What was it like to live the rest of your life? Just watch Manchester United play Atletico away.
Despite being very passive, especially in the 45th minute of the first half, the Red Devils were not killed by Atletico's sticks. With substitute Erlanga scoring consecutive goals, Manchester United were lucky enough to return to Manchester with a 1-1 score.
From the start of this season, the Champions League knockout rounds no longer count away goals, so the second leg at Old Trafford, the Red Devils and Atletico must be divided, and the suspense will be solved in the early morning of March 16, 3 weeks later.
There was bad news before the Manchester League, with defender Scott McTominay missing the squad due to illness. In the face of the tough Atletico, the wheat that can export physical confrontation is a key role.
As a result, Lonnick's starting midfielder can only discharge Fred, Pogba and B Fee. But inexplicably, the defensive line Lindelof was placed in the right-back position, With Maguire and Varane paired at centre-back and luke Shaw at left-back. The frontcourt trio is Sancho, Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcus Rashford.
Yesterday's push of the devil also said that in the face of a team like Atletico, which is very hard physically and mentally, Manchester United must wake up the spirit of 12 points. As a result, as soon as the game began, the whole team made mistakes under high pressure.
In the 3rd minute, B was not far away, Correa passed the ball and Gimenez pushed the ball and was blocked by the Iceman.
Atletico scored first in the 7th minute, a cross from Brazilian left-back Lodi and Felix headed inside the post under Maguire's watchful eye, leaving United trailing 1-0.
Just before the end of the first half, Atletico's free-kick was fast forward, Lodi crossed from the left again, and Vrsariko's header was tipped over Lindelof's body to change the line in the middle of the post, and Manchester United escaped the disaster.
In the first half, under the impact of Atletico, Manchester United were disconnected from the third line, and the cross was not marginal. Lindelof, Luke Shaw and Marcus Rashford's three crosses in 15 seconds were not in place, and C Ronaldo in the penalty area was helpless, after all, he was not a big man of 2 meters 5.
At half-time, United were lucky to be behind 1-0. One statistic that is speechless is that Although United have a 67% possession rate and as many as 312 passes, they have touched the ball in the Atletico box in 45 minutes and lost the ball 61 times.
This is the first time since the 2005-06 season that United have touched the ball in the champions league half-time zone. The ball can't hit the opponent's penalty area, so why score?
At the beginning of the second half, the two sides staged hand-to-hand combat, and players on both sides continued to receive yellow cards for excessive movements, with Atletico 4 yellows and Manchester United 5 yellows, and the game once evolved into a foul collection.
In the 65th minute, Rangnick made three consecutive substitutions, Wan-Bissaka, Tres and Nemanja Matic came off the bench to replace Lindelof, Luke Shaw and Pogba. In the 74th minute, Erlanga replaced Marcus Rashford.
Six minutes later, Erlanga equalised for United. B Fei zhi plug, Erlanga single-handedly pushed the far post to break the goal, two consecutive bench achievements. It was also the first time the Red Devils had shot right!
This goal is united's 500th goal in the history of the Champions League, becoming the fourth team to score 500 goals after Real Madrid, Bayern and Barca. Lonnick would surely be glad that the winter window left Elanga's decision.
B Fee is not online for most of the time, but has provided assists in six consecutive Champions League games, breaking Beckham's record of five consecutive assists in the 1998 Champions League.
Atletico hit the goal frame for the second time before the finale, Griezmann's 87-minute shot was blocked by the crossbar, and United finally retreated away from home, of course, which is lucky.
Lonnick also reviewed the team's performance in the first half after the game: "There was no discipline, no aggression, the team was in trouble. We conceded the ball in the opening seven minutes and we had to abandon our tactics. ”
Tactical or personnel mistakes can be resolved to a certain extent by correcting mistakes, but Manchester United cannot always be lucky, and the home showdown after 3 weeks is a life-and-death battle for both sides. Some of the players' trade-offs, Lonnick should know.