Although it was only the 29th minute of the first half when Porto equalised, it was still early and there was still plenty of game time left, but the tone was set for the first leg of the knockout tie between Manchester United and Porto. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Porto, who were full of morale and confidence because of the equalizer, will definitely continue to press and attack the left side of Fuqiong Town at home, and will not be satisfied with a 1-1 draw.

On the other hand, Manchester United have a stronger strength on paper than Porto, but the team's complete loss of ground in the left corridor has caused them to be irreversibly passive in the overall situation. With Ferguson unavailable due to the backline crisis, United are powerless to change that dilemma, and it is conceivable that United will have to pay for their decline on the left flank for all the rest of the game.

For the rest of the first half, Porto were in high spirits and completely suppressed Manchester United on the field. The left side of the Flouch's guard was full of holes under the pressure of Porto's onslaught, which forced Manchester United to invest more strength in this side to consolidate the defence, but this also led to the imbalance and retreat of Manchester United's overall formation, and completely fell into a strategic passive situation.

To make matters worse, none of United's attacking line-up in the starting line-up for this game had both pace and breakthrough ability, except for Ryan Giggs. Saha and Ruud van Nistelrooy are both penalty area strikers who focus on the ability to grab points, and are not good at counter-attacking, while Scholes has the ability to break through the organization but is slightly inferior in speed, which together directly leads to the fact that Manchester United, who have to retract their formation because of the defects on the left side, is the only counter-attacking force that Giggs can really count on at this moment.

It's too weak, and Porto are prepared for that. The reason why Mourinho sent Pereira in the starting position of right wing-back in this game is for Giggs, this is an atypical Portuguese full-back who is rarely involved in the attack, and Portugal is a real outlier in Portugal, which advocates wide attack, is the type that does not have outstanding offensive ability, but the defense is conscientious and very solid.

And so far in this game, the Pereira has not even been to Manchester United's half, watching the left wing-back Valente up and down the left side, but he is staying at the back at all, not at all impulsive, doing so to guard against Giggs.

And, he's clearly doing a good job. After the score was equalised and the formation was passively retracted, United did not fail to attempt a counter-attack. But so far, Giggs has been unable to do anything with the Portuguese full-back, who has an extremely solid defensive foundation.

With a big hole on the left side of the defence and a lack of play on the counter-attack, after scoring the first goal, United showed the world a completely one-sided situation in front of the world.

For Manchester United, one of the world's top giants, this is a rare humiliating scene.

Looking at such a game situation, Ferguson on the sidelines was completely furious, although there was no gaffe to scold, but Li Lei, who was sitting on the bench, clearly saw his angry red face, and slightly trembling fists, these are the signature changes of Ferguson's anger.

For this reason, Li Lei once again began to worry about Ferguson's heart that leaned on the pacemaker, for fear that the old man would be angry. Fortunately, despite the very ugly scene, the Manchester United players finally relied on tenacious defense, and barely managed to maintain the draw in the bombardment of Porto several times, and did not let the worst result of the overtake appear in the first half, nor did they pour another handful of oil on the already angry Ferguson's head, which is more or less good news for Ferguson's heart, and it is a blessing in misfortune.

However, for Manchester United's players, a baptism of the most powerful hair dryer at half-time is absolutely inevitable.

While the commentators summed up the end of the first half with words such as "lucky draw", "poor performance" and "great Porto", Ferguson let out a thunderous fury in the dressing room.

It's just that for Alex Ferguson, the legendary manager, it is somewhat sad that in the Manchester United dressing room, he looked at the Red Devils, who were the world's top giants, and Manchester United had reached an embarrassing situation where there was no one to replace.

This scene instantly moved Ferguson, and made the old man feel infinite emotion in his heart, and for a while he actually felt a sad atmosphere of things and people. But Ferguson is still the same Ferguson after all, this little setback in front of him can't defeat him, after a short period of sentimentality, he immediately regained his spirits, and his old and vicissitudes of life became firm and bright again, as if some kind of major decision had been made in his heart.

At this moment, in the solemn atmosphere of Manchester United's dressing room, no one knew that the Manchester United king, who had just finished his punishment and was making changes and deployments to the tactics of the second half, had just made a huge decision in his mind to overturn Manchester United's complete rebuild. This means that Manchester United has truly entered a new era, and it is conceivable that in the next year or even years, abdication, purge, transfer and other dramas will be played out frequently in the Carrington base.

No, it's not that no one noticed a trace of abnormality, Li Lei, who had been paying attention to Ferguson and was already very familiar with him, felt a strange change from Ferguson just now. It's a change in temperament, like the feeling of unloading some heavy burden and starting to move forward without burden.

However, he didn't think about it, and instead focused his mood and thoughts on this game, which was destined to be very difficult and embarrassing for Manchester United. It's a pity, he is just a goalkeeper after all, not to mention that it is impossible for Ferguson to waste a precious substitution on him at this time, that is, to replace him on the field, he also knows that he can't make any changes to Manchester United's disadvantage on the pitch at this time, and this kind of overall formation problem is not a problem that can be solved by changing a goalkeeper.

But this game, which Li Lei is destined to sit on the bench for 90 minutes and watch it, is not without gains and benefits for Li Lei himself.

Looking at the start of the second half of the field, after the arrangement of Ferguson's halftime, Manchester United finally no longer had the same embarrassment as when it was completely suppressed by Porto in the first half, but it still couldn't change the unfavorable game scene at a disadvantage, he just got a new understanding like Ferguson in the dressing room at halftime.

Although Li Lei had already made a crazy move to temporarily change to a striker at half time before, in fact, he had been honestly following the concepts instilled in him by Richard and others, and suppressed his aggressive character well, and did not move any idea of participating in the offense more.

Even when thinking about the way the goalkeeper plays, he only thinks about the role of the defense, and does not think about the offensive level at all.

But at this moment, the time has come for such thinking to change. He is a man who is born with an almost paranoid pursuit of winning, and being able to be a winner in any situation and at any time has always been his greatest pursuit. The reason why he suppressed his instinct and didn't look much at the offensive side before was because Richard instilled in him the concept that goalkeepers can help the team win as long as they focus on the defensive side steadily.

Before, he didn't have any doubts about that, but today's game changed that. He saw with his own eyes that no matter how outstanding the goalkeeper's defense and saving ability were, he could not do anything to help the team win, no matter how undefeated it was, as for the victory, it was ......

Maybe for many people, it is enough to maintain a high undefeated rate and winning rate, enough to get the team to have a good record and win the championship, but Li Lei is different, he will not be satisfied with this, he pursues a 100% winning rate.

Although it would be an achievement that would never have been accomplished, it was his instinctive pursuit, which could not be suppressed or suppressed.

Thinking about this, Li Lei, who sat on the bench and looked at the field again, had quietly changed his gaze.

There is no longer the worry and worry before, only sharpness!

Forcing sharpness!!

Invincible sharpness!!