Chapter 359: Mr. Ferran's Handshake Was Unsettling; The Second Leg Match Against

"Glory Glory Man United!"

Outside came the sound of Manchester United fans singing the club anthem, while Tang Ye hugged Bruno and Musacchio in the player tunnel.

"You're quite popular, Tom, just like when you were with us before."

"What?"

Tang Ye hadn't heard Bruno clearly, so the latter leaned his mouth close to Tang Ye's ear and shouted loudly: "I said, you're very popular!"

"Haha, why do you say that?"

Bruno pointed his thumb toward the outside of the tunnel: "I could hear them shouting your name before I even entered the stadium, and I can still hear your name now."

Tang Ye smiled very happily.

Although he was a bit embarrassed to say it out loud, truly, he enjoyed this feeling.

The louder the fans shouted "Tom," the more powerful Tom felt!

Musacchio placed his hands on his hips, looking at Tang Ye, who had grown much sturdier: "We should have gone to a pub for a drink at noon, gotten Tom drunk, and then this match would have been in the bag for us."

Tang Ye pushed Musacchio away: "Go away, Mateo; I won't drink alcohol before a match."

Tang Ye was an extremely disciplined guy, so Musacchio's scheme had no way of being implemented on him!

But then again.

"Besides, Mateo, even if I were drunk, it wouldn't matter; Rodri is still here, and so is Marcus; they will lead me to victory."

Bruno pointed at Tang Ye, his index finger waving back and forth, while looking at Musacchio beside him: "Too arrogant, too arrogant."

"Haha, good luck, Tom."

"Good luck, good luck!"

After exchanging words of encouragement, the players from both sides walked out of the tunnel together.

A familiar feeling; as soon as he stepped out of the tunnel, the sounds in the stadium suddenly seemed amplified, which inevitably made Tang Ye start to feel excited.

【Phase Three Mission Progress: Assists (2/6)】

Four more assists were needed to complete the Phase Three mission!

Actually, Tang Ye really disliked grinding missions on his friends, but there was no helping it.

At least during the ninety minutes of the match, Tom and his friends were opponents.

One should be extremely fierce toward opponents!

Taking small, quick steps, Tang Ye jumped up to high-five the fans on both sides.

He felt that he would likely have a great performance in this match!

Tang Ye's emotions were running high until he encountered Escrivá, who was walking toward him.

This...

"Tom."

After shaking hands with Rodri, Escrivá extended his hand toward Tang Ye.

His heart pounded thump-thump, yet Tang Ye still extended his hand.

"Hmm, is something wrong?"

Escrivá frowned.

He felt that Tang Ye's current state seemed somewhat off, but he couldn't pinpoint exactly what was wrong.

"It's nothing, Mr. Ferran."

Tang Ye nodded and reached out wanting to touch Escrivá's back, but he withdrew his hand before even making contact.

He quickly ran toward the pitch.

Escrivá's intuition was correct; there had indeed been something off when Tang Ye met him just now.

Tom had a strange feeling.

When shaking hands with Escrivá just now, he seemed to sense a killing intent emanating from Mr. Ferran.

"Hoo... hoo..."

The weather today wasn't cold, yet Tang Ye still blew warm breath into his palms.

Because killing intent was cold!

Check Dongqiu Di Pinned Post: The Champions League Round of 16 second leg between Manchester United (home) and Villarreal is underway; the first leg score was 2:1, with Manchester United leading.

"China Central Television! Here is the live broadcast bringing you..."

Villarreal (4-2-3-1)

Goalkeeper: Asenjo

Defenders: Gaspar, Musacchio, Ruiz, Costa

Midfielders: Bruno, Fornals, Trigueros

Forwards: Bakambu, Lukaku, Maxi Gómez

Head Coach: Escrivá

The camera immediately focused on the two head coaches on the sidelines.

The starting lineup Villarreal fielded for this match was the same as in the first leg.

Obviously, in Escrivá's view, Villarreal's lineup had no obvious problems.

Trailing 1:2 after the first leg wasn't too exaggerated.

If they handled the details better in the second leg, Villarreal still had a great chance to turn the tables!

Then there was Manchester United's side; their lineup had changed slightly: Mata moved from the starting eleven to the bench, and the vacant position was filled by McTominay.

Due to regulations, winter signing Aleix couldn't play in the Champions League for the remainder of the season, which caused Manchester United's existing problems to be exposed once again.

Lacking a striker!

"Letting McTominay replace the striker is a test for the player..."

"Yes, after all, McTominay himself rarely gets playing time, and now he's needed to play out of position on the wing."

Judging from the starting lineup, Mata's injury still has some impact; if it weren't absolutely necessary, Ten Hag probably wouldn't have started Mata.

The match reaches the 12th minute!

Slap!

Ashley Young's pass from the left byline finds Rashford with pinpoint accuracy!

Beautiful!

Knowing this was a great opportunity, Tang Ye quickly ran toward Rashford's position.

Rashford drives forward with the ball!

Rashford posed a massive threat to the Yellow Submarine in the first leg, so today they have assigned specific markers to him.

Before reaching the byline, Rashford is immediately double-teamed by Bruno and Gaspar.

The little mouse has run into trouble!

But it doesn't matter!

"Here!"

Tang Ye's voice rings out; Rashford prepares and plays a low horizontal pass across the front of Bruno.

It arrives at Tang Ye's feet!

Bruno turns to press Tang Ye, who pulls the ball back with his left foot and pushes it in a V-shape to his right.

Slap!

He distributes it to McTominay on the right wing!

After completing the pass, Tang Ye and Rodri push forward together.

Look at McTominay!

McTominay's physical advantage is obvious; he shields the ball against the defender on the byline, then delivers a cutback.

It's for Tang Ye!

Here it comes!

Seizing the opportunity, Tang Ye actively runs toward the ball.

Catching Bruno and Fornals out of the corner of his eye right beside him, Tang Ye feints to control the ball.

Bang!

He heels the ball into the penalty area!

It's for Rashford!

"Rashford shoots!"

"Goal!"

"Beautiful!"

Rashford's goal gives Manchester United the opening score!

Rashford rushes toward the sideline and slides on his knees, while Escrivá turns around in fury.

Damn!

They were already trailing by one goal in the first leg.

They really cannot give Manchester United any more advantages!

"Drop the defensive line back a bit!"

Escrivá shouts to the Villarreal players on the pitch: "Mateo, you've pushed up too far!"

Manchester United's attack is potent, with many sudden counter-attacks accelerating rapidly.

Villarreal must pull their defensive line very deep to stay safe!

【You have obtained 15 Counterattack Points】

【Phase Three Mission Progress: Assists (3/6)】

Embracing Rashford, Tang Ye receives a message from the System.

The two knockout matches aren't finished yet, but Tang Ye has already completed half of his Phase Three mission!

"Tom!"

Hearing the voice from behind, Tang Ye high-fives Rodri and Martial separately.

Seeing Bruno's dejected expression on the field, Tang Ye feels somewhat uneasy in his heart.

But reality is cruel.

Within those 90 minutes, Tom must perform with extreme ruthlessness!

Escrivá's voice reaches his ears, and Tang Ye suddenly frowns.

It's killing intent!

Although leading by two goals across the two legs so far, the presence of killing intent means Tang Ye dares not relax even a little!

Shinichi Kudo originally turned into a child precisely because he was too careless!

Bang!

Lukaku kicks the ball out, and the match continues!

Manchester United and the Yellow Submarine remain deadlocked for a moment, while CCTV broadcasts the possession statistics for both sides.

MUN: 47%.

VCF: 53%.

The opponent was Manchester United, a team not skilled at ball control, yet Yellow Submarine did not gain much possession.

The situation was not looking good for Yellow Submarine!

Villarreal's left flank!

Gomez crosses to find Lukaku!

Lukaku controls the ball!

The control wasn't very good, but Lukaku successfully shielded the ball with his body.

Shielding the ball with his back to goal, then suddenly turning to press forward, the Yellow Submarine striker's movement was fluid and seamless, yet it was of no use.

Boom!

Rodri directly completed the tackle on Lukaku; the latter felt somewhat helpless but did not forget to give a thumbs-up in Gomez's direction.

Check Dongqiu Di live match report: Tang Ye's direct free-kick shot was saved by Asenjo, granting Manchester United their third corner kick of the match.

【Asenjo's form is damn good!】

【Go Manchester United!】

【Bruno is practically glued to Tang Ye's face; is this really not a foul?】

【I feel like they're just old friends catching up; I suggest Bruno drag Tang Tang Qiuwang off the pitch for a couple of drinks.】

Corner kick opportunity; Herrera gets ready, thumb pointing down.

This ball is meant for the center!

Having caught the signal, Tang Ye began his maneuver.

Crack!

The corner is taken; Tang Ye steps sideways to block in front of Gomez.

Inside the penalty area, Smalling jumps up preparing for a header, and after observing, Tang Ye shouts loudly.

"I'm here, I'm here!"

Boom!

Smalling heads the ball back!

It strikes the grass right in front of Tang Ye!

The ball bounces up from the ground; at that very instant, Tang Ye turns sideways and viciously strikes the center of the ball with his instep.

Boom!

The ball rushes past Smalling's thigh and finally enters Yellow Submarine's goal.

Because his line of sight was blocked, goalkeeper Asenjo made no saving attempt whatsoever.

"GOOOO——AAAAA——LLLLL!!!"

"Tang Ye!"

"2:0!!!"

Old Trafford Stadium erupts in noise; Tang Ye holds his head in both hands.

Smalling embraces Tang Ye, wanting to celebrate together with him.

Unfortunately, as the scorer, Tang Ye directly forfeited this chance to celebrate.

Uncle Mata was quite right.

Not every goal requires celebration, even if that goal was spectacular.

【You have obtained Counterattack Points *20】

"Tom!"

"Viva Tom Tom!"

Manchester United fans chant the name of the true god Tom; Tang Ye slowly walks back to the halfway line while looking up at the score displayed on the big screen.

Manchester United 2:0 Villarreal.

Including the 2:1 from the first leg, Manchester United now holds a three-goal advantage.

"We can slow the tempo down slightly."

Ten Hag calls the players to the sideline, placing both hands on Tang Ye's shoulders: "From now on, stability is paramount, stability is paramount, do you understand?"

"No problem, Mr. Erik."

Villarreal is not an easy opponent to deal with, so even with a three-goal lead, Manchester United cannot let their guard down.

After the match enters the 40th minute!

A mistake in Manchester United's midfield; Bruno receives the ball and moves to the right flank.

Tap tap!

Executing a crossover run with Bakambu, Bruno regains possession.

However, Ashley Young was very clever; the Manchester United captain, taking advantage of Bruno passing the ball, pressed directly behind his opponent, giving Bruno no chance to turn.

Ashley Young wanted to push Bruno out of bounds; naturally, Bruno refused to go out, and the two locked in a stalemate until Ashley Young finally pushed Bruno completely to the ground.

Rising from the ground, Bruno points at Ashley Young's nose and immediately starts cursing: "Try pushing me again?"

"So what? What of it?"

Ashley Young shrugs, walks step by step toward Bruno, and finally shoves Bruno away directly.

"Your mother!"

Bruno rushes forward and shoves back.

Damn!

Sensing something wrong, players from both sides quickly run over.

The conflict between the captains of the two teams quickly escalated into a large-scale brawl.

Tang Ye and Rodri quickly reached the center, where Tang Ye and Herrera together pushed Ashley Young backward: "Forget it, forget it, Young, let it go!"

Having quickly pushed Ashley Young away, just then Bruno broke free from his teammates' restraint and charged toward Ashley Young.

!

Tang Ye reacted swiftly, spinning around at light speed to embrace Bruno: "Bruno, forget it, forget it, don't do this, don't do this!"

"Mateo!"

Tang Ye shoved Bruno into Musacchio's arms: "Mateo, control him quickly, Bruno is going crazy!"

Under normal circumstances, when conflicts arose, Tang Ye would hide in the background and watch the show, but this time he chose to step forward.

Both sides were his friends; of course, Tom did not want anyone to get hurt!

"This conflict should be over now."

"Tang Ye acted very quickly, directly blocking both his current captain and his former captain."

"The referee gave Ashley Young and Bruno each a yellow card, but possession was awarded to Villarreal..."

Tang Ye slowly retreated to prepare for defense, while not forgetting to give a thumbs-up to the cameras on the sideline.

It was a very intense conflict; without him, Tom, there, one dared not imagine what the final consequences would have been.

As a former Villarreal player and current Manchester United player, the 40-year-old old Tom could be said to have worried himself sick for both teams.

Both Young and Bruno were too impatient.

Young people are always prone to impulsiveness!

"Huff, huff huff..."

Escrivá paced back and forth on the sideline.

Next door, Ten Hag had already sat down; Escrivá wanted to imitate his idol's action, but alas, he truly did not have the mood for it now.

In the past, when the Yellow Submarine fell behind, he would still sit in his chair, appearing very calm.

But the past was the past.

In the past, the Yellow Submarine had Tom.

And now?

Tom was on the opposite side!

Escrivá could no longer remain so calm!

During first-half stoppage time, Villarreal launched a quick counterattack.

Fornals played a through ball down the middle, finding Lukaku making a forward run.

After controlling the ball, Lukaku entered the penalty area.

"Beautiful!"

Escrivá shouted loudly, watching with full concentration as Lukaku executed his next move.

Using his body, he directly shoved Bailly, who was inside the penalty area, aside.

Shot!

The ball went in!

Lukaku ran toward the corner flag, with Bruno and Trigueros following right behind.

"Vamos!!!"

Villarreal pulled one goal back!

But...

"There seems to be a problem with this Villarreal goal; the Manchester United players are complaining to the referee."

(End of Chapter)