Chapter 661: Undefeated in the Champions League

Mahrez's goal gave Manchester United a 2-0 lead, which was also the score at the end of the first half.

After the start of the second half, Manchester United started the attack. In the 49th minute of the game, Manchester United had a corner kick opportunity. Bruno's corner kick, Smalling's header was saved by Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper Pyatov.

In the chaos, Mahrez scored again with a shovel and scored twice, rewriting the score to 3:0!

After taking a three-goal lead, Manchester United began to take control of the game, hoping to win the game in a more economical way. However, Manchester United's scoring pace did not stop because of this.

Ten minutes later, Bruno's shot was saved by goalkeeper Piatov. Shakhtar Donetsk defender Krievstov wanted to make a clearance, but then Greenwood, who was like a small tank, forced his way in and succeeded in volleying.

4:0!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLL!!!!!"

"Greenwood! This is Greenwood's first Champions League goal!" Martin Taylor shouted. "This guy came out of nowhere in the game between Manchester United and Everton, helping Manchester United break Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten streak." The talented striker of record scored again in the first Champions League game of his career! ”

"4:0! Manchester United is firmly assured of victory!"

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The camera showed the home team's coaching bench on the sidelines. Mourinho stood on the sidelines, smiling and applauding to celebrate the team's fourth goal.

"This game is the 150th Champions League game coached by Mourinho." He Wei said, "4:0! This will be a perfect answer! After winning today's game, Manchester United will lock in two rounds in advance First in the group! They can also devote their energy to the Premier League in advance, pursuing more unbeaten games, and even hitting AC Milan's unbeaten record of 58 games in the five major leagues!"

Starting from his Champions League debut when coaching Porto in 2002, Mourinho has coached many teams in 16 years and is already one of the head coaches with the most Champions League games. Among them, he participated in 17 Champions League games in Porto, coached Chelsea for the first time and led the team to participate in the Champions League 33 times, coached Inter Milan to participate in the Champions League 21 times, coached Real Madrid to participate in the Champions League 36 times, coached Chelsea for the second time and led the team to participate in the Champions League 26 times, plus now Having led Manchester United to participate in the Champions League 17 times, Mourinho has led the team to participate in the Champions League 150 times.

This makes Mourinho the fourth-most head coach in the history of the Champions League. In front of him are legendary Manchester United coach Ferguson with 190 games, Arsene Wenger with 178 games, and Carlo Ancelotti with 158 games.

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He Wei was right, Mourinho did win in the 150th Champions League game of his career. But He Wei was also wrong. 4:0 was not the final score. The final score of this game was 6:0.

In the 84th minute, Manchester United quickly counterattacked. Bruno split the sides. Lingard moved to the left. Mahrez, who followed on the right, unloaded the ball from his chest and volleyed with his right foot to break the net. While performing a hat trick, he changed the score on the field. For 5:0!

In the 92nd minute, Mahrez stole the ball in the midfield and sent a through ball. Greenwood broke in and faced Piatov, who was in the front position, and scored an empty goal with a subtle shot, locking the score at 6:0!

On the evening of November 7, 2018, Manchester United defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 6-0 at Old Trafford. Manchester United head coach Mourinho achieved a perfect performance in the 150th Champions League game of his career. great victory.

Since in the other game of this group, Lyon drew with Hoffenheim 2:2 at home, the two major draw experts have a record of 3 draws and 1 loss after the 4 rounds of the group stage, while Shakhtar Donetsk has only one loss. With 2 draws and 2 losses, Manchester United, which has won four consecutive games, not only advanced to the knockout rounds two rounds ahead of schedule, but has even secured first place in the group.

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At the post-match press conference, Shakhtar Donetsk head coach Fonseca strongly criticized the referee on duty. Fonseca believed that the referee's red dot penalty in the first minute of the game changed the course of the game and made the game lose its fairness from the beginning.

Mourinho dismissed this. He is not defending the referee, but justifying the efforts of his players.

"I would like to praise the referee for his clear understanding," Mourinho said. "Rakitski's foul on Greenwood is a fact and a very accurate penalty."

The two coaches got into a big fight at the press conference. Mourinho said Fonseca couldn't afford to lose, and Fonseca said Manchester United was taken care of by the referee.

The Ukrainian media also expressed injustice for Shakhtar Donetsk. I think the referee's red dot package in the opening period changed the game.

It’s no wonder that Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukrainian media are so noisy. This tragic defeat directly laid a fatal risk for Shakhtar Donetsk’s group qualifying.

After four rounds of group matches, defending champion Manchester United has not only advanced to the knockout rounds ahead of schedule, but has even secured first place in the group. Lyon, Hoffenheim and Shakhtar Donetsk will compete for second place in a group.

Now, Shakhtar Donetsk not only lags behind Hoffenheim and Lyon in points, but is also at a clear disadvantage in terms of goal difference. This will make Shakhtar Donetsk's goal of competing for second place in the group difficult from the beginning. becomes very difficult.

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For Shakhtar Donetsk, the only good news is that their two games against Manchester United have already been played, and Lyon and Hoffenheim still have games against Manchester United, which keeps them still hoping to advance.

However, since Manchester United advanced two rounds in advance and has already secured the first place in the group, it is very doubtful whether Manchester United will go all out in the remaining two group matches.

Once Manchester United lets the team off in the next two group matches, Shakhtar Donetsk will be in danger.

However, the Ukrainian official media said something relatively fair. The newspaper believes that the penalty kick exists. From the perspective of the rules, there is no problem with the red card, but from the perspective of the balance of the game, can a yellow card be shown?

Mourinho sneered, balance of the game?

Two days later, UEFA announced that Shakhtar Donetsk head coach Fonseca was banned from two games and fined 15,000 euros for his remarks to the referee and his "unfounded criticism of the referee's enforcement" after the game.

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Manchester United defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 6-0 in the Champions League group stage and remained unbeaten in 17 Champions League games, which also made the English media, especially the Manchester media, jubilant. Manchester United's mouthpiece, The Guardian, said: "9 years later, the red Manchester United wave swept across Europe again!"

Mourinho was in a good mood, not only because he won a big victory in the 150th Champions League game of his career, but also because he was satisfied with the result and process of the game.

Manchester United, who played almost entirely with substitutes, still won a big victory, with Mahrez and Bruno in good shape. He was also satisfied with the state of young player Greenwood, who scored twice in his Champions League debut, and even the other substitutes performed well.