Braga were overtaken at home and launched a late comeback only to be beaten by Manchester United.

Substitute Robin van Persie met Rooney over the top and went straight into the box with a brilliant volley that blasted the ball into the Braga goal!

The result was a bit of a disappointment for Braga fans.

Manchester United have won all three points on the road and have won four in a row to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League after Galatasaray beat Cluj 3-1 away and secured top spot in the group.

Galatasaray and Cluj both have just four points, while Braga have three, and the three teams will be battling it out for a place in the remaining two rounds.

After the Champions League tie, Manchester United returned to the league to face Aston Villa at Villa Park.

Manchester United, who is still playing in the main force, has encountered a head-on attack from the opponent at Villa Park!

Abang Lajo, Weimann, Benteke, the Villa trident in the opening 20 minutes through three quick counterattacks directly collapsed the Manchester United defense!

Weiman scored twice, and Benteke added to the win.

Smalling, the centre-back who started today, is really out of shape!

Perhaps the successive battles from the Champions League to the league have made it difficult for him to persist in his recent comeback, and the disastrous performance has put United in a huge passivity.

Ferguson appeared on the sidelines and sank like water, Manchester United were scored three goals in a row by the opponent in 20 minutes!

It's been a long time since we've seen it, but it's enough to sound the alarm for everyone at Manchester United.

Aston Villa has been playing extreme defense from the beginning, seizing the opportunity to create a threat with a wave of two or three players' rapid penetration, and if they can't play, they will quickly retreat and continue to compress the defensive space to limit Manchester United's fast attack.

Tang Hong and Van Persie were closely guarded and restricted at Villa Park today, and Van Persie was a little anxious, and almost broke out with the opponent after several physical confrontations.

Tang Hong, on the other hand, was relatively calm, even though he was frequently fouled by opponents on the wing.

It took almost 35 minutes for Manchester United to gradually find their rhythm in the game, and the midfield was forced to grab a little difficult to organize an effective attack, Tang Hong assisted the midfielder to respond, and finally allowed Manchester United to continue to launch a crazy offensive against Aston Villa in the last 10 minutes of the first half!

In the 43rd minute of the game, Van Persie's volley was blocked on the line of the penalty area, Rooney followed up and passed the ball diagonally to the left, Tang Hong saw a number of Aston Villa players rushing towards him in the active response, he decisively slanted the ball into the left rib of the penalty area, Kagawa Shinji quickly stepped forward to meet the ball in the anti-offside position and sent the ball into the far corner of the goal with a low shot!

Manchester United pull a goal back!

At the end of the first half, Ferguson gave a warning to the defence at half-time.

Aston Villa's counter-attack in the second half was still sharp, but it was surprising that veteran Rio Ferdinand made a couple of key interceptions and defences, and David De Gea's brave saves were not in danger of the United defence.

In the 74th minute of the game, Tang Hong was once again put to the ground when he controlled the ball on the side of the front court.

He still didn't complain, quickly put the ball in the foul position while the opponent's defense was still adjusting, and before his waist was straight, he sent the ball short to the middle to find Shinji Kagawa, who immediately sent a through ball after stopping the ball.

Van Persie was naturally closely guarded, Rooney quickly stepped forward after Tang Hong's quick free kick, just in time to receive Kagawa Shinji's through ball, and the ball was smashed, and the ball was shaken past a defender in the right rib of the penalty area, and then got up and pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal for Manchester United to pull another goal back!

The score went from 3:0 to 3:2!

The home fans at Villa Park were nervous, not to mention the players on the pitch, as Aston Villa took off attacking players and replaced them with defensive players to strengthen the bus.

This time, Manchester United has no worries, and they are crazy to bombard Aston Villa's goal in the frontcourt!

It wasn't easy for the overcrowded Aston Villa goalkeepers to break down their goal!

It wasn't until the 89th minute of the game that a cross from the right outside the Valencia box was cleared, and Carrick took possession of the ball in front of the center circle and sent a diagonal pass straight to the ground.

Tang Hong did not adjust in the front of the penalty area in the running position, and directly hit the goal!

The football flies straight to the far corner of the goal, like a white rainbow through the sun!

Aston Villa goalkeeper Guzan was dumbfounded, and mechanically turned his head to look at the football in the dead corner, and there was no audience in the audience who was not shocked by Tang Hong's world wave!

Ferguson was stunned from the sidelines!

Then he clapped his hands and urged the team to hurry up and try to make a comeback.

Aston Villa will be disappointed, but with only stoppage time remaining, they will have to defend further to ensure they don't get the last point!

United's late onslaught did not create any more threats.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Manchester United crowd was filled with a huge sense of loss!

Even if it is a great challenge to chase three goals in a row at the beginning of the game after falling behind by three goals, they really can't tolerate a mid-table team like Aston Villa being ended and failing to win against Aston Villa!

After the game, there was a dead silence in the locker room, and Smalling's voluntary apology broke the silence, and everyone was in no hurry to take a shower, as if listening to a review meeting of the alumni association.

If it weren't for the fact that the three goals conceded were all related to Smalling, I'm afraid he wouldn't have to stand up and take responsibility, but because of the three goals conceded, one mistake, one defense was not in place, and one was directly blown up by Benteke, he couldn't escape the relationship, so he needed to stand in front of everyone in the team and take the initiative to apologize.

But does an apology work?

After listening to Smalling's confession, Ferguson said only one sentence to everyone.

"Hopefully today's performance won't become the norm, otherwise we're nothing!

Remember, the winner is respected, especially at Manchester United! ”

The pressure of being in a big club is very different from playing for Braga.

After failing to win the game, just look at the reactions of the teammates around you to know that everyone is full of anger and unwillingness because of the loss of points!

And in this atmosphere, Tang Hong can also understand why the giants can give birth to many great players.

Because here there is never a compromise on a result other than victory!

Facing a non-winning result with a perfunctory or forgetful attitude can easily make the player gradually lose morale!

Tang Hong's last few consecutive games, especially his midweek trip to Portugal and then a weekend trip to Birmingham, have been a huge drain, and he needs to rush back to China after the league is over to prepare for the fifth game of the World Preliminary Top 10 against Jordan in November.

Heading directly from Birmingham to London to meet Sun Rou and Chen Manhong, Tang Hong checked in and slept in a luxurious first-class cabin.

When he woke up in a daze, he felt a little heavy on his body, and when he saw it, Sun Rou was half of her body pressed against him, and it seemed that she was really sleepy and lay down on her side beside him.

Tang Hong got up cautiously and got out of bed, so that Sun Rou could lie comfortably on the bed, and went to wash after covering her with the quilt.

When he came out of the shower and changed his clothes, he saw Sun Rou sitting on the edge of the bed yawning.

Tang Hong asked, "When did you come to me?" ”

Sun Rou said listlessly: "It should be when you just fell asleep." ”

Tang Hong wondered and asked, "Why don't you stay in your room?" ”

Sun Rou raised her eyes and glanced at him, and said casually: "I'm afraid that you won't sleep well, or someone will disturb you." ”

Tang Hong walked over and gently softened her head and said, "Still sleeping?" ”

"I can't sleep well, and when I go back, I will sleep with my mother."

Tang Hong smiled: "Okay, let's eat." ”

As soon as she talked about eating, Sun Rou immediately perked up.

She ordered a table of sumptuous delicacies, and when she ate with Tang Hong, she was much more lively, constantly reminding him which one was delicious and letting him taste it too.

Tang Hong couldn't cry or laugh, and when he was eating happily, Sun Rou suddenly bit the spoon and said something vaguely, Tang Hong didn't hear it clearly, so he said, "Speak well." ”

Sun Rou put the spoon down and asked bluntly, "Will you marry Bai Mu?" ”

Tang Hong paused, and asked with a strange expression, "Why are you asking me this question?" ”

Sun Rou said seriously: "Because you will definitely get married in the future, then you need a marriage partner." ”

Tang Hong didn't know what was going on with her thinking, but this statement was not outrageous.

Tang Hong shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Sun Rou was slightly surprised and asked rhetorically, "You don't want to marry her?" ”

Tang Hong laughed and said, "I never know the answer to something too far away, really."

Or do I ask you the same question, will you get married? When to get married? Maybe when you're talking to someone, I'll have a hard time eating your food again, ah, this question makes me a little disappointed. ”

Sun Rou dragged her chin and tilted her head slightly, looking at Tang Hong's big watery eyes.

"If we don't live together one day, you shouldn't have any unaccustomedness, right?"

Tang Hong finally frowned and asked rhetorically, "What's wrong with you?" Lately, the words and deeds have been strange. ”

Sun Rou dodged his gaze, turned her head to look to the side and said to herself: "I was so stupid when I was a child, I actually looked forward to growing up." ”

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The local football atmosphere detonated by the Chinese team's participation in the top 10 matches is unprecedentedly frenzied!

Because after half of the 8 games in the top 10, the Chinese team topped the list, 7 points ahead of the Australian team in the same group, and 3 points ahead of the Japanese team!

As long as they win two more games, then the Chinese team will lock up the top two places in the group!

This means that the team will advance to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil!

Tang Hong was picked up by fans at the capital airport for the first time on his way back to China, and he patiently signed autographs for some of the fans and took photos with them before getting in the car and rushing to the Xianghe National Football Training Base.

As he was dropping off his luggage in his dormitory, there was a knock on the door, and he went to open it, and was greeted by a man of great shape, who made him look slightly stunned.

"Captain, long time no see!"

Someone came and hugged Tang Hong!

Tang Hong subconsciously hugged each other, and after the two separated, he beat each other's solid chest with his fist, and said with a smile: "Liu Tao, are you back from Japan?" ”

Liu Tao, the former defense leader of the national junior team, grinned and said, "Well, I'm back!" ”

"Can you play in Japan's top league next year?"

"Well, the champion of the second division, next year will be a promoted horse."

"Where's Zhang Binyi?"

"I don't know, this weekend he represents the team that started playing the promotion play-offs, and if they win two games in a row, they can go to the top flight."

Tang Hong was very happy to see Liu Tao, and had a long talk with Liu Tao in the room, listening to him talk about his life and career development in Japan, Tang Hong always had a charming smile on his face.

This is probably his best news for the national team this year, with a big reinforcement in place at the back!