Football King Bale

Chapter 129 Inventory before the Champions League

A draw not only prevented Manchester United from continuing to follow Chelsea's footsteps, but even allowed Arsenal, who subsequently won the game, to surpass Manchester United in the standings.

After four rounds of overtaking, Chelsea, who have won four consecutive victories, led the standings with 12 points. They scored 17 goals, but conceded only one goal. Their performance was terrifying.

Followed by Arsenal and Manchester United who also achieved three wins and one tie with 10 points. Arsenal surpassed Manchester United by a goal difference. They scored 13 goals and conceded 3 goals, while Manchester United scored 14 goals and conceded 5 goals.

These three teams are also the only three remaining unbeaten teams after four rounds of the Premier League.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the fourth place in the Premier League standings is not the former British overlord Red Army Liverpool. Now it only ranks 13th in the league with a record of one win, two draws and one loss, which is very miserable; it is not last season. The current Premier League champion Tottenham, after losing Bale, Tottenham's combat power has dropped sharply. Now Bai Baihe's record is also one win, two draws and one loss, but their goal difference is more than Liverpool, ranking 10th in the league; it is not the Premier League Manchester City, a new generation of local tycoons, although the Arab oil tycoon has invested heavily in the past three summer windows, Manchester City's current record is only one win, two draws and one loss, ranking seventh in the league.

Ranked fourth in the Premier League standings is the newly promoted Blackpool!

Although the Seaside lost 0:6 to the Gunners in the second round, it was their only defeat in the past four games. Now they have achieved two wins, one draw and one loss, ranking fourth in the Premier League with 7 points.

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However, Manchester United has no time to mourn the loss of the league for the time being, because the Champions League game has come.

Just after the weekend, their first opponent in the Champions League, the Scottish Super League overlord Glasgow Rangers, has come to Manchester.

Glasgow Rangers is one of the Scottish Premier League teams, and the team's home ground is at the Ibrox Stadium in southwest Glasgow. It is also known as the famous "time-honored Derby" in world football with the old rival Celtic in the same city. The two teams have monopolized the Scottish league for more than 100 years.

Because of the rise of Manchester United in the Premier League during the Ferguson era, the Red Devils have become one of the most famous football clubs in the world. But when it comes to the number of major championships the team has, compared with their Champions League opponent, the Glasgow Rangers nicknamed "Teddy Bear", it is really hard to say.

The Wanderers Club maintains the world record of winning 54 domestic top league championships and 7 domestic triple crowns (League, Scottish FA Cup, Scottish League Cup) in history, and the record of 19 double crowns is second only to Linfield in Northern Ireland.

In 2000, Rangers won the 100th major championship in the history of the club, becoming the first football club in the world to achieve this honor.

In 1961, Rangers reached the final of the European Cup Winners Cup, becoming the first British team to reach the final of a European competition.

In 1972, Rangers defeated Dynamo Moscow at Barcelona's Camp Nou to win the European Cup Winners' Cup. In addition, he won the runner-up of the event twice in 1961 and 1969.

In 2008, Rangers reached the UEFA Cup final. On the day of the final, more than 150,000 Rangers fans from all over the world went to Manchester City for the final. Most of them did not have tickets for the match.

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This game between England's overlord Manchester United and Scotland's overlord Rangers,

Also known as the "British Derby".

It is also worth mentioning that Walter Smith, the head coach of Rangers, has a deep relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson, the coach of Manchester United. Old Trafford to assist Ferguson.

In other words, Rangers must be very familiar with Manchester United's situation and style of play, and subsequently, they will definitely carry out targeted defense against Manchester United.

However, Ferguson seemed a little careless about this game.

As a guest at Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United, the Scottish team could not escape the end of Confucius' move. The last time a Scottish team escaped at Old Trafford was in the third round of the UEFA Cup in the 1984-1985 season, Dundee United drew with Manchester United 2:2 away.

The last time Rangers challenged Manchester United as a guest was in the 2003-2004 season, when Forlan and Van Nistelrooy scored 3 goals together to help Manchester United win a big victory, and Walter Smith was Ferguson's assistant at that time.

Facing the old acquaintance homeless, Manchester United's mentality is relaxed.

As soon as the results of the draw for the group stage were announced, Ferguson said with relief: "This is a good draw for us. Walter Smith has already called me to talk about giving me He kept the ticket! Like me, he is really looking forward to our real battle."

And Smith said in an interview before the game: "Manchester United is much better than us, we must be careful everywhere."

Of course, it can also be said that the old man was too dissatisfied with the team's performance in Liverpool last Saturday.

In the end, among the 11 players who started the game in the last game, Bell was the only one who was able to continue to start in this game!

In other words, the old man almost rotated all the starting lineups of the last game!

Although the old man did not criticize the team in public after the game last weekend, his attitude towards last Saturday's game can already be seen from the list arrangement of this Champions League game.

And the old man's "spiciness" is also fully revealed in this super-large rotation!

In this game, Manchester United's starting lineup is still 442, the goalkeeper is Kuzzak, the back four are Brown, Smalling, Ferdinand and Fabio, and the midfielder is Valencia, Park Ji-sung, Gibson and Bale. Line up, the double striker is Rooney and Hernandez.

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Because he is about to usher in his first European game, Bell also attaches great importance to this, and seriously thinks whose experience card he should use.

After four league games and one national team match, the experience card that Bell still holds has completely changed.

Before the start of the season, he had David James, Van der Sar, Petr Cech, Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Ashley Cole, Ronaldo, Drogba, Henry, Rooney, Robben, Jay The fourteen one-star experience cards of Ladd, Giggs and Roy Keane.

Then in the first round of the Premier League, Bell exchanged the three experience cards of Giggs, Gerrard and Roy Keane for a two-star Giggs experience card. After the game, he scored a goal He got a Ronaldo three-star experience card.

In the second round of the Premier League, Bell only used Robben's experience card. In the end, the team beat Fulham 3:2, and Bell scored the decisive goal.

After the game, the three lottery lineups that Bell received were the best team in Manchester United history, the best team in the 2005-2006 Champions League and the best team in the 2004 European Cup. Bell chose the best team in Manchester United's history to draw a lottery, and he got George Best's experience card.

In the third round of the Premier League, Bell once again used Rooney's experience card in his hand. He scored another goal in the game. After the game, he won three lucky draws. Lineup and the 2010 World Cup Team of the Year. Bell chose the 2004-2005 UEFA Champions League best team for the lottery draw, and finally Kaka's experience card was drawn from the six of Shevchenko, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Garcia, Cocu and Lampard.

When it came to the national team game, in Wales' 2:1 victory over Montenegro, Bell used Drogba's experience card to score twice and get two chances to draw.

For the first time, Bell selected the best team for the 2002 World Cup from the best team in Manchester United history, the best team in the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League, and the best team in the 2002 World Cup. Among the six, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and Klose, Rivaldo's experience card was drawn.

For the second time, Bell chose the best team in the 2000 European Cup from the best team in Manchester United history, the best team in the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League, and the best team in the 2000 European Cup. Among the six players, Figo, Davis, Kluivert and Henry, Figo's experience card was drawn.

Then, in the fourth round of the Premier League last weekend, although Manchester United suffered a black minute, Bell, who scored a goal, still got a chance to draw a lottery. The three lineups are the best team in Manchester United history, the best team in the 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League and the best team in the 2006 World Cup.

There is nothing to say. Bell chose the best team of the 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League without hesitation. In the end, Gerrard, Harvey, Iniesta, Messi, Eto'o and Ronaldo were selected. Won Messi's experience card.

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Bell finally took a look at the 13 experience cards he still has in his hand. They are three goalkeeper positions, David James, Van der Sar and Cech, all of which are one-star experience cards. There are also three one-star experience cards on the back line, Ferdinand, Gary Neville and Ashley Cole, and one card in the midfield, George Best, Kaka, Rivaldo and Figo, all Three-star experience card. There are three on the front line, Ronaldo and Messi are three-star experience cards, and Ronaldo is a one-star experience card.

As his debut in the Champions League, Bell naturally hopes to perform well, so the experience cards of goalkeepers and defenders can be ruled out. What can really be considered are the 7 experience cards in the midfield.

For Bell, these three goalkeeper experience cards and the three defender experience cards can only be used to suppress positions for a long time.

Bell thought about it and decided to use Ronaldo's experience card. Because among the 7 experience cards, there is only one one-star card, which looks a bit annoying.

Moreover, although Manchester United's opponent Rangers in this game is one of the two overlords of the Soviet Super League, their strength is limited after all. In addition, Manchester United is fighting in the Theater of Dreams. With the addition of home factors, Manchester United has a great chance of winning. It is enough to use a one-star experience card.

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