champion light

1186 Killing Suspense

After falling behind by two goals, for Manchester United, they fell into a very difficult situation.

This is not the same as falling behind by one goal. If only one goal is conceded, both Ferguson and Manchester United players can still accept this result.

After all, they only lost one goal at home, and only need to score one more goal at home to equalize the total score.

But what if it is two goals behind?

Being two goals behind means they have to score two goals back home to level the score, while keeping their opponents clean.

If Manchester City scored an away goal after they advanced by one goal, then everything would be over. Not only the total score gap was reopened, but Manchester City also scored an away goal.

Manchester United will still be knocked out due to a lack of away goals.

The key is that the mental impact of one goal behind and two goals behind the Manchester United players is completely different, which leads to a different mental state of Manchester United players in the next round of the game.

After conceding a goal, the Manchester United players were actually not too flustered. Coupled with Ferguson's timely adjustment, Manchester United withstood Manchester City's fierce offensive.

But after conceding the second goal, Manchester United's morale began to waver...

In this regard, Ferguson has no good countermeasures.

In the league, Manchester United has been left behind by Manchester City by as much as eight points. Seeing that winning the championship is only theoretically possible.

In the Champions League, Manchester City led by two goals in the first round of the semi-finals, and there is little hope of advancing to the final...

Ferguson never expected that at the end of his coaching career, he and Manchester United would encounter glory.

He always wanted an honorable retirement.

Now it seems that it may be difficult to achieve...

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Manchester City did not relax just because they scored two goals.

After celebrating, they restarted the game and launched a fierce attack on Manchester United's goal.

This unstoppable momentum is what Manchester City's opponents are most afraid of, because their opponent Manchester City is a team that does not know how to be satisfied, and is a beast that cannot eat enough.

They never stop and keep putting pressure on themselves.

Playing against Manchester City will be very, very tiring.

Manchester United feels a lot of pressure now, and they are not stable after losing the ball just now...

City's third goal was scored by Gareth Barry in the No. 80 second minute.

"3:0! Manchester City leads Manchester United 3:0! I think it is possible to announce in advance that Manchester City has entered the Champions League final!"

exclaimed John Mortensen excitedly.

Alan Hansen did not raise objections to his statement.

"This must be a heavy blow to Manchester United's supporters! When the domestic league title is hopeless, in the semi-finals of the Champions League, they were eliminated by their rivals in the same city..."

Meanwhile, there was such a huge cheer from the stands at Manchester City Stadium that it was as if a volcano had erupted.

This is Manchester City fans venting their long-suppressed emotions.

As the earliest football team to represent the city of Manchester, Manchester City has always believed that they are the orthodox of Manchester football, but the most successful and famous is their rival Manchester United in the same city, so many people in the world think that Manchester United is the orthodox of Manchester football, but in fact Manchester United is an outsider...

It's just that they are more successful and more famous.

It's been a constant bummer for loyal Manchester City fans.

But what can I do if I'm not happy?If you are not strong enough, you have to be obediently suppressed below, and there is no day for you to stand up and stand out.

Until the Abu Dhabi consortium came, until the glory came, until Benitez came.

Only then did Manchester City experience earth-shaking changes that made them dare not even imagine.

Since then, the pattern of Manchester football will be rewritten!

This season's double win over Manchester United in the league and the Champions League may be a landmark event.

Manchester City fans cheered heartily from the stands, laughing at United, who had reached the brink.

As rivals in the same city, they don't need to consider their opponent's feelings, and they don't need to save face for each other. How vicious and vicious the ridicule and curse are...

At this time, Manchester United fans could only stand in the stands and keep silent.

They can't talk back, because even if they talk back, the sound is completely inaudible and meaningless.In addition, this is Manchester City's territory, and they are courting death if they talk back here.

Another very important reason is that they lost three goals in the first round of the Champions League semi-finals, which really made them a little unacceptable. Now they are suffering and frustrated, just staring at the center of the court in a daze, completely ignoring how to respond to the provocations of Manchester City fans...

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Ferguson sat in his seat, and he didn't even get up from that position after conceding the ball.

He just sat, chewing gum in his mouth, watching the court with a flushed face.

He didn't show any aggressive behavior, but for some reason, when many people watched Ferguson's scene through the TV, they felt inexplicably sad.

The famous marshal who was once all-powerful is also old.

There are talents from generation to generation, each leading the way for three to five years.

"Perhaps... it's time for Ferguson to seriously consider retirement. Although he has expressed his desire to retire before, he has never really made up his mind..." John Mortensen said with emotion when he saw Ferguson staring at the court with a red face. "His era is over. Or, Manchester United's era is coming to an end..."

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While the Manchester United players were feeling dejected for conceding three goals, the Manchester City players were celebrating the third goal. They knew very well that if they could win Manchester United 3-0 in the first round, then Manchester City would have entered the final ahead of schedule.Their second-leg semi-final with Manchester United is meaningless and there is no suspense at all.

In this way, they will face the next game with a relatively relaxed attitude.

In addition, the 3:0 against Manchester United will also help them continue Manchester City's unbeaten season in the league.

After all, they don't have to worry about the second round.

"It's really unexpected. When Zlatan Ibrahimovic was suspended because of a red card, Manchester City not only did not encounter any difficulties in this game, but defeated Manchester United with three goals! I think that with Manchester City's current performance and strength, they can compete for the European championship. I won't be too surprised if they can win the cup in the end..." John Mortensen said.

"Neither will I. But can they really win the championship? The semi-finals are completely different from the final. Before the final, they can still treat every knockout match as an ordinary Champions League match. But the final is completely different from any previous Champions League match. More attention may affect the performance of the players from before the start of the game, especially this team has never played in the Champions League final..." Alan Hansen did not agree with John Mortensen's statement.

"Many teams with final experience will play in the final again, and it will be a severe test for them, let alone teams that have never had final experience..."

"That's true." John Mortensen agreed with Alan Hansen. "Manchester United won the championship in the summer of 08 and reached the Champions League final in 2009, reaching the final for two consecutive years, but Manchester United lost to Barcelona in the end... So every final is a unique game with nothing to refer to."

Before the game was over, the commentator and guests had already started discussing Manchester City's final.

They all thought that there was no suspense in this game.

They are correct.

In the remaining time, Benitez made adjustments to the team's tactics, from offense to defense.

But it's not the kind of defense that completely shrinks back, but a defensive counterattack.

He replaced Berbatov and replaced Godin. The three central defenders strengthened the defense in the middle, while Rong Guang was at the forefront and was responsible for the counterattack.

In this way, it is very difficult for Manchester United to score even one goal in a short period of time.

In the end, there were 3 minutes of stoppage time, and Manchester United failed to score even a goal to save face.

They lost 0:3 to Manchester City in the away game, and they lost cleanly.

This score also means that their hope of a comeback at home is very, very slim.

After the restructuring of the Champions League, only Deportivo in the 2003-2004 season was able to make a comeback in the second round after falling behind by three goals in the first round. They lost 1:4 away in the first round.

But after returning to their home court, the whole Deportivo team seemed to have been beaten to death.

In the end, the reversal was completed 4:0!

Deportivo will be the object of Manchester United's study, but the probability of this is too low. After the restructuring of the Champions League, this one example can explain the problem.

More often, Deportivo's reversal and elimination of AC Milan can only be attributed to "God" or "luck".

There is nothing technical and tactical for Manchester United to refer to.

Do you want to tell the Manchester United players that as long as they sincerely go to church and pray to God every day, they will be blessed by God in the next round of the game, so that their luck will be maximized, no matter how they play in the game, they can score with just a kick towards Manchester City's goal...

Doing so will only make the morale of the team even lower...

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When the game was over, the Manchester City players celebrated wildly, as if they were celebrating that they had reached the final.

The Manchester United players hurriedly left the stadium with their heads down, and they didn't want to stay on the stadium for a second.

The Manchester United fans in the stands also left early before the end of the game.

Today's stands are dominated by Manchester City fans!
Perhaps the future Manchester will also be dominated by Manchester City...

(End of this chapter)