Borussia Dortmund launched a brilliant front-court combination in the first minute.

Taking advantage of the unstable position of Manchester United's midfield, he launched a fierce attack.

Sure enough, it worked.

A succession of passes broke through United's defence, and if it weren't for De Gea's phenomenal defence, I'm afraid United would have fallen behind.

The opening goal was almost conceded, which made the Manchester United soldiers break out in a cold sweat.

But they soon found their rhythm.

In particular, Xia Xing retreated a little, temporarily forming a back three with Nemanja Matic and Pogba to stabilize the defense first.

In the current Manchester United squad, Xia Xing's position is becoming more and more flexible.

This is the right Mourinho gave him.

On the surface, he is a left wing-back, but in fact he can drop back and become a midfielder, he can go up to become a winger, and even come to the right side to cross and change positions.

Especially when Rooney and Carrick are not present, Xia Xing, who wears the captain's armband, has the absolute right to speak on the field.

Dortmund then combined twice in a row, both of which played exquisitely.

On the final blow, though, there weren't too many good chances.

This was Mourinho's pre-match arrangement.

This Dortmund midfield is well coordinated, and the goal kick is a little worse.

Apart from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, there is really no one else who is at the top level of shooting.

As Shaheen, who has played for Real Madrid, his midfield organization is very good.

Shinji Kagawa and Gotze's passes were reasonable, but they lacked particularly good play.

Since his last-gasp strike at the 2014 World Cup, Gotze seems to have been instantly out of the picture.

And Shinji Kagawa, who left Dortmund for the first time and joined Manchester United, has never found his peak form.

Even if the two later returned to Dortmund and became part of the Dortmund system again, it was just good, not as good as the situation of the team's thighs at the beginning.

Manchester United's retraction of formation also gave Aubameyang, who is known for his speed, a lot less room to play.

Borussia Dortmund had a succession of fruitless strikes and soon they were in trouble.

Shinji Kagawa cut forward with the ball in the middle, and Natsuyuki cut in diagonally from the left side to defend.

In the face of the recent summer trip, Shinji Kagawa is in a very unhappy mood.

On the one hand, he was very dissatisfied with the fact that a Chinese person was so concerned.

In his mind, Japan is the center of Asia, and their players are the best!

In particular, the place where Xia Xing succeeded was Manchester United, which brought back a lot of unhappy memories for him.

When he was at Manchester United, he was a big loser.

Now, he has to prove himself!

The step frequency accelerates, and the direction changes continuously!

Xia Xing saw that this guy wanted him.

He'd had been unsuccessful on several occasions before.

And now again?

Okay, come on!

Xia Xing's body sank down, standing firmly on the center of gravity.

Shinji Kagawa made two consecutive feints, but he didn't deceive the focus of Xia Xing.

In the end, he made a desperate gamble and accelerated directly diagonally!

Xia Xing had already expected it, and decisively broke the ball!

The ball was stabbed in the front court!

Shinji Kagawa lost the ball!

Pogba catches the ball and accelerates with it!

Straight stopper!

Mkhitaryan in the front court sprints quickly!

Catch!

Shoot straight from outside the box!

The ball hangs in the corner!

The ball is in!

1 to 0!

Manchester United scored first!

The visiting fans cheered wildly!

In the live broadcast room, Alan Shearer also applauded excitedly!

"Brilliant shot!

"Wonderful fit!

"Great!

"Just now Dortmund's continuous attack, multiple people still failed to score!

"And it only took three players for Manchester United to break through the goal guarded by Weidenfeller!

"Xia's brilliant break, Pogba's assist, Mkhitaryan's shot!

"The central axis of the three of them is very exciting!

"In front of his old club, Mkhitaryan showed top form!

"One stop, one shot, it's amazing!

"In the 29th minute, Manchester United took the lead by one goal!

"Then their defense is more solid!"

The first to score, the United players were in a great mood.

The crowd rushed to Mkhitaryan and hugged his teammates.

However, Mkhitaryan did not celebrate, and he showed due respect to his old club.

In the midfield position, Shahin stepped forward and patted Shinji Kagawa, who was a little confused.

Just now, Dortmund attacked all the way, and it was the sudden break that caused the goal to be conceded.

Shinji Kagawa is the biggest problem.

But instead of criticizing him, his teammates comforted him and told him not to take it to heart.

Next, Shinji Kagawa was more active.

He's looking forward to scoring a goal to equalise and make up for that mistake.

But it never worked.

The whistle blew at the end of the first half, and the score was still 1-0.

With a one-goal advantage, United went into the second half.

There were no substitutions on either side, and it seems that the managers of both teams are still very sure of their starting line-ups.

The battle between the two sides was still fierce, Dortmund attacked fiercely, and United retreated in anticipation of a counter-attack.

In the second half, both sides had a serious physical exertion.

In the 70th minute of the game, the two sides simply used up three substitutions.

But that's when Manchester United ran into trouble.

In one defence, centre-back Victor Lindelof sprained his ankle when he landed on a high ball and was unable to continue playing.

Manchester United play one less!

And now that the substitutions are all used up, what should I do?

Mourinho decisively ordered!

Romelu Lukaku, go for a cameo at centre-back!

In this case, having the tall Lukaku make a cameo is definitely the best option.

As soon as he stepped back to defence, Lukaku cleared the ball with a brilliant header that made Dortmund's cross invisible.

Manchester United fans in the stands applauded!

David De Gea and Chris Smalling also stepped forward to pat Lukaku on the shoulder as a sign of encouragement.

But Lukaku is playing a small drum inside.

Kao, it's dangerous.

I actually hit the goal with a header, but it was just off the head.

Where did I reflect it, I thought I was in front of the opponent's goal......

At this time, Perrin on the side of the court also kept applauding: "This Lukaku is really good!" The header flew out against the goalpost, it was so accurate! ”

Mourinho said quietly: "I hope he really wants to solve the ......"

In the 85th minute of the game, Lukaku cleared the ball with a header again, and this time he made no mistake!

The ball fell to the feet of Xia Xing outside the penalty area!

Xia Xing, who received the ball, did not hesitate, and suddenly accelerated with the ball!

At this time, most of the Dortmund players gathered around the Manchester United goal!

Emptiness in the backfield!

Xia Xing catches the ball and sprints with the ball!

No one around him can keep up with him!

Shinji Kagawa put the shovel directly behind him!

But I didn't meet Xia Xing!

Xia Xing rushed all the way to Dortmund half-time!

Baltra defends diagonally!

Xia Xing shot directly with his feet!

35 meters from goal, kick up and shoot!

Goalkeeper Weidenfeller made a save, but it was still to no avail!

The ball hits the net!

The ball is in! 2 to 0!

Manchester United scored another goal!

They're completely stable!

In the end, this game ended with this score!

Dortmund is powerless!

When the referee's whistle blew, the Manchester United players on the pitch were very excited!

Journalists on the sidelines surrounded Romelu Lukaku, who was closest to him, and asked him how he felt about being a cameo defender.

Lukaku waved his hand and responded domineeringly!

"If the team needs it, let me be the goalkeeper!"

(End of chapter)