Chapter 0388 Fighting Seville Again
If this FA Cup match allowed the world to see the talent of Manchester United's newcomers, the game at Pisjuan Stadium four days later allowed the world to witness the invincibility of Manchester United's old people.
In this game, Sevilla lined up a 4231 formation. In the goalkeeper position, Rico Mercardo and Esquero need to provide strong interception ability in the back midfield position. L-Murir is responsible for destroying the city and corrosive.
On the other hand, although Manchester United lined up the same 433 formation as last weekend's FA Cup, the 11 starting players have a brand new 11 faces. Goalkeeper Dean Henderson, four defenders Luke Shaw, Maguire, Van Dijk, Valencia; third midfielder Kante, De Bruyne and Mata, and three forward players are Rooney, Harry Kane and Valencia.
In recent seasons, Manchester United and Sevilla have not encountered each other many times.
In the 2014-2015 season, the two teams played in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. Although the Spanish team defeated Ye Su's Manchester United 3:2 at home, they went to Old Trafford Stadium in the second leg, but the UEFA Cup overlord lost 2:4 under Manchester United and were eliminated from the UEFA Cup final.
In the 2015-2016 season, the two sides did not meet because Sevilla was competing in their Sevilla Cup, while Manchester United was competing in the Champions League. In the battlefield without Manchester United, Sevilla once again dominated the UEFA Cup.
At the beginning of the 2016-2017 season, last season's Champions League champion Manchester United and UEFA Champions League champion Sevilla encountered it in the UEFA Super Cup.
As a result, because they defeated Liverpool's Sevilla 3-1 in the UEFA Cup final, they were full of confidence and wanted to take revenge, but they had not yet avenged their old grudges and were hit 5-1 by Manchester United and lost very badly.
This season, the two sides have played 3 games in total. In addition to the European Super Cup at the beginning of the season, they entered the 2017 Champions League one-eighth knockout round, and both sides encountered it again. As a result, Sevilla was blocked by Mbappe, who emerged from home, and only got a 2:2 draw. In the second round, they were at Old Trafford, and they suffered an unprecedented tragic defeat and were slaughtered by the Red Devils 5:0.
A year later, the two sides met again in the Champions League one-eighth knockout round, and Sevilla was in a very complicated mood.
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With the referee whistle whistle, the game officially began!
Sevilla is the host and has taken advantage of the home court. As soon as the game began, Sevilla fans set off a storm in the stands. Their shouts in the stands caused a whirlwind in the stadium.
After the game started, Sevilla's morale was very strong, and he played very proactively, and began to put pressure on Manchester United's goal. Manchester United seemed very cautious and did not mean to play against Sevilla against tit-for-tat, but began to shrink its defense line.
Seeing that our team took the initiative on the court after the game started, the Sevilla fans in the stands were very excited. They shouted, they knew that Manchester United was powerful and admired and respected the team. However, there were still many Sevilla fans who fantasized about Sevilla being able to perform a miracle in surprise.
However, in Ye Su's opinion, Sevilla's move was stunned.
Manchester United's starting lineup today is the most intuitive explanation. Manchester United will attack wildly in this game. In this case, Sevilla does not do a good job in defense, but instead overestimates his ability to attack, which will only die faster.
Let me put it this way, if Sevilla conceals and defends, he may lose less and dies slower. If he presses out, he will only die quickly.
This is not Ye Su's arrogant, but his strong self-confidence in his team.
Sevilla is under pressure very fiercely, and the gap in the defense will inevitably appear. For a team like Manchester United, which is best at seizing opportunities, all they have to do is wait for a suitable opportunity: a one-hit kill.
And Ye Su believes that as long as the first goal is scored, it is equivalent to opening the goal account.
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This opportunity didn't make Manchester United wait for too long.
Although Sevilla seemed to have a strong offensive after the opening, and there was an illusion of taking the initiative, seven or eight minutes later, Sevilla's thunder and rainless attack was suppressed.
Manchester United directly began to take over the rhythm of the game.
In the ninth minute, Manchester United instigated a very beautiful attack. After continuous passes by De Bruyne, Mata and Harry Kane, they suddenly divided the sides.
Vardy dribbled the ball at high speed on the left and directly beat Sevilla's right back with speed. After seeing the opportunity, he suddenly made a pass to the penalty area.
Harry Kane and Rooney attracted the attention of all Sevilla defenders. Valencia, who was inserted into the back, appeared in the penalty area, and no one was defending him. The Ecuador international directly volleyed and scored the football into the net!
"Oh no! The ball is in! Sevilla's defense made a serious mistake, and no one went to defend Valencia... The goal began..." The commentator of Sevilla's local TV station seemed a little depressed.
Although we know that the strength of the two teams is not on the same level, Sevilla is also the strongest team in La Liga, except for Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. It is really shameful to concede the ball so quickly.
Many Sevilla fans watched live broadcasts on the Internet, and some fans were already disheartened and spoke: Yes, the shame has begun.
Seeing the goal, Manchester United players just celebrated simply, and Valencia just slapped De Bruyne and other teammates, and did not celebrate too much.
The celebration on the bench was also relatively dull. For Manchester United, it was indeed too normal to score a goal with Sevilla.
Ye Su didn't even applaud, he just nodded.
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After leading, Manchester United began to fully control the game.
The extremely aggressive starting lineup specially launched by Ye Su began to exert greater power.
Although Sevilla's players worked very hard, they had a huge gap in strength, and they played very hard and passively.
Finally, in the 19th minute of the game, Manchester United created another direct threat.
De Bruyne passed the ball low with a penalty area, Mata knocked the ball with his heel, Harry Kane's shot was saved by Sevilla goalkeeper, Vardy splashed the ball with his left foot, and then fell to the ground after contacting the opponent's central defender.
The referee's whistle sounded, and he pointed to the penalty spot: the penalty.
Sevilla's players felt it was unfair and complained to the referee, believing that this should not be a penalty kick. Their defensive players did not meet the opponent, perhaps Vardy was pretending to fall.
The referee ignored the protests of the host players and insisted on the original judgment.
Slow motion shows that Valdy had just dunked the football over, and Lenglet's right leg arrived, and just tripped Vardy's support foot. Although he didn't move much, he did trip up Vardy, and there was no problem with the penalty kick.
Chapter completed!