"Beep~Beep~Beep~~"

With the referee on duty, Ivan Krucliak, blowing the final whistle with two short and one long, the main battle at Old Trafford ended with Real Madrid beating Manchester United 3-1.

The Manchester United players were undoubtedly sad when Real Madrid players raised their arms in celebration of the victory, especially the high hopes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Alexis Sanchez, Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku.

You must know that Manchester United's attacking group is the real picturesque frontcourt, but the inevitable result of Manchester United's strong offensive line is that the defensive ability is weak.

Of course, the biggest reason is Cristiano Ronaldo, who was in a one-man situation for most of the game, even if his goal in the game once helped Manchester United narrow the score, but if he could have realized the danger of sticky balls to the team earlier, maybe Manchester United would not have lost 1:3 at home.

In the minds of many commentators, Manchester United, who sit at Old Trafford, can at least play on a par with Real Madrid.

The 3-1 defeat also almost meant that United would miss out on the Champions League semi-finals after nine years, after all, they had conceded three goals at home, and if they wanted to achieve a big comeback at the Bernabeu, they would have to score three goals at the Bernabeu, and they would have to build on the premise of not conceding a goal.

Real Madrid's home win rate in recent seasons has been terrifying, so most commentators are not optimistic about Manchester United's prospects of promotion, including Manchester United fans.

After the game, Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo still attracted the attention of a large number of media reporters.

As the two superstars who have monopolized the Ballon d'Or and the world Footballer of the Year for nearly a decade, any clash will bring media and fan attention, especially since the two have been teammates who have been close to each other at Real Madrid.

Because of a free-kick in a crucial game, the two became estranged, and then slowly escalated to a break.

However, Cristiano Ronaldo, who is over 30 years old, obviously cannot shake the status of Tang Zheng, who is at the peak of his career, in Real Madrid, after all, where Tang Zheng's data is placed makes people have to pay attention.

As a result, Real Madrid's top management made a choice between the two, while Tang Zheng, who was at the peak of his career, stayed at Real Madrid, and Cristiano Ronaldo returned to England to return to the place where his dream began.

Two years ago, Cristiano Ronaldo was squeezed out by Tang Zheng, and two years later, he was defeated by Real Madrid led by Tang Zheng in the focus battle related to advancing to the semifinals of the Champions League, so Cristiano Ronaldo was very uncomfortable and didn't know how to face the criticism of media and fans.

In the close-up shot of Tang Zheng given by the live director, the protagonist smiled, in addition to hugging his teammates, he also took the initiative to shake hands with the opponent Manchester United players, especially when it came to his friend Sanchez, the two of them put their shoulders around their waists and chatted regardless of the attention of the fans, lamenting the cruelty of professional football.

Sanchez is called a thigh at Arsenal, and it should be the same when he comes to Manchester United, but Sanchez, who has come to his first year, has dropped significantly in terms of explosiveness and speed, and there is Cristiano Ronaldo on it, and there is a very strong ambition in him.

Tang Zheng's feelings for Sanchez were somewhat touched, but he couldn't empathize, because Tang Zheng has been a star-level performance since the beginning of his career, and then it has continued until now, and he has not yet reached the age of twenty-nine and his peak state can continue for at least two or three seasons, as long as he is healthy, he is the absolute core on the field.

In River Plate, in Borussia Dortmund, in Real Madrid.

At the regular press conference after the game, the visiting Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane and the player Ramos in attendance were very low-key, believing that it is very rare to take away a victory at Old Trafford, and the second leg back at the Bernabeu should be careful of Manchester United, whose attacking line is a nuclear weapon.

In the regular post-match press conference when it was the turn of the home team Manchester United, manager Jose Mourinho first took the responsibility for the defeat of the game, and then very vaguely said that the team's loss at home had a lot to do with the arbitrary claims of some players, and even did not pay attention to the key advice during the break.

The heads of media reporters have always been bright, where can they not read the meaning of Mourinho's words?

Although Mourinho insisted on denying the speculation of the reporters in the subsequent question, these reporters are not stupid, they watched the game and knew what Mourinho meant, but Mourinho is understandable to do so, as the head coach of the team, if he wants to maintain his authority in the dressing room, he must establish his authority.

The presence of Cristiano Ronaldo is an obstacle for Mourinho to establish his prestige.

The two who have worked together at Real Madrid have had an unhappy relationship, so it is possible that they will have problems again when they reunite at Manchester United.

And the home defeat to Real Madrid was the flashpoint.

Mourinho did not directly target Cristiano Ronaldo, but the ability of media journalists to write is not in vain.

In other words, Mourinho uses the media, and the media is willing to be used by Mourinho.

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The next day, the content of the media report naturally revolved around the focus of the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals that ended at Old Trafford last night European time.

The core point mentioned is that Cristiano Ronaldo's lack of tactical execution led to Manchester United's 1:3 defeat at home, and the game process fully showed that Cristiano Ronaldo did not follow Manchester United's usual style of play this season, and was too sticky to the ball almost the whole time, so that Manchester United's front-court attack could not play Mourinho-style characteristic attack.

Although Mourinho has been labelled as conservative and quick counter-attacking, he has set league record for the most goals in both Chelsea and Real Madrid, which means that Mourinho's team is not as conservative as the media has reported.

It's just that with the development of modern football, many teams have begun to pay attention to the transformation of defense, so as to compress the opponent's offensive space, ensure the stability and safety of the defensive line, and put on a stable defensive posture in the face of strong teams.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who saw the media reports, was furious, but he did not break out, but waited until the second leg of the quarter-finals at the Bernabeu Stadium.

He wanted to prove that he had made the right choice!

In the blink of an eye, a week later, the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, which ended at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, broke out a shocking upset.

Barcelona beat Roma 4-1 at home in the first leg, and everyone thought that Barcelona had reached the last four of the Champions League with half their feet, but no one expected that the second leg at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome would be unexpected.

Dzeko and De Rossi, who became sinners in the first leg, and Manolas became the heroes of the whole city of Rome, beating Barcelona 3-0 at home to make the aggregate score 4-4, thus eliminating Barcelona, one of the favourites to win the Champions League this season, by virtue of the advantage of away goals.

In the other second-leg match at the East Earth Stadium, visitors Liverpool defeated Manchester City 2-1 to advance to the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 5-1.

The next day, the eyes of fans around the world were focused on the Santiago Bernabeu.

After Cristiano Ronaldo, who caused Manchester United's home defeat in the first leg, was criticized by the media, he tweeted on his personal social media site Twitter that Manchester United has not been eliminated, and Real Madrid can take away a win at Old Trafford in the first leg, then Manchester United must be able too!

Ahead of the second leg at the Bernabeu, the home fans expressed their gratitude to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo spent seven seasons at the Bernabeu Stadium from the summer of 2009 to the summer of 2016, and except for the 2015-2016 season, which was not convincing in statistics, the other six seasons were astonishing, helping Real Madrid win several titles.

However, Real Madrid fans' gratitude to Cristiano Ronaldo is limited to before the start of the game, and when the game starts, there will still be a deafening huge boo when it is time to boo, putting pressure on Cristiano Ronaldo.

Also popular with Real Madrid fans is Jose Mourinho, who led Real Madrid out of the predicament during Barcelona's strongest period.

Cristiano Ronaldo worked hard after the start of the game, but fortunately his form was much better than the first leg, although he was still sticky to the ball, but he brought a continuous threat to Navas's goal, but also stopped a lot of unfavorable voices against him.

As a professional player, as long as you show convincing strength, everyone will kneel and lick you.

If it's a slump, I'm sorry......

You'll be sprayed doggy!

Of course, Cristiano Ronaldo's stunning performance didn't last long, and as Tang Zheng entered the game, Cristiano Ronaldo fell into an isolated situation up front.

Real Madrid beat Manchester United 3-1 away and the priority to do when they return to home is not merit, but no fault, but after all, the second leg is at home, and the advantage is obvious, Mourinho's team did not play too aggressively, but gradually, even if he realised that Cristiano Ronaldo was in excellent form.

In Mourinho's plan, the game was split into three parts, that is, every 30 minutes.

Last night's stunning comeback at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome also proved the plasticity of the idea.

However, many things could not be predicted in advance, and in the 17th minute of the game, Real Madrid, who were at the Bernabeu at home, broke the deadlock first.

Tang Zheng, who was in excellent form, picked up his right foot 30 meters from goal to trick Pogba into blocking sideways, and then completed a shocking kick before Nemanja Matic could make up the defense, and the football hung in the top right corner of the goal, and goalkeeper De Gea couldn't reach it.

The scoreboard was 1-0 and Real Madrid were 4-1 on aggregate, meaning United would qualify for the last four unless they scored three goals in a row with the remainder of the game and De Gea did not concede any more goals.

The live director gave Mourinho a close-up shot of him pushed to his face, he had a long face, and he didn't seem to see any expression fluctuations, but anyone with a little thinking ability knew that Mourinho was nervous.

Real Madrid, as the defending champions, have saved their title squad from last season, and this season is stunning in all competitions, unbeaten at home, and it is unlikely that they will score three goals in a row without conceding a goal.

Jose Mourinho is not the type to throw in easily, records are meant to be broken for him, so falling behind by one goal is not the end for United.

But...... Halfway through the first half, Tang Zheng retreated to central defender Ramos to organize a series of attacks, his long ball was like a refined missile, accurately finding Benzema, who ran out of the gap, the latter ran the ball to the right side of the penalty area, followed by a volley into the top corner of the goal, and De Gea, who abandoned the goal, did not touch the football.

The scoreboard shows a score that changes from 1:0 to 2:0.

At this time, it means that Manchester United must score four goals in a row without conceding a goal if they want to reverse Real Madrid to advance, and then rely on the advantage of scoring more away goals to eliminate Real Madrid.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been caught up in a one-man situation, has worked hard to prove himself and lead Manchester United back from a desperate situation.

However, until the end of the game, Cristiano Ronaldo could not help Manchester United score at the Bernabeu, but Isco and Kroos scored goals each to help Real Madrid finally beat Manchester United 4-0 at home and advanced to the Champions League semi-finals with an aggregate score of 7-1.

As soon as the full-time whistle blew, Cristiano Ronaldo turned and walked straight to the dressing room......

This scene happened to be keenly captured by the on-site director.

"The game is over!Real Madrid defeated Manchester United 4:0 at home and advanced to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League!" Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice changed suddenly: "Ronaldo didn't communicate with anyone, he walked directly to the familiar player channel, in this game, his performance can't be said to be bad, but it is far from his previous hot state, Ronaldo, who Chinese New Year's Eve is three years old today, is really old......"

Those fans sitting in front of the TV all sighed that the bicycle boy more than ten years ago gradually fell off the altar, which will make people feel a little sad.

Speaking of which, the on-site director switched the camera and gave it to Tang Zheng, and He Wei's attention returned to Tang Zheng: "In the blink of an eye, Tang Zheng, who will turn twenty-nine years old in half a year, has been in European football for nine years, and I really hope that time can go more slowly, even if we don't want to admit that a player of Tang Zheng's level is difficult to appear in our country for a hundred years." ”

Actually, He Wei said that this number is small.

At present, the development momentum of Chinese football is very good, but the key decisions are still led by laymen.

If it weren't for the top leader's penchant for football, the policy wouldn't have been tilted.

Closer to home, the frenetic atmosphere at the Santiago Bernabeu continues, with the home side advancing to one of the favourites Manchester United in the quarter-finals, and those fans who seem to see their support for the team standing on the top podium of the Olympic National Stadium in Kiev.

Defend the Champions League again!

In the other game played at the same time, Bayern lost 1:3 at home to Juventus, but Bayern, who won 3:0 in the first leg, advanced to the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 4:3.

A day later, the semi-final draw saw Real Madrid draw Bayern Munich and Liverpool draw Roma.