Chapter 819: The battle for the Europa League, give it a try

This time when the players ran out of the tunnel, their faces were serious.

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

They took Xia Xing's words to heart just now.

Yes, this opponent is not weak.

Just talking about their three lines, except for Xia Xing who has certain advantages, who else can rely on their advantages to overwhelm the opposing players?
No.

Manchester United now only has two world-class stars, Xia Xing and De Gea, and the others don't count.

The game continued in the second half, with Manchester United still attacking rapidly.

During the halftime break, Solskjaer made a substitution adjustment.

Cavani was replaced and James came on as a substitute.

Greenwood returned to the center, and James also went to the right.

Although Cavani's heroic performance in the semi-finals can be said to be the biggest contributor to Manchester United's advancement to the final, he was completely frozen by the opponent in this game. His disadvantages of slow speed and slow turns were taken advantage of by his opponents, and he never had any good opportunities. .

So Solskjaer once again used his new star trident and let three young players rush.

But how could Villarreal give them a chance?

If you can guard Cavani, you can guard James!
In the next period of time, it was Villarreal's turn to defend.

Manchester United attacked fiercely, and they retreated.

The two forward players are waiting for counterattack opportunities in the midfield. Pino and Terry Gross in the midfield are erratic and will move forward decisively if given the opportunity.

In this way, Manchester United's offense does not dare to be too aggressive.

Xia Xing crossed Matic, Matic passed the ball back to Lindelof, Lindelof tried to kick the ball, looking for Greenwood in front.

Manchester United wants to use the way their opponents score goals and see if they can imitate it.

But in the end they failed.

The ball was blocked by Albiol in advance and he headed the ball to clear the ball.

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 defensive players rushed up to him.

Two people blocked and one shoveled.

Xia Xing quickly avoided it.

Otherwise, both sides will surely suffer losses.

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

This also affected Xia Xing's passing.

Xia Xing is the only one in the current Manchester United team.

As long as you keep an eye on him, there will be absolutely no problem.

Therefore, until the second half until now, Xia Xing has not had particularly good opportunities to advance and pass.

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

This way, other Manchester United players will have a chance.

In theory, it is.

But in fact this is not the case.

Manchester United's forward attack created many opportunities, but the offensive players failed to seize them.

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

The 0-1 behind situation remained unchanged.

On the sidelines of the court, Solskjaer has used two substitutions again.

B Fee and Lindelof were replaced, and Mata and Van de Beek came on the bench.

如此一来，曼联的阵容也从4-2-3-1变成了3-2-2-3。

One central defender has been reduced and one attacking midfielder has been added.

The experienced Mata and the young Van de Beek appeared together and became assistants behind the three forwards. It doesn't matter that there is one less central defender, because the opponent has also changed their formation, from 4-4-2 to 5-4-1, and Moreno has been replaced.

Striker Bacca is defended by Maguire, so he is almost solid and there will be no major problems.

Now Manchester United is in desperate need of offense and goals.

After Mata came on the court, he created a good opportunity.

The ball is suddenly passed with the outside of the instep!
Greenwood turned around and shot low in the penalty area!

The ball hit the outside of the goal post and bounced out of the baseline!
Manchester United missed the opportunity!

Four minutes later, Mata once again took the ball in the frontcourt and took a long shot!
The ball was punched out by Rulli, and Manchester United missed a good opportunity again.

Ferran frowned on the side of the court: "It seems that Mata's attributes of a lucky general are gone..."

In previous club and national team competitions, Mata came on as a substitute many times and helped the team score goals, eventually winning the championship.

A Mata, a Torres, a real lucky winner in life.

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

At this time, the game has reached the 82nd minute, and Manchester United still failed to score.

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

He still has two places for substitutions, but there is really no one left.

There are few offensively reliable players on the bench, who else can be replaced?
We can only expect the players on the field to perform miracles.

At this time, he once again recalled Xia Xing's words before the game, and he was filled with emotion.

If we lose this game, we will lose because we underestimated the enemy...

Guys, come on.

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

During this time, he has handed over the defense to Matic behind him, and he has completely pressed forward.

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

This is already Manchester United's best offensive power at present.

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

But this time it was rare for the ball to be intercepted by the opponent.

Because there were too many defensive players in Huang Qian's penalty area, there was no way to pass the ball effectively.

The best way now is to make crosses and long shots.

After all, this is the best way to break through a dense defense.

However, Manchester United currently lacks high points in the penalty area, and the success rate of receiving crosses is not high.

Greenwood and Rashford are still too lacking in confrontation.

As for long-range shots, Manchester United is also trying them during this time.

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

In today's international football, breaking through dense defense is a huge problem, not to mention that Manchester United is still unable to achieve a big gap in strength with the opponent.

As time goes by, there is less and less time left for Manchester United.

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

Curving ball, the angle of the ball is very tricky!
But goalkeeper Rulli still showed his bravery and punched the ball out with both hands!
Wonderful defense!
Alan Shearer in the live broadcast room shook his head: "Under the pressure of the opponent, Xiao's shot was still a bit hasty. If he could have more time to adjust, he would definitely be able to achieve faster speed and a higher success rate."

As England's striker and star, Alan Shearer discovered this problem.

And Xia Xing also discovered it.

At this moment he had an idea.

As soon as you think of this, implement it immediately!

At this time, the ball was passed to Xia Xing's feet again, and Xia Xing still swung his legs this time to prepare for a long shot!
The opponent's two midfielders quickly sprinted to defend!
Xia Xing suddenly moved to the right, seemingly intending to pass, but his movements were slightly slower.

The toes of the opponent's tackle are in place!

Xia Xing was knocked down directly by the opponent!
The referee's whistle sounds!
Free kick!
At a position 29 meters away from the goal, Manchester United got a free kick! (End of chapter)