This morning's first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals both ended in a draw, Manchester United away 1-1 Atletico, the home team's column blocked Atletico's two chances to score, manchester United at the end of the equaliser is very lucky, because there is no rule for away goals, so the second leg of the game is more suspenseful. However, judging from the course of the game, it will be difficult for United to win the second leg back at home, unless the defensive end successfully limits Felix's play. In fact, what is more worrying in this game is the substitution of the Manchester United manager in the second half, Marcus Rashford did not perform well but was not replaced, if it were not for the goal of the equalizer scored by Ilanga on the bench, the manager would also be questioned by more people after the game, so the draw of Manchester United was also mixed, which may cover up the fatal problem of the team.
In this game, Ronaldo, Sancho, Rashford, B Fee, Fred and Pogba led the game, but the performance on the offensive end was not as good as the opponent, but it exposed the problem of defense. Maguire has scored a goal in the game before, but that doesn't hide his defensive problems, and fans see him as the biggest hole in United's defence, especially in this Champions League event.
Maguire gave his opponent a corner kick shortly after the game began, and conceding a goal was also due to his defensive disadvantage. Simeone dared to put Suarez and Griezmann on the bench and give Felix a chance to start, the manager is indeed bold, and the youngster's performance does prove that the manager's decision is correct. Felix completed a shot shortly after the opening and then scored in the 7th minute, and the new Cristiano Ronaldo really shocked the four. Because of Atletico's poor record this season, the team is also problematic, and this critical period requires the manager to make changes to reverse the decline, and Felix has proved to be worthy of the task.
Felix's goal was to take advantage of Atletico's corner kick opportunity, Lodi crossed the ball to assist Felix's header, the latter jumped high and even De Gea did not make a save, enough to prove that the strength of the header was in place. Maguire's tall figure in the penalty area is also a background board, and the Manchester United captain's failure to effectively guard against opponents should indeed reflect. What is certain is that if United continue to make mistakes defensively, the Champions League will not be far away.
It is worth mentioning that United's defense has not changed after conceding the goal, so Felix then Roddy's cross threatened the goal again, but this time the shot was high, and Manchester United escaped the disaster. C Luo was strictly guarded in this game, repeatedly violated by opponents and put to the ground, but the referee did not award a penalty, not even a verbal warning, which is also a situation that makes C Ronaldo dissatisfied, and also affects his play. Cristiano Ronaldo threatened the goal with a long-range shot when the team could not open the situation, in addition to passing the ball to his teammates, unfortunately the good chance did not form a threatening shot. Although there is no direct participation in scoring goals in this game, C Ronaldo's experience in the big game is still the key to the team's second leg, if the teammates do not miss the opportunity sent by C Ronaldo, Manchester United's odds will increase, and C Ronaldo may also score at home if he has more opportunities at his feet.
It must be mentioned that in the second half, Manchester United players were frequently shown yellow card warnings, and the referee's different size of the penalty awarded to the two teams is also a reason for Manchester United's distress. Pogba was calmer in this game, the most threatening pass was to give the B fee, unfortunately the latter wasted the opportunity, but soon after Pogba was replaced, it is no wonder that the big man has some dissatisfaction after coming off the field. In fact, the first substitution of the Manchester United manager was in the 65th minute, the team did not change much after the substitution, because Rashford was still on the field, 9 minutes later Ilanga came on to replace Rashford, the team's offensive end had more threats, the substitute used the B fee's straight ball to push the achievement, but also let the team get a point on the road, and then return to the home indeed should redeploy the starting lineup, so as to avoid the passive situation of losing the goal first. Griezmann came off the bench to hit the crossbar, but also because of the unstable performance of this season to be placed on the bench, so how Simeone deployed in the second leg is also a question mark, because it is indeed necessary to fine-tune the lineup to win, it is worth mentioning that the team's away record is better than the home, which is also an advantage for the team president to be optimistic about the team's eventual promotion.