"We are United!"
"We are the champions!"
As the defending Champions League winners this season, Manchester United's fans had passion like no one else.
There was another factor as well.
"This season is Manchester United's best chance to prove themselves—to prove they can reach the Champions League semifinals even without their core player."
"Or rather, to prove they have more than one core player!"
The buffs had already been stacked to the limit, and both Erik ten Hag and Escribá were sweating on the sidelines.
Did you think a head coach didn't have to work just because he was sitting on the sidelines instead of playing?
Wrong!
Completely wrong!
In truly high-level football matches, even a head coach on the sidelines had to give everything. They had to pour their souls into the competition!
"Aaron Wan-Bissaka..."
Bang!
Aaron Wan-Bissaka went down hard, but he had been fooled. Jude Bellingham dragged the ball and knocked it away, using the feint to shake off Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
However, Aaron Wan-Bissaka got back up remarkably quickly, looking as though he wanted another go at Bellingham.
Pass it now!
Bellingham played the ball to Guerrero near the byline.
"Here!"
Tang Ye raised his hand on the far side, and Guerrero sent over a long pass.
It cleared the top of the arc and reached Tang Ye, who was supporting on the right.
Setting his feet and tightening his core, Tang Ye cushioned the ball with his chest and laid it off to Paul Pogba behind him.
"Hit it first time!"
Taking one touch to adjust, Pogba looked slightly tangled up physically, but he still did his best to get the shot away.
Bang!
He unleashed a blistering long-range strike, but David de Gea sprang up and saved it.
"Damn!"
Pogba flung his hands out.
It