Chapter 518 Chelsea Lost!

finally,

The group draws for the 200-2007 UEFA Champions League are as follows:

Group A: Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Werder Bremen, Sofia LevшщЩ..1a

Group B: Inter Milan, Bayern, Sporting Lisbon, Spartak Moscow.

Group: Liverpool, PSV, Bordeaux, Galatasaray.

Group D: Valencia, Roma, Olympiacos, Shakhtar Donetsk

Group E: Real Madrid, Lyon, Steaua Bucharest, Dynamo Kiev.

Group F: Chelsea, Celtic, Benfica, Copenhagen.

Group G: Arsenal, Porto, CSKA Moscow, Hamburg.

Group H: A Milan, Lille, AEK Athens, Anderlecht.

Then the schedule came out. Manchester United's first Champions League game was against Werder Bremen at home on September 3.

The betting company immediately updated the UEFA Champions League winning odds for the 2007 season.

Barcelona 5.00

2 Chelsea 5.50

3A Milan 9.00

4Manchester United.00

5 Real Madrid 2.00

Inter Milan 3.00

7Arsenal 5.00

8 Lyon 7.00

9Liverpool 7.00..

9 Bayern 7.00

Barcelona has been the team with the strongest claim to win the championship for three consecutive years, with Chelsea ranking second and Milan ranking third. This has been the case for the last three seasons.

Manchester United was directly promoted to fourth due to their amazing performance last season, but the .00 odds mean that they are not actually favored. Other traditional strong teams such as Bayern, Liverpool, Real Madrid, etc. are also not optimistic.

In the past few years, it seems that Barcelona, ​​Chelsea and Milan have dominated the world.

"Grouped with Barcelona, ​​Werder Bremen and Sofia Levski, this is a group of death. Three teams compete for two places. Manchester United must not lose points on Sofia Levski, and in both In a strong competition, you have to be as calm as possible, even a draw may determine whether you qualify or not.”

"Manchester Evening News" immediately analyzed the Champions League groupings, "Barcelona's strength is beyond doubt, but Bremen's strength cannot be underestimated either. Bremen is now known as the Bundesliga's strongest offensive team, with half of Germany's All the international players are in the team and this team is Manchester United’s biggest rival.”

There are only two qualifying places in the Champions League group stage, and Manchester United obviously got one.

However, Ferguson returned to China and said in an interview with "The Times": "If you want to win the final championship, you must kill any opponent, no matter who you encounter, just as we are now divided with Barcelona and Werder Bremen. group, and I don’t think Sofia Levski is a weak team, there will never be a weak team in the Champions League.”

"I think we should focus on the league now. Manchester United needs to win Watford away from home and strive for three consecutive league wins."

Two big wins in the new season made betting companies believe without hesitation that Manchester United will win Watford away from home. Although Watford is also in good form, no one believes in the newly promoted Watford in front of the powerful Manchester United. Ford was able to escape unscathed at home.

Ferguson did not underestimate the enemy, but just made adjustments on every line. On the back line, Pique got the chance, Ferdinand got a rest, and Evra was replaced by Richardson.

In the midfield, Scholes and Giggs were replaced by Fletcher and Park Ji-sung.

There are no changes at the front.

In the past 4 league matches between the two sides, Manchester United has the upper hand with 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. Goalkeeper Foster, who is on loan from Manchester United, cannot play due to clause restrictions.

The newly promoted team was active after the opening. In the first minute, Ashley Young made a pass from the right, but Francis was slightly offside when he was unguarded from far away and missed the opportunity. In the 7th minute, Ashley Young passed the ball.

Henderson's 25-yard shot was confiscated by Van der Sar.

After withstanding several impacts from Watford at the start, Manchester United gradually began to control the game. In the 0th minute, Modric took a corner kick from the right, and Luo's header from the far yard missed the far corner.

However, after Watford took the baseline kick, Modric intercepted the ball in the middle and handed it to Rooney. Rooney immediately passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Although Watford attempted to defend Dong Fangzhuo personally, Dong Fangzhuo still He rushed to the ball first and hit the far corner with a low left-footed shot from 4 yards!

Dong Fangzhuo once again became the bottle opener. This is his 4th goal this season, 4 goals in 3 rounds, which is similar to last season. He maintains a good condition.

Ferguson applauded gently from the audience with a very calm expression. It seemed that he was already used to this kind of plot - other players sent the ball into the penalty area, and Dong Fangzhuo ran out of position to score the goal. The goal was not pretty, it was always a light blow, and then Manchester United took the lead.

After taking the lead, Manchester United began to play smoothly again. Although Scholes, Giggs and Carrick were not on the court, Modric's running space was quite large, covering almost the entire court. He can be seen everywhere in the midfield and backcourt.

Park Ji-sung was already used to it. The guy who had a huge impact on him was much better than him. When the ball was sent to his feet, he only had a stable feeling in his heart. It was rare that he could just concentrate on playing well on the left. .

In the 27th minute, Modric took a corner kick from the right. Dong Fangzhuo swung his head to attack the goal from a very small angle. Watford goalkeeper Richard Lee reacted quickly and saved the ball at the near corner, hoping to make a quick clearance.

In front of Dong Fangzhuo, Watford's two central defenders were like rookies and could not stop Dong Fangzhuo at all.

I thought Manchester United would start massacre mode, but Watford equalized the score in the 34th minute. Ashley Young broke through Modric on the right and passed in. Neither Pique nor Vidic could intercept the ball, and there was no one to defend in the middle. Francis easily pushed and scored from 5 yards in front of the goal.

Ferguson finally shook his head. When Ashley Young broke through Modric, Modric was almost walking, and the guy was barely involved in the defense.

This is where Ferguson was dissatisfied.

Of course, Park Ji-sung is also responsible because he is also on the wing.

However, that Ashley Young is really good... Ferguson had the idea of ​​​​Ashley Young at that moment.

In the end: the score was maintained for halftime, and then Ferguson replaced Carrick and Scholes in succession, and Manchester United's offensive storm came again.

In the 47th minute, Carrick passed the ball straight to the right. Luo easily got the ball and passed it. Dong Fangzhuo jumped up from 2 yards in the middle and headed the goal but was saved by the goalkeeper. Modric took a corner kick, Dong Fangzhuo and Vidic attracted most of Watford's defense in the middle. As a result, Park Ji-sung, who was unguarded 3 yards away, did not choose to shoot directly, and his cross pass was blocked by Shitu. And Francis misses. Carrick seized the opportunity and pushed the empty goal into the net.

Following Modric's goal in the last round, Manchester United's other midfielder Carrick also scored.

2:.

Five minutes later, Luo broke out on the right, dribbling the ball to defeat two Watford players on the left, and then crossed the center from the edge of the penalty area. Rooney followed up with his right foot and shot into the lower right corner of the goal. Watford Although the goalkeeper saved the ball, Park Ji-sung still rushed the ball into the goal before the opponent could clear the ball.

3:.

In the end, Manchester United won three consecutive league victories with a score of 3: in the away game.

And at the end of the game, Manchester United once again received good news.

Chelsea lost to Middlesbrough 2-2 away. Shevchenko scored his first league goal, but Pogatez equalized the score in the 80th minute and Viduka scored the go-ahead goal in the 90th minute.

"Chelsea lost!") Book friends, please pay attention!