Roma scored first and the United players were completely dumbfounded.

They didn't expect that it was Roma who scored first, just now they were all paying attention to Zhang Tiehan, and they didn't pay attention to Cassano plugging in, this was their mistake, but it was estimated that no one else paid attention to Cassano just now, after all, compared to Zhang Tiehan, Cassano is too unnoticeable.

But it was Cassano who scored Manchester United's goal!

Ferguson was also dumbfounded.

The old man no longer had the calm look he had just had, he stood on the sidelines and yelled at the players, expressing his dissatisfaction with the team's performance, while constantly urging the referee to stop Roma from celebrating the goal and urging the game to start as soon as possible.

Zhang Tiehan was forced into a corner just now, but he was reborn in a desperate situation and assisted Cassano to score a goal, and now Manchester United is forced into a corner, they must score two goals in the next game, and they can't let Roma score in order to eliminate Roma and advance to the quarterfinals, which is very difficult.

But to say that Manchester United has no chance, Manchester United have the advantage, and it is possible to score two goals in the next step, provided that they play well, especially if the goal player is good.

For example, Ruud van Nistelrooy, such as Wayne Rooney, their table xiàn will definitely affect the outcome of both teams.

While Roma celebrated the goal, the Italian commentator said, "This goal was scored by Cassano, but Zhang's role is obvious, he has attracted almost all the United defence, and Cassano has to face only a goalkeeper when he gets the ball." We still have to remember Zhang, if Manchester United had Zhang, the game would have been out of suspense for a long time. ”

This is to use Zhang Tiehan to compare Manchester United's forwards.

But no one contradicted him, and it was also true, Zhang Tiehan's table in the game was much better than Van Nistelrooy and Rooney, he alone attracted all Manchester United defenses, and then passed good balls, such a table. In terms of Cassano's goals, he will definitely be the best player after the game.

The game soon restarted.

Manchester United are 1-0 down, the only thing they can do is to attack, they have been pushed into a corner, only scoring goals can save themselves, in this mentality. Manchester United laid siege to the Roma half, with a number of players, including Silvestre, intervening to help the team score.

But their mentality is a little impatient.

This impatient mentality led to frequent mistakes, and the attack often ended with a long-range shot that was not threatening, and Roma had two good counter-attacks after a few times, one of which Zhang Tiehan shook off Ferdinand and almost scored a goal, and the situation developed in Roma's favor for a while.

Seeing this, Ferguson hurriedly stood on the field to stabilize the player's mentality.

If Roma scores another goal. Manchester United is really powerless, even if it is only the first half, but it is almost impossible to score three goals in the second half, miracles are not so easy to happen, there has never been a game in European history where three goals have to be scored in the half to win, if it happens, it is absolutely unprecedented, at least now Ferguson is not confident to do it. In particular, it is also the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

It wasn't easy for them to score a goal in the half, let alone three.

Wait for Manchester United to stabilize the rhythm. When looking for an attack again, the situation on the field returned to the way it started, Manchester United did not rush forward and looked for opportunities, while Roma defended steadily and contracted, not giving the opponent any chances, and at the same time Roma would play counter-attacks.

In the front court. Manchester United's defense against Zhang Tiehan is not slackened at all.

But the difference now is that Manchester United will also pay attention to the insertion of other Roma players, Cassano's goal just now has taught them a lesson, they do a good job of defending against Zhang Tiehan, and they must also pay attention to defending the rest of Roma. After all, Roma is also a quasi-giant, such as Cassano, Totti and others, even if they get Manchester United, they are outstanding, and their midfielder De Rossi is a young talent that Manchester United wants.

It was only then that United really took Roma in mind.

However, the game between the two teams also entered a stalemate, with Roma not letting up their defence, and Manchester United had little way to break through Roma's dense defence.

Ferguson and Drinel's appearance off the pitch may be more attractive than the game itself, with Ferguson standing next to the fourth official, constantly complaining about the 'utilitarian' nature of Roma football, "why don't they block the goal with eleven men so that the opponent doesn't want to score", he said.

Fourth, officials can only roll their eyes at this.

Drinel stood on the field, constantly shouting to remind the team's defense, "Retreat a little, retreat a little, don't give them space", he kept shouting, emphasizing the defense, not caring at all to play more passively, for Roma, as long as they don't let Manchester United score, it will be successful.

Little by little, time passed.

Soon it was half-time break, the score was still 1-0, Roma led Manchester United, and the current score also proved that Drinel's approach was successful, Roma successfully held on to the first half, and led Manchester United with Zhang Tiehan's goal, there is no better situation.

For Manchester United, Ferguson's face was dark and terrifying.

When the first half was over, he left and turned and walked to the dressing room, behind him, the Manchester United players did not look very good, they did not expect to be scored by Roma first, this situation is almost the worst conceivable outcome, many of them are at a loss, they don't know how to play the game, they don't want to go back to the dressing room to face Ferguson's yelling, but they also have to know from the coach the tactical play of the second half, so that they have a chance to win.

……

Away team locker room.

Seeing the players walking into the dressing room one by one, Ferguson was not as angry as he thought, in fact, the old man also knew that there was no benefit in doing so, he did not say anything about the first half, only directly emphasized the second half of the game.

"We have to do our best to score!"

He affirmed, "You have to do your best!" Otherwise we wouldn't have had any chances, and I think now you all know very well what we're up against. We have to score two goals to knock them out, but is it a lot? ”

"Not much!"

'Roma's defence has always been a problem, they don't do well defensively, you know that better than me, they just use crowds to limit our attacking space, we need to play more penetrating, if we don't have a chance, we look for opportunities to shoot from distance.

"In short, we must find a way to score as many goals as possible!"

Ferguson kept emphasizing.

Manchester United players also understood, their faces were slightly better, although the score was behind, but they felt that the manager was right, Roma's defense is really not good, some of their players are very poor in defense, such as their front, even if they are backfield players, their personal ability is not very good, they have experienced, such as C-Ronaldo, in the first half he used his skills to pass many Roma players, he was very active on the wing, and only met a lot of people in the middle to defend and had no chance.

Breaking down dense defenses, Manchester United is still quite experienced.

They believe that as long as they play well and score two goals, it is not an impossible task, even on the road, and they are much better than Roma overall.

……

On the other hand, in the home team's dressing room, the Roma players were also talking about the game.

Compared with the solemnity of Manchester United's atmosphere, the Roma players had a relaxed face, and when the game reached half-time, they actually took the lead, which the whole team did not expect.

In the dressing room, Cassano was still boasting about his goal.

"I fooled that guy...... He seems to be called Carol, yes, Carol, haha, he thought I was going to shoot, but I was already thinking about shaking him. ”

Others listened to Cassano's words, and most rolled their eyes.

Just score a goal...... As for this? However, they are still a little jealous, after all, such an important game in the Champions League knockout round, scoring the ball in front of 100,000 Roma fans, so calmly, such a show is indeed worth showing off.

Of course, they won't let Cassano continue to be 'arrogant'.

"That's not Zhang's credit, you wouldn't have a chance without Zhang!" Totti rarely opened his mouth to dismantle the table, Cassano's face immediately collapsed, and he said, "Of course, of course, there is Zhang to credit, but the ball was scored by me, Zhang is an assist, an assist." ”

Totti turned to Zhang Tiehan and said, "Zhang, look at his appearance, he should pass the ball to me next time he has a chance, and I can score that kind of ball." ”

"yes, and me!" Mancini also hurriedly said.

Cassano immediately became a little anxious, he knew the importance of Zhang Tiehan in scoring goals, that was the opportunity that Zhang Tiehan asked him to plug in, and Zhang Tiehan's passing was also quite important, and he himself attracted all the attention, he could only have the opportunity, but to show himself he had to weaken Zhang Tiehan...... When it comes to the next chance to score, it doesn't matter how much you show yourself.

"No, Zhang, don't listen to them, your credit is the greatest, the greatest! I just kicked the ball and that's it. Cassano gave a thumbs up.

Everyone else laughed.

After Drinel walked into the dressing room, everyone stopped joking, waiting for the manager to lay out the tactics for the second half, Drinel first praised the players' performance in the first half, and then emphasized 'don't be careless', "Manchester United is very strong, there was no goal in the first half, there was some luck in that, you should all know this, we can't be careless, until the moment the game ends, it's time for us to cheer." ”

"The tactics remained the same in the second half, the important thing is that we have to keep the goal!" he said. ”

The tactics remain the same, it is still defense, this is the most stable way, the defense wins is not to say, Rome can get the current score advantage, the most important thing is to defend.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

After a break in the dressing room, it was almost time for the Roma players to walk out of the dressing room one by one and return to the pitch for the second half of the game, and when they came on, the United players also came to the pitch, and the two teams stood opposite each other and looked at each other like soldiers preparing to rush before the battle.

They all know that in the forty-five minutes of the second half, either you die or I die! (To be continued......)