Chapter 1005 Half a catty 82

At this moment, there was a huge cheer at the new Old Trafford Stadium.

But amid the cheers, Harry Kane did not take the first shot, but adjusted himself and shot again, and the ball was blocked by Alaba who came back.

"Ah! Harry Kane missed a great opportunity! If he could seize this opportunity, Manchester United would take the lead... What a pity!" He Wei shouted regretfully.

"This is Manchester United's best chance since the opening! Real Madrid should be careful and not relax too much..." The Spanish commentator still symbolically reminded the team to pay attention to defense.

Real Madrid then continued to attack Manchester United with the ball, but this time, they were unable to get the ball to Manchester United's goal and shoot.

When advancing to the center circle, Modric was entangled by Bruno and Kante. Bruno pressed forward, squeezing Modric's ball control space.

Although he has never been a player good at muscle strength, Bruno was still able to hold his own in the fight with Modric.

Under his interference, Kante seized the opportunity to make a tackle and knocked the ball away from Modric's feet. Then Manchester United launched another attack.

The ball was passed to Rashford's feet. After dribbling sideways, he tried to shoot, but the ball was caught by Courtois, leaving no chance for Harry Kane to follow up.

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After Courtois hugged the ball, he threw it to Carvajal on the side, and Real Madrid moved forward.

In the minds of Real Madrid players, Manchester United players should be very tired because of the consumption of the Premier League, and they can easily pass through the midfield and directly reach their goal.

This game is Real Madrid's best chance for revenge.

However, when Real Madrid actually pushed forward the attack in the game, they found that the situation was somewhat different from what they had imagined.

In their imagination, when they attacked, the Manchester United team was almost unable to resist and could only quickly surrender under their rapid offensive. However, the actual situation was that Real Madrid found it difficult to move forward after advancing to the midfield.

The double defensive midfielders formed by Kante and Gundogan locked the midfield like an iron gate. It was very difficult for Real Madrid to pass through here, so they had to go to the wing.

However, the flank attack cannot directly threaten Manchester United's goal. As for the header of the cross from the flank, although Real Madrid has players like Benzema who are good at heading, Manchester United's central defenders Maguire and Van Dijk are also very good at heading.

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Real Madrid's attack ended before Manchester United's goal. When they made a large-scale lateral transfer, Maguire headed the ball back.

Kante received the ball and passed it to Bruno.

Bruno turned around and passed the ball to the left. Luke Shaw made a forward move on the left, received the ball from Bruno, and rushed forward with the ball.

After passing the ball, Bruno did not stay where he was, but ran forward with all his might.

Sure enough, when he ran forward, Luke Shaw was also surrounded by Real Madrid and had to pass the ball. At this time, Bruno was in place.

Luke Shaw quickly passed the ball to Bruno who was making a forward run.

Bruno stopped the ball with the inside of his left foot, then used the outside of his right foot to push the ball out and pass it to Rashford on the flank.

After receiving the ball, Rashford kicked the ball directly to the middle. The football rushed forward along the grass, bypassed the Real Madrid defender in the penalty area, and went straight to the back point.

Alaba was guarding the back point, but Harry Kane suddenly came up from behind him and kicked the ball with his right foot before Alaba!

Although Courtois made a save, Harry Kane's shot was too close to the goal and his shot was too sudden, so Courtois' save was still too slow in front of Harry Kane's shot, and the football rolled into the lower right corner of the goal!

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"Ahhhhhhh!" Lineker shouted, "Kane!! Harry Kane! It's only been eleven minutes since the start of the game, and Manchester United has taken the lead in their home stadium! This lead is somewhat surprising, because before the game everyone thought that Manchester United would be crushed by Real Madrid in their own home stadium..."

There was a huge cheer at the new Old Trafford stadium.

"Harry Kane's goal was assisted by Rashford. He is in very good form..." said He Wei.

After scoring the goal, Harry Kane took the initiative to run over and hug Rashford, and other teammates also rushed up to hug them both.

"Was Alaba distracted while defending? He actually allowed Harry Kane to get in front of him and shoot!" The Spanish commentator criticized Alaba. Real Madrid's defense line is still not reassuring.

The TV broadcast gave a close-up of Real Madrid coach Ancelotti, who was frowning in the camera but did not do anything.

It's only been ten minutes since the show started, so it's a bit too early to do anything.

The Spanish commentator was still comforting and encouraging the Real Madrid fans in front of the TV: "Manchester United's goal was a bit unexpected, and it was more of a matter of luck. As long as the Real Madrid players can adjust their mentality, equalizing the score will not be a problem..."

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When the game resumed, the performance of the Real Madrid players confirmed the Spanish commentator's statement. The goal conceded didn't cause Real Madrid to panic. Despite falling behind, they began to press forward, increasing pressure on Manchester United's penalty area.

In the 24th minute, Benzema took a direct free kick from 30 meters away from the goal, but it was saved by De Gea.

Manchester United took advantage of Real Madrid's offensive opportunities to launch their counterattack.

In the 33rd minute, Greenwood forced his way past Ferland Mendy on the right and broke into the penalty area. Under the pressure of Mbappé, he fell to the ground and shot, but the ball was slightly off target.

After transferring to Real Madrid, the Frenchman finally became the main left winger he had always dreamed of. However, in today's game, he was unable to perform well in the left winger position, but instead showed up on the defensive end.

The two sides went back and forth and reached a stalemate. Everyone had a chance, but neither of them seemed to have a particularly good chance.

In the 40th minute, Mbappe made a cross from the left, Luke Shaw headed the ball away, Toni Kroos outside the penalty area grabbed the second point, and then took a long shot, but the ball was blocked by Van Dijk's body.

In the 42nd minute, Real Madrid threw the ball out of bounds in the backcourt and launched a fast break.

However, when Real Madrid's attack reached the front of Manchester United's penalty area, it was defended by Manchester United. Maguire had already controlled the ball at the front of the penalty area, but he was busy looking ahead and completely ignored the situation around him, and Mbappe successfully intercepted the ball from behind!

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"Maguire...made a mistake!!" Lineker exclaimed.

Mbappé intercepted the ball and quickly passed it to the back post. Benzema followed up and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal with no one defending him.

"1:1!! Benzema! He equalized the score for Real Madrid!" The Spanish commentator excitedly pumped his fist and shouted, "Real Madrid finally equalized the score before the end of the first half! Now they can go into halftime with a relatively calm mindset! Benzema's goal was very, very crucial!"

"Maguire—" Lineker sighed, "This mistake is really fatal! The morale that was finally built up was destroyed by this mistake..."

What he worries most about is the impact of mistakes on the team.

Everyone was worried about Manchester United before the game, but after they scored in the eleventh minute, Lineker breathed a sigh of relief. However, after that goal, Manchester United never scored again, and now, at halftime, they had let the other team equalize due to a mistake.

What impact would this goal have on the team? Would it dampen morale and cause the team to revert to the form everyone feared before the game? Would this cause a split in the already fraught Manchester United during the break?

Although only one goal was lost, sensitive people can already imagine a lot of things.

"Towards the end of the first half, Manchester United's players were a little distracted. Maguire's mistake was obviously caused by a lack of vigilance... You know, in such a high-level confrontation, even a second of negligence can be fatal!" He Wei also criticized Maguire's performance.

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The Real Madrid players were very excited. This was a valuable away goal, one was worth two!

This goal was like a reassurance to them.

If we put aside the idea of "revenge", then getting an away goal is their most basic goal, and now this goal has been achieved.

Maguire, who lost the ball due to his own mistake, looked very frustrated. He stood there with his hands on his hips, motionless. It would be most appropriate to describe him as "dumbfounded".

Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea was also helpless about Maguire's mistake, but he still came up to comfort Maguire: "Don't take it to heart, I am also responsible for that ball. I didn't remind you in time that there was someone behind you..."

Maguire shook his head, sighed, and said nothing.

After the game restarted, Real Madrid, with the momentum they had just achieved to equalize the score, launched another fierce attack on Manchester United's goal. During this period, Manchester United could only shrink its defense and could not attack at all.

Of course, there wasn't much time left until the end of the first half, so it was enough to not concede a goal. Don't even think about scoring another goal and regaining the lead...

In the end, at the end of the first half, the score was 1:1, and the two sides were temporarily tied.