Outside the ceremonies and performances of the Champions League final had ended, and the Inter Milan players walked out of the dressing room with their heads held high. Led by the referee team led by Gonzalez, the players from both sides walked out of the players' tunnel and onto the green field.

Ricardo sat on the bench with the rest of Inter's substitutes, chewing gum and looking blank, trying not to show his loss.

Although he can't start, he still has a good chance of playing, and he has to watch carefully, and once he has the opportunity to play, he has to immediately attack the opponent's weak links and bring changes to the team.

The two sides lined up, shook hands, guessed the side and waited for the procedure to be completed, the referee whistled, Liverpool took the lead, and the scene resounded with thunderous cheers and applause, celebrating that the feast had finally kicked off.

Inter Milan launched a press in front, Zanetti headed the ball down, and immediately handed it to Ronaldo, who broke through with the ball. He was as agile as an antelope, as agile as a cheetah, and as fast as lightning, literally tearing through air.

In front of him running at full speed, Hyypia, Carragher, Traore and others are like dumbfounded hippos. In the end, Traore had to stop Ronaldo with a behind-the-back foul, and he was saddled with a yellow card for it.

Inter Milan won a free-kick from the right side of the penalty area, in excellent position. A left-footed player can shoot directly at goal or pass towards the penalty area.

Mihajlovic opted for a pass into the box. The diminutive Córdoba jumped through the crowd and his precise positioning and timing helped him find a spot between the tall defenders of Hyypia and Carragher, although his header went just wide of the post.

Inter's coaching staff and bench let out a long sigh. Ricardo was secretly relieved. From the first minute, the script deviates from the Istanbul night in another time and space.

In another space, AC Milan defender Maldini took the lead with a header from a free-kick opportunity in the opening tens of seconds.

His goal opened the door for AC Milan to win, and then Crespo scored twice, AC Milan led 3-0 in the first half, which is a huge advantage, no one believes that Liverpool can come back, everyone is only talking about how many Liverpool will lose, don't lose too ugly.

However, after entering the second half, the tenacious Liverpudlians began a Jedi counterattack under the leadership of captain Steven Gerrard, scoring three goals in six minutes, and finally dragged the game into a penalty shootout, killing the mighty AC Milan alive.

However, this script is already destined not to be staged.

"After the opening, Inter Milan were attacking fiercely and Liverpool played very hard," the commentator explained the situation on the pitch, "They were pressed in their own half, and this game was literally a half-time drill. Veron took the ball, Reese brought him down from behind, and the move was about to be carded. ”

"Liverpool had already received three yellow cards in just 15 minutes and they now had to rely on foul tactics to slow down Inter's attack. The two sides don't look like teams at the same level. ”

Ricardo watched with satisfaction the situation on the pitch.

Ronaldo was quite active today and under his leadership, the whole Inter Milan team played very strongly.

However, Ronaldo himself was more closely guarded and basically did not get a chance to shoot. Adriano, on the other hand, is still not in good shape, and several good opportunities have been wasted by him.

As the game continued, Inter's advantage became more and more apparent, and Liverpool's players were exhausted and simply unable to fight back.

Benitez was so anxious that he almost kept commanding from the sidelines, but it didn't work, and Liverpool were almost stunned and now had to react instinctively.

Their midfield brain, Harvey. Alonso was forced to pick up the ball at the edge of his own penalty area, occasionally delivering long balls but often off target due to interference; The iron-blooded captain Steven Gerrard could only use long-range shots to declare that the Liverpudlians had not given up their resistance, but those long-range shots were either too high or too wide to pose a threat.

Barosh was completely looked at to death, Colwill fell to the ground frequently in physical confrontations, Reese was tired of defending, and Luis was completely killed. Garcia burst with the ball, but lacked a team-mate to answer and ended up at a dead end and was easily cut off by the Nerazzurri.

"Ronaldo, take the ball in front of the penalty area, get past Reese, break through with the combined defense of Hyypia and Traore and pass the ball to the back post! Adriano hit high. How many chances did Adriano squander? ”

Adriano gave Ronaldo a thumbs up helplessly and ran back dejectedly.

"Ronaldo is simply unstoppable! In front of him, Liverpool's defense was like papier-mâché, broken at the first stab. How long can Liverpool hold out? If they keep playing like this, sooner or later they will lose the ball. ”

Soon, something worse for Liverpool happened. During an attempt to break through with the ball, Colwill made no physical contact with anyone and suddenly fell to the ground in pain, unable to get back up on his own. The referee stopped the game and motioned for Liverpool's team doctor to come in, and after inspection, Liverpool's team doctor helped Colwill off the field, and Benitez was forced to make his first substitution: veteran Smitchell came on to replace the injured Colwill.

Poor Colwill, despite playing in the Champions League final of his dreams, was forced off after playing less than 30 minutes.

Smitchell's style is tougher than Colwill's, but his appearance hasn't made much of a difference for Liverpool.

The problem for Liverpool now is that the backline simply can't withstand the onslaught of Ronaldo and Adriano, resulting in Steven Gerrard and Xavi. Alonso has to focus a lot on the defensive end, which leads to them being completely inferior in the confrontation with Veron and Stankovic.

Liverpool, who were out of control in midfield, could not organize an effective attack, but also looked very embarrassed in defence, and the goal was stormy.

Ricardo watched from the sidelines, clenching his fists from time to time. If I had been on the pitch, the score would have been at least 2-0 by now...... He couldn't help but think.

Adriano is indeed more impactful than him, but he is indeed inferior to him in his ability to seize opportunities and convert them into goals, and the level of cooperation between Adriano and Ronaldo is far from comparable to his tacit cooperation with Ronaldo.

Ricardo couldn't help but turn his head to look at Mancini, who was staring intently at the pitch without the slightest expression on his face, and no one could guess what was going on in his mind at this moment.

Ricardo lamented in his heart: When will I be allowed to play?