Chapter 179: Leicester City is about to be dismembered

"The game is over!! The game is over. Manchester United lost 1-0 away to Atletico Madrid. It was a terrible end for Manchester United, who lost away from home and failed to score an away goal, casting a shadow over their prospects of progressing to the final. And Atletico Madrid got their wish and beat Manchester United at home........"

Duan Xuan shook his head and said regretfully.

"But we only lost one goal away from home, and Manchester United didn't have a chance back at home!!"

The Spanish commentator was quite pleased with the result: "The Atletico Madrid players can celebrate for a while, and this result gives them a little more confidence when they go to Manchester in the second leg. However, for Atletico Madrid, qualifying for the final is still a difficult task, and Simeone's side cannot afford to take it lightly. ”

La Liga teams have been present in the Champions League final for several seasons in a row, and even in the previous two seasons, the Champions League final was a civil war between La Liga teams, and this season, Barcelona and Real Madrid were eliminated in the quarterfinals, and now the only remaining Spanish team in the last four is Atletico Madrid. So whether Atletico Madrid can advance to the final, in the eyes of the Spanish commentators, this is related to the honor of La Liga!

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Li Qingshan said in an interview after the game: "Atletico Madrid's fighting power at the Calderón Stadium has brought us considerable difficulties, it is a pity that we failed to score, but this is not the end of the world, there are still 90 minutes in the game, we will go all out, just one goal behind, we just need to overtake at home." ”

'But Manchester United don't have an away goal and if Atletico Madrid had scored at Old Trafford, United would have had to win by more than two goals to knock out Atletico Madrid.' The Spanish correspondent reminded.

"Then we'll have a goal difference of more than two goals." Li Qingshan, who lost the game, was not in a good mood, so he went back directly, and then he turned around and returned to the locker room.

Li Qingshan's move was amplified by the Spanish media and interpreted as a dead duck with a hard mouth. More than two goals clean out over Atletico Madrid?

Simeone's side are the best team in La Liga defensively, and they will lose in a timely manner, but Atletico Madrid have never been outscored by two goals this season. Even in the Champions League, Barcelona won 2-1 at home to Atletico Madrid, and then Atletico Madrid made a 2-0 comeback at their own home. Therefore, in the eyes of the Spanish media, as long as Atletico Madrid can score at Old Trafford, there will be no suspense about advancing to the final.

In the other semi-final match, Manchester City host Bayern Munich, both of which are more attacking teams, but at the Etihad Stadium, the two teams with luxurious attacking line-ups played out a 0-0 draw, leaving the second leg in suspense.

Therefore, in the first round of the Champions League semi-finals, the only goal was Griezmann's penalty goal.

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The second leg of the Champions League semi-final is due in the middle of the second week. And in between, there is also a Premier League match.

For Manchester United, in the 35th round of the Premier League, they will face Leicester City, who are currently second in the league.

As long as Manchester United does not lose in this game, they can lift the Premier League championship trophy three rounds in advance!

It was also a game to be a place to be missed for United, who were in the squad for the weekend league campaign, despite being fully in action in midweek.

In any case, take the Premier League title first, so as not to have too many dreams.

Before this round of matches begins, Leicester still have a theoretical chance of winning the title.

As long as they beat Manchester United away and then win three games in a row and United lose three in a row, they will win the title.

Of course, not to mention that United will lose the next three consecutive games, even if Leicester City beat Manchester United away, this task will not be easy to accomplish.

Manchester United are unbeaten at home this season and haven't lost a game yet.

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri did not mention in an interview whether Leicester City can finally turn around and win the title, which is already a miracle for a small club like Leicester City this season.

'We're not going to think about winning the title, it's a bit too big for us and the only thing we're focused on now is to see if we can cause some problems away from home.' Ranieri said the Italian coach has always kept a low profile.

Leicester City's leading goalscorer Jamie Vardy was unrelenting in the interview: "I'm not going to discuss or answer about the title, it doesn't mean anything to me. For us, we don't want to see Manchester United step on our shoulders to win the title, so that's why we need to beat Manchester United at Old Trafford. ”

"Can it be done? If I say that of course we can, then there will not be too many people who believe it, and the only thing we can do is to do our own thing, and as for the rest, we will leave it to God. ”

The English media have also praised Leicester City's performance this season, and there have been many commentators who believe that Leicester City may not be able to send Manchester United their first home defeat this season.

First of all, of course, Manchester United have exhausted their fitness in the Champions League semi-finals, while Leicester City, despite playing away from home, have no midweek game tasks and are certainly more physical.

And if United lose the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, they will be distracted from the second leg, and that's Leicester's chance.

However, for Leicester City, it is not without its worries.

Their performances this season have also made the players in Leicester's squad coveted by other big clubs.

First of all, Leicester City's leading goalscorer Vardy, as an English homegrown goalscorer, has scored 23 league goals this season, and such a goal-scoring efficiency has naturally attracted the pursuit of the Premier League's big clubs.

The closest Vardy has come to is north London side Arsenal, and before the season is over, rumours of Jamie Vardy's imminent move to the sought-after have been swirling. Vardy himself has never debunked the rumours.

Manchester United, for their part, also went after Leicester City's players, with two of Leicester's midfielders congratulating N'Golo Kante and Drinkwater for causing a rivalry between United and Chelsea.

In addition, there are rumors of transfers of the main players, including Mahrez and Wes Morgan.

It looks like Leicester will be dismembered by the big clubs after the summer transfer window......