Manchester United legend

Chapter 122 First victory over Juventus
Jost was injured in the game against Leeds United and was in the hospital in Manchester. Ferguson would come to see me after training.

As soon as Ferguson entered Jost's ward, the room was full of large and small flower baskets.There were gifts from the club and fans, but there was no gift from Haaland. Haaland didn't even apologize. Jost said he didn't hate Haaland, it was a lie.

Ferguson: "How is Paul feeling today?"

Jost: "It's okay, but I always feel that my legs don't have much strength."

Ferguson took out an apple on the table, and awkwardly peeled it for Jost: "Dr. Ralph said that your operation was very successful, and you will recover soon."

Jost: "I hope! Who will take my place on the team?"

Ferguson: "I will let Scholes withdraw from the position of the attacking midfielder to the back, and no longer let him go up. The team is very passive without you in the midfield."

Jost: "Coach, Scholes, Butt are all excellent players, they will definitely perform better than me."

Ferguson: "I hope! I will come to see you often after recuperating well."

Although Jost is injured, Manchester United will continue to play.

Manchester United is working hard to defend the Premier League title, but Ferguson's vision is far more than that.After climbing to the top of the Premier League and securing his throne year after year, Ferguson set his sights on the European continent, and he set his sights on the UEFA Champions League trophy.

This season, the UEFA Champions League has expanded again, introducing two rounds of qualifiers, and the group stage has also increased to 6 groups with 4 teams in each group.

The No.6 of the 1 groups and the No.2 of the two groups with the best record advance to the knockout round.

As a result, the Champions League group stage has become a game with 24 teams and 6 groups.

This season, Manchester United was divided into Group B, with Coes, Juventus and Feyenoord in the same group. Manchester United was once again divided with Juventus.

On September 9th, Manchester United challenged the Coes team from Slovakia in an away game. Facing an unknown opponent, Manchester United played vigorously. Irwin scored the first goal in the first half to give Manchester United the lead.

After spending an extremely unlucky September in this way, Ferguson found that the team was under pressure.

In the end, of the 9 points in the four league games in September, Manchester United only scored 12 points and was overtaken by Arsenal in the standings.The Gunners beat the Red Devils by 5 point and ranked first.

On October 1997, 10, Manchester United's second Champions League group match played against Juventus at Old Trafford. This was a strong dialogue in this group.

This is also the famous Manchester United 92 golden generation against the old woman who was known as the strongest at the time. In the previous two seasons, Juventus has reached the Champions League finals in a row and won a Champions League!
Just 20.12 seconds into the opening, Juventus caught Manchester United by surprise. The "Zebra Prince" Piero received a sharp pass from his teammate on the right side of the Manchester United penalty area. This is called the "Piero area".

When this goal was scored, the game lasted less than 21 seconds. This goal also became the fastest goal in the Champions League that season.

Until today, it is also ranked third in the fastest scoring list in the Champions League.

Manchester United had fallen behind from the start, and the situation became difficult, and Ferguson's face became grim.

However, Manchester United, with the blood and fighting spirit of young people, did not fall into a panic, and they were no longer afraid of famous players such as Zidane, Deschamps, Del Piero, Inzaghi, etc. in the opponent's team. The Red Devils players have extraordinary courage and vigor.

Soon, Manchester United raised the pace of the game to the fastest level. They made up their minds to advance the defense to the midfield.

The Red Devils quickly stabilized the situation and quickly took control of the scene.

First, Beckham took a corner kick from the right. Johnson headed the goal vigorously and almost blasted the opponent's defense. Peruzzi subconsciously blocked it with both hands in front of the goal line.

Manchester United's offensive on the right became more and more violent. Gary Neville threw a throw-in ball vigorously in the frontcourt. A large number of Manchester United players competed for the flying ball like hungry wolves in the Juventus penalty area.

The magical Red Devils completed a three-man relay. Beckham passed back to Giggs who was ambushing in front of the goal. Giggs on the left knew how to head the ball to the right side of the goal.
Ferguson complained loudly to the referee on the sidelines that this was a misjudgment, and Juventus escaped.

Although the goal was invalid, Manchester United's passion has been burned, and their offense is even more crazy.

This time Manchester United opened the gap from the left. Giggs received the ball from Sheringham who retreated to the midfield. He twisted his body and dribbled to the bottom line.
United equalized - the fans shouted and sang like crazy, and Old Trafford at night was like a boiling pressure cooker.

In the second half, Manchester United, encouraged by the home fans, played faster and faster. The players all wanted to take advantage of the victory and beat their opponents in one fell swoop.However, Juventus is obviously not suitable for Manchester United's crazy offensive style of play, and the formation has become disordered.

This time Ferguson sent the surprise soldier Johnson to make up for it. He dribbled the ball to attack on the right side. When facing Didier Deschamps' block, he turned around and wiped out the opponent. Didier Deschamps had to foul behind and drag him down-this foul brought Juventus a red card!
The morale of Manchester United who played one more man was even stronger. At one point, 6 of them participated in the attack in front of Juventus' penalty area.

Soon, Manchester United's chance came. During the scuffle, the ball accidentally flew to Scholes's side. The young player, who looked extremely thin, resisted the opponent's squeeze, turned around and dribbled the ball forward. He got a single chance to face the opponent's goalkeeper directly.

Naturally, Scholes, who received such a gift out of thin air, would not waste it. He passed the goalkeeper lightly and hit the ball into the empty goal from a small angle!

2 to 1, Manchester United reversed the lead.

Manchester United's wonderful attack is not over yet. Irvine sent a penalty 5 yards before the left center line. Solskjaer took the ball with his back near the left front touchline. He also entered the opponent's penalty area, he passed two people in a row, and finally shot vigorously from the corner of the small penalty area. The ball flew into Juventus' net at high speed like a shell fired from the chamber!
Giggs responded to Del Piero's initiative with a perfect attack!
3 to 1!Manchester United led by 2 goals.Although in the end Juventus relied on Zidane's super footwork to pull back a city through a free kick, Manchester United still had the last laugh.

3 to 2, this is the greatest victory Ferguson's Manchester United has achieved so far in the European Champions Cup!

Defeating Juventus is as difficult as climbing a mountain!Juventus in those years was extremely terrifying. Under Lippi's rule, they reached the Champions League final in three years. Although they only won one Champions League title, their strength is indeed obvious to all.

And defeating such a team is enough to make Manchester United proud, which means that Manchester United is no longer a passive beating belly in front of European giants, and Manchester United has also become a powerful team.

"I think our Champions League mission has been completed!" Ferguson joked with the reporters after the game, "It's incredible to beat a team like Juventus."

Ferguson said after the game, "Please don't ask me how happy I am, I still can't digest it. This victory is very important, which means that we have now become a team at the same level as the European teams. This is one of our greatest progress in the European battlefield. This victory can make my players' confidence unprecedentedly high. Our team will always improve."

Defeating Juventus, and defeating their opponents in an upright way of attacking and suppressing offense, made Manchester United truly enter the threshold of a strong team in the Champions League.Ferguson's team seemed to have seen the road to the Champions League final, just like the students understood the idea of ​​doing the problem and understood the tricks. It turns out that the problem is so simple.

　Thanks to a total of 21 apprentices for their support
　　
　
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