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

At this time, good news came from the Asian side, and Gao Xiaodong was selected as the shortlist for the last six Asian footballer.

Although Gao Xiaodong has won the World Footballer, the AFC has not allowed Gao Xiaodong to participate in the Asian Footballer selection on the grounds that Gao Xiaodong did not participate in the Asian Footballer.

Of course, Gao Xiaodong would not care, but Gao Xiaodong's fans and Chinese fans were very dissatisfied with it, believing that this was discrimination against Chinese football and Gao Xiaodong.

The pressure on the AFC is also very high. After all, it is unreasonable to exclude the World Footballer from outside the selection of Asian Footballer. Fortunately, Gao Xiaodong came back this year to participate in the Asian competition in the World Cup qualifiers, which gave the AFC a step forward. The AFC immediately selected Gao Xiaodong on the last 6-man shortlist.

Except for Gao Xiaodong, the other five people are Kagawa Shinji from Japan, Gu Zizhe from South Korea, Ajili from Iran, and Jeparov from Uzbekistan.

Only Shinji Kagawa plays football in the five major European leagues, but his fame achievement cannot be compared with Gao Xiaodong. It can be said that the other four are all unknown people. As long as the AFC places Gao Xiaodong on the shortlist, Gao Xiaodong will basically win the award.

After the international match, Manchester United's first opponent was the newly promoted Swansea.

Swansea was the third place in the Championship last season. After a fierce 4-choice 1 playoff, it finally entered the Premier League, making it the first Welsh team in England's history.

Swansea has been playing in the low-level league and has won 6th place in the 1981-1982 league. This is also Swansea's best result in the top league in England. Although Swansea was in the English League with Cardiff City, more honors were in the Welsh Cup. Swansea won the Welsh Cup 10 times. But it was such a team, at the most down and out time, the entire team was only worth 1 pound. In 199

In seven years, a London company bought Swansea and invested several million pounds at that time, but the good times did not last long. The team was eventually sold to an Australian consortium for 1 pound, but the consortium wanted to sell players to make money. In the end, Swansea "lived" with the intervention of the professional league. The team could not even afford the electricity bill during the difficult times. The team won the English-Class (League 4) championship in the 1999-2000 season, which gave the team a vitality.

Swansea's successful promotion to the Super League is inseparable from head coach Rodgers. In 2004, Rodgers was still Chelsea's youth team coach, and in 2006, Rodgers became Chelsea's reserve coach. Rodgers tended to attack, which is very different from Mourinho. Under the leadership of Mourinho's "loving disciple" Rodgers, Swansea finally eliminated Reading in the play-offs and entered the Premier League, completing an amazing "four-level jump".

This team is similar to Chelsea, with a tenacious style and fierce fighting. In addition, they have almost no players participating in national team competitions and are in good physical fitness.

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

The process is not good-looking, or even ugly, but fans can accept that the fifa virus is not so easy to remove, and it can get three points and not be left behind by Manchester City. This is the biggest benefit.

After the league was over, the Champions League and Benfica were the first team in the group.

Manchester United plays at home. As long as they defeat Benfica, Manchester United can lock in the top spot, which is very helpful for the devil's schedule for Christmas later.

Manchester United played very average away game against Benfica, and finally won 3:2 in a thrilling small victory. When he returned to home, Manchester United naturally didn't want to give Benfica another chance.

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

However, God does not follow others' wishes, and Benfica took the lead just in the third minute of the game.

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

1:0

Benfica took the lead with a lucky own goal.

This was a major blow to Manchester United. Then Manchester United made crazy attacks against Benfica and bombarded them, and finally tied the score in the 30th minute.

This is Benfica defender Bruno Cesar's foul on Gao Xiaodong in his half. After Gao Xiaodong and Evra passed the ball continuously, Gao Xiaodong suddenly made a straight pass. Rooney stopped the ball and dunked the defender, swept the ball and scored, and tied the score to 1:1.

Then Manchester United's offensive was like a háo, completely suppressing Benfica in half.

Benfica people are prepared. Faced with such a difficult situation, they play very tenaciously. Manchester United has such a big advantage but can never score.

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

Goalkeeper Artur strives to save Gao Xiaodong's far away, but Hernandez, who is accused of adding to the net in the penalty area, rewriting the score to 2-1.

Manchester United returned to the locker room with the advantage of one goal. Ferguson felt that his own was good and did not make any adjustments.

At the beginning of the second half, Benfica passed continuously, Aimal made a 45-degree cross on the wing. De Gea made a mistake in handling the ball and cleared the ball to Bruno Cesa's feet. Cesar kicked the ball and De Gea saved it, but the ball hit Ferdinand's body and changed the line and bounced to Aimal. Aimal pushed the empty goal and changed the score to 2:2.

He gave a big gift at the beginning of the first half and a big gift at the beginning of the second half. This made Gao Xiaodong and other old players very angry.

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

Ferguson was also anxious when he saw the equalization of the score. He replaced the experienced veteran Berbatov and replaced the young player Hernandez.

Ferguson's substitution was very timely. After Gao Xiaodong and Evra passed the ball continuously, Gao Xiaodong passed the ball from the left, Nani made a cross, Berbatov headed the ball from 10 yards, and the ball bounced into the ground and flew into the net.

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

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

Manchester United took the lead and played steadily, without giving Benfica many chances. In the end, Manchester United defeated Benfica 3-2 at home, locking in the top spot in the group.

Returning to the Premier League, Manchester City faced Liverpool in the 13th round, Manchester United faced Newcastle, and Manchester City faced a strong opponent, which was a good opportunity for Manchester United to chase points.

However, Manchester United has been fighting fiercely for a while and still did not wake up from the fifa virus. The game was awful. Gao Xiaodong defended in the backcourt and was unable to attack. Gao Xiaodong attacked the front and his defense was empty. In the end, Manchester United was tied 2:2 by Newcastle United at home.
Chapter completed!