The star-studded Luzhniki Stadium.

After the start of the game, the two teams did not go all out, but tried to go their own way.

The pace of the game was not fast.

In this regard, everyone is used to it, such an important game as the Champions League final, you can never expect the game to be sparkling from the beginning, of course, most of the time, such a final can not be very intense and exciting, which is the inevitability of utilitarian football.

Now Inter Milan are in possession, and instead of rushing to move the ball up front, they are at the back to the feet, in order to attract Manchester United players to come up and press and tear the opposition apart.

However, the Manchester United team was not fooled, except for Tevez and Rooney, the two strikers who were pressing hard, the other players 'did their duty', did not blindly press up, but stood in a good position, kept a good distance between each other, and did not give Inter Milan any chance.

"Old fox!" On the sidelines, Li Ang smacked his mouth.

Manchester United's tactical response also shows that Ferguson's choice today is: defend and counterattack!

Between offensive tactics and defensive tactics, Ferguson ultimately chose the latter.

Leon only frowned slightly, which means that it will not be too easy for Inter Milan to score, and Inter Milan must be vigilant, not in a hurry, and not give Manchester United a chance to counterattack.

Of course, this situation is also in Leon's consideration, he knows Ferguson, Manchester United can play beautifully, but when it comes to playing conservatively, Ferguson's team doesn't mind playing 'ugly'!

In the Manchester United coach's box, Ferguson sat in the dugout, chewing gum in his mouth, and the old Scottish man had already expected such a start.

In fact, Ferguson chose to be more conservative, but it was out of vigilance against Leon and Inter Milan that he wanted to prevent Leon from a possible sudden attack, and at the same time, no matter what the reason, it was safest to adopt the tactics of defending and counterattacking first.

In the Champions League final, it's right to be conservative!

Of course, Manchester United's conservatism doesn't mean they are staying in their own half and waiting for Inter to attack.

Once United feel that Inter Milan have advanced to their psychological safety line, they will press forward.

This is exactly the tactic that Ferguson formulated for Inter Milan, to some extent, pressing forward and pressing the steady counterattack, which not only protects his own goal, but does not completely give up the initiative on the battlefield.

In fact, once Inter Milan advanced to the center circle, Manchester United's pressing was still very ferocious, this was purposeful, Ferguson knew that blind defense would definitely not work, and this slightly aggressive pressing was with offensive concealment, if you could cut off Inter Milan's ball in front of the court, and then launch a counterattack directly, it would be better.

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"Little fox!" Ferguson glanced at Inter's coaching box.

Because he noticed that Inter Milan's tactics after the opening game were also based on steady defense, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack!

Obviously, in Ferguson's view, when Leon faced the choice of whether to attack or defend in the final, he did not hesitate to choose conservative tactics, striving not to make mistakes or make fewer mistakes, and striving for victory in the game on the premise of not conceding a goal.

In a sense, Leon made the right choice, in such a final, the two sides are close in strength, and they compete with each other not who is more capable of scoring each other's goals, but who makes fewer mistakes.

Only when there are minimal mistakes can it be a contest of offensive ability and offensive efficiency.

'Both sides are more cautious, whether it's Ferguson or Leon, they both ask the team to defend well. ”

"We should be mentally prepared for this, but it will be a disappointment for fans who are expecting a Martian matchup!"

The commentators have expressed their opinions on the first seven or eight minutes of the game, and both sides obviously did not mean to press too much, and so far in the game, there was only one shot on goal from both sides, it was Hargreaves who brought down Mata, Inter Milan got a free kick in front, Modric drove the ball into the box, and Adriano headed it wide. Manchester United, on the other hand, haven't had a shot on goal yet.

"Judging from the current situation between the two sides, the game has not scored for 120 minutes, and it will not be a surprise, and it seems that we can hopefully expect a penalty shoot-out......," one commentator complained.

With five minutes to go, and with 12 minutes to go, United finally had their first shot on goal when their star Cristiano Ronaldo finally couldn't hold back and fired a long-range shot from the edge of the box that went over the crossbar and didn't threaten Inter's goal.

Inter Milan, for their part, also increased their shot tally from '1' to '2'.

It was a set-piece chance.

Juan Mata picked up the ball in front of him and was not in a hurry to pass the ball and find a way to match, dangling left and right with the ball alone, and was finally pushed to the ground by Carrick, and the referee blew a free-kick.

Luka Modric's free-kick flew into the box, this time with Adriano's header that was deflected wide of the right-hand post by Diego Milito, sending United fans into a cold sweat.

Ferguson was immediately alert, and he felt like he had captured Leon's tactical intentions:

Inter Milan played more conservatively, taking not conceding the ball as the first priority, and at the offensive end, Leon asked Inter Milan's players to make fouls as much as possible in the front court, which is to create scoring opportunities with set-piece opportunities!

Ferguson glanced at his own half, Adriano and Diego Milito appeared in his sight, he confirmed his guess, there are Adriano and Diego Milito two central forwards, Leon wants to play to the strengths of headers, and it is understandable that he wants to make a fuss about set-pieces.

Defend the counter-attack, try to create set-pieces, and use set-pieces to score!

Is this the tactic you made for Inter?

The old Scottish man glanced at the Inter Milan coach's bench and smiled like an old fox.

I see through you!

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Leon looked at his watch in the dugout, fifteen minutes had passed since the game, and I believe that Ferguson had 'seen through' his tactics, so it was time to start implementing his real tactics.

So, Leon got up from his seat and slowly walked to the sidelines, he didn't make any gestures, didn't whistle, and didn't call out the players' names to get the players' attention.

He just walked around the sidelines and then went back to the dugout.

He believes that when his players see him get up and walk around like this, they should know what to do at this point.