0 shots and 0 goals, in this night at Old Trafford, Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo sent a very clean answer, and Manchester United eventually lost 0-1 to Atletico Madrid and did not qualify for the european quarterfinals, all 3 cups at home and abroad were out, and the Premier League could only fight for four, there is no doubt that this is another season of four empty. In fact, after Mourinho beat Ajax to win the Europa League in May 2017, United have not touched any official competition title for five seasons.
Last weekend, United narrowly beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 with Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick to preserve their hopes of competing for the top four in the Premier League. In the absence of B Fei, Pogba and Sancho appeared together in the attacking line of midfield, and their performance was remarkable. However, in this life-and-death battle with Atletico, Longnick put Pogba on the bench, and the return B fee appeared in the front waist position.
After the game began, the two sides attacked and defended each other, B Fei's cross from the right helped Erlanga form a close-range shooting opportunity, and the world's first goalkeeper Oblak used his face to block the ball to save the goal. De Paolo's subsequent long-range firing also tested De Gea's attention. In the 33rd minute, Felix snatched the point to break the goal, but the goal was ruled invalid due to the offside of the passing Llorente. But seven minutes later, Atletico took the lead to break the deadlock, Griezmann crossed from the right, United defended from the back post, Lodi scored a header, and Atletico took a 1-0 lead. Just before the end of the first half, Oblak also defused a long-range heavy artillery attack by B Fee.
In the 67th minute of the second half, Lonnick made three substitutions in one go, Marcus Rashford, Nemanja Matic and Pogba came out to replace Erlanga, Scott McTominay and B Fee, and in the 75th minute, Cavani also wore a squad, and United's attacking threat increased significantly, but in the face of the tight defense of the Atletico backline led by Oblak, Lonnick's team did not create a miracle in the end.
In this campaign, Manchester United had 60% of the ball and did not score a goal on 5 of the 11 shots. Although Atletico only shot 8 and 3 positive, they laughed to the end with Lodi's fatal blow. In fact, beating opponents in disadvantaged situations has always been Simeone's best play. This time, face manchester United led by the bitter lord C Ronaldo. Simeone finally ended the embarrassing record of being eliminated from the Champions League by Ronaldo's team for five consecutive times. Under atletico's highly targeted defense, although the 37-year-old Luo Laohan tried his best, winning 6 of the 7 physical confrontations and dedicating 3 successful breakthroughs, he handed over the blank in the shooting link.
Manchester United is out, there are many reasons, Lonnick abandoned the last time in the front of the position of Pogba, chose to reuse the B fee, the game C Ronaldo also repeatedly withdrew from the midfield to make a wedding dress for B fee, which is also an important reason for the Portuguese superstar to shoot 0 shots in the whole game. The key is that in the second half, Lonnick also sent Rashford, who has been in a slump recently, and as a result, the prince broke through 0 key passes with 0 shots on goal in 23 minutes of playing time, and only lost 1 foul, and Manchester United were like one less person.
In the nine years since Sir Alex' retirement, Manchester United have not reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and after Mourinho, Manchester United have never touched any official competition title. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was once thought to be on the right path, but eventually left because of his record. Looking back now, Mourinho, who was disliked by Manchester United fans, is the peak of the post-Ferguson era.