At 8:45 pm local time in Europe, the standard Champions League kick-off time, the first legs of the quarter-finals between Juventus vs. Barcelona and Dortmund vs. Monaco kicked off at the same time.

After ninety minutes of fierce battle, Juventus defeated Barcelona 3:0 in the 1/8 finals and achieved a super reversal, almost half of them entering the semi-finals of this season's Champions League.

In the first leg of another quarter-final, Dortmund lost 2:3 at home to Monaco.

The next day, Bayern lost to Real Madrid 1:2 at home, and Atletico Madrid defeated Leicester City 1:0.

The dust has settled in the first legs of the four Champions League quarter-finals. While European mainstream media speculated on the final four seats, their attention shifted to the Europa League quarter-finals.

The entire Manchester United team arrived in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, two days in advance. The preparations were much better than when they visited Rostov in the 1/8 finals, so they were in very good condition on the day of the game.

Anderlecht is one of the most successful football clubs in Belgium, having won five European championships and 33 Belgian League titles.

Despite this, it is still far behind the world's top giants Manchester United, which means that the Belgian team's participation in European competitions basically plays the role of accompanying the prince to study.

Anderlecht's players once had an advantage by virtue of their home court advantage, but as time went by, Manchester United slowly gained control of the game and launched waves of fierce offensives, which made the home fans watch with fear.

As time passed by, Anderlecht's defensive players felt more and more pressure, and finally announced that the city gate was lost in the 32nd minute.

Van Carey broke through from the left and disturbed the home team's defense. He was about to cut in and suddenly smashed the ball to the baseline. He vigorously swept the pass to the center, causing chaos in the front ring. Mkhitaryan took the lead in the crowd and stabbed the ball into the goal.

0:1

The home team goes first and the away team goes last.

During the rest of the first half, the home team consciously shrank their defense and waited for opportunities to counterattack.

Mourinho is not in a hurry. Anyway, the team is in the lead. If they return to Old Trafford at home in the second round, they can easily eliminate Anderlecht.

Manchester United's 1:0 lead lasted until the end of the first half. In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again. The home team Anderlecht significantly strengthened its attack and tried to use the kick-off advantage to equalize the score. Fortunately, Manchester United's defensive players were more focused and added Goalkeeper Romero was extremely focused and kept the goal in check.

After surviving Anderlecht's three blows, Manchester United began to organize threatening offenses and counterattacks.

In the 57th minute, Van Carey made a fake shot from the front of the penalty area and broke through Dendoncker. Central defender Newink was over 1.9 meters tall and his reaction rate was slow. Van Carey used the feint of his upper body to complete the acceleration change and broke into the right side of the penalty area. He fired furiously, and the football like a shell flew over the head of goalkeeper Ruben and hit the snow-white net...

Three minutes later, it was Fan Kerry again. He used his superb foot skills to pass Dengdong on the right. Kerr, Obradovich and Newdink came to the right side of the small penalty area. His low shot passed under the crotch of goalkeeper Ruben and hit the unguarded goal.

0:3

But this goal was not the last goal of the game. In the 84th minute, Dendoncker helped the home team Anderlecht save a little face.

At the end of the game, Mourinho was quite satisfied with the team's performance in the away game. The 3:1 win basically means that most of them have entered the Europa League semi-finals this season.

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The next morning, the entire Manchester United team took an early flight back to Manchester to prepare for the Tianwangshan battle against Chelsea.

Both teams have one game less in the Premier League this season, with a point difference of 11 points. Once Manchester United defeats Chelsea at home, the points will be expanded to 14 points. With six rounds left in the league, the 2016-2017 Premier League championship can almost be secured.!

But this contest is not the last confrontation between Manchester United and Chelsea this season. After the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, Manchester United will have to visit Stamford Bridge to play an FA Cup semi-final with Chelsea.

To describe it as the front page of the British media - two consecutive hits for the championship!

This description is actually more optimistic about Manchester United, because Manchester United has a points advantage in the standings. Even if they lose to Chelsea at home, it will not affect their championship situation.

The FA Cup semi-finals are slightly different. Whoever wins the game will have a chance to win the FA Cup. However, Manchester United has performed stably this season and has not lost a single game so far. Therefore, many media are optimistic that Mourinho will lead Manchester United in the two games. Defeated Chelsea in head-to-head matches.

However, Chelsea has no European war mission in midweek, and their physical condition is better than Manchester United. Moreover, Chelsea has a complete staff, but Manchester United is missing Ibrahimovic and Pogba.

At three o'clock in the afternoon local time in Great Britain on Sunday, Manchester United's starting lineup for the home game against Chelsea appeared on the latest front pages of major media.

Manchester United used its usual 4231 formation, with goalkeeper De Gea, defenders Luke Shaw, Van Dijk, Bailey and Valencia, the double midfielder Herrera partnered with Fellaini, and forwards Van Kerry, Jesse Lingard and Mkhita. Good, Rashford is at the front of the striker.

Chelsea is the 343 formation that Conte is good at, with goalkeeper Courtois, three central defenders Cahill, David Luiz and Zouma, midfielders Azpilicueta, Matic, Kante and Moses, Hazard, Diego Costa and Pedro serve as the front three.

To be precise, Hazard and Pedro are the double shadow forwards hidden behind Diego Costa.

Conte saw a rare smile on his face when he saw Manchester United's starting lineup.

Manchester United has been using this starting lineup since the absence of Ibrahimovic and Pogba. His tactics have long been figured out by him, so he is confident that he can defeat Manchester United at Old Trafford and save the first half of the schedule. A revenge loss to Manchester United at home.

Maybe we can't win the league title this season, but we must win this red-blue battle to pave the way for the FA Cup final next weekend!

A few minutes before the start of the game, Premier League staff knocked on the doors of the home and away team locker rooms. Players in the home team locker room stood up one after another. Mourinho stopped Fan Kerry who was about to go out:"Kerry."

Fan Kerry turned his head in confusion. Look at the head coach.

Mourinho's right hand naturally rested on his right shoulder:"The lack of lineup has a great impact on the team's tactical development. I hope you can shoulder more responsibilities in this game."

Van Kerry smiled and said:"Uncle Jose , haven’t I always shouldered heavy responsibilities?"

""Ahem~"

Mourinho coughed twice in embarrassment. In recent times, his proud disciple Fan Kerry has indeed shouldered too many important responsibilities and led the team to win one game after another. However, he has rich life experience and cannot move. He nodded seductively and said:"Remember not to be too proud. You are still young and have more room for growth. Be careful not to be impatient. Your future... will be far more outstanding than now!""

In the player tunnel, players from both sides considered this game to be very important. The starting players of the two teams did not have any communication before the game and did not look sideways.

"aooaoaooaoaoooooooooo——"

When players from both sides entered the stadium from the players' tunnel at the bottom of the southwest stand, the fanatical atmosphere of Old Trafford instantly swept the entire stadium.

In every stand, there are a large number of posters and banners about Van Kerry, making him feel even more excited.

Thanks to the fans for their love, winning the game is the best reward!

Sorry, Chelsea.

Show your shame!

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