Chapter 757 The Chinese man who scored the goal of Manchester United
With two goals in hand, Manchester United is much more stable.
In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again, but Manchester United still had an absolute advantage.
If it weren't for Spanish goalkeeper Diego Lopez's high pass and low block, Manchester United's goals would have been doubled.
At least double.
This 39-year-old goalkeeper is definitely a representative figure who gets stronger with age, becoming more and more charming as he gets older.
When he was young, he played for many wealthy teams such as AC Milan and Real Madrid. His strength was world-class and his experience was top-notch.
Now that I am older, I have returned to Spain and joined Espanyol. I am definitely a person who can help the poor through technology and be a great defender.
It wasn't until the 81st minute of the game that Manchester United scored again.
This time, Drinkwater, who came on the bench, blasted into the net, helping the team expand the lead again.
3 to 0, this is the final score of this game.
Spaniard fans were very disappointed when they were defeated by Manchester United at home.
But this is what they expected, after all, the strength of the two sides is very different.
How can one compare with a Premier League leader and a La Liga deputy squad leader?
After the game, Wu Lei found Xia Xing and exchanged jerseys with him.
Xia Xing naturally agreed.
"Man, I'm waiting for you at Old Trafford!"
Seeing Wu Lei turning away, Xia Xing felt a little emotional.
Since the last era, since Dong Fangzhuo and Sun Jihai, no Chinese players have played at Old Trafford.
Now, the wait is finally here.
Although Manchester United arranged a rotation lineup for the weekend's league, Solskjaer even did not put Xia Xing into the squad.
Although Xia Xing is an iron man, Solskjaer is still worried about him.
Especially now that we are fighting on two fronts, we cannot just focus on Xia Xing.
So even though Xia Xing repeatedly stated that he was fine, Solskjaer still excluded him from the squad.
Xia Xing can also understand, after all, the head coach has good intentions.
However, he was still worried about the game.
Sure enough, something went wrong in the weekend league.
Xia Xing was not the only one who did not play, there were also many key players.
In the absence of many people, Manchester United unfortunately lost to Watford.
It should have been a winnable game, and the opponent was not strong, but we lost.
Without Xia Xing, Manchester United seemed to be missing its soul and structure, and could only watch helplessly as its opponents succeeded in counterattacking continuously.
In this game, Maguire, B Fee and Martial, who were on the axis, all performed very hard, but there was really nothing they could do.
After this game, Liverpool is only one point behind Manchester United.
Manchester United are in danger.
On February 2, Old Trafford hosted the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals.
Facing the Spaniard, the Manchester United team has great technical and psychological advantages.
The 3-0 result in the last game was very gratifying and was enough to seal the victory.
As long as you show even half of your success in this game, you'll be fine.
So Solskjaer still tried partial rotation today to give young players opportunities.
For example, young players such as Pereira and Tahith Chong all appeared on the field.
But even so, Manchester United still takes the initiative.
In the 23rd minute of the first half, Xia Xing made a diagonal pass and found Pereira who was advancing.
Pereira and James made a hit-the-wall match and volleyed in the penalty area!
The ball hit the net!
1 is better than 0!
Manchester United opens the scoring! At the end of the first half, another successful defense by Xia Xing allowed Manchester United to switch from defense to offense in an instant.
The long pass still goes to the right!
Still looking for James!
James was in good shape in this game, and Xia Xing could see it!
Let this young fast horse give full play to his talent!
After receiving the ball, James sprinted quickly and used his speed to throw away the two defenders!
Rush into the penalty area and shoot from a small angle!
The ball hits the net!
2 is better than 0!
Manchester United scores another goal!
At this point, the Spaniards had no hope at all.
No one thought they would score five goals in a row and create a miracle in the next game.
That's not a miracle, it's a fantasy.
Then, Manchester United played more freely.
If it weren't for the young players' poor ability to seize opportunities and the excellent condition of Diego Lopez, I'm afraid the Spaniard would have suffered another big defeat.
The first half was set at 2-0, but Manchester United's offense remained the same in the second half.
At this time, the Spaniards completely lost their fighting spirit. They directly used two substitutions and replaced them with two midfielders.
Two young players go on the field to practice. After all, the opportunity in the Europa League is rare.
The third substitution was given to Wu Lei.
In the 70th minute of the game, Wu Lei came on as a substitute.
Wu Lei came on the field, and the Old Trafford stadium burst into applause.
Looking at this Chinese face, they naturally thought of captain Xia Xing, and a feeling of closeness arose spontaneously.
After coming on the bench, Wu Lei was very active.
Two consecutive quick forwards actually created two extremely threatening opportunities to attack the goal.
But in front of De Gea, his shots were still too tender, and they were all blocked by the Manchester United goalkeeper.
In the 85th minute of the game, Manchester United's attack ended and the Spaniard launched another counterattack.
A steady pass in the midfield, and suddenly a through ball!
At this time, Wu Lei sprinted quickly and successfully countered offside!
Alone!
Bailly and Lindelof quickly chased back, but still couldn't keep up with Wu Lei's speed!
Outside the penalty area, Wu Lei made a slight adjustment and took a decisive shot when De Gea attacked!
The ball went straight into the dead center of the goal!
The ball went in!
2 is better than 1!
The Spaniard pulled a goal back!
This goal made the Spanish players excited!
They hugged excitedly on the court!
Although this goal has nothing to do with the overall situation, it is exciting enough!
And this also means that they have not given up their tenacious fighting spirit!
At this time, even Xia Xing, who was not far away, kept nodding in admiration.
Well done Wu Lei!
With such a running position, even if Irving returns to the court back then, it will be nothing more than that, right?
Under the Chinese youth training system, it is not easy to have a forward with such a big-picture perspective and football intelligence!
It would be great if he were five years younger...
With five minutes left before the end of the game, the Spaniard was still one goal behind.
Although there is no hope of promotion, they still look forward to scoring one more goal and equalizing the score.
In the second minute of injury time, Wu Lei once again had a world-class chance.
However, under strict defense, he had no chance to shoot and chose to pass the ball.
A cross was passed into the middle of the penalty area, but McTominay, who was filling in, returned to defend and destroyed it.
The Spaniards lost their last chance.
In the end, Manchester United defeated Espanyol 2-1 at home in this game!
Although they lost the ball, Manchester United fans still gave great encouragement to their opponents, and the Spaniard players were moved by the applause from the audience.
This time, Xia Xing took the initiative to approach Wu Lei to exchange jerseys.
"Man, your goal is so cool!"
"The main thing is that my teammates pass the ball well."
"From now on, you will be famous. From now on, you can be called 'the Chinese man who scored the Manchester United goal'!" (End of Chapter)
