Phi-Fic Chapter 297 Sharp Chelsea
Chapter 297 Sharp Chelsea
Chapter 297 Sharp Chelsea
It will also be a tough game for Manchester United, with Pogba not expected to fully recover from his injury until after this game.
However, at the Stanford Stadium, Mourinho seems to be no longer ready to play defensive counterattacks, but wants to beat Chelsea head-on.
After all, judging from the previous games, Chelsea's threat is not as good as Liverpool's.
The only thing to note is that after Chelsea lost 3-4 to Arsenal, they changed to a relatively rare 3-[-]-[-] formation in the last two games, and the effect was not bad. In the seventh round against Hull City, they defeated their opponents [-]-[-].
Of course, these two teams are relatively weak teams at this stage, and defeating these two teams does not explain too many problems. Watching the video and because there are only two games, it can only be seen that their offense is indeed sharper. As for how they will perform against strong teams, no one knows.
Mourinho is quite familiar with the Chelsea players, so he also made some adjustments to the tactics of this game, such as how to defend against Costa and so on.
On the other hand, Conte is also looking forward to this game.
"We have already achieved two victories, and judging from the process of the game, it went very smoothly, but they are only two mid-lower teams, so the next game against Manchester United is very important. As long as we win, it means that our new formation can defeat any strong opponent, and we will become a strong contender for the championship!"
After mobilizing the players, the next thing to do is to study how to defend Shen Peng-this is what all teams in the current Premier League except Manchester United have to do.
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Before the game against Chelsea, Manchester United still has a Europa League game, at home against Fenerbahce on October 10.
In the game against this Turkish Super League team, Manchester United showed their strong strength. Then they won the home game and beat their opponents four to one.
Now, regardless of the record of other teams, as long as they win one more game, they will be guaranteed to qualify for the group. This is also good news for Manchester United, which means that they can temporarily put aside the Europa League and focus on the league.
Of course, the Europa League championship is also Manchester United's goal this season. As long as they win the Europa League championship, they can become the fifth European Grand Slam team.
The Grand Slam here generally refers to the "three major European cups", namely the Champions League champion (Champions Cup or UEFA Champions League), the Europa League champion (and its predecessor UEFA Cup), and the European Cup Winners' Cup champion (discontinued).Only Ajax, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Chelsea have won the three major cups before.
So as long as it comes to the knockout rounds, Manchester United will still go all out. When the time comes to fight on two lines, it will be a test of the team's staffing.
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At 10 pm on October 23, at Stamford Bridge, Manchester United challenged Chelsea away.
This is the first time Mourinho has returned to the place since leaving Chelsea - as visiting manager.
The game was quite fierce. With the referee showing a total of five yellow cards, Chelsea finally defeated Manchester United [-]-[-]. Manchester United lost away and ushered in their first defeat of the season.
After winning the game, Conte celebrated passionately on the sidelines.
In this game, Shen Peng scored a goal and created a scoring opportunity for his teammates, but now Chelsea's attack power is stronger. They now have three forwards Hazard, Costa, and Pedro. With the strong support of the four midfielders, they are full of firepower.
After this round of competition, Manchester United's ranking in the standings dropped to No.5.
In this round of the game, Manchester City, which was tied 6-[-] at home by Southampton, also ranked No.[-]. The Manchester City duo, which was favored before the game, ranked fifth or sixth in the league at this time, bottom of the top six in the Premier League.
Of course, just looking at the rankings may be a bit biased, but looking at the points, Manchester United and Manchester City have [-] points, Arsenal and Liverpool are the first and second with [-] points, and Tottenham and Chelsea are the third and fourth with [-] points. They are still very anxious. No one can say for sure which of these six teams will be the first after the next round of the league.
So now their six teams have to be cautious when facing any opponent. Once they lose to a weak team, they are likely to be slowly left behind by the other five teams.
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On October 10, in the League Cup, Manchester United met Manchester City again.
Originally, the league was anxious enough, so in this game, both sides played as substitutes.
Shen Peng asked the system before the game whether he could complete the task in this game, and the answer was no, and the system also told him that only the tasks completed in the league and the Champions League knockout rounds counted, not even the Champions League group stage.
This also made Shen Peng's wishful thinking that he planned to play in this game and wait for an opportunity to complete the task of Lever.
In the end, Manchester United's substitute seemed to be a little stronger, beating Manchester City [-]-[-] and advancing to the next round.
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At 10 pm on October 29, Manchester United played against Burnley at home.
In this game, Pogba also returned from injury.
With Pogba in the midfield, Manchester United's midfield passes and receptions are smooth, and the defensive strength is also much stronger.
Burnley's game was a defensive counterattack, but Manchester United did not give them any chance, and finally defeated their opponents [-]-[-] cleanly.
Since the top six of the Premier League have won this round except Tottenham, except for Tottenham’s ranking dropped to sixth, the other five teams ranked in the top five according to the order of the previous round, followed by Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City. The difference between the first Arsenal and the sixth Tottenham is still only three points, a game.
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On November 11, in the fourth round of the Europa League group stage, Manchester United challenged Fenerbahce away.
Now the league is tense, so Manchester United played most of the substitutes in this game.
And Fenerbahce, as a super strong team in Turkey, also maintained his dignity at home, beating Manchester United [-]-[-].
After four rounds of the group stage, both teams had three wins and one loss, occupying the top two places in the standings, while Manchester United ranked first with a goal difference advantage.
In addition to losing to Manchester United and Fenerbahce, the other two teams had another draw between them, so now the third Feyenoord has only four points with one win, one draw and two losses, six points less than Manchester United.
In other words, as long as there is another draw for Manchester United, they will be guaranteed to qualify for the group!
And Feyenoord will come to Old Trafford as a guest later. It will be quite easy for Manchester United to guarantee at least a draw at home, so now the pressure of the Europa League has been completely put down.
(End of this chapter)