Chapter 179 I would rather be Real Madrid on the other side!
Objectively speaking, Manchester United's strength is of course far above Porto. Even when fighting away at the Dragon Stadium, Manchester United's combat effectiveness is relatively comparable to Porto, who lacks soldiers.
Manchester United, who just won the Premier League championship five years later, is now even more motivated and confident, will they... be afraid of Porto?
That's impossible!
The game just started, Manchester United, who was the first to kick off, controlled a little and began to advance towards the frontcourt...
After a series of passes, the ball went to the frontcourt, and then Rashford, Lukaku and Pogba moved sideways continuously, and finally Pogba passed the ball to the penalty area on the right with a diagonal pass.
At this time, Yang Xiaozhuang rushed in from outside the penalty area on the right, ran up sideways, and shot with his left foot against the ball...
Bang!
After the ball was pulled out, an arc deflecting to the right was drawn in the air. Unfortunately, the angle was too straight in the end and was hugged by Porto's goalkeeper Casillas!
That's right, it's Casillas!
He once played for Real Madrid for 18 years, played 725 games, played 166 games for the Spanish national team, and helped the Spanish team win the 2010 World Cup championship as the captain... Saint Cassi!
More than two years ago, after Casillas left Real Madrid, he came to Porto as a free transfer. Because there was no transfer fee, he also received the highest salary of Porto's entire team, with an annual salary of 6.5 million euros, which is twice as high as the second highest salary in the team!
After coming to Porto, Casillas regained his form as an "old" player and has now secured his position as the main goalkeeper of Porto for three consecutive seasons.
This season, he has conceded only 43 goals in 38 games, including 9 goals lost in the Champions League. You should know that even De Gea has conceded 41 goals this season.
Just now, Yang Xiaozhuang's shot was not suddenly. Before, Manchester United kept passing the ball from the left, and Casillas had already made a judgment. He had played so many games in his career for so many years, and he was in the world's football world today in terms of goalkeeping experience.
Although Yang Xiaozhuang's shot did not create any threat, Manchester United on the field became more confident. They just formed this shot, and it took only 25 seconds. Porto didn't even touch the edge of the ball. They passed and ran all the way since the kickoff, and finally created this opportunity to shoot.
As a result, this has allowed Manchester United players to develop a preliminary understanding of Porto... We are far stronger than our opponents!
In fact, to sum up, it is... Manchester United has become a little underestimated!
Turning around, Casillas passed the ball to the defender, and Porto's forward advance also began...
Although Manchester United players are also retreating to defend, during their retreat, Porto players will drive the ball forward, and pass the ball when they encounter a Manchester United player intercepting it, and then the next person will continue to drive the ball forward, encountering obstacles... pass again!
When the players who are dribbling the ball really can't find the pass point, they will stabilize the ball, turn around and pass back, and then repeat the previous process. After 40 seconds of tossing, Manchester United actually... didn't touch the ball!
It was not until Porto passed the ball to the right that Luke Shaw jumped up and blocked it, but because his heading ability was relatively weak, the ball was broken out of the baseline.
Under the court, Mourinho saw Porto's pass-by and control advancement, but he was silent on the surface, but he nodded secretly in his heart... This kid Kong Saisan is really something!
When the corner kick was taken, the tall and powerful Maguire rushed out and retreated to his own penalty area to defend Rashford quickly ran to the ball landing point and kicked the ball in front with one kick.
Of course, the ball still fell on Porto's side, and then they slowly advanced. This time, Rashford, Luke Xiao and both of them came forward to defend. Even the midfielder B fee was involved, and the midfielder Matic also leaned over. Porto's pass and control ability was quite good, and it was difficult for Manchester United to intercept the ball before!
Both Manchester United and Porto have invested a lot of troops in an area outside the penalty area on the right side of Manchester United. However, although Porto's players are unknown, they are really good at passing and have no chance to intercept the ball. Moreover, after both sides have been entangled for more than ten seconds, Uruguayan right-back Maxi Pereira, who assisted, suddenly dribbled the ball and cut two steps inside, and then passed the ball to Manchester United's small penalty area on the left.
When passing the ball, there was no one in this area, but when the ball fell, Porto's left winger Brasov rushed up... Wan Bisaka still had too little experience. Just now, his attention was a little bit entangled by the entanglement of both sides, and Brasov got rid of it.
Dong!
Brasov pushed the ball to the bottom right corner of the far Manchester United goal without any defense!
At this time, De Gea had already discovered the danger here. He moved horizontally to prevent the opponent's shot. At this time, he wanted to adjust the center of gravity and fell to the ground to save the fire in the opposite direction. It was really too late. Moreover, the ball was a rebound ball from top to bottom, so it was even more difficult to save.
"The ball is in! The ball is in! Brasov! Brasov scored! We are now leading Manchester United 1:0! We are leading Manchester United! The game has just started by 1 minute and 40 seconds, and we have already taken the lead! The situation is very beneficial to us! This is a fantastic start!"
The entire Dragon Stadium was in full swing, and the fans in Porto were jumping wildly, shouting, and cheering...
The opening game was 1 minute and 40 seconds ahead of Manchester United!
Even when playing at home, no fan could have thought that his team could play such a fantastic start before the game...
Manchester United's side, everyone was already confused... Why did this goal be scored?
The competition has just begun!
Mourinho, who was off the court, didn't say much after seeing this goal, and he didn't even accuse Wan Bissaka of the loss of the goal... It has something to do with the entire Manchester United team. These kids didn't listen to their words at all. They played too casually during the game!
Disobedient!
Now... it's a price to pay after all!?
Chapter completed!