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Manchester United fired coach Solskjaer on Sunday. One day later, the newly promoted Watford defeated the Old Trafford club 4-1, ranking seventh in the Premier League. Former player Michael Carrick is a member of Solskjaer’s coaching staff. He will coach Manchester United in an away challenge to Villarreal on Tuesday. The club said they will seek to appoint an interim manager to lead the team. Until the end of the season. The Norwegian Solskjaer signed a three-year contract extension in July until 2024, but after Manchester United lost five of the past seven league games, he was fired. Including losses to Aston Villa, Leicester City, Liverpool and Manchester City. "Manchester United announced that Solskjaer has left his position as head coach. Ole will always be Manchester United's legend. We are sorry to have made this difficult decision," Manchester United said in a statement. "Although the past few weeks have been disappointing, it should not be overshadowed by all the work he has done in the past three years to lay the groundwork for rebuilding long-term success." Since Alex Ferguson coached the previous season in 2013, Manchester United has He never won the Premier League title again, when he led Manchester United to the title for the 13th time during his tenure at Old Trafford. The club signed Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo in August, but after a good start to the season, they slipped to seventh place in the standings after 12 games, 12 points behind leader Chelsea.

The interim basis Solskjaer succeeded Mourinho in December 2018. He initially took over temporarily, but after leading Manchester United to 14 victories in 19 games in all competitions, he permanently won this in March 2019. Job. Manchester United showed signs of progress in achieving third place. In Solskjaer's first full season in charge, they ranked second in the league, but their state has collapsed in this campaign. Lost 4-2 at Leicester City on October 16th, followed by a 5-0 defeat at home by their rivals Liverpool. Although a 3-0 victory at Tottenham Hotspur improved the likelihood of a revival, Manchester United’s The fate of Solskjaer was sealed in the last two games. Losing 2-0 at home to champions Manchester City is not shocking, but Guardiola's team dealt with Manchester United throughout the game and they were completely defeated. Inferior Watford's 4-1 defeat gave Manchester United's board no choice but to make changes. The club’s top executives, including owner Joel Glazer and outgoing executive vice chairman Ed Woodward, have long faced opposition from fans, and the unusual decision to make Carrick a "temporary" manager will cause People's attention. The standard practice for clubs is to arrange for a coaching staff member to be temporarily in charge when they are looking for a new permanent boss, but the club will not announce that they are looking for a temporary short-term manager as their next appointment. The betting company has selected the former Real Madrid coach and French midfielder Zidane as popular candidates for the club's next permanent manager.  

Villarreal, Spain: Cristiano Ronaldo's ingenious improvisation helped Manchester United reach the Champions League round of 16 as the spell of Michael Carrick as the interim manager of the English club was defeated on Tuesday. 2-0 victory over Villarreal (Villarreal) began. Ronaldo scored the fifth goal of this group stage, the 140th goal, and in the 78th minute, after Fred returned the ball to the high position, Ronaldo adjusted his feet and lobbed the goalkeeper for the first time. Jaden Sancho scored his first goal since he moved to Manchester United for $100 million. He shot from below the crossbar in the 90th minute. At the end of a full counterattack, this was once the coach of Solskjaer. The characteristics of the team. Solskjaer has now left. After experiencing a series of bad results, he was fired on Sunday and finally lost 4-1 humiliatingly to Watford in the Premier League on Sunday. Carrick is one of Solskjaer's assistants. Before finding a longer-term temporary player, he is taking over his position. He branded the team by giving up Bruno Fernandez and starting Donny Van der Beck. Carrick supervised Manchester United's disciplined but limited performance until Ronaldo's 140th goal in the game triggered an explosive ending. He has scored goals in all five group matches this season. Manchester United ranked first with 10 points, 3 points more than Villarreal, and ensured to win the top two in the final Group F match against the Young Boys at home within two weeks. It remains to be seen whether Carrick will still be in charge of the team by then, but he made a good start in his interim term-even though David De Gea made two outstanding saves at halftime to keep Manchester United in the game. In, Israel rejected Manu Trigros. In the first half, Manchester United sat in the position of Villarreal and was sometimes opened. Ronaldo played almost anonymously on the left of the top three, while Sancho and Anthony Martial were on the right. He was reborn in the second half and after an unwise pass by goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli, Fred snatched Etienne Capoue and his goal was shocking. Ronaldo turned around and passed his right-footed lob to Rully in the near post. Fred also triggered a rest relentlessly completed by Sancho after Fernandez, who came off the bench in 66th place. "This means a lot for our season," said Manchester United captain Harry Maguire. "The past few months have not been good enough. We need to achieve a result for our season and our fans. We need to make sure this is just the beginning, and then we move on."

Kiev, Ukraine: Robert Lewandowski scored with a header on Tuesday to help the exhausted Bayern Munich defeat Dynamo Kyiv 2-1 to win the Champions League group. It only takes one point to secure the top spot in Group E and accidentally lose to Augsburg in the Bundesliga. Bayern will usually consider top players against teams like Dynamo. That is not an option. Bayern lacks seven players-including midfielder Joshua Kimmich and forward Serge Gnabry-they are all quarantined, either because they tested positive for the virus or because they did not Was vaccinated and had contact with positive cases. Coupled with the suspension of defender Dayot Upamecano and a muscle injury to midfielder Marcel Sabitzer, Bayern's lineup was dilapidated. Coach Julian Nagelsman has no real substitute players, so Lewandowski, Thomas Muller, Le Roisane and the recently injured Kingsley Koman all started offense. Nagelsman only appointed four outfield players on the bench, all young or marginal players. Lewandowski's goal in the 14th minute started slowly, giving the game a new look. When Benjamin Pavard’s pass deflected from defender Ilya Zabani’s leg and jumped to hit an overhead kick, the Polish forward reacted quickly, but the ball hit the goalkeeper Unreachable range. After Leon Goretzka tried a back pass over the snow and over Manuel Neuer's attempt to kick to the post, Bayern maintained the lead by luck alone. Koeman scored his first Champions League goal of the season before the intermission, doubling Bayern's lead and shooting high into the net from a small angle. Neuer made several saves in the second half to stop Dynamo’s attack, but the gap in Bayern’s defense allowed Victor Zigankov to arrange the last Dynamo for Denis Gamash in the group stage. The first goal of the stage. Bayern persisted in the last 20 minutes to keep three points.

Manchester, England: On Tuesday, Mauricio Pochettino (Mauricio Pochettino) expressed his pleasure as the Paris Saint-Germain coach, as people speculated that he might become the next Manchester United coach. Pochettino said he knew what he called "rumors"-"I am not a child," he said, "I understand what happened"-but he focused on working at Paris Saint-Germain and emphasized that he has more than a year left At the time, half of his contract with the French club was left. "I am very happy at Paris Saint-Germain, I am very focused. I am a player from Paris Saint-Germain. I love the club and I love the fans. It's really great. It's time to go to the club," Pochettino said. "My contract is up to 2023, and there is one more for this season. I won’t say anything different. I’m really happy at Paris Saint-Germain. It’s a fact." Manchester United hopes to hire an interim manager before the end of the season. After Solskjaer's dismissal on Sunday, a permanent appointment will be made before next season. "We can't talk about this because of my respect for Paris Saint-Germain and another club," Pochettino said. "It's not my business, it's not my problem." The Argentine coach only joined Paris in January. Saint-Germain, he spoke at a press conference before the UEFA Champions League game against Manchester City. Both teams are looking for a victory to advance to the top 16. Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Villati said that linking Pochettino to Manchester United did not distract the players. "Since I started playing football, I have been hearing rumors and we have become accustomed to rumors," Verratti said. "We must focus on playing a great game tomorrow. We are training very well. "Everything is about tomorrow. This is our only concern. We will not consider any rumors from the outside world. "

Riyadh: Just 16 seconds after the AFC Champions League final, Nasser Al-Dawsari's goal allowed Saudi Arabian team Al-Hilal to beat Pohang Steelers 2-0 on Tuesday The team achieved a record fourth continental title in the game.

The 22-year-old's early breakthrough was record-breaking in another sense, because it was the fastest goal scored in the Champions League final. This is an amazing strike, worthy of winning any championship anywhere in the world. Moussa Marega doubled the lead in the second half, and Pohang ranked second for most of the game, but it never looked like it was really possible to recover from it.

The Koreans opposed it from the beginning. The cheers of the more than 50,000 Saudi fans who greeted the kick-off at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh had not even subsided. The left back Al Dazari, who made his national team debut this year, gave the Blues the lead. He picked up a loose ball in the Korean half, moved forward and released a violent shot at about 30 meters, flying into the top corner.

Goalkeeper Li Jun may be surprised at the timing, strength and speed of the shot at the beginning of the game, but even if it appears in the last minute instead of the first minute, he may be unable to do anything about it-simply unstoppable. The blue ocean around the arena erupted, and Pohang was stunned because their opponents almost celebrated with disbelief and joy.

However, with their own three intercontinental titles, the Koreans know that there are still more than 89 minutes to play, and many things may happen during that time. Just 10 minutes later, the Steelers calmed down the hustle and bustle in Riyadh for the first time, and someone reminded it.

Sin Jin-ho won the UEFA Champions League in Ulsan Hyundai in December last year. When he crossed diving goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Mayouf with a half-volley on the edge of the penalty zone, the attacking midfielder must have thought he had entered the score table. Unfortunately for the Steelers, the ball bounced back from under the crossbar. Lim Sang-hyub was in a good position to take the rebound home, but his shot bounced back from Al-Mayyouf's leg. It's as close as Koreans come all night.

Then the game began to enter the more traditional finals. The away team is worried about losing the second goal, which will make the already tricky task more difficult, and there is not enough threat. In fact, the game started to become a bit fierce, with some heavy challenges and misplaced passes. As the organizer Matthews Pereira became more and more involved in the game, Al Gilar looked more dangerous, but in the last 30 minutes of the first half, neither goalkeeper had much to do. Until the end, Al Mayuf was grateful to see Gwon Wan-kyu's close-range header flew directly into his hands.

Pohang made two substitutions at the beginning of the second half, which showed that they were more adventurous, but Al Shilar created the first real chance after the intermission. Pereira found Bafetin Bigomis in the area, but the striker's shot was blocked by Alex Grant. Soon after, Pereira's free kick flew over the top corner of the Pohang goal.

The South Korean team has lost 7 games in the past 9 league games. They are trying to gain a foothold in the game, but despite only facing a goal gap, they have never gotten out of the predicament, and in the previous Al-Hilal There was a chaotic hour mark in the defense that allowed substitute Gao Junjun to shoot wide from the edge of the penalty area.

Then, in the 63rd minute, Gomis passed the ball to Marega on the right side of the penalty area, and the former Porto striker found the opposite corner with a low shot. Considering that Pohang has not done enough offensively, that seems to be the case.

However, mistakes can still change the game, and this happened almost soon after. Al-Mayouf came on and missed a circular cross and passed the ball to Jeon Min-gwang from close range, but Muteb Al-Mufarrij was able to react quickly and clear the danger.

Pohang began to move forward, but this not only seems to be too little and too late, it opens up more opportunities for Al Shilar, 3-0 seems more likely than 2-1. With 10 minutes left, the busy Gomis had a chance to expand the lead, but shot wide in the penalty area.

It was the last important opportunity for the game, but Al Shilar's fans didn't care, because at this time they began to celebrate their team becoming the first team to be crowned Asian champions four times.

That night, almost no one would argue that they were not worthy of their second victory in these three seasons.

Strasbourg, France: European lawmakers voted against the separation game on Tuesday after the suspension of the Chinese Super League program. Some of Europe's biggest football clubs wanted to leave the UEFA Champions League and host their own matches called the Super League, but it quickly collapsed after it was launched in April due to protests from fans and the government. With 597 votes to 36 votes and 55 abstentions, members of the European Parliament expressed that they hope that European sports culture “is consistent with the values ​​of unity, sustainability, tolerance for all, open competition, sports values, and fairness in the EU.” EU legislators Oppose "separated competitions that undermine these principles and endanger the stability of the entire sports ecosystem." UEFA President Alexander Severin welcomed the vote and stated that the governing body will continue to cooperate with the European Union to "strengthen and protect the European sports model of European football." The lawmakers also called for more funds to be reallocated to amateur sports, but did not propose any detailed plans for any solidarity mechanism that the sports federation can introduce. "Members of the European Parliament hope to strike a balance between the commercial interests of professional sports and their social functions by strengthening the links between grassroots sports and elite sports," they said. Legislators also pledged to address gender inequality and harassment in sports, "especially with regard to compensation and equal representation on the boards of sports organizations."