Chapter 87 The Double Red Cross is Coming

After successfully winning the Magpie Newcastle, Manchester United continued to attack with their remaining lineup and flew to Basel, the third largest city in Switzerland. At 3:45 am on November 27th, Beijing time, Manchester United will challenge the second stage of the Champions League at St. Jacobs Park Stadium.

The first opponent in the group stage is Basel.

Manchester United is facing an injury crisis. In the match against Newcastle, centre-back Blanco joined Beckham, Keane, Gary Neville, Butt and Ferdinand. Phil Neville replaced his brother.

At right back, Wes Brown and O'Shea formed a young center back partnership, with Solskjaer still playing right midfielder and Yin Jun as the defensive midfielder.

As the first Swiss team to reach the second stage of the Champions League, Basel has yet to lose at home this season.

Basel took advantage of the kick-off opportunity and suddenly launched a fierce attack on Manchester United's goal and won a corner kick.

Only 31 seconds into the game, Basel midfielder Yakin took a corner kick from the left. Argentinian forward Rossi headed the goal. Yin Jun made a header on the goal line. Australian international Chipperfield made a supplementary shot from the left side of the penalty area. Rossi's

Compatriot Jimenez stretched his legs in front of the goal to block the ball into the goal. This goal ranked sixth on the list of fastest goals scored in the Champions League.

Losing the ball at the speed of light made Manchester United a little flustered, and Basel took this opportunity to continuously attack Manchester United's goal.

In the 8th minute, Rossi's shot from 22 meters away fell on the net. In the 17th minute, Cantalupi took a free kick outside the penalty area. Yakin shot angrily but Bartsto hit the crossbar. 1 minute later

, Zwisig tackled Ruud van Nistelrooy and was given a yellow card. Ferguson excitedly ran out of the coaching area to protest.

Manchester United almost equalized the score in the 24th minute. Veron picked the ball into the penalty area and Ruud van Nistelrooy scored the ball at the back post, but it was ruled offside.

In the 42nd minute, Chipperfield faced Bartz 3 meters in front of the goal. Under Brown's pressing, he failed to score and missed an excellent opportunity to expand the score.

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After the start of the second half, the Swiss still had a good chance to seal the victory, but Rossi's close shot and Ergic's shot were both resolved by Butters.

After continuously defending several waves of Basel's offensive, Manchester United began to take over the initiative on the field and soon scored a goal to equalize the score.

In the 62nd minute, Solskjaer made a pass from the right. Marked by two defenders, Van Nistelrooy scored with a header 10 meters in front of the goal. He scored his fifth goal in the Champions League this season, surpassing Yin Jun.

Became Manchester United's player with the most goals in the Champions League this season.

One minute later, Ruud van Nistelrooy took the ball from the left and shot from a small angle. The ball hit the far post and bounced into the goal. This goal was so exciting that Basel fans couldn't help but applaud.

Basel, who was lagging behind, was forced to strengthen their offensive, but conceded another goal in the 68th minute. Solskjaer received a pass from Ruud van Nistelrooy 30 meters in front of the goal, dribbled the ball into the penalty area and shot. The ball came from goalkeeper Zubebler.

Pass through the crotch into the net.

In the end, Manchester United reversed Basel 3:1 in the away game. Because in another game in this group, Deportivo La Coruna played Juventus 2:2 at home. The winning Manchester United undoubtedly became the first place in this group.

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In this game, Yin Jun, who plays as a defensive midfielder, did not have many opportunities to perform on the offensive end. However, regarding his main job in this game - defense, Yin Jun still did a very good job. He completed a goal-line clearance at the beginning.

It's a pity that there were loopholes in the team's defense in other positions, causing the team to concede goals in a flash.

In subsequent games, Yin Jun's performance got better and better, which was also the key reason why Manchester United did not concede a second goal.

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Manchester United flew back to Manchester overnight from Switzerland and ended all seven of the team's games in November.

In these 7 games, Manchester United achieved an excellent record of 6 wins and 1 draw. Not only did it close the gap with Arsenal and Liverpool in the Premier League standings, it also successfully entered the top 16 of the Champions League and the League Cup.

Entered the top 16.

However, just after the devilish schedule in November, Manchester United will soon usher in an enhanced devilish schedule. In December, Manchester United will usher in 9 games in the Premier League, Champions League and League Cup!

Nine games in 31 days, Manchester United's rhythm of double matches a week, will continue until the end of 2002.

These 9 games include 1 Champions League second-stage group stage game, 2 League Cup knockout games, and 6 Premier League games!

In early December, Manchester United will face a super difficult schedule: they will face Liverpool and Arsenal, the top two players in the Premier League standings, within one week!

At 8:15 pm on December 1st, Beijing time, Manchester United visited Anfield Stadium to usher in the first leg of this season's double red club.

Six days later, at 8:15 pm on December 7, Manchester United returned to Old Trafford to face the Gunners Arsenal!

In the meantime, Manchester United will visit Turf Moor Stadium at 3:45 a.m. on December 4, Beijing time, to challenge the purple-red team Burnley. This is the fifth round of the League Cup.

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In recent years, with the rise of Arsenal, the strongest matchup in the Premier League is between the Red Devils and the Gunners, but when it comes to influence, it is the Premier League double club between Manchester United and Liverpool.

Every time the two teams clash, there are endless stories. There is no dispute about the name of England's El Clasico. The two clubs are incompatible from a competitive perspective as well as cultural history. So what is the reason?

How come the two teams have such a big connection?

In fact, from a geographical point of view, the distance between the two cities is only 60 kilometers, and they can even be said to be out-and-out brother cities. Liverpool has always been an out-and-out port city by virtue of its location on the Atlantic coast.

The development of the Industrial Revolution also brought vigorous vitality to the city, and the first dockyard in the Kingdom of Great Britain was built.

Manchester is the center of the entire British manufacturing industry. Cotton textiles and industrial products are their main products. During the Industrial Revolution, it quickly rose to become an absolute metropolis. Manchester's manufacturing and Liverpool exports have remained unchanged for a long time.

Law, in other words the two cities have long been brothers in the same trenches and both are absolute representatives of the industrial class.

The opening of a new canal caused the two cities that were originally connected to each other to become opposites. At that time, with the help of maritime business, Liverpool became the largest city in the UK after London, and slowly the people of Manchester began to

Dissatisfied with the high taxes and fees in Liverpool, the plan to dig a canal was born. They could directly bypass the Merseyside River and sell their products overseas. However, Liverpool lacked the most important ocean-going trade business in the UK.

, slowly being overtaken by Manchester, and gradually began to decline.

In this way, the two cities began to have estrangements, which developed into mutual ridicule and abuse, and the conflict escalated into hatred. People from Liverpool said in a mocking tone that people from Manchester are blue-collar old-timers who only know how to work. Manchester said that people from Liverpool are old-fashioned people who only know how to work.

His whole body is full of rough and savage temperament.

Football has also become an important tool for the two cities to compare and ridicule each other, and the situation has intensified.
Chapter completed!