Original title: 0-4! UEFA Cup fiasco! La Liga's big black horse was beaten back, Manchester United set 3 big records + 5 years of miracles
At 1:55 a.m. Beijing time on February 19th, the first round of the UEFA Cup round of 32 knockout round ushered in a key battle, Manchester United beat Real Sociedad 4-0 on the road, basically locking up a qualification. After winning this game, Manchester United beat the Spanish team again after 5 years, also breaking the embarrassing record of 9 games without a win, and at the same time also ending the 4 consecutive defeats against the Spanish team.
Manchester United this season is to participate in the Champions League, the results of the last two rounds were lost to the Grand Paris and Leipzig, with the group third regret out of the game, become the only team to participate in the European group did not get out of the game this season. Manchester United had won the UEFA Cup in 2017, the only time, and last season reached the semifinals, but was eliminated by Sevilla.
Real Sociedad, the biggest dark horse in La Liga this season, in addition to being firmly in the top six of La Liga, also broke out of the UEFA Cup's Group of Death, holding off Dutch powerhouse Alkmaar to rank second in the group and advance to the knockout stage.
The two teams met in the Champions League in the 2013/2014 season, when United won 1-0 at home and were held to a 0-0 draw by Real Sociedad. However, United have now gone nine consecutive games without a win against the Spanish side, with a record of three draws and six defeats, with the last four defeats coming in total.
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In the second minute of the opening match, United almost broke through, but Rashford missed a single shot. In the 18th minute, B fee cross to the center, Rashford single shot was blocked again. In the 26th minute, Rashford sent a cross to the center, goalkeeper Remino made a mistake, and B Faye scored an easy shot with his left foot, helping United take a 1-0 lead. In the 38th minute, Real Sociedad scored a goal, but it was blown invalid due to charging the goalkeeper first. The first half ended with United leading 1-0.
The second half resumed, in the 57th minute, Rashford diagonal to the middle of the penalty area, Daniel James inserted a stop, B Fei smooth push into the net, helping Manchester United 2-0 lead. In the 63rd minute, Rashford received a direct feed from a teammate to get a one-touch ball again, this time pushing the ball into the net to help United lead 3-0. In the 67th minute, James pushed the ball in front of the goal, but the assisting Greenwood was slightly offside and the goal was invalid. In the last minute, United added another goal to help the score locked at 4-0.
With a 4-0 lead and 4 away goals, Man U is one foot in the door of the round of sixteen, and at the same time, Man U is undefeated in 3 consecutive matches against Real Sociedad, with a record of 2 wins and 1 draw. What's more, United broke the curse of not winning 9 consecutive matches against Spanish teams, and also ended the 4-game losing streak, setting 3 records in a row.
