Gao Xiaodong's passing line was too tricky, and it wasn't until McConn suddenly appeared at the front of the ribs of the penalty area that many fans realized how clever he was passing the ball.

"Ahh

The fans were nervously watching the ball and McCone, and only the on-site commentator was shouting angrily.

When McCone arrived, the ball rolled to the edge of the box and United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was also moving towards the near corner, but McCone had no choice but to shoot, and passing the ball to other players may not be as good as his position, so it is better to shoot.

McCone adjusts his pace and shoots into the top left corner of the goal against the incoming ball!

The distance is close, the ball is fast, and the goalkeeper has very little reaction time.

Van der Sar almost subconsciously flew out, he thought he should be able to touch the ball, but Van der Sar was still conscious, and his body could not keep up.

His hand didn't touch the ball, and Van der Sar's heart suddenly cooled.

Boom!

Just when Van der Sar was desperate, the ball bounced off the crossbar.

The ball flew towards Milito, who only had to jump to head into the empty net.

But this rebound ball was faster and more unexpected, where did Milito have time to jump, he could only subconsciously stretch his head to the top.

Milito couldn't get on the top and the ball flew out of the box against his scalp and was kicked off the touchline by Scholes.

Milito covered his face in frustration, and McCone stomped his foot regretfully.

It was only then that the United fans in the stands reacted, and he almost gasped in unison, as McCone and Milito almost scared the Red Devils fans out of the way.

Ferguson chewed gum so hard that his nervous mineral water bottle was about to crush flat.

The Champions League is so important that even a coach like Alex Ferguson, who has been in charge for more than 20 years and has won two Champions League titles, is inevitably nervous.

Jose Mourinho was almost knocked off by the post, and only sighed with a wry smile when Milito didn't make a successful shot.

Such a good chance, it would be a shame not to score.

This is the Champions League final, and one goal can almost decide the winner.

With Mourinho's understanding of Ferguson, this attack did not kill Manchester United, and Manchester United will definitely be more cautious in the future, and it will be difficult to have such an opportunity in a short period of time.

When Inter Milan launched this attack, UEFA President Michel Platini and Spanish Football Federation President Villar were walking to the box, and the tense and exciting moment made the two bigwigs forget to enter the box, and stood at the door to watch, until the ball was cleared by the Manchester United players, they applauded and walked into the box.

In another box, Mendes said proudly to Florentino: "See, this is Gao Xiaodong's role, which has a major role at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends." ”

Of course, Florentino has long known Gao Xiaodong, but if he can play well in the Champions League final, it can be regarded as standing the test, and players who can't play tough games can't be called stars.

However, Florentino just smiled: "It's only been five minutes, don't be like the last Champions League final." ”

Mendes waved his hand repeatedly, "No, no, it was just an accident, Xiaodong is a very smart player." ”

Inter president Moratti also came to the stadium, but instead of sitting in the box, he stayed with the Inter players.

At this moment, Moratti, like ordinary fans, paused his chest regretfully and discussed loudly:

"What a pity!"

"It's just a centimeter!"

"Why can't it be lower!"

"Wasted a wonderful pass from Xiao Dong!"

……

After the clearance, the frightened Manchester United players on the field did not dare to pull the formation so fast, and the distance of the pressing was also reduced, and it seemed that they were ready to play a positional battle and a protracted battle with Inter Milan.

Inter Milan was not in a hurry, so they slowed down the pace and played a positional battle with Manchester United, waiting for the opponent to make a mistake.

In the Champions League final, facing a super team like Manchester United, Inter Milan is not prepared to eat the opponent in one bite, although they have a great opportunity at the beginning, but against a cunning person like Ferguson, if you are too impatient, he will have a hundred ways to kill you.

The on-site commentator saw that the pace of the game slowed down, and couldn't help but praise: "Sure enough, they are the two strongest coaches in the world, even the tactical design and strain are similar, the two teams have a tentative onslaught at the beginning, and Inter Milan has the upper hand."

However, after McCone hit the post, Manchester United immediately changed their tactics, slowed down the tempo, defended the counterattack, and handed over the possession to Inter Milan, which is to treat others in their own way, Mourinho is not a good person, they also slowed down the pace, that is, to play Manchester United's counterattack, now let's see who of the two masters can restrain whom. ”

Positional battles were not good for Manchester United and Inter Milan, with strikers Wayne Rooney and Milito not very good at heading and not very good at grabbing points, while the centre-backs of both teams were unusually strong, so it was difficult to rely on long balls and wide crosses.

But Manchester United and Inter Milan are not good at short pass penetration, Manchester United is an impact style of play, Inter Milan is a counterattack type of play, both need space, no space, stand in a dead position, it is difficult for anyone to make a gap in the opponent's defense.

On United's side, their captain, right-back Gary Neville, is the shortcoming.

Gary Neville is of course a great defender, but he is 35 years old, and no matter how great he is, he has a lot of bad speed and reflexes than before, and Ferguson put him on the pitch just because he valued a steady word.

When playing positional battles, Inter Milan's full-back Pandev has been trying to single out Gary Neville, but although Gary Neville is old, he is not something that can be bullied casually, and Pandev has failed to single Gary Neville several times.

Although there are no obvious shortcomings in the back line on Inter Milan's side, Manchester United have a new weapon of their own, and that is Valencia.

Valencia was bought by Alex Ferguson to replace Ronaldo, who moved to Real Madrid, and although his skills are far from Ronaldo, his speed and explosiveness are amazing, which is exactly what he can do against Zanetti.

Zanetti is experienced, Messi's breakthrough can be locked by him, but Valencia doesn't play tricks, just fight for speed, don't do feints, just use speed to rush, the world's martial arts are only fast and not broken, Zanetti has no good way to do this, can only put Valencia a few more steps to prevent him from going to the bottom, betting that he will not cut inside.

Valencia really doesn't like to shoot inside like Robben, because he has poor shooting skills, and is called "Wa Bu Shoot" by Manchester United fans, and he is on the same level as Nani, who never passes the ball and only likes to shoot nicknamed "Na Bu Pass", which is a pain point in the hearts of Manchester United fans.

Valencia was able to break through the cross twice at the beginning, and as soon as Zanetti let him go three meters away, Valencia's pace did not work, and Zanetti broke the ball twice.

With 22 minutes to play, Valencia saw that Zanetti was still letting him go, and he gave up the bottom and cut across the box with the ball.

Zanetti didn't follow, Cambiaso intercepted and Valencia dodged space and shot straight at goal.

For a good shooter, it was dangerous to shoot from the edge of the box, and Cesar was ready to make a save, but Valencia put an anti-aircraft gun and the ball flew several metres over the crossbar and went straight into the stands.

"That's the footwork!" Ferguson slammed his fist into anger.

Five minutes later, Scholes made a long pass, Lu Xiaopang stopped the ball with his back to his chest, leaned on Samuel with his strong body, and suddenly half-turned and shot.

The shot came suddenly, but at a good angle, and Inter goalkeeper Cesar played the ball wide of the wing.

This time, Valencia used his speed to grab the landing spot and dribble diagonally into the penalty area.

Goalkeeper Cesar quickly blocked the near corner, and Samuel came to press it.

Valencia didn't wait for Samuel to arrive, he arched his foot and tried to kick the ball into the top corner of the goal, but the idea was good, but the arch of his foot did not catch it, and the ball hit Samuel directly and bounced out of the box.

Seeing that Valencia wasted another opportunity, Manchester United fans were speechless, especially when they looked at Valencia, I couldn't help it, and I was even more angry when I looked helpless, and I couldn't wait to cheer him up.

Ferguson misses Ronaldo infinitely now, if Ronaldo is still there, these two opportunities are very likely to score one, and Valencia gives him four more such opportunities, and Ferguson doesn't know if he can score one.