From the man behind the football king to the football king.

After the two head coaches had a heated exchange of words, they returned to the coaching seats to discuss the free kick with their assistants. On the field, Martial was already ready to take the free kick.

As the referee blew the whistle, Martial started to run up and then kicked a high-quality free kick. The ball drew a beautiful arc, bypassed Manchester United's four-man wall, and then fell quickly, heading straight for the upper left corner of the goal.

At the same time, De Gea also jumped into the air and stretched his arms as far as he could. However, judging from the flight path of the football, it was difficult for De Gea to catch the football.

If Paris Saint-Germain had scored this goal, it would have been almost impossible for Manchester United to complete a reversal!

Mourinho was a little afraid to look. At this moment, he heard a muffled "bang" sound. He was even frightened and shivered. He turned his head subconsciously and saw that in his own penalty area, the Dutch central defender Van Dijk almost risked his life to block Draxler's supplementary shot with his chest, and then Maguire kicked the ball to the front court.

"Crossbar! Another crossbar! Oh my God!" Martin Taylor's exclamation was transmitted to thousands of households through the live broadcast of the TV. "Martial's free kick went over the wall. The goalkeeper was powerless, but the crossbar prevented the goal. This was the second time Martial hit the goal frame in the first half of the game today..."

"No... From the slow-motion replay, De Gea's fingertips touched the ball, which caused the flight path of the football to change slightly before it hit the crossbar!"

"This is a world-class save! De Gea once again showed the world his world-class goalkeeping ability!"

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In the slow-motion replay, De Gea, who jumped up, did not completely catch the football, but he stretched his arms hard and still touched the football a little, which caused a very small change in the flight path of the football.

This change is so small that it is hard to spot if it is not replayed in slow motion. But it is this small change in trajectory that causes the ball to no longer go straight to the blind spot, but hit the junction of the crossbar and the uprights, and then bounce back into the field.

The player closest to where the ball landed was Paris Saint-Germain winger Draxler. He shot again, but was blocked by Van Dijk, and then the ball was cleared by Maguire again.

In slow motion, Martial, who won the European Golden Boy Award at Manchester United six years ago, held his head in his hands, as if he couldn't believe his eyes.

Although Manchester United is the place where he became famous and although he is grateful to Manchester United, when they met again on the court, he still gave his all, and then he scored a hat-trick in the first leg at home.

However, today at the home ground of his old club, in this stadium which was not Manchester United's home ground when he played for Manchester United, his luck seemed to be very bad, and the entrance of the stadium repeatedly blocked his shots that were sure to score.

The other Paris Saint-Germain players were also stunned, stunned by Martial's bad luck.

In the first half of the game, the goal post was hit twice, and it was one player who hit the goal post twice. Can you believe it?

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While the Paris Saint-Germain players were in disbelief, the game did not actually stop.

Maguire's hasty and blind clearance just now unexpectedly turned into a wonderful pass and flew to Rashford at the front of the penalty area.

While Paris Saint-Germain's attacking players were still shocked by Martial's bad luck in hitting the post to score his second goal, Rashford chested the ball and then launched a long pass attack.

At the same time, Bruno, Gundogan, Mbappe and Harry Kane shot at the same time, rushing towards the goal of Paris Saint-Germain like a 100-meter sprint.

At this moment, in the backcourt of Paris Saint-Germain, there are two central defenders Marquinhos and Kimpembe, as well as the team's defensive midfielder Gueye. In the midfield, the full-back Florenzi is rushing up to intercept.

Manchester United had Bruno, Gundogan, Mbappe and Harry Kane attacking, so it was a four-on-four situation.

This situation made the Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Navas scream in fear: "Return to defense!"

Rashford passed the ball to Bruno. The Manchester United captain stopped the ball with his chest and moved it forward. When he was close to Florenzi, he suddenly poked the ball with his toes. The ball rolled past Florenzi's side, and he turned sideways and broke through from the other side.

The ball passed!

Florenzi's attack was too fierce and he couldn't brake in time, but he knew he couldn't let Bruno break through, so he immediately reached out and grabbed Bruno's jersey.

Tactical foul!

The referee Brüch was ready to blow the whistle for the foul, but then he saw Bruno pass the ball first while being pulled.

The German referee immediately ran and gestured: The attacking side has the advantage, continue the game!

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It was Gundogan who received the pass from Bruno, and Bruno's pass was very sophisticated, giving him good space to receive the ball.

Gundogan received the ball without much pressure, knocked the ball forward, and then dribbled forward at high speed.

"Stop him!" Kimpembe shouted loudly, and Gaye rushed forward immediately.

Kimpembe also pressed forward and protected Gueye from behind. If Gueye was broken through, he would immediately move forward to fill the position.

Just as Gueye rushed forward, Gundogan suddenly passed the ball. Instead of passing it to Harry Kane who was closest to him, he passed it diagonally to Mbappe on the right.

Seeing Mbappe get the ball, Kimpembe shouted at Marquinhos in the penalty area, signaling him to come out to fill the position, and he himself pounced on Mbappe.

Mbappe cut inside laterally, and when he approached the top of the penalty area, he swung his right foot and pretended to shoot.

Kimpembe did not dare to be careless. Although he knew it might be a feint, as a defender, he had no choice but to rush forward to block the shot.

This was indeed a feint. Mbappe dribbled the ball back and then passed it directly to Harry Kane in front.

When Harry Kane got the ball, Marquinhos immediately went up to intercept it, putting pressure on the Manchester United striker and blocking the opponent's shooting angle.

Unexpectedly, Harry Kane had no intention of shooting. He did not let the ball stay at his feet, but immediately passed the ball diagonally.

Gundogan rushed forward, seemingly ready to receive the ball, but he missed the ball and let it roll past him.

"Missed the ball!"

"Breakthrough!"

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When Manchester United launched this counterattack, Paris Saint-Germain's defensive attention was attracted by Bruno and other four offensive players, but they did not notice that Luke Shaw was moving forward at high speed on the left.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Luke Shaw came out from the left side of Gundogan and caught up with the ball. There was no defensive player around him, so he decisively cut into the penalty area.

Marquinhos hurriedly left Harry Kane behind and pounced on Luke Shaw.

Manchester United's left-back did not give Marquinhos a chance to get close, he swept the ball directly towards the goal.

Gundogan appeared in the middle, he aimed at the goal and shot the ball.

Navas, the goalkeeper of Paris Saint-Germain, flew to the ball, and his left hand touched the ball, which bounced up. Before the Paris Saint-Germain fans could cheer, a figure flew high at the back post, headed the ball directly into the air, and made a supplementary shot.

"Header! Follow-up shot! Beautiful - the ball goes in! Harry Kane! Manchester United scored again, Harry Kane scored twice! At the end of the first half, Harry Kane changed the score for Manchester United to 2:0!" Martin Taylor shouted excitedly.

"2:0! The total score is 3:4! Manchester United has narrowed the score gap to just one goal! According to the current situation, they only need to score one more goal to turn the tables!"

"Oh my God, no one could have imagined this situation. No one thought that Manchester United would have a chance to turn the tables, but this is the fact! Manchester United 2:0 Paris Saint-Germain, they are only one goal behind!"

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The Millennium Stadium was like an erupting volcano at this moment. The home team fans jumped up, two thousand pairs of arms raised high, celebrating and shouting wildly.

The shouts of two thousand people actually created the momentum of tens of thousands of people and almost shook the huge Millennium Stadium!

In fact, at this moment, in Manchester, in England, and even around the world, countless Manchester United fans are making the same cheering celebration.

Harry Kane, who scored the goal, flew into the net along with the football. He wanted to get up, but because he was too excited, he had to roll and crawl several times before he could get up.

Then, England's top striker started running. He was so excited that he broke through the interception of Bruno and Luke Shaw. He rushed to the edge of the stands, waved his arms vigorously at the stands, and then was knocked to the ground by his equally excited teammates.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

The live broadcast at the Millennium Stadium was filled with hysterical shouts, the stands were filled with extremely excited Manchester United fans, and the Manchester United players were celebrating wildly on the field.

At the far end, in the home team's coaching booth, the Manchester United head coach, who already had some graying hair, sprinted, ran, jumped up, and raised his arms.

Not far away, in the visiting team's coaching booth, Paris Saint-Germain head coach Pochettino stood up, his expression serious and silent.

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Half a minute later, referee Brüch blew the whistle to end the first half.

The cheers and celebrations of the two thousand or so Manchester United fans in the stands did not stop because of the whistle; they were extremely excited.

Leading Paris Saint-Germain 2:0 at halftime was something they had never dreamed of.

After a disastrous 1:4 defeat at the Parc des Princes in the first leg, the whole world was saying that Manchester United was finished. Manchester United's dream of winning four consecutive Champions League titles was shattered in the quarter-finals.

In the past two weeks, Manchester United's poor performance in several games seems to have confirmed this conclusion.

However, after the first half of this world-renowned game, some things have quietly changed, and Manchester United, which was sentenced to death, has come back to life!

Happy New Year, fellow book lovers!