This time, when the players ran out of the tunnel, they had very serious faces.

It was completely different from the laughter before the start of the first half.

When Xia Xing was just now, they completely went to their hearts.

Yes, this opponent is not weak.

Let's just say that their three lines, except for Xia Xing, who has a certain advantage, who else can rely on the advantage to press the opposing player?

No.

At Manchester United now, there are only two world-class stars, Xia Xing and De Gea, and no one else is counted.

As the second half continued, United continued to attack at a rapid pace.

At half-time, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made a change.

Edinson Cavani was substituted and James came off the bench.

Mason Greenwood returned to the middle and James also went to the right.

Although Cavani played bravely in the semi-finals and can be said to be the biggest contributor to Manchester United's ability to reach the final, he was completely frozen by the opponent in this game, and the disadvantage of slow speed and slow turning was taken advantage of by the opponent, and there was no good opportunity for him.

So Ole Gunnar Solskjaer once again offered his new star trident for the three youngsters to rush.

But how could Villarreal give them a chance?

If you can guard against Cavani, you can guard against James!

For the next period of time, it was Villarreal's turn to defend the tempo.

United attacked, and they retreated.

The two strikers waited in midfield for a counter-attack, with Pino and Trigueros in midfield running farther and moving forward decisively if the opportunity arises.

In this way, Manchester United's attack did not dare to suppress too presumptuously.

Xia Xing crossed Matic, Matic passed back to Lindelof, Lindelof tried to kick the ball off and found Greenwood in front.

Manchester United are looking to use the way their opponents score goals and see if they can follow suit.

But in the end they didn't succeed.

The ball was caught in advance by Albiol and his header cleared.

Manchester United's attack was fruitless.

A few minutes later, this time it was Xia Xing who received the ball, and he tried to break through with the ball in the middle.

But as soon as he got the ball, three defenders rushed directly to him.

Two people blocked, one put a shovel.

Xia Xing hurriedly avoided it.

Otherwise, it will definitely hurt both sides.

And after Xia Xing received the ball next, the opponent's defense was also destructive.

This also affected Xia Xing's passing.

In the current Manchester United team, Xia Xing is the only one.

As long as you stare at him, there will be absolutely no problem.

So from the second half to now, Xia Xing has not had particularly good forward insertions and passing opportunities.

However, this is not a problem, because if you want to defend Xia Xing, you must take advantage of the numerical advantage.

In this way, the rest of Manchester United's players have a chance.

In theory, it does.

But that's not the case.

United's attacking attack created a number of chances, but none of the attacking players could capitalise on them.

It's now the 70th minute of the game, and Manchester United still have no way to attack.

The 0-1 deficit remains unchanged.

On the pitchside, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had used up two substitutions again.

Fernandes and Victor Lindelof were substituted, with Juan Mata and Donny van de Beek coming off the bench.

As a result, United's squad has changed from 4-2-3-1 to 3-2-2-3.

One centre-back has been reduced and a forward midfielder has been added.

The experienced Juan Mata and the young Donny van de Beek came on alongside the striker's three as supporters.

One less centre-back didn't matter because the opposition had also changed formations, from 4-4-2 to 5-4-1, and Moreno had already been replaced.

Striker Baca has Maguire defending, almost solid, and there will be no major problems.

Now Manchester United are in desperate need of attack, desperate for goals.

Once Juan Mata came on and created a good chance.

Catch the ball and suddenly pass the ball with the outside instep!

Mason Greenwood turns and shoots low in the box!

The ball hits the outside of the post and bounces off the bottom line!

Manchester United miss the opportunity!

Four minutes later, Juan Mata picked up the ball again and fired a long-range shot!

The ball was punched out by Rulli and United missed another good chance.

Ferran on the side of the pitch frowned: "It seems that Mata's Fu General attribute seems to be gone......"

In previous club and national team competitions, Juan Mata has helped the team score goals because of his substitute appearances many times, and finally won the title.

One Mata, one Torres, a real winner in life.

But today, Mata's good fortune seems to be gone.

By this time, the game had come to the 82nd minute, and Manchester United still failed to score.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looked back at the bench and shook his head slightly.

He still has two substitutions, but there really is no one to replace.

There are not many offensive players on the bench, who else can be replaced?

We can only expect the players on the field to do miracles.

At this time, he recalled the words of Xia Xing before the game again, and he was really full of emotion.

In this game, if we lose, we lose on the negligence of the enemy......

Come on, boys.

At this time in the front court, Xia Xing was running desperately.

During this time, he had already handed over the defense to Nemanja Matic behind him, and he completely pressed on it.

Now Manchester United's formation has actually changed to 3-1-3-3.

This is already Manchester United's most capable attacking power at the moment.

Xia Xing received the ball and made a short pass into the penalty area.

However, this time it was rare to be cut off by the opponent.

Because there are too many defenders in the Yellow Submarine penalty area, there is no way to pass it effectively.

The best way to do this now is to make crosses and shoot from distance.

After all, it's the best way to break down dense defenses.

However, United are currently lacking high in the box and have a low success rate in receiving crosses.

Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford are still too physically confrontational.

And long-range shooting, Manchester United are also trying during this time.

But even the heavy gunner Xia Xing couldn't shoot through the crowd in the penalty area.

In today's international football, breaking the dense defense is a huge problem, not to mention that the current Manchester United has not reached the situation where there is a big gap with the opponent's strength.

As the clock ticked by, there was less and less time left for Manchester United.

In the 88th minute of the game, Xia Xing fired again from outside the penalty area, and this time he shot straight to the upper right corner of the goal!

Curve ball, the angle of the ball is very tricky!

But goalkeeper Rulli still played bravely and knocked the ball out with both fists!

Wonderful defense!

Alan Shearer in the live broadcast room shook his head: "Under the pressure of the other party, Xia's shot is still a little hasty, if he can have more time to adjust, he will definitely be able to have a faster speed and a higher success rate." ”

As an England striker and celebrity, Alan Shearer has discovered this problem.

And Xia Xing also found out.

At this moment he had a thought.

Think about it and implement it now!

At this time, the ball was passed to Xia Xing's feet again, and Xia Xing was still swinging his legs this time ready to shoot from a distance!

The opposing team's two midfielders sprint quickly to defend!

Xia Xing suddenly flicked to the right, looking like he was going to pass, but his movements were a little slower.

The toe of the opponent's tackle is in place!

Xia Xing was directly put down by the other party!

The referee's whistle blows!

Kick!

From 29 metres from goal, United were awarded a free-kick! (End of chapter)