‘Will Manchester United collapse to this Extent?’… Unprecedented 2 consecutive losses since the start of UCL
English professional soccer team Manchester United (Man United) suffered two consecutive losses from the start in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) for the first time in the club’s history.
The Manchester United lost 2-3 to Galatasaray, a prestigious Turku team,
in the second match of Group A of the 2023-2024 UEFA UCL group stage held at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on the 4th (Korean time).
Manchester United
Manchester United, who previously lost 3-4 to Bayern Munich (Germany) in the first leg,
lost both of the first two games of the UCL group stage for the first time in the club’s history and remained at the bottom of Group A (0 points).
The first place in Group A is Bayern Munich (6 points),
which recorded a 2-1 comeback win over Copenhagen (Denmark) on this day. 카지노사이트
Galatasaray (4 points) and Copenhagen (1 point) were in 2nd and 3rd place, respectively.
In the 17th minute of the first half, Marcus Rashford broke through the defensive line and crossed toward the goal from the right side,
Rasmus Høirun rushed to the goal and headed the first goal.
In the 23rd minute of the first half, Manchester United allowed the score to be tied with Wilfried Zaha’s right-footed shot in front of the goal when Galatasaray had a chance to counterattack,
but in the 22nd minute of the second half, Manchester United took the lead again with a multi-goal from Hoirun, who scored with an explosive run.
Galatasaray
Galasataray leveled the scores again four minutes later when Muhammed Kerem Aktyrkoğlu scored.
In the 32nd minute of the second half, when Manchester United was in danger of conceding a goal due to a missed pass by the defense,
Casemiro committed a foul in the penalty area and was sent off for accumulating warnings.
He even gave up a penalty kick, but the crisis was avoided due to the opponent’s miss.
However, Galatasaray did not lose sight of their numerical advantage and responded with a come-from-behind goal.
In the 36th minute of the second half, Mauro Icardi, who broke the space behind the Manchester United defense, struck the net with his right foot in a one-on-one situation with the goalkeeper,
the game ended in a comeback win for Galatasaray.
Arsenal (England) also lost 1-2 to Lens in the second match of Group B of the UCL group stage held at Stade Vollarte Delelis in Lens, France.
Arsenal took the lead with Gabriel Jesus’ first goal in the 14th minute of the first half,
but allowed Lens’ Adrien Thomasson to equalize about 10 minutes later,
even gave up a comeback goal to Elier Wahi in the 24th minute of the second half.