293 There are no weak teams in the Premier League
Lore! Lore! Lore! Tang Hong single-handedly hit a hanging shot and sent the ball into the Real Madrid goal!
Wonderful rainbow!
But in the eyes of Real Madrid fans, it was like a bullet piercing their hearts!
The score was rewritten again, and Manchester United led Real Madrid 6:4 on aggregate!
There will be no extra-time and if Real Madrid can score two goals in a row, then they can beat Manchester United by virtue of away goals.
But that's unlikely!
Will the La Liga champions' Champions League journey stop at Old Trafford?
Let's see if a miracle happens in the last 10 minutes of play! ”
When Tang Hong unleashed his passion to celebrate, he saw the substitution card held high by the fourth official on the sidelines.
The Red Devils fans applauded!
Tang Hong walked slowly to the sidelines, his expression had returned to calm, and Anderson, who was standing on the sidelines to replace him, also applauded, and even he looked surprised with a look on his expression.
I really didn't expect Tang Hong to play so well in the two-legged match against Real Madrid!
Tang Hong clapped hands with Anderson and walked out of the field, Ferguson stepped forward to hug him and smiled: "Fortunately, I bet with you that you didn't count the Champions League." ”
Tang Hong looked puzzled and asked rhetorically: "Does it have anything to do with the Champions League?" ”
Ferguson said, as if it were.
He patted Tang Hong's back and put away his smile, and his expression became extremely serious when he faced the court again.
Tang Hong sat down on the bench, Shinji Kagawa handed him a bottle of water, Tang Hong took it and thanked him, and then paid attention to the situation on the field with his teammates.
Real Madrid continued their attacking spree, while Manchester United, for their part, defended more tightly with the addition of a midfielder.
Anderson went on a rampage in midfield after coming on, and there seemed to be no fixed position, anyway, he just sprinted back and forth to defend and counter-attack.
Real Madrid had to split the ball to the flanks and deliver the final cross after attacking from both wings.
The Reds cleared the ball and the football flew in the sky, and it looked like the rhythm of the game was suddenly messed up.
In the 88th minute of the game, Kaka's long-range shot from outside the box was blocked by Vidic with his body, and one minute later, Ronaldo's header from inside the box hit the top of the goal.
With four minutes of stoppage time, Ferguson angrily expressed his displeasure at the fourth official.
Of course, I think the stoppage time is too long!
Mourinho stood not far away with his hands in his pockets, looking at the field with a blank expression.
Perhaps it was the battle with the dressing room that drained him and took him so much energy that he lacked a lot of passion for Real Madrid after the New Year.
Anyone could tell he wasn't happy at Real Madrid.
As a very demanding manager, he needs absolute authority, whether it's at Porto, Chelsea or Inter Milan, it's always the case when he's successful.
However, the complicated environment and situation at Real Madrid made him gradually lose control of the team.
Going out of the Champions League at the moment could be an unexpected, just a matter of losing to whom.
The defeat to Manchester United, who have the most attacking firepower in Europe's top league this season, is also in the past.
It's just that the home and away games are double-killed, and it is difficult to save face.
Real Madrid's last-gasp strike in stoppage time saw Sergio Ramos get into the box and head the ball wide of Marcelo's cross.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, Old Trafford erupted in earth-shattering cheers!
Ferguson smiled and walked to shake hands with Mourinho after the game, and the two old friends whispered a few words before exiting the pitch together.
Tang Hong stood up and smiled and hugged his teammates gently, and as he walked along the sidelines to the players' tunnel, Mourinho passed him and gave him a thumbs up.
Tang Hong nodded slightly to the other party to express his gratitude and appreciation.
In the two-legged match against Real Madrid, Tang Hong scored 4 goals, each of which was worth a thousand dollars.
The eclipsed Real Madrid stars are dejected, and a Champions League exit will inevitably undermine their morale, which is almost a sign that they will be in vain.
After the game, Mourinho was very gracious in his interview to compliment Manchester United, believing that Manchester United were the better side and deserved to advance, and his team was not wronged to be eliminated.
Ferguson, for his part, praised his team's performance over the two legs.
Tang Hong was also asked to be interviewed as the best player of the game.
He answers reporters' questions in fluent English when facing the camera.
Reporters asked him if he was excited to set a record, as he set a record for a Chinese player in the Champions League for the second year in a row.
From the Europa League to the Champions League, Tang Hong has set a series of records for Chinese players and even Asian players in just two seasons.
He is the top scorer in the Europa League and is the top scorer in Champions League history after scoring twice today to take his tally to 11 goals in Champions League history.
Faced with these records, Tang Hong shook his head slightly and said: "If you didn't ask me this question, I don't even know these records, I don't think these records are meaningful, just like if we are eliminated today, you ask me if I am excited to set records?"
I would say get out of the way.
But now that we're in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, I'm excited even if I don't set a record.
It's a game for Manchester United. ”
He was then asked if he was confident of winning the Champions League's top scorer.
Tang Hong still smiled and shook his head.
'It doesn't matter, Manchester United have a lot of players who can score goals and the most important thing for us is to win.
I don't see myself as a selfish striker on the pitch either, and when I see a better chance for my team-mates, I try to pass the ball to them.
Last year, a journalist in Portugal asked me if I was confident in the European Golden Boot, and I had expectations, but it was not an absolute goal.
My number one goal in every game is to win the team, not how many goals I have to score today.
Of course, my job as a striker is to score goals, so it's not a problem to try to score more. ”
Finally, the reporter smiled and asked: "As the best striker in Europe in Asia's history, what do you think is the secret of your success?" Is it talent? ”
Tang Hong shrugged and said: "Now any competitive sports are inseparable from a core, training, training repeatedly and non-stop, how much you pay, there may not be the same return, but if you don't pay, there is definitely no hope."
If you ask me the secret, all I can say is train hard, get plenty of rest, and stay awake all the time.
As a player who came to Europe from China, I'm not here to pick up girls, not to have fun, I just want to play here and be successful, and that, every day I wake up, I remind myself! ”
When Tang Hong returned to the locker room, his teammates were celebrating the team's victory, Rooney ran to pick him up, the other party did not shower, sweat dried and sticky on his body, Tang Hong ran away with some disgust, but was caught by Ferdinand again, and his teammates laughed.
Finally, he took a group photo in the dressing room to commemorate the home and away double defeat of Real Madrid to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League!
Fleet Street blows Manchester United's double win over Real Madrid!
On the Spanish media's side, Real Madrid and Mourinho are criticized.
Even Marca predicted that Mourinho would inevitably be sacked at the end of the season!
Manchester United have advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and Ferguson has a more detailed plan for the season to enter the sprint stage.
In the 29th round of the Premier League at the weekend, Tang Hong was put on the bench, hoping that he could relieve the fatigue of the Champions League.
Manchester United travel to East London to take on the Hammers West Ham United.
The game looked to be going well, with United scoring early in the first half and extending their lead early in the second half.
Ferguson also brought on Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Michael Carrick, who had been in full attendance for almost the start of the season, after 60 minutes.
Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Ashley Young came on in quick succession.
It is intended that the veteran will stabilize the scene to keep the fruits of victory.
But people are not as good as heaven, and the Hammers helped West Ham United launch a furious attack in the last 15 minutes!
In the 82nd minute of the game, a goal was recovered and the next equaliser was close to injury time!
Ferguson looked extremely ugly on the sidelines!
In the words of the fans, this is the Premier League, and there are no weak teams in the Premier League!
I thought that nine out of ten would stabilize the overall situation, but the result was that 3 points flew away, and there was only 1 point in hand.
Alex Ferguson missed the press conference after the game as he was in the dressing room to criticize the team's performance in the last 20 minutes!
Substitutes like Tang Hong, who did not appear, naturally survived, and Rooney and Van Persie will not be implicated.
After all, they went off with a two-goal lead.
It's just that Anderson, Welbeck, Hernandez, they were sprayed by Ferguson one by one, like an abused child, cowering and sitting on the bench without saying a word.
Evans and Chris Smalling, who started today, were the focus of the post-game as the last two goals conceded were directly related to the poor performance of the defence.
There are no obvious mistakes, just no prevention.
In the same league game, Manchester City beat Wigan Athletic by a narrow goal at home, and the gap of nine points behind Manchester United became seven points.
Facing Chelsea at home in the middle of next week, the FA Cup quarter-finals, Ferguson's mood suddenly became bad again, because if he can't open a huge advantage in the league, then in the FA Cup, the Champions League and the background of distraction, there must be a risk of nothing to be gained.
Although they have already won the League Cup, that title is really insignificant.
But when it comes to the thought of hosting Chelsea, Ferguson can't help but pay attention to it.
After all, the FA Cup has come to the top 8, and the importance of the FA Cup is higher than that of the League Cup!
The League Cup is a cup competition in the English professional league, in which teams from the Premier League, Championship, League One, and League Two participate.
But the FA Cup is not only the oldest cup competition in football history, it also covers teams from all over England, including professional, semi-professional and amateur teams.
A record 660 teams signed up for the FA Cup in 2004/2005!
The English professional league teams are only in their early 100s in total, so you can imagine how influential this competition is.
Manchester United would have been out early, but now that they have reached the last eight, there is no reason for Manchester United to retain their strength at home, whether it is the expectations of the fans or because the opponent they are about to face is Chelsea.