Grassgow Rovers played the ball up front, but there was no one in front of him, and the ball was picked up by the United defender and hit the midfield again.

Fletcher was originally a defensive midfielder, but the opponent only had one striker in his own half, and he was useless as a defensive midfielder, he did not pass the ball to Gao Xiaodong, and directly held the ball and advanced to the 30-meter area of Glasgow Rangers.

There was no obstacle in front of them, and today the Rangers were very sincere, that is, to keep a point, let you get the ball outside the 30-meter area, and after entering the 30-meter area, immediately two people ran to Fletcher's bag.

Fletcher is not a good player to break through, and the opponent is sandwiched between two, so he quickly divides the ball to Park Ji-sung, who has a good relationship.

Park Ji-sung took the ball on the side and quickly broke through to the bottom line, Glasgow Rovers stayed in the backfield, did not give Park Ji-sung space, Park Ji-sung's flexibility and speed could not be played, and defender Papache squeezed out of the sideline with his body and easily broke the ball.

Glasgow Rover's attack was simple, and after Papache broke the ball, he directly sent a long pass to striker Miller.

Even if United were to be paired with Smalling and Nemanja Vidic, it wasn't a Miller who would have won the header easily, with Chris Smalling rushing up and the ball then headed back into the Rangers half.

This time the ball fell to Valencia, who had the advantage of speed and quickly slipped past the wing-backs to intercept them, and then the ball passed through Broadford and into the box from the baseline.

Valencia passed a high ball, but Rooney and Hernandez were a head shorter than the Rangers defenders, and their headers were so average that they couldn't touch the ball at all and were headed out by the defenders.

Gao Xiaodong knew that there was no play when he passed the ball in Valencia, so he waited to grab the second landing point.

But he didn't expect the Rangers defenders to be too powerful, and when Gao Xiaodong went to grab the second landing point, he found that Fletcher arrived before him.

Gao Xiaodong, of course, will not grab with Fletcher, he pulls to the side, ready to receive Fletcher's pass.

Gao Xiaodong and Fletcher have a general relationship, when he was in Porto, Fletcher was still ready to tackle him, but was stopped by Scholes, but now he is an offensive player, Fletcher is a defensive player, in the face of the opponent's dense defense, Gao Xiaodong thought that Fletcher would give him the ball.

But Gao Xiaodong thought wrongly, after Fletcher received the ball, he took advantage of the opponent's defense Valencia cross and did not press it out, quickly entered the 30-meter area, and shot angrily at the goal.

Not to mention, Fletcher's shot was quality enough to go straight into the top left corner and goalkeeper McGregor struggled to save it.

Manchester United won the opportunity for a corner, Gao Xiaodong took the penalty himself, and Vidic and Smalling both went in to grab the point.

The corner kick was taken, the Rangers defender Vale pushed the ball out of the head, Park Ji-sung received the ball and passed it into the box again, the ball was pushed out again, and Fletcher followed up with another long-range shot, but the ball hit Rooney's body and bounced off the bottom line.

After the opening, Manchester United's attack continued in waves, with Rangers holding on to the 30-metre zone, piling high points in the box for United to attack.

I have to say that Smith has been with Ferguson for so many years, and he knows Ferguson too well, and he does not think that Manchester United can beat Manchester United by coming on the bench, and insists on using the dense defensive tactics formulated before the game, rather than temporarily changing the style of play.

Smith's style of play for the Rangers is very targeted, Manchester United has no height in either the forward or the forward Gao Xiaodong and Fletcher, facing a group of Rangers long, there is no advantage in competing for the high ball, and the ball can not be passed in by the ground, and penetration is not Manchester United's strong point, so they can only wait for the opportunity to shoot from a distance.

With 20 minutes played, Rangers finally had their first shot on goal.

Rangers midfielder Davies made a long pass from the back, and the Rangers striker saw goalkeeper Kuzzza standing forward, directly tilted his header back, and shot the goal, Kuzzak quickly stepped back and hit the ball over the crossbar with one palm.

Set-pieces were almost the only chance for Rangers to score, with their headers coming to the top of the box, Davies whipped in a corner, 40-year-old captain Vale scrambled to the spot, a lion flicked his head and directed the ball towards the top right corner, but United's substitute goalkeeper Kuzzak was solid and held the ball with both hands.

This was a rare opportunity to counterattack, and Gao Xiaodong quickly pulled the side and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

Kuzzak threw the ball to Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong counterattacked with a direct long pass, Manchester United formed a frontcourt, and Hernandez and Rooney had the opportunity to play fullback Papacz.

Hernandez knocked the ball to Rooney, who pulled to the right side of the box and crossed to Hernandez at the back post, but the intention of the pass was too obvious and Papache fell to the ground to intercept it.

The perfect chance for a two-on-one was ruined by Wayne Rooney's mistake, and the more than 70,000 Manchester United fans in the audience all sighed.

"This is a two-on-one error, can there be a better chance?"

'Wayne Rooney shouldn't be on the pitch, he should be on the bed. ”

"Why didn't Dimitar Berbatov go on? I don't believe he could miss a ball like that. ”

"There are two scum on the front line, and the high belt can't move. ”

"There is no pressure on Rooney to pick two on the bed, and it is useless to play two or two on the court, so let's go down. ”

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Martin, the on-site commentator, also said: "Rooney, Rooney, with the Rangers' style of play, there are not many opportunities like this in the future." ”

Manchester United's crosses from the flanks were useless, and the penetration in the middle was not so fine, so they had to rely on long-range shots to find the back of the net.

In the 25th minute of the game, in front of Park Ji-sung's cross into the penalty area, Fletcher met the ball and shot wide of the near post.

In the 27th minute, Hernandez took the ball back to the top of the arc with his back in the penalty area, and Gao Xiaodong shot goalkeeper McGregor with his right foot, beating McGregor to lie in the penalty area for two minutes and couldn't get up.

In the 32nd minute, Valencia's cross from the right was blocked in front of the penalty area, and Fletcher met the ball and volleyed again.

In the 37th minute, Gao Xiaodong took the ball to the penalty area to kill, the ball was broken, Gao Xiaodong successfully counter-robbed, turned around and shot a long shot, and the ball flew into the stands again.

At this point, everyone with a heart can see a little sign of impropriety.

"Is this a long-range shooting contest between Fletcher and Gao Xiaodong?"

"You need to shoot from a distance to break down a dense defense, but you can't be uncooperative at all. ”

"Fletcher didn't shoot a little too much. Can his archery skills be compared to Xiao Dong's?"

"If you continue to fight like this, it will depend on luck to break the goal. ”

"You shouldn't have played Fletcher, the opponent didn't attack at all, so why not go to Scholes. ”

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At this time, even assistant coach Ferran felt that something was wrong and said to Ferguson: "Fletcher had too many shots today. ”

Ferguson smiled meaningfully: "Maybe Fletcher was in too much of a hurry to score. ”

In the 40th minute of the game, the Rangers attacked with a long pass, Vidic bowed his head under Miller's pressure, and wanted to give the ball to the goalkeeper, but Kuzzak felt that Vidic could get it, Vidic and Kuzzak made a mistake in cooperation, and the ball almost flew into his own goal, but fortunately Kuzzak returned quickly and held the ball on the goal line.

In the 42nd minute of the game, Rooney was tackled by Vail when he received the ball at the edge of the penalty area, twisted his ankle, and he fell to the ground in pain.

Manchester United fans were shocked, although Rooney is not in good shape, his strength is second only to Gao Xiaodong, and Manchester United wants to win the championship without him.

The lord quickly asked the team doctor to enter the field and treat Rooney.

Rooney was strong after all, and although he crooked his ankle, after the team doctor closed it, he signaled that it was okay and reflexively went into the game.

Then Gao Xiaodong took the free kick.

The Rangers knew that Gao Xiaodong's free kick was powerful, and they discharged a wall of 7 people to defend.

Gao Xiaodong saw the height of the Rover's wall and knew that it was useless to go around, so he played a tactical match with Rooney, he passed the ball, Rooney raised his foot and shot, but the ball was thrown into the arms of the Rover goalkeeper.

Rangers goalkeeper Grigor looked at the first half and immediately passed, fell to the ground, and was recognized by the referee as a delay and showed a yellow card.

Grigor then took the ball and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

Manchester United had 15 shots in the first half, while Rangers had just one, but the two sides were tied 0-0 in the space of 45 minutes.