Results MU vs Basaksehir watch the group stage of the European Cup 2020/2021

Final: MU 4-1 Basaksehir
Scored: Bruno Fernandes (7, 19); Rashford (35 pens); Daniel James (90 + 2) – Turuc (75)

In the first leg in Turkey, MU 1-2, mainly due to personal errors in defense, not due to bad tactics or gameplay. However, after that loss, Man Utd won 2 consecutive games: defeating Everton with the score 3-1 at the opponent’s court and 1-0 at West Brom at home.

Although a few days ago MU could only beat West Brom thanks to an 11-meter penalty from Bruno Fernandes, but let’s not forget that before the confrontation with West Brom, Solskjaer’s teachers and coaches have never known victory at Old Trafford in the tournament . Premier League.

Meanwhile, rival Istanbul Basaksehir marched to England with extremely poor capital. In the Turkish league, they fell to sixth place in the league. Basaksehir has lost the last three trips away from home in the European Cup. More generally, Basaksehir lost by 10/16 last away games and held only once in this series.

MU also has a very good record when facing Turkish teams: losing only 2/8 times to host their Istanbul teammates Basaksehir (winning 5). The last time they faced a Turkish club at home, the Reds won with glee (4-1 against Fenerbahce in the 2016/17 season).

Compared to the 1-0 win over West Brom a few days ago, Coach Solskjaer only had 2 adjustments on the starting list. Van de Beek was given the opportunity to show himself as a burning desire, but he would have to kick the central midfielder pair alongside Fred, he will not be assigned the role of “number 10” in the correct position because he simply belongs to over. Bruno Fernandes.

In attack, forward Edinson Cavani had his first main kick after joining MU on a free transfer earlier this season. Of course, Cavani played and Martial had to play as a winger after showing disappointment in middle position (he hasn’t scored any goals in the Premier League this season).

With the advantage of playing at home and a determination to “wash away the humiliation,” MU easily dominated after kickoff. In the 3rd minute, Rashford was only the ball in the siege of 3 visitors. However, his shot did not pass goalkeeper Gunok.

However, a few minutes later, “Red Devils” opened the scoring. In a corner situation, the ball bounced off the second row towards Bruno Fernandes’ right position and the number 1 MU star at the time swung his foot to make the left volley. The ball went through the player’s forest, then hit the high corner, leaving Gunok’s goalkeeper defenseless.

In the 12th minute, Bruno Fernandes punctured the gap for Rashford to cross before finishing off goalkeeper Gunok’s narrow “threading the needle” corner to get the ball into the net. However, the linesman raised the flag to report the offside error and it was the correct decision although there was no need for VAR intervention.

But only until the 19th minute, MU had a second goal. Alex Telles hung the ball from the left wing and goalkeeper Gunok released the ball from his hand, thus giving Bruno Fernandes the opportunity to score a goal that couldn’t be easier.

So since his debut in February this year, Bruno Fernandes has played 35 games with MU and directly participated in 34 goals (21 goals with 13 assists), an achievement that no other MU player can touch. come. Undoubtedly, MU must exist thanks to the “oxygen source” of Portugal.

In the 28th minute, Edin Visca kicked quite well and the ball flew over the crossbar of De Gea’s goal narrowly. Before Basaksehir conceded a second time, Visca also cut from near the 16m50 line and almost hit the mark.

Being led by 2 goals, the visitors were forced to risk putting the team on the attack and quickly fell into the trap set by MU. Since Solskjaer took power, MU has repeatedly shown that they play defense – counterattacking is better than actively attacking.

In the 33rd minute, Rashford picked up a long pass to cross the line from Lindelof’s midfielder, directing the ball towards the opponent, but was eventually fouled by Epureanu from behind. The referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot and did not change his mind after consulting the VAR team.

Normally everyone knew that Bruno Fernandes would take a penalty, but since he had two goals, he gave it to his teammate Rashford. The English striker is brave and cool enough to fool goalkeeper Gunok, raising the score to 3-0.

The excitement of the match continued until the end of the first half, in the 39th minute Demba Ba had the chance to hit his head after “beating” Maguire on a free kick, but the visiting forward sent the ball over the crossbar. MU responded by entering Bruno Fernandes ‘penalty area, but then the midfielder failed to beat the visitors’ goalkeeper.

At the start of the second half, Solsa released young defender Tuanzebe, who played brilliantly in the 2-1 win over PSG, to replace Lindelof, who showed signs of overload. In the 49th minute, although he was able to launch a shot, Bruno decided to pass Cavani and the Uruguayan forward handled it well, but the final phase touched the opponent’s foot and flew off.

Right after that, David De Gea had to pour out his talents, rejecting a nasty long-distance shot from Visca, the best player on Basaksehir’s side from the start. Overall, compared to the first half, the visitors played better, in part because MU was really down because the gap was too safe.

In the 55th minute, Tuanzebe received a yellow card for a foul on Demba Ba. Thus, the 1997 defender will not be able to participate in the match against PSG at Old Trafford after a week. A few minutes later, all three pillars (Rashford, Wan-Bissaka and especially Bruno Fernandes) were fired.

Among the players who replaced the name Mason Greenwood, a talent born in 2001, played a boom at the end of last season, but this season was stopped by both injuries and a personal life scandal when he was constantly involved in scandals.

Of course, Greenwood was very eager to regain faith in Mr. Solkjaer. So did the other “luxury reserves” like Daniel James or Van de Beek. But they only stopped at the level of creating some threatening situations in Basaksehir.

Not only that, in the 75th minute MU also had to receive a goal after a quality free kick with Deniz Turuc’s left-footer. De Gea pushed the ball out, but Goal-line technology confirmed that the ball was behind the line.

In the 80th minute, Visca was still intimidating De Gea’s goal with his excellent long-range ability, but the Bosnian midfielder hadn’t had the charm when the ball hit the crossbar. At the end of the game, the ball almost rolled into the home team’s field.

However, the visitors from Basaksehir not only failed to score any more goals, but also conceded for the fourth time in the second minute of injury time. On a quick counterattack, Greenwood made it easy for Daniel James to easily score the first goal. first in the 2020/21 season.

With a convincing 4-1 win, MU not only recovered Basaksehir’s borrowed debt in the first leg, but also continued to hold the Group H Champions League lead. After 4/6 matches, MU still led with 9 points, marking a difference of 3 points to the two opponents behind PSG vs Leipzig (the same 6 points).

With just 1 point from the last two matches (welcoming PSG home and being a Leipzig guest), MU will definitely make it through the group stage without paying attention to the results of the remaining matches.

TEAM

Man Utd: De Gea; Telles, Maguire, Lindelof (Tuanzebe 46 ‘), Wan-Bissaka (Williams 60’); Bruno Fernandes (Greenwood 60 ‘), Fred, Van de Beek; Rashford (Daniel James 59 ‘), Cavani, Martial (Matic 82’)

Basaksehir: Gunok, Rafael Da Silva, Skrtel, Epureanu, Bolingoli-Mbombo (Pavimento 74 ‘), Ozca (Giuliano 74’), Visca, Chadli, Kahveci (Tekdemir 46 ‘), Turuc, Demba Ba.