Rashford called Romelu Lukaku "Willing to Fail Hattrick for MU to Defeat PSG"
An interesting story told by Marcus Rashford related to the match against PSG last year. Rashford called Romelu Lukaku willing to fail a hat trick so that MU could be the winner of the fight.
The match referred to Rashford was the second leg of the last 16 of the Champions League 2018/19 season. Manchester United travel to Parc Des Princes after losing 2-0 in the first leg at Old Trafford.
Near the end of the game, United won 2-1 over PSG thanks to brace Romelu Lukaku despite they still losing 2-3 aggressions. But in the final minutes, Manchester United got a successful penalty that converted Rashford into a goal so that MU qualified for the quarter-finals.
Rashford said that it should not have been the penalty he took but Lukaku. "At that time the only people who could take the penalty were Rom and me," said Rashford while chatting with Andy Murray.
Already Want to Relax
Rashford said that he actually wanted to give the penalty to Lukaku. But Lukaku gave the penalty to the striker.
"Rom is the type of player who when he has scored two goals, he will take the penalty to get a hat trick. But he is also the type of player who always wants his tandem to both make something good in the match."
"At that time he threw the ball at me and said 'Yes, I took this penalty'. Even though at that time I was ready to hand over the penalty to him, because this was a good opportunity for him to make a hat trick."
Prepare Mental
Rashford said he was surprised Lukaku gave him the penalty. But he immediately prepared his mentality so that he could make the most of the opportunity.
"At that time Rom wanted me to take the penalty. Then I prepared myself as best I could and tried to relax."
"At that moment I imagined what I had been practicing so far. I tried to focus on doing my best at that time." he said.
Failed in Quarter Final
United, who won the away goal against PSG, face Barcelona in the quarter-finals.
But at that time they had to recognize the superiority of Lionel Messi and colleagues who won 4-0 on aggregate over the Red Devils.
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