Chapter 135： Very desperate

On December 7, in the 15th round of the Premier League, Manchester United defeated Newcastle 3-1 and got the desired three-pointer.

After the league is over, Jintaige should consider the Champions League.

Twenty-three days later, Manchester United will welcome the final opponent of the Champions League group stage at home, the Shakhtar Donetsk. The victory or defeat of this game is also decisive for Kingtag.

的 The outcome of this game is likely to determine whether Kintag can continue to coach at Manchester United ...

In the next day's training, Jin Taige sat on the sideline watching the Champions League's group scores, and he frowned.

At present Manchester United have three wins and two draws, with 11 points, the first in the group; Leverkusen have three wins and two losses, with 9 points, the second in the group; Donetsk miners have achieved two wins, two draws and one loss, with 8 points, Ranked third in the group; the Royal Society had a four loss and one draw, with one point at the bottom.

Although Manchester United has now won the first place in the group, before the final round results, Manchester United, Leverkusen and Donetsk miners have the possibility of promotion. In the previous game, the Shakhtar Donetsk miners swept five goal difference goals from the Royal Society. At present they are only one goal difference away from Manchester United. This makes the team's qualifying situation very delicate.

In the last round, if nothing unexpected happened, Leverkusen's victory over the Royal Society should be nailed down. After winning, their points reached 12 points. Regardless of the result of the other game, they are definitely promoted. . In the other game, if Manchester United wins, they will reach the first point in the group if they score 14 points; even if they score and reach 12 points, they can still advance in the second group; however, if Manchester United are at home Lost to Donetsk miners, then Donetsk miners and Manchester United will accumulate 11 points together, and as long as Donetsk miners win, their goal difference will definitely exceed Manchester United. In this case, the row In the second place in the group, the Donetsk miners became the goal difference.

According to this situation, the rankings of the three teams cannot be determined before the end of the final round of the group stage.

Jintaige thought of the terms set in the contract when he signed the contract: the top 4 of the Premier League and the top 16 of the Champions League. If you can't reach this minimum goal, you can only be returned to the youth team.

Although the team's current performance in the league is not satisfactory, it has at least maintained the fourth place in the league; however, if this Champions League match is lost, Manchester United will be eliminated directly from the Champions League group stage. Kintag is convinced that if this happens, the Glazers will never mind firing themselves this winter.

Therefore, there is also a lot of pressure on Jintaige in this game. He needs to win, even if he cannot win, he must not lose!

During this time, this game became the most important game of Jintaige. Although it does not determine the ownership of the championship, it decides to stay.

In the first two days of the game, the Shakhtar Donetsk miners arrived in Manchester in advance for adaptive training. It can be seen that they attach great importance to this game.

Their Romanian veteran Mirka Lucescu has coached the team since 2004 and it is now the 10th season. He has won 7 league titles, 4 Ukrainian Super Cup titles and 1 European Union. Cup champion. Especially when winning the UEFA Champions League in 2009, Lucescu and his Donetsk miners reached their peak.

In the last UEFA Champions League game when Manchester United played away against the Shakhtar Donetsk, they also caused a lot of trouble for Manchester United, especially their two Brazilian offensive players, Teixeira and Douglas Costa. The two of them once put Manchester United's back line is messy. In the game, they faced the two again. Jintaige specifically instructed his defensive players to strengthen their defense and not give them a chance.

Twenty-three days later, the game finally came.

At the press conference before the game, Jin Taige told the media that Manchester United's goal is to win and then advance to the Champions League semi-finals.

记者 A reporter asked Jin Taige, in fact, Manchester United can be promoted after a draw, will Manchester United play a defensive counterattack?

Jintaige said very firmly that Manchester United has only one goal in this game-to win.

Not only did Jin Jinge say so, but his requirements for the players were also to win the game.

In the previous life, he came from a distant Eastern country. In that national team, he saw too many tragedies of "drawing to go out". He understands that many times in football matches are "winning the game and losing the game". If the players' mentality changes, their morale will also be affected. Therefore, Jin Taige did not say anything about the player to "draw and qualify", his goal is only victory, nothing else.

At a press conference held by the Shakhtar Donetsk miners later, their veteran Lucescu was more determined: "Although Manchester United's giants, although their players are more expensive than us, although here is away ... … But when we came to Old Trafford Stadium, we came desperately! Victory! We only need to win! Three points ~ www.novelhall.com ~ to qualify for the Champions League semi-finals, this is our goal! "

如此 The aggressive words of the coaches of both sides made this match the focus of the Champions League.

Jintaige sent his strongest lineup this time, still a familiar 4-4-2 formation: the goalkeeper is De Gea; the back line is the combination of Smolin and Vidic with the central defender, Egypt on the left and right sides Fla and Raphael; Kanter and Giggs in the midfield, Mahrez and Marshall left and right; the striker is a combination of Rooney and Van Persie. The seven substitutes are: Alisson, Alonso, Jones, Ashley Young, Valencia, Carrick and Icardi.

In the home team's locker room, Gintag looked at the players present and asked: "Do any of you remember our goals for this season?"

"Three crowns!" Raphael shouted aloud, Rafael, who has always been naughty and active, is also serious today.

Not only him, everyone is very cold, everyone knows the importance of this game.

Jin Taige pointed to the tactic board next to it, which said the scores of the four teams in the group: "To be fair, we have performed well in European games this season. Five Champions League games, 3 wins and 2 draws, 11 points, if Putting it in other groups is almost a certain situation. But our situation is still uninsured. If we lose today, then the next Champions League game has nothing to do with us. Although the group's third result can go to participate in the European Union The United Cup, but in the goal of my triple crown, there is no option of the UEFA Cup. We are the glorious Manchester United, the legend of the red! The Champions League cannot be without us! Guys, I hope you can abandon the draw today to qualify "The idea is that at Old Trafford, we want to win, we need to appear as the team leader! That is our goal!"