Chapter 1,216 A Small Away Win

The visiting team Manchester United kicked off the first half.

Due to the unexpected draw by Basel in the last game, Manchester United did not dare to be careless in this game and attacked fiercely at the beginning, hoping to open up the situation quickly and prevent a weak team like Galati from gaining confidence.

Galati won the Romanian League Championship for the first time last season. This was the most high-profile game in the club’s 47 years of existence. Since their home stadium did not meet UEFA requirements, the game was moved to a stadium about 220 kilometers away from their home stadium. It was held in Bucharest, but this did not dampen the enthusiasm of Galati fans to watch the game. Except for less than a thousand Manchester United fans in the entire Bucharest National Stadium, the rest were occupied by Galati fans.

Facing Triple Crown winner Manchester United, Galati did not want to surrender without a fight, as their defender captain Costin said, "Although our chances of victory are very small, we cannot lose too miserably and become a laughing stock in football. "

After the opening, Galati stayed firmly in the midfield and actively fought for the ball, preventing any Manchester United player from easily passing, stopping, controlling and dribbling.

The Manchester United team was strong and determined to win. Even though Galati Steel resisted tenaciously, they still had full control of the ball.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong broke through the frontcourt and suddenly shot a cold shot from 35 meters away. However, goalkeeper Grahovac concentrated his attention and flew to save the ball.

In the 8th minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong passed the ball from the middle, and Nani lobbed the ball directly from outside the penalty area on the left rib. However, the ball had a low arc, slow speed, and no threat. It was directly confiscated by the Galati goalkeeper.

Manchester United did not pay attention to their opponents, and the players focused all their attention on the offense. As a result, in the 11th minute, Galati's players suddenly pressed hard. Vidic, who had returned from injury, made a mistake in passing the ball in the backcourt. Galati Forward Pnoševac grabbed the ball and shot vigorously from the top of the penalty area.

However, under the full strength of Smalling and Anderson, Pnoševac was unable to exert full force, and the ball was easily obtained by Lindegaard.

Lindegaard threw the ball to Evra, who quickly dribbled the ball through the midfield.

The ball was passed to Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong, Evra and Rooney continued to cooperate. Finally, Evra crossed to the outside of the penalty area and shot with his left foot.

Evra's kick was very powerful, but he didn't hold it down and the ball flew directly into the stands.

Manchester United is flourishing in the frontcourt, but the backcourt is full of holes.

In the 18th minute of the game, Fabio assisted with the ball. Galati midfielder Frenze intercepted in the middle. Fabio was a little too confident and wanted to pass Frenze, but Frenze stole the ball from his feet.

Frenze decisively passed the ball to forward Pnoševac, who shot low with his right foot from 25 meters away from the goal, but the ball was weak and was taken by Lindegaard.

Seeing Fabio's dribbling being intercepted by his opponent, Ferguson was so angry that he almost dropped the tactical board and cursed Fabio for being stupid.

The Romanian commentator at the scene also said that if Galati's forward had been replaced by either Rooney or Gao Xiaodong, Galati would be ahead now.

In the first 20 minutes, Manchester United had an astonishing 80% ball possession rate and created several shooting opportunities. However, due to Galati's intensive defense, Manchester United did not create a real threat.

Galati could hardly get the ball, but they suddenly counterattacked like crazy and stole Manchester United twice, creating two shooting opportunities.

In the 26th minute, Galati made a long pass and hit the ball into the Manchester United penalty area.

When Ferdinand and his opponent were competing for a header, the ball rebounded and hit Smallin's arm, but referee Bridge signaled the game to continue with an unintentional handball.

The Romanian fans at the scene were very dissatisfied, thinking that Bridge was favoring the strong team, and responded with huge boos to him.

Smalling's passive handball alerted Manchester United, and then Manchester United also stepped up its pressing in the frontcourt.

In the 29th minute, Valencia stole the ball from the frontcourt and passed it to Rooney on one side of the penalty area, but Rooney shot the ball into the stands.

In the 32nd minute, Gao Xiaodong was brought down in the middle and the referee awarded a free kick.

Gao Xiaodong kicked an elevator ball. The ball went over the wall and dropped rapidly. However, the ball was too far away. Galati goalkeeper Grahovac made a side dive and controlled the ball.

Seeing that the first half time was almost over and they still couldn't score, Manchester United pressed forward with all their strength and pressed Galati into a half-court siege.

In the 40th minute, Rooney passed a cross from the left corner of the penalty area to Gao Xiaodong. Galati defender Costin stretched out his right hand to block the ball. The German referee Bridge whistled for a free kick and gave Costin a yellow card.

This free kick is in a very good position, only 24 meters away from the goal.

Gao Xiaodong stood in front of the ball, and Rooney stood on one side.

After the whistle blew, Rooney ran over the ball. Gao Xiaodong suddenly shot a low shot. The ball jumped from the

It flew under the human wall.

Galati goalkeeper Grahovac could not react in time and could only watch the ball fly into the net.

1:0

Gao Xiaodong opened the scoring for Manchester United.

Gao Xiaodong was very happy after scoring. He celebrated his goal with two somersaults.

After losing the ball, Galati was not confused. They were already mentally prepared for this. Although Manchester United wanted to strike while the iron was hot to seal the victory, it failed to work under Galati's tenacious defense.

In the first half of the game, Manchester United temporarily led Galati Steel 1:0.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester United continued to have possession of the ball, but Galati stepped up the physical confrontation, preferring to commit fouls rather than allow Manchester United to easily dribble and pass.

Referee Bratch seemed to be a little biased towards the home team after Manchester United scored, pretending not to see many big moves.

Under the opponent's destructive defense, Manchester United did not have much offensive options.

Galati's crude foul offended Manchester United. Manchester United were all passionate men and could not bear this. They responded in kind and used fouls to deal with Galati.

Both sides focused on their opponents rather than the ball. The scene became very heated at one point, with players on their backs and confronting each other from time to time.

Referee Bridge felt that the situation was a bit out of control and quickly tightened the rules.

In the 60th minute, Lapa was given a yellow card for continuously violating Gao Xiaodong.

2 minutes later, Anderson brought down Antal for a tactical foul and also received a yellow card. In the 66th minute, Perendia kicked Rooney down and applied for a yellow card.

In the 70th minute, Fabio was tackled to the ground. Fortunately, after going down for inspection, there was no problem and he continued to play.

In the 73rd minute, Galati midfielder Neyago kicked Gao Xiaodong down and received a yellow card.

In just 13 minutes, referee Bridge showed a total of 5 yellow cards.

However, this still did not control the situation on the court.

In the 76th minute of the game, Vidic, who will celebrate his 30th birthday this Friday, brought down Giurjiu near the backcourt. The somewhat anxious referee Bridge directly ejected Vidic with a red card.

Ferguson was very angry. He rushed into the court and complained loudly to the referee. Fortunately, Bridge felt that the red card he had just received was a bit serious and did not expel Ferguson from the stands.

Manchester United lost one central defender, but Ferguson replaced Fabio with Evans, reducing one defender. Obviously, Ferguson believed that the opponent was so weak that there were almost no offensive opportunities in the game, and Ferguson's three defenders were enough to cope with it.

Seeing Vidic being sent off, Galati Steel saw the hope of creating a miracle, and they immediately made adjustments and replaced two players to strengthen the offense.

A wounded tiger is the most dangerous, Galati forgot.

After the substitution, Galati stepped up his attack and got consecutive shooting opportunities.

In the 81st minute, Pena, who came on as a substitute, headed the ball high from close range.

2 minutes later, Pnoshevac received a pass from the right wing and kicked his foot slightly wide of the right post in the penalty area.

But just when Galati felt that they were very close to the goal, Manchester United showed off their power. Gao Xiaodong stole the ball in the backcourt and drove straight into Galati's 30-meter area.

Galati quickly organized his players to surround Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong quickly passed the ball to Rooney when his opponents surrounded him. Rooney dribbled the ball into the penalty area and scored Galati's goal again with a push shot.

2-0

Rooney scored 25 Champions League goals, and he also surpassed Paul Scholes to become the English player with the most goals in the history of the Champions League.

After Rooney's goal, Manchester United replaced defender Jones and reduced their defense. Although they were missing one person, Galati's offensive power was weak and he was unable to break through Manchester United's gate and had to accept the fate of losing at home.