Chapter 236, Extremely Poor State

Manchester United was very unlucky today. They besieged the Crystal Palace to no avail, and De Bruyne was sent off. The hope of winning this game is getting slimmer and slimmer. Despite this, they are still trying their best to find offensive opportunities, and want to seize the last time to win the game and get the 13 consecutive victories they want!

But misfortunes never come singly. In the 4th minute of the game, Van Persie accidentally sprained his right foot when he landed with a header and fell to the ground.

The Manchester United team doctor rushed to the field to check on Van Persie, and Van Persie waved his hand anxiously: "Take me off the field for examination, let the game continue!"

At this time, Van Persie still hopes to race against the clock at the last moment and try his best to score a goal.

The team doctor checked and found that Van Persie's injury was not serious, and he would be fine after two days of rest, but he couldn't hold on to this game.

But Manchester United has been sent off De Bruyne, Van Persie is off due to injury, and all three substitutions have been used up, which leaves Manchester United with only 9 players on the field. At the end of the game, Manchester United players still desperately If you want to win the game, press hard.

Crystal Palace coach Pulis was very conservative in this game. If he can give it a go in the final stage, with the current situation of Manchester United on the field, Crystal Palace may not be able to catch Manchester United by surprise, but Pulis has strengthened his belief in this game and kept the tie. That's it.

Until the referee blew the whistle to end the game, players from both sides still failed to break through the opponent's goal, and the game ended 0-0.

After the game, Kintag was very disappointed. He originally thought that he could win 13 consecutive victories and create Manchester United's history, and then go to the next game to hit 14 consecutive victories and leave his name in the history of the Premier League. But this game made him return empty-handed. Not only did he fail to win, but he also lost two generals.

De Bruyne was sent off with a red card and a one-match ban for the next game, just missing the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City and Van Persie had to recuperate with a sprained ankle, although the injury was not serious, but the game against Olympiacos three days later He will definitely not be able to participate in the competition.

The players are also a little frustrated because they have not been able to win 13 consecutive victories.

On February 22, after Manchester United played against Crystal Palace, the Manchester United players returned to Manchester immediately.

On February 23, Jin Taige let the players carry out simple recovery training and video tactical learning, so that everyone can recover as much physical strength as possible.

On February 24, Manchester United soldiers took a plane to Athens, the capital of Greece, and stayed in a hotel in the Piraeus harbor area near Athens, preparing to challenge Olympiacos.

Olympiakos' home stadium is the Kareskakis Stadium.

The stadium can accommodate about 33,000 fans, and the atmosphere of the game is very warm. At the beginning of the season, the Daily Telegraph used big data technology to conduct an analysis and select the "devil's home stadium" in international football. They analyzed each team's home performance, stadium size, fan base, game atmosphere and other aspects, and finally selected the top ten "devil's home games". The top three are Istanbul Stadium, West Stadium and Candy Box Stadium. The Kareskakis Stadium in Olympiacos came in seventh. It can be seen that this stadium is definitely extraordinary, and Kintag's team will definitely encounter many difficulties.

On the morning of February 25, Manchester United players came to the Kareskakis Stadium for adaptive training. But during the training, Jin Taige was very worried. He found that the overall condition of Manchester United's players today was extremely poor, especially the team's starting lineup, which made Jin Taige very headache.

A few days ago, the team had just played away against Crystal Palace in London. In that game, the Manchester United team worked very hard to win. After De Bruyne was sent off and Van Persie was injured, Manchester United played 9 to 11. The offensive remains unabated. After such a desperate game, all Manchester United players were exhausted, and there was only two days between the two games, and the fatigue of the long-distance travel by plane, the players are now at the end of their strength.

Seeing the performance of the players, Scholes called Kintag aside: "Captain, I suggest that some of the main players should be rotated in this game."

"Rotation player" Jin Taige fell silent.

Scholes pointed to the players who were warming up on the field: "Among the players who started in the last game, the most physically exhausted players were the wide players. Full-backs Alonso and Rafael, full-back Maher Reis and Martial, the four of them sprinted and attacked repeatedly in the last game, with the most serious physical consumption, and Rooney's physical decline was also serious. The two central defenders Vidic and Smalling also repeatedly sprinted in the opponent's penalty area in the last game Internal activities, it is best to also need to rotate."

Jin Taige frowned: "If you say that, then most of the main lineup will have to be replaced. It is really difficult to win against Olympiacos with the current team's substitute lineup."

Scholes looked at the players warming up on the field: "If these players with insufficient physical fitness and poor condition are allowed to appear on the field, then this game will definitely be difficult to play."

Scholes originally wanted to say "difficult to win", but when the words came to his lips, he changed it to "difficult to fight".

After pondering for a long time, Jin Taige raised his head and frowned: "Paul, I also know that their condition is not good, but I really can't help it. This Champions League knockout match is very important. I must play my best Even if they are given three days off to recover their strength after the game, it doesn’t matter. Van Persie missed this game due to injury, and our main lineup is already incomplete. If I rotate other players, then The result of the game is really not optimistic.”

Seeing that Kim Taege was so determined, Scholes couldn't say anything more. He nodded at Kim Taege: "Captain, I understand what you mean. I will try my best to improve their state and help them play well in the future." the match of."

After speaking, Scholes came to the side of the court, carefully guided the team and helped the Manchester United players adjust their status.

Jin Taige looked at Scholes's back, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart. He understands that Scholes's suggestion just now is very reasonable. The physical fitness and state of Manchester United's first-team players are very poor. The game in the afternoon must be extremely difficult. If some substitute players are replaced, it may produce good results. But this game is too important for Kintegger. He would rather use the main players who are not in good condition than let the substitute players go up to fight.

I have already missed the chance to win 13 consecutive victories, so this time I will advance to the top of the Champions League, I must not lose it!