Chapter 346: The Change of Greater Paris
Three to zero.
Manchester United fans were boiling.
Although this is a home game, barring any surprises, the 3-0 score is almost guaranteed to knock Barcelona out of the final.
In the hearts of many people, although Tottenham is in good shape this season, if they want to win the Champions League, they are still far behind, after all, this is the first time in their history that they have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League; Paris Saint-Germain, on the other hand, were runners-up in the Champions League last season, but they only reached the Champions League final last season.
In this way, Barcelona is almost the last obstacle for Manchester United to win the Champions League.
Now that obstacle is about to be removed, how can United fans not get excited?
Old Trafford was in a sea of joy by this time.
However, in the 86th minute, in an attack by Barcelona, Messi still relied on his individual ability to score a valuable away goal.
For this goal, Manchester United's players have done a good job, but just like their opponents are sometimes helpless with Shen Peng, they are helpless in the face of Messi, who is in full form, which is completely a demonstration of Messi's personal ability.
At the end of the game, the final score was three to one.
Despite Barcelona scoring an away goal, United fans don't expect Barcelona to turn the tables in the next leg at Camp Nou.
Because Messi can't be in such a good state every time, otherwise he would not be a human being, but a god; Even the current Shen Peng rarely has this kind of extraordinary performance.
Football is still a sport of eleven people, and judging from this game, the overall strength of Manchester United's eleven is obviously better than Barcelona's, so if you don't count the individual flashes of stars, Manchester United still has a good chance of winning away from home.
In addition, now they have a two-goal lead and a certain margin for error, so it is already a high probability event that they eliminated Barcelona to enter the final.
The next day, May 3, the other match of the Champions League semi-finals, Tottenham Hotspur vs. Paris Saint-Germain.
Because one of these two teams will be Manchester United's opponent in the final, the whole Manchester United team also watched this game.
However, after watching this game, the expressions on the faces of many of Manchester United's players were a little strange.
The score of the match was 0-3.
Tottenham, playing at home, did not score a goal.
It stands to reason that Tottenham Hotspur is in good form this season, and even if they don't have the background to win the Champions League, they shouldn't lose so badly.
But that's just the way it is.
Shen Peng, who watched the whole game, was also a little strange.
Mbappe didn't score in this game, Neymar scored two, Cavani scored one; However, Mbappe has two assists, and he also assists indirectly in the other goal, so all three goals are related to him.
Jose Mourinho did not explain to the players immediately after the game, but found the video of Paris Saint-Germain's latest Ligue 1 game.
After watching it, his face was a little solemn, and then he said to the players: "You have also seen that the formation of Paris Saint-Germain has changed in this game. ”
"Mbappe was the number one center forward in their team before, but in this game, Mbappe's position was withdrawn and the center forward became Cavani, so Mbappe was completely liberated, and his several passes were perfect, which was also the key to their team's victory."
Then, on the big screen in front, some more game clips appeared.
"You see, at this time, in the eyes of ordinary people, it can be passed to Cavani or to Di Maria, but Mbappe passed to Neymar, and it was this exquisite pass that allowed Paris Saint-Germain to score."
Many Manchester United players nodded secretly, judging by this moment, if they were in Mbappe's position, they would almost always pass to Cavani or Di Maria, as Mourinho said.
Only Shen Peng's eyes lit up slightly.
"Judging from this game, Mbappe not only has a great shooting ability, but also a perfect pass, if we are not careful, we will probably suffer!"
"Moreover, this formation was only tried in the second half of the last league game, that is to say, they have just found out, there are not many games left this season, and we can't wait for other teams to test their weaknesses, what we need to do now is to try to play to our strengths, use the attack on both wings, and break through the opponent's defense!"
Mourinho then laid out some of the training plans for the rest of the year.
This training plan is naturally aimed at Paris Saint-Germain, in the eyes of Manchester United now, in the next leg, Tottenham is almost impossible to defeat this Paris Saint-Germain team, and Manchester United is basically stable to eliminate Barcelona, so the final is their match with Paris Saint-Germain.
After the end, when the players went back to rest one after another, Shen Peng sighed a little.
The agreement he made with Mbappe last year has really come true.
The two teams are about to meet in the Champions League final and it's time to go head-to-head.
As for Mbappe's passing ability, Shen Peng can understand.
When he was in Dortmund, Mbappe was to assist Shen Peng, as a center forward, different from the center forward as an arrow, more often, as a passing point for Shen Peng's attack in front - this is also the reason why Mbappe's parents asked him to go to Paris Saint-Germain, they all wanted Mbappe to leave Shen Peng and become independent, and now it seems that it has indeed succeeded.
In most of the seasons with Shen Peng, due to the golden partner seed, Mbappe passed the ball to Shen Peng, and at the same time, he was also rapidly improving some of his abilities in addition to his opening skills, such as the vision of passing, and the ability to read the game.
So Shen Peng understands that Mbappe can deliver two assists in this game, and it is related to three goals.
As for the effect of the sudden change of formation, just like last season, Chelsea won thirteen consecutive league games after the change of formation, and this season Manchester United has not lost a game since Ibrahimovic returned.
However, football is developing, and no formation and style of play is long-lasting, because if a team is too strong, it will always be studied, and once it is thoroughly studied, it is easy to target.
That's the case for Manchester United now and maybe they can keep the momentum going this season, but next season the whole of Europe will look at them and that's when they're not going to have a good time.