Manchester United lost Jingzhou in Stoke City and did not score the expected three-pointer.

Manchester United's opponents Chelsea, Manchester City won one after another, Manchester City tied Manchester United in points, and Chelsea once again narrowed the points to 2 points.

After defeating his old opponent Chelsea, Manchester United is full of confidence in defending the league. They don’t care if their opponent catches 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 match.

Manchester United beat their biggest opponent Benfica in the first game of the group stage, which made a good start, but if they want to take the initiative to be the first in the group in their own hands, Manchester United must next defeat Basel, whose strength is second only to Benfica.

Basel was the Swiss champion last season. They have close ties with the Bundesliga and are a team with strict tactical discipline and tough style.

In history, Manchester United and Basel have had two encounters in the Champions League matches. In the 2002-03 Champions League group stage, Manchester United defeated Basel 3-1 away, but drew 1-1 at home.

Although Basel has the feat of drawing Manchester United at Old Trafford, their record in England is really not worth mentioning. They have never won a single victory when they visit England seven times.

For such a non-mainstream league team, even if it is a league champion, the last triple-winning Manchester United won't take it too seriously.

From the number of fans present, we can see that the Old Trafford Stadium, which can accommodate more than 70,000 people, only more than 50,000 people came to this game.

The experienced Ferguson was not careless. He hid the main force in the middle of the week, regained his energy, and even paid the price of being forced to be tied by Stoke City.

In the starting lineup, because the defense line performed poorly in the league, Ferguson sent Ferdinand, who had returned from injury, to the central defender.

Ferdinand was not unexpectedly playing, but it was not Evans or Smalling who partnered with him, but Phil Jones, who had been serving as a full-back before. It turned out that Phil Jones' position was replaced by Fabio, who returned from injury.

No one can understand Ferguson's intentions, but Fergusonde is highly respected and everyone believes that Ferguson's arrangement must have profound meaning.

The midfield is not a normal match, with Fletcher partnering with Carrick and Anderson, and the two sides are Giggs and Valencia.

Gao Xiaodong did not appear in the midfield because Rooney twisted his ankle in the mid-week league on the front line, and Ferguson sent Gao Xiaodong instead of veteran Berbatov.

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

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

In the 5th minute, Basel quickly hit the ball before the penalty area, Strell turned around and sent a small diagonal line, f-Frey broke into the penalty area surrounded by three midfielders.

However, Frey was a little nervous in such a big scene. He shot De Gea and hit the ball into the stands.

Manchester United then never gave Basel any shots.

In the 9th minute, Giggs made a cross from the left, Gao Xiaodong attracted a large number of defensive players from the middle, and Valencia got a shot opportunity from the back post, but Valencia headed the ball from a small angle.

In the 12th minute, Valencia made a cross from the right, and Gao Xiaodong volleyed directly in the penalty area.

Gao Xiaodong's kick was too straight and the ball was punched by Basel goalkeeper.

Manchester United continuously put pressure on the Basel defense line is in danger.

In the 15th minute, Valencia made a straight pass, right defender Fabio broke into the left side of the penalty area and hit the cross. Giggs made a comeback in front of the small penalty area, and Gao Xiaodong shot with his left foot and scored in the far corner!

Manchester United leads Basel 1-0!

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

However, Manchester United has not celebrated for too long. They hope to strike while the iron is hot and secure the victory in one fell swoop.

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

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

There is a sympathy among geniuses.

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

At this moment, Basel goalkeeper Somer had already attacked, but Gao Xiaodong was faster. Somer didn't get close to the ball, so Gao Xiaodong shot.

The ball flew into the net from Sommel's ribs.

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

At this time, Manchester United fans were extremely happy and completely relaxed, thinking that they would definitely win this game.

After Manchester United 2-0, Basel tried to counterattack, but the strength gap between the two teams was huge. Basel's counterattack lasted only five minutes and got two shots. Then he continued to be pressed to the ground by Manchester United.

Maybe it was because Manchester United felt that the overall situation was settled and they were a little relaxed. Maybe it was because the luck of the ball was not good. After completely controlling the situation on the field, Manchester United did not continue to expand the score. Valencia hit a goal post, and Gao Xiaodong made a free shot and was blocked by the defender with his body. At the end of the first half, Manchester United still led Basel 2-0.

Neither side made a substitution in the second half, and both sides continued to perform in the first half.

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

Manchester United led two goals, either a little casual in the offense or cared more about personal performance, and played a little unscathing, and never completely killed the game.

This situation lasted for 58 minutes. Nani made continuous breakthroughs on the wing and then made a move to the bottom, but suddenly cut inside and shot.

Goalkeeper Sommel moved to the right side of the goal, and Nani shot the ball in the back corner of the goal.

Nani had a good sense and shot very accurately, but the ball bounced out on the post.

However, before the Basels' gratitude and the Manchester United's regret came out, Gao Xiaodong fell from the sky and shot the ball into the net.

3:0

Gao Xiaodong played for the striker for the first time this season and scored a hat trick within 58 minutes.

Manchester United fans loved Gao Xiaodong so much that they could not bear it. At that time, several fans jumped out of the stands and ran to the venue to hug Gao Xiaodong.

Ferguson felt that the overall situation was settled. Five minutes later, seeing that Basel could not make any waves, he replaced Gao Xiaodong with the young Velbeck and let Gao Xiaodong accept the worship of all the fans alone.

Ferguson's actions cannot be called arrogant. At this time, no one thinks that Basel can still turn around. Not to mention a team like Basel, even if it is against Chelsea and Barcelona, ​​at this time, it will not be a problem to replace Gao Xiaodong with 3 goals.

Although Gao Xiaodong is very strong, in addition to him, Manchester United is also absolutely first-class in European football as a whole.
Chapter completed!