In the last head-to-head showdown between the Triple Crown and Sanya champions, Manchester United won a complete victory and took a 2:0 lead at halftime, which was quite beyond Ferguson's expectations.

However, the two-goal advantage gave Ferguson more options. He decided to save energy for the next game, because in the next week, Manchester United still faced a double-match situation: a guest in the Premier League on the weekend

Play against Charlton, and next week we will face Olympiacos at home in the third round of the Champions League group stage!

Then, people discovered that when the second half started, Manchester United replaced two people at once!

Van Nistelrooy was still troubled by leg injuries. Although there was no severe pain, Ferguson still expressed his confidence and replaced Van Nistelrooy with Uruguayan Forlan when he was leading 2:0.

The other person who was replaced was Yin Jun. Although the Chinese teenager was healthy and performed very well on the court, this was already his third game in six days, against a teenager who was under 18 years old.

Generally speaking, the intensity and frequency of this kind of competition are relatively high.

Although Yin Jun has no physical problems yet, after all, he has just started playing games, but considering the upcoming frequent schedule and Yin Jun's role in the team, Ferguson still replaced Yin Jun when the team basically established a victory.

Come down and let him get enough rest to play for the team in the following games.

Yin Jun was replaced by Argentine midfielder Veron.

The Wizard's position in the Manchester United team seems a bit awkward now. When Keane, Scholes and other midfielders were injured, it would have been an excellent opportunity for him to win a position for himself, but it is a pity that he did not

He was able to seize the opportunity, but his poor form made it difficult for Ferguson to build trust in him. Instead, young player Yin Jun took the opportunity to stand out and seize a main midfield position.

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Manchester United, which had replaced its sharp striker and midfield brain, fell into a passive situation after the start of the second half. With the cheers of more than 20,000 home fans, the pharmaceutical company launched a powerful offensive towards Manchester United's goal.

Only six minutes into the second half, Leverkusen's Bulgarian forward Berbatov, who came on as a substitute, received a pass from Turkish Basturk and fired a 10-meter shot in front of the goal to regain the victory.

Then, the brightest player on the field should be the home team's German international Schneider, who was a great threat to Manchester United's goal. This caused Manchester United to return to the 5-back formation at the beginning of the game.

However, Manchester United often maintained the absolute defensive power of five people in the backcourt. Although the defense was stable, the offensive power became insufficient. Especially forward Forlan, who came on the bench, rarely received support on the front line.

This made the Uruguayan striker very depressed. He had fewer and fewer opportunities to play in the team. He came on as a substitute today. He originally wanted to perform well, but he never thought that Manchester United, which was still taking the initiative in the first half, would actually be under siege.

In this situation, he was alone in the frontcourt, looking very lonely, pitiful and helpless.

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After being unable to attack for a long time, Leverkusen's head coach decided to give it a try. He quickly used up the remaining two substitutions and substituted Masik and Franca in succession in order to achieve better results.

There have been changes in the game, but Leverkusen seems to be showing no improvement.

There was no obvious improvement in Leverkusen's offense. On the contrary, Manchester United goalkeeper Bartes almost gave his opponent a gift. One of his clearance balls hit Burdaric, who got the ball and posed a very big threat to Manchester United.

, but his first shot failed, and then he tried to dribble the ball into the penalty area but was intercepted.

Leverkusen still had a chance. Schneider sent a beautiful cross ball accurately and comfortably to Burdaric 10 yards in front of the goal. The latter's header went straight to the blind corner, but it was

Hit the doorpost and pop out.

In the end, Leverkusen lost to Manchester United 1:2 at home, disappointing 22,500 fans again.

After two rounds of group matches, Pharmaceutical Factory lost both games and accumulated 0 points, making qualifying for the group doubtful. Manchester United ranked first in the group standings with two wins in all games.

Another group match of this group was held in Haifa, Israel, but the result was shocking. Maccabi Haifa, which suffered a heavy defeat at Old Trafford in the middle of last week, actually lost 3:0 at home.

With a big score, they won the first round against the Greek giant Olympiacos, who beat Bayer Leverkusen at home with a bruised face!

The goal scorer for Maccabi Haifa was Yakubu, a young player from Nigeria. In other words, the Nigerian forward scored a hat trick in the game!

This makes Yakub the second youngest player to score a hat-trick in the history of the Champions League. He is 19 years and 306 days old, second only to Prince Raul of the Bernabeu, whose record is 18 years and 113 days. In October 1995

On March 18, Real Madrid swept Ferencvaros 6-1 at home. Raul scored his first career Champions League goal and a hat-trick. At 18 years and 113 days old, he also became the youngest player to perform a hat-trick in the history of the Champions League.

This talented forward who plays in the Israeli league shines brightly because of this game and becomes another hot super star in European football and is spotted by many European clubs.

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Although Manchester United won a narrow away victory, Ferguson's substitution adjustments were still criticized by most British media.

The Bundesliga team can be regarded as Manchester United's main enemy. Manchester United only achieved one victory in the competition with the Germans. That was the Champions League final against Bayern in 1999. At that time, Manchester United won 2:1 and achieved the great feat of the Triple Crown. In the other 10 games

In the Champions League with the Germans, Manchester United recorded 6 draws and 4 losses. The average number of goals per game was 0.91, while the average number of goals scored by the German team was 1.18. Last season, Manchester United tied with Leverkusen 2:2 at home.

They tied their opponents 1:1 in the away game and were eventually eliminated due to a lower goal difference. Leverkusen entered the Champions League final on the corpses of the top three Premier League players Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United.

It can be said that Ferguson came to Leverkusen with a mood of revenge. Judging from the performance in the first half, Ferguson's strategy was correct. He attacked the opponent's counterattack under the premise of solid defense. As a result, Yin Jun assisted Fan twice.

Ni, helping Manchester United lead 2:0 at halftime.

Maybe he was overconfident, or maybe Ferguson wanted to consider the weekend league. As a result, after the first half, Ferguson suddenly replaced the goal scorer Ruud van Nistelrooy and the team's offensive brain Yin Jun. Such substitutions proved to be a poor choice to replace Van Nistelrooy.

Forlan only scored one penalty in 27 games for Manchester United. Letting him play in such an important game shows that Ferguson did not consider the dangers in the second half. As for Yin Jun's end, it was even more surprising. He was one of Manchester United's top two players.

The offensive engine of the game.

Sure enough, after Yin Jun left the field, Manchester United had no offensive power. Leverkusen's Berbatov first helped the pharmaceutical company regain a victory in the 51st minute, and then hit Manchester United with a header in the 82nd minute.

Fortunately, the game ended immediately, otherwise Ferguson would have suffered humiliation again.
Chapter completed!