Chapter 446 Double defeat of Monaco, Champions League quarterfinals!
Due to the draw with Southampton in the away game in the 28th round of the league, and the rescheduling of Chelsea's match this round, Manchester United and Chelsea only have six points in the same match round. What a difference!
For a while, the media also began to exaggerate the championship competition between the two teams.
The reason why the Premier League is beautiful is because of its excellent business operations and exciting games.
Especially the championship drama, which is often full of ups and downs, and makes people want to stop every time.
And the scripts are diverse, with new plots every year.
However, under the exaggeration and hype of the media, many Manchester United fans are also a little bit
Even from the first league game this season, they have been firmly at the top of the league until now;
Even though they only lost one game all season;
But the only league defeat this season happened to be at Chelsea!
Today, Chelsea continue to chase after them, showing no signs of falling behind.
This also puts huge pressure on them.
You know, the gap of five points is not big.
If Chelsea defeat them again in the second league match, the five-point gap will become two points!
However, the atmosphere within the Manchester United team was not greatly affected by this draw.
Moreover, this game also made Mourinho realize two very important issues:
First of all, if he is not injured in the future, Ling Feng cannot be replaced in advance!
Secondly, Smallin is useless!
What's more, the five-point gap is not big.
But it is enough to give the opponent a kind of reach but
You know, in the Premier League championship script, one point is enough to determine the winner.
Not to mention five points!
In the FA Cup quarter-finals on the eve of the Champions League, Mourinho directly sent in a full rotation plus a youth team lineup, and lost 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.
Both the club's senior management and most Red Devils fans understand this.
After decisively and strategically abandoning the FA Cup front, the Manchester United generals boarded a chartered flight and flew to Monaco with the determination to advance!
March 15, afternoon.
Located at the Stade Louis II, it ushered in the most critical game of the season.
That’s the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals!
Losing 2-4 in the first round at Old Trafford put Ligue 1 leader Monaco in a relatively passive position.
Even with two away goals in hand, Monaco, back at home, must score two more goals without a clean sheet to eliminate Manchester United.
Therefore, only by attacking can you score goals and win a chance for promotion.
Coupled with the home advantage, Monaco also launched an all-out attack!
However, Mourinho, who had long expected that his opponent would attack, also adopted a classic defensive counterattack tactic.
With Manchester United taking the initiative to give up possession of the ball, Monaco advanced into the frontcourt very easily.
But once pushed past the center line, it will be blocked by Manchester United's dense defensive formation, making it impossible to start.
Rojo, who replaced Smalling as the starting central defender in this game, was small in the early stages of the game and quickly adapted to the rhythm of the Champions League knockout rounds.
This Argentina international gives people a fierce feeling in many situations.
Such a tough style of play is very uncomfortable for Falcao and Mbappe.
Because in Ligue 1, the opponent's defenders are of average quality and will not be so intense at all.
Under the close-up defense of Bailly and Rojo, Falcao and Mbappe had almost no chance to touch the ball.
They are not like Ibrahimovic and Drogba, who can single-handedly knock the opponent's direction, but need space to move and then complete the finish.
Moreover, the height and heading of the two are not their advantages.
Most of Monaco's crosses from the wing were low balls that swept across the middle, and were repeatedly cleared by Bailly and Rojo, and even Kante who was recycled into the penalty area.
As Monaco's offensive failed to achieve its goal, Manchester United's demonic fangs gradually emerged
In the 28th minute of the game, Manchester United launched a textbook-like quick counterattack!
Midfielder Kanter intercepted the ball and handed the ball to Ling Feng, who switched to the right. The latter kicked the accelerator directly.
With a roar of "boom", he suddenly transformed into a big Premier League runner and staged a furious speed at the Stade Louis II!
“It’s so fast!”
In the exclamations of the fans of the home team Monaco, the Red Devils No. 7, dressed in white, unreasonably attacked from the right without any speed at all. Benjamin Mendy, the best left back in Ligue 1 who is not slow, dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and then, while attracting the attention of the goalkeeper, central defender, and midfielder, he sent a nanny-level inverted triangle cross!
Lu Xiaopang, who came in from behind, succeeded in one fell swoop and was the first to break the deadlock!
"The ball has been scored!"
"The goal was scored by our captain, Wayne Rooney!!!"
"The total score came to five to two! Manchester United has half a foot on it Entering the quarterfinals of the Champions League!”
After scoring the goal, Lu Xiaopang was filled with a happy smile, and then came to the corner flagpole and made a classic celebration that he had not done for a long time:
I saw him transform into a boxer, and after a few air blows at the corner flagpole, he raised his head and arms, showing the posture of a winner.
This goal is crucial!
This was not only an away goal, but also brought the score gap between the two sides to three goals.
If Monaco wants to advance, they can only give it their all!
As for Monaco, which has the most firepower in Ligue 1, they did not give up, but pressed the attack again.
Wave after wave of fierce attacks overwhelmed Manchester United's defense.
However, even Manchester United's castle seems to be crumbling under the fire of Monaco.
But there was no chance for the opponent to attack from close range.
Until the 43rd minute of the first half, Seat B committed a foul on the wing and Monaco got a chance to set the ball.
The arcing pass from seat B found the "knife defender" Glick at the back point and completed the header.
Even though De Gea made a save, he shot the ball out immediately.
But Manchester United's defense failed to protect the two points, causing chaos in the penalty area, so that Mbappe keenly followed up with the supplementary shot and scored!
After scoring the goal, Mbappe also picked up the ball and ran towards the center circle.
At the same time, the Stade Louis II gave their darling the warmest cheers.
Scoring two goals in two rounds, the 18-year-old prodigy Mbappe is definitely the best U18 player in Ligue 1 and even the Champions League this season.
Many French media have already determined that Mbappe’s stunning performance in Ligue 1 and the Champions League has already locked in a Golden Boy Award candidate in advance!
However, this was one of the few opportunities for the young president to threaten the goal in this game.
In the second half, Monaco changed sides and fought again. Monaco, with high morale, pressed forward as if desperate. And at this critical moment, Ling Feng stood up again.
After completing the steal in the middle, he took the ball to initiate a counterattack. He was overturned as he advanced to the frontcourt and received a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.
About thirty meters away from the goal, it gave Ling Feng a great opportunity to use his heavy artillery skills.
And the Red Devils' No. 7, standing in front of the ball, lived up to the expectations of all fans.
Take a deep breath, then run up and shoot!
The next second, there was only a "bang" sound, and the ball was shot towards the goal like a guided artillery shell.
Even though Subasic expected that he would hit the wall, the ball was too fast and there was no time to save it.
With an afterimage piercing the air, with a swish, it got into the upper right corner of the goal!
Witnessing this goal, Mbappe, who was not far away, also widened his eyes, as if he had seen something incredible.
“He is so scary even with free kicks!”
After scoring the goal, Ling Feng turned around, like the ruler of this stadium, with a look on his face Look around proudly.
Subsequently, he was surrounded by other teammates.
Judging from the expressions of the Monaco generals who either lowered their heads in frustration or had their hands on their hips helplessly, this unsolvable randomness The ball directly defeated their psychological defense.
The Monaco generals suddenly felt helpless that no matter how hard they attacked or tried, they could not defeat their opponents.
Especially when the opponent has a super pervert like Ling Feng!
They finally scored a goal, but Ling Feng seemed to be able to score goals casually.
How to kick this shit? !
In the following time, Monaco's offense suddenly lost its initial vigor.
Manchester United did not make too many advances, but under Ling Feng's command, they steadily controlled the rhythm of the game.
It wasn't until the 75th minute that Mourinho replaced the main players on the field to rest when the overall situation was decided.
However, he learned his lesson this time. Even if he replaced Rooney and Kanter, he did not dare to replace Ling Feng.
In this way, the score of two to one remained until the final whistle sounded.
In the end, with a long whistle from the Spanish referee, Manchester United completed a two-leg double against Monaco at the Louis II Stadium, defeating the Ligue 1 leader with a total score of 6 to 3 and advancing to the Champions League. Top eight!
"You have done a great job, I will still be waiting for you in the Champions League next season!"
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After the game, 21-year-old Ling Feng comforted the disappointed 18-year-old Mba The photo of him wearing a hat and touching his head quickly appeared on the covers of major media and quickly became a widely circulated world-famous painting.
Fans also quickly made secondary creations based on this world-famous painting.
For example, add lines for two people:
"Ling Feng: Young man, the future is yours! Mbappe: Brother, you are a young man too!"
"Mbappe: That free kick you just scored was so cool, what was your name? Ling Feng: Want to learn? I’ll teach you!”
After this game, the top eight of this season’s Champions League were also announced:
The defending champion Royal Madrid!
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, the two giants of La Liga!
Bundesliga duo Bayern Munich and Dortmund!
Serie A old lady Juventus!
Leicester City, the "Miracle Fox" of the Premier League, and Manchester United, the Red Devils who have returned to the quarterfinals!
The media also conducted a review of all the games in the quarter-finals.
Two of the duels can be called classic games, and their key word is "reversal"
And these two teams that narrowly escaped death are Barcelona and Leicester City!
Due to the draw, these two teams could only play away first and then at home. In the first round, when the scores were unfavorable, they returned to home and successfully came back to advance.
It fully demonstrates the belief that "you can score goals in the away game, but if you don't overturn the game at home, I will lose"!
Of course, the miraculous comeback staged at Camp Nou a week ago occupied almost all pages in the football world.
After losing 4-0 in the first leg at the Parc des Princes in Paris, everyone believed that Barcelona had been eliminated from the Champions League early.
No one believed that they could reverse the situation, not even themselves.
However, football is round and anything can happen.
Back at home, Barcelona used an amazing 6-1 to tie the total score to 6-5, miraculously defeating their opponents and approaching the quarterfinals!
This can be called the greatest reversal in the history of the Champions League!
Because this is the first time a team has completed a comeback after falling behind by four goals in the first round and without an away goal!
Even some of the penalty kicks in this game were very controversial.
But results are results.
And this game also produced many famous scenes.
For example, Roberto’s late shot at the last moment!
For example, Messi is surrounded by the crowd!
In this game, Neymar, who scored four goals, had the best performance of his career and personally directed this epic reversal.
However, what disappointed him was that the front page covers of major media outlets in various countries the next day were all about Messi!
Perhaps at this moment, Neymar finally understood that no matter how good he was, as long as Messi was around, he would always be just a green leaf to set off the flowers!
It is worth mentioning that after Neymar led the team to reverse the game in Paris, Ling Feng also immediately sent a congratulatory message to Ma.
The latter also replied with thanks, and then did not forget to invite Ling Feng to come to his Spanish mansion for a party when he was free.
In response to this, Ling Feng just replied politely "Okay, I will be there" when his girlfriend was away
In addition to this, which has occupied the football headlines for a week, the greatest "greatest football match in the history of the Champions League" "In addition to the reversal, Leicester City, the "Blue Fox" who miraculously won the Premier League championship last season, also completed the reversal at the King Power Stadium at home, defeating last season's European Championship 2-0 (total score 3-2). United runner-up Sevilla reaches the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time in history!
It is worth mentioning that this is the second time Leicester City has defeated Sevilla in a key European match after last season's Europa League final.
With just these two duels, Leicester City can definitely be promoted to Sevilla’s mortal enemy!
This season, the Blue Fox is in average form in the league and was once far away from the relegation zone.
In the Champions League, they made great progress, won the first place in the group, and reached the quarterfinals.
Completely interprets "I am obedient in the league, and I attack hard in the Champions League"
It is worth mentioning that after the halfway period, Blue Fox coach Ranieri was once the odds of being dismissed from the Premier League. The highest coach.
However, after the introduction of "Kante's successor" Ndidi in the winter window, coupled with the change of tactics and playing more pragmatically, the team's state improved.
As he led the team to the quarterfinals of the Champions League and the league ranking returned to the middle, Ranieri's position as coach was saved.
This also changed Ranieri's fate of being fired by the club
(End of Chapter)