The sixth round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season has come to an end. Manchester United has won six consecutive victories with overwhelming momentum and ranks first in the league with 18 points. Manchester City has five wins, one draw and 16 points, ranking second. Chelsea has 13 points with four wins, one draw and one loss. Ranked third in points, Tottenham, Liverpool and Watford are tied for fourth in the standings with 11 points.

Teams with European war missions have shifted their preparation direction to prepare for the Champions League group stage and Europa League group stage in mid-week.

Manchester United head coach Mourinho has long been paying attention to the second round of the Champions League group stage as a guest to challenge Atletico Madrid, and he has already had a plan and formation in mind.

The traffic of the [European Ballon d'Or], which was originally driven by Fan Kerry, is also declining as the Champions League group stage is approaching. The Champions League group stage has entered the second round, and many powerful dialogues are about to begin.

Bayern VS Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid VS Manchester United, and Dortmund VS Real Madrid are the three most watched contests.

Manchester United's group match against Atletico Madrid took place on the second match day of the Champions League in midweek, that is, at 8:45 pm on Wednesday. They took an international flight to Madrid on Tuesday morning.

As usual, in the afternoon, we went to the Calderon Stadium to adapt to the competition venue. Assistant coach Faria led the players to warm up, while head coach Mourinho attended the regular pre-match press conference with the popular fried chicken Van Kerry.

The regular press conference of the visiting team before the game was very short, lasting about fifteen minutes. Manchester United and Atletico Madrid had no deep hatred. From a competitive perspective, they could even be called friends.

Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are rivals in the same city, and Manchester United helped Atletico Madrid defeat Real Madrid in the European Super Cup. Therefore, the reporter's questions were quite satisfactory and nothing provocative.

Manchester United head coach Mourinho and player Van Kerry are good-looking and well-spoken. The local media in Madrid love them so much that they can't wait to give them a special cooperation award.

Closer to home, Mourinho and Van Carey, who finished their regular pre-match press conference, went to the Calderon Stadium through the internal channel to adapt to the game venue.

The Calderon Stadium is relatively new compared to the stadiums of many European giants. It was built in October 1966 and rebuilt again six years later in 1972. It was not until 2003 that it became a European five-star stadium, but it has not yet Hosted the Champions League final or Europa League final.

Of course, the quality of a stadium cannot be judged by whether it has hosted top events, but by the players' personal running and venue adaptation. According to the feedback from Manchester United players, the quality of the turf is pretty good.

However, compared to the ultra-low turf at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City's home stadium, the Calderon Stadium is slightly rougher.

I don’t know if the maintenance workers of the Calderon Stadium did this deliberately. The football slowed down significantly after bouncing on the turf. It was not suitable for fast players to receive long passes with insufficient advance.

But then again, Manchester United has long-pass masters Pogba and Matic. After this period of running in with Van Carey, the passing tacit understanding has become better and better, coupled with Van Carey's judgment of the ball path. More accurate, basically there will be no situation where Fan Carey slows down and waits for the ball while running at high speed.

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At 8:45 that evening, Dortmund, who lost to Tottenham 1:3 in the first round as a guest, faced the challenge of the defending Champions League champion Real Madrid at the Signal Iduna Park Stadium at home. With two goals from Bale and Ronaldo, Real Madrid Won the away game 3:1.

In another highlight battle at the same time, Paris Saint-Germain defeated the Southern King Bayern Munich 3-0 at the Parc des Princes.

With the two strong dialogues over, the focus of mainstream European media and fans turned to the second match day of the Champions League in midweek, the second round of the Champions League Group C between Atletico Madrid and Manchester United.

At six o'clock in the afternoon local time in Madrid, a large number of Atletico Madrid fans and Manchester United fans from afar had gathered in the outer square of the Calderon Stadium. Some lined up to wait to enter the stadium, and some simply came here to enjoy the fanatical atmosphere of top matches..

Manchester United took the bus to the designated parking space at the Calderon Stadium. The Manchester United fans who arrived early made loud noises and cheered for their beloved team:"aoaooaooaoooooooooo——"

But how could the home team Atletico Madrid fans allow Manchester United fans to show their presence at their venue?

Atletico Madrid fans, who had an absolute numerical advantage, responded with huge boos, overwhelming.

Fan Kairui, who was waiting in line to get off the bus, felt the wild boos coming towards him. He frowned and showed displeasure.

"Kerry, what's wrong?"

Vanderbeek took off his headphones and asked curiously

"Nothing, just too noisy."

De Ligt and Van Carey grew up and knew him very well. They smiled half-heartedly:"Then you stop them with goals."

"Haha~ You still understand me."

Van Kerry gave a thumbs up to De Ligt and was determined!

He must score more goals in the Champions League group stage and lead Manchester United to a big victory at the Calderon Stadium!

There is still about an hour and a half left in the game. Players from both sides of the game entered the field one after another to warm up. The Calderon Stadium, which can accommodate 54,000 fans, was already 70% full of fans, and the remaining seats were also filled at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Manchester United players entered the field, and there were overwhelming boos. Fan Kerry pouted and muttered:"I really look forward to the moment of silence."

I don't know if Valencia was affected by the fanatical atmosphere at the scene. He accidentally strained his thigh muscle during the warm-up. After testing by the team doctor, it was determined that he would not be able to participate in the next Champions League game.

Mourinho, who learned the news, told Assistant Faria had a brief exchange of opinions and finally decided to let the young Ashraf appear.

Faria suddenly remembered something and reached out to hold Mourinho:"Jose, Antonio is injured, according to our previous starting arrangement , Kerry is the captain on the field."

Mourinho suddenly remembered that Valencia's injury was unexpected before the game. No one was mentally prepared, and the same was true for his disciple Fan Kerry. If he took over as captain and played in the first away Champions League game, would it affect his performance? ?

But then again, it is unrealistic to send the third captain Smalling in order to prevent Van Carey from being the captain on the field.

"what to do?"

"I'm going to talk to Kerry."

After a while, Mourinho found Van Carey who was warming up with the ball.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

Van Kerry looked at head coach Mourinho curiously.

"Antonio is temporarily injured and cannot play, Michael stays in Manchester to adjust, and I am not prepared to send Chris Smalling, so……"

Mourinho said this and looked at Van Carey.

Fan Kerry's brain was running at a high speed, and he suddenly thought of something. He was shocked, but did not show it. He said calmly:"Boss, do you mean to let me play in this Champions League group match as the captain?"

"Um."

Mourinho didn't expect Van Carey to be so calm, and he gave a higher evaluation in his heart.

He is indeed the only candidate who can replace Ronaldo and Messi as the leaders in world football!

Van Carey shrugged and said with a smile:"Boss, In fact, you can tell me directly, I have a big heart, hehe……"

"You do have a big heart and you are a born superstar."

Mourinho patted Fan Kerry's increasingly strong shoulder:"Come on! I'm optimistic about your performance

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