Chapter 0143 - Deterrence (Third Update)
Louis van Gaal's substitutions had an immediate effect, with United becoming more balanced on the pitch and much more threatening with their passes.
With 64 minutes played, Juan Mata turned and struck a shot from the spot after a chest stop in front of the penalty area, which went slightly over the crossbar but showed that Mata was in good shape.
As a substitute at the same time as Mata, Lingard was not willing to be lonely when he saw Mata have such a wonderful performance. A minute later, he was up in the middle, picked up Marcus Rashford's ball, and then pulled it into the top left corner of the box to fire a powerful shot. However, the ball was cleared by Borussia Dortmund centre-back Hummels on the line of the six-yard box.
When the game came to the 66th minute, United finally changed the scoreline.
Marouane Fellaini played a pass to Juan Mata at the top of the centre circle, who played a 2-for-2 with Herrera before getting the ball on the ball at the top of the box.
While Juan Mata was linking up with Herrera, Marcus Rashford was also on the move, and he pulled slightly down the left to draw Dortmund's defensive centre of gravity to the left.
At this time, Juan Mata appeared at the top of the box and received a pass from Herrera. With little defenders around him, Juan Mata didn't hesitate to kick the ball into the bottom right corner.
Weidenfeller made a save, but Mata's quick shot and a tricky angle prevented the ball from finding the back of the net.
The goal made it 2-3 and 5-4 over the two legs, with the Reds closing the score at 2-4.
Old Trafford is boiling again.
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Dortmund, who were trailing by the scoreline, were in a hurry and they had to score again to qualify. So after the game restarted, they chose to press all over the board and fight to the death.
However, this has led to a weakening of their defence, and Marcus Rashford, who had been previously restrained, is active again.
In the 68th minute of the game, Manchester United steals Dortmund in the midfield, and when Mata dribbles the ball to the top of the center circle, he is caught by Dortmund's two big backs and loses control of the ball.
However, Jesse Lingard, who was next to Mata, reacted quickly and took the ball away before the Dortmund players.
Jesse Lingard immediately passed the ball to Marcus Rashford, and on the left, Anthony Martial also ran forward quickly to make the appearance of wanting to link up with Rashford.
Borussia Dortmund were originally attacking on all fronts, and this sudden switch of attack and defense caused their defensive strength to be very weak. Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard stepped forward on either side of Rashford, which also attracted Dortmund's attention, so that Dortmund's two centre-backs did not dare to come up and press Rashford.
Marcus Rashford, who had managed to find a gap between Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller and a little up front, had crossed the six-yard line.
Seeing this opportunity, Rashford naturally did not be polite, and did not break forward, and shot directly from a distance of seven or eight yards from the line of the big penalty area.
When Weidenfeller saw Rashford get the ball, he already knew that something was wrong, and quickly retreated in small steps, but when he returned to the line of the six-yard box, Rashford had already shot with his feet.
Weidenfeller then saw the ball whizzing towards the top corner of the far post, and although he tried to get up and touch it, he couldn't. He was already in the middle of retreating, and for a while he didn't have the strength to support his take-off.
The near-full-level heavy artillery volley, coupled with a shooting skill of up to 90, made Rashford's shot not only full of power, but also extremely accurate, and the ball hung in the upper right corner of the dead corner and drilled into the goal!
Borussia Dortmund conceded two goals in two minutes and were almost sentenced to death.
Marcus Rashford scored twice and also made the score 3:3, and the aggregate score of the two legs has become 5:3!
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When Marcus Rashford got up, there was criticism that he had chosen less wisely, and that he should have split the ball between Jesse Lingard or Anthony Martial on either side of the flank, as they were higher and closer to goal.
However, the next moment, the ball whistled into the corner, which made these people immediately swallow back the words they had just spoken, and changed their words to say that Rashford had self-confidence, and this kick was beautiful in the world.
The attitude changes quickly, and the nature is really indescribable, it can be called an antelope hanging horns, and there is no trace to be found.
Marcus Rashford doesn't know that, he doesn't care, no matter what these people say, as long as he can score, it's fine.
This time, he finally didn't rush into the goalkeeper to fish out the ball, because at this time, it was Dortmund who should really be in a hurry.
In fact, Dortmund are in a hurry, and at the moment it is only about 25 minutes before the end of the game, even with injury time, and if they want to advance, they will have to score two more goals and keep Manchester United out of the scoring.
However, that's the way it is, the more anxious you are, the worse your performance becomes, and in the next game, the restless Dortmund players make frequent mistakes, but the Manchester United players are getting better and better.
In the 70th minute of the game, Dortmund fouled in front, and Manchester United quickly sent a free kick and quickly passed the ball to the front.
Juan Mata received a pass just past the halfway line and in front of him, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial were running forward with the Borussia Dortmund defence.
Juan Mata didn't hesitate to send in a long diagonal ball to the left flank.
Anthony Martial got his hands on the ball and slotted it down quickly. At this time, Papastathopoulos had no choice but to hand over Rashford to Hummels and go and besiege Martial with Schmelzer himself.
However, Anthony Martial managed to get ahead of Papastathopoulos and pass the ball into the six-yard box.
It's just that when Rashford in the middle accelerated and wanted to overtake Hummels and Piszczek, he was hidden by Hummels, coupled with Piszczek's sandwiching defense, he couldn't grab the point, and the ball was controlled by Weidenfeller first.
Although Dortmund did not concede another goal in a short period of time, they were scared enough. Because if they concede another goal at this time, then they will be really cool.
In the next game, Dortmund seemed to be a little shrunken, and did not dare to press on all the lines as before.
The pressure on United's attacking group of Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard was just too much. If they had pressed all the way, they might not have scored yet, but they would have already been stabbed a few more times by Rashford, and there would be no corpse.
However, if they don't attack, then they will have to go home. Therefore, the thinking of the players in Dortmund was divided, the front court thought about attack, and the back court thought about defense, resulting in a disconnect between the front and back courts, and a mess. I want to talk about "The British Emperor" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~