Fengba Greenery

Chapter 466 Subtle Group Form

Chapter 46 Subtle Group Forms
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Martinez shook his head.Then he rubbed his face stiffened by the cold wind with his hands, put on a smile again, walked to the player's tunnel, shook hands with Ancelotti gracefully, turned around and walked into the player's tunnel.

Losing to Manchester United is nothing to be ashamed of for Everton.

Although Lukaku was a little depressed, he found Li Qingshan immediately after the game. The two chatted with each other for a while, and then exchanged jerseys.

In general, for Manchester United, this game was easier to win than originally expected.

Ancelotti is now full of confidence. It seems that this Manchester United is even stronger than he expected.

Being able to find a job at another big club immediately after being sacked by Real Madrid, and it is very likely to win the championship in the first year of coming, this makes Ancelotti feel very happy.

The head coach is in a good mood, and the players will not be bad, especially when Ancelotti announced that he would give the team a day off, Ancelotti immediately felt the players' support for him.

This chubby Italian old man speaks and acts comfortably, and he is a person who is hard to hate.

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Li Qingshan is now enjoying his life in Manchester. Compared to Madrid, he has many more friends in Manchester.

He sometimes goes to the Newton Heath pub for a few non-alcoholic drinks, and sometimes goes back to his old school to hang out.

The other Manchester United players found that only when Li Qingshan was not on the football field, Li Qingshan's behavior fit the imagination of this group of Westerners about Chinese people.

Of course, the one-day holiday quickly passed. One day after the players returned to the training base, the Manchester United team will fly to Russia for the third round of the Champions League group stage, and the away game against CSKA Moscow.

Due to the task of the Champions League, double matches a week is inevitable.

Playing away to Russia has always been difficult for English teams.The long-distance travel, as well as the low temperature in Russia, is a severe test for Manchester United's players.

In addition, Manchester United must also take into account the weekend league.Because this weekend, Manchester United will face their rivals Manchester City at home.

Although Manchester United has won nine consecutive victories in the league, followed by Manchester City ranked second in the league standings with a difference of six points.

Six points may seem like a lot, but it's actually just two games.If something goes wrong in the weekend derby and Manchester City wins Manchester United away, the point difference will be narrowed to one point immediately!Coupled with the fierce competition in the Premier League, after a wave of nine consecutive victories, Manchester United found that their lead was nothing more than that.

And in terms of importance, the game against Manchester City is related to the historical grievances between the two sides, and it will also affect the ranking in the league. It is definitely more important than the away game against CSKA Moscow in the Champions League.

Ancelotti also affirmed this before the game. He said: "For me, the Premier League is the most important, and the Premier League champions come first. I know what the red and blue war means to the city of Manchester. "

Although Manchester City in the same city also has Champions League games, their games are played at home.Compared with Manchester United who went to Moscow, Manchester City must have much less physical energy consumption than Manchester United before the Manchester Derby.

Therefore, Ancelotti's decision to carry out a certain degree of rotation in the away game is no exception.

The main players including Di Maria, Mata and Herrera did not even follow the team to Moscow.Of course, there is no problem with Li Qingshan's physical fitness.

CSKA Moscow, which is playing at home, is a giant team in Russia.The last time the two sides met was in the 2009-2010 UEFA Champions League group stage, when CSKA Moscow drew Manchester United at Old Trafford.

The points form of the group where Manchester United is now is more subtle.The four teams have three points together, and Manchester United is currently the first in the group by virtue of their goal difference advantage, but this advantage is undoubtedly quite fragile.

The third round of the league is a very critical round. After the three rounds of the group stage, it means that all the teams in the group have met once.

Although Manchester United are making great strides in the league, in the Champions League, they currently only have one draw and one loss. This state is far inferior to their performance in the Premier League.

Therefore, for CSKA Moscow, Eindhoven can beat Manchester United at their own home court. Their strength is not inferior to that of Eindhoven, and their home court advantage is even greater. Distracted from the Manchester derby at the weekend, it is not impossible for CSKA Moscow to beat Manchester United at home.In this home game, if they can beat Manchester United with their home strength.

CSKA Moscow is currently ranked first in the Russian Super League, and their recent state is very good.As for their opponent Manchester United, the fatigue of the long-distance flight, the low temperature in Moscow, and the rotation of almost half of the teams made the local media in Moscow full of expectations for defeating Manchester United.

"Let the snow and ice of Moscow be the grave of Manchester United!"

This is the front page headlines of the local media in Moscow.

When the Manchester United team got off the plane at Moscow Airport, all the players couldn't help shivering.

It's only mid-October now, and the temperature in Moscow is already around zero degrees, and England's latitude is relatively high in Europe, and the average temperature at this time is seventeen or eight degrees.

It is really difficult to adapt to the temperature difference of more than ten degrees in a short time.

The impact of low temperature on Manchester United players can be seen from the time when players from both sides enter the field.On the Manchester United side, the players were all wrapped in thick down jackets, and the CSKA players who had already adapted to the severe cold in Moscow, at most they just put on a piece of thermal underwear and went out like this, and some even wore short-sleeved ones. .

In the stands, the tough Russian fans took off their shirts. Although their skin was reddened by the wind, they still let out fanatical shouts and laughed heartily at the cowards from "warm England".

In this game, Ancelotti made a rotation of as many as five players in the main lineup.

The central defenders were replaced by Smalling and Jones, and Blind and Carrick replaced Herrera and Kramer in the midfielder position.

Nani and Pea Hernandez replaced Di Maria and Mata.Ancelotti arranged a 442 formation in the away game, with Li Qingshan and Hernandez at the forefront.Ancelotti wants to win the game in the most economical way.

The low temperature seems to have a greater impact on Manchester United than imagined.From the very beginning of the game, Manchester United's players were not very excited, and CSKA Moscow seized the opportunity to press the attack aggressively.

Fortunately, Manchester United's defense is quite solid and did not allow the opponent to score.

It's just that Manchester United failed to score.Li Qingshan's scoring streak was ended in the severe cold of Moscow.

The final score was [-]-[-]. In the other match of the group, Eindhoven and Wolfsburg drew [-]-[-]. After three rounds of group matches, the four teams had four points. The format of this group is still unclear.

(End of this chapter)