Without contrast, there is no harm.
In the first leg of the 2022/23 Europa League quarter-final, Manchester United and Roma, two closely watched teams, both scored a bitter result when they had the advantage.
Manchester United sat at Old Trafford, took a two-goal lead in less than 20 minutes, but could not score the goal that killed the suspense of promotion, Varane and Lisandro were injured one after another, and Malasia and Harry Maguire combined to play a successional battle, and two own goals buried United's great situation. Roma visited the D'Quipp Stadium, Dybala and Abra were injured, Pellegrini missed a penalty, dominated but difficult to score, but was won by a volley by Vivre.
The managers of both teams, Ten Hach and Jose Mourinho, face a must win in the second leg. The difference is that Manchester United can win the game, and a draw can also fight for a penalty shootout; Roma must win by more than 2 goals, and win 1 goal and also have to shoot penalties. Both teams are full of wounded soldiers, and the time has come to test the manager's ability.
However, Manchester United continued to stage at the Pizjuan Stadium, only this time the protagonist was replaced by the "picturesque" De Gea. Less than eight minutes into the game, De Gea gave Harry Maguire a knife goal, only to be unsurprisingly cut off by Ennesri and scored easily. Later, De Gea made a mistake in the corner defense and was pushed high and floating by Badyi with his shoulder; In the end, De Gea made another mistake on the sortie and gave Ennesri a beautiful empty goal.
Although Manchester United's collapse was an accident, it was unexpected that Ten Hag, as the manager, did not show any bloodiness and determination in the desperate situation.
In addition, Mourinho, faced with a situation where he must win by more than two goals to qualify, has instilled in Roma the determination to win. As in the first leg, Roma had the advantage but were still slow to score, instead losing Wijnaldum and Smalling in succession.
Even so, Rome did not give up its efforts. Spinazzola finally equalised for Roma in the 60th minute, but Paishang seized one of the few holes in the Roma defence with a header. Roma were on the verge of being out again, but Jose Mourinho's replacement Dybala saved the team, and the "little devil" had a flash of volley towards the end of the game to bring Roma into extra time.
In extra time, Roma burst into action. Substitute Tammy Abraham received a pass from Pellegrini and crossed, and Shalawi scored from the middle to give Roma their first lead over two legs; Tammy Abraham's shot then caused chaos in front of Feyenoord and Pellegrini scored as Roma finally secured a place in the semi-finals.
Also on the brink of desperation, Ten Hag's Manchester United collapsed, Mourinho's Roma turned over, and the drama of Mourinho's decisive battle against Manchester United that the media and fans were expecting could not be staged. More than two months ago, when Manchester United beat Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final to break the six-year title drought, Ten Hach was called the best manager after Ferguilla by Manchester United, and many Manchester United fans even released the boast of the quadruple title.
However, it turns out that Ten Hach is not a star and a half away from Mourinho's "small treble" achievement. Mourinho was able to lead the crutches to the top of Europa and promised to start Romero in the final, far less courageous than Tenhach. Perhaps there is a gap between Sevilla FC and Feyenoord, but when compared to Manchester United and Roma's squad and strength, the gap is even greater.
What does Rome have? A stubborn old man, a group of tired veterans, a group of crippled geniuses ... But they are fighters, warriors of the Eternal City! Sometimes it's just so cruel that it took six years for United to figure out what they had finally lost...