Chapter 728: Manchester United narrowly wins

Mourinho doesn't care about winning or losing the war of words, as long as the opponent speaks, he wins, Mourinho's purpose is to provoke the opponent, make the opponent lose his cool, and affect the opponent's swing on the field, Benitez and Chen Yu's response is in the arms of Mourinho, he continues to harass Chen Yu and Liverpool's players, but he banned Chelsea players from participating in the war of words, and took all the blame on himself.

Benitez knew that this was Mourinho's trick, but he didn't want to weaken his own morale before the game, so he could only fight this war of words head-on.

Star scandals and war of words are the best way to attract the attention of fans during the break, which is why Mourinho and his favorite stars are so popular, but as soon as AC Milan arrived in England, the war of words stopped, and the British media's attention immediately shifted to the big battle between Milan and Manchester United.

Due to the emergence of the phone-door scandal, Serie A has shown a significant decline this season, there are only two Serie A teams in the quarterfinals, only one in the semi-finals, the glory of the small World Cup is now gone, many people are optimistic about the British grabbing power this season, and occupying three seats in the top four also proves that the possibility of the United Kingdom replacing Serie A is very high.

But when it comes to the game between Manchester United and Milan, the British media is not optimistic, as the most successful team in Serie A in the Champions League, Milan is a dominant table in the European competition, they have reached the final ten times, six Champions League titles, except for Real Madrid, no one can compare, and Manchester United is dominant in the UK, but only won the Champions League twice, Manchester United and Milan met in the Champions Cup 8 finals two years ago, Milan beat Manchester United in both legs.

This time Milan's strength and state have declined because of the phonegate incident, but they can still reach the Champions League semi-finals, support the sky of Serie A, resilience and mentality are good, rich experience, even Barcelona, which is now known as the world's first, can not compare with them, Manchester United is now full of injuries, before the game against Myburgh, Ferdinand and O'Shea have returned, Manchester United's tightest back line injuries are alleviating, as a result, just after the game, Ferdinand fell again, Manchester United can only use a broken defence to deal with the old Milan, where can the English media dare to be optimistic.

For Manchester United, Milan's toughest players are Kaka, Andrea Pirlo, Inzaghi and Seedorf, Clarence. Seedorf is the only player to win the Champions Cup at three different clubs, his experience will be one of Milan's greatest assets, Pirlo's free kick can not be said to be a hundred, but it can definitely be called a hundred steps through Yang, he will make Manchester United's defense shrink, and Kaka's breakthrough ability is definitely the world's top three, Manchester United fouls, worried about Pirlo's free kicks, if not fouled, I am afraid that Kaka will burst in directly to shoot, it can be said that it is a dilemma.

In addition to the above three people, Inzaghi, who is always in the middle of offside and non-offside, does not know what to do, and will indeed make Manchester United's already shaky defense even more precarious.

However, United were not the slightest bit of a fear before the big game, and Ferguson was clear about it, encouraging his players before the home game against Milan: "Milan have a lot of good players and a lot of European experience. But I think we're a much better team now than we were when we lost to them in the last Champions League. Two years ago, Milan beat us over both legs, but we didn't have a chance to score, the key question is whether we can take it. Our players have played their part this season. C. Ronaldo scored 1 goal, Wayne Rooney scored, Saa 13 and Sosqueer 11...... We've had 19 players score. I believe United will not repeat the lackluster situation they had last time they met Milan, with Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo coming of age. You can tell from the victory over PSV Eindhoven that the children have grown up. ”

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson believes the clash between the two teams is likely to be decided by a duel between two men, both of whom are currently among the best players in the world: Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka.

Ferguson compared: "If you look at the current form, I would say that Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka are two of the best players in the world right now. Ronaldo has played too well for us this season, he has amazing skills, Kaka is a great talent, and often there are other great players in both teams, but Ronaldo and Kaka stand out. ”

Milan rely on Kaka, Pirlo, Inzaghi and Seedorf, and Manchester United can only rely on Van der Sar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney, if they can't play well, Manchester United may not be able to win Milan at home.

Wayne Rooney was well aware of his responsibilities and said before the game: "The game against Milan is important and it will be difficult for sure, but I believe we will win and in many games I realised that I should be more calm and not be able to turn every chance into a goal. We've been young for the last two seasons and we've always wanted to score every time we attacked. I think we've grown up in a lot of big games. You can't avoid complacency in the game, but we know our roles and responsibilities, we know how to do it right, and we know that we're far from really good, and now that we have three teams in the last four of the Champions League, it's our best chance to win the title and it would be a shame if we didn't take it. ”

As Manchester United's most important star now, Ronaldo is full of confidence in victory, he believes that Manchester United is one of the best in history, and they even hope to repeat the dream of the treble in '99, he hopes that the team can take advantage of the opportunity at home, Ronaldo believes that as long as Manchester United do not give Milan away goals, they can eliminate Milan and reach the final.

Regarding the battle between him and Kaka, Ronaldo said that this game is a battle between Manchester United and Milan, and he and Kaka are just one member of the team, but Ronaldo believes that he can help the team beat Milan.

Milan are playing away from home, but their players don't think they can't win at Old Trafford.

Milan defender Nesta said: "I faced Manchester United two years ago and they are stronger now. But we could have frozen Cristiano Ronaldo through the Guò defensive organization. I've watched a lot of games for Manchester United and they have as many chances as they have scored, but you won't see that on Tuesday because we have a lot of hope of winning. ”

When Milan's No. 1 star Kaka arrived in Manchester for an interview, he first gave a symbolic compliment to Manchester United, and then said, "Manchester United is a great team, but Milan is not afraid of any strong team in the world." I also hope to compete with Cristiano Ronaldo. We have a fantastic record against Manchester United in the Champions Cup, knocking out the Reds three times, two of them without conceding a goal, and this time I hope to continue that record. ”

The players and coaches on both sides are full of confidence in their own victory, and the media also believes that this game, Manchester United and Milan are five or five wins, although Manchester United has a home advantage, but they have too many injuries, the back line is unstable, Milan personnel are very neat, but the labor expedition, and not familiar with the away game, it is also very difficult to win, for Milan, to get a goal of the draw is a good result. For Manchester United, winning without conceding a goal is all that matters.

In this game, Ferguson's 11-man lineup looks like 43 Rooney, Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs form a trident, but it is actually a very conservative 451 or 43I Scholes, Carrick, Fletchel three backs, Ronaldo and Giggs are also biased to the middle, and there is not much pulling on the side.

The reason why Manchester United are so conservative is not only because of the instability of the backline, but also because they think not about scoring goals first, but not conceding goals.

Milan lined up with a 4411 formation, No. 1 Dida 4 Odor, 13 Nesta, Maldini, 18 Jankulovski, 1 Pirlo, Ambrosini, 1o Seedorfkaka 11 Gilardino.

Milan only has a defensive midfielder Gattuso, and the forward line is Gilardino instead of Inzaghi, which is a bit surprising, but considering that Inzaghi's physical fitness is not good enough, Ancelotti's strong Gilardino is probably intended to let Gilardino consume the opponent, and then use Inzaghi to complete the chance to kill in the second half.

Although Manchester United's formation is a bit conservative, but their luck is very good, in the opening 5 minutes, Manchester United took the lead with a threatening attack, Fletcher broke the ball in the middle of the field and picked up a pass, Rooney hit a right-footed volley on the leg of Nesta from 14 meters in front of the goal and was high above the crossbar, captain Ryan Giggs took a corner kick on the right side, Ronaldo headed the ball on Dida's left shoulder from 5 meters in front of the goal, Heinze fought with Gilardino on the goal line, Dida turned around to catch the ball but held the ball into his own door with his fingertips, Manchester United took the lead with an unexpected plan

Originally, Manchester United was planning to get a clean sheet, and when they didn't score, they wanted to attack, but now they have become more conservative after scoring an unexpected goal. As soon as AC Milan got the ball, Manchester United were very far behind, preferring not to have possession rather than allow the opponent to play a smooth attack. The price United paid for this was at the expense of their own attack.

Since then, Milan has strengthened its attack, almost pressing Manchester United in the attack, and although Manchester United is conservative, it is also a giant, Ronaldo and Carrick have the opportunity to counterattack, but because Manchester United does not invest enough troops, there are only Rooney and Ronaldo when counterattacking, so that they do not turn the opportunity into a goal.

Milan's old and spicy team is very accurate in their judgment of the shape of the game and the mentality of the opponent, and they see that Manchester United are not very afraid to put in the attack, they are playing more and more boldly in attack, and creating more and more chances.

Before the game, the media and fans were hyping that this game was a dispute between Ronaldo and Kaka, looking at Ronaldo's goal, Kaka's goal ** also became extremely strong, constantly reaching out for the ball, hoping to overwhelm Ronaldo.

In the first minute of the game, Fletcher was judged to have fouled Ambrosini in the middle circle, Gattuso took a free kick to the left side, Milan's old demon knife Seedorf received the ball without stopping the ball and passed directly, Kaka quickly started to shake off the two defenders and O'Shea's bag and burst into the left side of the penalty area, and shot low into the far corner from 7 meters away from the goal before Heinze returned to the tackle, and the score was tied at 1. It was also his eighth goal in the Champions League, second only to Chen Yu, who scored 1o goals.

Although the score is still a draw, the meaning is completely different from when it was OO, now Milan have the advantage of away goals, if such a score ends the game, back at home, they only need an OO to escape Manchester United, and for the Serie A team that started with defense, keeping an OO is not too difficult to complete.

Manchester United also recognized this, they are absolutely unacceptable to home 1, oo or okay, so then Manchester United played proactively, Evra, Ronaldo, Rooney, Giggs all had the opportunity to shoot, and once Milan was almost out of breath.

But Milan is Milan, Italian teams are Italian teams, and they do a lot better than Manchester United when they defend passively.

In the 38th minute, Dida took a free kick and sent it to the front, Kaka grabbed a header in front of Fletcher on the left rib, and then volleyed past Heinze with the outside of his right foot, Evra made up the defense but collided with Heinze and fell to the ground, the ball leaked between the two, Kaka scored with his right foot in the lower right corner 1o meters in front of the goal, AC Milan scored a brace for Kaka to score his ninth goal in the Champions League.

Manchester United's unbeaten home record since losing to Arsenal last September is in jeopardy. The dream of reaching the Champions League final is also threatened, at this time, Manchester United finally woke up from a dream, under the roar of Ferguson, Manchester United changed from 431 to a more offensive 44 or 441 The key is in the midfield, Scholes position premise, more forward attack, and secondly, the overall premise of Manchester United's backline, the attack is pressed very high, not allowing Kaka and other receivers to turn around, and at the same time fighting for possession in the midfield, frequent tackles, not allowing Milan players to pass the ball up, disrupting their rhythm of ball control.

At this time, Milan, who unexpectedly led away from home, began to be conservative again, they thought that even if Manchester United pulled a goal back, the game would be a completely acceptable result, and they would still be able to eliminate the opponent if they returned to home, and they did not need to risk attacking the opponent, as long as they played defensive counterattacks.

This conservative style of play, the psychology of wanting to win and being afraid of losing, makes a team like Milan take the initiative to give up possession, which also directly makes Manchester United's players play with confidence and morale

Manchester United's most fearful impact team is to be worn to death by the opponent, the favorite is to play wide open, once they have confidence and morale, all kinds of beautiful attacks are back, Manchester United morale is like a rainbow, bombarding Milan indiscriminately, there are seven or eight minutes left in the first half of the game, but Manchester United has let Milan fans spend minutes like years, all in the torment of the first half.

At the start of the second half, a desperate Manchester United affirmed the attacking tactics in the final moments of the first half and continued to lay siege to Milan.

Milan played passively at the end of the first half, but did not concede a goal, and still led Manchester United by 1, which also made Ancelotti determined to defend and counterattack, rather than compete with Manchester United for the initiative.

At the same time, the Red Devils have not only changed their formation, but also their mentality. The players are getting better and better, and they even beat the Serie A giants Milan like a relegation team.

Serie A teams are used to getting a win when their opponents are bombarded with dozens of kicks, so neither Carlo Ancelotti, Milan players nor Milan fans panicked, thinking they could hold on until the end of the second half.

At this time, if you want to score goals, you have to look at the star, and the other is to look at luck, in the first half Manchester United was Cristiano Ronaldo, who opened the record for Manchester United, and now it is Rooney who has contributed to Manchester United.

In the 59th minute, Milan's only defensive defender Gattuso left the field with an injury, Manchester United was no longer barrier-free in attack, a minute later, they played a fast pass at the edge of Milan's penalty area, Scholes rubbed the ball over the top with the outside of his right foot, Rooney successfully countered offside, and shot with his right foot 8 meters in front of the goal, Milan goalkeeper Dida saved, the ball slowly rolled into the lower left corner, and Manchester United equalized

Then Manchester United completely dominated the attack, surrounding Milan in the half, attacking and defending at half-time, beating Milan to the point where they could only parry, and had no power to fight back. Defensively, Heinze and Brown were very poor in defending Kaka in the first half, and were scored two goals by Kaka, and the two of them shrank together with O'Shea in the second half, waiting for the other party to come in a desperate bayonet posture, as a result, Milan Pirlo and Seedorf took the ball, Gilardino retreated, opened the gap, attracted defensive strength, and then fed the ball to the real shock man Kaka, so that the Manchester United defense was in chaos, and the result was a continuous loss of goals, and now, Manchester United's two central defenders went directly to the midfield, not allowing Kaka to start, Finally restrained the most threatening Kaka, and also reassured Manchester United's players to blow the horn of counterattack.

In the first minute of the game, Giggs broke the ball on the right side of the backfield and counterattacked, and his left foot cleverly passed through Rooney who was diagonally inserted into the outside line, and Rooney volleyed directly into the near corner with his right foot 17 meters away from the goal, and goalkeeper Dida had nothing to do about it.

Manchester United reversed the score.

Then Milan deployed troops, replacing Gilardino with Inzaghi and Maldini with Gourcuff to strengthen the attack, but in the end, due to the short time and Manchester United's momentum, Milan was not able to score again, and finally lost 3 away games.

In the two-legged match, the away three is definitely not a bad result, the narrow win Manchester United was not too excited, and the defeat Milan was not too frustrated, for them, the knockout game is only halfway through, and the winner needs to be revealed at the San Siro Stadium.

Manchester United and Milan must be in the audience of Liverpool and Chelsea, as possible opponents in the final, they all want to be able to observe the opponent's table on the spot, the process and result of the game will definitely make Chelsea and Liverpool satisfied, with Liverpool and Chelsea's offensive and defensive capabilities, the final whether it is Milan or Manchester United has a big chance of winning, but for them, the top priority is to solve the semi-final opponent first.

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