Football King Bale - Chapter 685
Achieving three consecutive Club World Cup championships and achieving seven championships twice within three years is definitely worth mentioning. However, apart from a simple cup celebration on the stadium, Manchester United did not do much. Celebration. Because they have to fly back to England overnight, in less than forty-eight hours, they will usher in the 17th round of the Premier League.
In fact, before Manchester United and Raja’s Club World Cup finals began, this round of Premier League matches had already begun. In the first early game, Liverpool defeated Cardiff City 3:1 at home, and the points came to 34 points, narrowing the gap with Manchester United to 4 points.
Immediately afterwards, Manchester City defeated the farmer Fulham 4:2 and scored 33 points.
It is very difficult for Manchester United to play two games in 48 hours. The only good news is that the game back to the league is at home and the opponent is also the mid-lower team West Ham United.
Back to Manchester, Ferguson gave the team a half-day holiday and resumed training in the afternoon to prepare for the league one day later.
At the end of the afternoon training session, good news came from London. In the dialogue between Arsenal, who ranked second in the league and Chelsea, who ranked second in the league, the two sides had a goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium, and Arsenal’s points only increased by one point. As long as Manchester United can win the Hammers at home, they will have a 5 point advantage.
This makes Manchester United full of desire for this game.
………………
At 8pm GMT on December 23, 2013, the final match of the 17th round of the Premier League blew the whistle. Manchester United faced the Hammers West Ham United at the Theatre of Dreams.
In this game, Carrick, Van Persie and Vidic continued to miss out due to injuries. In order to ensure the three-pointer, even if he had just flown more than two thousand kilometers back to Manchester, Ferguson still sent the strongest lineup in his hand. Bell, Rooney and Welbeck partnered in the striker, Modric, Kanter and Pogba formed three midfielders, Raphael, Smalling, Van Dijk and Evra formed the back line, and De Gea guarded the goal.
West Ham United captain Nolan continues to be suspended, Carroll, Downing, Petrich, Reid and Vast all hang up due to injuries, but Tomkins returns from injury to start, Adrian ushered in the Premier League first Show.
Manchester United, who is aiming for three-pointers, showed a killer momentum at the beginning. In just 66 seconds of the opening, Manchester United created a murderous opportunity. Van Dijk used a corner kick to grab a point and block to the edge of the small penalty area. Modric shoveled at 7 meters from the goal. Adrian flew on the goal line with one hand. The ball is saved to the rescue.
However, when Manchester United’s second shot came, they broke West Ham United’s goal. In the 4th minute, Bell received a pass from Rooney and shot from the edge of the penalty area. The ball traversed a perfect arc and hit the dead corner of the far corner. Although Adrian flew desperately to save, but he was beyond reach, he could only watch the ball fly into the goal behind him.
1:0, Manchester United made a fantastic start.
………………
After the 16th round of overtaking, West Ham United scored only 14 points, ranking 16th in the Premier League, and only 1 point higher than the relegation zone. If you are not careful, you will fall into the relegation zone and face great relegation pressure. Therefore, even at Old Trafford, the home of the famous Devil in Europe and the whole world, they still have a strong desire to score points.
In addition, their last game was nine days ago, and plenty of rest gave West Ham United players a lot of physical fitness. As the game deepened, West Ham United stepped up to contain and press, which blocked Manchester United’s offense.
However, after resisting for more than 20 minutes, their goal was broken by Manchester United for the second time.
In the 26th minute, Bale left ribs and Rooney coordinated. Chubby made a timely score in the middle. The black shell on the right jumped in. Collins fell behind, and the unmarked Welbeck left foot at 8 meters to the left of the penalty area. He shot, bounced the earth to hit the far corner and scored, which ended his 14-month home scoring drought, with Manchester United leading 2:0.
After , Manchester United continued to control the scene. In the 34th minute, Welbeck was overthrown by Noble in the penalty area. Noble villain first accused Heibei of flopping, but the referee adopted a amicable attitude, and neither penalized nor Welbeck flopping.
Such a penalty naturally made the home fans very upset. In the subsequent games, as long as Noble got the ball, the scene was booed.
………………
Manchester United quickly scored the third goal of the game. In the 36th minute, Bell entered the penalty area after cooperating with Pogba on the left. After buckling Corinth on the left side of the penalty area, he pushed the far corner with his right foot at a small angle 7 meters from the goal, and at the same time triggered a kill shot. Tom Kings’ sliding shovel failed to block, and the ball went into the net.
This is the 75th goal that Bell has scored for Manchester United on various fronts this season. Naturally, the total number of goals in the year has reached 96 goals, which is only four goals short of the Guinness World Record of 100 goals he created last season!
In the 40th minute, Manchester United almost expanded the score advantage again. They played a quick counterattack, Raphael made the ball from the right, Welbeck shot with his right foot at 13 meters, the ball was slightly higher than the goal.
In stoppage time, Rooney’s outside shot was saved by Adrian.
In the first half of the game, Manchester United led West Ham 3-0 into the halftime break.
During the entire ten minutes of the intermission, more than 73,000 home team fans sang and danced in the stands at Old Trafford, celebrating the team’s victory again.
This victory is very critical, because it means that Manchester United has opened the gap with the team behind in the league standings. It is also the first time Manchester United has opened the gap with other teams this season.
Everyone knows the stability of Manchester United led by Ferguson, especially the stability of Manchester United after Bell joined Manchester United. When they widen the gap with the team behind them, the other teams basically have no hope.
Manchester United’s 15th Premier League championship, the 22nd top league championship in team history, and the first top league four consecutive championships in team history, and even the first top league four consecutive championships in the history of English football, are on their way. !
………………
As the world’s oldest league, the top league in England is also the most competitive league. It is difficult for a team to dominate for a long time. In the history of England’s top league for more than 100 years, there are not many teams that can defend the title, let alone win three consecutive championships.
Since the establishment of the Old League in 1889, including the previous Old League and the restructured Premier League, in a total of 125 years of history, only four teams have achieved three consecutive championships six times.
Huddersfield is now only a mid-range team that has been in the English Championship all year round, but they were also a strong England team in the ancient times. They won three consecutive seasons in the 1923-1924, 1924-1925 and 1925-1926 seasons. Won the top league in England. This is also the first time in the history of England’s top league that a team has achieved three consecutive championships.
Arsenal have been doing well since the beginning of the season. They are also the team that has been second only to Manchester United since the establishment of the Premier League and have long been able to appear in the Champions League. In the territory of English football, the Gunners who have won 13 top league titles are also the third pole besides Manchester United and Liverpool, and achieved this in the distant 1932-1933 season, 1933-1934 season and 1934-1935 season. Won three consecutive championships in England’s top league!
Liverpool have performed well under Rogers this season and there are signs of a revival. In fact, if it were not for Bell’s crossing to change the situation in the Premier League, Liverpool would be the favourites this season. In history, Liverpool has won a total of 18 top league titles, the second most top league team in the history of England. In the 1970s and 1980s last season, Liverpool dominated England and even Europe as a whole. Among them, in the 1981-1982 season, 1982-1983 season and 1983-1984 season completed the top league three consecutive championships.
In addition to these three teams, the remaining three teams that have achieved three consecutive championships are Manchester United. Moreover, Manchester United’s three consecutive championships are relatively concentrated. To be precise, it was after Ferguson took over Manchester United. In other words, after entering the Premier League era.
They were the 1998-1999 season, 1999-2000 season and 2000-2001 season at the turn of the century, the 2006-2007 season, 2007-2008 season and 2008-2009 season in the Ronaldo era, and the 2010-2011 season after Bell moved to Manchester United. Season, 2011-2012 season and 2012-2013 season.
This is unique in the history of England’s top league.
And now under the leadership of Bell, Manchester United is expected to go further and become the first team in the history of English football to win the top league championship for four consecutive years. You can imagine the happiness and pride in the hearts of fans. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
………………
After the second half of the game began, watching the performance of the Manchester United players on the field, the Manchester United fans were very relieved.
In the 47th minute, Bell broke through from the left and sent a wonderful pass. Unfortunately, Welbeck who outflanked the goal was half a step away and was first cleared by West Ham United defenders.
Immediately after Bell took a right corner kick, Van Dyke shook his head over the dead corner, and the ball was blocked by Noble who was guarding the goal post.
In the 54th minute, Welbeck was replaced by Hernandez.
In the 68th minute, Hernandez received a low shot from Bell to send the ball into the net, but the lineman raised the flag to indicate that Pea was offside, but the penalty is questionable from the playback camera.
Then, Bell was replaced by Ashley Young.
Not long after Bell left, Manchester United scored the fourth goal of the game. In the 72nd minute, Rooney knocked across after receiving a pass from Pogba. Ashley Young, who had just come off the bench, pushed the goal with his right foot at the top right corner of the goal at 16 meters.
In the 81st minute, after receiving a through ball, Carlton Cole used the Manchester United defender’s position error to form a counter-offside. After reaching the penalty area, he calmly shot De Gea low, penetrated the Manchester United goalkeeper’s crotch and sent the ball into the net. , Get a point back.
Before the end of the game, Manchester United wasted two more excellent goals. In the end, Manchester United defeated West Ham 4-1 at home to take all three points.
Please remember the first domain name of this book:. The fastest URL for mobile updates: