I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

Chapter 48: Christmas Devil Schedule

  

   A three-goal victory over Liverpool, Manchester United once again grabbed the top spot in the Premier League from Chelsea.

  Because the next league game will not arrive until December 20th, Ye Su announced that he will give the players two days off and resume training on Tuesday afternoon.

   On December 15th, the Manchester United players got a chance to rest, but Ye Su still had to run around. He flew to Nyon, Switzerland with the team's CEO Santoko to participate in the draw for the 32nd Europa League.

   The draw time is at 1 pm local time in Switzerland. According to the lottery regulations, the 12 teams in the UEFA Cup this season and the 4 best teams in the Champions League group stage will become the seeded teams. They will have the advantage of the second round at home in the 1/16 finals. The draw is based on the principle of avoidance of teams in the same group and in the same league.

  Because they finished second in the group stage, Manchester United naturally did not have the home court advantage in the second round.

   In the end, Manchester United and Serie A Fiorentina were drawn together.

   For Manchester United, this is undoubtedly an extremely bad sign. Although Fiorentina did not perform well in Serie A this season, and only ranked 8th in the league after 15 rounds, their performance has rebounded significantly recently. Since their 0:1 home game against Naples in early November, they have been in the next four league rounds. 3 wins and 1 draw remain undefeated, including a 4-0 victory over Cagliari away, a 4:1 away victory over Cesena, and a 0:0 home draw against powerful Juventus.

   Also, for Premier League teams, most Serie A teams are very difficult to deal with.

   However, Ye Su is not too worried. With Manchester United's current strength and getting better and better, it shouldn't be a problem to advance to the top sixteen.

   Moreover, the Europa League knockouts will not start until late February after all, and there are still more than two months left. What Ye Su needs to consider now is the upcoming Christmas Devil schedule and the frequent schedule in January next year.

   Not surprisingly, when teams in other leagues are about to enter the winter break, the Premier League teams, including Manchester United, are about to face the most severe test.

   Not surprisingly, from late December to the start of the Europa League knockouts, Manchester United will have at least 12 games, including 10 Premier League games, and at least 2 rounds of the FA Cup.

   Among them, the most terrifying stage is the ten-day period starting from Boxing Day. According to the schedule, Manchester United will have three Premier League and one FA Cup games, with an average of one game in less than three days.

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   After returning from Switzerland, Ye Su put himself in preparation for the Christmas Devil schedule.

   On December 20th, Ye Su led Manchester United to Birmingham to challenge Aston Villa.

   Villa is now ranked 13th in the Premier League. It is a mid-range team that looks like an undesirable team. However, Villa is only 5 points higher than the relegation zone, and will fall into the relegation zone if he is not careful.

   So, for any game, Vera dare not take it lightly.

  Because it was the Christmas Devil schedule soon, Ye Su began to arrange the rotation of the team in order to lead the team through this terrible dense schedule.

   At Villa Park Stadium, Manchester United met with stubborn resistance from the home team. They were the first to concede the ball in the 18th minute of the game. Villa midfield free kick into the penalty area, Benteke stopped the ball and swayed Evans's right rib 14 yards left foot shot in the far corner, De Gea was blocked without any response, Manchester United 0:1 Villa. This shot was Villa's first shot in this field.

   Manchester United only equalized in the 53rd minute of the second half. Ashley Young, who started the rotation, made a cross from the left, and Vardy, who was a single arrow because of Rooney's rotation, scored a header from 6 yards and Manchester United 1: 1 Villa.

   This was also the final score of the game, and neither side was able to score again.

   Manchester United, who only scored 1 point away from home, temporarily retained the top position because Chelsea’s game has not yet taken place, but the point difference with the following teams has been narrowed.

  Especially the rivals Manchester City, because they beat Crystal Palace 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium and scored 39 points, only one goal behind Manchester United.

   After Chelsea defeated Sky City 2-0 on the night of the 22nd, the points even tied Manchester United and overtook Manchester United with a goal difference, taking the top spot.

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   failed to keep the top spot in the Premier League during Christmas, which made Manchester United fans a little unhappy.

   However, on Boxing Day, Manchester United was at home and gave the fans a hearty victory.

In the 23rd minute, Armstrong took the ball from the left and cut a 16-yard right foot shot and was blocked. Manchester United quickly counterattacked. Rooney scored the ball. Mata made a pass from the left. Later, De Bruyne fell to the ground and blocked the ball back to the center. Rooney easily hit the ball into the empty goal from 5 yards, Manchester United 1: 0 Newcastle.

This is Rooney's 189th Premier League goal. In the history of the Premier League scorer list, he surpassed the Manchester United star Andy Cole who scored 188 goals and jumped to the second place in the history of Premier League scorers, second only to scoring. Shearer with 260 goals.

   However, with a gap of 71 goals, even if Rooney has the mysterious new sprout of the old card given by Ye Su, which has given him the second spring of his career, I am afraid that there is no hope of surpassing Shearer, the super shooter in the short term.

   In the 36th minute, Vardy tackled the ball in the frontcourt, Mata took the ball and obliquely plugged it. The unguarded Rooney shot low with his right foot from 12 yards and the ball flew into the lower left corner. Manchester United 2:0 Newcastle. Rooney has scored 12 goals for Newcastle in the Premier League.

   In the 52nd minute, Rooney made a 45-degree cross from the right. The undefended Vardy headed from 8 yards. The ball rebounded and flew into the right side of the goal. Manchester United 3:0 Newcastle.

Three goals ahead, after almost securing the victory, Ye Su began to replace the core offensive players in the front field. Rooney, Mata and Vardy were replaced one after another. Bruno Fernandez, James Wilson and Ashley Young were substituted. Debut.

  Although the three major offensive players have been replaced, Manchester United still controls the situation on the field.

   However, before the end of the game, Newcastle launched a wave of counterattacks. In the 86th minute, Kohlbach broke into the penalty area and tripped over Phil Jones. Referee Mike Jones awarded a penalty kick. The replay showed that the penalty was fine. Cisse took the ball into the upper right corner and scored a face-saving goal for Newcastle.

Despite the 3-1 victory over the Magpies, Manchester United still failed to regain the top spot in the Premier League because the Blues Chelsea, who played first on Boxing Day, beat the Hammers to help West Ham United 2-0 at Stamford Bridge and continued with a goal difference. The advantage suppressed Manchester United.

   At the same time, Manchester City also defeated West Brom 3:1 away and continued to chase Chelsea and Manchester United by 3 points.

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   After only less than 48 hours, Manchester United continued to play in the Premier League.

   This is the 19th round of the Premier League this season. Manchester United is a guest at White Hart Lane to challenge Tottenham Hotspur.

   Under the leadership of new coach Pochettino this season, Tottenham’s performance has been relatively stable and has been maintained in the upper middle and upper reaches of the Premier League for a long time. After the 18th round of the league, they also ranked seventh in the Premier League with 9 wins, 3 draws, 6 losses and 30 points. They are only 2 points lower than the fourth-ranked Southampton and may enter the Champions League at any time.

   In the Premier League, the two teams fought in 44 games. Manchester United had 29 wins, 10 draws and 5 losses. Although Manchester United has a clear advantage in terms of mutual record, the last time Manchester United defeated Tottenham was on March 5, 2012. The next four Premier League matches were played with Tottenham. Manchester United had 2 draws and 2 losses. Tottenham seemed to have changed from Manchester United's point-sending boy. Become the sufferer of Manchester United.

   In this game, Manchester United has performed many rotations, and Tottenham’s starter has also adjusted 4 people compared to two days ago.

   Because there was only 43 hours between the last game of the two teams and this game, the players who participated in the previous game were far from recovering, so the teams were obviously out of shape.

   In the end, after a boring battle, the two sides made a 0:0 goalless draw.

   In the game, Manchester United actually scored a goal.

In the 24th minute, Rooney took a left corner kick, point Carrick before the touch, and point Maguire back, the Tottenham defenders gave each other the ball, Van Dyke seized the opportunity to header from 5 yards, Lori With support, Vertonghen made an inverted siege on the goal line. The Manchester United players signaled the goal, but the linesman signaled for offside early, and referee Moss called offside.

   But judging from the playback ~www.wuxiahere.com~ the ball did cross the goal line, and when Maguire headed the ball, Van Dyke was not offside. Manchester United once again suffered a misjudgment.

   In the following game, Vardy, De Bruyne, Rooney and Mata missed the necessary chances one after another, and Tottenham did not put De Gea to much test.

   Manchester United have been tied away in a row. After 19 league rounds, they scored 14 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 46 points, 12 points more than the same period last season, and the improvement is very obvious. The same points as Ferguson's last season in charge of Manchester United.

   However, even if Manchester United performed so well, they still failed to win the Premier League half-time championship. Chelsea, who played later, scored a 1:1 tie with Southampton in the away game, continued to suppress Manchester United with a goal difference, and won the Premier League half-time championship.

   For Manchester United, the good news is that Chelsea are also tied, not leaving Manchester United. And Manchester City was upset at home and was drawn by the relegation team Burnley 2:2, still missing Manchester United and Chelsea by 3 points.

   In this round of the game, all the top 4 teams in the Premier League standings were tied. This shows the lethality of the Christmas Devil schedule on these teams.

The Gunners Arsenal, in a 2:1 away match against West Ham United in a London derby, tied Southampton in points. They only ranked fifth in the Premier League with a goal difference, but they may squeeze out St. Petersburg at any time. Only reached the Champions League zone.

   This doesn't seem to be too difficult for the Four Crazy Demons.

   However, that's all, I want to enter the ranks of the championship team, but I am a little weak.

   Now Arsenal still has a big gap with the top three. They are 13 points behind Chelsea and Manchester United. Compared with the third Manchester City, there is also a 10 point gap. It can be said that they have already been out of the championship this season.

  

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