‘Elanga equalizer’ Manchester United draw 1-1 with Att Madrid in the first round of the UCL round of 16
Input 2022.02.24 (08:02)
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Manchester United (England, hereafter referred to as Manchester United) had a difficult draw in the first match of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) round of 16.
Manchester United drew 1-1 with Atletico Madrid (Spain) at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain on the 24th (Korea time), thanks to Antoni Elanga’s equalizer in the first leg of the 2021-2022 UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg. .
The two teams will play the second leg of the round of 16 at Manchester United’s home on the 16th of next month to determine who will qualify for the quarterfinals.
Manchester United conceded an opening goal in the 7th minute of the match.
Atlético Madrid took the lead with Joao Felix a header from a sharp cross from the left flank by Henan Rosie.
United tried to counterattack with Cristiano Ronaldo at the forefront, but the opportunity did not come easily.
In the 37th minute of the first half, Ronaldo’s right-footed shot from long-range missed the post.
Amid Ronaldo’s silence, United were unable to score goals for a while in the second half.
Then, in the 35th minute of the second half, I got the taste of the long-awaited goal. Marcus Rashford and 20-year-old ‘youngest’ Elanga, who was replaced by Marcus Rashford, saved the team five minutes after hitting the ground.
Elanga, who received a pass from Bruno Fernandes during Manchester United’s counterattack, hit the net with a right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area and scored his UCL debut.
According to statistics company Opta, this goal was Manchester United’s 500th goal in the UCL (including the previous European Cup), and the teams that scored more goals than United were Real Madrid (Spain, 1,000 goals), Bayern Munich (Germany, 760 goals), Only FC Barcelona (Spain, 624 goals).
Fernandes also recorded assists in six consecutive UCL appearances, the first record for an English club player.
Atlético Madrid were aiming for an additional goal in the remaining time, but the game ended in a draw without being able to achieve the goal, such as an Antoine Griezmann left-footed shot hitting the post following a corner kick in the 42nd minute of the second half.
At the Istadio da Rus in Lisbon, Portugal, home team Benfica (Portugal) drew 2-2 with Ajax (Netherlands).
Benfica, led 1-2 in the first half, equalized with Roman Yaremchuk’s equalizer in the 27th minute of the second half.
[사진 출처 : AFP=연합뉴스]