132. Ronaldo's performance

'Of course the home team Benfica don't want Manchester United to get revenge anyway, this is their home stadium and they will certainly want to beat Manchester United and get the best chance in this group.' Said the Eurosport commentator.

"Okay, now let's get to know the starting line-ups for this game." Said the Eurosport commentator.

In this game, Manchester United lined up a four-four-two formation, and the goalkeeper was Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar. In the back four, Gary 61 Neville, Leao 61 Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Heinze are in the back four. In the midfield four are Cristiano 61 Ronaldo, Michael 61 Carrick, O'Shea and Paul Scholes, and in the forward line are Saha and Rooney.

O'Shea was in United's starting line-up today due to an injury to Ryan Giggs, but instead of on the wing, he went down the middle, seemingly to play at the back, while Paul Scholes was on the left wing.

When Santos saw the change, he felt it was a tool from Alex Ferguson, with O'Shea definitely going back to the wing and Paul Scholes going back to the middle.

On Benfica's side, Santos lined up a four-two-three-one formation today, with Quiim in the goalkeeper's position. In the back four are Arciders, Anderson, Luisson and Leon. In the midfield position are Karagunis and Petit. In the front three are Kachulanis, Qiu Ze and Simao. Up front, it's Nuno 61 Gomez.

Just when the commentators from all over the country introduced the starting lists of the two sides today, the players of both sides walked into the Stadium of Light under the leadership of the referee, and the Stadium of Light burst into flames, and the fans of Benfica immediately cheered and chanted the names of the Benfica players......

The Manchester United fans who came from afar did not let the Benfica fans preclude themselves, and they also cheered wildly for the Manchester United team, they did not want to lose to the Benfica in terms of momentum.

Qiu Ze stood among the Benfica players, feeling the surging passion of the Benfica fans, and he couldn't help but get excited in his heart, and he couldn't wait for this game.

After all the pre-match ceremonies, the players from both sides stood on two sides and waited for the official start of the game.

The referee stood in the centre circle, looked at the players on both sides, then looked to the sidelines, and blew the whistle for the start of the game with both cheeks.

"Haode crowd friends, the referee has blown the whistle for the start of this game, and the first kick-off is the Red Devils Manchester United." The Eurosport commentator immediately said.

Rooney in the middle circle put the football a little, and then rushed into the Benfica penalty area, while Saha handed the football back to O'Shea, O'Shea didn't take the ball, and directly passed the football horizontally to Michael 61 Carrick, it seems that this organization of the attack is still handed over to Michael 61 Carrick.

In fact, Manchester United's attacking system is very different from Benfica's. In Benfica's attacking system, the position of the midfielder is very important, and most of the time, the football is to hit the feet of the midfielder and let the midfielder organize the attack.

Manchester United, on the other hand, is an attacking system, especially Manchester United's movement. On the field, no matter who holds the ball, there will be people running around him, any player takes the ball in any place, there are at least two receiving players around him to become a triangle, whether it is forward, backward, to the sides, there will be the most direct passing route, everyone's running is very smooth, there will be a receiving point in any threatening place, they rarely break through with the ball individually, but the speed of offensive advancement is not slow at all.

This is the biggest feature of Manchester United's running system, so Benfica is a little troublesome to defend, if you want to defend well, Benfica's players have to increase their running, otherwise Benfica is very defensive against Manchester United.

Shortly after the start of the game, Manchester United had a chance to shoot on goal. However, Rooney's long-range shot from outside the box missed Liliang and the ball flew straight into the arms of Benfica Queiem.

On the counter-attack, Benfica's goalkeeper Quiim ran out quickly with the football, and then threw the ball to Qiu Ze, who was back to the side. After receiving the ball, Qiu Ze immediately turned around, quickly dribbled the ball forward, and launched a counterattack, and the Benfica fans immediately cheered.

Carrick followed up to defend and try to stop Benfica's counter-attack. The counterattack requires speed, so Qiu Ze didn't entangle with him and directly distributed the ball to Simang.

As soon as Simão got the ball, the scene suddenly became excited, because Cristiano 61 Ronaldo was rushing up quickly, which was a highlight of the game, no wonder these guys cheered.

The first collision between the two of them today is about to happen, and all the fans on the scene are holding their breath in anticipation.

Simão took the ball and Cristiano 61 Ronaldo immediately leaned in as the media fans had hoped. The photojournalist got excited and took a wild shot, and this photo will definitely cause a lot of repercussions after the game.

Simão made a feint, his upper body shook, and then with a quick stab of his feet, the football passed between Cristiano 61 Ronaldo's legs and pierced the crotch.

It was so sudden that all the fans in the stadium didn't expect such a thing.

The fans of the Benfica team cheered loudly, Simao's action was simply too good, and the fans of Benfica were so excited that they couldn't do it. Qiu Ze, who came up, also felt very relieved, and just like that, kill the arrogant guy.

However, the tough Cristiano 61 Ronaldo did not intend to let these people be proud for long, he quickly turned around, and at the same time forced the overtaking Simão to the sideline, using his own amazing speed, in the exclamation of the home team fans, gradually squeezed the not slow Simão behind him, and then passed the ball back to the captain Gary 61 Neville.

In this first matchup, Cristiano 61 Ronaldo wins, Cristiano 61 Ronaldo wins because his body is much stronger than Simao.

All the Manchester United fans in the stadium cheered wildly, and at the same time, they also issued a provocation to the Benfica fans in the stands, and the atmosphere at the scene became more and more hot.

Simão protested to the referee against Cristiano 61 Ronaldo had just pushed him, but the referee turned his back on him and ignored him.

Gary 61 Neville long pass up front and play a counter-attack. The ball flew up at a high speed and flew into the Benfica penalty area. Qiu Ze immediately turned around and retreated to participate in the defense.

Rooney used his pace and strong body to sprint to the left side of the box to receive the ball, but he was forced to the touchline by Luisson and couldn't cut inside. Rooney first stabilized the ball and waited for his teammates to come up and support. But immediately there was another person around him. The two formed a flank attack on him, trying to force him out of bounds. Rooney pushed Louisson next to him with his hand, protecting the ball at his feet.

He then immediately crossed the ball back into the middle, and Scholes sprinted up in the middle. However, there was one man who was much faster than Scholes.

Qiu Ze rushed up like lightning, overtook Scholes, and passed the ball back. Then he spun around sharply again, headed in front of United's backfield, slashed forward and slid past Scholes.

Anderson, in the Benfica penalty area, did not stop the ball, but directly picked up the ball, and the ball flew over Scholes's head and flew towards Qiu Ze, who was cutting forward.

Qiu Ze did not stop the ball, directly waved his leg and made a long pass, the football flew directly to the front, the front court Nuno 61 Gomez jumped high, the header was ferried, and the Kachulanis on the side volleyed directly at the front of the big penalty area, and the football was slightly off.

Benfica missed a very good chance and Benfica fans regret it. Manchester United's players were a bit more cautious, reversing the ball in midfield and pushing slowly.

Scholes took the ball and saw Qiu Ze pounce on him, so he quickly passed the ball to Carrick in the middle, and as soon as Carrick received the ball, he quickly knocked the ball to the left wing, and the ball quickly crossed the heads of Scholes and Qiu Ze.

At this time, Qiu Ze quickly turned his head, and he realized that Evra had already stepped on the side. Benfica's full-back, Alcides, quickly blocked the inside line and let it go down.

Scholes quickly followed, and of course, Qiu Ze also followed, following Scholes without leaving an inch. Suddenly, however, Patrice Evra turned around and passed the ball to the feet of Carrick, who followed him down the middle. Carrick received the ball without delay and immediately passed the ball to Cristiano 61 Ronaldo, who came from the wing.

After Cristiano 61 Ronaldo received the ball, then Benfica's full-back Leondi appeared in front of Cristiano 61 Ronaldo.

Seeing the opposing defender pounce, Cristiano 61 Ronaldo quickly danced his legs and swiped back and forth on the ball.

If Michael 61 Jackson is the king of dance in the entertainment industry, then Cristiano 61 Ronaldo is the king of dance on the football field, his movements are very dynamic, and the sense of rhythm is very strong, but also extremely fast, agile and elegant.

Cristiano 61 Ronaldo's feet kept running over the ball many times. But his movements are different from those of Denelson and Robinho. His movements are not in one direction, back and forth, the movements are extremely complex and even more dazzling. Benfica's full-back Leon was wide-eyed.

Suddenly, Cristiano 61 Ronaldo quickly flicked the ball to the side, Benfica defender León was startled, and he immediately moved his body to block Cristiano 61 Ronaldo breakthrough.

However, it was at this time that Cristiano 61 Ronaldo suddenly pushed the ball to the left, and then, he moved his body sharply to the left, trying to break through from the left.

Benfica's full-back Leon was shocked and wanted to pull his body back, but it was too late. Cristiano 61 Ronaldo has accelerated, quickly flicked to the middle, cut inside.

The North African fans were stunned, as were the Benfica players, who immediately pounced and prepared to block Cristiano 61 Ronaldo.

Cristiano 61 Ronaldo, who broke through the inside cut, had no intention of continuing to break through, he immediately took the ball forward and then kicked it directly outside the penalty area.

“SHOOT…… Long Shot ......" BBC radio announcer John 61 Mortenson narrated his passion.

Cristiano 61 Ronaldo's right foot slammed into the ball, it was a Cristiano 61 Ronaldo-style burst shot, the ball was like lightning, slashing towards the goal.

In the blink of an eye, the ball was in front of Benfica goalkeeper Quaim and he made a quick save, but the ball was too fast and flew through his fingers so quickly that his heart sank......

The Manchester United fans immediately bounced off their seats like a burning butt, like a huge wave of people, they all raised their hands in the air, one by one with excitement on their faces, and their eyes fixed on the high-flying ball.

"Quiem saves ......," shouted BBC radio announcer John 61 Mortenson.