I am the king of football

Chapter 268 Champions League Round of

After another big win in the league, Manchester United's league points reached 40 points. In the 15 league games since the start of the season, they have achieved a record of 13 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, which makes the team undoubtedly top the league table.

Ferguson was extremely satisfied with this, especially Qin Hu. After scoring a hat-trick against Reading, his league goals reached 21, 11 goals ahead of Suarez, who was second in the scorer list. This gap can almost directly announce that Qin Hu is about to be elected the Premier League Golden Boot this season.

So Ferguson waved his hand and directly chose to let Qin Hu take a good vacation. In the last round of the Champions League group stage, he will be excluded from the roster along with Van Persie, Ferdinand and other main players to have a good rest.

Goalkeeper Lindegaard, four defenders Phil Jones, Wootton, Smalling, Butner, three midfielders Powell, Giggs, Cleverley, three forwards Hernandez, Rooney, Welbeck.

This is the starting lineup for Manchester United's last home game in the Champions League group stage. All three forwards except Qin Hu and Van Persie got the chance to start, and there was not even a player on the bench to replace them.

In the midfield, Wang Laoji, who is in good form, is the boss, with the young Cleverley and the 18-year-old Powell guarding him on his left and right. Powell even made his first start for Manchester United, and he started in the Champions League right from the start.

On the defensive line, Phil Jones, who had been recuperating from injury since the start of this season, returned from injury. The return of this defensive genius whom Ferguson admired very much was definitely a great help to the team, and Ferguson immediately gave him the chance to start.

As for Wootton and Smalling, Wootton is a central defender who came from Manchester United's youth training. Although his talent and performance have never reached the level of a first-team main player or even a regular rotation player, Ferguson still gave him a chance this time.

The team cannot always rely on the two veterans Vidic and Ferdinand, young people need to be trained.

As for Smalling, when he joined Manchester United, he was trained as the successor to two veteran defenders. At the beginning of this season, he also missed the team's games due to injury. Now that he has returned, Ferguson has given him a chance.

It can be said that Sir Alex Ferguson was very bold in this game. Many players who had just recovered from injuries got the chance to start directly. It is hard to say whether they can find their form and play well.

On the match day, Qin Hu, Van Persie and other players who were told by Ferguson to have a good rest appeared in the stands. They will watch the game as spectators.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester United was indeed a little confused due to too many substitute players coming on the field, but fortunately, the trident formed by Rooney, Crouching Tigers and Welbeck was strong enough, and their impact made the opponents unable to take care of themselves, so the two sides were evenly matched.

This balance lasted throughout the first half, but was broken shortly after the start of the second half.

It was the 55th minute of the game. Manchester United launched another attack but was intercepted by the opponent in the middle. Cluj midfielder intercepted the ball and launched a counterattack directly. The ball was passed all the way to their forward Luis Alberto.

After getting the ball, the player was at the top of the penalty area. Smalling, who was responsible for defense, did not rush forward rashly. He believed that the opponent was very likely to continue to choose to pass the ball to his teammate who entered the penalty area.

However, this time Alberto did not do so. He drew his bow and shot a long shot. The ball flew up with the wind and went straight into the upper right corner of the goal in Lindegaard's desperate eyes. 0-1, Manchester United unexpectedly fell behind Cluj at their home court.

If we can say that this goal was conceded because the opponent scored a magical goal and there was nothing we could do about it, then the next forty minutes were really ugly.

Manchester United launched a huge offensive. As long as they got the ball, they kept moving forward to try to equalize the score. However, Cluj, which had lost five games in a row and finally saw the dawn of the only victory in the Champions League this season, started to defend like crazy. The visiting team received yellow cards one after another. In the 83rd minute of the game, Manchester United midfielder Cleverley was injured and left the field after a bad tackle by the opponent. Ferguson's face was very bad.

But the Cluj coach remained unmoved. During this period, he made a series of substitutions, replacing the defensive players who had received cards and continued the team's crazy defense.

When Rooney fell to the ground again and again and was attacked on his previously injured part more than once, the Manchester United center forward who was almost crazy finally lost his spirit. He once again stubbornly headed the ball in the 91st minute of the game but still failed to help the team equalize the score. He lost his spirit.

“Sh ...

In the 95th minute of the game, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

There was a moment of silence at Old Trafford. No one expected that the team would suffer such a big upset in the last match of the Champions League group stage against Cluj, a team they had not won in the previous five group matches. Obviously, everyone came here to watch the team being bullied.

"It was a huge upset. Cluj won their only Champions League victory against Manchester United at Old Trafford, the worst stadium in the league, at the cost of eight yellow cards on and off the field."

Zhan Jun's voice was full of surprise. He was as surprised as the fans. No one could have thought that Manchester United would lose this game.

In the stands, Qin Hu was also silenced. He resonated greatly with his teammates on the field when the team was desperately trying to equalize the score. He was excited almost with every attack of the team, but in the end, there was no goal. It was really distressing.

"Ugh……"

Qin Hu sighed deeply. It was really uncomfortable to be an audience member.

Van Persie, who was standing by, saw this and patted Qin Hu on the shoulder. He also didn't expect that the team would lose so unexpectedly. However, as he had experienced many games, he was not affected as much as the young Qin Hu.

"There is an old Chinese saying that victory and defeat are common in the military. Looking forward to the Qin Dynasty, we are still first in the group and the Champions League knockout stage is just around the corner."

In the end, the winning Cluj team left Old Trafford happily. Although the team was still last in the group, it performed as if it had qualified.

As for the other qualifying spot in Group H, Galatasaray just defeated Braga 2-1 at home. The Turkish Super League giants seized the opportunity and qualified as the second in the group.

"The schedule for this season's Champions League group stage has come to an end. The Champions League round of 16 has been decided. Let us look forward to what kind of strong matchups will appear in the next draw~"

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