My heart is pure white [football]

The second leg of the Champions League semi-final will start at La Trafford Stadium on May 5 at 16 pm.

Old Trafford (Old Trafford) is an all-seat football stadium located in Greater Manchester, England. It is the home ground of the Premier League team Manchester United and has 76212 seats. It is the second largest stadium in England after Wembley Stadium. The football field is also the third largest in the UK and the No.11 largest in Europe.Old Trafford is also one of the three UEFA five-star football stadiums in England, so it can host the finals of the UEFA Champions League and the European Football Championship.The stadium is only 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from Manchester Light Rail Station and Old Trafford Cricket Ground.

The stadium was nicknamed "The Theater of Dreams" by Bobby Charlton.The Theater of Dreams has been the home stadium of Manchester United since 1910, and it took eight years (1941 to 1949) to repair it when it was attacked by German air forces during World War II.Manchester United also needed to move to the Maine Road Stadium of the club Manchester City in the same city.The stadium was expanded in the 1990s and 2000s.The north, east, and west stands have all been expanded to the second floor, and the south stand is planned to be expanded in the future. The total capacity is expected to increase to 90,000 people. In 1939, the stadium recorded the highest attendance, but the game was interestingly not played by Manchester United, but an FA Cup semi-final against Wolverhampton Wanderers between Gansby and Wolverhampton Wanderers, with a total of 76,962 spectators Get in to watch the game.

Before the reconstruction of the larger Wembley Stadium was completed, the stadium often hosted the semi-finals of the FA Cup and the England national football team.Many major international events such as the 1966 World Cup, the 1996 European Football Championship and the 2003 UEFA Champions League final were also held at Old Trafford.In addition to football matches, the stadium has also been used as a venue for rugby matches such as the 2000 Confederation Rugby World Cup final.

With United handing out just 7000 away tickets, the Schalke fans in their blue shirts today were not noticeable among the crowd of United fans in their red shirts.

The Manchester United team anthem wafted across the stadium.

"Glory to Man United, Glory, glory, Man United, Glory to Man United, Glory, glory, Man United, Glory to Man United, Andthereds go marching ononon. The Reds go marching on. Just like the Busbybabiesindaysgoneby, We'll keep the Red Flags flying high ,We want to let the flag of the Red Devils fly high, You've got to see yourself from far and wide..."

The Schalke players really want to cover their ears, damn it, it turns out that La Trafford is so terrible!

The Red Devils fans supported Manchester United without hesitation. Facing the foreign Schalke players, they booed them without hesitation.

Izzy looked at the grass at Old Trafford, took a deep breath, and believed them, they would go through.

"Today I'm still here to explain this Champions League game for you. I'm everyone's old friend Ewell. Okay, let's stop talking nonsense. Let's take a look at the starting lists of both sides." Ewell looked at Manchester United's starting lineup. List couldn't help frowning.

"Today Manchester United is still using a 442 lineup, the goalkeeper No. 1 Van der Sar, the defense is 2-Neville, 4-Hargreaves, 5-Ferdinand, 3-Evra, in the midfielder Ferguson puts 18-Scholes, 7-Owen, 13-Park Ji-sung and 17-Nani, 10-Rooney and 11-Giggs on the striker. Manchester United almost sent all the main lineup in this game, Owen did not play due to injury before. Since Owen played in this game, maybe the former golden boy will come back again. Nani, who was originally on the front line, was placed in the midfielder by Ferguson. It seems that Manchester United This is the lineup to play defensive counterattack.

Manchester tonight does not seem to favor these players.

When the game was about to start, there was a drizzle of rain in the sky, and the rain gradually became heavier.

Schalke players are very helpless, it seems that the game in the rain is inevitable.

The rain in Manchester was extremely cold, at least Izzy was frozen. After changing into a long-sleeved away jersey, Izzy tied up all his hair and finally gave him a bun.

The warm-up activities were carried out on the sidelines, and then the Schalke players hurried back to the locker room.

Wiping his face with a towel, Ize sat there helplessly. The situation of the others was not very good either. The rainy weather had a much greater impact on Schalke than on Manchester United.

After all, rainy weather games in the Premier League are already commonplace.

Felix looked at these players and sighed, "You have to strengthen your defense, you don't necessarily have to win, but you know that it is more important to keep the score? Be careful, don't get injured. This time Manchester United will play with all the main players. Just like the last game, don't let your guard down against Manchester United because of the last victory, you know, Manchester United is undoubtedly a strong opponent."

"Don't worry, boss." Everyone remembered Felix's words, Manchester United was a difficult opponent.

It's still raining, but the game has started.

The players have replaced their sneakers with special spikes for rainy days, which can prevent slipping on the court in rainy days.

After Ize put on the spikes, he seemed to be struggling, which completely affected his speed. He was originally a type of fighting with explosive power and speed, and rainy days were one of Ize's weaknesses.

This is the second confrontation between the two sides in history. After Manchester United's narrow away loss to Schalke in the last game, the Red Devils have completely paid attention to this opponent, and this game is full of main players.

As a club with the largest number of fans in the world, Manchester United fans have always been enthusiastic.

The entire "Dream Theater" seems to have become a holy place for Manchester United performances.

Rooney played as a starter this time, and he was still brooding over Schalke's narrow defeat in the previous game, especially Metzelder, who had no way to defend against him.

This time, Manchester United came only for revenge.

The two sides were guessed by Schalke captain Hewedes and Manchester United captain Ferdinand.

In the end, Manchester United won the kick-off.

Nani kicks off and passes through the center to Giggs.

"It seems that Manchester United is planning to attack first. There is no doubt about Giggs' ability. Let us see how Schalke will defend." The British commentator said with a smile.

After Giggs got the ball on the field, Manchester United basically pressed all of them.

Hewedes immediately took a group of defenders to defend.

Watching the Manchester United players getting closer, Neuer stared at the football tightly.

The rainy weather greatly affected Neuer's vision, but this did not hinder his ability to save.

"It's a pity that Giggs' ball was held tightly by Neuer." The commentator said regretfully.

Neuer judged the right direction when Giggs shot, and put the ball in his arms without hesitation.

A hand-throwing ball drove the ball to the court. In the panic of the Manchester United players, a blond player stopped the ball in the chest and quickly ran towards the Manchester United penalty area.

The Red Devils fans at the scene cheered loudly for the home team.

When Ize got the ball, he quickly ran with the ball. The rain made him feel very uncomfortable.

Suddenly, a red figure flashed in front of Ize, stretching out his feet wearing spiked sneakers in the panic of everyone.

The next moment, the entire stadium was silent.

Izzy fell to the ground, curling up in pain.

"Oh my god, Ferdinand knocked down Izzy, and we can see that Izzy fell to the ground in great pain!!! How dare Ferdinand!!!" Ewell yelled.

The scene camera stopped on Ize, and the fans could clearly see that the teenager's calf was bleeding continuously, and the blood stained by the rainwater reflected the green lawn red.

Ferdinand on the side looked at all this with a look of bewilderment.

The Schalke players reacted and quickly surrounded him, and Hewedes pushed Ferdinand away.

Felix yelled to tell the team doctor to go up quickly. Seeing the speed of the team doctor, he wished he could go up by himself.

Seeing Ize's situation, the team doctor frowned, and immediately gestured to Felix on the sidelines.

"Oh, God, Schalke took the lead in making a substitution!!! Huntelaar replaced No. 17 Ize. It seems that Ize's situation is very serious."

The fans in front of the TV were almost crying, God, why did this happen?

Seeing the situation, the referee immediately gave Ferdinand a red card and awarded Schalke a penalty.

Manchester United did not speak, Ferguson dropped the water glass angrily, what was Ferdinand doing?Soon after the start, it will be ten to eleven, what is this for! ! !

The Schalke players all stopped Hewedes, so that the furious Captain Ahua couldn't break free.

Ferdinand glanced at the blond boy lying on the ground, and walked out of the field with his head down.

Even Raul, who has always been kind, looked at Manchester United at this time and felt angry.

Ize was briefly treated by the team doctor, and was immediately carried down on a stretcher. The whole Old Trafford was silent.

Felix frowned tightly and kept praying in his heart that Izzy must be fine.

Today's game is destined to be unpredictable.

The night in Munich was extremely dark. In a villa, the blond young man immediately stood up the moment he saw the young man on the field fall down.

There was an undercurrent flowing in those eyes that he hadn't even noticed.