ALL NOVEL Chapter 159
This kind of commercial game actually gives fans far away in Europe the opportunity to watch the live game up close.
Daxia's stadium can accommodate a lot of people, but they are all comprehensive stadiums. Fans in the stands can only see the players of the two teams running on the field with their naked eyes.
To see clearly, fans sitting far away can only watch with binoculars or watch the big screen on the scene.
The moment the players of both sides stepped onto the red carpet with their caddies and followed the referee team into the stadium, the on-site DJ began to introduce the starting lineups of both sides.
Lu Xiaopang appeared in the team of staff wearing a gray T-shirt. This time he did not appear in the player's roster.
The two teams arranged a 4231 lineup as if they had discussed it before the game.
Dortmund still wore the traditional yellow jersey, but Manchester United wore a blue jersey this time.
The two teams have not played against each other for ten years. The last match was in the semi-finals of the Champions League, when Dortmund beat Manchester United at home and away.
This game is just a friendly match, and the two sides will not try their best like in the Champions League.
Mkhitaryan, who just transferred to Manchester United, appeared in the starting lineup, which shows that Mourinho is eager to see how he will perform when facing his old club.
There is another possibility, that is, the madman needs to use Mkhitaryan's understanding of Dortmund to give the opponent a head start.
Dortmund put Aubameyang at the forefront, let Miyuan be behind him, and Ramos and Dembele on the left and right. The new season is about to begin, and Tuchel needs to keep trying to find the most suitable lineup for Dortmund.
After the players of both sides guessed the sides and shook hands, they all returned to their respective half.
Weidenfeller is the captain of this international championship. After all the players formed a circle, he made a brief pre-match mobilization, and then they took their positions and waited for the game to start.
With the referee's whistle, the first game of Dortmund's summer tour officially began.
Manchester United took the lead in kicking off. After Depay pushed the ball to Mkhitaryan, Manchester United began to control the ball and organize the attack.
After the opening, both sides attacked and defended each other, but they were basically testing each other and did not get a particularly good chance to score. In the 18th minute of the game, Dortmund won a free kick 30 meters away from the goal.
Aubameyang stood at the penalty spot and chose to shoot directly from a long-distance free kick.
Manchester United's goalkeeper Johnstone performed bravely and saved the ball, but unfortunately the distance was not far. Three Dortmund players surrounded the goal and Dembele's follow-up shot on the left wing was blocked.
The two sides were in a melee in front of the goal. Miyuan grabbed the ball and shot directly, but was blocked by the fallen defender Jones.
The ball still did not leave the danger zone. Castro followed up in the middle and made a successful supplementary shot. Dortmund broke the deadlock and led Manchester United 1-0.
After the restart, Manchester United began to counterattack. Lingard seized the opportunity of the Dortmund defender's error in stopping the ball and took the ball to form a single knife.
Unfortunately, he shot on the penalty area line and was directly confiscated by Weidenfeller.
After that, the two sides continued to attack and defend, but even at night, the temperature in the Magic City was still very high. The game was suspended and the players from both sides went to the sidelines to replenish water. While the players were taking the time to replenish water, Mourinho and Tuchel took the time to explain the tactics to the players.
At the same time, Manchester United and Dortmund fans in the stands also sang team songs to cheer the team.
Fans from both sides unfolded large TIFO pictures and passed them around the stands to express their enthusiasm.
After the game resumed, Dortmund firmly controlled the ball and the situation on the field. In the 34th minute, Dortmund launched an attack on the right wing of the frontcourt. When Castro dribbled the ball to the bottom, he suddenly kicked and passed it.
Aubameyang in the penalty area saw the ball coming suddenly, and he had no time to turn around, so he chose to hook the ball.
Aubameyang did not fully exert his strength on this kick, but he was lucky, and the football hit the arm of Manchester United defender Valencia behind him.
When he was sitting on the ground and was about to turn his head to look, the referee blew the whistle and pointed to the 12-yard spot without hesitation, awarding Dortmund a penalty.
The sudden surprise surprised Aubameyang. He stood in front of the 12-yard spot and steadily kicked the ball into the goal.
Dortmund changed the score to 2-0 with this penalty kick.
After Manchester United fell behind by two goals, Mourinho on the sidelines was a little anxious and stood on the sidelines to direct the players to strengthen the attack.
Then Manchester United launched a fierce attack on Dortmund. When the ball was passed to Depay, Papastathopoulos, who was defending Depay, kicked Depay down when he intercepted the ball.
The referee blew the whistle and directly showed Papastathopoulos the first yellow card of the game.
Manchester United's free kick in the frontcourt missed the goal, and Dortmund had a chance to take a goal kick.
Weidenfeller, who had a big back hair, passed the ball to Sven Bender, who went directly to Dembele. Dembele made a long pass on the right wing of the backcourt, and the football ball found Schmelzer who entered the penalty area on the left wing.
Schmelzer saw the ball flying over, he jumped high, headed the ball back, and passed the ball to Aubameyang who followed up.
Unfortunately, Aubameyang's volley missed the goal and flew out of the baseline.
After Manchester United kicked the ball out, they wanted to pass the ball directly behind Dortmund.
However, their intention was exposed by Miyuan. When the opponent kicked the ball, Miyuan rushed up in time and stretched his legs to intercept the ball. After regaining control of the ball, he passed the ball to Aubameyang. Aubameyang received the ball on the right wing of the penalty area and turned to shoot. Manchester United goalkeeper Johnstone flew to save the ball.
The football was controlled by Manchester United's defender in time and passed it directly to Mkhitaryan.
After Mkhitaryan received the ball, he passed it directly to Herrera who was advancing. After Herrera took the ball, he took it to the front of the penalty area and suddenly kicked it.
Mata, who had been hiding in Dortmund's defense line, saw Herrera kicking and rushed directly to the landing point of the ball. But when he unloaded the ball, the linesman on the sidelines had raised the flag, and Mata's single shot was judged offside.
Manchester United missed the chance to recover a point in the first half, and then Dortmund firmly controlled the ball until the end of the first half.
Dortmund walked to the player tunnel with a two-goal advantage and returned to the locker room to rest.
The players of both sides left the field, and the fans of both sides also took the time to rest and look forward to the second half of the game.
The weather was hot and stuffy, and the sweat of the fans of both sides in the stands soaked their clothes, but their enthusiasm remained unabated.
Although Manchester United was two goals behind, which made Manchester United fans a little disappointed, it might be a very good thing for them to watch Manchester United's game at home.