Chapter 532 Over-limit confrontation!

In the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals between Manchester United and Manchester City, Ronaldo, the former superstar who returned to Manchester United as a "king" substitute, could only sit on the bench. He was a little disappointed, but... he had to accept reality!

It has been more than three months since he returned to Manchester United. Ronaldo has also played 12 games for Manchester United in various competitions. It can be said that the head coach Solskjaer still provides his "old teammates" with enough opportunities to play.

But... Ronaldo only received 2 goals and 3 assists!

As for the answer given by Ronaldo, let alone the "king" Yang Xiaozhuang, even compared with offensive players such as Martial, Rayford, Pereira, etc., his performance may only be comparable to full-backs such as Joe Reilly, Warren.

Even Ronaldo has secretly thought about leaving countless times. Although staying in the "Red Devil" can attract more people's attention and greatly improve his own commercial value, he is... unhappy!

Ronaldo, who is now 36 years old, has really little desire for money. He has earned enough money for his retirement, and many of his investments have also received generous returns. Otherwise, when he returned to Manchester United from Juventus, he would not have paid for the transfer fee out of his own pocket, and his salary after returning to Manchester United was not high... But his current performance makes him feel that he is sorry for this salary!

Before, Ronaldo's performance has not been very good after his return. There are countless people outside who are helping him "analyze" the reasons for his poor performance. He is also looking for the problem through his coaching team. It's a pity... Ronaldo is obviously in good physical condition and has a stable mentality. He even performed well during training, but once he reaches the game, he can't perform well, and he can only flash occasionally.

But in today's game, Ronaldo only watched the game off the court for twenty minutes, and suddenly he felt enlightened and understood why he could not find a good condition after returning to Old Trafford this time.

In one minute, Martial retreated to the center line on the left to catch Joe Reilly's pass. The moment he turned around, he was "stepped" by Selch Roberto who followed him!

It's really just a "step"!

Selchi Roberto stepped on Martial's right instep, which caused Martial to lose balance and fall to the ground!

Of course, the referee was not ruthless and came up and gave Selchi Roberto a yellow card.

Twenty seconds later, Martial suddenly dribbled the ball from the left and retreated to the middle defense, De Bruyne did not hesitate at all. He stepped on another step. Although he did not step on Martial's foot, he tripped over the French winger.

For this reason, De Bruyne also paid a yellow card as a price!

“Huh—————————”

Manchester United fans burst into harsh booing at the entire Old Trafford stadium...

"What are you doing? What is Manchester City trying to do? They are targeting Martial in this way. Whether it is Selchi Roberto or De Bruyne, they are not going for the ball when defending, but for people! Are they going to destroy Anthony?"

Manchester United supporters were all angry, but Manchester City still seemed very calm. When preparing for this game, Guardiola and Manchester City stars had already realized that after Martial was fully mature, the support provided to Manchester United's offense in the game was really too great!

Goals, assists, extraordinary... Although the French winger is active on the left, his threat is very great!

That being the case...what if Manchester United's left offense is paralyzed?

Manchester United's right-hand attack has become more accurate in passing with Rashford's transfer, and has also cooperated more. However, the "Red Devils" have almost no breakthrough on the right. Now when Manchester United attacks, if they want to create a threat through the set, they basically have to rely on Martial on the left to complete it.

When Manchester City defends, they will definitely keep a strict guard against the Manchester United "King" in the middle, and even need to invest heavily. In this case, if Manchester United's left and right sides are not able to have the ability to drive in and cut in, then Manchester City's defense can avoid the impact from the opponent's side.

In this way, even if Manchester United's two wide sides can still send passes frequently, in the middle, as long as Manchester City's defensive players can stare at Manchester United's "King", then... Manchester United's threat during offense will inevitably plummet!

The fierce confrontation, from the first minute of the game... went straight into the white heat!

Less than two minutes into the game, Manchester City had already had Selchi Roberto and De Bruyne fouls on Martial, which obviously had some killing tactics.

Faced with such provocation, Manchester United, who played at home, would certainly not shrink and would soon return to his face.

At 4 minutes and 23 seconds, Joe Reilly gave the forward Jessus from behind while defending... a yellow card!

In the 9th minute, Martial received a long pass from Aliyu, and was knocked directly by Stones while dribbling the ball from the left rib and rushing forward... a yellow card!

In the 11th minute, when the fat little fat Adam Myers competed for the top with De Bruyne, the kid did not even jump. Instead, he secretly grabbed "Ding Ding"'s waist with his hands, causing De Bruyne who jumped into the air to lose balance and fall down. Fortunately... he was not injured!

However, Adam Myers received a yellow card!

In the 14th minute, Manchester United launched an attack from the right, and Rayford was fouled by Marginhos, who received a yellow card.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! In 18 minutes, Aliyu tripped over Jesus... a yellow card!

So far, in less than twenty minutes, both sides had paid as many as 7 yellow cards. Manchester City kept fouling on Martial, and Manchester United also repeatedly fouled against Jessus.

The intensity of the competition... is no longer considered intense!

It should even be said that this "Manchester City Derby" moved to the Champions League stage looks more like a "Manchester City Derby". Both sides have turned British football into American style in the game, and this situation is almost impossible to play normally.

It's intense!

Such a confrontation is really too intense!

Ronaldo, off the court, has finally realized the fact that the intensity of the Premier League is too high. With his 36-year-old body, he can no longer afford it. When he played in Serie A before, the league was not strong at the moment, and he was never the main force to bear the pressure of confrontation.

But after returning to Manchester United this time, no matter where Ronaldo plays on the court, he must directly face the defensive pressure put on him by his opponent, and he... is really old now!

If you perform poorly, you cannot stand up at critical moments. In fact, this situation is normal for Ronaldo now!

After the game started, the confrontation between the two sides reached this level, which no one could have thought of before. The referee on duty, Paul Taliavento, stopped doing it. After Aliyu showed a yellow card for a foul, he called Yang Xiaozhuang and Stones over.

"Two captains, do you still want to play? I don't care what tactics the head coaches of both sides have arranged, but now we must stop your constant fouls, because next I will strictly enforce the law in this game. Those who can play cards will definitely play cards, and those who can play red cards will definitely play red cards! Whether you want to continue like this or make some changes to avoid the appearance of red cards will affect your second round of game between you, it depends on how you choose."

The referee's words are still very useful. When the game started again, both sides restrained themselves on the court, but although the big fouls were gone, some harmless small fouls were still not stopped.

Manchester United, who played at home, had already devoted themselves to offense as much as possible in the game, but because the pace of the game was not smooth enough, they were unable to create any threatening attacks. Manchester City was also unable to make a threatening counterattack because they were always defending with all their might. Until the end of the first half, the score of this game was still... 0:0!

Guardiola's face off the court was not visible, but she was already happy. The tactics he arranged for his team were indeed defensive counterattacks, but what he valued more was obviously...defense!

If you want to defeat Manchester United in two rounds of games, the defensive work must be done to the extreme, especially when playing away at Old Trafford Stadium, you must try not to give Manchester United a good opportunity to attack. Otherwise, with the attack power of the "Red Devils", it is very likely that after the first round of the game, the confrontation in the second round will be meaningless.
Chapter completed!