Ferguson has played against Jowan nearly a dozen times, and all of them have been defeated. In terms of tactics, the old man has tried all kinds of things, but in the end, it is inevitable to lose.

In this game at Camp Nou, Ferguson simply simplified the complex, shrunk the defense at the beginning of the game, looked for opportunities to defend and counterattack, and played the Italian's game.

There is no impenetrable defence in the world, especially when Barcelona have an absolute midfield advantage, and from the very beginning, Manchester United's solid backline, which has been carefully crafted by Ferguson, has been attacked.

However, in front of the home fans, the Barcelona soldiers obviously did not play their super offensive ability, and in the face of Manchester United's strict defense, they fought hard for more than half an hour, but it was still fruitless.

In the 37th minute of the game, Manchester United players finally won possession, Scholes won the ball at the back, he was about to break through the midfield with the ball, Ballack met him from the front, and began to intercept from the front.

Seeing that the distance between Barak and himself was getting closer and closer, Scholes also tensed his nerves. Now it's United's chance to attack and counter-attack, and for Paul Scholes, as long as he breaks through Ballack's defence, then there will be an open field in front of him.

Scholes has dealt with Ballack more than once or twice, and he knows that the Germans are physically strong, strong in confrontation and strong in running, but at this time, he has no choice but to break through Ballack to be able to pass through the midfield.

Scholes, who had focused almost entirely on Ballack, did not notice that a Barca player who barely showed up when defending had rushed behind him. It was the Argentine Messi!

Scholes didn't have long eyes behind him, so he naturally didn't know that Messi was running towards him, while Ballack, who was facing him head-on, saw this qiē in his eyes. He pressed forward quietly, intentionally or unintentionally, starting from the right side, leaving the left side for Scholestone Guò......

Scholes was fooled, and when he saw Ballack coming from the right, he immediately flicked the ball to the left, and then planned to force his way past Ballack, even if he couldn't get past him. At least a free-kick could be earned to allow United to reorganise their attack.

Just as he was smashing the ball to the left, Messi had already run into position. Almost like it was sent to the door, Messi stretched out his foot and hooked the ball that was temporarily out of Scholes's grasp!

After the successful break, Messi did not give Scholes a chance to counter-attack. It's a direct kick. Sent the ball to Ibrahimovic in the middle!

Barcelona's 4-3-3 tactics relied on the center to pull out and provide assists on two wings.

As soon as Ibrahimovic received the ball and turned around, Ronaldo on the left side began to sprint into the penalty area, Messi just broke the ball and didn't have time to come up, and Lahm on the right side was also quite far away, and Ibrahimovic only had Ronaldo a point to find.

Almost subconsciously, United's backline began to shift to the right, except for Carrick lunging towards Ibrahimovic to prevent him from faking a pass to break through. Gary. Neville and Rio Ferdinand are eyeing Cristiano Ronaldo at the same time.

It was at this point that Ibrahimovic reflexively dunked the ball back. Then pass the ball in the opposite direction!

Plugged in from that direction was Pirlo, who had not been defended just now and was collectively ignored by the Manchester United defenders!

Pirlo, who has always been the central and rear arranger of the overall attack, unexpectedly appeared at the front, and after receiving the beautiful ball from Ibrahimovic, he faced Van der Sar directly in the penalty area!

Brown rushed from the side, and at the slightest hesitation, he would immediately cut off all of Pirlo's shots.

However, Pirlo did not hesitate in the slightest, although he did not have many direct shots other than long-range shots and set-pieces, but at this time in the penalty area, Pirlo showed the feeling and footwork of a midfielder in front of goal.

You must know that when Pirlo debuted, he played as a second striker and a striker, and was once hailed as Piero's successor......

After taking a step forward, Pirlo immediately picked up his left foot and slammed the ball into it!

Brown lifted his foot to block Andrea Pirlo's shot, but was too slow and the ball went between his legs and into the far corner!

Van der Sar, who had just moved his foot to block the front post, was blocked by Brown, and when he saw the ball flying between his legs, it was too late for him to react at the same time.

The ball flew past Van der Sar's finger as far as he could, and then almost grazed the inside of the far post and into the back of the net.

"Pirlo takes a step forward and shoots! goooooooooooooooooooal！ Andrea...... Pirlo! ”

"Beautiful shot! Theoretical dead end! Almost just enough space for a ball to fly between Van der Sar's finger and the post, the ball flew into the corner along the route! It was Andrea Pirlo's second goal in the Champions League of the season! ”

Pirlo kissed his left ring finger, then rushed to the sideline with open arms and waved his fist at the stands, which raised their arms and cheered for his wonderful goal!

The Barcelona players swarmed to celebrate the goal, which came only late in the 40th minute of the first half.

For Manchester United, who have been under pressure from Barcelona from the start, this goal is undoubtedly a heavy blow.

Maybe they could have played a little easier in the second half if they had survived the first half, but now the goal puts them on the brink of defeat again.

After taking the lead, Barcelona did not want to mix up the rest of the first half, and after the restart, Barcelona once again launched a ferocious press in front of the field, and quickly snatched the ball from the feet of the unstable Manchester United before launching a more fierce attack.

After pouring back and forth in the front court, Messi passed the ball back to Pirlo, Pirlo raised his foot before Scholes came up to force and stuffed the ball straight to Ibrahimovic, Ibrahimovic fake fax dunk, beautifully dodged Brown and then entered the penalty area, and raised his foot to hit the far corner before Ferdinand came up to block!

Van der Sar pounced sideways and failed to touch the ball again!

The Barcelona fans in the stands were ready to raise their hands and cheer, but to their disappointment, Ibrahimovic's shot did not fly into the net despite a save from Van der Sar, but instead grazed the far post and rolled off the line......

There is only one goal difference from the goal just now, but it is the difference between scoring and not scoring.

Ibrahimovic looked up to the sky and sighed, he felt good when he shot just now, but unfortunately, it was a little bit worse.

Qiao Wanxian on the sidelines shrugged his shoulders and expressed helplessness. He thought it was a must-score, but he didn't expect it to miss, and with Ronaldo and Messi on the field at the same time, it was always difficult for Ibrahimovic to score, which became fate.

Startled again by the attack, Van der Sar jumped from the ground and roared, unable to tolerate himself repeatedly facing the opposing striker.

Ferguson was also furious off the field, and it was okay to concede a goal, if he had conceded two in the first half, he would have played a birdie game in the second half.

Shouted by the manager, Manchester United's players carefully played the rest of the first half, and then neither side created any chances, more in the midfield entanglement, the halftime whistle sounded, Barcelona led Manchester United 1:0 at home in the first half, and it was the only Italian Pirlo in the team who scored.

"Well done, Andrea! Just do it, press more, plug in more, don't worry too much about the defense in the back, their middle is not strong at all. As long as we can suppress their midfield, we will win this game! ”

In the locker room, after praising Pirlo's table, Qiao Wanxian did not make any special arrangements for the tactics of the second half.

Judging from the situation in the first half, the midfield was well suppressed, and the next thing was how to turn the offensive into goals, and Qiao Wan was not worried at all about this his players not being able to do it.

And Ferguson doesn't have any cards in his hand right now, and if he wants to strengthen the attack, the back line will inevitably face even bigger gaps. In fact, deep down, Ferguson has accepted the defeat of this game, but he doesn't want to lose too ugly again. (To be continued......)