"It's the best of times!" – the next day, the Milan Sport newspaper used the headline to praise Leon and Inter Milan, using a picture of Leon being surrounded by players and pointing at the night sky at Meazza after the match.

"This is the best era, the best era of blue-black, beating Barcelona 9-5 on aggregate over two legs home and away, advancing to the final of the Champions League, which is a result that no one expected before the game, Leon's Inter Milan did not give Rijkaard's Barcelona any chance! The 2006 European champions are back in full swing with their first ticket to the Luzhniki Stadium and will be waiting for the winner between Chelsea and Manchester United, with the battle for the king of Europe already blowing......

According to the statistics of Italian national television channel 3, after the match between Inter Milan and Barcelona, the entire Milan bar was full, and the streets were full of drunk Inter Milan fans.

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England.

Manchester United's old man, Alex Ferguson, has a copy of The Times in his hand, which reports in detail on the match between Inter Milan and Barcelona, in fact, without reading the newspaper, Ferguson is also very aware of the situation of this game, he watched the game in front of the TV, Manchester United is only one game away from the final, for the final of the possible opponents, he is naturally very concerned.

"Let's go, Inter Milan are in the final, it's up to us!" Ferguson said to his assistants, putting down the newspaper.

That night, the second leg of the Champions League semi-final between Manchester United and Chelsea began.

For his team's promotion, Ferguson is very confident, he does not think Chelsea will stop his team, the old Scottish man sitting in the coach's seat glanced at Grant, who had been pacing in the coach's seat not far away, and glanced at his mouth, if it was Mourinho's rampant guy, he might still be a little worried, but this Israeli is no threat to him.

The first leg between the two sides was tied 0-0.

In this game, in the 90 minutes of the game, both sides focused more on defense, and at the end of regular time, the score was still 0-0, and it went into extra time.

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Just after extra time, Manchester United scored!

Brown's cross from Frank Lampard after linking up with Paul Scholes on the right was met by Essien's mismarking and Cristiano Ronaldo's header from 10 yards out was unresponsive to Cech's unresponsive header. It was his 42nd goal of the season and his eighth in the Champions League.

Seeing the star of the house, Cristiano Ronaldo, score for Manchester United, the whole stadium boiled at this moment.

"Well done!" Ferguson cheered for his own protégé's goal.

He thought victory was in sight.

However, not long after the start of the second half of extra-time, the old Scottish man was furious, and Chelsea's vice-president Frank Lampard contributed to Chelsea's attack.

Essien's long-range shot was deflected off by Rio Ferdinand, the onrushing Van der Sar lost his centre of gravity, Rio Ferdinand couldn't make a block, and Frank Lampard slotted home from 10 yards for his 20th goal of the season.

It was 1-1 and Chelsea equalised.

In the 116th minute, the two sides exchanged arguments, Drog was sent off for slapping Vidic, and Ballack and Tevez also received yellow cards.

The clash also seemed to drain the energy of both sides, with the final minutes focused more on defence and eventually ended in a 120-minute draw with the winner in a penalty shoot-out.

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Going into the penalty shootout, Tevez hit the penalty first, and Ballack also made it 1-1.

In the second round, Carrick and Belletti both scored penalties to make it 2-2.

In the third round, Cristiano Ronaldo stood at the penalty spot, and the camera gave a close-up of the superstar, but then Cristiano Ronaldo's shot was saved by Cech, and there was a regretful inhalation from the scene.

Frank Lampard stood at the penalty spot and Chelsea would have been able to put the lead in the line if the Chelsea vice-president had been able to convert the spot, but in the end Frank Lampard's penalty deceived Edwin van der Sar and he fired low into the net to make it 2-3 Chelsea.

In the fourth round, Hargreaves hung up the corner and then Van der Sar met Ashley Cole's penalty, but the ball still went into the net, 3-4.

In the fifth round, Nani hit the penalty spot, but when the penalty was awarded to win, Chelsea captain's John Terry fired an anti-aircraft gun to shoot the penalty away, and the two sides returned to the same starting line 4-4.

In the 6th round, Anderson scored easily, and Kalou also deceived Van der Sar to score, 5-5.

In the 7th round, Giggs fired a low shot into the net.

Chelsea stood on the penalty but it was Nicolas Anelka, and as Van der Sar saved Anelka's penalty, the entire stadium was thrown into a frenzy, with only the Chelsea fans crying in the rain.

Manchester United eventually eliminated Chelsea on penalties to reach the UEFA Champions League final at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium against Leon's Inter Milan.

Inter Milan vs Manchester United!

Leon VS Ferguson!

"This is a real championship matchup, this is a matchup between the old and new champions of international football, this is a game that everyone is looking forward to, this is the real battle of the century!" - French Football.

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Three days later, Italy, Milan, San Siro Stadium.

Round 36 of Serie A, Milan derby.

On the electronic scoreboard at the San Siro Stadium, the score of 2:3 stands out.

According to international practice, the home team AC Milan is in the front, and the away team Inter Milan is in the back.

In the first half, Ibrahimovic and Diego Milito scored separately in a 1-1 draw.

In the second half, Modric scored from a distance, and substitute Materazzi headed in to help Inter extend the lead to two goals, although AC Milan narrowed the score to 2:3 with a goal from substitute Inzaghi, but still lost the game, Leon's Inter Milan won the sixth time in the third consecutive season, and achieved a double against the city's rivals in three seasons.

After the game, the reporter kicked out to take a picture of Leon, Leon readily agreed, Leon stood on the turf of the San Siro, he was surrounded by his own disciples, Diego Milito and Mata and Aguero on his left, Adriano, Modric and Arshavin on the right and Carlos who did not play in this game due to injury, there were more players behind, he looked at his disciples, faced with countless camera lenses, and said with some pride: "See for yourself, this is my Inter Milan !!"

Flashing lights.