After reaching the FA Cup final again after nine years, Manchester United quickly focused on the first match of the upcoming Champions League semi-finals to challenge Atletico Madrid.

Both Atletico Madrid and Manchester United are unfamiliar opponents, because the two sides had no record of confrontation in the main game, and they even had little contact with each other.

The only thing that has some connection between the two teams is Manchester United's number one goalkeeper De Gea, who debuted at Atletico Madrid before transferring to Manchester United.

This is mainly because, although Atletico Madrid has always been the third strongest in La Liga, it cannot be regarded as a first-tier European club, and there are not many opportunities to play in the Champions League, which has caused them to have little intersection with Manchester United, which has long played in the Champions League.

Even when they performed well in the Champions League, Manchester United performed poorly, for various reasons, these two teams only encountered the first time in the main game this season.

In fact, the situation of Manchester United and Atletico Madrid has many similarities with other opponents Real Madrid and Manchester City. However, Atletico Madrid's rise in recent years is not due to the entry of capital like Manchester City, but the coaching ability of Atletico Madrid coach Simeone.

This led to the media not finding much hype about this game before the game. In the end, in desperation, on the one hand, he focused on the issue of De Gea returning to Madrid against his old club, and on the other hand, he focused on the two well-known young coaches in today's football world, Ye Su and Simeone.

Although the media frequently hyped the two so-called young marshals' duel, Ye Su didn't take this matter seriously at all. Instead, Simeone spoke in the media and said that she would compete with Ye Su to let Ye Su see how powerful he is.

Simeone was a famous messenger in his player age. Now that he has become the head coach, although there are some changes, the so-called "traditional changes are easy to change and his nature is hard to change, and he is still a fighting personality.

Of course, Simeone's main purpose is to provoke Ye Su, so that Ye Su cannot focus on the team's affairs wholeheartedly.

Unfortunately, Ye Su was not fooled at all and ignored Simeone's provocation, which made Simeone feel like he hit the cotton with one punch.

Another voice in Atletico Madrid is former Liverpool and Chelsea player Torres, the former Golden Boy, who said that it will end Manchester United's progress in the Champions League.

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The day before the start of the match between Manchester United and Atletico Madrid, another match of the Champions League semi-finals has been decided this season. Zidane's Real Madrid exchanged a blank sheet with the home team Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

This result is undoubtedly very favorable for Real Madrid. It can even be said that they have reached the Champions League final this season with half a foot.

It is obvious that Madrid has taken the lead in the battle between Manchester and Madrid.

Next, it is Manchester's boss Manchester United's turn to challenge Madrid's second-best Atletico Madrid.

The team arrived at Calderon Bridge Stadium two hours in advance, and the home team Atletico Madrid arrived almost at the same time.

The two teams are about to usher in a peak showdown in the Champions League semi-finals.

This battle not only attracted the attention of all fans in the UK and Spain, but also attracted the attention of fans all over the world.

This is the first time the two sides have met in the main game. There has been no record of the match before. Even if there is one, there may be no reference for this game.

Before the game, everyone also felt that neither side could use any unexpected moves in this game.

Whether it is Simeone or Ye Su, it is impossible to give the opponent too many opportunities. The key is who has better ability to seize the opportunity and who has fewer mistakes.

Compared with the last Champions League game, which was home against Bayern, Manchester United basically did not make much adjustments. The starting goalkeepers were De Gea, Luke Shaw, Maguire, Van Dek and Kyle Walker to form the defense line, Kanter and Carrick partnered with double midfielders, Martial, De Bruyne and Valdy appeared in the front line, and Rooney broke in the single arrow.

Atletico Madrid has three different adjustments. Due to Godin's injury, he was unable to play, so he was replaced by Savage, while Jimenez replaced Lucas. In addition, Torres returned with a red card and replaced Carrasco, and partnered with Griezmann to form a forward team.

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At the beginning of this game, because it was a home game, Atletico Madrid had a strong desire to attack at the beginning.

In the third minute, Atletico Madrid's cross from the bottom was successfully cleared by Manchester United centre-back Maguire. Juan Fran, on the outside, received the ball and passed the ball to Saul, who shot directly but the ball was confiscated by De Gea.

In the 7th minute, Felipe assisted to the frontcourt and sent a long pass over the top. Griezmann inserted into the barb in the penalty area and shot high, but unfortunately he was offside. Torres also dribbled the ball in the subsequent attack and broke into the penalty area, and the shot was also resolved by De Gea.

Although Simeone's team is extremely good at defensive counterattacks, their high-pressure pressing and fast breaks are also excellent. In this game, their tactics of starting with Manchester United were successful.

When the game reached the tenth minute, Atletico Madrid intercepted the ball in the penalty area and launched a counterattack on the spot. Saul dribbled the ball forward and quickly passed it with a long pass to transfer the ball to the right side of the frontcourt.

After Torres pulled the ball to the right, he drove straight in with the ball, using a sudden acceleration action after an emergency stop to get rid of Luke Shaw and pass the ball into the penalty area.

After passing the ball, Saul, who quickly stepped forward, dribbled the ball and broke through before Van Dijk and Maguire closed the ball. Facing De Gea's defense, he shot with his left foot and shot from the far corner. The ball hit the inside of the left post and bounced into the goal. De Gea was beyond the reach.

Atletico Madrid starts at home 1:0.

"GOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"

Accompanied by the long sound of the goal from the live commentator, Saul turned around and rushed out of the stadium, while the fans of the entire Calderon Stadium rushed out of their seats frantically, shouting and cheering at the top of their lungs!

Finally scored a goal!

"In the eleventh minute, Atletico Madrid launched a quick counterattack. Torres made a cross from the right. Saul calmly seized the opportunity and scored the first record for Atletico Madrid, breaking the deadlock on the court!"

"One to zero!"

The entire Calderon Stadium was in a carnival.

What we are going to do now is the Champions League semi-finals!

Ye Su on the sidelines was very depressed. He knew that with the urinary nature of Simeone and Atletico Madrid, after the game restarted, they would definitely place a bus in front of the goal. The power of Simeone's brand bus is not inferior to that of Mu's bus, and it is even better than that of Mu's.

Haven't you seen in the last game that Simeone's Atletico Madrid used this method to kill the powerful Barcelona 2:0 at home and reject the Universe team outside the semi-finals?

Manchester United's game is difficult.

Ye Su's guess was correct. Atletico Madrid, who successfully scored a goal, began to enter the defensive stage, while Manchester United began to attack wildly.
Chapter completed!