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After Bresciano had crossed the halfway line with the ball and continued to push forward for almost 20 metres, United's starting left-back Erwin arrived to defend the game, the 34-year-old Ireland international, whose age and weight made it impossible for him to be as fast and sharp as he was at his peak, but he could still rely on his experience to defend against the players in front of him.

In the face of this aging left-back, Bresciano, who has seen the world very well in Fiorentina, does not have the slightest careless idea, because there are not many veterans like Erwin in Serie A, these people usually look inconspicuous, but when they stand on the pitch, they are reassuring teammates and managers, and Inter Milan's Bergomi is one of the good examples.

So, in order to be able to make this counterattack go smoothly, Bresciano did not take the risk of choosing to force a breakthrough through Erwin's defense, but decisively passed the ball back to Okocha in the middle.

Seeing that the Nigerian did not stop moving forward, Roy Keane, who was the last iron gate in front of Manchester United's backline, naturally could not let Okocha dribble the ball in this area so easily, and the Manchester United captain pressed Okocha for the first time, ready to let the opponent taste his iron-blooded defense that has terrified countless attacking players!

However, to Keane's surprise, Okocha did not go toe-to-toe with himself as he had imagined, but after making a breakthrough feint, he quickly passed the ball to his left front, where his midfield partner Ballack had already set up the turret and was waiting for him to deliver the cannonballs!

To illustrate here, due to Zhuang Mingge's intervention, Stam did not join Manchester United as he has historically, so Ferguson spent £7 million to bring in German international Warnes from Bayer Leverkusen to replace the departing Gary Parlist.

Although Warnes's strength is also very good, the German defender is obviously not as good as Stam in grasping the timing, and when Ballack receives a pass from Okocha, there is no Manchester United player around him who can come up and interfere!

In the face of such a good opportunity, Ballack of course could not let it go lightly, the German midfielder immediately pulled out his foot and shot angrily, the ball whistled past the ten fingers of Australian international Mark Bosnic, and pierced through the Manchester United goal!

1 to 0! Vicenza surprisingly scored first in this UEFA Super Cup final!

"Why, Joseph, do you like the midfielder wearing the number 13 shirt in Vicenza?" Looking at Heynckes, who was staring at Ballack who had just scored a goal, Zhuang Mingge asked jokingly.

"That's right, Antonio, this player named Ballack looks really good." Looking at the German midfielder who was roaring on the sidelines to celebrate the goal, Heynckes rubbed his chin and said, obviously taking a fancy to his German countryman, "Running aggressively, with a huge range of movement on the field, with an excellent sense of attacking from behind and an excellent long-range shot, and the header also has the style of Effenberg when he first debuted." Although there are still many flaws in the organization, timing and temperament, he is indeed the well-deserved leader of the current Vicenza team. ”

"That's true, but now that we have Stefan and Fernando, and the younger generation and Andrea in charge, Ballack probably won't want to waste time in Florence." As he spoke, Zhuang Mingge specially amplified his voice so that Francesca, who was sitting not far away, could hear, "In time, this kid Barak will become a great weapon, but it's a pity that we don't have any extra space for him now, it's a pity." ”

However, Francesca did not notice the deep meaning of Zhuang Mingge's words, and at this time she was focusing on Bresciano and Okocha, who were calmly passing the ball under the siege of Ryan Giggs and Erwin and other Manchester United players, and it was obvious that she was using the crooked brains of these two.

It is no wonder that although Parma made a lot of money by selling people, he has never been very shrewd in terms of recruitment, and even did the stupid thing of spending 12 million to buy the not yet famous Gilardino...... It turns out that the problem is all with the management, and you deserve to be later! Seeing that Francesca was indifferent to his prompts, Zhuang Mingge scolded viciously in his heart.

Not to mention Zhuang Mingge, who is slandering Parma and Francesca's heads in his heart, let's turn the conversation back to the game.

Although both games were also a one-goal deficit, the United players were given two very different feelings.

When playing against Bayern Munich, under the indoctrination and foreshadowing of Ferguson, even if the score is behind, they can still stay calm after being psychologically prepared before the game, and finally seize the opponent's carelessness and mistakes to successfully turn the tables!

The situation is completely different now, facing Vicenza, who is more than a step inferior to them in fame and strength, and they will be given the lead by such an opponent as the treble winners, such a result will be somewhat difficult for Manchester United players to accept, and it will also make their mood more impatient.

It's no wonder that the treble-winning achievement has put a lot of people in the current Manchester United team to stop moving forward, while also ignoring many of the problems in the team, if it weren't for Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's godlike performances in stoppage time, and Mateus's self-destructive early exit in the final stages of the game, United would not have had a chance to lift the Big Ears Cup!

The players were complacent after winning the treble, the likes of Keane and David Beckham were starting to complain about the low salaries, the United dressing room was no longer monolithic, and the decorated goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel left the club this summer...... Therefore, Manchester United's combat effectiveness has actually declined to a certain extent, but Ferguson did not expect that his group of disciples would not even be able to handle a team of Vicenza's level!

This is the team that finished sixth in Serie A last season, and if Manchester United can't even win it easily, where will the face of Manchester United and English football go?

While Ferguson will be hoping his players can regain the spirit of last season and stage a comeback to knock their opponents to the tablet, it is clear that it is not the inherent skill of United and Ferguson to turn the tables around, and Lady Luck will not favor the same team again and again.

Instead, Vicenza seized on the impatience of the United players to equalise and launched several quick counter-attacks in the following period, with Di Natale and substitute Diego Milito scoring on the counter-attack to further extend their lead!

Eventually, when the game was over, the United fans in the stands at the Stade Louis II fell silent – they had no idea that the Treble-winning team last season would overturn in the gutter with such a huge gap between strength and weakness, losing the game by a humiliating score of 0-3 and losing the trophy that should have been within reach!