Star Card System

This season, the state of each Premier League team is not very good.

Even Manchester City, which ranks first, has not shown an absolutely dominant performance.

In the previous few games, Manchester City also had an embarrassing situation of three games without winning.

But even so, they are still far ahead.

After all, other league opponents are even worse.

Especially in the second half of the season, it is even more so.

Manchester United's two consecutive defeats and three consecutive draws made Solskjaer sit still again.

But even so, they still stay firmly in the second place in the league.

Because the teammates behind them performed even worse.

The Premier League giants in the second half are simply the boys who give points to the relegation teams.

This overall chaotic situation makes the points gap in the back half of the Premier League very small.

In the end, Manchester City still won the Premier League championship in the 2020-2021 season as expected.

Guardiola once again topped the English.

But he still regrets it very much, because he suffered again in the Champions League.

The Champions League final, Manchester City VS Chelsea, is another Premier League showdown.

In the end, Chelsea won a narrow victory with Havertz's key goal.

After ten years, they won the Champions League trophy again.

Tuchel became the new favorite of the Blues.

And the disappointed Guardiola became the background again.

Countless Manchester City fans cried and left the field with regret.

But no matter how regretful they were, they were not as regretful as Manchester United fans.

Because Manchester United this season has more regrets in the Champions League...

Manchester United's Champions League group opponents this season are Paris Saint-Germain, RB Leipzig and Basaksehir.

Except for Basaksehir from the Turkish Super League, the other two are strong opponents.

In the first round of the group stage, Manchester United visited the Parc des Princes to challenge Paris Saint-Germain.

They are the strongest opponents in the group.

In Paris, old friends meet.

Di Maria played for Manchester United in the 2014-2015 season, but eventually parted ways unhappily.

Manchester United meritorious Herrera left Manchester United in the summer of 2019 and failed to get a Manchester United contract extension, which is also a thorn in his heart.

In the Manchester United team, Cavani came from Paris and just transferred to Manchester United.

There are many familiar faces today.

Taking advantage of the home advantage, Paris Saint-Germain still used a 4-3-3 formation today, with full attacking power.

The forward trident Neymar, Mbappe and Di Maria, all three of them are stars with strong personal skills.

Paris Saint-Germain's sharp forward line quickly suppressed Manchester United at the Parc des Princes.

Mbappe sprinted quickly at the beginning of the game, broke through Wan Bissaka's defense on the left, and finally shot by De Gea with his fingertips.

Just a little bit.

Three minutes later, Neymar dribbled the ball forward, and passed three Manchester United defenders on the right side, and pushed the ball into the far corner on the penalty area line, heading straight to the dead corner.

It was De Gea's extreme rescue again, keeping the goal intact.

The save was wonderful.

However, Manchester United's defense was frequently penetrated, and the coaching staff on the sidelines looked unhappy.

Ferran looked helplessly at the direction of the court: "Mbappe and Neymar are too strong, our defense can't stand it."

Carrick also shook his head: "Compared with the two of them, Rashford and James are far behind."

"There is no comparison."

"Yes, one is a French World Cup champion and the best supernova in the world, and the other is a leader in Brazilian football and a former world No. 3 with extraordinary talent. How can we compare..."

Listening to the complaints of the two assistant coaches, Solskjaer has begun to adjust his tactics.

Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, he decisively moved the team's formation back.

From 4-2-3-1 to 4-3-2-1.

Xia Xing, Matic and B Fee are the starting players of this game.

The three have strong defensive abilities. In this game, they all retreated to defend and blocked the fierce attack of Paris Saint-Germain.

Without the breakthrough space, Mbappe and Neymar were greatly restricted.

Throughout the first half, Paris still had a lot of attacks, but there were still no good absolute opportunities, and they failed to break the deadlock.

Manchester United didn't have many offensive opportunities because of their tilted defense.

Before the start of the second half, Xia Xing had a few words with Bruno Fernandes alone.

"Man, if there is an offensive opportunity to advance, don't hesitate, press forward to attack."

"Then defend..."

"Don't worry, I'm here, no problem."

"Okay!"

After the start of the second half, Bruno Fernandes has been waiting for an opportunity.

Until the 66th minute of the game, he finally waited.

After a backcourt interception, Xia Xing decisively made a tackle and knocked down Neymar who was dribbling forward.

This tackle was very clean and there was no foul.

When he fell to the ground, Xia Xing poked the ball with his toes and passed it to Bruno Fernandes, then quickly stood up to participate in the defense.

At this time, the forward trident began to accelerate and sprint, and the Paris defense line also retreated decisively!

But Bruno Fernandes was faster, he suddenly advanced with the ball and shot!

35 meters away from the goal, the shot was fast and fierce!

Straight into the dead corner!

1 to 0!

Manchester United finally scored the first goal!

Shortly after B Fee scored, Manchester United continued to expand their lead.

This time it was Xia Xing's long pass that accurately found Rashford!

Rashford successfully countered the offside and pushed the ball into the far corner!

2-0!

Manchester United is stable!

It was not until the injury time that Mbappe used his personal skills to shoot into the net from outside the penalty area.

2-1, one goal back.

But this was only the final result, Paris had no chance.

Manchester United won the first game, and they looked promising.

In the second round, Manchester United swept RB Leipzig 5-0 at home.

Manchester United was simply crazy in this game.

Just 21 minutes into the game, Greenwood received a pass from Xia Xing and rushed into the penalty area with a low shot.

1-0, Manchester United opened the scoring.

I wanted to pursue the victory, but Manchester United was not smooth afterwards.

Including Greenwood himself, it seemed that he had lost his shooting boots in an instant, and no matter how he shot, he couldn't score.

After leading by one goal at the beginning, Manchester United has not been able to expand the score lead.

And RB Leipzig is not easy to bully, especially defensive players such as Upamecano and Nkunku, who have repeatedly resolved Manchester United's attacks invisibly.

The combination of Forsberg, Poulsen and Hwang Hee-chan on the front line also repeatedly posed a threat to Manchester United.

After scoring in the first half, Manchester United's offensive efficiency was not as good as the opponent.

It was not until the 63rd minute of the game that Rashford came on as a substitute and completely changed the situation.

Less than 30 minutes after coming on as a substitute, Rashford made three consecutive shots and scored three goals!

Left foot volley!

Right foot push!

Shovel shot in front of the goal!

Rashford seized all three shooting opportunities!

His state exploded today!

In the first minute of injury time, he also used a breakthrough to feed Martial and helped the Frenchman who came on as a substitute to score a goal.

5-0!

Manchester United won a big victory at home!

Two rounds of the Champions League group stage, Manchester United won two consecutive games!

The strongest Paris and the second Leipzig Red Bull were both trampled under their feet!

There is no problem in qualifying for the group! (End of this chapter)