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Manchester United drew with Arsenal, and they once again turned their lead into six points.

Now they are getting closer and closer to the league championship.

If the goal difference advantage is taken into account, Manchester United only needs to win one more game to win the championship.

So next, the most important arena for Manchester United is the Europa League.

As the starting point of Manchester United's revival, Mourinho is very much looking forward to the team being able to prove the power of the Red Devils on the European stage again.

On May 11, Manchester United visited Rome.

In the Olympic Stadium, the Red Devils and the Red Wolves met.

This is destined to be a bloody fight, and neither side will hold back.

Especially Rome.

A few days ago, they got into trouble.

In a life-and-death battle between Juventus and Roma, the Zebras had the last laugh.

The 3-0 victory caused Roma to collapse instantly.

With three games left, Roma's league championship is in danger.

Spalletti is in a bad mood, and the duck in hand is about to fly away.

So in the Europa League, he has to fight for the last chance.

If you can't win the league championship, then winning the Europa League is also good!

Facts have proved that in many cases, the more choices you have, the worse the result will be.

If you want everything, you may get nothing.

In this game, Roma still used the 3-4-3 formation and attacked with all their strength.

Manchester United changed their formation. The previous 4-2-3-1 formation became the 4-3-2-1 formation today.

The Christmas tree formation is Ancelotti's favorite tactical play, and now it is borrowed by Mourinho.

Three defensive midfielders Xia Xing, Fellaini and Herrera, two front midfielders Rashford and Mkhitaryan, and center forward Rooney.

In this game, Mourinho let Ibrahimovic take a rest and let Rooney top the center position, with Rashford and Mkhitaryan, two dribbling masters, behind him.

Obviously, Mourinho wanted to thoroughly implement the counterattack tactics in this game.

In the defensive midfielder position, Pogba also sat on the bench today, and Mourinho sent Herrera, who was more aggressive in fighting and defending.

Xia Xing is still the core of the organization, and Fellaini and Herrera are Xia Xing's defensive partners.

This is to ensure that the team can stabilize the midfield and backcourt defense and ensure that the ball is not lost.

Anyway, Manchester United has a two-goal advantage today, and the mentality is very stable.

But unexpectedly, Manchester United encountered trouble not long after the game started.

In a frontcourt scramble, Salah quickly advanced!

On the left side, he directly broke through the defense of Mkhitaryan and Fellaini!

Passed two people in a row!

Facing Valencia's pressing, he changed direction continuously and rushed into the penalty area!

Pull the ball and suddenly dunk!

Valencia kicked the ball!

He kicked Salah's ankle!

The referee whistled!

Penalty!

Mourinho on the sidelines protested loudly!

But the referee was unmoved!

Although Salah was suspected of looking for a penalty, Valencia did kick someone, and there was no problem with the penalty.

Roma captain Totti walked up slowly and stood on the penalty spot.

Put down the ball and slowly back off.

De Gea looked serious, watching every little move of the Roma captain.

Back off slowly, waiting for the referee's whistle to sound, run up, shoot!

It's a spoon penalty!

De Gea's body has already flown out, but in the moment in the air, his mind went blank!

It's over...

The ball was gently rubbed and fell accurately into the center of the net!

The ball went in!

1 to 0!

The game is suspenseful again!

Now the total score of the two sides has become 3 to 2.

Although Manchester United is still leading, this point is very subtle.

Because Roma scored an away goal at Old Trafford before, that is to say, if Roma scores another one now, the score will become 3 to 3. If it ends like this, then Roma will advance to the final with the advantage of away goals!

Now Manchester United is in trouble!

Seeing hope, the whole Roma team launched a fierce attack!

They knew very well that as long as they scored one goal, and just one more goal, they could enter the final!

Next, Roma launched a fierce attack!

Nainggolan broke through the defense and shot the ball past the goal post!

De Rossi made a long pass from the backcourt to Totti outside the penalty area!

Totti stopped the ball and pulled it past Damian who was trying to steal it!

He kicked a low shot and the ball went straight to the dead corner!

De Gea leaned over quickly and poked the ball out with his fingertips!

Salah passed two people again and made a cross from the bottom!

Dzeko headed the ball in the middle!

The ball hit the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line!

During this period, Manchester United was overwhelmed by Roma!

At this time, Mourinho frowned on the side of the court.

Perrin asked anxiously: "Do you want to adjust the tactics?"

Mourinho shook his head: "No hurry, wait a little longer."

"Still waiting?" Perrin couldn't wait any longer.

"Salah's penalty just now was a special case," Mourinho was very calm, "our defense is actually good, I have confidence in them. Don't worry, man, we have to be more patient than them."

Being more patient, this is too difficult...

Roma's attack did not last until the injury time of the first half, when Totti's shot was punched out by De Gea again.

The referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

Manchester United fell behind 0-1.

Back in the locker room, Mourinho was still encouraging the players.

"Boys, you played well in the first half. As long as we hold steady, opportunities will come! Don't relax or miss any chances!"

Leaving the locker room and running onto the court, Mourinho called Xia Xing.

"Xia."

"Coach?"

"If there is a chance later, don't miss it."

"Okay!"

If it were someone else, Mourinho might have given cautious instructions.

After all, Xia Xing is now the core of the defense. If he rushes forward rashly, he is likely to be counterattacked by the opponent.

He failed to steal the chicken and lost the rice.

But facing Xia Xing, he was full of trust.

Xia's instant judgment on the court was better than his own understanding!

In the second half, Roma still attacked with all her strength, and Manchester United still retreated across the board.

Manchester United's defense was scared and they just wanted to defend the one-goal advantage.

The Roma fans in the stands kept applauding and cheering for their team.

And Manchester United fans were also worried, looking at the clock, waiting for the end of the game.

After 70 minutes of the game, both sides made substitutions.

Manchester United still defended firmly, and Roma still attacked with all her might.

Until the 85th minute of the game.

Roma's cooperation in the middle was very smooth.

The captain and vice-captain of Roma passed the ball to Totti.

At the moment Totti received the ball, Xia Xing suddenly rushed out horizontally!

He kicked the ball in advance!

The old captain of Roma was intercepted!

At this time, Roma's midfield pressed forward, and their middle was empty!

Xia Xing did not hesitate and suddenly accelerated with the ball!

Nainggolan quickly chased back and stretched out his hand to pull Xia Xing!

Even if he got a card, he had to make Xia Xing stop!

But he failed to hold the corner of Xia Xing's clothes, and Xia Xing rushed with the wind!

20 meters away from the goal, central defender Fazio rushed up!

He was the last central defender!

Xia Xing did not choose to break through again, and shot directly!

The ball was fast and flat, hitting the upper right corner of the goal!

Alisson jumped up with all his strength, but still couldn't touch the ball...

The ball went into the net!

"1-1!"

"Manchester United scored the equalizer!"

"Xia's shot was unstoppable!"

"They made it to the Europa League final!"