128th Champions League quarterfinals

By the end of the game, the pre-match enthusiasm of the Gent fans was quite impressive. Their team failed to pull off another miracle and lost 3-0 at home.

However, when the Gent players walked off the field, the fans in the stands still gave them applause. In Europe, the Belgian First Division is not a big league, not to mention compared with the five major leagues, of course, it is not as good as the Eredivisie and the Portuguese Super League, and Gent is not a big team even in Belgium, and it is not a big team in Europe.

Therefore, losing to Manchester United is not something too much for Gent fans to accept.

Even their manager Van Heiserbroek did not show any unconvinced emotion, and in an interview after the game, Van Heiserbrock said that Gent and Manchester United did not play at the same rhythm at all: "We are too far behind Manchester United in confrontation, in addition to technicality, we don't do enough in physical confrontation, in the Champions League, you can use physical confrontation more, but we don't fully understand this, we are a new team in the Champions League, the rhythm in the Belgian league is different from the Champions League. We lost because we didn't play at Champions League heights and these Englishmen put you in a situation where you are pressed all the time. ”

'We had almost zero chance of a comeback, it wasn't the best of Gent tonight, the players didn't show their best form. But I hope we can continue to play in Champions League games next year and that will help us improve. ”

Van Heyzerbruck summed it up well, and this confrontation with Manchester United may make the Belgian famous young coach think about something.

For Manchester United, it was just that they beat an opponent who was not too strong away from home, and Gent did not create much pressure on them in this game, in the comparison of the data of the two reversals, the ratio of possession reached 75 percent to 25 percent, and the number of shots on goal Manchester United had 21 shots and nine shots were within the range of the goal frame, while Gent only had four shots on goal in the whole game, and only one shot was within the range of the goal frame. If Manchester United's feet are a little smoother in this game, I am afraid that it will be another away massacre.

It was the scenery of the city of Ghent that left a lasting impression on the Manchester United players. It's a pretty little town, and the Manchester United players who are in a good mood after the win sit on the bus and look out the window at the beautiful scenery, and they can't help but feel a lot more fond of this Belgian city.

However, the intensive schedule did not allow the players to stay in Gent, and they soon had to rush to the airport and board their flight back to Manchester. Manchester United's buses, on the other hand, travel overland through the Ardennes Forest in southeastern Belgium to France, and from there to the Undersea Tunnel between the UK and France, and back to Manchester.

When playing away from home in the Champions League, unless you are going to a distant city like Moscow, this Manchester United bus will take the first step to enter the city by land, and then wait until the players get off the plane to get on the familiar bus.

Three days after the first leg of the Champions League's quarter-finals, United are back on the road for the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Manchester United's fifth-round draw against League One side Shrewsbury was rightfully used by Carlo Ancelotti as a training game for substitutes and youth players, with most of the team's main players not travelling away, and nearly half of Ancelotti's squad is young players in their mid-twenties.

Such a substitute and youth team youngsters Manchester United were met with stubborn resistance from Shrewsbury on the road. In the 38th minute, Shrewsbury scored first and went into the break with a 1-0 lead.

But fortunately, in the second half, Rashford first opened his bow in the penalty area and scored with a powerful right-footed shot. Then, it was Marcus Rashford who calmly pushed the far corner into the far corner after a successful pass in the box.

Carlo Ancelotti applauded Marcus Rashford's performance off the pitch, with the exception of a very high level of talent and potential in the Manchester United Academy, with the only problem being his lack of consistency and experience in the game.

However, Rashford is still young after all, just a young player less than 19 years old, and perhaps after two or three years of competition, this Manchester United academy product will really mature.

In the end, thanks to Marcus Rashford's brace and the icing on the cake from Nani, who came on as a late substitute, Manchester United beat Shrewsbury 3-1 away and successfully advanced to the sixth round of the FA Cup.

Despite the FA Cup's high status in England, Carlo Ancelotti is an Italian who clearly uses the FA Cup as a training ground for young players.

What really cares about Carlo Ancelotti is the team's performance in the Champions League.

Although the first leg was already a 3-0 away victory, but when he returned to his home stadium in the second leg, Ancelotti was not careless and still sent the main squad to face Gent.

For Carlo Ancelotti, a 3-0 lead is not too much of a security advantage......... If you've watched the Champions League final in Istanbul, you know that a 3-0 lead isn't enough to celebrate with champagne.

Van Heizerbroek knew it was a cold game when he saw United's starting line-up. Gent will want to pull off a three-goal comeback against United's main squad unless God is a Gent player.

But apparently there is no god in Gent's squad.

Manchester United, who are playing at home, have not left any hands behind. To the cheers of the Old Trafford fans, Di Maria scored in the 21st minute to give United a 1-0 lead and extend the aggregate score to 4-0!

Then before the end of the first half, Li Qingshan took the ball with his back in the penalty area and then turned around and shot again, 2-0!!

In the second half, Ancelotti began to replace some absolute main forces, Li Qingshan, Di Maria, and Mata all replaced one after another. Carlo Ancelotti has already started to save his hopes for the league in three days' time.

Compared to this game, the next home game against Arsenal will be a test for the team, so after sealing the win, Ancelotti began to replace his main players to keep them in the next game.

However, even after replacing three attacking players, Manchester United scored three goals in the second half, and substitutes Wayne Rooney, Nani and Rashford scored one goal each, Manchester United beat Gent 5-0 at home, and the first step to get close to the quarterfinals of the Champions League!!