In the 43rd minute, Wayne Rooney had another chance and hit the bar with a powerful kick from the box.

However, the football hit Garay’s butt and changed direction.

But Rooney’s shot did not refract like the previous one, and it bounced straight out.

Gary covered his butt with one hand, and his very innocent appearance made Rooney can’t bear to look at him directly.

The first half of the game, also with this attack ended, both sides were 0:0!

At halftime, the managers on both sides nervously laid out the tactics for the second half.

Soon 15 minutes passed.

At the beginning of the second half, Zhang Liang continued his excellent form.

In the 52nd minute of the match, Nemanja Matic again crossed from the wing.

This time Zhang Liang decisively struck and took the ball off Cardoso’s head.

In the 59th minute of the match, Gaitan burst in front of the penalty area.

Zhang Liang fell to the ground and pounced on his side, holding the ball firmly in his arms.

In the face of Benfica’s shot, Zhang Liang appeared to be at ease, not letting any ball slip past his fingers.

As time passed, Benfica rushed to attack, and problems on the back line were finally slowly exposed.

Zhang Liang obviously felt that the physical strength of the opposing left defender began to decline, and this Emerson kept running back and forth, and finally began to hold on.

In the 73rd minute of the game, Emerson’s physical strength reached a limit.

Benfica’s head coach Jesús had planned to make a substitution at the next dead shot, but before he could make the next move, Benfica was in danger.

Although Zhang Liang was in the backfield, he also always paid attention to the other party’s situation, and he found a glimmer of opportunity to take advantage of!

In the 73rd minute of the game, Zhang Liang directly caught a header from Cardoso with his hand and hit the goal.

After observing the situation on the field, he noticed a detail.

This time, Emerson has already attacked the edge of the Manchester United penalty area!

Due to the decline in physical fitness, after seeing Zhang Liang control the ball, Emerson did not immediately run back to defend, but slowly walked back with his head down.

“Yang!”

Zhang Liang roared and quickly launched a long pass.

The landing point of the pass is Emerson’s defensive area!

The long pass was still bad, but fortunately it didn’t go out of bounds, and Ashley Young ended up receiving the football with his super speed.

However, he had already drawn many circles in his heart to curse Zhang Liang.

Manchester United’s rapid counterattack was directly launched by Zhang Liang!

The football flew out of an extremely long arc and landed in Benfica’s backfield.

There, Ashley Young has started at high speed!

Speed and technique are Ashley Young’s strengths, and he has plenty of opportunities to dribble the ball.

Swim!

Spike!

Change the line!

Sprint!

It is these simple dribbling actions that are extremely concealed and impactful in the process of high-speed operation.

Ashley Young used a combination of these simple moves to easily pass the defense of Benfica defender Xavi Garcia and central defender Louisson.

However, when he was about to break through the third defender, he was fouled by central defender Garay in direct defense.

“Beep!”

The referee gave United a chance from a set-piece in front.

A free kick like this at the front of the penalty area was undoubtedly taken by Zhang Liang.

After seeing the opportunity appear, Zhang Liang immediately ran from the back to the front.

Artur looked at Zhang Liang’s figure, and suddenly felt a cold sweat in his heart, and then directly discharged the five-person wall.

But he didn’t seem to feel enough, and kept commanding loudly, and his voice trembled a little.

Facing Benfica’s goalkeeper Artur’s defense, Zhang Liang was very calm.

“This guy is scared enough by me, such a line of people!”

Zhang Liang sneered in his heart, but his eyes became sharp.

This goal, he wants to score!

Under the gaze of more than 60,000 fans at the Guangming Stadium, Zhang Liang lived up to expectations and directly pierced through Artur’s gate with a dashing full moon scimitar!

Artur predicted the wrong direction and was directly pierced through the gate by Zhang Liang’s free-kick.

However, Artur thought that even if he pounced in the right direction, he would not be able to block Zhang Liang’s free kick.

In this contest, Zhang Liang laughed to the end and became the ultimate winner!

1:0!

After a stalemate for most of the half, Manchester United relied on Zhang Liang’s help to take the lead!

Benfica fell behind at home, and they were naturally unwilling and immediately pressed them all.

For the rest of the game, Jesus did everything he could, even fielding four forwards.

Despite the heavy pressure of Benfica’s players, at one point even suppressed Manchester United in the big box.

However, they just had no way to break through the gate guarded by Zhang Liang.

In the 88th minute, United had one last quick counter-attack.

Rooney was finally happy this time, and his volley from Benfica’s big penalty area once again captured the opponent’s goal and sealed the victory for Manchester United.

2:0!

This is the final score of this round of the Champions League group stage match!

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