Chapter 701 Death Race

With the end of the international match day, the league restarts, which also means that Manchester United's most difficult schedule this season has arrived.

From March 30 to April 28, Manchester United will have 9 games in 29 days.

At 3 pm on March 30, in the 32nd round of the Premier League, Manchester United will face Watford at home;

At 7:45 pm on April 2, in the 33rd round of the Premier League, Manchester United will visit Molineux Stadium again after half a month to challenge the dark horse Wolves of this season;

At 4 pm on April 7, in the FA Cup semi-finals, Manchester United will face Watford at the new Wembley Stadium;

At 8 pm on April 10, in the first round of the Champions League semi-finals, Manchester United will visit Camp Nou to challenge the Spanish Super League giants Barcelona;

April 1 At 5:30 pm on the 3rd, in the 34th round of the Premier League, Manchester United will face the Hammers West Ham United at home;

At 8 pm on April 16, in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Manchester United will face Barcelona at home;

At 1:30 pm on April 21, Manchester United will visit Goodison Park to challenge the Toffees Everton;

At 8 pm on April 24, Manchester United will play against Manchester City at home, which is the make-up match of the 31st round of the Premier League;

At 4:30 pm on April 28, in the 35th round of the Premier League, Manchester United will face the Blues Chelsea at home.

9 games in 29 days, double games in a week, and every opponent is not a weak one. Among them, the relatively weak West Ham United, Watford and Everton are currently ranked 9th, 8th and 11th in the Premier League. They are all typical mid-level Premier League teams and are very difficult to deal with.

These nine games are like nine difficulties for Manchester United to succeed this season, and each level will be a fierce battle. If Manchester United can overcome them one by one, there will be a good result. But if there is a mistake in a certain game, Manchester United will lose a championship, or even all four major titles.

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If Manchester United can eliminate Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals, they will face the winner of the Champions League semi-finals on the evening of April 30, and their opponent will be the winner between Juventus and Ajax.

Both teams were once old European giants.

As the overlord of Serie A, Juventus has ushered in the new king of football Cristiano Ronaldo this season. The team's combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. It has scored 75 points in 28 rounds of Serie A, and the average points per game is higher than Manchester United.

Ajax is also a European old giant. Although since the Bosman Act, Ajax's competitiveness in Europe has declined due to the overall weakness of the Dutch league, this season, under the leadership of the young coach Ten Hag, a young team has achieved amazing results. Not only did they fight with PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch league, but they also entered the knockout stage of the Champions League. Many young players in the team have attracted the covetousness of major European giants.

Of course, whether Manchester United can get past Barcelona is still unknown.

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The first stage, Manchester United will face Watford at home.

The Premier League Hornets have not performed well against Manchester United in recent seasons. After Bruno joined Manchester United, they have won five consecutive games against Watford, with a goal difference of more than 2 goals in each game. Last season, they even won two games by 5:0.

Now, Manchester United has met Watford for the second time this season, and the game is also uneventful.

Manchester United took the lead in the 28th minute. Luke Shaw intercepted Deeney in front of the penalty area and broke through to send a straight pass. Rashford shot into the net from the edge of the penalty area.

This is Rashford's 10th Premier League goal this season, and he is also the fourth Manchester United player to score double digits. Before Rashford, Bruno, Harry Kane and Mbappe have all completed the task of scoring double digits in the league.

After the start of the second half, Watford, unwilling to fail, launched a counterattack, but several threatening shots were resolved by Manchester United's defense.

The failure to score in consecutive attacks made Watford players impatient, and the formation was getting more and more forward, which gave Manchester United a great opportunity to counterattack.

Manchester United expanded the score in the 72nd minute. Bruno made a quick counterattack and passed the ball directly. Mbappe made a cross from the right side of the penalty area. Harry Kane's heel shot missed, but Foster barely saved the ball. Bruno, who came in later, pushed the ball into the goal from close range and changed the score to 2:0.

Manchester United then made substitutions. Bruno, Mbappe and Rashford were all replaced, and Mata, Mahrez and Lingard came on as substitutes.

In the end, the score of 2:0 was maintained until the end of the game, and Manchester United passed the first stage of the super devil schedule.

In this round of games, Manchester United's two major rivals, Manchester City and Liverpool, both won easily. Manchester City only took half a game away to deal with Fulham, and Liverpool defeated Tottenham 2:1 in the Premier League strong dialogue, biting Manchester United tightly.

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In the first game of April, Manchester United challenged the dark horse Wolves away.

In order to cope with the intensive games, Mourinho made some rotations in Manchester United's lineup. McTominay, Mahrez, Herrera, Fred, and Lindelof replaced Harry Kane, Mbappe, Gundogan, Kante and Maguire who started in the previous round and got the chance to start.

After the opening, Manchester United took the initiative on the field.

In the 5th minute, Mahrez, who started as a right winger in this game, made a cross from the right. McTominay jumped high and headed the ball in the penalty area under the double defense of two defensive players, but was resolved by the Wolves goalkeeper Patricio.

Manchester United took the lead in the 13th minute. Bruno passed the ball to McTominay in the middle, who made a slight adjustment after receiving the ball, and then shot the ball with his right foot. The ball was hit very suddenly, with a good angle and speed. The ball flew straight to the lower left corner. Patricio had no time to react, and Manchester United took a 1:0 lead.

In the 17th minute, Manchester United expanded the score. McTominay, who was pulled to the left, made a lob pass, and Bruno, who came in from behind, headed the ball at close range in front of the goal. His Portuguese national team teammate Patricio was caught off guard and could only watch the ball fly into the goal.

Wolves are indeed a team full of wolfishness. Losing two goals in a short period of time did not daze them, but instead stimulated their wolfishness and launched a crazy counterattack.

In the 24th minute, Manchester United made a major mistake in the backcourt. De Gea passed the ball to Fred at the front of the penalty area, but the Brazilian international stopped the ball a little too long and was directly intercepted. Then the Wolves formed a counterattack on the spot. Jota received the ball in the penalty area and shot directly at De Gea to score. The Wolves changed the score to 1:2.

However, before the end of the first half, Manchester United once again extended their lead to 2 goals.

Bruno and McTominay made a wonderful cooperation. McTominay used his chest to stop the ball to Bruno at the front of the penalty area. The Manchester United captain directly kicked a long shot. After hitting the Wolves player, the ball bounced right to McTominay's feet. The Scottish star easily penetrated the Wolves' goal after receiving the ball.

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After the change of sides, the Wolves launched a fierce attack on Manchester United's goal with the cheers of the home fans. Manchester United's defense was a bit tight, and Cancelo, Fred and Luke Shaw received yellow cards in succession.

However, Manchester United's quick counterattack also posed a huge threat to the Wolves. In the 54th minute, McTominay received Bruno's long pass in the penalty area and jumped to the top, but Patricio's performance this time was very brave, and he narrowly resolved McTominay's shot.

Seeing the bad situation, Mourinho quickly made substitutions. In the 64th minute of the game, he replaced Fred, the defensive midfielder with a yellow card, with Kante, and partnered with Herrera as a double defensive midfielder.

Kante's appearance helped Manchester United stabilize the defense. Afterwards, although the Wolves' offensive was still fierce, the threat to Manchester United's goal was not great.

The best scoring opportunity for the Wolves came in the last stage of injury time. In the 5th minute of stoppage time, the Wolves striker Caballero hit the crossbar in a counterattack.

In the end, Manchester United defeated the Wolves 3:1 away.

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On the afternoon of April 7, in the FA Cup semi-final, Manchester United faced Watford at the new Wembley Stadium.

In another semi-final a day earlier, Manchester City beat Brighton 1:0 at the new Wembley Stadium and took the lead in reaching the FA Cup final of this season.

If Manchester United can win today's game, then this year's FA Cup game will be a Manchester City derby.

Although Watford is currently ranked 9th in the Premier League, they are 16 points behind Arsenal, which is ranked 6th in the Premier League. With only 5 rounds left in the league, the hope of entering the top six of the Premier League and qualifying for the European Cup has been shattered, and the FA Cup has become their last hope to qualify for the European Cup.

Although even if they advance to the FA Cup final, Watford's hope of defeating Manchester City is still small, it is not impossible, right?

Therefore, in this FA Cup semi-final, Watford performed very bravely.

Because Manchester United will go to Spain to challenge Barcelona in three days, Mourinho made a large-scale rotation of the starting lineup for this game, and even Bruno sat on the bench.

Manchester United, who played with the substitute lineup, played well. In the 36th and 62nd minutes, Lingard and McTominay scored a goal for Manchester United, and Manchester United took a two-goal lead.

However, Watford then began to explode. In the 79th and 94th minutes, Watford was equalized by Deulofeu and Deeney, dragging the game into overtime.

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At this time, Mourinho didn't care about the Champions League semi-finals three days later, and directly sent Bruno and Harry Kane to strive to advance to the FA Cup final.

In the 4th minute of extra time, Manchester United scored and surpassed the score again. Bruno sent a diagonal over-the-top pass in the middle, tearing open Watford's defense. Rashford made a beautiful arc shot and broke through Watford's goal.

However, before the end of the first half of extra time, Watford equalized the score again. Deeney headed the ball, and Gray made a wonderful diagonal pass after cooperating with Deulofeu. Deulofeu broke into the penalty area and shot low from the right wing.

In the 118th minute of extra time, Manchester United took the lead again. Harry Kane was knocked down by a Watford defender in the penalty area. The referee awarded a penalty kick, and Bruno easily scored.

4:3!

After a fierce battle, Manchester United finally advanced to the final with difficulty.

This is also the fourth consecutive year that Manchester United has advanced to the FA Cup final. Their opponents in the previous three times were Crystal Palace, Arsenal and Chelsea. Manchester United finally won three games and surpassed Arsenal to become the team that won the FA Cup, a historic event.

This year, it is their turn to compete with their city rivals Manchester City for the championship.

However, the FA Cup final is on May 18, which is more than a month away, so this is not something Manchester United needs to consider at the moment.

At this moment, what they need to consider most urgently is how to deal with Barcelona away from home.

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In the world of football, those banner figures are as bright as stars. They use their talents and charm to leave a strong and colorful mark in the history of football. Whenever a club is mentioned, their names will naturally come to people's minds.

The existence of these banner figures not only brings honor and achievements to their respective clubs, but also becomes a banner in the football world, leading the continuous development and progress of football. Every wonderful moment of them will become an eternal memory in the history of football. For example, Gerrard of Liverpool, Henry of Arsenal, Terry and Lampard of Chelsea, and Bobby Charlton, Cantona, Giggs of Manchester United...

As a top giant, Barcelona naturally has banner figures. Cruyff, Guardiola, Puyol, and now, the banner of Barcelona is Yosi.

As a die-hard Manchester United fan, Bruno does not like Yosi, but it does not prevent him from thinking that the other party has achieved great achievements in his career and is a top star who is worthy of leaving a name in the history of football.

Although he does not like Yosi from the bottom of his heart, Bruno will not show it in words and deeds.

This time, when being interviewed before the match with Barcelona, ​​Bruno also expressed his respect for the opponent. He thought Yosi was a great player and said that he was proud to play with such a player.

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Perhaps because of Bruno's remarks before the game, with a respect from the younger generation to the older generation, Yosi also said in an interview with the media: "Although Bruno is still very young, he is already a great professional player. I hope he doesn't play too well, because we look forward to defeating them at home!"

But Yosi also said that Manchester United is very strong. They have won almost all the championships in the past three seasons. Although Barcelona is playing at home, it is not an easy thing to win.

"I prefer to regard this as an ordinary game. We play normally and get the results we deserve. Of course, if we want to satisfy the fans, we need to do more and better."

Compared to the friendship between Bruno and Yosi, the atmosphere between Mourinho and Valverde is full of gunpowder.

The Manchester United coach said in an interview with the media: "Bruno is the best player in the world, even though he is only 24 years old."

And Valverde said: "I don't know Bruno very well. On the contrary, I think Yosi is better than anyone!"

But soon, the Manchester United coach said: "Yosi? He is indeed very strong, but I am more worried about Vidal and Suarez. These two players are the most threatening players in Barcelona."

Valverde also said that he would not specifically formulate targeted defensive tactics for Bruno.

"Maybe some teams will do this, but we are Barcelona, ​​we have our own football, and we will not change our game strategy because of any player on the other side, even if this person is Bruno!"