Chapter 0175: Two stabs in a row, the yellow dive turns into a sunken ship
In the 53rd minute, United won another corner. The defender in front of the Yellow Submarine missed the ball, and near the penalty spot, Chris Smalling was brought to the ground by the opposition centre-back Luiz, and the referee Kaushoy did not say anything. Herrera, on the periphery, fired a long-range shot and sent the ball into the stands.
In the process, Luiz, the No. 6 of the Yellow Submarine, lay on the ground and couldn't get up, and it was unknown whether he wanted to force the referee to stop the game in this way and stop Manchester United's attack, or he was worried that he had just been awarded a penalty for a foul on Smalling. Anyway, he lay on the ground for more than half a minute, and it wasn't until United had a shot on goal and Areo pulled the ball out of the door that he pretended to limp to his feet.
For Luiz's performance, as well as the referee's decision to punish Kaushoi, the home fans booed.
In the 55th minute, Villarreal attacked with the ball, but United retreated quickly, and soon their counter-attack turned into a positional attack.
Soldado was a clever player who saw the counter-attack run out and simply fell to the ground in a physical confrontation with Smalling to win a free-kick just outside the box on the left side of the United wing.
Slow motion shows that although the two have physical contact during the process, the process is that Soldado takes the initiative to hit Smalling backwards, and then takes advantage of the confrontation between the two to fall to the ground.
Van Gaal was very unhappy with the performance of the Yellow Submariners on the pitch and went to the fourth official to protest, but such protests were not destined to lead to anything.
The Yellow Submarine took advantage of the free kick to form an attack, and Dos Santos's free kick was with internal spin, allowing Soldado in the middle to grab the point, but Soldado's attack did not even hit the goal and went directly off the post.
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Marcus Rashford was equally unhappy with the performances of the Yellow Submariners and decided to teach them how real men should play.
It's just that Rashford's plan was disrupted by Villarreal's substitution adjustment before it could be implemented.
In the 59th minute of the game, Huang Qian replaced No. 4 Pina with No. 14 Trigueros.
However, this kind of substitution adjustment could not avoid the Yellow Submarine conceding the goal.
In the 61st minute of the game, Manchester United stole Villarreal's attack at the back, and Smalling kicked the ball towards the midfield.
At halfway point, Marcus Rashford carried Yellow Submarine's left-back No. 11 Costa and centre-back No. 5 Musacchio, grabbed the ball and headed it to Juan Mata, who was following him, before turning and running forward.
Juan Mata latched onto Marcus Rashford's ball and delivered a through ball in a way that he could.
Rushing Rashford received a through ball from Juan Mata and then stepped forward and took a few long steps into the box. Behind him, the Yellow Submarine's back three Costa, Mousacchio and Luiz tried their best to keep up with Rashford.
Seeing Rashford, who went straight to the goal, Areola had no choice but to abandon the goal, wanting to close the distance with Rashford and expand the defensive area.
However, one precedent after another has long told Areola that his approach is nothing more than a death throes, and that when his archery was only 85 or even lower, he was sure of this kind of single chance, not to mention that his archery has improved to 90 now.
Looking at Areola with his hands and legs outstretched, Rashford unceremoniously stabbed the ball into his crotch, and the ball was like a bullet and went straight to the goal.
Although Areola immediately sat down and wanted to leave the ball, his body reaction speed could not keep up with the reaction speed of his brain, nor the speed of the ball, and in the end, he just sat on the ground, and as for the ball, it rolled into the goal first.
In the 62nd minute of the game, Rashford went to the meeting single-handedly, stabbed the goal, scored twice, and expanded the score to 2:0!
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Old Trafford was boiling in an instant, and Red Devils fans felt that the game was stable!
If in the past at 1-0, Manchester United fans were worried that once the team conceded a goal, they could be eliminated because of the lack of away goals, now the team is 2-0 up, even if the team concedes a goal, it still has a huge advantage.
Old Trafford, however, is rarely reversed by an opponent when Manchester United is leading by two goals, otherwise it would not be called the home of the devil.
Of course, what reassures the fans even more is that they have Rashford, this amazing boy, is their biggest reliance. Since his debut at home to Midtjylland in the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, the home-bred little guy has never let them down, not only has he stepped up to turn things around when the team is at an unfavourable position, but he has never put the team in trouble when things are going well.
Rashford will be no exception this time.
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The confidence of the fans, Rashford naturally will not let it go to waste. He always thought that 2-0 was a very dangerous scoreline, that is, 3-0 was slightly safer.
Rashford is still giving it his all to be more secure.
And Rashford's all-out result was that just a minute later, Old Trafford was once again in a frenzy.
After the game restarted, the Yellow Submarine's pass was tackled by Manchester United within a few kicks. United then launched a counter-attack on the right, and Rooney's cross from the right was blocked by a yellow submariner, and Mata picked the ball up behind him with a delicate pick from the corner of the box, then turned around, leaned back and stopped the ball with his chest.
Under the close defence of the defenders, Mata stealthily passed the ball with his left foot behind the defence, and Rashford successfully countered offside, fought out of the crowd of yellow submarine defenders, and received a pass from Mata.
Immediately, Rashford fired a shot from the right side of the six-yard box against Areola, and the ball hit the inside of the right post and bounced into the net.
In the 63rd minute of the game, Rashford, who scored a hat trick, once again helped Manchester United rewrite the score, rewriting the score on the field and the aggregate score of the two legs to 3:0!
was already stabbed by Rashford shortly after the opening, and the yellow dive that leaked some water was stabbed twice by Rashford again in just one minute, and it completely became a shipwreck under the sea.
At the moment, no one believes that they can turn Manchester United around, or even that they can score a goal against Manchester United and save some face.
As a result, Manchester United players and United fans in the stadium celebrated as they reached the Europa League final for the first time in their history.
If the team wins the Europa League final in half a month's time, Manchester United will be a true Grand Slam team in football. It is also the fifth Grand Slam team in European football, following Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Chelsea. 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~