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Chapter 491 Difficult Situations
January [-], Old Trafford!
In the second round of No.13 of the Premier League in the 14-20 season, Newcastle challenged Manchester United away!

After the New Year, Newcastle did not stop their progress. Their consecutive victories over Tottenham and Derby brought their points to 54 points and continued to rank first in the standings.

If they lose this game again, they may fall out of the top four - without the leadership of Sir Alex Ferguson, the Red Devils have lost a bit of magic.

But the Red Devils are the Red Devils after all, and Manchester United is Manchester United after all!Old Trafford is Old Trafford after all. Whoever wants to underestimate the Red Devils on this venue will definitely learn a painful lesson.

Queiroz appeared on the coaching bench with a very serious expression. Although he led Manchester United to the top [-] of the Champions League, his relatively poor record in the league made his position not so stable. It is not easy to be the head coach of Manchester United, and when your predecessor is someone like Ferguson, it will be even more difficult!

If you lead the team with good results, people will say that the former Ferguson has left you a kingly division. If you have not led the team with good results, people will miss the days when Ferguson was there.

From this point of view, it is really wise for Moyes to decline Manchester United's call again. In the history of the Premier League, the only head coach who can take over from a great coach and create another great era is probably Pasley who succeeded Shankly as Liverpool coach.

The person who takes over immediately after Ferguson retires is definitely the most difficult to do, because he will be compared with Ferguson when he is good or bad. How could Moyes, who has always been shrewd, do such a thing.Only accepting it after the person who takes over is not doing very well will be the least stressful.

Today's game can be said to be unbearable for Manchester United, or even unbeatable.

Although the league is only a little over halfway through, if Newcastle's winning streak is not terminated at home, Manchester United wants to win the league championship this season, and this game can only be won!

Although even if they win Newcastle, there is still a five-point gap with them, at least there is still a chance to catch up, and Chelsea and Arsenal, who are ranked second and third in this round of the league, will fight each other, which is also an opportunity for Manchester United.

So after the start of this game, Manchester United showed an incomparable momentum and launched a fierce attack!

Even Newcastle were suppressed by them in their own half, with almost no chance of counterattack.

Rooney's strong volley after the breakthrough, Welbeck's powerful grab in the middle, Nani's shot after breaking through the cross-cut from the side, Pogba's long shot after he inserted in the back row...

Within 15 minutes after the opening, Manchester United created four or five shots. Although Newcastle firmly guarded the penalty area, they were still completely controlled by the opponent.

Mourinho, with his arms around his face, looked serious. Manchester United's momentum in the game was beyond his expectation. He thought that there might be a passive situation in the game, but he didn't expect to be so passive!

He was also startled by the aura shown by Manchester United.

As the team that has won the most championships since the establishment of the Premier League, even if Ferguson retires, Manchester United still has their spirit.

You must know that even when Ferguson was coaching, Manchester United had encountered poor results. Just like Pei Wei and Abramovich in the two years when they entered the Premier League, Manchester United lost repeatedly in the domestic and European arenas.

Although Ferguson left, he implanted strong elements into Manchester United. The soul that Ferguson spent more than 20 years forging Manchester United can easily dissipate.

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"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL——Wayne...Rooney!" The howling of the live commentator echoed over the Theater of Dreams, and the cheers of [-] Manchester United fans made the whole stadium seem to start to tremble. Rooney ran wildly on the field, followed closely by his excited teammates.

Nani cut inside and sent an exquisite through pass. Rooney still got the ball under Taylor's entanglement.

Queiroz shook his fist violently. He has been under a lot of pressure recently, which is very unfair to him, because even if he can't lead Manchester United to the league and the Champions League this season, Ferguson can't win the championship every season when he leads the team!
But things in the world are often so unfair. The board of directors of Manchester United could tolerate Ferguson without a championship for four years and let him build a Manchester United dynasty, but they may not be able to give him too much time, because the current Manchester United is not the Manchester United of 30 years ago.

That's why Queiroz seemed a little out of his composure when he saw this goal. He failed in Real Madrid, and he was not as good as his predecessor Scolari in the position of head coach of the Portuguese national team.

When Queiroz was celebrating, Mourinho bit his lip and looked very annoyed, but he didn't make a sound, but lowered his head and wrote something in his notebook.

For a head coach, any game is a test, especially for a strong team like Manchester United. Judging by the momentum shown by Manchester United, this game will probably be difficult to play.

Long Bisheng put the ball on the kick-off point, and he was also very annoyed. Manchester United played really well in this game. Up to now, he has not even had the chance to get the ball a few times. Looking at Messi next to him, the little man also lost his smile. Although he frequently retreated to the midfield to get the ball in the previous games, the effect was not very good.

"Attack! Let Manchester United know that we are not easy to mess with!" Messi gritted his teeth and said to Long Bisheng, who nodded.

Knocking the ball to Messi, Long Bisheng ran forward, but Messi didn't pass the ball back, but went straight to Manchester United's half.

Nani and Fletcher immediately flanked him. No one dared to ignore Messi.

Under the pincer attack of the two opponents, Messi showed his excellent skills. The continuous transfer of the ball back and forth prevented Nani and Fletcher from even touching the ball. After a large back and forth smash, Messi rushed out from between the two defenders!
But Pogba immediately greeted him, and instead of continuing to dribble the ball, Messi turned around and gave the ball to Gerrard who was following up from behind.

When Messi was in possession of the ball, Long Bisheng had rushed to the front of Manchester United's penalty area.

Long Bisheng stopped the ball at his feet, ignored Evans pulling and pulling behind him, forced a turn, squeezed Evans behind, Vidic rushed up to block his advance or shot, but Long Bisheng lifted his foot and passed the ball to the left side of the penalty area.

Franck Ribery, who was following up, immediately took a direct long-range shot, and Akinfeev made a side attack, and pressed this high-quality long-range shot directly under his body.

This attack was Newcastle's first smooth attack in this game, which shows how well Manchester United defended in the previous game.

However, after this attack, Newcastle has gradually started to bring the situation back on the field. No matter how good Manchester United's defense is, it is not perfect. There is no team in the world that can make the opponent not have a threatening attack in the entire game, especially between two teams of similar strength.

With one attack, there will be a second one. As long as Newcastle can launch an offensive, then the gap of one goal is not that big.

Of course Queiroz also knows this. Newcastle's offensive line is unprecedentedly strong this season, not only because of the addition of Long Bisheng, a striker who has scored [-] league goals, but also because of Long Bisheng's joining.

In addition to Long Bisheng, Messi has [-] league goals, and other forwards have also scored a lot. Walcott and Baxter have scored six goals in limited playing time.

In the past 21 rounds of the league, Newcastle averaged nearly three goals per game. This is a number that makes all defenses shudder. It is not a wise decision to attack such a team back and forth.

But Queiroz has no choice. He can't let the team back down. There is still a long time before the end of the game. If he backs up at this time, he can only hand over the initiative to others.At this time, I can only grit my teeth and insist that the opponent does not break the goal, or score another goal before the opponent scores.

Newcastle have never been two goals behind in a game this season, but Manchester United have done just that.

In the 305th minute of the first half, Long Bisheng overwhelmed Evans to shake his head and attack the goal. The ball was bravely saved by Akinfeev. Messi was about to make a follow-up shot, but Raphael, who was back in the penalty area, kicked the ball out!
Welbeck, who retreated to the center circle, headed the ball down, and Obertan on the right rushed forward. Under the defense of Bell, he still brought the ball to the bottom line, and then knocked the ball back to Fabio who came forward for the assist.

Fabio passed a wonderful curve ball with his right foot, but the experienced Dawson made a mistake in judgment in this cross. Although he jumped up, he didn't reach the ball!
Welbeck jumped in from behind him, leaned over and rushed to the top, and the ball flew into the goal for the second time!

(End of this chapter)