Although at the start of the second half, through Ferguson's half-time set-up, the left side of Fuqiong's guard was no longer like a colander that anyone could easily bully in the first half, and the game became less completely one-sided than in the first half, recovering some of the disadvantages of the situation. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info just put more strength into the defense, but in the second half Manchester United's attack has not improved significantly, unable to put enough pressure and threat on Porto's solid defence.

In contrast, after the start of the second half, although Porto did not have the absolute advantage as in the first half, they have been firmly in control of the situation, enjoying the initiative in attack and occupying the advantage on the field.

However, in the face of such an unfavorable situation as in the first half, Ferguson on the sidelines did not have the feeling of anger and anxiety in the first half, and sat quietly in the coach's seat with his hands on his chest, giving people a very calm feeling.

The only reason why he can do this is because of the current 1:1 scoreline. It may be ugly, but at the moment it was enough to satisfy United, with a draw with a valuable away goal enough to give them enough on-field advantage and psychological advantage when they return to Old Trafford for the second leg.

Porto, on the other hand, are less composed, and even a fool knows that going to Old Trafford with such a score is bound to be a lot of bad luck. On that field, if Ferguson's United had allowed Bol to dominate the field as he did today, then Ferguson would not have been Ferguson.

Mourinho knows this. Therefore, in the midfield dressing room, he gave a dead order to the Porto players, and in the second half they must overtake the score, even if it is 2-1 for Manchester United to score an away goal, anyway, they must go to Old Trafford with a little advantage in the scoreline.

He knows it's almost impossible to count Ferguson and Manchester United again at Old Trafford and get the on-field advantage he did today. If his Porto are to move one step closer in the Champions League, a win in today's game will be the key to their victory over Alex Ferguson and Manchester United.

Looking at the game scene on the field, Mourinho, who stood quietly on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, was calm on the surface, but in fact it was not, and his bright eyes exposed everything.

At the same time, the Porto players on the pitch did as he commanded, launching a fierce attack on the Manchester United defence. Although Ferguson deployed more defensive forces to "insert" him in the second half, he failed to change the weakness of this defense, and it was still the most vulnerable gap in Manchester United's defense.

In the cheers of the Porto fans in the stadium, Porto's offensive became more and more fierce, like a tide, wave after wave, gushing.

In the 47th minute, Maniche fired a right-footed shot wide from the edge of the box.

In the 54th minute, after Deco took a free-kick from the right and the ball was blocked by a Manchester United defender, McCarthy fired a low right-footed shot from 17 yards in front of goal, which passed under Brown's crotch and was confiscated by Howard. Due to the entanglement and fierce confrontation between the two sides in the penalty area, Saha, who returned to the defense, also fell to the ground injured after colliding with Alberto, one of Porto's two strikers, in the chaos of the penalty area. Fortunately, after receiving treatment, he was fine and returned to the field to continue playing.

In the 63rd minute, Alberto crossed from the right and McCarthy headed it high from 10 yards in front of goal.

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In this series of bombardments, the United players showed the resilience of the Red Devils, and they were stunned not to allow Porto, who were in full swing on the pitch, to score their game-winning goal. In this way, Porto, who was trapped in the score and had the advantage in the overall situation, began to become agitated.

In the 63rd minute of the second half, Mourinho, who finally couldn't wait any longer, took the lead in making the first substitution of the game, Alenichev was replaced by Lithuanian striker Jankauskas, and his intention to strengthen the bombardment of high-altitude balls was self-evident.

But defending the ball in the air is not a problem for Manchester United, a Premier League giant. Although Gary Neville, one of United's starting double centre-backs, was a temporary away at full-back, it was not a big problem in the aerial ball battle. He and Brown teamed up to get Porto's more or less blind crosses out of the box, but Mourinho's high-ball bombardment strategy didn't make an immediate difference.

At the same time, the Porto players had to passively weaken their offensive because they had consumed a lot of energy due to a series of powerful attacks. But now is not the time for them to weaken their attack, so they can only increase their personnel investment in the attack, and have to take the initiative to weaken the solid defense that has been firmly suppressing Manchester United's counter-attack.

While this is bound to make United's counter-attack more threatening, it is a choice they have to make and a risk they have to take at the moment.

In response to this, Ferguson saw that in the 76th minute of the second half, Ronaldo replaced Saha, who was a little out of shape throughout the game, and wanted to use Ronaldo's dribbling and speed to strengthen Manchester United's counterattack.

After struggling to survive Porto's onslaught in the early stages of the second half, everything suddenly seemed to start working in United's favour. But just as the commentators of the game began to say that the Reds were starting to turn the tide with their experience and resilience despite the fact that Manchester United's overall performance in the game was too low to disagree, there was a sudden change on the pitch.

Just two minutes after Ronaldo's substitution, in the 78th minute of the second half, Mourinho's strategy of intensifying high-altitude bombing finally worked. This time it was again a problem with Fochon's left-hand defence, and he allowed Valente to play a long ball near the left touchline, which led directly to McCarthy's header from Gary Neville and Brown at the front post, and a header into the top left corner from 10 yards in front of goal, which finally led to Porto finally overtaking the score.

Rumble!!!

The entire dragon stadium instantly boiled like a volcanic eruption! The winning goal sent the Porto fans, who had just been a little agitated, into a complete frenzy, and the loud sound of their forgetful celebration shook the magnificent Stadio del Dragons.

Looking around at the crazy scene of the dragon stadium, Li Lei, who was sitting on the bench, sighed helplessly. The reversal of the situation just now made him think that Manchester United had an opportunity to reverse the situation, but he didn't expect that this hope in his heart had just risen and this scene that completely reversed the situation on the field, making the whole Manchester United team's previous tenacious efforts to defend become useless.

Although there is nothing in doubt about Porto's victory over Manchester United in terms of the course of the game, it is a very regrettable thing for Manchester United from the point of view of the timing of this turning point.

And for that goal alone, United didn't make a mistake defensively. From his point of view, even Howard, who is already incompatible with him, did not make any mistakes in this save, and he can only blame Porto striker McCarthy's clever running this time to completely bypass the defense of Gary Neville and Brown, and this header is too subtle and tricky.

Asking himself, Li Lei thought that even if it was not Howard who was in front of Manchester United's goal at the moment, but himself, he would lose less and win more in the face of this header.

Looking at Ferguson's ugly face on the sidelines, he could only sigh that this was really not a game for Manchester United, and when he was about to turn the situation around, he was scored by Porto with such a header that people had nothing to say, which is really a crime of non-war.

But what Li Lei didn't expect was that the blow to Manchester United in this game did not end there. Although Porto were unable to extend their lead again until the end of the game, they deprived United of their spiritual leader and decorated captain before the start of the second leg in the 87th minute of the second half.

When Ronaldo passed straight to Keane in the middle of the penalty area, and was held by Porto goalkeeper Baia in advance, Keane, who was annoyed by Porto's rogue tactics of using his backfield to waste time, because his lack of calmness made him pay the price of being sent off directly with a red card. When he used the "Ling Bo microstep" to get past Baya, his "Kung Fu" was clearly out of his way, and the sole of his right foot stepped on Baya's waist, which immediately sparked a clash between the players on both sides of the field.

In the end, after the referee consulted with the assistant referee, he directly showed a red card and sent Keane off the field.

And such a result also directly angered Ferguson on the sidelines, although the old coach was clear about Keane's reckless behavior or not, and whether it was serious or not, but as the manager of Manchester United, his responsibilities made him have to "pretend to be deaf and dumb" and pretend not to see, and also to complain to the fourth official on the sidelines.

"That damn goalkeeper is performing! Roy may have stepped on him, but it wasn't that serious, and that Porto goalkeeper was putting on a show! That's the style of this team! ......”

But what Ferguson obviously didn't expect was that this time the young coach of Porto next to him was obviously not a moral model of respecting the old and loving the young, but an unruly and self-respecting "madman", in private Mourinho may still show respect to Ferguson, but now is obviously not the time to make friends and pull relationships.

"Mr. Ferguson, if I were you, I wouldn't be complaining here, but thinking about why Manchester United were dominated by an opponent worth only a tenth of them. Since Keane is your world star, why can't he do better......"

In the face of Mourinho's spicy and sarcastic words, Ferguson obviously had some time to react, and was stunned for a while before he reacted angrily. Although the boss admits in his heart that Mourinho did a really good job in this game, in his heart the Porto coach is still a nobody.

This kind of thing that was sarcastically provoked by nobodies in front of him, his personality has always been strong, and where could the inviolable Ferguson endure it. He was still aiming at the fourth official just now, and immediately turned his fire to Mourinho, and walked in front of Mourinho with an angry face, exuding an involuntarily timid majesty, and said loudly angrily: "What did you say?!" Mr. Nobody!! ”

In this way, when the players of both sides on the field confronted each other amid the shrill boos of the dissatisfied Porto fans, the coaches of the two sides also did not give in to each other on the sidelines, and the tips of the needles were staggered together.

Just when Mourinho smiled coldly and wanted to continue to speak sarcastically, Ferguson, enjoying the pleasure of humiliating his previously unattainable world coach in front of him as a victor, a cold voice suddenly came, and Sen Han's tone made him instinctively feel threatened, and stopped the spicy sarcastic words that had reached his throat.

"This gentleman, if I were you, I should learn to respect my seniors and old men! This is a very 'important' moral quality. ”

The word "important", which was deliberately accentuated in tone and volume, sounded in Mourinho's ears, making him subconsciously feel that if he stopped talking this time, it would be as if he was going to be beaten up by this person immediately.

The cold and murderous tone was not like a joke, it was serious.

Mourinho followed the sound and saw the tall figure who appeared behind Ferguson at some point, still wearing a substitute coat.

The first thing he noticed was the striking eyes.

Cold!

It's as cold as a thousand-year-old piece of ice!!

Sharp again!

It's as sharp as a murderous sword out of its sheath!!

People don't dare to look at !!