Conceding a goal just seven minutes into the opening, United's start couldn't have been worse and a nightmare start. As C Ronaldo's little brother in Portugal, Felix did not give Big Brother face at all. Before Ronaldo could feel where the goal was, he took the lead in scoring.
In the first leg of the Champions League knockout quarter-finals, Premier League giants Manchester United challenged Atletico Madrid away. Before the match, Manchester United finished 4th in the Premier League, and last weekend's 4-2 league wins were united, with two consecutive wins and good form. Atletico, on the other hand, finished 5th in La Liga and also won last weekend, recovering after a 3-0 win over Osasuna.
In this match between the two teams, C Ronaldo has once again become the focus of the outside world, not only because he is one of the most proud of the world, but also because Atletico is his favorite opponent. In a total of 35 career appearances against Atletico, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a total of 25 goals, second only to Sevilla. Meanwhile, in the Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored hat-tricks against Atletico for 2 different teams (Real Madrid and Juve). Therefore, Ronaldo can be called a Atletico nemesis.
In terms of personnel, Manchester United's Club cavani and Scott McTominay were injured, so the goalkeeper De Gea was sent, defenders Lindelof, Varane, Maguire and Luke Shaw, midfielder Fred, Pogba, B Fee, and frontcourt Sancho, Rashford and Ronaldo. It is worth mentioning that in this game, the Spanish national team coach Enrique appeared in the stands, it is understood that he will focus on the performance of Atletico Madrid and Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea, which makes the latter add another momentum. This is also the first time that De Gea has faced his old club after a gap of 11 years.
Atletico was absent from Corker and Carrasco was suspended, so the starting line-up for this game was Oblak, Forsarico, Savic, Gimenez, Rainierdo, Lodi, Laurent, Condobia, Herrera, A Correa, Felix, Griezmann and Suarez on the bench.
Just 1 minute into the opening, Maguire kicked the ball out of bounds in the face of Atletico's high-pressure panic in front of him, gave the opponent a corner, the other side sent the ball into the box, Lindelof rescued the danger, rushed to the opponent's goal to release the ball.
In the 7th minute, Atletico's corner kick from the right was fired again, the United defender cleared the line, Lodi teleported diagonally to the middle, and Felix crossed the goal with a header before Maguire. 1-0, Atletico home to a fantastic start. Felix was so excited after scoring the goal that he frantically provoked Manchester United in front of the camera.
Judging from the performance in the opening 10 minutes, Manchester United seemed to have not woken up the whole team, so they were hit by a stick as soon as they came up. Falling behind from the start, United suffered a blow. From this goal conceded, it can be seen that Manchester United defender Maguire made a mistake in defense, which is the famous "aircraft carrier U-turn". Witnessing the team's opening goal, Suarez, who was on the bench, stood up happily and smiled very happily.