Football King Bale

Bell's goal helped Manchester United take the lead in the away game. Ferguson immediately waved the flag and replaced Berbatov with the faster Hernandez.

This substitution means that Sir Alex intends to fight Valencia's defensive counterattack.

Sir Alex Ferguson's approach is very wise. It is very difficult to take the lead here, and it is even more difficult to take away the victory. It is very necessary to be conservative. Because Valencia's Mestalla Stadium has never been a happy place for Manchester United. From the first meeting between the two teams in 1982, until the start of this campaign, Manchester United had never conquered Valencia's home court.

In fact, Manchester United's results against La Liga teams are not good. In the previous 18 away games against Spanish teams, the Red Devils only achieved a pitiful victory, specifically 1 win, 8 draws and 9 losses. The only victory was the 2-0 away victory over Deportivo La Coruña in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals eight years ago.

Valencia has maintained a record of 11 consecutive unbeaten home games in the European War. Even until 2007, Valencia had never lost to an English team at home, with 7 wins and 4 draws in 11 games. But in the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons, Valencia was defeated by Chelsea at home for two consecutive seasons.

Facing such an extremely strong team at home, if you take the lead, it's best not to waste your time and just strive to get three points.

Moreover, quick counterattacks can undoubtedly better utilize the advantages of Manchester United's players on the field. Bale and Nani on the two wings are both super fast players, coupled with Hernandez who is good at running, such It is simply a waste if the frontcourt combination does not play defensive counterattack.

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Manchester United retreated into the backcourt, and Valencia was embarrassed. As the home team, now that the score is behind again, they must attack with all their strength.

What makes Valencia even more annoyed is that Manchester United does not set up an iron barrel formation in the backcourt, but strangles Valencia in the midfield. Today, Manchester United's five players in the midfield, except for Bale who uses Messi's experience card, all have average passing and controlling abilities, but their running ability is very strong.

Darren Fletcher is a midfielder who is good at running and blocking. His main task is to defend. He is very strong and is very good at intercepting and stealing. He is also full of physical fitness and has a wide range of movement. He is a good addition to his own defense. Protect.

And Anderson still has a bit of the strength of a Golden Boy Award winner at the moment, and he is not the lazy An Pang later.

Park Ji-sung is nicknamed Park Sam-chi. In terms of organization and passing ability, Koreans are very average, but when it comes to running, he is a role model for all players.

Not to mention Bale and Nani, both of whom are very capable. These five people, plus Hernandez, who had just debuted and was at the peak of his physical strength, actively pressed Valencia in the midfield, making it difficult for Valencia, who is known for his technical flow, to pass the ball smoothly.

Especially Bell and Nani, both of whom have very strong breakthrough and dribbling abilities. Once they steal Valencia, their quick counterattack will give Valencia a headache.

This became particularly prominent in the 84th minute of the game when Ferguson made another personnel adjustment. The old man replaced Anderson, who had just recovered from injury, with young player Ma Chieda to strengthen the vitality of the frontcourt.

A minute later, Manchester United went through a crazy press in the midfield. Bell stole the ball from the feet of Valencia's core midfielder Mata, and Manchester United immediately launched an efficient and quick counterattack. Bell's pass penetrated Valencia's defense from the ribs.

Macheda, who had just appeared, suddenly came out from the right and drove the ball towards Valencia's goal at high speed. After taking the ball to the right side of the penalty area, Macheda made a low pass. Hernandez stopped the ball with his left foot on the penalty area line and hit the goal. The ball flew into the lower right corner of the goal. Manchester United took a two-goal lead in the away game. .

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Being two goals behind put Valencia in almost a desperate situation, and with little game time left, they became very anxious. This makes it harder for them to make a difference.

In the end, Manchester United maintained their 2:0 lead until the end.

This is also the first time this season that Manchester United has kept a clean sheet on the road. Manchester United's two major central defenders played at the same time for the first time this season, bringing stability to the team that was rarely seen before.

The 2:0 away victory over Valencia was of great significance to Manchester United. Not only was it the first time in the past 28 years that Manchester United had conquered the Mestalla Stadium, but more importantly, Manchester United, which had won two consecutive victories, almost secured first place in the group. . Topping the group is undoubtedly Manchester United's first goal.

On October 20th and November 2nd, European time, Manchester United will face the Turkish Bursaspor team consecutively at home and then away. Judging from the situation in the first two rounds, Bursaspor failed to score a goal and conceded a net goal of 5. Its strength is really limited. Under normal circumstances, Manchester United has great hope of scoring all 6 points at home and away. As a result, Manchester United, with 12 points after 4 rounds, will occupy the most advantageous position to qualify from the group.

On the other hand, Glasgow Rangers and Valencia, the two teams will continue to fight for qualification. Manchester United will play Valencia at home in the last round. At that time, with the help of a favorable schedule, Manchester United may have secured first place in the group in advance. The Red Devils may even decide which team between Valencia and Rangers will join them in qualifying.

Manchester United defeated La Liga leader Valencia 2:0 away from home, Chelsea defeated Ligue 1 defending champion Marseille 2:0 at home, Arsenal defeated Partizan Belgrade 3:1 away, and Tottenham defeated Eredivisie defending champion Twente 4:1 at home. , the Champions League group stage has entered the second round, and all four teams in the Premier League are winning. This is not common in the Champions League group stage in the past two seasons.

The four Premier League teams played in unison, which also allowed the Premier League's European War points to continue to expand its advantage over La Liga. As for Manchester United, they are even better in the club's European points. With its stable performance in the past four seasons, Manchester United has reached 123.580 points in the five-year European War standings, which is 11 points higher than the second-ranked Barcelona (112.580 points); surpassing the eighth-ranked Inter Milan ( 86.681 points), 35 points more; nearly 40 points higher than ninth-ranked AC Milan (83.681 points); more than 40 points higher than 12th-ranked Real Madrid (78.580 points).

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After defeating Valencia, Manchester United flew back to the UK in a dusty state. Because in less than 72 hours, they will usher in the seventh round of the Premier League away game against Sunderland.

Because of the double matches in a row, Ferguson had to make major adjustments to the starting lineup. Compared with the Champions League victory over Valencia in midweek, Ferguson made adjustments to all three lines. Berbatov and Evra were on the bench when the whistle blew, O'Shea was assigned to play at left back, and Scholes returned to the starting lineup. Now, the two wingers are still the combination of Bell and Nani. Macheda and Irving partnered up front, while Rooney has not yet entered the squad.

This game was full of troubles for Manchester United from the beginning.

Due to a burst water pipe in the away lounge of the Stadium of Light, Manchester United players were unable to appear on time and the game was delayed by 20 minutes.

After the game started, Sunderland took advantage of their physical strength and took the initiative to attack Manchester United's goal from the beginning. Because Manchester United had just played a fierce battle with Valencia in Spain three nights ago, coupled with the fatigue of the trip, the main players were not in good condition, including Bell himself, who looked very tired.

After a hard-fought battle, the two sides tied 0:0, and Bell also stopped his continuous scoring. This stopped Bell's consecutive scoring games after joining Manchester United at 8 games. Of course, this It's an official match. If the pre-season warm-up matches are included, his consecutive scoring games have exceeded 10 games.

As for consecutive goals in the league, it is only six games.

And because they were tied by Sunderland in the league, Manchester United had to surrender the top spot in the league standings they had just won after the end of this round.

One day later, Chelsea and Arsenal, the London duo, had a strong dialogue. As a result, the Blues defeated the Gunners 2-0 at Stamford Bridge, leading the standings with 6 wins, 1 loss and 18 points in seven league rounds. . Manchester United, on the other hand, has 17 points with 5 wins and 2 draws, one point behind the Blues.

Arsenal had to relinquish their third place in the league due to two games without a win. Manchester City, a new generation of local tycoons who had recently won two consecutive games, surpassed the Gunners and climbed to third place in the Premier League standings with 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. position, Arsenal is relegated to fourth. Fifth is Bell's old club Tottenham. Baili and Arsenal have the same points, 11 points, but the goal difference is not as good as the Gunners, so they can only be ranked fifth.

The Red Army Liverpool continue to sink in the abyss. They lost 1:2 at home to newly promoted Blackpool. They only achieved 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses in 7 rounds. They ranked 18th in the league and have completely fallen into the relegation zone. Old coach Hodgson is having a very difficult time at Liverpool. He ranks first in the latest media rankings of odds of dismissal of head coaches.

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After this round of the Premier League, all national leagues will be suspended for one round, because the national team match day is coming again, and all European countries will recall their national players to fight for a spot in the European Cup two years later.

On this national team match day, the Welsh men's football team will usher in two European Cup qualifiers, against Bulgaria and Switzerland.

On October 8, Wales will face Bulgaria at home, and Bell will face the challenge of club teammate Berbatov at the Millennium Stadium.

Four days later, Wales will travel to Switzerland to challenge a powerful opponent second only to England in this group.

If Wales can win these two games, it will be very beneficial for them to compete for second place in the group. If they can win one game, the initiative to compete for second place in the group will still be in the hands of Wales. But if they all lose, the situation will be very dangerous if Wales wants to compete in the European Cup two years later.

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