No. 128 is firmly in the position
The Reds had a hugely successful opening game in October, with a home win over their main rivals Chelsea, and the Reds finished their dressing room celebrations with a day off and preparations for the second round of the Champions League group stage, home to Champions League rivals Roma.
7-1, Manchester United sent to Roma in the quarter-finals of last season's Champions League, the biggest massacre of the quarter-finals since the Champions League was restructured into the Champions League.
In the last meeting, Manchester United and Roma fans extended the feud outside Old Trafford, and there were another skirmish between the two sides, although the local police were on guard and the fan riots did not escalate. Before the game, Roma fans unfurled the slogan "Roma invade Manchester", a move that clearly angered Manchester United, and the Red Devils wanted to give Roma a good look on the pitch, which was also the mother color of the red jersey.
Spalletti clearly did not anticipate the difficulties of the game, and Roma's entire defence, whether it was Panucci, who had won the Champions Cup, or the young Doni and Mexes, all made mistakes in different ways, and Totti, who regarded the game as another World Cup final before the game, was drowned in the red defensive wave. The score of 7-1 is not a true reflection of the strength of the two sides, but it unexpectedly created the most disparity in the 1/4 knockout round in the more than 50-year history of the Champions Cup.
In 2004/05, Lyon thrashed Bremen 7-2 in the knockout rounds, and in 2002/03, Monaco thrashed Deportivo La Coruna 8-3 at home, but led 2-1 in the first leg of the quarter-finals like Roma. However, the away team was overturned by 6 goals, which was the first time in the history of the Champions Cup. There is no doubt about Manchester United's firepower at home, 2004/05 season. The Red Devils thrashed Panathinaikos 5-0 at home, the biggest home win for United since the Champions League was converted into the Champions League, and going back to the 1956/57 season, Manchester United thrashed Anderlecht 10-0 at home in the Champions League qualifying round, a disparity that no other Premier League team has ever beaten.
Roma are in the last eight of the Champions League for the first time in more than 20 years. It was the worst defeat on the road in the club's history, with Roma's biggest away defeat in Europe coming in the 1980/81 UEFA Cup. The 0-4 loss to Germany's Jena team, compared with the Champions Cup, although he scored one goal to save face, the seven guns on his body were enough for Spalletti to calm down for a while. It was the fourth-most goals scored in Champions League history. It is also the first time in the history of the Champions League that there is such a large gap between the teams in the five major leagues.
There is no need for the media to exaggerate anything, the Romans came to Old Trafford to take revenge!
Today, Roma is the hottest team in Europe's top five leagues.
After five games in the Super Cup, League and Champions Cup, Juan only played two, and the rest of the games were Panucci cameo as a central defender, it can be said that Roma's defensive configuration is even worse than last season, but Roma as a whole is much stronger than last season, against Palermo. The possession ratio was 59.4% and the shots on goal ratio was 23 to 13. With 68.3% of the shots against Reggina and 4 to 22 shots and 56.5% against Dynamo Kyiv and 14 to 5, Roma were able to create more chances than their opponents in each game, and the victory was reasonable.
If AC Milan's win over Benfica yesterday was a resounding victory, Roma's win over Dynamo Kyiv was even better today, with plenty of chances at the post that blocked Juan's backheeled juggling shot and Cassetti's long-range shot, and goalkeeper Shovkowski saved Giuli's one-on-one goal.
In the league and the UEFA Champions League, Roma and Real Madrid won all four games, all on goal difference, and the tie was drawn, but counting the Super Cup, Real Madrid lost to Sevilla, and Roma defeated Inter Milan, Roma is the only team in the five major leagues to maintain a full win in the new season. And the 0 goals conceded in 5 games, it is even more that Roma relied on their own momentum and offensive to overwhelm the opponent, rather than relying on simple defense, winning, but also winning beautifully, from Berlusconi, Moratti to Calderón, Abramovich Many giants dream of football, but Spalletti's Roma did it.
In terms of the staffing of the first five rounds of the lineup, Roma is not much different from last season, and there is a temporary lack of Mancini Jr., Pizarro, and Zivo is also gone, but the two newcomers Aquilani and Vucinic have improved significantly. The former was called "better than De Rossi" by Palermo's boss Zamparini: "He is the player of my dreams, although De Rossi is as good as he is, but he is a little worse physically. Zamparini said. Aquilani's long-range strikes have already scored twice for Roma in the new season, and his long-range effort at Wembley last year for Italy's Under-21s was a testament to the strength of a Dutch boy who broke a broken wrist in the wrist.
Vucinic endured for a year and finally got his senses, starting three of the first five games of the new season, all of which were outstanding.
Among the new signings, Juan is surprising the crowd and, in Aldair's words: "He's better than Zivo, at least not as easily injured." "Not counting the two minutes against Siena, in two games, Juan was not only solid defensively, but also bright in attack, scoring a goal and hitting a post. In addition, Gyuli has quickly integrated into the team. A few days ago, the younger brother of goalkeeper Doni joined the Roma youth team, he said: "I came to Roma by strength, not by my brother. ”
This is not the strongest Rome, yes, the strongest Rome is waiting for the arrival of the "devil's schedule", and a large number of newcomers have not yet participated in the rotation. Roberto Mancini Jr., who started 60 minutes against Dynamo Kyiv, will see his form improve even further, along with Pizarro and Andreoli on the injury list.
With the upcoming fixtures tight and newcomers such as Baruso, Esposito, Ciciño and Antunes all getting their chances, who can guarantee that there are no surprises hidden among them?
Regardless of the upcoming events, Jonk is ready to use the day off to host a small party in his own home. Connect with your teammates to get in touch with each other.
It's not uncommon for players to accept invitations to small parties.
Besides, the new villas are indeed less popular. Except for the daily maintenance personnel, only Nana has come, and now Jonk is going to hold a small banquet to live in.
There is also such a habit in foreign countries, generally before arrival, the homeowner also gives the invited friend, a list of items needed for the new house, and the friend comes to the new house as a guest. Also bring the gifts specified by the homeowner.
Jonk did as the locals did, announcing the news in the locker room before training. A list of items was also handed over to Captain Neville, and Jonk wouldn't let them really buy anything, and everyone was busy.
The beauty brings her own and a roast turkey. A chef. Three waiters.
A unique list, dare to love the day's party, Jonk doesn't have to prepare anything, all that is needed is a group of Manchester United teammates to be responsible, after the Manchester United players read the list, Ronaldo stood up, "You prepare these, we all pay equally!" ”
Manchester United players for the newcomer Jonker. It's all relatively recognized, and everyone can see it. Ferguson is extremely optimistic about Jonker, and he is completely cultivated as the next Cantona, who is Cantona, the king of Manchester United, and even in some ways Jonker is even much better than the French king of the year, that is, age.
Almost everyone agreed to participate in the banquet, and it can be seen from this point that Manchester United is under the control of the old man, at least on the surface, it is a harmonious group, and there is a certain limit to the intrigue below, there is no way, everyone knows, if there is really a moth, Ferguson is not a good man to get along with.
Of course, where there are people, there will still be a certain situation of gangs and factions, the Manchester United gang cultivated by Manchester United's youth training, the foreign gang led by Ronaldo, the two gangs can only talk, or gather together for such and such objective reasons, and occasionally complain one or two words behind their backs.
Manchester United's gate is guarded by Alex Ferguson, who has been shut out.
The matter of the party was decided, but Neville still walked over and kindly reminded Jonk, "Boss, you'd better give notice too!" ”
Jonker nodded to show that he understood, to be honest, he was not very afraid of this old man, all along, Ferguson, who has always been known for his strictness in the Premier League, showed that he always protected his calves in front of Jonker, more like an old man who loves his juniors.
Before training, Jonk made a special trip to Ferguson, usually the old man of training would not appear on the training ground, but he would definitely stay in the office, studying various tactical issues.
Knocking lightly on the door, and hearing a response from the office, Jonk pushed the door open and walked in.
"Boss, I would like to invite you to a party in my new home!" Jonk was in a hurry to train, and under Ferguson's consciousness, he directly stated the purpose of coming here.
Ferguson took off his glasses and looked at Jonck, "Yes, I support you in buying a house in the UK, and having a stable residence will help your cousin!" ”
The problem is very simple, buying a house here, it means that a player does not want to be a passerby, play for a year or two, and leave, there is no need to buy a house, Tevez is like this, only rent and not buy, maybe this does not seem to be much of a problem, people want to rent a house or buy a house, the club will not interfere, but from one side can still see many problems, such as the sense of belonging to the club and the city, whether you want to settle down in the club.
Ferguson seemed in a good mood when he heard the news that Jonk had bought the mansion, and continued, "Is there anything you need help from the club?" ”
"No, boss! I'll take care of that, I wanted to invite you to the party, no further questions! Jonker misunderstood Neville a little, the captain wanted him to report to the old lord if there was any problem to solve, but he didn't let him invite Ferguson.
"You kid is quite interesting, you guys play, you won't have fun when I go!" Ferguson was also a little mistaken, but looking at Jonke's sincere invitation, the old man was still very happy, people are like this, don't care if it's true or not, you must be happy to know that people value you, "What's missing, don't you need me to send you something, I don't have a beautiful woman!" ”
The old gentleman actually made a joke, and Jonk touched his head a little embarrassedly, but he didn't expect it. The old man is quite cute, but then again, he really sent beautiful women. Who would dare to go on it!
"Boss, that beautiful woman should be kept by yourself!" The stupid and bold Jonker actually said such a sentence stupidly, if other Manchester United players knew, they would definitely give a thumbs up and admire Jonck's stupid boldness, like the old man in the team, Giggs, seeing Ferguson is still a little nervous. It can be seen that Ferguson has a deterrent effect.
"Hahahaha, let's go to training, don't talk nonsense to me!" Far from being angry, Ferguson was not angry. He laughed and told Jonk to leave
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There was no Ferguson's banquet as scheduled, Jonk hired a professional restaurant to be in charge of this banquet, the British food was a bit monotonous, and Jonk also specially prepared some Chinese food. Such as dumplings, siu mai, and so on. Looking at a group of football stars holding red wine in their hands and eating dumplings, Jonk always wanted to laugh.
Manchester United's players are all bringing girlfriends or wives to come, among which the most dazzling is the most eye-catching beauty brought by Ronaldo, Jonker really didn't expect it, but he, the owner, has become a lonely person, alone.
NANA, THIS SCENE REMINDS JONK OF NANA AGAIN. However, at this time, it is not Nana alone, and there are occasional shadows of other people. Annoying, fortunately, he's still young but it's not a thing in the long run, hard work is one thing, and there's news anyway!
The headless and brainless are the most tormenting.
Just when the owner of Jonk was a little bored, someone suddenly heard the doorbell ringing, and a band had come.
Everyone looked at Jonker in unison, this kid is really good at doing things, eating about the same, and dancing.
Jonk doesn't know what's going on, why don't he know when he ordered the band, is it the business that comes with the restaurant, no matter what, it's coming, everyone is happy, then dance.
There was even a DJ on the scene, and the DJ shouted "Herewego!" ”
The open space next to the pool becomes a natural dance floor, and the music is playing.
Rooney, the little fat man, took the lead in showing off the dance, everyone's enthusiasm was instantly ignited, Manchester United's big ball officially began, there were a lot of hot girls in the field, which was dazzling, but Jonk watched from the sidelines, there are a lot of beauties, all of them are famous flowers, or honestly drink a small bar!
Originally, the mood could only be regarded as average, Jonk watched the hot dance, while letting the wine in his mouth, he drank too much that day, the wine is not drunk and everyone is drunk, people who have drunk have such experience, it is easy to get drunk when they are in a bad mood, how did the Manchester United teammates leave, he didn't know at all, when he got up the next day, there was still a banquet bill on the table that had been paid, I didn't expect that the things that were casually said that day, these people really took it seriously.
Anyway, inviting people to come to the house as guests, his own host was drunk unconscious, somewhat impolite, fortunately, Manchester United's training is arranged in the afternoon or evening, or today he has to go to training with a hangover, get up and go to the bathroom to wash his face, feel better.
I didn't know in a daze just now, it turned out that I slept on the sofa all night, and I didn't know it was okay before, but why did I feel a little wrong when I knew?
"Sneeze, sneeze!" It's over, if you have a cold, what are you afraid of, the cold can be big or small, the general football club has a strict control, players with the flu can't come to the club to participate in training, in case of infecting others, the whole team has a cold is not a joke.
After calling the Manchester United club to inform him of the news of his cold, the club immediately told Jonker to go to the hospital immediately, and then someone would come to check Jonker's condition every two days.
Soon Manchester United's official website showed the latest news, and Jonker's name was placed on the daily watch list from the first-team list.
The news leaked quickly, Manchester United's website was updated, and the media in China knew the news, and the specific reason has not yet been said, but it must be that Jonker has mentioned that there are some minor problems, and speculation about muscle fatigue and slight strains has all appeared, and everything is said, anyway, it is not a major illness.
Jonke is also wondering, his body has not had any problems with colds and fevers since he practiced Xuangong, what happened this time, he actually caught a cold, in fact, if he knew what happened at night, Jonke would not be surprised, the eldest brother sat on the side and drank, everyone else was chatting or dancing, and he didn't notice him at all, Jonke, who drank too much, actually slipped the table, or slipped under the wine table, and slept on the grass for a long time, if it wasn't for the restaurant staff who finally withdrew from the stage to find Jonke.
It's no wonder if you don't catch a cold!
There is no other way, let's take care of the illness, Jonke, who is full of snot, this time is really a bit of a love injury, and the potential of a lover who has become a line of love for snot.
Fortunately, Jonke's cold came and went quickly, and it only took 4 days from getting sick to fully recovering, and after no symptoms, he could return to the team after 1 to 2 days of isolation and observation.
While Jonker was recuperating, he still missed the second round of the Champions League group stage match between Manchester United and Roma.
Manchester United played Roma again, without Jonck, the focus naturally became Ronaldo, the Portuguese scored 2 goals in the 7-1 battle last season, and the dribbling attack made the Italians suffer, and Panucci even exaggerated that he had to ride a motorcycle to catch up with Ronaldo. In this rematch, Ronaldo is naturally the focus of Roma's defense, not to mention that before the game, he claimed that when he played 6-0 at Old Trafford last time, some Roma players begged him to stop attacking, which may make the Italians grit their teeth even more.
Cristiano Ronaldo struggled this time, De Rossi stomped on his thigh, Vucinich's elbow made him bleed from the corner of his eyebrow, and Roma's defensive system was also focused on Ronaldo. In the game, Ronaldo had 3 shots on goal and threatened the pass with 0, he was not as active as before, but next to Ronaldo, there was also Nani.
In the eyes of the Romans, Nani is an unobtrusive small role, Spalletti was probably planning how to defend Giggs before the game, but I didn't expect Ferguson to hide the Welsh, and instead arranged the Portuguese wings, Nani is like a smaller Ronaldo, when the Roma team focused on the latter, but suffered the loss of Ronaldo's "little brother".
The best chance in the first half was created by Nani, and in the 34th minute, he relied on a change of rhythm to break through Roma right-back Ciciño, and the cross flew to the back post, and the unmarked Rooney volleyed slightly over the crossbar, which saw Ferguson sigh in the sky; However, in the second half, Nani finally helped Rooney make up for his regrets, in the 70th minute, Carrick made a direct pass, Nani took the ball and acted quickly, and Rooney, who understood it, inserted himself into the penalty area and blasted open the door!
Following the winning long-range win over Tottenham, Nani played another good game, making him the most in the team with four dangerous passes. In addition to Rooney and Ronaldo, Manchester United found a third point of firepower, which also caught Roma off guard.
In the past, Nani's attacking style was relatively simple, cutting inside after taking the ball on the left side and shooting with his right foot was his signature, but it was also easy to be understood by opponents. However, after coming to Manchester United, Nani's style of play has changed a lot, cutting inside and combining it with a bottom break, and it is no longer easy for opponents to guess which side he is going to take. Against Roma, Nani made 15 crosses, one of which hit the crossbar and sent Old Trafford to a sigh.
In the 80th minute, Ryan Giggs replaced Nani, and it was a surprise that the more experienced Welshman did not start the game, but given the question of succession, this is a trend that will emerge sooner or later. Ferguson's current usage is that the Welsh veterans play more in the Premier League, Nani still needs to gradually adapt to the rhythm, and in both Champions League games, the Portuguese youngster has started, and Ferguson is clearly on track with the new talent development plan.
Although there was no repeat of 7-1, a small win was not a bad result. It was United's eighth win of the season and the third 1-0 game, with Wayne Rooney netting his first goal of the season to make it two straight group stage wins for the Reds and top Group F, with only four points from Dynamo Kiev in the next two rounds to secure qualification. Roma may have lost, but they could walk away with their heads held high: they had more dangerous shots than the home side, and they missed a number of chances in the more than 20 minutes they were behind.
The media carefully found that without Jonk on the field, Manchester United's forward line seems to lack a necessary penetrating ability, and it is also a little lacking in the grasp of excellent opportunities, and it is naturally obvious in the number of goals, without Jonk's participation in Manchester United, the final number of goals will not be too much, the media is lamenting, whether it is Chelsea or AC Milan, or coming to the Red Devils Manchester United, the three clubs are sick, and they all suffer from Jonker dependence unconsciously.
Manchester United are just getting sick now! (To be continued......)