In the early morning of February 24, Beijing time, the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16 knockout match continued, a focus battle was played at the Wanda Metropolitan Stadium, and Atletico Madrid sat at home to start a strong dialogue with Manchester United. Atletico and Manchester United also met for the first time in more than 30 years in the Champions League knockout stage, and both sides sent the strongest squads, with Ronaldo, B Fee, Felix and so on starting out. United have been unbeaten in their last seven games against La Liga with 5 wins and 2 draws, and today they naturally want to continue this unbeaten run to take the initiative.
Only soon after the opening Manchester United suffered a heavy blow, in the 5th minute, Atletico right corner opportunity, Maguire nodded the ball out of the box, but the ball was not far away, Atletico took the ball outside the ball to organize a corner kick second attack, Lodi adjusted to get rid of the defense after the left side of the penalty area accurately obliquely, Felix inserted a swooping head hammer in the back row to attack the goal, the ball hit the inside of the goalpost and bounced into the net, Atletico Madrid made a fantastic start 1:0.
In the 15th minute, Marcus Rashford received the ball and forced himself out of the defense to instigate the attack, C Ronaldo grabbed the point at the top of the arc of the penalty area to do it, and B Fei followed up with a powerful world wave long-range shot high over the crossbar. In the 37th minute, Manchester United moved the ball to the right after continuous cooperation on the left side of the field, and Ronaldo received the ball in the penalty area and shot a strong low shot, and the ball deflected off the far post. In first-half stoppage time, Atletico madrid won a free-kick opportunity in the left penalty area, a tactical combination after Correa's bottom cross, the back point Ofsariko super close-range head hammer was actually on the crossbar, Manchester United escaped the disaster, Atletico half-time lead.
The two sides are still facing each other, Manchester United has been unable to break the goal, in the 66th minute, Rangnick has replaced 3 people in a row, and Pogba is in a somewhat unhappy mood after being replaced by Nemanja Matic. In the 77th minute, United won a free-kick opportunity on the right side of the penalty area, and Ronaldo took a powerful shot, the ball crossed the wall but also went high over the crossbar. In the 79th minute, Manchester United launched a quick counterattack in the midfield, B Fei took the ball to the top of the arc of the central circle to send a scalpel-style straight plug, just substitute Elaine Ellanga inserted the ball to get a single knife opportunity, Elaine calmly pushed the far corner to win, Manchester United equalized 1:1.
Erlanga's 1 goal was a milestone, the 400th goal in United's Champions League history. In the 86th minute, Atletico's left corner opportunity, Griezmann grabbed the second point to stop the ball and adjust a step after the left foot shot vigorously, BOOM's ball was bounced out of the crossbar, Manchester United today This luck is really good, the crossbar once again helped them escape the disaster. In the end, both sides failed to score again, manchester United away to Atletico, their last 8 games against La Liga record was rewritten to 5 wins and 3 draws, still unbeaten, the second leg is also a certain advantage.