Chapter 82 Devil’s Schedule

When the national team match day has passed and the international players in Manchester United who were recruited by various national teams during this period return to the team, the league resumes.

And as Manchester United's match against Fulham starts at Craven Cottage at 10 o'clock in the evening on October 19th, Beijing time, this also means that a new devilish schedule for Manchester United has begun.

Starting at 3 pm local time on October 19th and ending at 3pm local time on November 23rd, Manchester United will usher in 10 games in the Premier League, Champions League and League Cup in 35 days.

Including 6 Premier League games, 3 Champions League group stage games and 1 League Cup game!

Playing 10 games in 35 days, an average of one game every three and a half days. For five weeks, Manchester United played double games every week!

This includes two Champions League group matches in Greece and Israel in the Middle East!

Whether flying to Greece or Israel, it means traveling thousands of kilometers. Even if you fly, it will take four or five hours.

That's just the time spent on the plane. Add in the time spent boarding the plane and rushing to the hotel, and the number doubles.

What's more, it also involves changes in jet lag, climate changes and many other factors, which will have an even greater impact on the team.

Especially the away game in Greece is crucial. Although Manchester United doubled their opponents last season, the historical record cannot be used as a basis for determining the outcome of the game. The Greek giants are not weak in combat effectiveness at their home court. Bundesliga runner-up Bayer Leverku

Sen was even beaten 6:2, which was extremely miserable.

If Manchester United does not perform well in these two away games, their already guaranteed prospects of qualifying for the Champions League may suffer setbacks.

………………

At Craven Cottage, Manchester United encountered a stubborn resistance from Fulham.

The impact of the FIFA virus on Manchester United is extremely huge. Not only did Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ferdinand, Wes Brown and Butt enter the injured list, but also the rest of the Manchester United players, as long as they played in the national team match day.

The players' condition is also extremely poor.

In the first half, Manchester United only had one threatening shot. Yin Jun's pass found Scholes who came in behind. Ginger Head's shot from the top of the penalty area was extremely threatening, but the home team's Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar completed the shot.

The only task. After that, Barthez also resolved the dangerous shot of Argentinian Sava. Giggs, who reached the milestone of 500 games for Manchester United, did not perform well in the first half.

In the second half of the game, after Giggs' shot was rejected by Van der Sar, Norwegian forward Solskjaer finally made the Fulham defender pay the price for his indecision. Yin Jun distributed the ball to the right in the midfield, and Beckham's long right

After passing the ball, the Norwegian volleyed from the middle of the penalty area and finally broke through Van der Sar's fingers to help Manchester United equalize the score.

Soon, Fulham received a controversial penalty, but Butters showed his magical side and prevented Fulham from exceeding the score again.

In the end, Manchester United, which scored 1 point, rose to third place in the standings. The top team changed hands after this round. After defeating Leeds United in the away game, Liverpool finally surpassed Arsenal, which lost in this round.

.

It was the Toffees Everton who defeated Arsenal. Not only did Moyes help his old friend Ferguson, but he also sent his city rival to the top of the standings. He felt very complicated in his heart.

………………

After a difficult 1 point in London, Manchester United quickly flew to Greece non-stop. The fourth round of the Champions League group stage was just four days later on October 23.

Although Manchester United defeated their opponents 2:0 in the away game last season, when they came to Greece again after a year, Manchester United had a very difficult time.

Yin Jun continues to play his heroic role in Manchester United's Champions League.

In the 21st minute of the first half, Blanco took a corner kick from Giggs and headed the ball to help Manchester United take the lead. In the 59th minute of the second half, Yin Jun scored to help Manchester United expand the score.

When the situation was good, Ferguson replaced Giggs and Beckham. These two people have played too many games recently, and their physical fitness has turned red. In these two games after the national team competition, their performance

All are worse.

Ferguson sent the wrong signal and almost paid the price.

In the 70th minute, Olympiacos substitute forward Chutos dribbled the ball at high speed, passed O'Shea, and hit the near corner with a low shot from the left side of the penalty area, rewriting the score to 1:2.

In the 75th minute, Olympiacos captain Djordjevic dribbled the ball forward and Manchester United's defense retreated. Djordjevic volleyed with his right foot from 20 meters away and hit the lower right side of the goal. Olympiacos scored a dramatic equalizer.

At the critical moment, Yin Jun stood up. In the 84th minute, Yin Jun turned around and knocked back in the penalty area. Scholes met the ball 20 meters away and shot with his feet. The opponent's goalkeeper touched the ball with one hand, but still failed.

The crossbar was raised and the ball flew into the far corner. Manchester United finally won 3:2 and advanced to the second round of the group stage two rounds in advance.

………………

After flying more than 2,400 kilometers overnight to return to the UK, Manchester United ushered in the 11th round of the Premier League less than 72 hours later, facing Villa at Old Trafford.

Although there were more than 64,000 home team fans cheering for them, Manchester United, which was in poor form, failed to defeat its opponents at home. Not only did their opponents get their first away points of the new season, but they also relegated themselves to fourth place in the standings!

Yin Jun's performance in this game was average. He did not score a goal or assist in two consecutive Premier League games. The only goal scored by Manchester United was Uruguayan forward Forlan, and Sylvester provided an assist for him.

The exhausted Manchester United still cannot rest, because just three days later, they will usher in the fifth round of the group stage against Maccabi in Haifa, Israel.

In the end, Ferguson made a bold decision: With Manchester United already qualifying two rounds of the group stage in advance, he left almost all of Manchester United's main players in Manchester and took almost all of the substitutes and rotation players to Israel.

Yin Jun was also left in Manchester and did not go to the Middle East with the team.

Manchester United, who came on as a substitute, suffered a disastrous defeat in Haifa. They eventually lost to Maccabi Haifa with a score of 0:3. This was also Manchester United's first defeat in the Champions League group stage.

It also ended their 16-game unbeaten streak in the Champions League.

In another match in the same group, Bayer Leverkusen from Germany defeated Olympiakos of Greece 2:0 at home. Leverkusen defeated Maccabi twice and currently has only one game left.

Already leading by three points, Leverkusen has ensured that it will qualify as second in the group.

In two weeks, Manchester United will sit at Old Trafford and compete with Bayer Leverkusen for first place in this group.
Chapter completed!