On the same day, Raul's speech was ridiculed by the young generation of Manchester United headed by Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong said on his twitter and microblog: "Uncle Raul, memories can be there, goals are really not."
Rooney replied on Gao Xiaodong's Twitter: "you can't live by memories. You are 33 years old, not 23."
Nani replied on Gao Xiaodong's Twitter: "goals can be scored, but good memories won't be, because we will score more goals."
Rafael said, "Schalke 04, that's a good name. Let's make it 4:0."
Even the honest Valencia also said, "lannick said that their goal is to win, this is not nonsense, whose goal is to lose."
The young generation headed by Gao Xiaodong and Rooney have a little bit of excess confidence. Giggs, Scholes and Ferdinand, the old stars who have played against Raul, are worried. When they train the next day, they repeatedly remind the younger brothers not to underestimate the enemy. Ferguson also tells his disciples that what he said at the news conference is psychological warfare. It's not true. The German team is not easy to play and must be small I'm willing to deal with it.
Obviously, Manchester United have just eliminated the defending champion. The team of Schalke 04 can't lift the spirit of Manchester United players. The players promise, but they don't really care about Schalke 04.
After 7 p.m. on April 7, the Old Trafford stadium was packed with Red Devils fans from all over the world, waiting to watch the Champions League quarter final between Manchester United and Schalke 04.
The game will start in 45 minutes, but the commentators have got the starting list. The fans are watching Manchester United's goal video on the big screen while listening to the commentators interpret the starting list of both sides.
Manchester United's starting list is: goalkeeper: No.1 van der Sar
guard: No.21 Rafael, No.12 Smalling, No.15 Vidic, No.3 Evra
midfield: No.13 Park Ji sing, No.16 Carrick, No.10 Gao Xiaodong, No.25 Valencia
forward: No.7 Rooney, No.14 Hernandez
commentator Andy Gray thinks it is a relatively stable starting, In fact, Ferdinand and Nani have recovered from injuries, but Ferguson estimated that they were not allowed to play for the sake of safety.
Fletcher and Scholes did not play because of the flu, but commentator Andy Gray thinks there is a mystery in the starting line-up, because in the middle and front of the six people, in addition to Michael Carrick, they all have a good relationship with Gao Xiaodong, and they are all young players. In addition, the team's long sleeves are marked on Gao Xiaodong's arm, so Ferguson intends to cultivate Gao Xiaodong's interest It's obvious.
after the The 442 formation used by former Magat was continued. Left midfield hulado moves to the middle when attacking, while falfan usually clings to the right to deliver high-quality passes. The midfield uses two double back midfielders with a wide range of activities. Papadopoulos is responsible for the interception and protection. Baumjan is at the back and becomes the iron gate in front of the back line.
There were two Chinese players in the match. He Hui, the Chinese commentator, was very relaxed with a smile on his face.
"The game will start soon. There should be no suspense about the outcome of the game. There is a huge gap between the two sides. Now we should focus on whether Hao Jun can play and have a Chinese derby with Gao Xiaodong. However, judging from the starting point just analyzed, the difficulty is not small. Unless the game becomes a waste of time, we should not only see the Chinese Derby, but also the Asian Derby It can be seen that today's shalke 04's right back is nodu Uchida. He is a Japanese player, and his counterpart Gao Xiaodong is also very attractive. I believe many fans would like to see the counterpart of Gao Xiaodong and nodu Uchida. Of course, Japanese fans also hope that Uchida can prove himself in such a game. On the bench, shalke 04 is not only sitting on Hao Jun of China, but also sitting on Karimi of Iran. If the three Asian players of shalke 04 have a chance to play in this game, and Manchester United's Park Zhixing and Gao Xiaodong also play, it will be a derby feast belonging to Asia. "
In the dressing room, the coaches of both sides are making the final deployment before the match. Ferguson is still reminding the players not to be careless, to firmly hold down the opponent, to break the opponent's confidence and morale as soon as possible.
Lannick mainly repeats his tactics to boost his morale and let Schalke's players grasp the short board of Manchester United's centre back and the gap left by Rafael.
Five minutes before the game, Spanish referee Carlos left the dressing room with both players and walked to the court.
Seeing the players coming out, the noisy and chaotic stands were jubilant. The Red Devils welcomed the players with warm applause and cheers for the first time. At the same time, they also put pressure on the 04 players of the visiting team.
When Captain Noel and Gao Xiaodong exchanged flags and badges, Noel said to Gao Xiaodong: "don't look at how many goals you have scored, I want to seal you today."This is the goalkeeper's way to put pressure on the forward. Although Gao Xiaodong is young, he also knows it. He said with a smile: "it's no use for me to get a zero seal. I'm not a forward. Rooney just scored a hat trick in the game. You'd better find a way to deal with him."
There is also such a disaster to his teammates, Noel speechless, he believes that if Rooney heard Gao Xiaodong, probably will break up with him.
After the exchange of flags and emblems, with the whistle of chief referee Carlos, the Champions League quarter final officially began.
Shalke 04 was the first to kick off.
Lannick is a coach who likes to attack. Although this is a game at Old Trafford, lannick's team is not conservative. After the opening, Schalke 04 boldly pressed on and attacked Manchester United from the right side.
Farfan quickly attacked Rafael with the ball, trying to open the gap from the young Rafael.
Rafael is very confident in the face of falfan's breakthrough. He follows falfan closely and doesn't let falfan cut or give him space to pass.
Falfan had no choice but to pass the ball back to the Dutchman in the 30 meter zone of Manchester United, but South Korean Star Park Ji Xing was very active in running, and he grabbed the ball before the Dutchman.
After Park Zhixing grabbed the ball, he went to Gao Xiaodong for the first time and saw that Gao Xiaodong was defending in the back position. Park Zhixing didn't pass the ball to Rooney and Hernandez in the front, but still passed it to Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong turned quickly when Park Zhixing broke the ball and was ready to fight back.
After passing the ball, Gao Xiaodong glanced at the front, Rooney and Hernandez have started to run, especially Hernandez runs faster than Rooney and is almost parallel with the defender.
Gao Xiaodong draws the ball straight ahead to find Hernandez without hesitation.