In the early morning of March 16, Beijing time, the 16th round of the Champions League continued, a focus battle was played at Old Trafford, and Manchester United returned home to play Atletico. In the first leg, Atletico's home court began with Felix blitzkrieg, C Ronaldo failed to score in that game, and Manchester United relied on Erlanga's goal in the last moments, away to a 1-1 draw with Atletico, which more or less took advantage of the promotion opportunity. Back at home today, Ronaldo, B Fee, Sancho, Erlanga joined forces to start, and Pogba came on as a substitute.
After the opening, Manchester United launched a fierce attack, Atletico's side was very sharp, in the 15th minute, De Paul a strong shot at the top of the arc of the penalty area, the ball went straight to the far end of the dead corner, De Gea bravely lifted the ball out of the bottom line. In the 25th minute, Manchester United in the middle of the field in a series of cooperation, Dalot directly chose a strong shot at the top of the arc of the penalty area, in the penalty area C Ronaldo and others ambush opportunities may be better, the ball is high above the crossbar.
In the 33rd minute, Atletico quickly counterattacked, Cork and De Paul combined to send a subtle straight plug, Llorente on the right side of the box to get a great opportunity, Llorente selfless cross, Felix followed up to push the empty goal, but then the referee signaled that the ball Lorrent was offside when it was inserted, and the goal was blown away.
In the 39th minute, Ellanga forced a breakthrough on the right side of the field was pulled down by Rainier Dor, referee Visic did not say, Atletico took the opportunity to launch a quick counterattack, the midfielder grabbed the ball again after Felix inserted the ball into the right side of the box, Felix slammed backwards to get rid of the defensive points on the right side, Griezmann followed up with a precise top pick pass, the back point followed by Lodi close to the goal with a strong head hammer, the ball hit the ground and bounced into the bottom right corner of the goal, Atletico opened the record 1:0.
In the first half of stoppage time, United also had a chance, B Fei shot hard at the top of the arc of the penalty area, the ball bypassed the defender and went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal, but was finally saved by goalkeeper Oblak. United led 7-3 on goal in the first half, but Atletico were more efficient, taking a 1-0 lead at half-time with Lodi's goal and a 2-1 lead on aggregate. In previous seasons, Cristiano Ronaldo has injured Atletico madrid many times in the Champions League, and in the second half it will be seen whether the Manchester United king can once again stage a good play of adversity savior.