Chapter 106: Highbury is crying
"Gooooooo!!! Ronnie!Ronnie!" The narrator excitedly shouted Ronaldo's name three times in a row.
"Five to three! Five to three! At Arsenal's home turf, Inter Milan are now 5-3 ahead of Arsenal!
"Ronaldo! he just stepped over Sendros like a stake, it was the decisive goal!
"Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Ronaldo, let's cheer for Ronaldo, cheer for Inter!
At this moment, in Milan City, countless Inter Milan fans let out crazy cheers at this time.
"Victory!" roared half of Milan in the sky!
With fifteen minutes to go, Inter Milan led Arsenal 5-3 away and Inter Milan were getting closer and closer to a great victory.
Ronaldo was replaced by manager Leon after scoring a goal, and with a two-goal lead, Ronaldo was allowed to leave the field to rest and maintain his strength.
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When Ronaldo left, the Highbury Stadium was divided, Inter Milan fans were cheering for Ronaldo, while some Arsenal fans were booing wildly, some Arsenal fans were silent, and a small number of Arsenal fans couldn't help but applaud.
It was Sergio Aguero who came on as a substitute for Ronaldo.
At the same time, Leon also replaced Modric with Cambiaso.
Three minutes later, he used up his last substitution, with Stankovic coming on for veteran Figo.
The tactical intent is clear, to continue to strengthen the midfield and contain Arsenal.
So, despite Arsenal's efforts to attack and pursue goals, they were unable to score again until the final whistle blew.
On the contrary, in stoppage time, Sergio Aguero scored a goal for Inter Milan, but the goal was blown away by the referee and the pass to Sergio Aguero's Stankovic was picked up from an offside position.
The slow motion shows that the referee's decision is very accurate, although Stankovic is only half offside, but it is indeed offside!
The final result of the game was 5-3, with Italian Serie A giants Inter Milan winning 5-3 away against Premier League giants Arsenal.
The Nerazzurri have the upper hand in the two-legged Champions League semi-finals.
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The match became the talk of sports media and fans across Europe and around the world, and was even mentioned repeatedly for a long time afterward, and was considered the best Champions League semi-final match in years.
This game is the last home European game at Highbury Stadium, which carries countless memories and dreams of Arsenal fans, Highbury Stadium will become history, and the Arsenal people want to draw a perfect mark on this great stadium with victory and Champions League final tickets, but, alas, they suffered a very heavy defeat!
The Guardian's bold headline was 'Highbury is crying...... and the newspaper believes the crushing defeat will forever be etched in Arsenal's history with the label 'Highbury's last European game'......
In addition, Arsenal's defeat was gloated on the front page by the Manchester media, with the Manchester City Evening News ridiculing Arsenal and Arsene Wenger to the fullest.
Even in London, fans of Arsenal's local rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea are making a lot of sarcasm about Arsenal.
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Mourinho, who has played many verbal battles with Arsene Wenger this season, did not forget to ridicule the French professor when he was interviewed by the media, "The score of 3-5 is really unimaginable...... Mr. Arsene Wenger may be able to think ahead of time about holiday arrangements. ”
In response, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger responded angrily, "The knockout round is a two-legged system, and it is a 180-minute game!"
And Arsene Wenger's old rival, Manchester United godfather Ferguson, was naturally not idle, but Lord Ferguson did not directly ridicule Arsenal, but praised Inter Milan's outstanding performance.
Live footage of the game once captured Ferguson watching the game from the stands at Highbury Stadium, so when the English media asked Manchester United's godfather which player in the Inter Milan squad was the most impressive. Alex Ferguson blurted out, "Juan!"
This also caused a wave of excitement in the media, Juan?
Inter Milan has two Juans in the team, Juan Carlos and Juan Mata, which one does Lord Fergus have his eye on?
The media began to speculate and hype, and Manchester United fans were even more interested, whether it was Carlos or Mata, Manchester United fans are now very fond of it, and they can't wait to pull both into the bowl.
And Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was shocked, that old Scottish man also fell in love with 'Juan'?
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England was full of mourning and commotion.
Italy is also a land of ice and fire.
AC Milan's hopes of progressing to the final were clouded by a 1-0 defeat at home to Ronaldinho's Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals.
And Inter Milan's 5-3 away win over Arsenal made the Italian media boil.
5-3 away!
This means that Arsenal will have to win the second leg by a score of more than 3-0, or a big score of more than 6-4 on a two-goal margin.
“…… Considering Leon's current quality and form, Arsenal's desire to turn the tables at the Meazza Stadium is almost a more difficult task than straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa. - Milan Sport: Inter Milan has one foot in the Stade de France......
Not only "Milan Sport", but other Italian media also praised Inter Milan and Leon, and even "Torino Sport", which had a bad relationship with Leon, had to praise Leon with comments like "Leon won Wenger".
After the second day of the game, Milan TV repeatedly broadcast Inter Milan's five goals at the Highbury Stadium on TV, and the ratings were quite gratifying, which shows the excitement of Inter Milan fans at this time, and they want to relive that jiqing over and over again.
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Three days later, in the 35th round of Serie A, Inter Milan, who had won the championship in advance, hosted Reggina at home.
Leon rotated his squad heavily, but thanks to goals from Borriello, David Silva and Córdoba, Inter beat Reggina 3-0 at home.