At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on March 16, the second leg of the 2021-22 Champions League quarterfinals ushered in a focus battle: Manchester United led by C Ronaldo faced Atletico Madrid. In the first leg, Atletico drew 1-1 at home to Manchester United.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been in excellent form recently, scoring a hat-trick in United's 3–2 home win over Tottenham Hotspur in the 29th round of the Premier League, scoring 807 goals in his career, becoming the most goalscored in football history.
Atletico have won four consecutive games in La Liga and Felix are in pretty good shape. This match can also be said to be the matchup between the two sides no. 7, the PK of portugal's two generations of forwards.
In the game, Manchester United started 4231, C Ronaldo played center, forward B Fee, wingers Sancho and Ilanga, double backs Scott McTominay and Fred, four defenders Tres, Maguire, Varane, Dalot, goalkeeper De Gea. The starting eleven are worth a total of 430 million euros.
Atletico started 352, with Felix and Griezmann paired up front, midfielders Lodi, Cork, Herrera, De Paul and Llorente, three centre-backs Renaldo, Gimenez and Savage, and goalkeeper Oblak. The starting eleven are worth a total of 420 million euros.
After the game opened, Manchester United, playing at home, took the lead in attacking. In the 2nd minute, Dalot picked out a pass into the penalty area and Ilanga headed the ball at goal and was awarded the goalkeeper.
In the 9th minute, Atletico's long pass, De Gea came out to get the ball, and then directly forward, almost cut off by the opponent.
In the 12th minute, B Fei broke through the ball near the bottom line and knocked across the net, and Ilanga scored from close range, hitting Oblak's head and popping up.
In the 15th minute, DePaul's long-range shot was threatening and was saved by De Gea.
In the 33rd minute, Cork cut through the United defence, Llorente followed up with a cross, Felix wrapped it up and pushed it in, and the ball went in! Unfortunately, the referee signaled llorente to be offside.
In the 40th minute, Atletico broke the deadlock on the field, Griezmann passed the ball on the right side of the penalty area, Lodi followed up with a header to attack the goal, the ball was scored! Atletico led Manchester United 1-0 away from home with a 2-1 aggregate score.
In first-half stoppage time, B Fee's long-range shot was brilliantly saved by Oblak.
In the second half, Manchester United continued to strengthen the attack, shortly after the start of the second half, Manchester United forward a direct pass, B Fei did it back, Ilanga into the box with a kick to push, slid through the goal.
In the 51st minute, Maguire played with fire, continuously dribbling the ball in his own penalty area, and then passing to De Gea, who was cut off by De Gea when he passed the ball out, and De Paul directly shot from a distance, but was saved by De Gea.
In the 73rd minute, United's free-kick into the box was driven into the box and Ronaldo was in place, but the ball was held by the attacking Oblak.
In the 76th minute, United's free kick on the right was driven into the box, Varane's header was headed at goal, Oblak saved the ball, and Ronaldo barbed a shot that was held by Oblak.
The whole game was 4 minutes in stoppage time, and the score was not rewritten. In the end, Manchester United lost to Atletico Madrid 0:1 at home, and the total score was 1:2 out. Like Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, Ronaldo is doomed to miss this year's Ballon d'Or. In this game, C Ronaldo played a full 0 shots.
In the quarterfinals of this Champions League, Paris has been eliminated by Real Madrid, Messi has been out of the Champions League 1/8 final for two consecutive seasons, and last season's Champions League 1/8 final, Messi led Barca was eliminated by Paris.
Cristiano Ronaldo was eliminated by Porto in the Champions League quarter-finals with Juve last season, and this season at Manchester United, like Messi, has been beaten as "Sixteen Langs" in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons.