, of course. I saw a lot of players leave Manchester United and didn't get along very well, so I'm glad I stayed. I will definitely be loyal to Manchester United and want to help Manchester United succeed for a long time.

I feel that I have apologized to the fans, but everyone said that I didn't apologize. If this is the case, I apologize to the Manchester United fans for the disturbance caused by me. People are saying how bad I am now, but I don't think I've got enough game time. You know, it's not good for my state.

"There is no doubt that the most important thing for me is to play well. I hope I can continue to score goals, and I'm glad that I can finally play again. I am very energetic and confident. I think I can go back to the state I was last season. I know very well that I haven't reached 100% status, and the week-long training in the United States has really helped me a lot. I'm very happy, because those things are over, and I want to leave those things behind me and look forward.