I'm the Red Devil's savior

Chapter 407 Advance through twists and turns

In the early morning of April 2018, 4, Beijing time, all the semi-finals of the 12-2017 UEFA Champions League were decided. Manchester United and Liverpool from the Premier League, Real Madrid from La Liga and Rome from Serie A met in the semi-finals.

According to the latest winning odds offered by mainstream European gaming companies, Manchester United, currently the defending champion, is the most favored team by the outside world. The No. 3 favorite after Manchester United is the Galacticos Real Madrid, and the third place is the Premier League The giants Liverpool, ranked last is the Serie A powerhouse Roma.

Of course, after the Champions League semi-final match situation is officially released, the bookmaker will definitely adjust the winning odds of the four teams as soon as possible.

One day later, at 4:13 p.m. on April 7, UEFA will hold a draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in Nyon, Switzerland. Andrei Shevchenko, the legendary Ukrainian star and Serie A giant AC Milan striker, will be in charge of the draw. guest.

After the draw, Manchester United and Real Madrid, the first and second favorites to win the championship, were drawn together, while Liverpool was Rome's alternative double red meeting.

This is the third consecutive season that Manchester United has played against Real Madrid. The difference is that the two sides played against each other in the Champions League final in the previous two years, but this year it was changed to the semi-final.

There is no doubt that Real Madrid, which has regrettably lost in the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons, is currently in fourth place after 31 rounds of the league and is 15 points behind the leader Barcelona. Manchester United, the next semi-final opponent, must pass.

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According to Manchester United's official statistics, in the history of the three major European cups, it has played against Real Madrid 12 times in history. Both sides won 4 games each, plus 4 draws. Entering one more is enough to show the "needle tip to the wheat awn" state of the two giants.

It is worth mentioning that in the few seasons when Manchester United and Real Madrid met in the Champions League, as long as Manchester United can finally win, they both won the Champions League for that season.They are the semi-finals of the Champions League in the 1967-1968 season, and the Champions League finals in the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 seasons.

而在1956-1957赛季的欧冠半决赛、1999-2000赛季以及2002-2003赛季的欧冠四分之一决赛，曼联都是作为失败者。

However, in the history of the battle between the two sides, Real Madrid has an absolute advantage at the Bernabeu Stadium, with 2 wins and 3 draws to remain unbeaten.However, Manchester United's record against Real Madrid at home is not dominant, 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses are evenly divided with Real Madrid.

In games played on neutral grounds, Manchester United has a 100% winning rate: in the 2015-2016 season at the San Siro Stadium, and in the 2016-2017 season at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium, Real Madrid lost both times.

Now that the two sides met in the semi-finals of the Champions League, many Real Madrid fans believe that the time for revenge has come!

Of course, Real Madrid's management is not so optimistic.

"It's always difficult to advance to the Champions League, but we've been to the semi-finals for eight years in a row, now comes the hardest task, the last step is always the hardest, Manchester United are a great team and we have to They showed top form in both games." Real Madrid executive Butragueno said after the draw against the away-home schedule and strong opponents.

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The Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid will not start until late April, and there is still half a month to go.Before that, Manchester United still has 4 games to play, namely the 3th round of the Premier League against West Brom, the 34th round against Bournemouth, and the FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham.

Especially during the period from late April to early May, Manchester United will usher in a super death schedule.

At 4:22 on April 0, Beijing time, the FA Cup semi-final, Manchester United played against Tottenham at home;
At 4:26 on April 2, Beijing time, the UEFA Champions League semi-final, Manchester United vs. Real Madrid at home;

北京时间4月29日23点30分，英超第36轮，曼联主场对阿森纳；

At 5:2 on May 2, Beijing time, the Champions League semi-final, Manchester United played away against Real Madrid!

In 12 days, 4 games, all against wealthy teams, there is no one in this schedule!
What made Ye Su even more helpless was that Manchester United had already been severely tested before the arrival of this super devil's schedule.

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北京时间2018年4月15日23点，英超第34轮一场焦点战在老特拉福德球场开战，红魔曼联在主场迎战西布朗。

This is a game of disparity in strength. Manchester United tops the Premier League standings, while West Brom is the Premier League deputy squad leader. They only scored 33 points in 21 Premier League rounds, basically locking in a relegation spot.

With Manchester United's strong strength and good condition, for this game, almost no one thinks that West Brom can cause Manchester United any trouble.

At 70 minutes into the game, the score was still 0:0.

As the deputy squad leader, West Brom played quite pragmatically (wretchedly) in this game.The whole team seems to have only one thought since the start of the game: defense!Desperate defense!

To take a 0-0 draw away from Old Trafford is victory.

West Brom used a tough defense and a united defense to block Manchester United's offense layer by layer.

Their tactics have been successful so far, and even West Brom have achieved more than they imagined.

In the 73rd minute of the game, the West Brom made a quick counterattack after stealing the ball, and Jay Rodriguez broke through Manchester United's goal!

1:0, West Brom unexpectedly took the lead at Old Trafford!

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As the minutes ticked away, Old Trafford fell silent.Fans are worried, Manchester United has continued its unbeaten record of 71 games, will it be terminated today?Ended by the last one in the Premier League?

Not only that, since Ye Su took charge of Manchester United, the unbeaten record at home in various competitions will also be ended today?

Ye Su stood on the sidelines, his shirt top undone and his tie crooked.

The team was unable to attack for a long time, and Ye Su was a little anxious.

Ye Su had already used up the three substitutions, and played all the cards he could play.

Manchester United's starting 11 today is different from the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich in the middle of the week. That is to say, Ye Su used a full substitute lineup today.

但没有人敢忽视这套曼联的替补阵容，因此此前他们曾在联赛杯决赛里3:0击败过阿森纳，也曾在英超第33轮于伊蒂哈德球场3:2力克强大的蓝月亮曼城。

Everyone was shocked by the thickness of Manchester United's bench. Guardiola, Klopp and Wenger even envied and hated it.

But today, this once excellent Manchester United substitute rotation lineup is in huge trouble.

Bruno Fernandez was heavily marked by West Brom and was unable to organize an offense at all.

Rashford and Mbappe, the two extremely fast teenagers, are caught in a fight with their opponents. Their speed can't play a role in front of West Brom's reinforced concrete defense.

Although Harland is tall, he is still young after all, and his role in frontal battles is very limited.

After 75 minutes of the game, although Ye Su replaced Rooney, Harry Kane and De Bruyne successively to strengthen the offensive power in the frontcourt, Manchester United was still helpless against West Brom's 11-man bus.

In order to defeat Manchester United and end their great unbeaten record of 71 games, the West Brom people have tried everything.

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No.809 minutes, when Rashford was holding the ball in the left midfield, facing Phillips who was coming up to press him, he used a turn around to get rid of him, blocked Phillips behind him, and then passed the football Next to Bruno Fernandez, Rashford himself ran without the ball, appeared in a new position, and then received a pass from Bruno Fernandez.

However, West Brom's right back Nyom has already entangled, and on his flank is the central defender Dawson who has been waiting for a long time. This kind of close combat makes Rashford unable to take advantage of his speed.

It seems that Manchester United's attack this time will end in vain.

Ye Su stared at the field, his eyes lit up.

"Run!" Ye Su muttered to himself.

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At this time, the other players of Manchester United seemed not to be reconciled to the draw. The offensive players were all running, constantly using their running to tear West Brom's defense.

Harry Kane, Rooney, De Bruyne and Bruno Fernandes are all pressing to the left, hoping to catch Rashford.

The West Brom players put all their attention on Rashford.

Rashford controlled the ball at his feet, and he kept stepping on the bicycle, but it was difficult to form a breakthrough.

Just when everyone thought that West Brom had successfully completed a defense, Rashford suddenly knocked the football with his heel.

Meanwhile, Rooney received the football in person.However, he himself was caught in a siege, and it seemed that he still had no chance.

Rooney turned slightly sideways on the spot, then flicked his ankle, and passed the football out among the people, a long-distance diagonal pass!
"Rooney! He sent the football to the space in the half!"

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Because the focus is on Rashford's side, there is a blank area there. There are no West Brom players, but there are Manchester United players!

It is Wan-Bissaka, a young right-back player introduced by Manchester United last summer.

Because Manchester United has been attacking the left, Wan-Bissaka on the right hardly showed much performance, and he didn't even touch the ball much.In addition, this young player is not well-known, and he had few chances and performances in previous games, so West Brom showed contempt for this young player, and he was almost undefended here.

Wan Bissaka was a little nervous and anxious.

For young players like him, the limited playing time is very precious, and fierce games are not friendly to young players.

After the young people came on the field, the stories of miraculous performances and fame in World War I were only a handful after all.So more young people, like Wan Bissaka, must seize opportunities in as limited playing time as possible.

Not to mention having a very eye-catching performance, or even becoming famous in the first battle and turning the tide.But keep improving, every game can let the coach see your hard work and progress, and then you can get more playing time to improve yourself.

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In this game, the task Ye Su assigned to Wan-Bissaka was to defend on the right, and he was not required to participate in the offense.He kept in mind the serious expression on the coach's exhortation to him, and he didn't dare to go one step further.

So in this game, his defense on the right side of Manchester United was considered a success.Nor was Wan-Bissaka responsible for West Brom's quick counter-attack.

However, what is the use of doing a good job even if you do it yourself?

The team is now in a backward state. If they can't score an equalizer as soon as possible, then the team's great unbeaten record of 71 games will come to an end today!

Wan Bissaka decided to be willful and help the team's offense.

However, this is not an easy task. After all, I have so many talented offensive players, and even seniors with the Golden Globe Award like Rooney failed to do it. Why can I do it myself?
However, Wan-Bissaka does not want to give up, he has to wait for the opportunity.

Where is the opportunity?
At this moment, Wan Bissaka saw that chubby...football flying over!
His eyes suddenly lit up, and he ran forward desperately!
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"Wan Bissaka!!!" The narrator John Mortensen shouted, and the sudden shout shocked many people in front of the TV.

He couldn't help being so excited that Wan-Bissaka had the ball completely unmarked!
"No one guards him! West Brom's defense made a fatal mistake!"

There was an exclamation in the commentary, obviously surprised that Rooney sent the football there and Wan-Bissaka was unmarked.

Wan-Bissaka was short of breath, he knew this was his chance!
He was waiting for this opportunity!
"Aaron, this is your chance to make a name for yourself! When the opportunity arises, you must seize it!"

Wan Bissaka showed his rare calmness at this young stage. After receiving the ball, he dribbled the ball towards the penalty area!
He looked up, and from the corner of his eye, he could see West Brom's defensive players swarming towards him in panic!

You have no chance!You don't know how boring I was waiting in the backcourt today... No, how hard it was!
After dribbling the ball into the penalty area, Wan-Bissaka took a decisive shot and the football flew into the goal over the head of panicked West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster!
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"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

"Aaron Wan-Bissaka! He shoots - absolutely even! Absolutely even! Absolutely even! Aaron Wan-Bissaka, he is the hero of Manchester United!" Amidst the roar of the MUTV commentator, the Old Trafford stadium boiled .

The goal scorer stared at the goal in a daze, and then the huge overwhelming cheers swept over crazily, occupying his ears, his auditory nerves, and his senses!

The young player turned around and ran. He ran desperately, shaking his head wildly while running.

Tears rolled down the young man's cheeks, tears of excitement!

(End of this chapter)