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Manchester United missed Jingzhou in Stoke City and didn't get the expected three-pointer.

And Manchester United's opponents Chelsea and Manchester City have won, Manchester City tied Manchester United in points, and Chelsea once again reduced the points to 2 points.

After defeating their old opponent Chelsea, Manchester United are confident in defending the league. They don't care about their opponents catching up. They think their opponents will fall behind sooner or later. This small mistake will not affect the overall situation.

Manchester United's main task now is the Champions League game.

In the first game of the group stage, they defeated Benfica, their biggest opponent. Manchester United made a good start, but if they want to take the initiative of the group first in their own hands, Manchester United must defeat Basel, who is second only to Benfica in the group. .

Basel was the Swiss champions last season. They are closely related to the Bundesliga. They are a team with strict tactical discipline and tough style.

In history, Manchester United and Basel have faced each other 2 times in the Champions League. In the 2002-03 UEFA Champions League group stage, Manchester United beat Basel 3-1 away, but drew 1-1 at home.

Although Basel has a feat to draw Manchester United at Old Trafford, their record in England is really not worth mentioning. They have visited England seven times and have not won a victory.

For such a non-mainstream league team, even if it is a league champion, the last treble champion Manchester United would not be too concerned.

From the number of fans present, it can be seen that the Old Trafford Stadium, which can accommodate more than 70,000 people, only attracted more than 50,000 people in this game.

The experienced Ferguson didn't care much. He hid the main force in the middle of the week, recharged, and even paid the price of being tied with Stoke.

In the starting line, due to the poor performance of the defense in the league, Ferguson sent the return of Ferdinand in the position of central defender.

Ferdinand played unsurprisingly, but his partner was not Evans or Smalling, but Phil Jones, who had been a full-back before. It turned out that Phil Jones was replaced by Fabio, who returned from injury.

No one can understand Ferguson's intentions, but Ferguson is highly respected, and everyone believes that Ferguson's arrangement must be meaningful.

The midfield is not a normal match, Fletcher partnered with Carrick and Anderson, and the two wingers were Giggs and Valencia.

Gao Xiaodong did not appear in the midfield, because the striker Rooney twisted his ankle in the midweek league, Ferguson sent Gao Xiaodong instead of veteran Berbatov.

This starting lineup is very weird. Fortunately, there are core players in the front, center and back. It should be nothing to play Basel. Manchester United fans are not worried about this.

At the beginning of the game, Basel, who kicked-off first, gave Manchester United a smash.

In the 5th minute, Basel quickly hit the ball into the penalty area before Streller's penalty area and turned and sent a small slash. F-Frei broke into the penalty area surrounded by three defensive midfielders.

But Frey was a little nervous in such a big scene, facing De Gea volley, but hit the ball to the stands.

Then Manchester United never gave Basel any chance to shoot again.

In the 9th minute, Giggs made a kick from the left and made a pass. Gao Xiaodong attracted a large number of defensive players in the middle. Valencia's back post got a chance to shoot, but Valencia's header missed from a small angle.

In the 12th minute, Valencia crossed from the right and Gao Xiaodong volleyed directly in the restricted area.

Gao Xiaodong's kick was too right, and the ball was punched out by the Basel goalkeeper.

Manchester United continued to pressure, and Basel's defense was in jeopardy.

In the 15th minute, Valencia went straight, right back Fabio smashed into the penalty area and knocked on the left side of the penalty area. Giggs did it back in the small penalty area. Gao Xiaodong blasted his left foot into the far corner and scored!

Manchester United leads Basel 1-0!

Gao Xiaodong's long shot was very morale, and more than 50,000 fans stood up to cheer Gao Xiaodong.

However, Manchester United did not celebrate for too long, and they hope to strike while the iron is hot and seal the victory in one fell swoop.

The game started again, after Basel kicked off in the middle circle, Streler was intercepted by Fletcher when he passed the ball to the striker.

The ball was passed to Carrick, and Carrick then passed to Giggs. Giggs directly kicked a long pass to the penalty area, looking for Gao Xiaodong.

The geniuses have a clear heart.

Gao Xiaodong moved forward quickly when Giggs made a long pass. He used a strong body to resist the central defender and volleyed in the penalty area.

At this moment, Basel goalkeeper Sommer has already attacked, but Gao Xiaodong is faster, Sommer did not get close to the ball, Gao Xiaodong shot.

The ball flew into the net under Sommer's ribs.

Less than two minutes after the first goal, Gao Xiaodong scored twice and Manchester United led Basel 2-0!

At this time, the Manchester United fans were extremely happy and completely relaxed, believing that this game will undoubtedly win.

After Manchester United's 2-0, Basel tried to make a counterattack, but there was a huge gap between the strength of the two teams. Basel's counterattack lasted only five minutes and got two shots. Then they continued to be rubbed on the ground by Manchester United.

Perhaps Manchester United felt that the overall situation was settled and somewhat relaxed. Perhaps it was due to poor ball luck. After fully controlling the situation on the field, Manchester United did not continue to expand the score. Valencia hit a goal post, Gao Xiaodong made up an empty goal and was blocked by the defender. At the end of the first half, Manchester United still led Basel 2-0.

Both sides did not change in the second half, and both sides continued their performance in the first half.

Basel wanted to counterattack, but was unable to break Manchester United's midfield defense.

Manchester United led by two goals, the offense was either a little casual or more concerned about personal performance, playing a little bit procrastinated, and has not been able to completely kill the game.

This situation lasted for a minute. Nani made continuous breakthroughs on the wing, and after making a move, he suddenly cut in and hit the door.

Goalkeeper Sommer moved to the right side of the goal and Nani made a curve kick to the back corner of the goal.

Nani's consciousness was good and his shot was very precise, but the ball bounced off the goal post.

But before the Basel’s fortune and Manchester United’s regret came out, Gao Xiaodong fell from the sky and shot the ball into the net.

3:0

Gao Xiaodong played forward for the first time this season and performed a hat trick within minutes.

Manchester United fans love Gao Xiaodong to the extreme. At that time, several fans jumped from the stands and ran to the venue to embrace Gao Xiaodong.

Ferguson felt that the overall situation was settled. Five minutes later, to see if Basel could not turn over any waves, he replaced Gao Xiaodong with the young Welbeck, letting Gao Xiaodong accept the respect of the fans alone.

Ferguson can’t be called arrogance in doing so. At this time, no one thinks that Basel can stand up again, let alone a team like Basel, even if it is against Chelsea and Barcelona, ​​at this time, lead by 3 goals to replace the high Xiaodong, there will be no problems.

Gao Xiaodong is certainly strong, but apart from him, Manchester United as a whole is also absolutely top-notch in European football.

At this time, Basel coach Finke, who was replaced by Bayern before Manchester United turned over Bayern in stoppage time in the 1999 Champions League final, also made a substitution adjustment. Use t. Sciacca replaced Sciacca and launched another counterattack against Manchester United.