Barcelona's 6-1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain at home in the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals became the focus of fans around the world. Many fans believed that Barcelona played a bloody game and achieved a super reversal, but some fans thought it was a complete match-fixing.

Especially the penalty kick awarded to Barcelona by the referee Bruchy before injury time. Suarez and Marquinhos did have physical contact, but it did not cause Suarez to fall to the ground in an exaggerated manner. Compared with the first penalty kick and the baseline The referee discussed that the penalty kick was directly awarded by Bruchy.

On the contrary, Roberto's last goal was very beautiful, with consistent passing and running.

The media and fans continued to argue, and the Manchester United team went into rest early to prepare for the first leg of the Europa League 1/8 finals at the Rostov-on-Don Stadium tomorrow night.

The next morning, Mourinho saw that the weather in Rostov had warmed up, from minus one degree Celsius to three to four degrees Celsius. The weather was cloudy, which was considered a good match weather.

The only drawback is that the quality of the turf at the Rostov-on-Don Stadium is too poor, otherwise Manchester United can definitely beat Rostov away from home.

Before the start of the game, Mourinho specifically instructed the players to pay attention to the nearby turf during the game and try to keep their kicks as tight as possible to avoid injuries.

In the second half of the league, any injuries to the main players may affect Manchester United's final results this season, and the starting lineup he arranged also tends to be mainly semi-main players.

Goalkeeper Romero, defenders Blind, Rojo, Smalling and Ashley Young, midfielders Fellaini, Herrera and Carrick, forwards Van Carey, Ibrahimovic and Mkhitaryan.

Affected by venue factors, Manchester United's performance at the Rostov-on-Don Stadium was unsatisfactory. Rostov, sitting at home, took the initiative in the game and created waves of loud cheers.

Van Carey tried to relieve the pressure on the team's defense, but the field was really bad and not suitable for sprinting at all, because the bad field brought the possibility of spraining his ankle like captain Rooney did.

The talent [not easily injured] can only mean that it is not easy to be injured, but it does not mean that it will not be injured.

The bad venue was relatively fair to both sides. Even though Rostov was on the offensive, there was no real threat to Romero's goal.

As time went by, Fan Kerry's talent [super learning ability] played a very important role. He gradually learned where the turf was bad and where the turf was not problematic.

However, in order to ensure nothing went wrong, he was in a pass-and-run state throughout the first half, with almost no one-on-one breakthroughs, so that the commentator in the commentary box believed that Van Carey would not be able to find his form in the cold Rostov.

At the end of the first half, the scoreboard showed 0:0 without any change.

For this result, many professional commentators have long expected that not only Manchester United, but also a large number of European giants will be affected by venue factors and weather factors when they come to the distant Russian Super League. There are even Russian Super League teams that defeat the top European teams at home. situation occurs.

The fifteen-minute intermission passed quickly. In the second half, the side changed sides and the battle resumed. Rostov, which had the home advantage, was in high spirits amidst the cheers of more than 40,000 fans at home, as if it was going to defeat the Premier League leader Manchester United. Down posture.

Mourinho had already given instructions, and the Manchester United players were quite good at defending. In addition, the Rostov players were not in a particularly good state because they had been away from the team for a long time. The offensive was only because Manchester United deliberately gave up possession of the ball and waited for opportunities.

In the 60th minute of the game, Manchester United had a good opportunity to score.

Fan Carey, who was already completely familiar with the field, received a pass from his teammate in the center circle and passed the defensive midfielder Noboa. Facing Granat's defense, he did not make any fancy moves and directly used his impressive speed to catch the ball.

Cesar Navas was the last defensive player in Rostov. He had no choice but to foul to prevent Manchester United's quick counterattack.

However, sometimes what you think and what you do are two different things.

Van Carey's speed was astonishing, and Cesar Navas, who fell to the ground to make a tackle during the fight and retreat, did not even touch the man or the ball.……

"wuuwuwuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu——"

The overwhelming boos were the last sign of stubbornness from the fans of the home team. Unfortunately, Fan Kerry was born with a big heart and turned a deaf ear to the wild boos, and continued to attack the penalty area without slowing down.

The 22-year-old goalkeeper Mendevedev was also too young. Facing the one-on-one Van Carey, he chose to abandon the goal blindly. Van Carey, who brought the ball to the top of the penalty area, also saved the time of dribbling and shot directly.

The football slowly rose into the air, and Mendevedev, who ran to the penalty spot, braked on the spot and froze in place looking at the football in mid-air.

According to his judgment, this ball...cannot be saved.

At the same time, Van Kerry, who completed the shot, turned around confidently, opened his arms, and was ready to welcome his teammates' goal celebration.

Two seconds later, the football fell into the unguarded goal.

Mourinho, who was in the visiting team coach's command area, smiled and let out a sigh of relief. He had just watched Van Kerry push forward at full speed with his heart in his throat, fearing that the poor turf of the Rostov-on-Don Stadium would cause injury.

However, from the perspective of Van Carey's mental outlook, nothing happened, so he hugged his assistant Faria to celebrate the priceless away goal.

And this goal was also the only goal in the game.

The next day, the entire Manchester United team took a flight from Rostov to Moscow, and then from Moscow to London.

After nearly ten hours of flight, Van Carey finally returned to Manchester.

The FA's schedule takes into account that Manchester United has just finished the Europa League knockout round, and the quarter-final match with Millwall is scheduled for the last game.

The results of the first three games were that Middlesbrough lost to Manchester City 0:2, Arsenal 5:0 Lincoln City, and Chelsea 4:2 Tottenham.

Since Millwall is a third-tier team, the Manchester United team returned to Manchester and got a day off to prepare for the FA Cup quarter-finals two days later.

Millwall's overall strength is many levels behind Manchester United. Reaching the quarter-finals of the FA Cup has greatly exceeded expectations for them. Therefore, the quarter-finals at home against Premier League leader Manchester United are more like an exhibition match to show themselves.

What if Manchester United head coach Mourinho takes a fancy to him?

The FA Cup has reached the quarter-finals. It is impossible for Mourinho to give up this competition and field a nearly full lineup.

With goals from Van Kerry, Martial, Rashford and Van Dijk, Manchester United defeated Millwall 4-0 at the Neil Stadium and advanced to the FA Cup semi-finals.

At noon the next day, the FA Cup semi-final draw results came out. The Manchester City Derby and London Derby that fans wanted to see did not appear. Four teams were drawn in a staggered manner, Manchester City VS Arsenal and Manchester United VS Chelsea.

At 8 pm local time on March 19, Manchester United faced the challenge of Rostov at home.

There is a big difference in strength between the two teams. Manchester United returned to the home court with great momentum and in excellent condition.

Van Carey scored two goals early, and in the second half he scored his third goal of the game through a quick counterattack, completing a hat trick.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Rostov with three goals at home without any blood and advanced to the quarterfinals of this season's Europa League with a total score of 4:0.

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