I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

May 3, Manchester, UK.

Today is the day of the Champions League semi-final second leg between Manchester United and Atletico Madrid, and the time is 7:45 pm local time.

Two hours before the game, the Manchester United team set off on time on the team bus from the Lowry Hotel.

When the players walked out of the hotel, Manchester United fans had already been waiting at the entrance of the hotel. Seeing the players, they all cheered, sang the team song, or shouted the names of the players, cheering for the team, hoping that they can beat Atletico Madrid tonight. But no one will come to the team, because they all know that the players need to be calm before the game.

Every evening game, the start time is Manchester's rush hour. Police cars will clear the way ahead for United's coach to ensure the team arrives at Old Trafford on time as expected.

The players were on the bus, there was no communication, no words, just silence.

Wherever the bus passes, there will be crowds of Manchester United fans from all over the world cheering on the side of the road.

For the Red Devils fans, after the brief downturn in the Moyes era after Ferguson's retirement, Manchester United in the Ye Su era, the experience of the past two years is simply dreamlike.

In Ye Su's first full season in charge of Manchester United, he led the team to the small triple crown of the Premier League, League Cup and Europa League.

Such a result, even in the Ferguson era, except for the Triple Crown in 1999 and the Double Crown in 2008, I am afraid that no season can match it.

By this season, Manchester United has a tendency to go to the next level. At the end of February, they won the League Cup championship, and then won the Premier League championship early in mid-April. Both of these championships are defending, which is very rare.

More importantly, Manchester United reached the final of the FA Cup, the oldest competition in football history, again after a lapse of nine years 10 days ago.

Today, it is very possible to beat Atletico Madrid and break into the Champions League final.

If Manchester United can win the FA Cup and the Champions League consecutively in the next month, it will be the most glorious peak in Manchester United's team history of more than 100 years, a peak that surpassed the Triple Crown 17 years ago!

And the miracle is likely to start today!

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pre-match training,

The locker room is set up, waiting to go on the field... The procedure before the game has passed step by step, and finally it is time for both sides to go on the field.

The referee team for this game is from Slovenia in Eastern Europe, and the referee is the famous international referee Skomina.

Speaking of the Slovenian referee, Ye Su was not familiar with it. But I still remember that his first appearance in an international competition was to enforce the law at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. And he started to officiate a lot of heavyweight games in the 2011-2012 season. In the UEFA Champions League that season, he officiated many focus games, including the quarter-final match between Arsenal and AC Milan, and the quarter-final match between Atletico Madrid and Benfica at home.

In the 2012 European Cup in Poland and Ukraine, Skomina served as the referee for two group matches, including the key battle of England's 3-2 victory over Sweden in Group D, and the quarter-finals between Germany and Greece, also from Slovenia law enforcement.

In the 2012 European Super Cup when Atletico Madrid beat Chelsea to win the championship, UEFA arranged for Skomina to serve as the referee.

However, the referee did not have much contact with Manchester United. He had not enforced the Manchester United team coached by Ye Su before.

But after the game started, Ye Su found that the referee's law enforcement was fairly fair, and there was no obvious behavior of favoring one side.

And the game is also going on in a normal rhythm.

After the first round, the head coaches of both sides said that they would play more proactively in the second round, but when the game really started, people found that the two were purely talkative, and both sides played more conservatively than in the first round.

There is no way to do it. You can tolerate your mistakes in the first round, after all, there is still a chance to change in the second round.

But if you make a mistake today, it means you are out of the game and there is no chance to correct your mistakes.

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In the somewhat dull atmosphere of the game, the time passed quickly for half an hour.

The game looked dull, but after all, both sides are super teams in today's world football. The confrontation in the game was fierce, and the technical and tactical level displayed in the confrontation was also amazing.

Feel dull, that's for those fake fans. Anyone who really understands football knows that it is this kind of seemingly dull game, but it is full of murderous opportunities anytime and anywhere.

For teams at the level of Manchester United and Atletico Madrid, any chance may allow them to win the game!

In the 31st minute, Manchester United got a free kick.

When Martial received a diagonal pass from De Bruyne on the left side of the front court, he passed Juanfran and tried to cut to the center. Gabi was not in place yet, and Atletico Madrid central defender He Cy Jimenez shoveled him to the ground from the side and rear, and the whole Old Trafford stadium was booed.

The referee Skomina immediately showed Jimenez the first yellow card of the game, and at the same time awarded Manchester United a free kick in a very good position on the left side of the front field.

At this time, Manchester United's players also realized the arrival of the opportunity, and began to stand according to the usual requirements when training free kick tactics.

De Bruyne stepped forward, caught the ball kicked by Rooney, and placed it on the foul point according to the referee's request, and slowly stepped back three steps, preparing to send the ball into the penalty area after the referee whistled .

Simeone was a little nervous, he had a very strange feeling, but he didn't figure out what was going on at all. He instinctively felt that the frontcourt positioning this time was quite dangerous, so his first reaction was to walk to the sidelines and call on the Atletico Madrid players on the field to maintain their attention, and at the same time keep an eye on several high points in Manchester United's penalty area.

"Don't miss anyone!" Simeone clapped his hands vigorously, encouraging his players.

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Rooney ran towards the penalty area, clapped his hands vigorously, and said loudly: "Pay attention, stay focused, don't make mistakes, do your own thing well, understand?"

No one answered the United captain's appeal, but every United player is doing what Rooney called.

Maguire, Van Dijk, Fellaini, Vardy... All Manchester United players who are good at heading the ball entered the Atletico Madrid penalty area, and Rooney himself was waiting near the penalty spot.

And with the referee Skomina's whistle, the penalty area suddenly became a mess.

Felipe Luiz saw that De Bruyne was about to make a free throw, and Vardy on his side was about to rush to the back of the penalty area, but Rooney suddenly ran out of the penalty area.

Everything happened suddenly, and he immediately and instinctively chose Vardy.

After all, compared with outside the penalty area, the threat posed by the back point to your goal must be much greater.

When Rooney ran out of the penalty area, he saw Felipe Luiz chasing Vardy, and he rushed to the left immediately.

De Bruyne's pass came.

The Belgian midfielder didn't curve the ball into the penalty area, nor did he cooperate with others. He just made a slight sideways swipe.

This sudden move was indeed unexpected. If it weren't for Manchester United's countless cooperation in the usual free kick tactics, the players would never have thought of such a move.

But in the restricted area, someone always reacted.

Atletico Madrid captain Godin, who returned from injury in this game, has always been very focused. When he saw Felipe Luiz chasing Vardy while Rooney ran towards the outside of the box, he knew something was wrong immediately.

Especially when he saw Rooney running to the left along the penalty area line, he immediately realized that it was bad.

Everyone in the team was fooled!

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Godin rushed towards Rooney at the first time, without even thinking about it, he directly made a fierce sliding shovel.

He went for the ball, not for Rooney's leg.

Rooney's reaction was also extremely fast. As soon as he saw Godin appearing suddenly, he realized that there had been a change. Originally, he wanted to play a more sure ground ball, directly attacking the goal. Because at this time, Atletico Madrid has exposed the line from the left side of the arc of the penalty area to the near post.

But when Godin suddenly appeared, he realized that it would not work, and a direct hit would hit Godin.

Rooney changed his attention almost instantly. After calculating the direction of the ball, he directly hit a half-high ball with his left foot.

The ball was extremely fast. After passing Godin, it fell quickly. After touching the ground, the speed did not decrease, and it directly hit the goal behind him. Oblak didn't even have time to fly to save it.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"The ball went in!!!!!!"

"The 31st minute, the 31st minute! Rooney scored a wonderful long shot from outside the penalty area!"

"1:0! The total score is 2:1! Now Manchester United has temporarily taken the lead."

"This is definitely a fatal blow for Atletico Madrid. They must start to take the initiative next."

"Let's revisit it again. Rooney's shot was very decisive and beautiful! This is definitely a textbook-level shot, and every picture is perfect."

"Rooney's goal is so crucial!"

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After Rooney scored, the whole person quickly rushed out of the field. Along the way, he stretched out his arms and made a gliding gesture, crossed the Ferguson stands where fanatical fans gathered, rushed to the head coach's bench, and hugged head coach Yesu and assistant coach Ryan Giggs.

Simeone knew he had been tricked!

He knew he was being tricked by Ye Su, but at the same time he was fatally hit by Rooney!

He realized that there were some loopholes in his set-piece defensive tactics, which were extremely secretive and had never even been spied on by his opponent before, but in the end Ye Su saw through and caught them.

This damn Chinese is simply a monster!