Captain Football System

Chapter 301 The Battle for the Golden Boot
On November 11, in the fifth round of the Europa League group stage, Manchester United played against Feyenoord at home.

There was no suspense in this game. At Old Trafford, even though Manchester United sent most of the substitutes, they still won [-]-[-].In this way, Manchester United has also steadily qualified for the group stage, and one more group stage can be used as training.

11月27日下午04:30，英超No.13轮，曼联主场迎战西汉姆联。

In this game, Shen Peng did not score, but assisted Ibrahimovic to score, and finally tied with the opponent at home.

This result is not a satisfactory result for Manchester United's players and coaches.

As for Manchester United's other title rivals, except for Tottenham's loss to Chelsea, they all won this round.

Therefore, Manchester United fell to No.3 again, with the same points as Manchester City, three points behind No.1 Chelsea, and two points behind No.2 Liverpool.

After this round of competition, the situation in the Premier League gradually became clear, and the top six teams gradually opened up the gap with other teams.

On November 11th, in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, Manchester United met West Ham United again. This time, Manchester United learned the lessons of the previous game and defeated West Ham United 30-[-] to advance to the semi-finals.

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At 12 pm on December 4th, in the No.14 round of the Premier League, Manchester United challenged Everton away.

Mourinho did not let Rooney play in this game, but let Pogba replace him. Now Rooney's competitive state has gradually failed to meet his requirements, so he is going to help Pogba.

Everton, like most teams, found someone to mark Shen Peng specifically.

However, now Shen Peng, who has fully adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League, found a chance to score even though he was marked, scored twice, and finally helped the team beat Everton [-]-[-].

So far, Shen Peng has once again topped the scorer list with [-] goals.

The previous three seasons were golden boots in the Bundesliga. After coming to the Premier League this season, this rule has continued, making many people marvel at Shen Peng's scoring efficiency.

In this round of the game, because Liverpool lost to Bournemouth, Manchester United once again came to the second place in the league. The first is Chelsea, which just defeated Manchester City.

Now Chelsea is gradually widening the gap with other teams, and more and more people think that this year's championship is already Chelsea's. According to the past rules, the team that won the half-time championship of the league basically won the league championship in the end.

There are still five rounds of the league, and the league is halfway through. In these five rounds, Chelsea must lose one game to be caught up by Manchester United.

In addition, Chelsea was also eliminated by West Ham United early in the League Cup this season. Due to the poor results of last season, there is neither the Champions League nor the Europa League, so they only need to concentrate on the league and play in the FA Cup at the same time.

Unlike Manchester United, Manchester United is now in the League Cup, FA Cup, and Europa League. With the addition of the league, it can be said that it is a four-line battle. If you are not careful in the second half of the season and the wave of injuries strikes, it will have a great impact on Manchester United.

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On December 12th, the last round of the UEFA Europa League group stage, Manchester United challenged Dawn of Luhansk away. In order to ensure the competitiveness of the league, Manchester United played lightly and used almost all substitutes. In the end, they lost 8-[-] away to their opponents. However, they have already qualified, and they can accept this result.

It's just that on the other side, Fenerbahce ranked first with a record of four wins, one draw and one loss, one point more than Manchester United's four wins and two losses. Manchester United could only qualify as second in the group.

Next, it is the No. 15 round of the Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur.

This round of the league is crucial for Manchester United.

As one of the Premier League's top six, Tottenham's strength is beyond doubt. This is also the last difficult opponent Manchester United encountered in the first half of the season.

The reason why I say the key is that Chelsea on the other side has no strong opponents in the first half of the season, so if there is no accident, they can win at least four games, and it is not impossible to win all five games.

The difference of six points is not very big, but in the second half of the season, Manchester United will fight on multiple fronts. Once there is any injury, it will be impossible to catch up with Chelsea in the league.

In order to maintain the competitiveness of the championship, Manchester United also had to give up some games in the second half of the season.

Now that they have reached the semi-finals of the League Cup, they will naturally not give up easily; although the Europa League is not as good as the Champions League, it is still a European competition, and now it is just a chance for Manchester United to win the Europa League championship that they have never won.

Then the only thing to give up is the FA Cup. However, the FA Cup is still a relatively important game in the UK. If you just give up like this, it is not what most people want to see.

But before Christmas, Manchester United don't have to worry about these, all they have to do is to play well in the league.

In addition to the battle for the league standings in the match against Tottenham, there will also be a battle for the Golden Boot between Shen Peng and Kane.

At present, Shen Peng has scored [-] goals in [-] games, while Kane has scored [-] goals in [-] games. At the level of the two, the difference of one goal is not big. As long as the two of them are in a better state, it is not uncommon for them to score two or three goals in a game.

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"According to the past rules, in the first three seasons of the Bundesliga, Shen Peng always won the Golden Boot regardless of the team's performance. Can he continue this rule this season?"

"Kane was the Premier League Golden Boot last season. After Shen Peng came this season, maybe Kane also felt the pressure. His scoring efficiency is now higher than last season."

"The race for the Golden Boot this season is more intense than the race for the league title!"

Looking at the gimmicks of the media, Shen Peng smiled helplessly. His philosophy is that as long as the team wins, he can do nothing even if he doesn’t score a single goal.

But Delia said something that made him wryly smile: "You won the Golden Boot without scoring goals on purpose, how do you let other people live?"

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At 12:11 pm on December [-], Manchester United played against Tottenham Hotspur at home.

This game is relatively late in this round. In the previous game, Chelsea had defeated West Bromwich Albion [-]-[-], so the pressure of the game now is all on Manchester United.

(End of this chapter)