Forlan was a little excited and very much looking forward to it, he felt that he was in good shape, and after the start of the second half, he began to warm up, but unfortunately, as soon as the game started, Ferguson had no intention of making substitutions. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the second half, AC Milan took advantage of the opening advantage and first played two waves of attacks.

The United players executed Ferguson's tactics and played very conservatively in the opening period, calming the situation and denying AC Milan a chance to equalise.

Five minutes later, United were attacking again.

At this time, Manchester United still has a great advantage in the situation, mainly because the Manchester United players are all very good, and when all the players on the field are very good, it is not as simple as one plus one equals two.

In fact, there is still a gap in strength between Manchester United and AC Milan, but the state of the players and the home advantage make up for these gaps, coupled with the fact that AC Milan's performance is not very good, in the second half, when Manchester United let go of the attack, AC Milan was suppressed again.

This situation is very frustrating for the AC Milan players, who are one of the best teams in the world, and they rarely get suppressed no matter which team they play against.

Now they feel that way.

At half-time, Carlo Ancelotti told his players to play hard and slow down the tempo to stabilize the situation, and the AC Milan players were also trying to be more patient, but the defence was still in crisis.

In the 51st minute, Manchester United created a good chance, Roy Keane sent the ball to the edge of the box with a through pass, and Cristiano Ronaldo met the ball and pushed it straight in front of goal.

This clever pass made the AC Milan defense collapse in an instant!

Everyone was nervously watching the football, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on the right, and the next moment the AC Milan players let out a long breath --

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was defended close to Nesta and couldn't catch the ball and the ball flew off the line.

"Really...... What a pity! ”

The stadium commentator let out a sigh, as did the United fans in the crowd, the goal was a brilliant chance, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was killed by Nesta.

Against AC Milan centre-back Nesta, it is understandable that any striker is dead, as Nesta is one of the best centre-backs in the world and anyone who knows Nesta knows he is terrible.

But Ferguson can't accept his players being guarded to death, because AC Milan is Manchester United's opponent, if AC Milan plays against other teams, he may also praise Nesta, praise Nesta's performance, but against Manchester United, he is only thinking about how to make the team's striker break through Nesta's defense.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is definitely not going to work!

Ferguson sighed, but finally made up his mind, he looked at Fran, who was standing on the sidelines, who had already warmed up, and Nunu gestured for him to get ready to play.

Soon the fourth official raised his substitution card and United opted for a substitution, with Forlan coming on for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

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When they saw Fran appear, many people were stunned.

"Diego Fran? Sir Alex Ferguson would have let this Ukrainian play? Isn't it Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy who should be playing? ”

The stadium commentator asked.

Reporters in the media gallery also discussed, "Diego Fran? He hasn't played for Manchester United in a long time, hasn't he? ”

'I remember the last time it was in September and he was injured in that game.

"Fran can play, has Ferguson thought about it? It's been a long time since he's competed! ”

"I think if you want to play, it should be Fanny!"

"Maybe it's because Ruud van Ni has just recovered from injury......"

"That makes sense, but Ruud van Nistelrooy is also much better than the Ukrainian striker!"

This view is shared by a number of media reporters, Diego Forlan is not well known around the world, and he was only with Independiente Argentina before playing for Manchester United.

On January 22, 2002, Diego Forlan landed in Europe, when he was worth $12 million (about 7 million pounds at the time), he was so valuable in his first appearance in Europe, and was reported by many media at the time, but Fran did not quickly adapt to the rhythm of English football, and even at the end of the 2001-02 season, his goal tally was actually zero.

It wasn't until September 2002 that Forlan scored his first competitive goal for United, a penalty that went on to make 27 appearances in all competitions over the course of eight months.

Forlan was also ridiculed by the British media as "stupid", "Manchester United's worst recruit in half a century", "Forlorn" (despair) and so on.

Over the next two seasons, Diego Forlan's performance improved slightly, but the statistic of only scoring 13 goals in two seasons was not recognized by the fans.

Not to mention this season.

Forlan has barely played and has not scored for the Reds so far.

Why did Alex Ferguson choose to bring on Forlan instead of first-choice striker Ruud van Nistelrooy in such an important game?

Fran's appearance has been questioned.

In the audience, the bearded man was full of surprise when he saw Fran appear, and he couldn't help but turn his head and ask, "How do you know this Ukrainian will appear?" ”

Shen Yang smiled slightly, "I guess." ”

"Guess?"

"Do you think I can command the game remotely and let Ferguson make substitutions?"

Bearded rolled his eyes and changed the question, "Do you really think Fran can do well?" ”

"Don't worry!" Shen Yang laughed, "As long as Forlan plays, Manchester United will definitely be able to score goals next!" ”

This sentence is of course to comfort the bearded man.

Even if Diego Forlan is in very good shape, Shen Yang can only guarantee that his performance is good, but whether he scores or not depends not only on strength and condition, but also on luck, if there is no good position, or no teammates to pass the ball, or maybe the opponent's defense plays well, etc., many factors will affect the goal.

Shen Yang is still looking forward to Fran's play, there are very few players in 99% of the state, and it would be good to have one or two of them in a team after a few days of state training.

What kind of play can players who are in 99% of the state can have, which is also very helpful for Shen Yang to judge the 'impact of state on player performance'.

These will be included in his research.

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Fran came out.

He's not one of United's star players, nor is he one of the most talked-about talents.

He's just a normal player, and he's a 'crane tail' striker.

But now Forlan's appearance has attracted much attention, and many people can't believe that in such an important game, Ferguson will send Forlan on the field.

Fran is not noticed because he is good, but because his quality is not recognized.

Forlan didn't think about it so much, and in his three seasons at Manchester United, he had long since lost the spirit he had when he first arrived in the Premier League, which also made his mentality more calm.

This may also be a major career reward.

After debuting in the game, Fran quickly integrated into the game, and at the beginning, many cameras frequently pointed at Fran to pay attention to his performance, but as the game progressed, the game returned to the normal track.

Forlan's performance in the last few minutes can only be regarded as stable, not very good, and it is still C-Ronaldo, who is active on the wing, who attracts the attention of the whole field.

C-Ronaldo is just too good!

The strength of the Portuguese itself, coupled with 98% of the form, any defender will have a headache on the team alone, Ambrosini was completely defeated, and Gattuso frequently came to supplement the defense, and the effect was not very obvious.

AC Milan relied more on the complementarity of the central defenders to limit Cristiano Ronaldo.

But all AC Milan can do is limit, and the world's best players will never be completely defended.

This time Cristiano Ronaldo led forward from the wing.

The other United players followed up and began to intersperse runs, C-Ronaldo played the ball to Roy Keane, Keane tentatively passed the forward pass to Wayne Rooney, Rooney was in a dangerous position, he hurriedly knocked back and handed it to C-Ronaldo.

After a few passes, the football was back at the feet of Cristiano Ronaldo.

AC Milan defended C-Ronaldo strictly, and as soon as C-Ronaldo reached the middle, he was followed by Gattuso, but C-Ronaldo was a step faster and did not give Gattuso a chance to steal.

At a distance of about ten meters from the penalty area, shooting was not a good choice, C-Ronaldo could only pass the ball to the side, and Silvestre, who was inserted, received the ball and pushed it in front of the goal, and the football rolled into the space left by Rooney running away.

Rooney overrun, he slowed down a little annoyed, and then his face was in ecstasy!

AC Milan fans let out a long breath and felt that the attack must be over.

But the next moment, they saw a Manchester United player in that position.

Be...... Diego Fran!

"Fran! Fran! ”

"Good opportunity! Silvestre's pass! Fran! The stadium commentator exclaimed.

Diego Forlan wasn't in the best position, but he took two quick steps forward and Gattuso was thrown a short distance away to make it dangerous for AC Milan after barely hooking the ball with his foot.

Gattuso tried to block the shot with something, and he flew to pounce.

But Fran used his foot to hook the ball inward and deceived Gattuso with a feint, and then Fran looked at the goal and was a little stunned.

He didn't expect that he would get such a good opportunity!

Fran suppressed the excitement in his heart, glanced at the goal with the corner of his eye, and waved his feet non-stop and directly chose to volley vigorously.

In the face of AC Milan goalkeeper Dida, Forlan subconsciously used his greatest strength - the angle does not matter, and the key is to make Dida unable to block!

Suddenly, the football flew towards the goal like a cannonball!

AC Milan goalkeeper Dida standing in front of him, just now he thought that the goal had escaped, but he didn't expect Rooney to pass, and there was another Fran, the key is that Gattuso failed to block it, and was directly deceived, and he suddenly had pressure.

As soon as Fran got on his feet, Dida made a judgment and lunged to the right, stretching his arms out in the air to hold on to a larger area, but alas...... The Brazilian pounced in the wrong direction.

Forlan opted to play near corner.

Dida looked down in the air and watched as the ball went straight into the net!