Chapter 0215: Seville's Blitz
In midfield, amid a number of miscalculations by referee Christian Eriksen in the first half and a series of unfortunate incidents in the closing stages of the game, players from both sides returned to the pitch for the second half.
Eriksen, with gauze wrapped around his head, also appeared in the ring. He was quite persistent, his head was smashed, and he was really slightly injured and couldn't get out of the line of fire.
Neither side made any personnel changes, and they were still the same team in the first half.
The Sevilla players came on before the Manchester United players, and by the time Rashford and his team-mates came on, the Sevilla players had already formed a circle in their half, apparently cheering them on.
Because of the big lead in the first half, the Manchester United players looked very relaxed except for Rashford's serious look. In their opinion, the team led 3-0 in the first half, and the result of this game was already predestined.
Marcus Rashford shook his head and it didn't seem his midfielder's use of Istanbul night in the dressing room to remind his team-mates had done much.
Rashford's heart was even heavier, because he remembered that on another time and space, Liverpool was reversed by Sevilla three goals in the second half.
If something like this happens again, then there is a real possibility that United will be overturned.
After all, in terms of physical fitness, Sevilla, who took a big rotation, had a clear advantage in the final round of La Liga last weekend. Coupled with the bias of the referee and the mental laxity of his teammates, it is really hard to say what will happen in the second half.
What he saw at this time also made Rashford realize that he still didn't have much prestige in the team, and there was nothing he could do. Although he has performed against the sky in recent months, the time is too short, he is too young, and the big guys in the team don't take themselves too seriously from the bottom of their hearts.
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Just as Rashford was worried, Eriksen blew the whistle for the start of the second half.
In the second half, it was Sevilla's turn to kick off.
Taking advantage of the kick-off, Sevilla launched an attack towards the United goal. Their striker, No.9 Gameiro, splits the ball down the left.
Escudero received the ball and took it forward, but was forced by Lingard in a few steps.
However, Lingard was just putting on a show, and Escudero just changed direction and got rid of Lingard.
Escudero turned to the middle, took a few steps forward, and saw Manchester United's defender Carrick standing in front of the line of the big penalty area, without the intention of coming up to force it, he didn't plan to break through Carrick, and directly made a 45-degree oblique long pass, hitting the ball to the left side of Manchester United's penalty area.
Rojo quickly retracted and headed Escudero's pass out of the box.
The ball was once again picked up by Sevilla right-back Soriano, who drove forward and Koke opened up space on the wing.
The combination of the two caught Rojo and Anthony Martial a little off guard on the left side of Manchester United, while Soriano burst into the box smoothly.
Soriano dribbled the ball straight to the edge of the six-yard penalty area, only to face Blind, who had come from the defense, and swept the ball towards the middle.
At this time, there was a major hole in Manchester United's central defence, because of Soriano's attack, after Blind came to fill the position, Smalling and Rooney also followed, and even goalkeeper De Gea moved to the edge of the near post, intending to block Soriano's shot, resulting in Sevilla's center forward Gameiro being completely empty.
What's even more fatal is that neither Blind, nor Chris Smalling and Rooney failed to disrupt Soriano's cross, and Gameiro received Soriano's cross unguarded and easily stabbed the empty goal.
Just 17 seconds into the second half, Sevilla pulled back a point, and the score became 3:1!
It was Gameiro's eighth goal in the Europa League this season.
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Sevilla's blitzkrieg at the start of the second half thrilled Sevilla fans as they sang and danced in the stands. For a time, they were only one-third of the Manchester United fans, and they actually suppressed the vast majority of Manchester United fans, creating a home atmosphere.
And even more excited were the Sevilla players on the pitch.
At half-time, manager Unai Emery told them that the Reds would be slacking off at the start of the second half and that this was their chance. With such a blitzkrieg, they have a good chance of finding the back of the net.
Now, they really scored in the blitzkrieg and made the players realise that the manager had guessed what the United players were thinking. Then, according to the manager's arrangement, they really have a good chance of reversing Manchester United, winning the Europa League treble and qualifying for next season's Champions League.
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Sevilla manager Unai Emery was also excited, laughing and jumping on the sidelines because his tactics had worked.
Unai Emery watched almost all of United's games this season after confirming that the Europa League final opponent would be Manchester United, and he was very familiar with the situation at Manchester United.
He found that despite the fact that Manchester United's defence this season is the best in the Premier League, their defence is full of holes, as evidenced by the fact that they have conceded 24 goals in their first 26 Premier League games.
The reason why they conceded very few goals in the next 12 rounds was because Manchester United suppressed their opponents on the attacking line, especially Rashford, a terrifying young man, and the opponents often had to send two or three people to defend him in order to limit Rashford, coupled with the harassment of Manchester United's other attacking players, resulting in Manchester United's opponents in attacking, the strength is seriously insufficient, and the effect of the attack is not obvious.
And once Manchester United's opponents attack in an all-out way, it is likely to be counter-attacked by Manchester United, Rashford's excellent attacking ability, and the terrifying one-knife scoring ability in the face of the goalkeeper, so that Manchester United's opponents basically concede the goal before they have scored.
And because of the fear of Rashford, Manchester United's opponents almost did not dare to press on it. As a result, it will be even more difficult for Manchester United's opponents to open up the situation.
The same could be said for Sevilla, but Unai Emery quickly found a solution by taking advantage of the unstable foothold at the start of the second half and launching a lightning attack.
If they can score and pull a point back, then Sevilla will have a chance in this game.
Especially the referee team in this game is almost blatantly helping Sevilla, and Sevilla's reversal of Manchester United is a little more certain.
11 years ago, Manchester United's sworn enemy Liverpool sent Milan an Istanbul night, and 11 years later, he followed Liverpool's example and also sent the Red Devils a Basel night! I want to talk about "The British Emperor" with more like-minded people; Talk about life and find a confidant~