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After playing the World Cup qualifiers, Gao Xiaodong returned to England to continue to play in the Premier League.

At this time, there was good news from Asia. Gao Xiaodong was selected as the last six candidates for the Asian Footballer.

Although Gao Xiaodong has won the World Footballer of Football, the AFC refused to let Gao Xiaodong participate in the selection of Asian Footballer on the grounds that Gao Xiaodong did not participate in the Asian competition.

Gao Xiaodong certainly doesn't care, but Gao Xiaodong's fans and Hua Guo fans are very dissatisfied, thinking this is a discrimination against Hua Guo football and Gao Xiaodong.

The AFC is also under great pressure. After all, the selection of the Asian Footballer is too unreasonable to exclude the World Footballer. Fortunately, Gao Xiaodong returned this year to participate in the Asian World Cup qualifiers. This is a step for the AFC. The AFC also immediately selected Gao Xiaodong into the final six candidates.

In addition to Gao Xiaodong, the other five people are Shinji Kagawa of Japan, Koo Chi-cheol and Lien Ki-hoon of South Korea, Ajili of Iran, and Jeparov of Uzbekistan.

Of the other five people, only Shinji Kagawa played in the top five European leagues. However, the fame and achievements cannot be compared with Gao Xiaodong. It can be said that the other four people are unknown. As long as the AFC puts Gao Xiaodong on the candidate list, Gao Xiaodong basically wins the prize.

After the international competition, Manchester United's first opponent is the newly promoted Swansea.

Swansea was the third in the British Championship last season, and finally entered the Premier League after a tragic four-choice play-off. It is the first Welsh team in England history.

Swansea has been playing in the low-level leagues. He was promoted to 6th place in the 1981-1982 league. This is also Swansea's best record in the top league in England. Although Swansea and Cardiff City are in the English League, more honor is in the Welsh Cup. Swansea has won the Welsh Cup 10 times. But it is such a team. At its worst, the whole team is only worth 1 pound. In 1997, a London company bought Swansea and invested several million pounds, but the good times did not last long. The team was eventually sold to an Australian consortium for 1 pound, but the consortium wanted more Selling players for money, Swansea finally "survived" with the intervention of the professional league. In difficult times, the team couldn't even pay for electricity. In the 1999-2000 season, the team won the Premier League (Level 4). The championship, this gave the team a chance.

The success of Swansea's promotion is inseparable from head coach Rogers. In 2004, Rogers was Chelsea’s youth team coach. In 2006, Rogers became Chelsea’s reserve coach. Rogers tends to attack, which is very different from Mourinho. Under the leadership of Mourinho's "love apprentice" Rogers, Swansea finally eliminated Reading in the play-offs and entered the Premier League, completing an amazing "Quad Jump".

This team is similar to Chelsea, with a tenacious style and fierce fighting. In addition, they have almost no players participating in the national team matches, so they have plenty of physical fitness.

Manchester United played Swansea very hard, and Gao Xiaodong defeated newly promoted Swansea with a free kick in the second half.

The process is not beautiful, or even ugly, but fans can accept that the fifa virus is not so easy to remove. It is the biggest advantage to be able to get three points without being thrown away by Manchester City.

After the league, the Champions League and Benfica's battle for the top spot in the group followed.

This is Manchester United's home game. As long as they beat Benfica, Manchester United can secure the top spot, which is very helpful for the devil's schedule of Christmas later.

Manchester United played a very ordinary away game against Benfica, and in the end a thrilling 3:2 victory, returning to the home court, Manchester United naturally did not want to give Benfica a chance.

Manchester United coach Ferguson sent his strongest offensive lineup, ready to take the lead and defeat Benfica's confidence and morale.

However, the day did not follow everyone's wishes. Benfica took the lead just in the 3rd minute.

This is Benfica midfielder Witsel scored the ball on the right, Pereira passed the ball, Gaitan's small angle on the right side of the penalty area was blocked by Manchester United defender Phil Jones with his left leg.

1:0

Benfica took the lead with a lucky own goal.

This was a major blow to Manchester United, and then Manchester United attacked Benfica frantically and bombarded, finally equalizing the score in the 30th minute.

This is Benfica defender Bruno Cesar fouled Gao Xiaodong in his own half. After Gao Xiaodong and Evra passed the ball consecutively, Gao Xiaodong suddenly kicked the ball. Rooney stopped the ball to dunk the defender and scored with a kick. Tie the score to 1:1.

Then Manchester United attacked like hao, completely suppressing Benfica at halftime.

Benfica came prepared, facing such a difficult situation, they played very tenaciously, Manchester United occupied such a big advantage, but they were still unable to score.

Until the 45th minute of the first half, Evra made a diagonal pass from the left, and Gao Xiaodong directly pumped shè from the front of the penalty area.

Goalkeeper Artur struggled to save Gao Xiaodong's far away, but the wise Hernandez made up the net in the penalty area and rewritten the score to 2-1.

Manchester United returned to the locker room with a goal advantage. Ferguson felt that he was good and did not make adjustments.

At the beginning of the second half, after Benfica passed continuously, Aimar made a 45-degree pass from the wing. De Gea made a mistake and cleared the ball to Bruno. At the feet of Cesar, Cesar kicked the goal and De Gea made a save, but the ball hit Ferdinand's body to change the line. It bounced in front of Aimar, and Aimar pushed the empty goal to change the score to 2: 2.

The first half gave a big gift at the beginning of the game, and the second half gave a big gift at the beginning of the game, but Gao Xiaodong and other old players were outraged.

But now is not the time to complain, Gao Xiaodong and the old players can only encourage their teammates, cheer them up, and continue to put pressure on Benfica.

Ferguson saw the score equalized and was also very anxious. He replaced the experienced veteran Berbatov and replaced the teenager Hernandez.

Ferguson's substitution was very timely. After Gao Xiaodong and Evra passed the ball consecutively, Gao Xiaodong scored the ball to the left, Nani made a pass, Berbatov header from 10 yards, the ball bounced and flew into the net. .

3:2, Manchester United once again took the lead.

Although the Benfica people knew that there was little hope of winning, they still launched a fierce counterattack, trying to make another one at the last minute to equalize the score.

After Manchester United took the lead, they played steadily and did not give Benfica many chances. In the end, Manchester United defeated Benfica 3:2 at home and secured the top spot in the group.

Back in the Premier League, Manchester City played against Liverpool in the 13th round, Manchester United played against Newcastle, Manchester United's encounter with a strong enemy was a good opportunity for Manchester United to chase points.

However, Manchester United hasn't woken up from the fifa virus. The game was played very badly. Gao Xiaodong was in the backcourt and his offensive was weak. Gao Xiaodong attacked the front and defended himself. In the end, Manchester United was defeated by Newcastle United at home. 2:2 draw.

Fortunately, Manchester City also failed to seize the opportunity for Manchester United to make a mistake. They drew 1:1 with Liverpool and failed to widen the points gap with Manchester United.