Chapter 529 Things Are Different Now, the Best Scorer Odds

However, a 4:0 victory over Werder Bremen did not allow Manchester United to occupy the top spot, because Barcelona defeated Levski Sofia 5:0 at Camp Nou!

The long-awaited new season of the Champions League actually started with a crazy massacre! There were many big scores in the first round of the Champions League group stage. In addition to Manchester United's 4:0 slaughter of Werder Bremen, Barcelona 5:0 Levski Sofia at home, Bayern 4:0 Spartak Moscow at home, and Roma 4:0 at home. 0Shakhers Donetsk.

However, there are also two giants who had a bad start. Liverpool drew 0:0 away from PSV Eindhoven, and Inter Milan lost 0:1 away from Sporting Lisbon.

Manchester United fans thought that Manchester United would dominate the top spot in Group A, but Barcelona was first.

However, at the press conference, Ferguson still expressed sufficient affirmation for Manchester United's results: "Obviously, Werder Bremen is stronger, and Sofia Levski's victory is relatively poor. I am very satisfied with the result. Leme deserves our respect and I think Barcelona will have a headache when they meet them."

"We are going to face Barcelona away from home in the next round. Are you ready?"

"That's after two league games. What we need to think about now is facing Arsenal at home, then Reading, then Barcelona. It's them who we should be afraid of. We have nothing to fear."

The victory over Werder Bremen gave Ferguson full confidence. Although Rooney was in poor condition, Luo Luo and Dong Fangzhuo were in hot form. As long as one of these two broke out, Manchester United could win any opponent. So what about Barcelona, ​​they could Beat Werder Bremen by four goals?

However, Ferguson still took the opportunity to complain to the FA, "After playing the Champions League, we must immediately play Arsenal on the weekend. Such a schedule does make people feel incredible, but over the years, whether it is Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea, everyone has It’s no surprise that leagues in other countries make concessions for the Champions League every year, but every year England’s teams have to play like this..."

He also learned Mourinho's trick of putting pressure on the referee.

Of course, all teams in the Premier League are treated equally. Arsenal has only played one battle in the Champions League group stage. However, compared to Manchester United's massacre of Werder Bremen, Arsenal's away game against another Bundesliga powerhouse, Hamburger SV. The game was quite difficult. If Hamburg hadn't been sent off one man midway, Arsenal might not have been able to win the match. In this game, apart from Henry, Arsenal also played their main players and did not hold back at all.

After the game, the coaches of Bremen and Hamburg said completely different things at the press conference. Thomas Schaff believed that Manchester United was too strong and Bremen deserved to lose, while the coach of Hamburg believed that the referee dominated the game. As a result, Hamburg should not have dropped three points at home.

It’s just that these are unchangeable facts…

After the first round of the Champions League group stage,

Not surprisingly, Dong Fangzhuo temporarily became the top scorer in the Champions League with 3 goals, followed by Milan's Inzaghi with 2 goals, Barcelona's Ronaldinho with 2 goals...

In addition, Dong Fangzhuo also had an assist, which allowed him to easily win the title of Best Player of the Champions League in the first round.

Now, his stage is no longer limited to England, Europe has long been his stage, and on both stages, he is not inferior to anyone.

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Ferguson only gave the team half a day off before regrouping for the weekend's home game against Arsenal.

After four consecutive league wins, Ferguson still wants five consecutive wins. Arsenal also has four and two wins. If Arsenal is eliminated, then only Liverpool will be left. He hopes that Manchester United can personally eliminate each of its competitors, and in the end only Liverpool will be left. Manchester United are at the top of the table.

Although Arsenal has achieved four wins and two, their victory is hard-won. Except for the first round victory over their opponents in the four games, the other three games were narrowly won by one goal. Henry's condition this season is obviously not as good as last season, and he is easily affected by injuries. Fortunately, Van Persie came out to share a certain amount of scoring tasks.

In sharp contrast to Manchester United, the number of goals scored by the Manchester United Trident in the league is terrible. Dong Fangzhuo has 5 goals, Ronaldo has 5 goals, and Rooney has 3 goals. The three of them have scored 13 goals in total, which is even in Europe. Among the five major leagues, their data is also first, and the second in goals is exactly their previous Champions League opponent Werder Bremen, who was slaughtered 4:0 by Manchester United...

Therefore, regarding this weekend's league game, the news media all said: "Wenger wants to win at Old Trafford, at least until the next away game. It is impossible for them to get points here."

"Wash it clean and wait to be rubbed at Old Trafford!"

"Arsenal, which is still rebuilding, cannot be a rival to Manchester United. Chelsea is."

Wenger has never thought about how important "guns" are. The reason why Manchester United is so optimistic about the media now is because Manchester United now has three good guns that are indestructible. Arsenal also has them. But whether Henry can catch up with this weekend's showdown is still unknown. Although Van Persie performed well in the Champions League, he still loves Henry the most.

However, he is also used to being looked down upon by the outside world. In recent years, Arsenal has been unable to stand up to Manchester United at home, not to mention away games.

After four rounds, the famous British betting company William Hill has adjusted the odds for the Premier League's top scorer. Dong Fangzhuo has suppressed Henry and ranked first.

The odds for Dong Fangzhuo to win the top scorer in the Premier League are 2.15 to 1, Henry ranks second at 3:00 to 1, Shevchenko ranks third at 4:00 to 1, and Ronaldo ranks fourth at 5 to 1: 00, ranking fifth is Rooney at 10:00.

Manchester United actually occupies three of the top five scorer odds, and Liverpool's forwards didn't even make the list. In fact, referring to last season's final ranking, except for Shevchenko, these people occupy the top five positions. As Manchester United's strength increases this season, it is not surprising.

Although Rooney's performance in the Champions League was sluggish, Ferguson still put Rooney in the lineup in the weekend league. Although Rooney was not good at scoring goals, he was still very good in other aspects. Rossi could only sit on the bench unhappy. In addition, Ferguson Some rotations were also carried out. Giggs came on and Paul Scholes was rotated. On the back line, Pique replaced Ferdinand, Evra was replaced by Richardson, and Smith entered the bench. Manchester United is now really The soldiers and horses are strong!

Lineker had to sigh: "Nowadays, Ferguson dares to rotate in the game against Arsenal!"