Manchester United legend

Chapter 209 Everything is going well

No.17 Manchester United away to London to challenge West Ham United.The Red Devils turned their backs and launched a fierce offensive from the very beginning, quickly breaking the deadlock.

Manchester United played a classic big triangle attack: Jost launched an attack in front of the arc in the middle circle. He directly passed the ball long to Beckham on the right.

York easily snatched a point in the penalty area and scored with a header!Soon Manchester United made a comeback. Yorke and Giggs made an exquisite cooperation in the opponent's penalty area. Yorke directly passed Giggs in a narrow space. Giggs deftly poked back with his foot, and the ball seemed to have eyes.

Soon, Giggs caught the opponent's goalkeeper off guard with a sudden cold shot from outside the penalty area, and Manchester United led 3-0.

Although West Ham United aggressively attacked since then, Di Canio scored a wonderful ejection in the penalty area. After the opening of the second half, he teased Van der Gou in the penalty area.

Although Di Canio had a real chance to become the hero who saved West Ham United, it is a pity that his dream did not come true.

He also had a one-handed chance. He also entered the penalty area without any defense, and also faced Van der Gou who abandoned the goal. However, this time his lob shot was seen through by Van der Gou, and the Manchester United goalkeeper easily confiscated the ball.

After West Ham lost their best chance of an equaliser, Manchester United punished them in good time. Giggs deftly crossed the ball from the left, and the ball flew in front of the goal.

In the No.18 round, Manchester United returned home and gave Bradford 4 duck eggs. South African teenager Fortune opened the scoring first. Yorke and Cole scored two single goals in succession. Finally, Jost punished the opponent's defender's mistakes and locked the score at 4-0.

In the No.19 round, Manchester United drew 2-2 with Sunderland in an away game. The Red Devils tied with Sunderland after conceding two goals first.

However, this game also once again exposed the fragility of Manchester United's goalkeeper position-Bosnich seems to have completely lost confidence, and his bravery at Villa has long since disappeared.

After this game, Manchester United played one less game and fell behind the top Leeds United by 1 point, and the Red Devils began to take the initiative.

When the No.20 round started and Manchester United faced Arsenal's challenge at Old Trafford, the time had come to January 2000, 1.During this period, Manchester United played a round of the Champions League group stage, and then went to Brazil to participate in the World Club Cup organized by FIFA, and missed the domestic league for 24 days.

Manchester United was not in a good state before the game against Arsenal. The team fought on multiple fronts, traveled long distances, and was physically exhausted.

Moreover, the Club World Cup, which Wanli flew to participate in, came back with hatred, which had a great impact on the team's mental state and desire to win.

After the start of the game, Arsenal, who were waiting for work, took the initiative. Only 6 minutes into the game, Arsenal's Swedish midfielder Ljungberg grabbed the ball from Gary Neville and made a cross from the left. French striker Henry shot from a small angle and was saved by Bosnich.

Soon, the shocking Manchester United defense made another mistake. In the 11th minute, when Stam made a clearance, the ball was intercepted by Ljungberg, and he shot all the way into the penalty area and scored.

In the 37th minute, Henry received a header from Ljungberg and crossed the barrier alone, but his shot angle was too square and was saved by Bosnich, and Manchester United escaped.

In the second half, Manchester United set off a wave of attack. Giggs once again showed his advantage in speed. He dribbled the ball into the penalty area in front of the opponent's defender and made a pass from the bottom. Arsenal goalkeeper Seaman attacked and missed the ball.

In the end, both sides ended the game with one point each, and Manchester United remained unbeaten at home for 13 consecutive months.

In the 21st round of the Premier League, Manchester United sits at home and their opponent is Middlesbrough.Beckham scored the only goal for Manchester United, helping Manchester United beat their opponents 1-0.

This goal also freed Beckham from the depression of being sent off in the Club World Cup.

But the referee's performance on the field made things complicated: the referee sent off Zigg, who marked Beckham, during the game, and then gave Middlesbrough a penalty for granted.

After the game, Middlesbrough coach and former Manchester United hero Robson slammed Beckham, thinking that it was because of Beckham's exaggerated and hypocritical performance and deceptive actions that Zieg received a red card.

Ferguson did not accept this, "Zig's action was enough to get a yellow card. It was the referee's decision that he accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off. Beckham was just protecting himself when he was violated and felt in danger."

In addition to Beckham's elation in this victory, Bosnich also suddenly reborn.

It was precisely because of his brave saves and saved the opponent's penalty kick that Manchester United finally grabbed 3 points.

Before entering February 2000, Manchester United grabbed the top spot in the standings. The Red Devils, who played one less game, relied on the advantage of goal difference to put Leeds United behind them.

Then Manchester United went to the Hillsborough Stadium to challenge Sheffield Wednesday. Manchester United played a super blitz. It took only two passes from Stam in the backcourt to Jost in the frontcourt to create a fatal threat.Manchester United returned from an away win 1-0.

After this battle, Manchester United returned to Old Trafford to face Coventry.

In the first half, Cole performed wonderful foot skills. After receiving a pass from his teammate, he started on the right side of the penalty area. After a fake move to continue dribbling the ball to the left to deceive the opponent's defender, he then dunked the ball to the right.

The ball flew high and crossed an arc, then hit the inside of the gate frame and entered the net-he almost perfectly reproduced Cantona's legendary goal!
In the second half, Cole continued to show off his power. He responded to Beckham's free kick from the right in the penalty area and jumped high in front of the goal to grab a header and break the net. Manchester United led the opponent 2-0.

Afterwards, Scholes used his famous long-range shot when the opponent recovered a goal. He suddenly hit the opponent's goalkeeper with a cold arrow and caught him off guard. The opponent's goalkeeper missed the save and Manchester United led 3:1.

Although Coventry scored a goal late in the game, Manchester United secured the victory 3-2.

(End of this chapter)