Star Card System
Chapter 465 Fighting for Honor
We won against Roma on May 11 and returned to Manchester the next day.
It was reasonable to take a day off and adjust.
In this way, the Premier League game on May 14 must be rotated on a large scale.
But this is already in Mourinho's plan.
In the evening of May 14, Manchester United visited London again to play against Tottenham.
Manchester United has one less game, which is the third to last round of the league this season.
And Tottenham only has the last two games left.
They are currently ranked third in the standings, far behind the top two Manchester United and Chelsea, and they can't continue to improve even if they win two consecutive games; and they are also 7 league points ahead of Manchester City behind them, and they will not fall in the rankings even if they lose two consecutive games.
So Tottenham doesn't care much about the last two games, Pochettino aims to train his troops.
And the same is true for Manchester United.
Before this game, they were six points ahead of Chelsea, with a clear goal difference advantage. They can win the championship by winning any of the next three games.
So in this match right after the Europa League semi-final, Mourinho also played with all substitutes, and even sent a lot of young players.
Even Xia Xing sat on the bench in this match and did not start.
Other main players did not even make the 18-man roster.
Despite this, Manchester United still played very well.
Especially the attack in the middle and front court, one wave higher than another, playing very actively.
But Tottenham is not a free gift. Although they have many substitutes, they still maintain first-class combat effectiveness.
They have not had many opportunities to play throughout the season, so this game is very precious.
In the end, the two sides failed to break the deadlock in a fierce fight, and the game ended 0-0.
For Tottenham, this is not a big deal, after all, it does not affect their ranking.
But for Manchester United, this score is still a bit depressing.
In another game, Chelsea beat West Ham 2-1.
Although the process was not satisfactory, the result still satisfied the Blues fans.
There are two games left, four points behind Manchester United, Chelsea still has a chance.
At the press conference, Conte was still full of confidence in front of reporters.
"We will definitely go all out and wait for Manchester United to make mistakes! We still have a chance to win the Premier League!"
This made Mourinho a little unhappy.
"They have a chance? Bullshit! They have no chance for a long time! Never had a chance!"
On the training ground, Mourinho's expression was serious.
"There are four games left before the end of this season,
"Two league games, one FA Cup final, and one Europa League final,
"The competition is very close, we must grasp the time and allocate physical energy reasonably,
"Tomorrow's Premier League game, we must win!
"Must win!
"The last Premier League game can be used for training and maintaining sufficient energy to deal with the next two finals,
"If we don't win tomorrow's game, then we will face huge pressure in the last game!
"This is what I don't want to see,
"An accident at this stage may lead to a huge defeat!
"I need you to go all out next time,
"Must win!"
Mourinho is right.
Throughout the season, Manchester United played very steadily and rarely made mistakes.
Maintaining the leading position until now.
If an accident occurs at this time, it will greatly affect the morale of the players, and they may even end up with nothing.
Many times, it takes only a moment to compete for the championship on multiple fronts and end up with nothing.
Next, Manchester United has only four games left this season.
On May 18, Manchester United will play Southampton away in the 28th round of the Premier League.
On May 21, Manchester United will play Crystal Palace at home in the final of the 38th round of the Premier League.
On May 24, in the FA Cup final, Manchester United and Chelsea will compete for the last domestic championship trophy of the season.
On May 28, in the Europa League final, Manchester United will fight Ajax to the death.
In such a stadium, Manchester United is under great pressure.
So Mourinho asked the players to win the game against Southampton.
In the evening of May 18, the entire Manchester United team visited St. Mary's Stadium.
In this game, Manchester United played with all the main players, and Mourinho played all the good offensive cards in his hand.
Today, Manchester United only needs one result-victory!
Only by winning this game can Manchester United focus on the next two cup finals.
This game is a make-up game, and most Premier League teams only have the last round left.
Therefore, before this game, the rankings of many teams have basically been determined.
For example, Southampton, their league ranking this season is definitely ninth, and they will not move forward or backward.
In fact, at the beginning of this season, Southampton was in good shape, and they even hovered between sixth and seventh.
But as time went on, several giants slowly woke up, especially Arsenal and Liverpool, which made Southampton completely lose the desire to look forward to the European war.
In the end, they could only finish ninth in the league this season.
This season, their strength is very good, and many players are also very potential. With this result, the whole team is in a bad mood.
Therefore, even if the league ranking has been determined, Southampton will still go all out today to fight for honor.
In this game, Southampton arranged a 4-5-1 formation, focusing on defensive counterattacks.
Manchester United changed its previous safe play style and attacked all the way.
In the 9th minute of the game, Manchester United got the first chance.
Ibrahimovic received a diagonal pass from Xia Xing outside the penalty area, jumped high and headed the ball!
The ball was headed high!
This was not because of the accuracy of Ibrahimovic's header, but because of the interference of the opponent!
Van Dijk!
At the moment when Xia Xing passed the ball, Van Dijk had already started.
He even grabbed the position before Ibrahimovic, making Ibrahimovic's header very uncomfortable.
In this game, Van Dijk was the backbone of Southampton's defense, and he focused on defending Ibrahimovic.
And he also did a good job in organizing the defense of the defense line.
In the current Southampton lineup, Van Dijk is a super star.
In the 14th minute of the game, Pogba's long pass to find Rooney who was advancing, Van Dijk took the lead and kicked the ball!
Once again disrupted Manchester United's attack!
This interception was also very decisive and wonderful!
In the first half hour of the game, Manchester United could not break through, and Van Dijk's defense was extremely solid.
Perrin on the sidelines was shocked: "Fortunately this guy is in Southampton. If he is in the camp of our direct competitor, we will be in trouble."
Mourinho looked at Van Dijk and was also very expectant: "This young man is really good. He is already on my transfer list for the new season. It would be great if he could come to Manchester United."
Mourinho was looking forward to it at this moment, but a few months later, everything was completely out of his control...
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