Chapter 251 Manchester United is on the right track,

During the half-time break, Sir Alex Ferguson noticed something wrong with the team. Most of the players were attracted by Sylvester's serious injury and felt the same way to some extent. Although they were not afraid of injury, at least they were not very focused during the game.

So Sir Alex Ferguson also took the time to give the team psychological massage. He didn't want the players to worry too much about Sylvester. Concentrating on winning the game was the best gift to comfort Sylvester's injury... In addition, Sir Alex Ferguson had to arrange for the team not to rush to attack after the start of the second half, but to stabilize, control the rhythm, let the whole team slow down, and then find the feeling of the game again.

Manchester United had a problem with their mentality, and their opponents obviously noticed it. The saying "attack you while you're sick" is applicable at this time!

At the beginning of the second half, Everton changed their cowardly style in the middle of the first half. Just like the beginning of the first half, all players pressed forward and pressed the ball frantically, hoping to take advantage of Manchester United's distraction and win the match point.

Just 30 seconds after the kick-off, Jakub received a straight pass in the middle and made a pass. Gagielka followed up on the right and made a powerful long shot from 25 yards away from the goal. Unfortunately, it was blocked by Ferdinand and went out of the baseline.

Then, Arteta took a corner kick from the right side, and Andrew Johnson successfully grabbed the ball from 6 yards in front of the goal, headed the ball and then shot at the goal. Fortunately, Scholes was guarding in front of the far post, blocked the ball that was sure to go in, and then kicked it away.

However, Everton only attacked for one or two rounds. Manchester United, having calmed down, quickly regained control of the midfield and controlled the ball. However, the rhythm was no longer as fierce as in the first half, but became a bit slow, even dull, and without sharpness, as if they just wanted to waste time to maintain a draw.

It was not until the 54th minute that Manchester United made their first shot of the second half. Li Qi tried to speed up on the wing, and after outrunning Everton right-back Hibbert, he looked up and found that there was no attacker in the opponent's penalty area!

What the hell? No one is following up? Helpless, Li Qi did not randomly pass the ball, but calmly protected the ball and turned around, passing the ball back to Scholes who was waiting in the middle.

The latter passed the ball to Carrick, who was advancing, and Carrick also cleverly passed the ball to the other side of the penalty area. However, this time it was not Ronaldo, but Giggs who was responding. The former helped the latter to open up the defense. This side was originally blocked, and the only one who could interfere with Giggs was Lescott.

After Giggs received the ball, he dodged the slightly clumsy Lescott with a sideways move, created a gap, and had an excellent shooting range. Then he decisively kicked a long arc shot with his left foot from the right side of the penalty area!

Just when Sir Alex Ferguson raised his hands to celebrate the goal, the ball finally hit the top corner of the goal and flew out of the bottom line...

To be honest, Giggs's condition was not very good today. He played as a front midfielder and shadow striker, but this was his first and only shot of the game. Sir Alex Ferguson replaced him with Saha soon and changed to 4-4-2, trying to attack with all his strength to win the game.

The Red Devils who received the order also recovered from Sylvester's injury and began to attack with all their strength, especially Ronaldo and Li Qi on the two wings. The main attack of the 4-4-2 formation with parallel positions was the two flying wings!

However, no matter how powerful the wings are, they still need the middle to make the final decision.

In the 62nd minute, Li Qi made a long pass, and Ronaldo broke through the wing and passed the ball diagonally to Tevez who retreated in the middle. The latter passed the ball directly behind the Everton defense without stopping, and Scholes who went back into the penalty area volleyed from 14 yards! Unfortunately, the ball went over the crossbar.

In the 64th minute, Scholes made a diagonal pass to the side, Li Qi cut in from the left to the edge of the penalty area and passed the ball diagonally behind the defense. Tevez, who successfully got out of the offside trap, shot at a small angle, but unfortunately the shot was too straight and was confiscated by goalkeeper Wessels.

In the 67th minute, C-Ronaldo's shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked. Saha, who came on as a substitute, had his first shot on the left side of the penalty area but missed.

Although Manchester United regained their momentum and suppressed Everton in the first half, they were unable to score the crucial goal, and the players couldn't help but become a little impatient.

In the 71st minute, Ronaldo broke through from the right and fell at the edge of the penalty area. The referee determined that it was a dive and the Portuguese was given a yellow card warning.

"It was indeed a bit fake when he fell. It seems that Ronaldo was very anxious to score a goal. His mentality was unbalanced." Li Qi couldn't help but complain when he saw that there was no one around Ronaldo when he fell...

In the 76th minute, substitute South African midfielder Pienaar fouled Li Qi who cut inside, and Manchester United won a set-piece in an excellent position. However, Ronaldo, who once again took the right to take the set-piece, hit the wall with his third free kick from 27 yards in front of the goal and was cleared...

But just when everyone was worried that Manchester United would suffer another loss, oh no, a 0-0 draw, the goal came, and it came quite casually and calmly.

In the 83rd minute, Li Qi once again made a move on the left, but this time he was double-teamed and only got a corner kick. Li Qi was directly responsible for handling the corner kick. Li Qi raised his arms high, which actually had no special meaning, just to lure the opponent. It was hard to judge whether it was effective or not, but it could get a few close-ups anyway, right? Not a loss...

In the previous two corner kicks taken by Li Qi, after raising his arms high, one was kicked to the back point and the other was kicked to the middle of the penalty area.

This time, Li Qi's corner kick from the left side was aimed at the front point!

Vidic, who was originally lying in ambush in the middle, suddenly moved forward to the front point and headed the ball into the goal from 4 yards in front of the near post!

The header was so powerful that the goalkeeper and the defender at the near post had no time to react before the ball hit the net over their heads!

Manchester United attacked fiercely for most of the game and finally broke the deadlock, leading the home team Everton 1-0!

Everton, who were falling behind, quickly replaced the ball with Scottish striker McFadden, who had scored goals in recent games and became famous in the European Cup qualifiers.

But it was too late, and Sir Alex Ferguson replaced Tevez with Pique to further strengthen the defense.

In the injury time, Li Qi's long-distance pass was sent directly into the arms of Wessels by Ronaldo with a powerful long shot, and the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Manchester United won the sixth round of the league 1-0 thanks to a corner kick, and even briefly topped the Premier League this season because of the early game.

Even if it's only 45 minutes...

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At the press conference after the game, Sir Alex Ferguson praised Vidic's goal, because it seemed that the Red Devils would have a hard time winning at Goodison Park this round. Manchester United had more than 6% of the ball, but they shot 17 times and had very few threatening shots. Sir Alex Ferguson even thought that the game would end in a 0-0 draw: "When it seemed that the game was about to be tied, Vidic stood up. He has such determination, he always has the courage and confidence to go into the opponent's penalty area and score such a goal."

Manchester United still has a phenomenon that whenever Vidic scores, Manchester United will definitely win. Since joining in January 2006, Vidic has scored 1 times for Manchester United, all of which were concentrated in the last season, including 5 times in the Premier League, and the Red Devils won all 4 points, including 12-3 Wigan, 1-3 Portsmouth, 0-4 Tottenham and 0-1 Everton. The only goal in the Champions League also helped the team win the key battle against Benfica 0-3.

Of course, Sir Alex Ferguson would not neglect one thing while paying attention to the other. While praising Vidic's contribution, he also praised another central defender Ferdinand: "Vidic is an amazing central defender. But Everton's starting two forwards Andrew Johnson and Jakub are not easy to deal with. Rio also showed his determination in his own penalty area. He and Vidic froze the two together and helped us pass..."

However, Sir Alex did not comment on the unsatisfactory midfield and frontcourt of this game. It was obvious that he was criticizing this group of unsatisfactory monkeys. The offense was really weak and they always couldn't shoot...

Finally, Sir Alex Ferguson also revealed the injury of French defender Sylvester: "His knee is injured. We will send him for a scan and then see the result." It is estimated that Sylvester will be absent for at least a few months. Also absent are Hargreaves, Fletcher and O'Shea, but the latter three are expected to return within a few weeks...

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After the game, Ricardo had no time to carefully examine the new personal training team recommended to him by Pimenta, and he had to hurriedly prepare to leave for Portugal to play away.

Taking advantage of the fact that Sir Alex Ferguson finally ended the inhumane two-training-a-day system, Ricardo chose two mornings to try out the two teams. He was not very satisfied with both teams. There was indeed a gap between them and the Lopez team that had been working together for a season or two.

Although they were not completely in the same team, the two siblings must have exchanged their intelligence and data in private; so they could lick each other better, oh no, they were training themselves...

Should we send another invitation to Lopez's team? Well, I'll discuss it with Raiola after we return from the away game...

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Four days later, next Wednesday, Manchester United will travel to Portugal to face Ronaldo's old club Sporting Lisbon in the first match of the new season's UEFA Champions League group stage.

The British news agency listed the Red Devils' 22-man list for this expedition early on.

There are three major highlights in this 22-person list.

The first to be affected is Rooney's return, which was three weeks earlier than expected.

Sir Alex Ferguson recently confirmed on Manchester United's official website that Rooney's injury is no longer a problem and that he should be able to meet the match standard after more than a week of training. Sure enough, Rooney's name appeared on the away game squad.

Rooney was Manchester United's hero in the Champions League last season, especially in the last four knockout games, when he scored four goals and scored two goals in the 4-4 home win over AC Milan. How could Rooney, who vowed to make a comeback, miss the opening match of the new season's Champions League group stage?

The second highlight is that new signing Hargreaves ultimately failed to catch the last train due to injury. The England international had previously missed two national team games and a Premier League game due to injury.

Manchester United spent 1700 million pounds to buy him this summer in order to improve the defensive midfielder's strength in the Champions League and the league. Fortunately, the Champions League has just started and Hargreaves still has many opportunities to prove himself. In addition, captain Neville still has not returned, and Sylvester, who was diagnosed with the disease, did not surprise Li Qi, that is, he has confirmed that he will bid farewell to this season...

The third highlight is specifically for the easily excited Eastern Chinese fans.

Because Dong Yuanchao was included in the Manchester United Champions League expeditionary squad! Although Rooney and Saha have returned, Sir Alex Ferguson, who is obsessed with the four-forward configuration, still wrote Dong Yuanchao into the 22-man squad. If Manchester United plays surprisingly smoothly, maybe Sir Alex will give the young striker a chance to experience the big game.

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Sporting Lisbon, also known as Sporting CP, was founded in 1902 and is located in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Its home stadium is the José Alvalade Stadium.

It is worth mentioning here that Sporting CP is not a pure football club, but an organization that brings together various sports, including athletics, tennis, swimming, boxing and even chess, but its football performance is more outstanding; its number of Portuguese Super League titles is only second to Benfica and Porto, with as many as 18 Portuguese top league titles and 14 Portuguese Cup titles, and is known as the top three in the Portuguese Super League together with Benfica and Porto.

Sporting Lisbon, which won the Portuguese Cup and Portuguese Super Cup again last season, is a team that should not be underestimated. It is nicknamed the Green and White Lion and is often listed in the top ten black shops in European football. This is because it has the best youth training system in Europe and even the world, and has cultivated outstanding stars including Figo, Ronaldo and Nani.

Yes, this is Ronaldo’s home team.

In 1998, Sporting Lisbon signed the 1500-year-old Ronaldo for £13. At this time, the gears of fate had begun to turn for this little boy who was born in a poor family in Madeira, Portugal!

It was not until October 2002 that Ronaldo made his debut for Sporting Lisbon's first team; however, he was only 10 years old at the time and scored two goals in his Portuguese Super League debut, shocking the fans.

In the summer of 2003, Ronaldo played for the Green and White Lions in a friendly match against Manchester United at the inauguration ceremony of the Jose Alvalade Stadium. Sir Alex Ferguson also spotted him in this event and decided to bring him to Old Trafford.

Not long after, Manchester United signed Ronaldo for 1224 million pounds; the latter's legendary professional football career officially began.

From buying Ronaldo for 1500 pounds to selling him for 1224 million pounds, Sporting Lisbon made about 1000 times the money on this transfer fee alone; what's more, as Ronaldo's youth training team, Sporting Lisbon is also entitled to receive youth training fees. In the future, Sporting Lisbon will receive a 5% commission on every transfer of Ronaldo...

This is not the first time that Ronaldo has returned to the Alvalade Stadium to play after leaving Lisbon. In the 2004 European Cup, Ronaldo returned to this stadium full of memories many times to play on behalf of the Portuguese national team, and scored a key goal in the European Cup semi-final against the Netherlands, helping Portugal to beat the Netherlands 2-1 and advance to the final!

However, as an opponent, returning to the home ground of Sporting Lisbon to play football, this is the first time for the young lady to get married, and according to old Li Qi's records, this is also the only time in Ronaldo's Red Devils career...

For Ricardo, this is not the first time he has come to Lisbon. When he was still playing for Barcelona in the 05/06 season, he played here with the team in an away game. However, Barcelona's opponent in the Champions League quarter-finals that year was Benfica, and their home stadium was also the Luz Stadium, not this brand new stadium that can accommodate 1 million euros and was only completed and opened in 4.

Ah... So, it seems that Ronaldo doesn't have many memories of this stadium! Ahaha, so embarrassing...

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Rooney, who was injured in the first round of the league, finally returned and replaced Tevez, whose physical condition has not yet recovered to its best. Ronaldo played against his old club for the first time, and Evra replaced Silvestre who was ruled out for the season.

Sir Alex Ferguson lined up a 4-4-2 formation with a balanced attack and defense:

Goalkeeper: No. 1 Van der Sar;

Defenders: No. 6 Wes Brown, No. 5 Ferdinand, No. 15 Vidic, No. 3 Evra;

Midfield: No. 17 Li Qi, No. 16 Carrick, No. 18 Scholes, No. 11 Giggs;

Double attacking midfielder: No. 7 Cristiano Ronaldo and No. 10 Rooney.

However, it is very regrettable for Chinese fans that, unlike the Premier League, Manchester United can arrange 7 players on the bench in the Champions League, including new players Anderson and Tevez, Saha who just recovered from injury, young players Pique and Evans, but not Dong Yuanchao...

After the game started, both sides immediately entered into a fierce competition.

The home team Sporting Lisbon obviously wanted to take advantage of Manchester United's physical weakness after the weekend away league game and fully utilize the advantage of being at home to wait for the opponent to tire out. They pushed the game to the highest tempo from the start and dragged down Manchester United...

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