Today, Manchester United is still in a 4231 formation, goalkeeper Van der Sar, defenders Fabio, Ferdinand, Vidic and Evra, midfielders Ryan Giggs and Carrick, they are in front of Ricardo, Rooney, Valencia, and Little Pea Hernandez is in front.

Barcelona is their usual 433, goalkeeper Valdés, defenders Alves, Pique, Mascherano and Abidal, midfielders Sergio Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta, and the front three are Pedro on the left, Messi on the right, and Villa in front.

Once the game began, United started pressing high and kept the game in a fast pace.

However, today's field was relatively slippery, because it had rained a little before, so the technical players were somewhat affected on the field and made more mistakes.

Just three minutes into the game, Little Pea received a through ball from Ricardo and shot from the edge of the box, which was blocked by Pique.

In the 8th minute, Van der Sar found Rooney with a big foot, and Rooney's header was given to Ricardo, who used a juggling move to shake off compatriot Alves and cut inside and curled a shot at goal. Valdés was attentive and made a brilliant save on the ball.

In the opening period, Barcelona were disrupted by Manchester United's pressing and did not get into the game quickly.

Manchester United, on the other hand, had to take advantage of the situation and attack very aggressively.

However, after a period of onslaught and no goals, Barcelona gradually found their form and adapted to the field. They increased possession and began to dominate the game, leaving United on the back foot.

In the 16th minute, Xavi sent a cross and Pedro got rid of Rio Ferdinand and fired a shot from close range, just wide.

In the 18th minute, Xavi sent a through ball and Villa broke through Vidic's frontal defence and fired a powerful shot that grazed the post and flew out of the goal.

A minute later, Villa received another pass from Xavi, but his powerful shot from the edge of the box was saved by Van der Sar.

Jose Mourinho looked unhappy on the sidelines, United were too passive during this time, and Ricardo returned to midfield to participate in the organisation and could not equalize United's midfield disadvantage.

In the 31st minute, Xavi received a through ball from Andres Iniesta and distributed the ball to the right, and there was a large gap on the left side of Manchester United, Messi broke through Vidic's defense after taking the ball, and calmly fired a low shot into the bottom right corner of the goal to open the scoring for Barcelona.

After the goal, Messi first celebrated with his teammates and then grimaced at Ricardo.

Mourinho didn't go into a rage, but the somber gaze showed that his patience had reached its limit.

He didn't have to wait long, though. In the 35th minute, Manchester United immediately instigated an attack after breaking the ball in front, the football was handed to the feet of Ricardo, who cut inside with the ball and made a short pass to Rooney, who turned and walked forward after Rooney stopped the ball, squeezing Busquets who defended him and leaving the ball in place. Ricardo strode up, took a step, and suddenly took a long shot, and the ball was like an arrow from the string, quickly drilling into the top left corner of the goal.

Manchester United equalised.

United, who had lost fitness, cut back on high pressing and began to retreat, but they were really frightened by Barcelona's possession and Xavi's elusive through-ball.

Just before half-time, Xavi made it dangerous in the United penalty area with two through balls, but the United defenders were more focused and broke the ball before Pedro and Messi could shoot.

The two sides went into the break with a score of 1:1.

In United's dressing room, Jose Mourinho scolds Fang in front of the tactical board. Ricardo buried his head, thinking that if Ronaldo was here, how good it would be if Ronaldo was here, and replacing Ronaldo at this time would definitely improve the situation.

After last season's huge success, Manchester United had a very good profit, but the club did not make any moves in the transfer period, and it was clear that they needed to strengthen the midfield, but they did not make a move. The winter break also only transfers to a Lindegard that cannot be used as an instant power. It's not like a team that wants to defend their title.

If we had added one or two reinforcements to the squad this year, we wouldn't have been playing so hard now.

At the start of the second half, Barcelona began to lay siege to United's half, with even Mascherano and Gerard Pique taking turns to attack in the United penalty area.

They relied on possession and bullied Manchester United with impunity.

Manchester United's midfield is too out of control, and if Ricardo comes back to assist in possession, he will reduce the chances of counter-attacking; If you stay in the front court, you won't be able to catch the ball at all.

In the 51st minute, Barcelona almost extended the score, Messi and Alves cooperated to break through Manchester United's left gate, Alves's powerful shot almost broke the net, and Messi's hanging shot was cleared by Ferdinand on the goal line.

In the 54th minute, Messi received a cross from Andres Iniesta and shot directly at the edge of the penalty area, and the ball drilled into the far corner. It was Messi's 13th goal in the Champions League this season. He grimaced again defiantly at Ricardo before turning to celebrate with his teammates.

Manchester United had no choice but stepped up their attacking efforts, but never got too many chances.

Barcelona, on the other hand, pass the time with possession, occasionally picking up the tempo and catching United off guard.

It was a rare opportunity for United to find a rare opportunity in the 71st minute, when Ryan Giggs shifted the ball to the left, Alves rose to the top, and Licardo took the ball and went down to meet the combination of Pique and Mascherano near the baseline. Ricardo flicked his tail and passed between the two of them, then flicked the ball and shot from a tight angle, and the ball rolled past Valdés' leg into the goal.

It was also United's first shot on goal in the second half.

Although the equaliser was equalised, Ricardo was not happy. The game was too passive and United are likely to concede again.

Good spirits do not work badly.

In the 77th minute, Messi broke through on the right and cleverly slipped the ball to Busquets, who immediately turned the ball back and Andres Iniesta followed up with a blast to penetrate the United goal for the third time.

Ricardo was almost in despair.

In this game, looking at the score, Manchester United was only one goal behind, but looking at the performance on the field, Manchester United was more than one point behind the opponent.

Jose Mourinho immediately redeployed his troops, Nani replaced Fabio and Paul Scholes replaced Carrick to strengthen the attack.

But it didn't work, Barcelona kept the rhythm firmly in control of the pitch.

As time went on, Ricardo became less and less able to run. He is starting to accept the fact that he will not be able to defend the Champions League this year.

He's done his best, but most of the time, he's on his own.

Manchester United, who have performed well all season, were completely crushed in this game.

When the referee blew the whistle three times to announce that Barcelona had once again topped Europe, the Manchester United players could only be saddened.

In an interview on the sidelines, Ricardo said something that made people think: "That's it for this season, it's a shame we didn't get the title, but that's football, no one can always win. After this fight, I'm going to take a break and I'm going to think hard about my options. Something may change. ”

What was he going to think about? What is he going to choose? The whole of Europe is reading his words.