159 Red Devils return visit
Manchester United will visit Braga as a guest, and the second leg of the UEFA Cup 1/8 final will be held at the Municipal Stadium.
The local football market has become extremely popular, and almost every household in Braga has worn Braga's jerseys!
Ferguson did not make a bold statement about reversing before the game. Manchester United's championship situation in the league is extremely serious, and it is not wise to fight to the UEFA Cup to the death.
But to say give up?
Sorry, the word is not available in the Red Devil's dictionary.
Yartim's optimism was very limited. He only took the lead in winning the game in the first round but did not take the lead in breaking the line. The mentality of fighting in the European game was fully reflected.
Sun Rou, who hadn't talked to Tang Hong for many days, finally returned to her past. She was always like this. She wouldn't be happy for too long, and wouldn't be depressed for a long time.
On Thursday night, the Municipal Stadium was packed and the night in Braga was full of energy when spring was in full bloom.
Braga, who still put all his main players into full swing, is ready at home, and Manchester United is also attacking with strong teams!
In the second leg of the UEFA Cup 1/8 finals, when the two teams shook hands before the game, Manchester United players stayed on Tang Hong with the same eyes for more time.
The Chinese striker who had seized the headlines in Britain for two days was ashamed of the Red Devils in the last game at Old Trafford. Many players even encountered Ferguson's hair dryer after the game. This game will inevitably be strictly guarded against him to avoid the scene of Tang Hong destroying the defense line again.
"Good evening for everyone, everyone. Welcome to the second leg of the UEFA Europa League 1/8 finals, Braga will play against the Red Devils and Manchester United at home.
In the game a week ago, Braga unexpectedly defeated Manchester United 3-2 away. Today, he returned to home today and could advance to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup as long as he did not lose to Manchester United!
Braga's team is really unpredictable in the European knockout match.
When people were slightly optimistic about their visit to Moscow, they lost 0:3 to Moscow Locomotive away. When no one was optimistic about their advancement when they returned to home court, they swept Moscow Locomotive 5:0 and staged a shocking reversal.
Many people misunderstood the situation last week, and Manchester United actually lost at home!
This is incredible.
Today, I believe everyone is more optimistic about Braga's advance to the quarterfinals, but who can guess the script of the game?
Maybe Manchester United will go home with joy after 90 minutes.
Today Braga continues to use the starting lineup a week ago.
Goalkeeper: Quim.
Defenders: Bayano, Eveton, Coelo, Ezijegile.
Midfielder: Custodio, Barbosa, Amorin.
Forwards: Viana, Lima, Tang Hong.
Manchester United made some adjustments in personnel.
Goalkeeper: De Gea.
Defenders: Rafael, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra.
Midfielders: Ashley Young, Park Ji-sung, Clevie, Carrick, Giggs.
Forward: Rooney.
The game begins soon, let's see if Manchester United can complete a comeback away!"
Compared to Manchester United's strength at Dream Theater a week ago, although they are actively controlling the ball at Braga's home court today and actively instigating offensives, their offensive efficiency is far lower than a week ago, and even the impact rhythm has been much lower.
Even if Braga plays at home, it will inevitably play defensive counterattacks. In fact, if Manchester United is a utilitarian team in the first round, they will not give Braga a chance to turn around and reverse the game.
However, such a Red Devil will definitely not become the top three clubs in the world with the number of fans around the world.
In the 5th minute of the game, Cleville made a straight pass in the frontcourt and was cut off by Custodio, and then Braga launched a counterattack fast attack.
Tang Hong responded on the left side of the road behind the center line. As soon as he stopped the ball, he noticed Park Ji-sung coming from the side. He raised his leg and made a gesture to pass the ball to Eziyejile in the back. The moment he used the ball to stop suddenly at the touch of the ball, and turned around with the inside of his foot!
Cruyff turned around!
Park Ji-sung was not completely deceived, but he was forced to commit a foul when he was snatching his body, because Tang Hong protected the football and did not give him any space to steal.
After Tang Hong fell to the ground, Park Ji-sung took the initiative to pull him up. In this game, Park Ji-sung had a new task, which was to limit Tang Hong's performance.
Manchester United's rhythm shocks declined, and Braga united at home, which made it difficult for Manchester United to threaten Braga's defense zone.
On the contrary, Braga's counterattack fast attack threatened increasingly.
In the 12th minute of the game, Tang Hong responded to Amorin's pick-up pass on the side of the midfield. He pushed the ball to the middle when Park Ji-sung hit him and quickly stepped forward after getting the ball.
Barbosa passed the ball too far from the middle and then passed it diagonally to the left of the frontcourt. Tang Hong slightly threw Park Ji-sung away in the speed, and cut across the ball when touching the ball, which made Park Ji-sung blocked the line of pursuit and could only be forced to slow down.
The home team fans in the stands of the Municipal Stadium were very excited. Many of them are looking forward to the most when they come to the stadium now, to watch Tang Hong play football.
Although it was not as good as the fans used to joke that they would either go to the Bernabeu to see Zidane or Highbury to see Borgkamp.
But as for Portugal's three-point land, Tang Hong's personal performance is the most exciting for fans.
Tang Hong, who cut across to the middle, encountered a frontal interception from Carrick and observed his teammate's running position. Tang Hong passed the ball with a diagonal pass to the right side.
After Viana quickly dribbled the ball and advanced, he completed the wall and collided with Lima and then turned into the middle area. Tang Hong inserted the diagonally and cut the right rib of the penalty area, which had a tactical intersection with Lima at the position.
When Viana's overhead pass came, Manchester United's defense was almost broken!
The old Ferdinand is no longer the decisive force on the Red Devils' defense line. Ferguson has appointed the next generation of defense mainstay Evans, but he has not yet become a big shot.
When Tang Hong rushed forward, the threat was like a mad demon that they could not resist!
Unless you have more defensive players compressed space!
The landing point of Viana's pass was a little close to the bottom line. Tang Hong ran wildly to the bottom line and directly volleyed the ball. Goalkeeper De Gea shot and blocked the angle, and saved the ball from the bottom line with both palms and saved it to the bottom line.
Tang Hong sighed to the sky. He was unable to control the ball just now and stopped urgently. It was very difficult for the ball to score if it was shot, and it was ultimately not possible to achieve an unexpected result.
Although he was disappointed, the Braga fans in the stands were very excited!
Because judging from the performance of the field, Braga will perform better today than he did at Old Trafford a week ago, at least he will not be suppressed by Manchester United for a long time!
Ferguson was not confused about the gains and losses of one or two games, but the old coach, who sat in the coach's seat with his arms wrapped around his chest, still kept paying attention to watching the game. His eyes were mostly focused on Tang Hong.
Look at Tang Hong's activity habits when running without the ball, look at Tang Hong's position selection when receiving, and also the sense of rhythm of observing the situation when controlling the ball, especially when attacking, whether the passing time is appropriate, and whether personal breakthroughs are a little reckless.
After 30 minutes of the game, Manchester United only had 4 shots, and did not hit the goal range!
Braga has already shot 5 and hit 3!
Compared to a week ago, almost relying on Tang Hong alone to carry the team's offensive, even if it is not a big bloom in Braga, the Municipal Stadium today, the overall offensive does not depend on Tang Hong alone.
This is related to Tang Hong being closely guarded by Park Ji-sung. Park Ji-sung can make it difficult for Tang Hong to get the opportunity and space for long-distance raids, but it cannot completely limit Tang Hong's chance to control the ball and capture the position.
In the 32nd minute of the game, the Korean king received a yellow card because Tang Hong turned around and tripped Tang Hong when he received a return pass from Lima.
Park Ji-sung and the referee tried to explain that his foul was not intentional, but the referee shook his head at him and stretched out three fingers to reveal a helpless expression.
This is his third time fouling against Tang Hong, and it is a bit unreasonable if he doesn't give a card.
Tang Hong did not have a bad mentality due to being fouled, and this always happens on the court.
If a player with great threat is not taken care of by his opponent, it only means that his opponent is determined to die!
Three minutes later, Park Ji-sung defended Tang Hong again head-on. Because he had a yellow card, he did not dare to get too close to Tang Hong. If he was forced to take a tactical foul after being broken, he would probably get a second yellow card.
This is not the Premier League, and it is Braga's home court. The whistle in the last game was slightly biased against Manchester United. The foul penalty scale was relaxed, which was to take care of Manchester United. If Manchester United wanted to take care of their home court in Braga, unless UEFA was determined to keep Manchester United's top traffic on the UEFA Cup!
But there is no guarantee of Manchester United in the Champions League, so there will naturally be no special arrangements in the UEFA Cup. Moreover, there have been conspiracy theories in the past few years that UEFA has suppressed Premier League teams.
Tang Hong suddenly stopped in front of Park Ji-sung. He looked into the middle of the front court, swung his left foot and kicked it out!
Park Ji-sung quickly turned around and looked back, but found Tang Hong kicking the air!
When Tang Hong dribbled the ball to the left, Park Ji-sung quickly drove to his dribbling line to intercept it.
Before the opponent approached again, Tang Hong shortly passed the ball to the left side. After getting the ball, he stopped suddenly and turned to the left side in front of the penalty area!
When he passed by Park Ji-sung, it was too late for Park Ji-sung to retreat again and regain his center of gravity!
Eziyejile had already accelerated to the peak. He received a pass from Tang Hong on the left side of the frontcourt and passed it to the middle. Park Ji-sung was broken through by Tang Hong and his teammates' two passes and one wall!
Tang Hong, who had just stopped the ball in the left side of the penalty area, saw Ferdinand cautiously defending. He pulled the ball back and adjusted his direction and passed the ball to the center in front of the goal.
Lima cut into the penalty area and made a quick attack to complete the offside, heading the ball directly!
The god descends to Degeya!
The close-range header was blocked by De Gea!
However, the smart Tang Hong rushed to the ball when the football reached the penalty area line and shook his head and flew to Viana on the right. The latter stopped the ball with his left foot and swayed over Evra horizontally, then pulled his foot and shot the ball into the lower right corner of the goal!
This time De Gea is powerless to turn the world around!
Chapter completed!