I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

Manchester United ushered in the Europa League knockout round after easily beating Preston 3:1 as a guest and advancing to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

Manchester United's schedule in the FA Cup this season is a bit weird. They have encountered low-level teams in succession, but the games have been played away. Before Yeovil was a League One team, and then Cambridge United was a League Two team, and now Preston is also only a League One team.

Although they were all away games, Ye Su was finally able to give the team's main players a rest before the start of the Europa League knockout round due to their mediocre opponents.

In the away game against Preston, Ashley Young, who played in rotation, performed very amazingly. He scored twice and was the chief contributor to Manchester United's promotion to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

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Manchester United's opponents in the Europa League are not weak. Fiorentina has driven low and high in Serie A this season. It has been free from the European theater of Serie A before, but as the season progresses, Fiorentina's ranking in Serie A is getting higher and higher.

Before the start of the first round of the Europa League knockout match with Manchester United, and after 23 rounds of Serie A, Fiorentina has risen to No. 4 in Serie A. In front of them, only Juventus, Roma and Naples.

The Europa League knockout match between them and Manchester United is definitely a contest between top teams.

This is also the first time Ye Su has competed with a team from the five major leagues outside the Premier League in the main game after coaching Manchester United.

Ye Su knew that Serie A teams were not easy to deal with, let alone a team that could rank among the top four in Serie A. So in the home game against Fiorentina, he played with the main force. And before the game, Ye Su repeatedly emphasized to the players that they must take this game seriously.

After all, Manchester United has no advantage in the schedule. If they can't get a satisfactory score at home and go to an away game in that round, the game will be very difficult to play.

Ye Su has been coaching this team for almost a year. During this period, he led the team to continuous victories, which also allowed him to establish enough prestige in the hearts of the players.

After the start of the game, Manchester United played very cautiously and did not attack rashly. Instead, slowly test the reality of Florence.

After 20 minutes of the game, Manchester United had basically figured out the details of their opponents. At this time, Ye Su, who was on the sidelines, waved his hand, and Manchester United began to attack.

As a team that can firmly suppress top teams like Chelsea and Manchester City for a long time, Manchester United, which ranks first in the Premier League, when he is at every step, even if Fiorentina is ranked fourth in Serie A, he can't resist it.

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In the 25th minute, Manchester United scored the first goal; in the counterattack, De Bruyne sent a scalpel-like through ball, Vardy ghostly bypassed the Fiorentina players who defended him, and got the ball in front of Fiorentina's defense. Then easily push the far corner to help Manchester United take the lead, 1:0, this is Vardy's first goal in the knockout stage of the Europa League.

After taking the lead, Manchester United players played more confidently on the field, threatening Fiorentina's goal continuously. However, Fiorentina deserves to be a strong team in Serie A. Although the scene was passive, they held the situation and did not allow Manchester United to score again in the rest of the first half.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again, and Manchester United continued to take the initiative on the field.

In the 50th minute, Vardy broke into the penalty area from the left and was blocked after kicking the goal.

In the 55th minute, Manchester United successfully counterattacked in the frontcourt. De Bruyne took the ball and hit Gonzalo with a long shot.

In the 56th minute, Fiorentina also launched a wave of extremely threatening attacks, but De Gea showed an extraordinary level and resolved Valero's shot.

In the 62nd minute, Mata sent a precise through pass, and Vardy's shot was saved by Tatarusanu. The defensive player broke the ball before Vardy's follow-up shot, but the ball went to Rooney's feet, and the latter's attack extended the team's lead.

Manchester United lead 2-0 at home.

In the 81st minute, Manchester United made another victory. De Bruyne made a pass, Gonzalo made a mistake and poked the ball into his own goal. Manchester United led 3:0.

In the end, Manchester United beat Fiorentina 3-0 at home, almost half a foot into the door of the Europa League round of 16.

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After playing the first round of the top 32 knockout rounds of the Europa League, two days later, Manchester United played in the Premier League again.

However, Manchester United suffered a defeat at the Liberty Stadium in their away game at Swansea. Because they consumed too much energy in the game against Fiorentina, and then only rested for a little more than two days, the physical fitness of Manchester United players is far from being restored. Ye Su had to send a number of substitute players to play with a half-main and half-substitute lineup, but was defeated by Swan Hai with a score of 2:1.

This is also Manchester United's second defeat this season.

Despite the loss, however, United retained their place at the top of the Premier League table as they gained a goal difference over Chelsea.

Such a result made Chelsea fans unhappy. They finally realized the depression of Manchester United being suppressed by Chelsea with goal difference in consecutive rounds in the first half of the season.

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Manchester United didn't have much time to experience the sadness of losing to Swansea away, because they flew non-stop to Italy to play in the second leg of the Europa League last 32 knockout round.

The top 32 knockout rounds of the Europa League have a very intensive schedule, and the results will be decided within a week. After entering March, the quarter-finals of the Europa League will continue.

Although they won a three-goal victory at home, Manchester United did not dare to be careless in the away game. After all, in world football, there has never been a shortage of cases of Jedi reversals.

However, in the away game, Manchester United unexpectedly took the lead early.

Because they lost too many away games in the first round, Fiorentina had to take the initiative to attack from the beginning of the game at home, which gave Manchester United a chance to counterattack quickly.

In the 6th minute, the Manchester United midfielder completed the steal. After Kanter completed the steal, he quickly split the ball and found De Bruyne.

De Bruyne didn't drag his feet either, he passed the ball and found Rooney.

Rooney continued to distribute the ball quickly and found Vardy on the other side.

After receiving the ball from the wing, Vardy sprinted across the wing and headed straight for Fiorentina's goal.

When approaching Fiorentina's goal, Vardy had torn Fiorentina's defense. But he was not greedy for credit, but passed the ball to Rooney who followed up in the middle.

Faced with such a good opportunity, Lu Xiaopang naturally would not let it go, and easily pushed the empty goal to help Manchester United take a 1:0 lead in the away game.

Although Fiorentina equalized the score through Basanta's goal in the first half, they were unable to break through Manchester United's goal. From their conceded goal, they have seen how terrifying Manchester United's quick counterattack is.

And Fiorentina, who dare not give it a go, is very difficult to pose much threat to Manchester United's goal.

In the end, Manchester United drew 1:1 with Fiorentina in the away game, with a total score of 4:1 in the two rounds, and successfully advanced to the top 16 of the Europa League.

On the second day at noon at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the Europa League quarter-final draw was held. Manchester United's signing luck was still not very good, and another Italian team was drawn: currently ranked No. 1 in Serie A Two Red Wolf Roma!

The two Europa League quarter-finals with Rome, both on two Thursday nights in mid-March.

The other two Premier League teams that played in the Europa League knockout rounds, Liverpool were eliminated, and Everton advanced to the round of 16. The Toffees' opponent in the round of 16 is Ukrainian team Dynamo Kyiv.

Manchester United eliminated Liverpool's opponent Besiktas in the group stage, and both sides won 1-0 at home. After extra time, it was still a tie, and finally in the penalty shootout, Liverpool lost 4:5.