At 20:45 local time on February 24, the first leg of the knockout round of the 08-09 UEFA Champions League began, and Inter Milan hosted Manchester United in Meazza. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As a team in different leagues, Manchester United and Inter Milan have not faced each other many times, if you don't count the friendly match in which Manchester United lost 2-3 to Inter Milan in 07, China has never won in official matches, either a draw or a loss, so it is inferior in history.

However, there have been many conversations between the coaches of the two teams, Ferguson and Mourinho, and in the 03-04 Champions League 1/8 finals, Mourinho's Porto eliminated Manchester United 2-1 at home and 1-1 away and finally won the cup. In his three years in charge of Chelsea in 04-07, Jose Mourinho and Alex Ferguson met 10 times, with Jose Mourinho holding the upper hand with four wins, five draws and one defeat.

In Ferguson's life, he faced countless managers, but only Mourinho can be called his bitter master.

However, in terms of overall strength, neither side has a clear advantage or disadvantage. Because both teams are now in their prime of life, Manchester United have won two consecutive Premier League titles, this year's title is basically in the bag, and last year they also won the Champions League. Inter Milan are even more dominant in Serie A than Manchester United, and they have won three consecutive Serie A titles because of the phone, and if nothing else, they will win two Serie A titles in a row, achieving five consecutive victories.

Under such circumstances, the reunion of the two teams in the Champions League is bound to be another battle.

The last time the two teams met was the season when United won the treble, and in the Champions League quarter-finals, the two teams met in the Champions League quarter-finals, with United winning 2-0 at home and drawing 1-1 away, with York scoring twice at home, with Paul Scholes scoring away and Ventola scoring for Inter. These three games have also been the only three meetings between the two teams. The Reds now have Neville, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs in the squad who played 10 years ago, while Inter have only captain Zanetti.

Inter lined up Ibrahimovic and Ade in attack, with Stankovic behind him, Muntari, Cambiasso and Zanetti forming a midfield three, Samuel in the absence, Zivo and Rivas in the back, and Thornton and McConn on the left and right.

For Manchester United, Nemanja Vidic is suspended, Brown and Neville are resting in rotation, Evans and Ferdinand are partnered at central back, Evra is still Evra at left-back, O'Shea is at right-back, Giggs and Carrick form a central midfield configuration, Park Ji-sung plays to the left midfield, Beba is a one-man forward, and Ronaldo is a shadow striker.

Although he was the owner of the team, Zeng Cheng did not go to the VIP box to watch the game, but appeared in the stands of the away team, mingling with the more than 3,000 Manchester United fans who were there to cheer.

When Zeng Cheng appeared in the stands of the visiting team with Ivanka, the players of both teams had already begun to enter the field.

Because Manchester United is playing away, Ferguson's record against Mourinho is more embarrassing, and Manchester United's defense is incomplete, many people think that Manchester United will adopt a more conservative strategy. But as the game got underway, everyone gradually changed their pre-match opinions.

Just 20 seconds into the opening game, midfielder Michael Carrick took the ball to the side, and Cristiano Ronaldo was tackled to the ground by Inter Milan's central defender Zivo after dribbling the ball on the right side to break through Inter Milan teenager Thornton.

If it weren't for the referee's view that this was Inter's home stadium, the Romanian would have been given a yellow card just twenty seconds later.

Although the referee had shown mercy, the Inter Milan fans at home did not appreciate it at all, and they booed because they thought Ronaldo had faked a fall. But slow motion shows that it was indeed Zivo's foul.

"Zivo's kick is too casual, Ronaldo is still 30 meters away from the goal, the threat is not very big, and Terry is back behind him, it shouldn't be." The on-site narrator analyzes the situation.

The referee awarded Manchester United a free-kick in front.

For a free kick at this distance, Ronaldo stood in front of the ball.

When the referee's whistle blew, the Portuguese rushed up quickly and shot straight away. Fortunately, Inter Milan's goalkeeper Brazilian Cesar was in a good position and blocked Ronaldo's shot, but because the power of this kick was too great, Cesar had a detachment after receiving the ball, but fortunately, his second reaction was fast enough to press the ball under him before Berbatov's supplementary shot.

Although Manchester United did not score in the end, it made all the Inter Milan fans on the scene break out in a cold sweat.

"Ronaldo's feet are too hard!" The on-site commentator commented, "Within 30 meters, give Cristiano Ronaldo a free kick chance and he could score from distance. ”

With two successive attacks showing momentum and threat, United continued to increase their attacking efforts.

Although Manchester United gave a formation of 442, after the start of the game, the formation was more inclined to 433.

Two wing-backs moved aggressively down the flanks, with three midfielders, Fletcher and Ryan Giggs taking turns to move forward, especially Fletcher, who cut forward strongly, and Carrick who was more dragged behind, keeping an eye on Adriano. In the front, Park Ji-sung and Ronaldo actively pulled to the two wings to respond. This makes Manchester United's whole attack seem to be unproductive, but the effect is very good and threatening.

Manchester United insist on going hard, attacking against attack, and Inter Milan is also not a soft bone. Jose Mourinho's team as a whole was also very strong and gradually controlled the situation of the game.

Adriano won the ball up front and tried to burst into the box, but was tackled by Carrick and Evans. But immediately afterwards, Muntari passed the ball, and Ibrahimovic pulled his leg from the edge of the penalty area and fired a fierce shot that was slightly off the line. Zanetti then picked up a cross from the left side of the penalty area, and right-back McCone quickly cut in and stopped the ball and crossed.

Rio Ferdinand cleared the ball with a header from Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the box, and Adriano stepped in and fired a long-range shot from the edge of the box that hit Carrick, and the England midfielder had to be temporarily removed from the field for treatment, but the game soon resumed.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides were like needles against wheat mangs, directly entering the white-knives battle with bayonets.

Without the slightest temptation, without the slightest disguise, it is directly a real knife and a real gun. The two sides fought back and forth in a fast-paced offensive battle, and the game situation was also one after another, and the high dynasties were stacked, so that all the fans who came to the scene were fascinated at the same time, and a heart was also hung high.

In such a game, who can know who loses and who wins?

In the 5th minute, Ryan Giggs took a corner kick on the left side, Ronaldo jumped high in the middle and pressed Rivas's header to the top, and Cesar blocked the ball bravely!

In the 6th minute, Rivas fouled Park Ji-sung behind his back, and Ronaldo briefly ran a right-footed arc ball to hit the goal, and the ball flew out of the bottom line by grazing the post!

In the 10th minute, Ronaldo stepped on his bicycle and burst into the right side of the penalty area, chose to volley from a small angle, and the ball went over the crossbar. A minute later, Zanetti instigated a brilliant counter-attack, Muntari rebounded in the box, and Stankovic followed up with a powerful shot high.

In the 12th minute, Carrick broke through with the ball in front of the penalty area and was brought down by Zanetti, and Giggs hit the wall with a left-footed free kick!

In the 17th minute, Ade made a return in the box, and Zanetti's follow-up outside volley was blocked by a defender, and Van der Sar got the ball.

Zeng Cheng was attracted to the competition from the beginning, and the pace was too fast. To paraphrase a movie, there is no urine spot in the whole process. Although he is full of confidence in the team, he is also very apprehensive in his heart, unsteady, and shocked.

He's like that, let alone the people around him.

Milan Mayor Ledice Moratti also came to watch the game, she is not only the sister-in-law of Inter Milan President Moratti, but also a veteran Inter Milan fan, from time to time she is so excited that she gets up from her seat and shouts, without the slightest appearance of the mayor of Milan.

The Inter fans in the stands of the entire Inter Milan chairman's stand, as well as Milan's political and business celebrities, are also frightened, and can always hear screams, just like watching a horror movie in the cinema.

In the stands of the visiting team, Manchester United fans were also very excited. Manchester United is playing away from home, but now they are fighting so fiercely with their opponents, and even suppressing the home team to a certain extent, they have a sense of honor as away fans.

Although Zeng Cheng is not a professional, he has watched football for so many years and can understand the game more or less.

Ferguson's tactics were all about going head-to-head.

The second central defender in the back is entangled with Inter Milan's double forwards, in the midfield, as long as Inter Milan gets the ball, South Korea's first brother Park Ji-sung, known as "Park Sanlung", has been pestering Mikel, Carrick always drags back and entangles Stankovic, Giggs and Fletcher are freer and have a larger area of activity, but basically facing Zanetti and Muntari.

On the wings of Inter Milan, McCone is quite active, and O'Shea's side is under a lot of pressure and is mainly defensive, but the young player Thornton is under the full impact of Ronaldo, and the strength of the attack is not great, so Evra's side can actively move forward to create a threat.

The midfield was entangled one-on-one, and the two wings became the key. Inter Milan play with a back four, with full-backs at the back. And what's worse is that Inter Milan's two forwards and forward Stankovic basically don't go to the side. As a result, Inter Milan's wide flanks relied on two lagging full-backs to carry the ball forward.

However, Manchester United did not have regular wingers at Inter Milan, so the fullbacks pressed very forward, focusing on the two fullbacks who defended Inter Milan.

Therefore, in the battle between full-backs and full-backs, the right side is basically flat, and O'Shea is basically able to defend against McConn, but he does not have much strength to participate in the attack. But Patrice Evra's side of the Santon side is dominated by Manchester United. The Frenchman often picked up the ball in Inter's half and threatened once he got the ball.

Thornton also won the ball in his own half, but to threaten, he had to dribble into United's half. This creates a local advantage for Manchester United.

So on the surface, Inter Milan, playing at home, controlled the game, but struggled to organise an effective attack. Manchester United may seem to be passive, but in fact they are constantly creating threats. (To be continued.) )