Chapter 178: The Mighty Hulk

After training on April 6, Alex Ferguson announced his starting line-up for the Champions League quarter-final tie with 'Portu'...... For more up-to-date chapters, visit wèn:щww.

Hearing that his name was not on the list, Cristiano Ronaldo's face changed.

After announcing the disbandment of the team, Ferguson returned to his office, and he continued to watch the video of the game in Portu and think about some details. Then he waited for Cristiano Ronaldo, who came to look for him.

Before the next day's game, when the players were told that Cristiano Ronaldo would start, everyone was a little surprised, of course, they were still more happy, a player of Cristiano Ronaldo's level returned from injury, which is a huge improvement for the team when the team enters the sprint stage in the late season. The only thing that is not too happy is Tevez, who was originally told that he will start the game today, forming an attacking trident with Rooney and Yang Fan, and now that Cristiano Ronaldo is starting, Tevez will have to return to the bench and wait for his chance.

Speaking of which, Manchester United players have more complicated feelings for Cristiano Ronaldo, this Portuguese is indeed very powerful, is the well-deserved number one star in the Manchester United team, last season under the leadership of Ronaldo, Manchester United won the Champions League, reached the top of Europe, and achieved the great cause of the treble, Ronaldo's table Xiàn convinces everyone. However, in the summer of last year, Ronaldo made a big move to Real Madrid, and it was impossible to say that the rest of Manchester United's players did not have a problem with Ronaldo in their hearts. Moreover, Cristiano Ronaldo is likely to move to Real Madrid this summer, which is almost a semi-open secret in Manchester United's Paula.

For such a teammate who always wants to go to Real Madrid, the minds of Manchester United players have also begun to change, especially during the period when Cristiano Ronaldo was injured, Yang Fan's role was more prominent, when other Manchester United players suddenly realized that without Ronaldo, they can still win, they can still play well, and even Yang Fan's appearance is better, their dependence on Ronaldo began to fade slowly......

It can be said that if everyone was a little panicked when they heard the news of Cristiano Ronaldo's possible departure, now the vast majority of the players in the Manchester United team are much calmer, they have Yang Fan!

Of course, as long as Cristiano Ronaldo is still a Manchester United player, everyone still trusts him, and Ronaldo's strength is there, this is the new European Footballer.

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7 April, the 2008/2009 UEFA Champions League matchday.

In the quarter-finals, Manchester United hosted 'Portu'.

The best time for 'Bo'ertu was in 2004, when they won the UEFA Champions League under Jose Mourinho and became the king of Europe again!

In the 1986-1987 season, Portuguese superstar Fortre led 'Porte' to the top of the Champions Cup, which opened the magical European performance of the Portuguese giant'. In fact, there was a lot of drama in the championship that season, and in the semi-finals, Boertu defeated Dynamo Kiev led by 1986 European Ballon d'Or winner Belanov 2-1 home and away. Even so, facing Bayern at the Prater Stadium in Vienna, no one was optimistic about 'Bo'ertu, until the 78th minute, the Bundesliga team also led by one goal, and then in the next 3 minutes, Algerian striker Majer made a pass and a 'shot', instantly reversing the game.

'Bo'ertu waited 16 years for another summit in Europe. This time, the hero's name is Jose Mourinho. The League Cup final against Celtic was the first game in which the Silver Ball system came into effect, with a 2-2 draw with Celtic in the 90th minute of the regular season, and a 2-2 draw with Brazilian striker Delle in the 115th minute of extra time, and 'Porto' won the championship 3-2. A season later, Jose Mourinho's side crossed Manchester United, Lyon and Deportivo La Coruna to lift the Big Ears Cup for the second time in the Champions League final against Monaco, winning 3-0. And the European "double" team under Mourinho back then, no one is still in 'Portu' to serve.

In the year and a half since June 2004, Boertu has sold eight players to Chelsea, Corinthians and Dinamo Moscow, earning more than 100 million euros.

Since 2004, the transfer income of 'Bo'ertu each season is 98.9 million, 38.3 million, 10.8 million, and 69 million respectively, earning more than 200 million euros. In that year, after Mourinho led the team to win the Champions League, Paulo Ferreira, Carvalho, Valente, Maniche, Costinha, Deco and other cores in the main squad all left the team in the next two years, and returned at least 100 million euros in transfer fees for 'Portu'. Cashing out big-name players has always been the principle of 'Bo'ertu, and President Da Costa can always sell his fierce players for a high price, so much so that in European giants such as Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Chelsea, there has always been such a metaphor, "Da Costa (President 'Po'ertu) and Aolas (Chairman Lyon) are difficult vampires, and it is impossible to bring in players from them at a low price." "Behind the fact that 'Bo'ertu dares to sell the core, it always finds young talent. Because, in everyone's eyes, the most terrifying thing about 'Bo'ertu is their scouting system, which feels like they have the potential to be checked by FM tools. They are often accustomed to 'sexually' bringing in players from South America, Africa and other places at low prices, or digging into the corners of other clubs in their country, buying 50% ownership of the players in the first year, then training and growing in the team, and finally buying out and selling at a high price. In addition, the preferential treatment of the rules of the Portuguese Super League also allows 'Porto' to attract excellent foreign players with large and cheap tickets. Unlike La Liga, Serie A, which strictly limits the number of non-EU foreign aids, the birthplace of the Age of Discovery has the courage of embracing all rivers, in addition to stipulating that the first and second tier teams can register a maximum of 30 adult players (over 19 years old), there is no hard 'sex' requirement for the nationality of players, so the Portuguese Super League has become the most common stepping on and the most effective springboard for South American stars to land in Europe, especially Brazilians, the advantage of language makes them rush to Portugal to pan for gold plating, and then jump to the higher leagues in Europe.

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At present, the most eye-catching player in this 'Port' team is the young Brazilian 'shooter' Hulk, who is the Brazilian 'shooter' bought by the 'Port' Ertu club for 5.5 million euros from the Kawasaki Frontale team of the Japanese J League.

Last summer, the deal was questioned, and it was not news that Portu bought a little-known player, and the most surprising thing was that this time it was actually from the Japanese J-League to pan for gold......

Now, however, all the doubters have shut up, and the Brazilian boy's performance in his first season at 'Portu' has impressed many people, and he has become an important scoring weapon for 'Portu' in the game.

The 1.80-meter-tall Brazilian was taller and stronger than other children since he was a child, and he had a strong body at a young age, and when his mother saw that he was always reading with a copy of "The Hulk" in his hand, his mother gave him the funny name "Hulk", which is the name of the Hulk. Mother wants him to be as powerful and capable of anything as the Hulk.

Hulk has extraordinary physical quality and explosiveness, strong physical fitness, fast speed, and long range 'shooting' power, dribbling is also like the average Brazilian player's 'color', with the characteristics of Brazilian players, love to cut inside and burst 'shot'.

Gold medal commentator Lineker warned United before the game to be careful of Hulk, saying that the Brazilian was the most likely person in the 'Boertu team' to cause problems for Manchester United.

However, the English media is generally optimistic that Manchester United will advance to the semi-finals, and 'Porto' is considered to be the weakest team in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Manchester United were lucky to meet this opponent who was not too strong.

Before the game, few people would have thought that 'Portu' would be able to beat Manchester United, even a draw would be impossible, because United are so strong and the general opinion in the media is that 'Portu' can score away from home is considered a victory.

Even Ferguson, who praised 'Bo'ertu' in his pre-match press conference, and praised 'Bo'ertu's Brazilian 'goalscorer' Hulk, but, in his heart, Ferguson still didn't think that 'Bo'ertu could stop his Manchester United's progress. Ferguson doesn't see 'Boertu' as a real threat.

However, at the beginning of the game, the away 'Portu' took the lead, and they dominated the away game and put pressure on Manchester United's goal. And took advantage of the 'chaos' to score.

This is a corner kick opportunity for 'Boertu', the corner kick into the penalty area, Hulk squeezed away Vidic with his strong body, the 180cm tall Hulk jumped up, beat the Manchester United central defender, and completed a very beautiful lion head attack 'goal'!

"gooooooooaal!" the Portuguese commentator yelled like crazy, spraying bullets like machine guns, "1 to 0! 1 to 0! 'Bo' Ertu scored! Hulk, he scored, great goal, great player! 1-0! We are ahead now, at Old Trafford, 1-0! What a wonderful goal. ”

It was 1-0, just nine minutes into the game, when 'Porto' scored and gave them a 1-0 lead away to Manchester United. Ferguson's face immediately turned colder than winter, and the goal he was furious about, which was definitely a heavy blow to Manchester United, and all the plans Ferguson had made before the game are now all waste. With a goal conceded early on, United were in a dangerous position.