At 04:00 Beijing time on February 24, the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Manchester United faced Atletico Madrid away. In the final stages of the first half, Lindelof, Luxho and Rashford were all unreliable in three consecutive crosses, and Cristiano began to complain again.
In the first half, There were many cases of United players complaining to each other, including B Fee yelling at Luke Shaw and Fred glaring at each other because Maguire was uncomfortable with the ball he gave himself in the back.
In the 44th minute, Lindelof, who was placed at right-back, passed directly into the box on the right side of the field, and the ball was passed near the penalty spot, and Cristiano Ronaldo failed to rub it. After the ball reached the left, Sancho stepped out of the box to meet it, Luke Shaw did not give, but still started to cross the ball, resulting in a direct pass to the feet of Rashford on the right. This time it was Rashford's turn to cross from the right and then it was given directly to the opponent.
The 37-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo was isolated in the penalty area, 1 man facing the defense of 6 people, coupled with his teammates 3 outrageous crosses in 12 seconds, C Ronaldo finally got angry.
The broadcast camera captured C Ronaldo's complaining expression at that time, first putting up a finger, complaining that none of the teammates' three-foot passes were in place, and then it was a habitual sigh.
United did not touch the ball once in the first half in the Atletico penalty area, and the two shots were both long-range shots from the periphery. Lineker commented: "Manchester United played very well, Atletico controlled the game, the only thing to be thankful for was that they only fell behind by one goal at half-time. ”