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In the first minute of the game, Dortmund launched a wonderful frontcourt cooperation.

Taking advantage of Manchester United's unstable position in the midfield and backcourt, they launched a fierce attack.

It really worked.

The continuous passes penetrated Manchester United's defense. If it weren't for De Gea's phenomenal defense, Manchester United would probably fall behind.

Almost losing the ball at the beginning made Manchester United's soldiers sweat.

But they soon found their own rhythm.

Especially Xia Xing, who retreated a little and temporarily formed a three-back midfielder with Matic and Pogba to stabilize the defense first.

In the current Manchester United lineup, Xia Xing's position is becoming more and more flexible.

This is the right given to him by Mourinho.

On the surface, he is a left forward, but in fact he can retreat to become a back midfielder, can go up to become a winger, and even come to the right to cross and change positions.

Especially when Rooney and Carrick are not on the field, Xia Xing, who wears the captain's armband, has absolute say on the field.

Dortmund then cooperated twice in a row, both of which were very exquisite.

But in the last shot, there was not much chance.

This is Mourinho's arrangement before the game.

This Dortmund team has good cooperation in the midfield and frontcourt, but the finishing is a little bit lacking.

Except for Aubameyang, no one else has a top shooting level.

As a player who played for Real Madrid, Sahin has a good midfield organization.

The passing of Shinji Kagawa and Gotze is also acceptable, but lacks particularly excellent performance.

Since the lore in the 2014 World Cup, Gotze seems to have been forgotten by everyone in an instant.

And Shinji Kagawa, who left Dortmund for the first time and joined Manchester United, has never found his peak form.

Even if the two later returned to Dortmund and became part of the Dortmund system again, they were just good, not as good as the team's thigh situation at the beginning.

And Manchester United's formation retreated, which also gave Aubameyang, who is good at speed, less room to play.

Dortmund's continuous attacks were fruitless, and soon they ran into trouble.

Shinji Kagawa controlled the ball in the middle and advanced, and Xia Xing directly cut in from the left to defend.

Facing Xia Xing, who has been in the limelight recently, Shinji Kagawa was in a bad mood.

On the one hand, he was very dissatisfied with a Chinese being so popular.

In his heart, Japan is the center of Asia, and their players are the best!

Especially since Manchester United is where Xia Xing succeeded, this brought back many unhappy memories for him.

When he was in Manchester United, he was defeated and defeated.

Now, he must prove his strength!

The frequency of his feet increased, and he changed directions continuously!

Xia Xing saw that this guy wanted to pass him.

He had failed to pass several times before.

Now again?

Okay, come on!

Xia Xing sank down and stood firm.

Shinji Kagawa made two consecutive fake moves, but he failed to deceive Xia Xing's center of gravity.

In the end, he made a desperate move and accelerated diagonally!

Xia Xing had expected it long ago, and decisively kicked the ball!

The ball was poked to the front court!

Shinji Kagawa lost the ball!

Pogba received the ball and accelerated with it!

Through pass!

Mkhitaryan in the frontcourt sprinted quickly!

Received the ball!

Directly kicked the ball outside the penalty area!

The ball went straight into the dead corner!

The ball went in!

1-0!

Manchester United scored the first goal!

The away fans cheered wildly!

In the live broadcast room, Alan Shearer also applauded excitedly!

"Excellent shot!"

"Excellent cooperation!"

"Great!

"Just now Dortmund's continuous attack, multiple passes and control still failed to score a goal!

"And Manchester United only used three players to break through the goal guarded by Weidenfeller!

"Xia's wonderful steal, Pogba's assist, Mkhitaryan's shot!

"The three people's central axis cooperation is wonderful!

"In front of his old club, Mkhitaryan showed his top state!

"One stop and one shot, wonderful!

"In the 29th minute of the game, Manchester United led by one goal!

"Their defense will be more solid next time!"

After scoring the first goal, the Manchester United players were in a very good mood.

Everyone rushed to Mkhitaryan and hugged his teammates.

However, Mkhitaryan did not celebrate. He showed due respect to his old club.

In the midfield, Sahin stepped forward and patted the confused Shinji Kagawa.

Just now, Dortmund attacked all the way, and it was the sudden interruption that caused the loss of the ball.

Shinji Kagawa is the biggest problem.

But his teammates were reluctant to criticize him, but comforted him and told him not to take it to heart.

Next, Shinji Kagawa became more active.

He was looking forward to scoring a goal, equalizing the score, and making up for the mistake just now.

But he never got his wish.

The whistle sounded at the end of the first half, and the score was still 1-0.

With a one-goal advantage, Manchester United entered the second half.

Neither side made any substitutions. It seems that the coaches of the two teams are still very confident in their starting lineups.

The fight between the two sides was still fierce. Dortmund attacked fiercely, and Manchester United retreated and expected a counterattack.

In the second half, both sides were exhausted.

In the 70th minute, both sides used up three substitutions.

But at this time, Manchester United ran into trouble.

In a defense, center back Lindelof sprained his ankle when defending a high ball and was unable to continue the game.

Manchester United was one man short!

And now the quota for substitutions has been used up, what should we do?

Mourinho gave the order decisively!

Lukaku, go play as a central defender!

In this case, letting the tall Lukaku play as a central defender is definitely the best choice.

As soon as he retreated to the defense line, Lukaku used a wonderful header to clear the ball, making Dortmund's cross ball disappear invisibly.

Manchester United fans in the stands applauded!

De Gea, Smalling and others also stepped forward to pat Lukaku on the shoulder to show encouragement.

But Lukaku was beating his drum in his heart.

Kao, it's really dangerous.

I actually headed the ball just now, but it was off target.

How could I react? I thought I was in front of the opponent's goal...

At this time, Perrin on the sidelines kept clapping: "This Lukaku is really good! The header flew out along the goal post, so accurate!"

Mourinho said faintly: "I hope he really wants to clear the ball..."

In the 85th minute of the game, Lukaku headed the ball again, and this time he made no mistake!

The ball fell to Xia Xing's feet outside the penalty area!

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

At this time, most of Dortmund's players were around Manchester United's goal!

The backcourt was empty!

Xia Xing received the ball and sprinted with the ball!

No one around him could keep up with him!

Shinji Kagawa directly shoveled behind him!

But he couldn't touch Xia Xing!

Xia Xing rushed all the way to Dortmund's half!

Bartra defended diagonally!

Xia Xing shot directly!

35 meters away from the goal, shot!

Goalkeeper Weidenfeller tried his best to save the ball, but it was still in vain!

The ball hit the net!

The ball went in! 2-0!

Manchester United scored another goal!

They were completely stable!

In the end, Manchester United ended the game with this score!

Dortmund was powerless to turn the tide!

When the referee whistled, the Manchester United players on the field were very excited!

Reporters on the sidelines surrounded Lukaku, who was closest to him, and asked him about his feelings about playing as a guest defender.

Lukaku waved his hand and responded domineeringly!

"If the team needs me, I can be the goalkeeper!"