Chapter 364: On the Road
Is the prosperity of Chinese football an illusion? How far can the Chinese team go at the World Cup in South Africa?
Yu Liang also wanted to sit down and think carefully about these two questions. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Maybe you can find the answer, or maybe you can't.
But now he doesn't have the leisure to think about these two questions.
After the international break, the return to the club ushered in a double week of matches. After the game against Aston Villa, they are back in the thick of their preparations. In midweek, they will host Champions League quarter-final opponents Porto at Old Trafford. Although he was unable to play in the first leg due to suspension, he could not afford to leave training behind. After all, the knockout rounds are two-legged.
Inside Old Trafford, Manchester United welcomed Porto.
Manchester United prepared carefully for this game, but the door was breached by Porto in the opening four minutes. It was Uruguay international Christian Rodriquez who scored the goal. Lucho González's cross from the edge was cleared by Patrice Evra and the ball fell directly to the feet of Christian Rodriguez, who volleyed home the near corner after stopping the ball past Patrice Evra.
After taking the lead, Porto dominated the game and set off an attacking frenzy at Old Trafford. Porto's fantastic start caught Manchester United off guard, and the frantic attack kept Manchester United without a chance to breathe.
Porto's luck wasn't good, though, as a frantically suppressed Manchester United equalised after 11 minutes.
Rooney successfully counter-attacked in front, burst into the penalty area and shook off the opposing goalkeeper to push the empty goal into the net.
After Manchester United equalised, the game started to get scorched.
The scorching game lasted until the 84th minute of the second half, when the deadlock on the pitch was broken again. It was Tevez who scored the goal and it was Wayne Rooney who provided the assist.
Tevez's goal sent Old Trafford into a boil, with tens of thousands of fans chanting Tevez's name.
In a two-legged home and away match, any goal can determine the final result. What's more, this is the home stadium of Manchester United, and a draw is unacceptable to them, and now that they have overtaken the score, they must not celebrate unbridledly.
The singing at Old Trafford has not been heard since, with fans bouncing around in the stands waiting for the game to end.
However, a few minutes later, the cheerful singing came to an abrupt end and Porto equalised.
It was similar to Porto's first goal, when O'Shea cleared the ball and fell to Porto's Mariano González, who stabbed home from the edge of the six-yard box.
The score remained 2-2 until the end of the match.
Manchester United have picked up a draw at home and such a score is unacceptable.
Two away goals were fatal for Manchester United.
What's more, in the history of the three meetings between the two teams, Manchester United has been eliminated by their opponents twice. Looking at history and the present, can fans not worry about the future of the team?
Naturally, the media will not give up this opportunity to fall into the ground.
Previously, he was unbeaten in 45 games in all competitions, and God blocked and killed God and Buddha. Now the Champions League home has been poured by the opponent twice, and he left with joy.
The contrast between the front and back is too great, can the media not laugh at it?
Not only did the media ridicule, but even competitors breathed a sigh of relief. Because Manchester United is no longer a supernatural team, they are finally back on Earth.
Amid the ridicule of the media and with the concerns of the fans, Manchester United flew straight to Porto after beating Sunderland 2-1.
Although Porto no longer have the same domineering and quality as they did a few seasons ago, it is undeniable that they are still a strong team.
In the packed Dragon Stadium, with the fans cheering, the second leg of Manchester United's match against Porto officially began.
Once the match began, Porto launched a fierce attack.
"With two away goals in hand, Porto only need a 0-0 home finish to qualify for the last four of the Champions League, but looking at their current form, they don't seem to be satisfied......
While Porto have two away goals in their hands, Manchester United only need one goal to keep them out of the Champions League semi-finals.
So they couldn't and didn't dare to end 0-0 and their first wave of attacks ended with Hulk's long-range shot from outside the box being parried by Van der Sar.
Porto want to score, Manchester United want to score even more. The home team was held to a draw, and the pressure on Manchester United was even greater, and their defending champions were going to die on the road to defending their title if they were not careful.
"Manchester United are attacking, they are being pushed to the dead end, scoring goals is the only way out for them now! Yu Liang took the ball in front of the court and passed it to Rooney, Rooney passed it to Ronaldo, Ronaldo changed direction with the ball horizontally, pulled it back, and passed it to Yu Liang. See what Yu Liang does with this ball? ”
The magnetic voice of a global sports commentator has spread to thousands of households.
At this moment, the fans who stayed up all night and sat in front of the TV were holding their breath and waiting for Yu Liang's next move.
After Manchester United were held to a draw at home by Porto, many Chinese fans were there speculating about what the first leg would have been if Yu Liang had not been suspended.
After sitting in the stands and watching the first leg, Yu Liang is also thinking about the question, that is, if he is on the field, can he help Manchester United beat Porto?
He himself didn't know the answer.
But this one, he can't afford to lose.
The arch of his foot stopped Ronaldo's pass, and Yu Liang quickly glanced at the surrounding situation, and there was no one.
The Porto backline players were torn apart by Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov, creating a vacuum around him.
If you don't shoot now, when?
Yu Liang immediately made the choice to shoot, and kicked the football with his right foot.
The football that flew out quickly flew directly into the upper right corner of the goal, and the Porto goalkeeper just waved his hand there helplessly, looking like he was saying to Yu Liang: Welcome to the goal.
The moment the ball hit the net, cheers rang out in the Dragon Stadium.
It was from a corner of the stands from Manchester United fans, who were small in number, but not small at all.
After the goal, Yu Liang waved his arm at the stands where the Manchester United fans were, and then did not make any other celebrations, rushing into the Porto goal and holding the football and returning to the center circle.
One goal, he is not satisfied.
……
Yu Liang shoots...... The ball is in, the ball is in, 1-0! United scored in the opening six minutes to make it 3-2 on aggregate and if that score remained until full-time, the Reds would have progressed to the last four of the Champions League. Yu Liang is good! ”
"Well done!"
With two home conceded, Ferguson is also under a lot of pressure.
When Yu Liang scored the goal, the pressure was also released at this moment, and Ferguson shouted directly from the sidelines.
He has gone through countless ups and downs, and he has never been so excited and excited as he is at this moment.
The rest of the bench was just as excited as Ferguson, shouting from the sidelines.
Promotion, not without hope.
The defending champion is still on the way! (To be continued.) )