The Champions League round of 16 knockout rounds continued, with Manchester United taking on La Liga powerhouse Atletico Madrid away and Ronaldo returning to Madrid. After a full-game match, the two teams drew 1-1, and since the two teams first met in the Champions League in 1991, Manchester United and Atletico have talked 3 times, never won, and cannot rewrite 31 years of history. However, Manchester United won a draw away from home, and after returning home, their psychological advantage was even greater, and the qualifying situation was still very good!
Manchester United and Atletico Madrid have been rivals in the quarter-finals, with the two teams battling for a place in the quarter-finals, after Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool all won a victory in the Champions League and the promotion situation was very good. If Manchester United wins, then the four teams in the Premier League will have a record of all wins in this round, and are expected to eventually win 4 seats in the top 8, so Manchester United's task is not light.
United qualified for the group stage, facing Atletico, the team lined up a 4231 formation, Varane returned to pair with Maguire at centre-back, Lindelof was the right-back, left-back was Luke Shaw, the two defensive backs were Fred and Pogba, Rashford, B Fee and Sancho came out, and Ronaldo played as the single arrow. On Atletico's side, Simeone arranged a formation of 352, Felix and Correa as forwards, Lodi, Herrera, Condobia, Llorente and Fossarico came out, and on the back line, there were Gimenez, Mandava and Savic respectively, and Oblak as the team's goalkeeper.
Atletico made a fantastic start in this game, in the 7th minute, the Sheets Army organized an attack, after receiving a cross from a teammate on the left, Felix's header broke through the goal, the score became 1-0, Atletico took the lead, the new C Ronaldo scored in front of the big brother C Ronaldo, it has to be said that this symbolizes the vitality of youth.
In the 81st minute of the game, Manchester United finally equalized, B Fei sent a wonderful pass, Ilanga successfully countered the offside, after entering the box, he calmly pushed the goal, the score became a 1-1 draw, and the two teams returned to the same running line. Then Manchester United made a substitution, Jesse Lingard came off the bench, the camera turned to Ronaldo, and the Portuguese star looked calm.
After seeing the team concede the goal, Simeone on the sidelines was very unhappy and roared on the sidelines, after all, Atletico were so close to victory, but they were broken by Manchester United in the 81st minute, such a plot made Simeone uncomfortable. In the end, the two teams drew 1-1 and Atletico were forced to draw.