Chapter 0144 - Locking the Win (Fourth Update)
Fortunately, Dortmund's chaotic thinking was soon unified by Rashford.
In the 75th minute, United cut off Borussia Dortmund at the back and quickly played to the front. Piszczek had no choice but to bring down Juan Mata, and while receiving a yellow card, he also gave Manchester United a free-kick on the left side of the pitch.
The free-kick was similar to the one Rashford had taken in the previous game against Tottenham, when Marcus Rashford created the Tottenham handball, and was 40 yards from goal.
However, when the Dortmund players saw Rashford in front of the ball, they were reminded of the free-kick they scored in the first leg.
As a result, Dortmund's players were nervous, and Weidenfeller was still standing in the middle of the goal while directing his teammates to clear the five-man wall, watching Rashford in waiting.
Rashford deceived him in the last game, and he no longer dared to bet on how Rashford would hit the door this time. Therefore, it is only necessary to concentrate as much as possible.
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Referee Kakir blew the whistle quickly and Rashford started to run quickly, and then pumped the ball up with a "bang".
It was still a very high quality lift kick and Weidenfeller was even certain that it was of higher quality than the one Rashford had taken in midweek.
"I can't hold on!" Weidenfeller lamented, at this time he could only gamble, choose a direction to pounce, if he was lucky, maybe he could pounce.
The moment the ball crossed the wall and reached its highest point, Weidenfeller made the decision and pounced on his left-hand side, the top corner of the far post.
He stretched his body as much as he could, covering as much area as his hands and body as he could.
As soon as Weidenfeller pounced, he noticed that the ball had gone down quickly after the highest point, and had made a turn to his left-hand side.
"There's a door!" Weidenfeller was overjoyed, and it seemed that he had judged the right direction, and might be able to save the ball.
However, the next moment he was desperate, because he found that when the ball reached the corner of the small penalty area, it turned another corner and turned to the side of the near post!
“¥…… ≈! At this moment, Weidenfeller's heart was broken, and countless indecent words appeared in his mind.
However, these indecent words did not help him prevent the ball from going into the net, and when he fell into the goal, he also saw the soccer ball bouncing on the other side of the goal, a few meters away from him, like a happy dancing elf.
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'Marcus Rashford was going to take the free-kick in a position similar to the one he won against Tottenham at the weekend, and I remember that Rashford didn't opt for the lift he used to break the Dortmund goal on the other side of the pitch in mid-week, but opted for a powerful blast that resulted in a handball ...... Kyle Walker'.
'I wonder what Rashford will do to take this free-kick this time? Or do you want to hit the near corner with a big blast like last weekend? Or shoot with a lift ball? ”
'Marcus Rashford started running, he ran straight for the football...... It still doesn't tell his choice......"
'Weidenfeller moved, he pounced on the top corner of the far post, and it seems he judged Rashford to hit the far corner?
"Elevator ball! Marcus Rashford chose the elevator ball this time! The ball turned to the right...... No! Turn left! ”
"The ball is in! Weidenfeller misjudged the direction, and the amazing elevator ball finally went straight to the dead corner of the near post! ”
"Hat-trick! Marcus Rashford scored a hat-trick again! Or a world wave elevator ball! ”
"Dortmund in the first half, once froze Rashford, but I didn't expect to enter the second half after the sudden change, the Red Devils broke out at home, and Rashford, who scored three goals in a row, is undoubtedly the most terrifying one, Dortmund still can't limit this terrible young man after all!"
'Marcus Rashford told him that you can limit me to half the pitch or even 60 minutes, but you can't limit me for 90 minutes. And if I have a minute's chance, then I can change everything! ”
It was Marcus Rashford's 14th goal in five Europa League games, continuing to lead the scorers' charts and throwing second place Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang far away, with Borussia Dortmund now having just eight goals and he may never be able to rewrite that number. It can be said that the top scorer in the Europa League is already in Rashford's bag! ”
'Marcus Rashford's goal killed the game! Now the aggregate score of the two legs is 7:4! With only 12 or 3 minutes to go until full-time, and only about 15 minutes even with injury time, Dortmund want to score three more goals and at the same time prevent Manchester United from scoring again, which is completely impossible! ”
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While everyone lamented Rashford's horror, they also announced Dortmund's death sentence.
Indeed, with the current momentum of Manchester United, Dortmund wants to turn the game around at the Theatre of Dreams, and even the theoretical possibility is almost non-existent.
Marcus Rashford scored in the 77th minute and by the time they returned to the pitch after their celebrations, it was close to the 80th minute.
The Borussia Dortmund knew this in their hearts, so when the game resumed, they didn't choose to attack anymore.
And the Manchester United players saw that the opponent had already accepted their fate and stopped attacking. So, when the game entered the last ten minutes, the two sides actually played tacit ball.
Seeing that the overall situation was decided, Van Gaal quickly made another substitution decision, and he replaced the hero Rashford with Schneiderlin in the 82nd minute of the game, which was not only for Rashford to accept the applause of the home fans alone, but also to strengthen his own defense: with Fellaini and Herrera, Manchester United already have three midfielders on the field at this moment!
With Marcus Rashford gone, United switched to a 4321 formation and Anthony Martial was pushed up front.
Such a substitution adjustment also completely blocked Dortmund's hope of turning the tables.
On the contrary, Manchester United, who did not want to continue scoring, scored again unexpectedly when the game entered injury time.
United were awarded a free-kick in front of the pitch and it was Juan Mata who took it over after Marcus Rashford left. Lingard crossed from the right side of the penalty area in a free-kick melee, and Smalling scored with a header from close range, 5:3!