The day before the second leg of Manchester United's Champions League semi-final against Roma, defending champions Real Madrid faced Liverpool at the Bernabeu in the other semi-final.

In the first half, Salah and Carvajal went off injured, Benzema scored a goal but the offside was blown off first, and the two teams were temporarily tied 0-0 at half-time.

In the second half, Benzema took advantage of Karius's low-level mistake to open the scoring, Mane equalized, Bale came off the bench to score twice, and finally Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 3-1 in the second leg, achieving a reversal with an aggregate score of 3-2 and advancing to the Champions League final for the third time in a row.

However, Ramos' injury to Salah in the game became the target of public criticism.

Everyone is discussing: Did Ramos mean to hurt Salah?

At the beginning of the game, Liverpool continued their whirlwind style, and Real Madrid was at a loss to play three boards at the beginning, and Salah made the backline of the Galaxy Battleship look like a storm.

In light of this, the Real Madrid players have a more targeted defense against him.

In the 25th minute, Salah tangled with Ramos in an attack, and due to the impact of the momentum, two players fell to the ground during the collision. Surprisingly, Ramos caught Salah's arm as he fell to the ground. As both men fell at the same time, Salah's arm was pulled in reverse.

Through the slow-motion replay, it can be seen that Ramos and Salah did not make physical contact when they fell to the ground. Before that, however, Ramos could have let go of Salah's arm or said he didn't have to.

It was because of this small gesture that Salah fell to the ground with an uncontrollable arm and was hit hard.

For Ramos's action, the referee on duty did not give any penalty, which means that Ramos's move was not even enough to foul, but the consequences it caused were very serious, it can be said that it was this defensive action that indirectly made Liverpool lose the opportunity to advance to the Champions League final.

Regarding Ramos' defensive movements, some people believe that the Real Madrid captain is unintentional and belongs to normal physical contact; There are also fans who believe that Ramos is a "repeat offender" and has repeatedly hurt his opponents with malicious actions.

Amid the condemnation, Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard, the two English stars, were not on Liverpool's side, and in their view, Ramos did not do it on purpose: "Ramos is not to blame for Salah's injury, the Real Madrid captain has just done his job as a defender to stop the opposition arrowhead as much as possible." ”

However, the fans did not admit that Ramos's foul action was similar to that of a wrestling match, which was simply too reckless.

In order to support the fans' opinions, "World Sports Newspaper" even flipped through a lot of Real Madrid game videos, and came up with strong evidence -

In the 2016-17 Champions League final, Real Madrid 4:1 Juventus, in the 31st minute of the game, Juventus right-back Alves broke through with the ball, Ramos leaned in from the side to get in the position, Ramos reached out to Alves with his left hand, clamped Alves' right arm, Ramos lay down on the ground, and fell to the ground with Alves, and the referee showed Ramos a yellow card.

Alves appeared in pain when he fell to the ground, and the part of his hand that happened to be his left shoulder was safe, which was the same as Salah's injury. Alves was lucky enough because his arm wasn't completely caught by Ramos, which is why he can continue to play.

However, this is enough to prove that the Real Madrid captain does have bad defensive habits!

"Daily Sport" said after the game: "Ramos did it again, he obviously hurt Salah in the game against Liverpool, but he was not punished, if there was VAR in the Champions League, Ramos would have been sent off the field with a red card." Ramos also quibbled that he didn't do anything, but the facts are there, and he should be punished and condemned for his ugly behavior. ”

Ituralde González, a referee expert for the newspaper As, also said that Ramos deserved a red card: "Enough, Ramos, it's a red card, if you see the opponent. Salah went down and Ramos's judo came up, which would have broken his opponent's arm, which was a red card, and he knew it well, but he stuck his arm out. There is no doubt that it is a red card. ”

"World Sports" sarcastically typed the headline "The referee who fell off the donkey saved Ramos", and said: "Ramos injured Salah, but he was safe, and the referee didn't even give him a single foul." Thanks to the referee, Ramos was able to play in the Champions League final. ”

However, Andujar, a referee expert for Marca, said: "I don't think Ramos's action is malicious, but the referee should give him a yellow card.

At the pre-match press conference between Manchester United and Roma, many media asked Dai Zhiwei about Ramos's action of injuring Salah, because during the Villarreal period, Dai Zhiwei and Ramos were old enemies, and every time the two met, they were splashed with sparks.

Dai Zhiwei did not disappoint the reporters at the scene: "I'm not sure if Ramos did it on purpose, but he has always been a very dirty player, and if such a move is done by other Real Madrid players, I think it will definitely not be intentional, but he can't say." ”

Later, he added: "The referee at that time may not have seen it clearly because of the angle, but if I can, I suggest that UEFA can watch the video of the game and consider whether to add a penalty to Ramos, after all, he injured Salah!" ”

Dai Zhiwei's statement was implied by Mourinho, because Real Madrid has already reached the final ahead of Manchester United, and if Ramos can be suspended, then the Red Devils' chances of winning will undoubtedly increase a lot.

As for what the second place said should be absolutely fair, I'm sorry, whether it is Mourinho or Dai Zhiwei, they are not simple teenagers.

Real Madrid lost the first leg of the semi-finals 0-1, but finally reversed to advance, adding a bit of fantasy to the Roma.

While United scored six goals at home in the first leg, Roma's two away goals were reminiscent of their three-goal comeback over Barcelona in the quarter-finals.

However, Manchester United legend Keane, who has never been very open-handed, said that the Italian side had no chance, "I didn't see the possibility of Roma turning the tables in the first leg. They will be better at home, but Manchester United's attack will tear them apart. Manchester United can score 10 goals, that's their tactic! ”

'It's that simple to pass the ball forward quickly and let the strikers do the rest. Whether it's in terms of the intensity of the fight, the running or the quality of the passing, I don't see the odds for Roma to win. Manchester United's players will be disappointed with the two goals they conceded in the first leg, but I think they have been great. There is no doubt that Manchester United will take their chance to qualify! ”

However, Roma captain De Rossi had a different opinion: "We are not dead, there is a second leg in the semi-final, we are still alive and we have to play better when we come back home." ”

De Rossi said: "Dai Zhiwei is a great player and a great person, even if he costs us a lot. We can repeat what we have already done in the quarter-finals, and of course it is possible. It is up to us to believe and try to get the victory back, for ourselves and for the sake of the fans who love Roma! ”

'At Camp Nou we felt like we could beat Barcelona. At Old Trafford, however, we seem to have gone completely blank and we still need three goals to progress to the final. Manchester United are on par with Barcelona and Dai Zhiwei and Lionel Messi are also players in the same class, so we know we can still come back and we've done that before. ”

"We know the fans believe in us and we want to give the fans another exciting night, like the one against Barcelona that day!"

In order to deliver on their promises, the Roma warriors showed enough determination in the second leg of the Champions League against Manchester United and launched an aggressive attack from the start.

Less than a minute later, El Shaarawy's cross from the left was headed wide by Dzeko.

El Shaarawy then sent in another pass, but Florenzi fired wide from distance.

Roma, who returned to the home stadium, completely crushed Manchester United under him, was a violent beating, but they were one short of Manchester United, Dai Zhiwei!

Manchester United took the lead in the 9th minute with a counterattack, Rashford counterattacked and passed through, Dai Zhiwei pushed into the net from 10 yards on the left side of the penalty area, scoring his sixth goal in the semi-finals!

1:0！

The overall score is 7:2!

After the goal, Dai Zhiwei and his teammates laughed together, and by this time all the Red Devils had decided that they had made it to the final 100 per cent!

However, the stalwart Roma players refused to admit defeat and equalised five minutes later when El Shaarawy's header was deflected wide and Victor Lindelof cleared off the ball and bounced off Mata's head into his own home to make it 1-1.

United went ahead again in the 25th minute, when Mata Mata forced an own goal crossed from the left side of the penalty area, and Dai Zhiwei's close-range shot was blocked by Alisson with his legs.

Subsequently, Dzeko made a mistake with a header in a corner melee, and Nemanja Matic scored with a header from close range, 2:1.

The overall score is 8:3!

Mata was definitely lucky today, because in the 35th minute, El Shaarawy curled a shot from 25 yards, and the ball hit Mata again and deflected into the corner, but this time the ball hit the right post and bounced back.

In first-half stoppage time, El Shaarawy burst into the left side of the box and fell under Luke Shaw's defence, but the referee did not award a penalty.

Faced with a five-goal lead on aggregate, Mourinho decided that the second half of the game was a passing one, and chose to replace Dai Zhiwei at halftime.

United continued to defend on the counter-attack in the second half.

In the 49th minute, David De Gea brought down Dzeko in the box, but the former Manchester City centre-forward was offside.

Roma equalized in the 52nd minute, Pellegrini passed, Shaarawy burst into the left side of the penalty area and shot from 15 yards was saved, Dzeko made a follow-up shot into the net from 10 yards, 2:2!

Roma did not give up their efforts, and four minutes later Kolarov's free-kick from the left was headed high by Dzeko from the right side of the six-yard box.

Seeing that the disciples on the field were completely blinded by Rome, Mourinho also stood on the sidelines unceremoniously and scolded him, and replaced Fellaini and Martial in succession, which can be regarded as reversing the passivity on the field slightly.

However, in the final minutes of the game, the Red Devils, who had a clear aggregate advantage, were slackened and were scored twice in a row by Roma in the final moments.

In the 85th minute, Kolarov passed, and Nainggolan's powerful shot from 25 yards hit the inside of the left post and went into the net, 3:2, and the total score was 8:5!

In the 90th minute, Valencia fouled a handball when blocking a cross in the penalty area, and Nainggolan scored a penalty, 4:2, with a total score of 8:6!

The fourth referee on the sidelines gave four minutes of stoppage time, which made the Roma players even more frenzied, and all 10 players except the goalkeeper pressed through the half, and there was a barrage of bombardment against the United goal.

Dai Zhiwei couldn't sit still on the bench, stood up straight, and stared at the direction of his goal, "Damn, if the first leg is 6:2 still called someone to equalize, or even reversed, we will definitely be recorded on the pillar of shame in football history, and will be repeatedly whipped by future generations!" ”

Fortunately, De Gea was consistent enough, and the central defenders of Eric Bailly and Victor Lindelof were not paper-and-paper, and in the end they kept a clean sheet in the last four minutes and held on to the two-goal advantage!

In the end, Manchester United still advanced to the final for the first time in seven years with an aggregate score of 8:6, and their opponent in the final was Cristiano Ronaldo's Real Madrid.

Although they failed to qualify for the final, Roma can face the home fans with their heads held high tonight.

From losing 2:6 in the first leg to winning 4:2 in the second leg, Roma almost replicated the scene of the 1/4 final reversal of Barcelona. Moreover, Roma's magic is not only reflected in the scoreline, in the face of Manchester United, which has outstanding attacking ability, Roma can put on a 4-3-3 strong attacking formation, which in itself shows the courage and courage of its manager.

Judging from the post-match statistics, Roma have an all-round advantage in all statistics, with 60% possession and a 24:11 lead in shots on goal.

In the quarter-finals, Roma defeated Barcelona 3-0 at home after falling behind 1:4 in the first leg, thus advancing to the semi-finals with the advantage of away goals. Considering the lineup configuration and overall strength of the two teams, most of the outside world uses "miracle" to describe the scene of Roma's two-legged reversal of Barcelona.

But in the semi-final against Manchester United, the same story almost played out again, this time someone will still say that Roma's 1/4-final reversal of Barcelona was a coincidence?

After the game, Dai Zhiwei also accepted an interview with the media, "We are very fortunate that we have qualified for the promotion. But what I would say is, results aside, the opponent just played harder than us, they pressed us the whole game. I need to give credit to the opponents, they played really the pitch and they won this game and deserved it! ”

Roma missed out on the final, and leaving in such a way shows the tragedy of the Serie A giants. But despite the regrettable exit, the Roma players did not lose and they could leave tonight with their heads held high.

They were not favored from the group stage, and finally beat Chelsea and Atletico Madrid to break through, and then the knockout round went all the way, Shakhtar Donetsk and Barcelona advanced to the semifinals, the Roma soldiers have created enough magic, although they finally fell on the road to the final, but in the case of Juventus and Napoli out of the tournament successively, it was Roma who went forward alone to defend the dignity of Serie A.

Roma's performances in the Champions League this season deserve a round of applause from all the fans.

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