Chapter 0173: Chaotic Match
Manchester United's sixth meeting with the Yellow Submarines will not end 0-0 again.
Taking the lead early made the home fans extremely excited, and they kept chanting and cheering in the stands. And the Manchester United players were also demoralized in this enthusiastic cheer, forming a suppressive situation on the field, launching round after round of attacks on Villarreal's goal.
In the 11th minute, Villarreal sent a ball from the sideline at the back, but the ball was quickly snatched up by Manchester United. Ander Herrera sent in a long ball over the top and Rashford slotted it through the crack and headed straight for the ball. However, under the pull and pull of the three defenders of the Yellow Submarine, he failed to rush up, and the opposing goalkeeper took the first step to control the ball in the upper right corner of the small penalty area.
United continued to press Villarreal up front, but three shots were unsuccessful.
In the 13th minute, Schneiderling made a steal near the halfway line and then passed to Rooney. Wayne Rooney, who was pulled down the right flank, crossed the right side of the field and Juan Mata missed the chance to extend their lead even further.
Juan Mata was frustrated that the shot hit his right foot just in time for the shot to be sub-par.
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After all, Villarreal is the fourth-ranked team in La Liga, second only to the top three in the Spanish Super League, and is very good, even slightly stronger than Manchester United in terms of technology, so they quickly stabilized their position.
In addition, Manchester United had to take a breather after more than ten minutes of strong attack, which made Villarreal's attack gradually improve.
In the 18th minute, Villarreal launched an attack on the right side, and the ball was finally destroyed by Smalling, and the yellow submarine got a corner kick opportunity.
Dos Santos crosses from a corner from the right and Soliano heads in and is cleared by Smalling's header.
But Manchester United are by no means underdogs, and as a world-renowned top giant, their strength is obvious to all. Coupled with playing at home, it is impossible to be suppressed by Villarreal.
In the 20th minute, Manchester United quickly counterattacked. Romero drove the ball into midfield with a big foot and Rooney received the ball and quickly played behind the Villarreal defence.
Marcus Rashford picked up the ball in the top left corner of the box and beat Villarreal left-back Gapas. However, when he got close to the baseline and was about to cross, he found that there were no teammates in the penalty area.
It turned out that Manchester United counterattacked too quickly, and neither Depay nor Juan Mata could keep up. As for Wayne Rooney, who passes the ball in the middle line, it's even further away.
Rashford had no choice but to continue to break into the penalty area, but was surrounded by three opponents.
But Rashford's passing ability is now 80, which is very good, finding a gap and passing the ball back to Depay, who is following behind.
Depay then played the ball to Juan Mata in the middle, who again split to the right and Darmian followed up to receive the ball.
Darmian got in from the right and I sent in a cross and Rashford jumped up from the penalty spot to get it over. However, under the defense of the opponent's two central guards, his header could not be grasped at the angle and was saved by Areola.
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In the 23rd minute of the game, Juan Mata and Wayne Rooney switched positions and pulled to the middle, dribbling past the yellow submarine who defended him, and distributing the ball to Darmian, who came up on the right side to assist.
Darmian then plugged in and hit the ball behind the Yellow Submarine's defence. Herrera stepped forward, picked up the ball close to the penalty line, and then crossed with his feet.
Herrera's cross was of good quality, but Rashford couldn't find the back of the net with a three-man slot. The ball is cleared by a header from a Yellow Submarine defender.
However, the Manchester United players on the periphery still controlled the ball and continued to attack the Yellow Submarine goal.
Schneiderling takes the ball near the halfway line and sends a long pass over the top. Marcus Rashford was pushed to the ground by a defender as he jumped, but the referee didn't say anything.
However, Wayne Rooney in the middle continued to press on the opposition's ball-handler, causing No.6 Luiz to make a mistake and give United a corner.
Blind drove the ball towards the Yellow Submarine's small penalty line, but the Manchester United players and Yellow Submariners who grabbed the penalty in the middle all rose to the top, and neither of them could reach the ball, and the ball eventually slid past the goal, and was cleared by the Yellow Submarine's No. 4 Pina header at the back post.
United continued to take corners. Wayne Rooney's corner from the right headed straight to the penalty spot, but the United players couldn't find the spot, and the ball was cleared by the yellow submariners again.
The ball that fell outside the box remained in United's control. Herrera distributed the ball to Blind, who received the ball and crossed, but the defender broke the touchline first.
United played the ball on the left touchline and Blind tossed it to Wayne Rooney, who took a few steps forward and fired a shot from over 40 yards before the opposition player stepped forward to block.
In all fairness, Lu Xiaopang's shot was still very threatening, but it was still blocked by the defender.
Manchester United were besieging the Yellow Submarines again during this period, and the Red Devils fans let out a burst of cheers, but the visiting fans in the stands looked very frustrated. Their team was pinned down by Manchester United, and there was no attacking effort in sight, so there was no talk of an equaliser. If the game goes on like this, then they will really go home after 90 minutes.
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The time quickly came to the 30th minute, and the visiting players were a little impatient and fouled more because they couldn't equalize for a long time.
The Manchester United players who played at home naturally stopped doing it, and the action also increased. From the 30th minute to the 45th minute of the game, the game was frequently interrupted by the referee's whistle, and the players on both sides also suffered a lot of yellow cards.
In the 31st minute of the game, Luis was touched by a Manchester United player in a surprise attack with the ball and fell, but the referee did not blow the Manchester United player for a foul.
In the 33rd minute of the game, the attacking Soldado was pushed by Schneiderlin and fell to the ground, and the referee Kaushoi's whistle was late, and the angry Soldado was furious and directly hugged Schneiderlin's foot and threw him to the ground.
Perhaps, Soldado's obviously childish revenge has something to do with the fact that he was bullied by Manchester United when he was playing at Tottenham. At that time, Tottenham or Manchester United were the boys who gave away points, and they would lose badly every game.
Kaushoi gave a verbal warning for fouls on both sides, but this made both players a little dissatisfied.
In the 35th minute, Rashfoudra received the ball on the right side and was pushed directly to the sideline by the opponent, but the referee still did not award a foul to the yellow submariner.
Seeing that the Yellow Submarine wanted to take this opportunity to fight back, Damian was furious and directly kicked down Soldado, and this time the referee Kaushoi finally pulled out the yellow card again.
In the 37th minute, Depay passed, and Rooney's shot from the top of the penalty area was blocked by the defender.
In the 40th minute, Soldado brought down Juan Mata near the halfway line and received another yellow card.
In the end, the two sides ended the first half of the game in chaos. I want to talk about "The British Emperor" with more like-minded people; Talk about life and find a confidant~