Football King Bale

As Manchester United broke into the Champions League semi-finals, it was discovered that another devil's schedule for Manchester United this season is coming: in the next 32 days, they will usher in 7 games, including an FA Cup semi-final, two Champions League semi-finals, and four Premier League games!

In these seven games, almost every opponent is not easy to deal with. The opponent in the FA Cup semi-finals is Manchester City, who has an excellent record in the same city this season, and the opponent in the Champions League is a strong double play in the quarter-finals Schalke 04 of the champion and Triple Crown team Inter Milan, while the four opponents in the league are all teams in the upper half, the Gunners Arsenal and the Blues Chelsea, which are temporarily ranked second and third in the Premier League, and Seventh Everton and ninth Newcastle. The former two are competing with Manchester City and Tottenham for three Champions League qualifications, while the latter two have not given up hope of entering the Europa League.

Because the League Cup this season has been won by Manchester United, the sixth place in the Premier League can also get a seat in the Europa League. Now Liverpool, which is ranked sixth in the Premier League, only has 46 points, Everton is only two points behind, and Newcastle is only two points behind. 7 points behind, and there is not much difference in goal difference between each other. With 7 rounds left in the league, they all still have a chance.

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Originally, with Manchester United already winning this year's Premier League championship, they could strategically give up the next Premier League. If some fringe first-team players or even youth team players are used to play games, not only can the main players be rested, but also newcomers can be trained.

However, Ferguson did not do this, because he knew very well that doing so could indeed allow the main players to rest, but it would also prevent the main players from maintaining their state well. For football players, only continuous and stable games can play the best form.

Perhaps Ferguson doesn't know the idiom of all in one go, but he understands this truth better than anyone else. Because Manchester United has such a lesson from the past.

In the 2000-2001 season ten years ago, Manchester United established a huge lead in the league early, and finally won the three consecutive Premier League titles in mid-April.

However, after it was determined to win the Premier League, Manchester United strategically gave up the next Premier League, bent on winning the third Champions League in the club's history.

However, the result of that season was that Manchester United was double eliminated by Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Manchester United, who was relieved, only achieved 1 win, 1 draw and 3 in the remaining 5 rounds of the Premier League. Negative bad grade.

With the lessons learned from the past, Ferguson made the decision to continue playing in the league normally, but when facing some weaker opponents, he carried out a relatively large rotation.

As for the undefeated record of the season and the highest points of the season created by Chelsea, Ferguson is just talking about it. It is a surprise to be able to achieve it, but if he encounters a tough battle, he will definitely not do it for these two things. The so-called record and work hard.

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Four days after Chelsea was eliminated in the Champions League, that is, on April 16, the Manchester United team rushed to the new Wembley Stadium in London to compete with Manchester City for this season's FA Cup final. The winner between the two will compete with the winner of Bolton and Stoke City at the new Wembley Stadium on the afternoon of May 14 for the final championship.

With the results of the Manchester City duo this season, neither Bolton nor Stoke City can pose any threat to them, so advancing to the final basically means winning another championship trophy.

In order to repeat Tottenham's domestic annual grand slam last season, and even the unprecedented quadruple crown in football history, Manchester United will not be polite to their rivals in the same city. Similarly, in order to win another championship trophy after many years, Manchester City will also do everything with Manchester United.

This is the 157th Manchester derby in history. In the past 156 games, Manchester United scored 66 wins, 49 draws and 41 losses. Since the establishment of the Premier League, Manchester United has scored 19 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses against Manchester City 29 times. At the end of August 2008, Middle East capital took over Manchester City, and Manchester United won 7 consecutive victories in the subsequent 7 derby games. This season, Manchester United's 2 battles with Manchester City have achieved a double play.

In terms of starting line-up, Manchester United's Rooney was suspended, Berbataba appeared in the forward line, and Hernandez, who played in the Champions League in the middle of the week, sat on the bench. In addition, Giggs did not enter the squad. Coles sits in the middle. Manchester City captain Carlos Tevez was absent due to injury, and the striker was led by Balotelli with Silva and Adam Johnson. Zabaleta returned as a right back, replacing the young Boyata.

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This is a less authentic Manchester derby, because the venue of the game is neither Old Trafford nor Manchester City Stadium, but the new Wembley Stadium, a neutral stadium.

After the game started, although the fans of both sides were making a fuss in the stands, the teammates on the field were very cautious and were not in a hurry to attack.

It wasn't until the 11th minute that the two sides had their first goal, which was completed by Manchester City, which took the lead. Yaya Toure goes through the centre, Adam Johnson's left-footed shot just wide.

In the 15th minute, Manchester United got consecutive excellent opportunities! Scholes knocked across the top of the arc, Bell kept the ball in a diagonal line, and Berbatov succeeded in countering offside, but his push shot against Hart in front of the small penalty area hit Hart directly!

Then Nani turned around from the left and knocked on the door. Berbatov once again got an excellent chance to shoot, but the Bulgarian's shovel shot from one meter in front of the goal was miraculously high!

At that moment, more than 40,000 Manchester United fans sighed, while more than 40,000 Manchester City fans rejoiced.

Seeing Berbatov's two miraculous operations, Bell was also dumbfounded. He felt that he saw a fake Berbatov today!

After all, the real Berbatov is known for his technique and shooting skills, not the guy who just saw him playing happy football.

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Although Berbatov's two magical operations did not help Manchester United lead the score, they scared the Manchester City players on the field into a cold sweat. They realized that Manchester United could no longer be allowed to go on like this, otherwise they would compete with this year's FA Cup. The champion said goodbye.

In the 19th minute, David Silva forcibly passed Valencia from the wing and then made a cross. The ball bypassed Ferdinand and rolled to the back of the goal, but Balotelli, who followed up, was a step slower. The ball passed by.

In the 26th minute, Yaya Toure cooperated with his teammates in front of the penalty area and then took a long shot. The ball hit Vidic and almost refracted into the net.

After speeding up the pace, Manchester City's offensive immediately began to threaten Manchester United's goal. But under such circumstances, Manchester United found an opportunity first.

In the 33rd minute, Bell ran into the penalty area and received Carrick's forward through ball with his back. With Kompany defending behind him, Bell first smashed the ball with the inside of his right foot, intending to turn to the left, causing Kompany behind him to also shift his center of gravity to the left, but Bell stepped on the ball again and pulled it back to the right. Turn sideways.

Not only did Kompany lie behind him, but even De Jong, who came to double-team Bell, was passed by.

"Bell! Continuously swaying and smashing the ball, he tricked Kompany away!!" Bell's action directly made the old BBC commentator John Mortensen raise his voice, "Bell turned around! Kicked the goal!!"

Turning around smoothly, Bell swung his legs sideways coherently, and volleyed directly with his left foot. The ball hit the ground and headed towards the lower left corner of the goal. Joe Hart was obviously unprepared. He just stood in front of the goal and watched the ball roll from the lower left corner into the goal behind him.

"Goooooooooooal!!!!!!!" Mortensen let out his signature long growl, "Gareth Bale! Very nice turn and kick! Well done!!!"

"He tricked the defender away with a fake move, turned around and shot with his left foot. This time the shot angle was very tricky and flew directly into the lower left corner of the goal!!"

"Whether it's the fake turn or the completion of the shot, Bell has done a very good job. This is the personal ability of a top player!"

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In a slightly passive situation, they took the lead in scoring the goal, which made the whole Manchester United team happy, and immediately rushed over to celebrate with Bell.

Facing the goal of the archenemy in the same city, Bell was naturally not polite, and celebrated enthusiastically with his teammates, which attracted boos from Manchester City fans.

But today is at a neutral stadium, and Manchester United fans are no less than Manchester City fans. They quickly silenced the boos of Manchester City fans with applause and cheers.

After a celebration, the game continued. Taking advantage of the momentum after the goal, Manchester United began to suppress Manchester City.

In the 38th minute, Manchester United hit the frontcourt. Bell suddenly kicked the goal in front of the penalty area, which shocked the Manchester City fans again. Fortunately, Joe Hart stepped back in time and stretched out his hand to lift the ball over the crossbar.

Immediately after the corner kick opportunity, Vidic successfully grabbed a point to complete the header, but he pushed the ball directly into Joe Hart's arms.

In the 43rd minute, Manchester United had another excellent opportunity. Bell passed Kolarov and Barry consecutively on the left and pushed the ball forward. Evra, who was plugged in in the back row, went down to the bottom. Because Bell's passing strength was just right, he could take the ball comfortably, and then made a cross pass.

Berbatov ran into the small penalty area in time and kicked the ball at close range.

It was almost a must-goal, but Berbatov, without too much interference, actually pushed the ball over the post and popped the baseline again.

This continuous cooperation on the left creates opportunities for the center, which has been practiced many times in the Manchester United team. This time everyone did a very good job, but Berbatov's last kick was so bad that it really shouldn't be.

Although a great opportunity wasted at the last moment, Manchester United ended the first half with a one-goal lead.

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