After two weeks of waiting, the long-awaited second leg of the Champions League knockout tie between Manchester United and Inter Milan finally kicked off on Thursday night.

Inter Milan and Manchester United players were stunned when they came out of the dressing room under the leadership of referee Proenza, not only because Leonardo had a Christmas tree formation when two goals were needed, but also because of the poor form this season, Pandev, who they dubbed the "living dead", started.

Inter Milan's starting XI is 1-Cesar, defenders: 13-McConn, 15-Ranozia, 5-Lucio, 26-Zivo, midfielders: 5-Stankovic, 19-Cambiasso, 8-Motta, 10-Sneijder, 27-Pandev, forwards: 9-Eto'o

Compared to the first leg, there was only one substitution, and it was Pandev who replaced the injured captain Zanetti.

Pandev is also a very famous star, when he slashed Spain in Macedonia, scored a defensive goal in Juventus in the heyday of Lazio, and also played a big role in Inter Milan last season, but Pandev's form this season is extremely sluggish, and in the league against Brescia, Pandev even scored a "hat trick of no single goals", losing three single knives in a row.

Due to the poor form, in the first leg of the big game between Manchester United and Inter Milan, Pandev also failed to start, and finally Inter Milan lost 1:2 at home, but after the game, no one thought that Pandev could help Inter Milan save the defeat when he started.

"Does Leonardo want to give up the game?"

"Kung Fu Panda's state, what role can it play. ”

"Could it be that Inter Milan can only use Admiral Pandev to kill Manchester United?"

"Is this going to leave Manchester United alone?"

"The last time we played Manchester United at home, we used a 4213 formation, this time we need to score two goals, and we actually discharged a 4321 formation, is Leonardo here to be funny?"

"Inter is going to defend and counterattack?"

"Guess if Manchester United will attack?"

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The Inter Milan fans who came to help in the stands were full of discussions, these fans came from afar, they were all die-hard fans, and most of them still watched the game with the luxury of a first-line comeback, but they felt a little bad when they saw such a lineup and starters.

Manchester United is a little more redundant than the weekend against Arsenal, Valencia, Carrick, and Fletcher in the midfield bid farewell to injury and returned, and Rooney and Hernandez are enough in the front, anyway, Gao Xiaodong has more goals than the striker, but the central defenders Vidic and Ferdinand are still unable to play, or can only be substituted.

Although Ferguson had a half-point advantage, he was still not ready to defend the 2-1 scoreline, and he still lined up a balanced 4-4-2 formation, goalkeeper Patten van der Sar, four defenders Patrice Evra, Brown, Smalling, Rafael, four midfielders: Paul Scholes, Gao Xiaodong, Fletcher, Carrick, and two forwards: Wayne Rooney and Hernandez.

Although Manchester United has a big advantage in the aggregate score, Manchester United fans are still not at ease, because they are standing in key positions in the back line are Brown and Smalling, fans are worried that these two will make low-level mistakes, after all, against a team like Inter Milan with excellent tactics and experience, Ferguson can no longer put out a back six to make up for the lack of defense.

Today, Manchester United's captain's armband was worn on Fletcher's arm, the first time he served as the captain on the field, or against the defending champion like Inter Milan, Fletcher was very excited, and when he entered the stadium, he couldn't stop applauding the stands, as if the fans in the stadium were here to cheer him on, which made Gao Xiaodong and Rooney pout.

When the two captains exchanged team flags and team emblems on the field, Ferguson and Inter coach Leonardo on the sidelines also shook hands and exchanged simple exchanges.

"Sir, this time I have come to Old Trafford, and I ask my men to be merciful. Leonardo deliberately showed weakness.

'Be humble, we won in Meazza by luck and this game is the real contest. Ferguson said without arrogance.

"It's good that Inter can leave decently. Leonardo continued.

"Hehe, go to my office for a drink after the game. Ferguson did not comment on Leonardo's words and diverted the topic with a smile on his face.

"Well, you must try the gentleman's red wine. ”

Leonardo let go of Ferguson's hand and walked to the away team's dugout in satisfaction.

As a coach who has been deeply influenced by Serie A, Leonardo does not look young, but he attaches great importance to tactics and also likes psychological warfare.

When he arrived in Manchester, he and Moratti were very high-profile, that was to encourage the players and fans, but in the line-up, Leonardo was still conservative, lined up a solid Christmas tree formation, and also showed weakness to Ferguson in person, which was actually to confuse Ferguson and make Ferguson and his disciples breed pride, so that Inter Milan had a chance to survive.

After the group photo, referee Proenza blew the whistle for the start of the game, and Manchester United, who were playing at home, kicked off first.

After Rooney and Hernandez fell to their feet, Rooney passed the ball back to the midfielder, and he and Hernandez cut into Inter's half unhurriedly.

Manchester United's four midfielders today, Carrick and Fletcher are the main defenders, Gao Xiaodong and Scholes are the main attackers, but Gao Xiaodong and Scholes also have defensive tasks.

The ball was passed back and forth between the midfielders and the defenders, and United were in no hurry to attack, after all, they had a big advantage and were not in a hurry to score.

Inter Milan didn't seem to show their determination to win at the beginning, and when Manchester United were in possession, they didn't press forward very much, and they didn't press urgently, giving United time to control the ball calmly.

Obviously, this is a home game, Manchester United is not the kind of Barcelona team that controls the ball to the end of the world, after passing dozens of seconds in the backfield, seeing that Inter Milan did not exert much pressure, Manchester United quickly passed through the midfield, and the formation pressed to Inter Milan's half.

Nani is injured, Valencia is on the bench, and today's Manchester United does not have pure full-backs, the wings are mainly Rooney and Gao Xiaodong, and the full-backs are inserted to play.

Gao Xiaodong stepped forward to attract Inter players to shrink the middle, Scholes passed the ball to Rooney's feet, Rooney tried to force left-back Zivo from the side, Zivo was forced to eat, Pandev pulled and pulled Rooney's ball down, the referee ruled that Pandev fouled and gave Manchester United a free kick.

In less than a minute of the opening minute, Manchester United won a free kick, and Pandev, who has been criticized by Inter fans, fouled, which made Inter fans even more dissatisfied, and many people muttered, what else can this guy do except foul.

Scholes' free-kick into the box was met by Smalling and Wayne Rooney, who scrambled at the back post and headed the ball into the arms of goalkeeper Cesar.

Cesar held on to the ball and quickly threw it to Stankovic to launch a quick counter-attack.

Manchester United quickly returned to the defense, forced Stankovic, who had the ball, and blocked the connection between Stankovic and his teammates.

Obviously, Sneijder, the core of Inter Milan, was focused on defense, Cambiasso and Motta, who had a pass, were also stuck, and only Pandev, who was in the worst form and did not think he would start, was vacant.

There is no way to do this, in the transition between attack and defense, Manchester United does not invest enough troops in defense, and can only defend the most dangerous players.

Stankovic didn't stick to the ball and distributed it directly to Pandev.

Pandev took two steps before seeing Samuel Eto'o start his run and smash his foot straight behind the three United defenders.

Cheetah Eto'o's explosiveness was so fast that he shook off all the defenders and went one-on-one.

Brown and Rafael dragged behind, and Brown and Rafael raised their hands to signal Eto'o offside as they desperately chased back.

However, the linesman did not raise the flag and thought it was a good shot.

With Samuel Eto'o's pace, Rafael and Brown caught up with him, and Eto'o slotted the ball into the United net with a shot from the onrushing goalkeeper Van der Sar on the edge of the penalty area.

1：0

In less than two minutes, Inter Milan led Manchester United 1-0 and drew 2-2 on aggregate.

The Inter Milanese couldn't believe their eyes, and they jumped up and celebrated wildly.

Coach Leonardo and the assistant coaches also cheered and rushed out of the dugout, hugging each other tightly, although they made a careful layout before the game, they did not expect to score in the opening less than two minutes, and now hope is really back, they only need to score one more goal to eliminate Manchester United and reach the quarter-finals.

Ferguson jumped too, shouting angrily at referee Proenza because from Ferguson's point of view, Eto'o was offside.

Many United fans in the stands also roared in protest, believing that Eto'o's goal was offside.

Proenza, however, ignored the cries of Ferguson and the fans, and since the linesman didn't raise the flag, he thought it was a good shot.

However, then the big screen in the stadium showed slow motion, and from the slow motion it appeared that Eto'o had passed Brown by half a shoulder, and it was an offside goal.

Andy Gray, the on-site commentator, sighed: "This is a miscalculation! Inter Milan has taken advantage! But it is normal for the linesman to not be able to see clearly." Now the suspense is coming again, Manchester United only has a half-goal advantage, once Inter Milan scores another goal, Manchester United will be eliminated from the competition, a game that looks stable, I didn't expect that only two minutes have passed, the situation has changed dramatically, let's see how Lord Ferguson adjusts. ”