On the same day, Raul's speech was ridiculed by the younger generation of Manchester United led by Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong said on his Twitter and Weibo: "Uncle Raul, memories can be there, but there are really no goals." ”

Rooney replied under Gao Xiaodong's Twitter: "You can't live by memories, you're 33 years old, not 23."

Nani replied to Gao Xiaodong on Twitter, saying: "There can be goals, there will be no good memories because we will score more goals. ”

Raphael said: "Schalke 04, the name is good, let's play 4:0." ”

Even the honest Valencia left a message, "Rangnick said their goal is to win, isn't this nonsense, whose goal is to lose." ”

Gao Xiaodong, Rooney led by the younger generation of confidence is a little excessive, Giggs, Scholes and Ferdinand, these old stars who have played against Raul, are a little worried, the next day in training repeatedly reminded the little brothers not to underestimate the enemy, Ferguson also told his disciples that what he said at the press conference was psychological warfare, not taken seriously, the German team is not easy to play, and must be dealt with carefully.

Obviously, Manchester United has just eliminated the defending champions, and a team of Schalke 04's level really can't lift the spirit of Manchester United players, and the players promise in their mouths, but they don't really take Schalke 04 to heart in their hearts.

After 7pm on 7 April, Old Trafford was packed with Red Devils fans from all over the world waiting to watch the Champions League quarter-final between Manchester United and Schalke 04.

The game will kick off in 45 minutes, but the on-site commentators have already been given their starting line-ups, and fans are watching the footage of Manchester United's goal on the big screen as they read the starting line-ups.

Manchester United's starting line-up is: Goalkeeper: No. 1 Van der Sar

Defenders: No. 21 Rafael, No. 12 Smalling, No. 15 Nemanja Vidic, No. 3 Evra

Midfielders: No. 13 Park Ji-sung, No. 16 Carrick, No. 10 Gao Xiaodong, No. 25 Valencia

Forwards: No. 7 Rooney, No. 14 Hernandez

On-site commentator Andy Gray thought it was a relatively solid start, in fact, Ferdinand and Nani had recovered from injury, but Ferguson probably didn't let them play for the sake of insurance.

Fletcher and Scholes are not completely well because of the flu and have not played, but the commentator Andy Gray thinks that this starting lineup has a mystery, because among the six people in the midfield, except for Carrick, they all have a good relationship with Gao Xiaodong, and they are all young generation players, plus the captain's armband is worn on Gao Xiaodong's arm, Ferguson's intention to cultivate Gao Xiaodong is obvious.

Schalkedi's starting line-up is:

Goalkeeper: No. 1 Manuel Neuer

Defenders: No. 22 Atsuto Uchida, No. 32 Matip, No. 4 Hovides, No. 2 Sarpe

Midfielders: No. 17 Farfan, No. 14 Papadopoulos, No. 11 Baumjohn, No. 18 Jurado

Forwards: No. 7 Raul, No. 9 Edu

Rangnick did not blindly rectify after taking charge, and he continued the 442 formation used by his predecessor Magath. Left midfielder Jurado moves to the middle when attacking, while Farfan usually follows close to the right and delivers high-quality crosses. In midfield, two midfielders were used, Papadopoulos had a large range of movement, and was responsible for tackling protection, while Baumjohn was positioned at the back and became the iron gate in front of the backline.

The strength of the game is clear, and there are two Huaguo players, and the Huaguo commentator He Hui is smiling and looking very relaxed.

"The game started soon, there should be no suspense about the outcome of the game, the gap between the strength of the two sides is huge, and now everyone should be concerned about whether Hao Jun can play, and Gao Xiaodong to a Chinese derby, but from the perspective of the starters just analyzed, the difficulty is not small, unless the game is played in garbage time, but we also don't just see the Chinese derby, in fact, there is an Asian derby to see, today's Schalke 04's right-back is Atsushi Uchida, he is a Japanese player, and Gao Xiaodong is also very interesting, I believe that many fans must want to see Gao Xiaodong and Atsushi Uchida。 Of course, Japanese fans also hope that Uchida can prove himself in such a match. On the bench, Schalke 04 not only sits on Hao Jun of Huaguo, but also sits on Iran's Karimi, if this game is Schalke 04's three Asian players bet on having a chance to play, Manchester United's Park Ji-sung and Gao Xiaodong also played, it is a derby feast belonging to Asia. ”

In the dressing room, the coaches of both sides are making the final arrangements before the game, and Ferguson is still reminding the players not to be careless, to firmly press the opponent, score as soon as possible, and break the opponent's confidence and morale.

Rangnick was mainly a repetition of tactics to boost morale, allowing Schalke's players to capitalise on the defensive shortcomings of United's centre-backs and the gaps left by full-back Rafael.

With five minutes to go, Spanish referee Carlos left the dressing room with two players and walked onto the pitch.

Seeing the players come out, the originally noisy and chaotic stands were full of jubilation, and the Red Devils immediately welcomed the arrival of the players with warm applause and cheers, and at the same time put pressure on the visiting Schalke 04 players.

When the captains of both sides, Neuer and Gao Xiaodong, exchanged team flags and team emblems, Neuer said to Gao Xiaodong: "Don't look at you scoring so many goals, I want to keep you clean sheet today." ”

This is the goalkeeper's means of putting pressure on the forward, although Gao Xiaodong is young, he also knows, he smiled and said: "It's useless for me to keep a clean sheet, I'm not a striker, Rooney just scored a hat trick in the last game, you still have to find a way to deal with him." ”

and led the trouble to his teammates like this, Neuer was speechless, he believed that if Rooney heard Gao Xiaodong's words, he would probably break off his friendship with him.

After exchanging the team flag and emblem, with the whistle of referee Carlos, the quarterfinals of the Champions League officially kicked off.

The first to kick off was Schalke 04.

Rangnick is an attacking coach and although it was a game at Old Trafford, Rangnick's side were not conservative and after the opening kick-off, Schalke 04 boldly pressed and attacked United from the right flank.

Farfan received the ball and quickly attacked Rafael in an attempt to open the gap from the young Rafael.

Rafael was very confident in the face of Farfan's breakthrough, and he followed Farfan closely, not letting Farfan cut inside and not giving him space to cross the low.

Farfan was reluctant to pass the ball back to Atsuto Uchida, who was inserted into the 30-metre area of Manchester United, but South Korean star Park Ji-sung ran very aggressively and made a difference when he stole the ball before Atsuto Uchida.

After Park Ji-sung grabbed the ball, he went to Gao Xiaodong for the first time, and saw that Gao Xiaodong was assisting in the defense in the back position, and Park Ji-sung did not pass to Rooney and Hernandez in the frontcourt, but still passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong turned quickly when Park Ji-sung broke the ball and was ready to counterattack.

After the ball passed, Gao Xiaodong glanced ahead, Rooney and Hernandez had already begun to run, especially Hernandez ran faster than Rooney and was almost parallel to the defender.

Gao Xiaodong did not hesitate to pump the ball flat to the front to find Hernandez.