Manchester United legend

Chapter 206 Oolong Assist
After the Premier League is the Champions League group stage.Manchester United lost 0 to 1 away to Marseille, the strongest opponent in the group.It was an Ivorian who scored for Marseille, his name was Drogba.

After returning to England, Manchester United was defeated by Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 in the league.

The shadow of the two-game losing streak has enveloped the sky of Manchester United's league and the Champions League - Manchester United is still struggling to catch up with their opponents in the league standings, and the situation of qualifying for the Champions League group stage is not optimistic.

In particular, these defeats have seriously exposed Manchester United's defensive problems: the goalkeeper has changed from a place of confidence to a colander, whether it is Bosnic or Taiby, they are far behind Schmeichel.

The injuries of Gary Neville and Johnson have seriously affected the thickness of the defense line, and veterans like Irwin have no rotation rest.

After two consecutive defeats, Manchester United went to the fifth game of the Champions League group stage against Dinamo Zagreb.

Beckham scored a signature free kick first, and his free kick like a crescent scimitar opened the scoring for Manchester United.

After scoring the goal, Beckham was extremely excited, jumped high and roared loudly, as if venting his humiliation of being smeared by the media.In the second half, Jost scored another goal for Manchester United with a long shot from outside the penalty area, helping Manchester United lead 2-0.

Although the opponent pulled back a goal in the end, the 2-1 score was enough to help Manchester United take the initiative in the group stage.Manchester United only needs to win the final game of the group to ensure their qualification.

此后的曼联逐渐恢复到正常水平，他们打出了一波4连胜的比赛。红魔先后以3比0赢了阿斯顿维拉队、 2:1 赢了斯特姆格拉茨队、2:0 赢了莱切斯特城、2比1赢了德比郡队。

In these games, it is worth mentioning that Jost scored in three consecutive games, especially in the two group matches of the Champions League. He scored key goals and became a key figure in Manchester United's recovery.

In addition, Cole showed his prowess and scored 5 goals in 4 games, while Beckham had a record of [-] goal, [-] penalty kick, [-] assists and [-] planning goals.

In addition to competing for the first place in the league standings, Manchester United successfully qualified for the Champions League group stage with No.1 results and entered the second round of the group stage.

Manchester United's first opponent in the second round of the group stage is the Serie A giants Fiorentina.

The first game was on November 1999, 11. Manchester United went to the Apennine Peninsula to challenge the Viola Legion coached by the famous coach Trapattoni.

There were many stars in the Fiorentina team back then: the lineup was not weaker than Manchester United, the goalkeeper was Toldo, the defender core was Adani and Padalino, the midfielder was led by Rui Costa, and the forwards included Batistuta, Mijatovic, Chiesa and Balbo.

The Fiorentina team started to attack from the very beginning, which made the game very exciting, and also made the confrontation between the two teams very tense. The game speed was very high and the rhythm was fast.

Not long after the opening, Rui Costa got the chance to single-handedly enter the penalty area, but his shot was saved by Bosnich fell to the ground.

Then Manchester United also returned the favor, and Cole also got the opportunity to break into the restricted area. His shot from outside the corner of the small restricted area was only saved by Toldo.
The game gradually heated up, and Manchester United gradually gained the advantage in possession of the ball, while Fiorentina strengthened their midfield press and launched a strangulation battle with Manchester United.

Both sides attach equal importance to the midfield competition, which also makes the game more intense and hot.Fiorentina, which strives to be offensive and offensive, and Manchester United, which is determined to be anti-offensive, come and go, and the offensive is constant, making this game a fast-paced game with constant exciting scenes.

It can be said that the two teams jointly contributed a very exciting performance.In the 8th minute of the game, Scholes shot after receiving a pass from Yorke at the front of the penalty area, but unfortunately missed the ball.In the 18th minute, Rui Costa's low shot was saved by Bosnich.

In the 24th minute of the first half, Rui Costa made a cross, which was successfully intercepted by Jost in the midfield.Manchester United should have switched from defense to offense, but at the next moment, Jost mysteriously passed the ball back to the goalkeeper, and didn't kick hard enough, and didn't notice that the opponent was watching like a fox.As a result, the return pass was swiftly intercepted by Batty, and he easily faced Bosnich with a strong shot and scored the ball into the dead corner-Manchester United fell behind 0-1. "Jost's own goal assist!" The current commentator looked unacceptable, but in fact they were more gloating.

The lagging Manchester United stepped up their offensive and soon got a good chance to equalize. Unfortunately, Scholes' volley was saved by the brave Toldo.In the 41st minute, Scholes was pushed down by the Fiorentina defender, and Manchester United won a free kick on the right outside the penalty area.

Beckham took a standard full moon scimitar, but his free throw was barely saved by Toldo. Although the ball bounced off the Fiorentina player, it finally hit the crossbar. Manchester United missed the best chance to equalize.

In the 51st minute of the second half, after Toldo kicked the ball into Manchester United's backcourt, Borg easily got the ball, but he lost his sense when the opponent was pressing. He once again chose the wrong pass back like Jost.

As a result, the ball was cut off by Batty near the corner flag. Batty dribbled the ball into the penalty area. After a bottom pass, the player Balbo who responded easily scored. It was 2-0 - Viola led the defending champion.

Although Ferguson gave it a go and sent Sheringham and Solskjaer in succession to strengthen the attack, Manchester United's fierce offensive was not effective, and the indiscriminate bombing again and again failed to score.In the end, the Fiorentina team locked in a 2-0 victory.

The last time Manchester United lost two goals in the Champions League was in November 1994 when they lost 11 to [-] away to Gothenburg!

After the game, Manchester United attracted a lot of criticism and irony.Faced with all kinds of blame, Jost took the responsibility on himself after the game and said, "I don't expect to be forgiven. This kind of thing (own goal return) really stinks like shit. I know the fans are very angry-I will be unhappy if I make this kind of mistake when playing in the back garden, let alone this kind of game."

Jost is willing to take responsibility for the failure, "I will not explain what happened in Fiorentina, that is my main responsibility. But I want to emphasize that I will play better and we will show a strong ability against the Valencia team. We don't need to press any emergency buttons, we all understand the key points."

The failure of this game once again put Jost at the center of the rumors of "whether to leave the Theater of Dreams".These rumors have been disturbing.Italian journalists are rumoring that Jost will move to Juventus or Bayern Munich, or whichever big club...

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