host must win

Chapter 800 The Ambition of the Seven-Crown King
After Yin Jun's goal, Manchester United played more easily at home, with a relaxed mentality and an overwhelming advantage on the scene.Benfica can only rely on their young momentum to deal with Manchester United, barely conceding another goal in the first half.

After the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half, Manchester United, who were still playing at home, had the upper hand.And Benfica also continued to use defensive counterattack tactics to deal with Manchester United.

At this time, Benfica no longer wanted to beat Manchester United away, they recognized the gap between themselves and Manchester United.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with Copenhagen already leading the Celtics by two goals at home in another stadium.In this way, even if Benfica themselves lose, they can still overwhelm the Celtics and advance to the Champions League knockout round.

However, Manchester United did not stop there.In the 61st and 75th minutes, Ryan Giggs and Nemanja Vidic each scored a goal and won the victory 3:1.

In another game, the Celtics drew with Copenhagen at the last minute, which also raised the Celtics' points to 7 points.The goal difference between Benfica and Celtic is -1, making the two teams have to compare the number of goals.In this regard, the Celtics overwhelmed Benfica.

As a result, the Celtics were able to advance to the Champions League knockout rounds, while Benfica had to regrettably play in the UEFA Cup.

So far, the UEFA Champions League group stage of this season is all over, and Manchester United once again won the group with six consecutive victories.And Yin Jun also scored 6 goals in 8 Champions League group matches again, leading the Champions League scorer list.

For the Premier League teams, their performance during the group stage was fantastic, and all four teams advanced as the first in the group.

However, the draw ceremony for the Champions League knockout round will be held on the evening of December 12, local time in Switzerland. At that time, Yin Jun and his Manchester United teammates will be in Japan for the Club World Cup this season.

Of course, under normal circumstances, those who attend the UEFA Champions League knockout draw ceremony are club executives, such as players and head coaches, who are basically unlikely to attend.

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At noon on December 12th local time in the UK, the 9th round of the Premier League will be played first. Manchester United will play against Manchester City at home, ushering in the first round of the Manchester Derby this season.

This is Manchester United's last home game before Christmas, and it is also Manchester United's first home city derby at Manchester City Stadium.

After this game, the Manchester United team will fly to Japan to participate in this year's Club World Cup.

After an unexpected loss to South Allianz in the fourth round of the League Cup, Manchester United's state has not been affected at all, ushering in seven consecutive victories in the Premier League and the Champions League.

In fact, Manchester United's record in the new season is so good that it is shocking. The League Cup loss against South Allianz is their only defeat on all fronts this season. In the remaining 25 games, Manchester United scored a terrifying 22. Wins and 3 draws!
In this Manchester Derby, Manchester City also cannot stop Manchester United from advancing.Manchester United opened the door to victory in just 6 minutes.Yin Jun broke through with the ball in the midfield. After attracting Manchester City's defensive attention, he hit the front of the top of the penalty area and suddenly split the ball to the right. Cristiano Ronaldo made a pass from the right, both Distin and Dunn missed the ball, and Rooney pushed his left foot into the net from 10 yards.

Manchester United expanded the score in the 45th minute. Dunn made another mistake under Rooney's pressure. The captain of Manchester City made a pass error. Heinze made a low pass from the edge of the penalty area on the left. Distin failed to intercept in time. Stabbed and scored before.

This is Yin Jun's 12th goal this season.

In the first half, Manchester United's advantage in technical statistics was not obvious, but they just caught the opponent's 2 defensive mistakes and scored.

Manchester City pulled back a goal in the 72nd minute. Erlander broke through from the right and passed back. Trabelsi swayed Ferdinand from the edge of the penalty area on the right and then volleyed with his left foot. The ball hit the lower edge of the crossbar and then entered the net.

However, Manchester United sealed the victory in the 84th minute. Rooney's shot from the right side of the penalty area was deflected to the goal. Ronaldo scored the sixth goal in the league with his right foot volley from 5 yards.

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This game can be described as a microcosm of Manchester United's season, especially the outstanding performance of the three young people, which is even more eye-catching.

This season, Yin Jun, Rooney and Ronaldo have all ushered in an explosion.Yin Jun scored 15 goals in 12 Premier League games, and his performance was as good as ever.Rooney also performed brilliantly. After scoring another goal in this game, his number of goals on the scorer list has reached 8. Cristiano Ronaldo is no less impressive. As a winger, while he is on the wings of Manchester United, he also scored 6 goals in the statistical item that he was originally weak in scoring.He worked hard to practice shooting after training, and finally bore fruitful results.

After defeating Manchester City, Manchester United continued to remain unbeaten in the league, with 17 wins and 15 draws in 2 games, continuing to lead the Premier League standings.

A day later, Chelsea ushered in a strong dialogue with Arsenal.Although the Blues kept their unbeaten record of 51 rounds at home in the league, they failed to win the opponent and shook hands with Arsenal 1:1.

This result, for Chelsea and Arsenal, is a lose-lose ending.In the case of being unable to beat their opponents, Chelsea only scored 17 points after 38 rounds of the league, and they are already 9 points behind Manchester United!
And Arsenal is even worse, they only achieved 17 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses in 4 league rounds, and got 27 points.Although it is still ranked third in the league for the time being, the points gap with the top Manchester United has widened to 20 points, and it has basically bid farewell to the competition for the league title this season.

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Since there are only two rounds left in the first half, and Manchester United leads Chelsea by 9 points, this means that Manchester United has locked in the Premier League half-time championship two rounds ahead of schedule.

Although this half-time championship is useless, it is still good news for Manchester United.With their dominance in the Premier League, this basically means that Manchester United's 18th top league title in team history has been secured.

The UEFA Champions League group stage was fully won and advanced, and the league standings also led by a huge advantage. Manchester United can finally go to Japan without any psychological burden and easily go to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup.

Since the Toyota Cup was changed to the Club World Cup, it is the first time for Manchester United to participate in this event.

Of course, it sounds like a long time has passed, but in fact it was only a year. In 2004, Manchester United participated in the last Toyota Cup, and in 2005, it was just changed to the Club World Cup. The first European team to participate.

However, Liverpool failed to live up to expectations and lost to the Brazilian team Sao Paulo in the final championship battle.

Therefore, Manchester United is expected to become the first European team to win the Club World Cup, which only requires them to win two games!
And if they can win the Club World Cup, then Manchester United in 2006 will be perfect: they will become an unprecedented seven-time champion team!

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