host must win

Chapter 502 Fighting San Siro

According to Ferguson, if Manchester United's rotation can hold in the first seven 10 minutes, then Yin Jun will be replaced at the last moment to see if they can take away a victory from the away game.

Ferguson's tactic almost worked.From the beginning of the game, Manchester United defended comprehensively, but Manchester United's defense was not the kind of eleven people piled up in the penalty area and used buses to defend.They mainly strangle their opponents in the midfield, trying not to let their opponents threaten their goals.

Regardless of the fact that Manchester United's starting lineup looks 433, in fact, when the game started, Manchester United was completely without a striker. The strikers Ronaldo, Rooney and Alan Smith all retreated to the midfield. Neville and Fortune together strangled AC Milan's midfield.

And once AC Milan dares to press on a large scale, Manchester United will fight back, which is enough to give AC Milan a headache.

In the 12th minute of the game, AC Milan was almost scored by Manchester United's quick counterattack.At that time, Milan, which was pressing heavily, was intercepted by Manchester United in the midfield. The Red Devils immediately launched a quick counterattack. Ronaldo volleyed vigorously with his right foot from 20 meters in front of the goal. Shen's long shot was embraced.

After 1 minutes, it was Ronaldo's dribbling attack on the left. After passing Stam and Cafu consecutively, he pushed with his left foot 13 meters in front of the goal, but the angle was too straight and was confiscated by Dida.

Manchester United's two consecutive extremely threatening quick counterattacks have greatly damaged the morale of AC Milan, and they dare not fully press on.The game then entered a stalemate.

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Seeing that Manchester United was about to hold the tie and enter the intermission, at this time, the players on the Manchester United field showed some inattention.And it was such a momentary flaw that was grasped by the sophisticated AC Milan.

In the 43rd minute, AC Milan passed the ball seemingly carelessly, but it formed a cooperative lore.Gattuso and Kaka headed in the middle circle relay, Shevchenko made a back pass and went forward. Kaka made a slight adjustment and suddenly went straight. The Ukrainians understood and quickly started to pass Ferdinand. Howard did not take the initiative , Shevchenko scored with his right foot in the lower left corner 12 meters in front of the goal.

1:0, AC Milan took the lead.

Ferguson was very annoyed by Manchester United's conceded goal. In this conceded goal, Manchester United's frontcourt players were not active enough to run.

The team lost the ball at this time, and Yin Jun also felt very sorry.As long as they persist for another two or three minutes, Manchester United will be able to keep their innocence until the halftime break.

Going into halftime with a draw and going into halftime with a score of 0:1, the mentality of the players will be completely different.

However, he also understood the mentality of the players at that time.After all, it was nearly the entire first half, and seeing the game is about to end, it is completely normal to have some slack thoughts.

During the half-time break, Ferguson scolded Fletcher and several other players bloodily, asking them to entangle the opponent's players like a dog's skin plaster after the second half of the game, and absolutely not give the opponent a chance to pass the ball calmly.

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After the start of the second half, Manchester United launched a counterattack and almost broke AC Milan's goal.

Cristiano Ronaldo broke through with the ball in the middle, and Stam blocked the ball from the edge of the penalty area, but Ronaldo's second reaction was quick, and he immediately launched a counter-grab. 18 meters in front of the goal, Dida volleyed from a small angle with his right foot, but Dida missed the ball when he pressed the ball sideways. Fortunately, he made a timely remedy and did not let the ball roll over the goal line.

Evra looked up at the sky with regret, and other Manchester United players also felt very sorry.

Soon, Manchester United made a comeback. Ronaldo responded with a cross from the left, and his right-footed volley from 16 meters in front of the goal was blocked by the defender. Rooney's supplementary shot from the right was blocked again.

Seeing this lineup composed mostly of substitute players interacting with AC Milan on the field, a smile appeared on Ferguson's face.

Especially Ronaldo and Rooney performed very well in this field, flying up and down on both wings, frequently threatening AC Milan's goal.

In the 60th minute, Ronaldo and Rooney cooperated in the middle again. Ronaldo fell to the ground in contact with Maldini. Although Maldini did not foul, his hasty blocking has shown the fatigue of the home team.

The seasoned Ferguson immediately decided to make a substitution. He replaced Fortune with Yin Jun.Ferguson hopes to use Yin Jun's pass to tear through AC Milan's defense.

Ancelotti also quickly made substitution adjustments. He replaced Crespo, who performed poorly in this game, with the Dane Thomason, and continued to strengthen his offense.

Obviously, Ancelotti is not satisfied with the advantage of only 1 goal in the away game.

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Not long after his debut, Yin Jun posed a threat to AC Milan's goal.

In the 65th minute, Ronaldo responded to Yin Jun's over-the-top pass and broke into the penalty area. Maldini blocked his way back. .

The ball was like a fired shell, whizzing straight to the upper right corner.

Dida made a mistake in judging Yin Jun's shot, which caused a problem with his positioning. When he saw the football heading for the far corner, it was too late to save it.

But just as Dida had already surrendered, a bald head flew in front of the football and pushed the football out on the goal line.

It's Stam!

The former Manchester United defender, with his outstanding performance, denied his old club's goal.

Ferguson on the sidelines stomped his feet angrily.

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4 minutes later, Manchester United made a comeback. Yin Jun made a diagonal pass from the left to the penalty area. Alan Smith missed it, but Rooney kicked the ground ball vigorously with his right foot to the middle. Chu's left-footed tackle went wide of the far post.

With the midfield defense out of control, Ancelotti replaced Pirlo with Ambrosini.But this does not help AC Milan change the situation on the field.

In the 73rd minute, Maldini made a mistake in making a clearance. Rooney broke into the right side of the penalty area with a steal. Instead of shooting directly, he hooked to the goal, but Alan Smith did not follow up in time, and Manchester United lost another chance.

In the 78th minute, Alan Smith fought for the goal in the restricted area. Yin Jun, who followed up, volleyed with his right foot near the restricted area line, but this shot was confiscated by Dida.

Ancelotti continued to make substitution adjustments on the defensive end. He replaced Seedorf with Serginho in the 82nd minute of the game.Obviously, Ancelotti is already planning to keep the current score of 1:0.

Manchester United made substitutions and adjustments on the offensive end. Ferguson replaced Alan Smith with Ruud van Nistelrooy. Sir Alex obviously hoped to score an away goal.

However, until the game entered injury time, the score on the field remained unchanged.

(End of this chapter)