Chapter 114 Visiting Juventus

After Jiangcheng finished the warm-up match with Estonia, Yin Jun, Sun Jihai, Li Tie and Yang Chen took the flight to Paris together, and then they each turned back to the city where their clubs were located.

This time, Yin Jun’s parents and family, and Sun Jihai’s wife, Sister Wang, were not with them. Yin Jun’s parents were going back to their hometown in Danjiang District, while Sister Wang was going back to her parents’ home to check out.

When Yin Jun and Sun Jihai transferred back to Manchester from Paris, it was already the 18th local time in the UK. On the night of the 19th, Manchester United ushered in the third round of the second stage of the Champions League group stage against Juventus.

After the team doctor's examination, Yin Jun was not included in Manchester United's roster. In just one week, he almost flew around the earth and played two games in the middle. Even with Yin Jun's youth, his energy still didn't have time to recover.

In the end, Yin Jun sat in the box at Old Trafford Stadium and watched the strong conversation between Manchester United and the old woman. Wes Brown scored for Manchester United in three minutes at the opening. In the second half, Fanny received a wonderful pass from Beckham to expand the score for Manchester United. However, Juventus won a goal in the final stage of the game.

Originally, many people thought that Beckham, who had just had a fierce conflict with Ferguson, would probably not appear in this game, but unexpectedly, the English captain not only started with an unhealed eyebrows, but also performed very well.

After winning this game, Manchester United has won three consecutive victories in the second stage of the group stage, and is far ahead in the group. It is only a step away from qualifying in the group.

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Beckham started and played completely. Many British media believe that Ferguson has compromised, otherwise he would not let Beckham play.

But Yin Jun didn't think so. Although Ferguson had already reconciled with Beckham on the surface, the crack between the two would not heal.

The old Sir Beckham is now letting him play, just to keep him in the form of the game so that he can sell him at a good price in the summer transfer market.

The England captain will definitely leave Old Trafford Stadium in the summer!

In order to confuse the outside world and keep Beckham in the best form of the game, the old Lord will even avoid competition with Beckham, such as allowing himself to play more in the middle, creating a situation where he can coexist with Beckham and Giggs on the court.

Moreover, when the outside world asked about Beckham's transfer, Ferguson would definitely insist that Beckham is a non-selling product from Manchester United and is the cornerstone of the team.

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On February 22, Manchester United ushered in the 28th round of the Premier League, and was a guest at Bolton to challenge the fast horse.

Because he had just had a tough game with Juventus in the middle of the week and was going to Italy again next week to compete with Juventus in the fourth round of the second stage group stage, Ferguson had many rotations in this game.

Yin Jun still did not enter the team's roster, but just went away with the team to watch the game. At Macron Stadium, Manchester United was in poor form after two fierce battles in a week, and was still behind 0:1 near the end of the game. Bolton was about to become the first team to win two defeats Manchester United in the Premier League this season, but Beckham's assist helped Solskjaer tie the score.

In the end, Manchester United lucky enough to bring back 1 point from Bolton.

In the subsequent game, Arsenal, who was away from Maine Road, swept Manchester City 5:1, once again widening the gap with Manchester United to 5 points.

At present, Arsenal's points advantage in the league is still quite solid, and his performance in the second stage of the Champions League group stage is also good. In addition, they have reached the quarterfinals of the FA Cup, and they still retain the possibility of recreating Manchester United's triumphal miracle four years ago.

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After returning to Manchester, the whole Manchester United team soon flew to Turin, Italy. On Tuesday night local time, Manchester United will challenge the Serie A top Juventus at the Alps.

Since Juventus, the second-placed group, only scored 4 points, Basel and La Coruna only scored 3 points and 1 point respectively. As long as Manchester United is unbeaten in this game, they can basically lock in a promotion place. If they win, they will be sure to advance to the quarterfinals two rounds ahead of schedule, or even lock in the first place in the group.

At the Alpine Stadium in Turin, Manchester United turned around 3:2 after falling behind 2 goals in 11 minutes, and eventually they won the Champions League trophy and became the treble. Today they are visiting Torino again, and as long as they score 1 point, they can enter the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the seventh consecutive time.

However, Juventus is not all good memories for Manchester United. In fact, before winning four years ago, this team leader was called Manchester United's nightmare.

Before this season, Manchester United encountered five seasons in three events, including the UEFA Cup, the European Cup and the Champions League, and the first four of them were losers.

In the 1976-1977 season, both sides encountered the League Cup for the first time, and Manchester United won 1:0 at home and lost 0:3 away and was eliminated.

In the 1983-1984 season, the two sides met again in the Winners Cup. Manchester United played 1:1 with Juventus at home and lost 1:2 away, and was eliminated again.

Next is the UEFA Champions League matches in the 1996-1997 season and the 1997-1998 season. As a result, in the group stage of the 1996-1997 season, Manchester United was beaten by Juventus at home and away with two 1:0 doubles. In the 1997-1998 season, although Manchester United won 3:2 at home, they lost 0:1 away again.

Especially on the away game, they suffered four consecutive losses before winning the triple crown!

Ferguson, who hopes to qualify early, performed relatively conservatively in the away game and lined up a 4231 formation. Of course, this also means keeping his strength for the weekend's League Cup final. Butters was at the goal, because Sylvester was injured, Keane unexpectedly appeared in the central defender position, partnered with Ferdinand, Gary Neville and O'Shea appeared in the full-back position. Phil Neville and Bart acted as midfielders, Beckham, Yin Jun and Solskjaer formed three forwards, and Fran made a single arrow.

Judging from this formation, Ferguson was able to accept the result of scoring 1 point away.

Juventus was hit by the flu on the last day of the game. Although his away offense was effective, the loss of injuries caused Juventus to defeat Manchester United in the residual team, but this time they had a neat lineup to face the game.

In the 4312 formation of Juventus starting, the goalkeepers are young players Buffon, Ferrara, Montero, Toulam and Zambrota to form the defense line; Camoranesi, Conte and Davis form the three midfielders; Nedved serves as the front midfielder; Divayo and Trezege partner on the front line.
Chapter completed!