Chapter 0174: Yellow Submarine's counterattack and Manchester United's suppression

At half-time, the Yellow Submarine clearly did a good job of mobilizing, making a quick tackle and launching a counter-attack.

Yellow submarine right midfielder Dos Santos received the ball from his own right-back Gappas, quickly brought it to the front, and took advantage of United's unstable footing to send a penetrating pass that cut through the United defence.

Unfortunately, his striker partner Bakambu was a little slower to start, and the ball was touched by Herrera before changing direction and going off the line.

In the opening 18 seconds, the Yellow Submarine was awarded a corner.

The Yellow Submarines who travelled to Manchester City applauded the players for their positive performance in the second half, sending enthusiastic applause and cheers.

Dos Santos himself took the corner and his ball found the spot. And Mata, who was defending at the front post, rose to the top and let Bakambu behind him get the ball on the head.

Bakambu headed in from the edge of the six-yard box, but Blind, who defended him, couldn't hold it at all, and the ball hit the outside of the near post and bounced off the line.

The Yellow Submarine made two killings in a row, causing the home team players and fans of the Theater of Dreams to break out in a cold sweat.

After all, now Manchester United is only leading by one goal, and if they are equalized by the Yellow Submarine, then Manchester United will really be passive. You know, Manchester United didn't score away from home.

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Van Gaal was very unhappy with the lack of concentration of the Manchester United players at the start of the second half, and the old Dutchman looked ugly and stopped sitting in the dugout, got up and walked to the sidelines, shouting loudly at the players on the field.

Although the team chose to give up in the first leg, they did not expect Manchester United, who played in the semi-main lineup, to draw with the Yellow Submarine away from home, which made Van Gaal still full of illusions about the Europa League title.

And, let's be honest, the Europa League is more realistic than the Premier League at the moment. Despite Manchester United's sweep of Leicester City, Manchester United's league title situation is still not optimistic. Not only do you have to count on Leicester City not to win in the next two games, but they can't even draw even one game, at most. At the same time, United will have to win all three of their next three games.

However, the rematch with the Hammers West Ham United is not optimistic, and now the Hammers still have a glimmer of hope of qualifying for the Champions League, and they will definitely fight Manchester United at home.

Therefore, once Manchester United makes a mistake, then Leicester City will have nothing to do with Manchester United no matter what they do in the last two rounds.

As for the Europa League, Manchester United only need to play well in this game and win the game to qualify for the final. Whether the opponent in the final is Sevilla or absenteeism, with Manchester United's current strength, it will not be at a disadvantage, and the chance of winning the championship is not small.

If there are still more fixtures, Manchester United may abandon the Europa League for the sake of the league. But now that the hope of winning the club's first Europa League title is in sight, Manchester United will not really give up, let alone Louis van Gaal.

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The Manchester United players were also awakened by the two successive dangers, and their attention on the pitch was noticeably more focused.

However, the strength of the Yellow Submarines is good after all, they have the advantage, and Manchester United will not be so easy to suppress them back immediately.

Sure enough, United's attack was quickly snuffed out by the Yellow Submarine and they took advantage of the situation to counter-attack and win the second corner of the second half.

The Yellow Submarine sent a tactical corner that was touched by Darmian and then sent a touchline ball that was quickly tackled by Mata.

Juan Mata dribbled forward and United launched a counter-attack. However, before he could cross the halfway line, Juan Mata was brought to the ground by defender No.11 Costa to stop United's quick counter-attack.

United were quick to take a free-kick, but Marcus Rashford couldn't hold the ball under the double pack.

The next wave of attack organized by the Yellow Submarine was finally intercepted by Manchester United before it reached the line of the big penalty area, and Manchester United took advantage of the situation to counterattack, but Mata, who was dribbling the ball, was brought down again at the halfway point.

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Manchester United's free-kick went through the halfway field and finally came to the front. Juan Mata played the ball to Marcus Rashford, who knocked it back and Mata again distributed the ball to Wayne Rooney, who was pulled down the right flank.

Meanwhile, Marcus Rashford and Juan Mata both broke into the Yellow Submarine's box. Depay on the other side also appeared at the top of the arc of the penalty area.

Wayne Rooney's first cross was blocked, but the ball bounced back at his feet. Rooney took two steps forward, dodged some space and then crossed again into the Yellow Submarine's small box.

Marcus Rashford was again unable to get his hands on the ball under the opposition's trio, but he still had a big impact on the Yellow Submarine's defence, causing Yellow Sub goalkeeper Areola to save the ball.

It's just that there were too few Manchester United players in the penalty area, no one grabbed the second spot, and the ball was cleared by the Yellow Submarine's defenders.

United win the ball near the halfway line.

United continued to organise the attack, but the Yellow Submarines were solid defensively, and eventually Rooney forced his foot in front of the penalty area to shoot but failed to pose any threat and only led to a corner for United.

United's tactical corner remained unthreatening, with Blind squiring a flimsy shot from near the line of the box that was comfortably parried away by Areola.

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In the fiftieth minute of the game, Manchester United attacked again. Depay shook off two yellow submariners in quick succession and split the ball down the middle. Juan Mata then sent in a through ball and Rooney picked up the ball at the top of the box when the Villarreal defender was taken away by Marcus Rashford.

However, Rooney's movements were a little slower, and he did not choose to shoot with his feet in the first place, giving the Yellow Submarines time to step forward to defend. And by the time he dunked a defender, more defenders were already in place.

Eventually, Rooney's low shot from near the penalty spot was saved by Areola.

Rooney was a bit of a loner in the process, and he could have had a chance to give it to Marcus Rashford on the wing, but he didn't make that choice.

The Yellow Submarine's attack was again halfway through, broken by a Manchester United defender in midfield. The ball was distributed down the right and Schneiderlin's overhead pass was a little smaller, and Rashford couldn't get on the ball in the first place. But he quickly counter-attacked and won the ball back.

Marcus Rashford then played the ball to Juan Mata, who cut past a defender and then passed it back to Rashford.

Marcus Rashford fired into the top right corner of the penalty area, but with three more yellow submarine defenders in front of him, he tried to get the ball through the gap between the defenders, but the power of the shot was lacking, allowing the prepared Areola to save the ball.

However, with Manchester United's continuous attack, they finally formed a comprehensive suppression of the Yellow Submarine on the field again, and the Yellow Submarine even struggled to push the ball into the first half. 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~