host must win

Chapter 176
At 71 minutes into the game, the score was still 2:0, with Manchester United leading.

Not only that, AC Milan, which took the initiative in the first half, obviously had less control over the game than before. Manchester United even put continuous pressure on AC Milan's goal, which also made AC Milan's players start to get impatient.

AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti finally couldn't sit still, and made continuous substitution adjustments. First, he replaced the veteran Costacurta with Junior, and then replaced Pirlo with Serginho. team attack.

Almost at the same time, Ferguson also made substitutions, Solskjaer was replaced, Beckham came off the bench, Yin Jun returned to the middle, Scholes retreated and Keane formed a double midfielder, Manchester United became Array 4231.

"Both sides have made adjustments, Ancelotti replaced Junior and Serginho to strengthen the attack. Manchester United, Beckham replaced Solskjaer, Ferguson also adjusted the formation. The adjustment seems to be to strengthen the defense, but in fact it is to strengthen the offense. AC Milan is behind, and offense is their only choice; Ferguson did not simply seek stability when he was leading by two goals, but hoped to score. The third goal completely killed the game! Both sides stepped up their offensive, which is really exciting!" Lineker said excitedly.

Both Junior and Serginho are Brazilian players, Junior is a defender, and Serginho can play the entire left wing.But the whole world knows that Brazilian players only like to attack, even defenders.At this time, Ancelotti replaced two Brazilian players with only one purpose, that is to reverse Manchester United, win the sixth Champions League trophy in the history of the Rossoneri team, and wash away the shame of being "the second in a thousand years"!

Ferguson's adjustment can be described as tit-for-tat. Scholes' position retreated and Roy Keane formed a double midfielder, which strengthened the protection of the defense, and at the same time the team's attack power has not weakened.Yin Jun moved to the middle, and the team's breakthrough ability on the right was indeed weakened, but Beckham's passing ability was a huge threat to AC Milan.

Neither team is resting on its laurels and wants to keep attacking.

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Serginho, who is extremely fast and can play the entire left side, transferred from Sao Paulo in Brazil to Milan in 99. He worked hard and selflessly on the side of Milan and contributed to Milan's victory. , Serginho often creates trouble for the opponent on the left side, uses his skillful footwork to break through the opponent's defense line, passes the ball accurately, and brings scoring opportunities to the striker. Change the line and go directly into the opponent's penalty area to create a goal. Serginho is such a player. He often makes the opponent's defensive player dizzy and doesn't know how to defend him. Serginho uses him His skillful technique and flexible thinking make it difficult for the opponent's defensive players to guard against.

In this game, he shouldered the important task of strengthening the team's offense and came off the bench, and he was very active after his debut.

This time, Serginho had the ball on the left with Roy Keane defending him.

The Brazilian knocked the football back and forth with his left and right feet, then pushed it to Gattuso very freely, and advanced himself.

Gattuso is considered a technically rough brother in AC Milan, but he has one characteristic, that is, he does not stick to the ball.The same is true for receiving the ball this time. He didn't let the ball stay under his feet at all, but took advantage of the trend and the football flew up.

Pick a pass!

Gary Neville immediately went up to defend Serginho, and he was going to grab the moment Serginho stopped the ball.However, Serginho didn't mean to stop the ball, but let the football fly past his feet.

Gary Neville was a little confused, not knowing what this meant.Stop ball error?Or intentionally missed the ball?Then he saw the football fall, Serginho turned around slightly, raised his right foot, raised his toes lightly, and the football flew up again.

Serginho followed Gary Neville and turned around directly.

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Serginho's breakthrough on Gary Neville was met with applause from the AC Milan fans.

After breaking through Gary Neville, Serginho took a few steps forward, passing the ball directly, and the football went straight to the goal in the middle.

Inzaghi was ahead of Ferdinand and scored a header from 5 meters in front of the goal.

Almost all AC Milanese were ready to celebrate the goal, but Inzaghi's shot was slightly supported by Butters on the goal line, and then hit the crossbar and flew out of the baseline again.

The smile that had just appeared on Dainzaghi's face also froze. He looked at the football that was hit by Butters and bounced off the crossbar and then flew out of the bottom line. He shook his head with a wry smile.

Ancelotti had already got up on the sidelines and celebrated the goal accurately, but in the end he could only sit back dejectedly.

Ferguson touched his heart. Just now his heart beat so fast that he almost thought the goal had been scored.

If Manchester United concedes the ball at this time, the game will become very difficult.Because at this time, there are still fourteen and five minutes before the end of the game.If AC Milan regains a victory, they will definitely counterattack frantically after being only 5 goal behind. Manchester United really may not be able to stop AC Milan, whose morale is soaring.

Ferguson looked at his assistant coach Queiroz, and said with lingering fear: "It seems that we are really lucky today."

Lineker said loudly: "The goal frame of the Old Trafford Stadium is really amazing today. This is the third time that players from both sides have hit the goal frame. One of them belonged to Manchester United, and the two belonged to AC Milan! If it wasn't for the goal frame Existence, the score between the two sides should be 3:2 now!"

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After AC Milan's substitutions, the offensive has indeed been significantly strengthened.Whether it is Serginho on the left or Junior on the right, they both have excellent wing attack capabilities. Their existence is a very big threat to Manchester United's defense.

However, Manchester United's defense is still stable. Although during this period of time, they seemed a little passive as a whole, but they defended wave after wave of AC Milan's attacks.

Perhaps due to a goal being ruled offside and a hit on the goal frame, Shevchenko's performance in the second half was not as good as in the first half.

However, with AC Milan's offensive gradually picking up, Shevchenko's performance has also improved, and the threat to Manchester United's goal is increasing.

In the 77th minute, AC Milan made a long pass from the backcourt, Shevchenko knocked across, Dainzaghi took the ball with his back 8 meters in front of the goal, turned around and shot with his left foot under the interference of Wes Brown.

Just when the Milanese were about to celebrate the goal again, they saw that Wes Brown, who threw his body out, blocked Inzaghi's shot on the goal line, and was then cleared by Ferdinand .

(End of this chapter)