green shooter

Chapter 180 Goal at Old Trafford

After losing the ball, Mourinho's face was very ugly. What he was most worried about happened, and now the game entered a situation that was out of his control.

On the one hand, Inter Milan wants to attack after conceding a goal, otherwise the game will be dragged into overtime, on the other hand, it is worried that the defense will not be able to withstand the opponent's offensive pressure and then concede the ball.

This is Manchester United's home court. Everyone knows in their hearts that defense cannot be defended. It is better to attack. As long as they can seize the opportunity to score another goal, Manchester United will suffer. The home team must score two more goals.

Knowing this well, Mourinho walked to the sidelines and shouted loudly at the players on the field, "Attack! Attack me!"

In this way, the problem of inconsistency among the players on the field is well solved. When everyone hears the head coach's call, then they can work hard together to attack with peace of mind.

As for whether it will succeed or not, it is up to fate.Inter Milan changed their previous shrinking defense and had no choice but to start thinking of ways to organize the offense.

In the 11th minute, Vieira made a steal from the backcourt and handed the ball to Stankovic. The Serbian sent a diagonal pass and passed the ball to the left. Zhu Hantao ran to the position and received the pass from his teammate.

Zhu Hantao took the ball and was violated by Manchester United defender O'Shea just as he was about to dribble inside. This was a foul from behind. Of course, the referee would not ignore it and awarded Inter Milan a free kick.

Then Zhu Hantao personally took the free kick on the left side, which was extremely far from the goal, and directly kicked the ball to the front of the goal.

The Manchester United goalkeeper took the ball with a big kick, the home team got the ball on the right, Ronaldo dribbled the ball through, the Portuguese unreasonably overtook the young player Thornton, came to the edge of the Inter Milan penalty area, and then sent the ball into the penalty area with his right foot.

Berbatov took the ball in the penalty area, and Samuel, who had rich experience, got stuck and forced Brother Xiaosa out of the sideline.

Inter Milan made a mistake when passing in the midfield. The Manchester United midfielder intercepted the ball. Scholes sent a long pass over the top and hit the back of the Inter Milan central defender. Rooney looks fat, but he is actually strong. His speed is not slow at all. He runs like a small tank.

Leaning on Samuel, Rooney didn't lose the slightest bit of physical confrontation, stopped the ball lightly, and prepared to break into the penalty area. Fortunately, Cordoba quickly chased the ball out of the baseline.

Giggs took a corner kick into the Inter Milan penalty area, but was cleared by the Nerazzurri defender Samuel with a header and pushed out of the penalty area.

At Old Trafford tonight, more than 7 fanatical fans were on the scene, and they spared no effort to cheer for Manchester United. The outstanding results in recent years have given the Red Devils diehards enough confidence that they will be able to win tonight's game and advance to the next round of the Champions League.

Including Manchester United players, even though they lost to Inter Milan away in the first leg, they never felt that their opponents would be an obstacle to their Champions League journey.

I don't remember which round Inter Milan stopped in this season. Was it just eliminated by Manchester United?Zhu Hantao thought in his heart, can I help the team change history?
Shake your head and shake off distracting thoughts, you shouldn't think about these things, distract yourself, and put all your energy on the game in front of you.

Ibrahimovic, who was out of shape in the opening stage, improved slightly. The Swede received a long pass from Cambiasso, squeezed away Vidic's header and controlled the ball a little bit.

However, under the pressure of Manchester United's central defender behind him, he had to divide the ball to the left. Zhu Hantao once again had a one-on-one with Manchester United's right back O'Shea.

Stepping on a bicycle and passing the Irishman, Zhu Hantao passed the ball with his right foot and knocked the ball across the middle. Stankovic got the ball from the arc of the penalty area.

However, Zhu Hantao was knocked down by O'Shea after passing the ball. The referee Wolfgang Stark blew the whistle to stop the game and awarded Inter Milan a free kick.

This made Inter Milan very dissatisfied. Mourinho yelled at the field from the sidelines. If the offense is considered to be beneficial, they can wait for their offense to finish. Obviously the ball is still under the control of the Nerazzurri. The referee actually blew a free kick.

The Inter Milan players put pressure on the referee. Of course, it is impossible to change the judgment in this situation. I just hope that the referee can pay more attention to it in the following games.

"I don't know what was the reason for Stark's penalty just now. He stopped the game when the offensive side was favorable. The coaches and players of the visiting team seemed a little dissatisfied.

Next, let's look at the free kick. This free kick was still taken by Zhu Hantao. Van der Sar had suffered from Zhu Hantao's loss in the first round. He was now carefully directing his teammates to line up the wall. "

Standing at the free kick position, Zhu Hantao breathed a sigh of relief. The noisy voice of the Dream Theater disappeared from his ears. He was not disturbed by the outside world, and he was fully prepared to kick this free kick. This was also Inter Milan's best chance since the first ten minutes of the first half.

Underfoot is a black five-pointed star and a white hexagonal Champions League ball. A row of players in red jerseys form a wall in front of them. Behind them is Zhu Hantao's goal, Manchester United's goal.

In his eyes, the small goal turned into a huge cave. At this moment, Zhu Hantao moved. The home team fans were very familiar with the movement. Starting from the run-up, kicking the goal, they saw the shadow of another person on Zhu Hantao.

The former No. [-] of Manchester United, the darling of the Red Devils, the heartthrob of England, with blond hair and handsome faces, they seem to have traveled through time and space, and returned to the time when Beckham was still playing for Manchester United.

Under the gaze of more than 7 people in the audience and countless fans watching the game in front of the TV, the ball roared out from Zhu Hantao's feet, drew a beautiful arc, bypassed the Manchester United team's crowd, and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

The Dutchman didn't give up. He jumped on the goal first, stretched his body with all his strength, and stretched out his left hand to reach the ball.

I don't know if Van der Sar touched the ball. The sound of "bang!" was clearly visible, and the football hit the goal frame and popped out of the baseline.

"Oh, I was unlucky, just a little bit. Zhu Hantao scored another free kick. The ball hit the crossbar of the goal and went out of the baseline. Manchester United's goal kick."

After Zhu Hantao kicked the ball out, he felt that it was there, but he didn't expect the ball to miss. He stood there in doubt, it shouldn't be, the arc was out of the way, how could it hit the crossbar?Is the arc not enough?

Mourinho stood up excitedly from his seat, ready to passionately celebrate Zhu Hantao's goal, but when he saw the ball bounced off the baseline, he sadly sat back with his head in his arms.

At this time, the live broadcast signal began to repeatedly replay Zhu Hantao's free kick from multiple cameras and multiple angles.

"Ah, from this angle, it seems that the tip of Van der Sar's left finger touched the ball and slightly changed the direction of the ball. If it weren't for this goal, the goalkeeper of the Manchester United team is not easy.

The ball should be a corner kick from Inter Milan, and the referee Stark's penalty is problematic. "

Why say it again?
The game was too intense, and after playing for a long time, it turned out that in the 16th minute of the first half, Manchester United had the ball.

At this time, Ronaldo and the Real Madrid shooter played very differently. In the eyes of impression fans, Ronaldo was a fancy dribbler during Manchester United.

After Ruud van Nistelrooy's departure, the Portuguese has begun to transform from a wide player, appearing more in the center where he can score and end the game.

Cristiano Ronaldo's scoring data has begun to increase significantly since last season. He scored 42 goals in all competitions and gained eight assists. At the same time, he won the Premier League Golden Boot again with 31 league goals and an absolute advantage of seven goals ahead of No.2 Torres.

This figure also set a record for the number of goals scored by the top scorer in the Premier League for a decade. The previous record was 2000 goals scored by Phillips and Henry in 2004 and 30 respectively.

Excellent in passing and shooting, able to organize and surpass others without fear of confrontation and scoring. Whether on the wing or in the middle, Ronaldo can run like lightning, relying on his own technology and speed to continuously pass the opponent's defensive players, and finally complete the pass or hit the goal.

It is also such a Ronaldo who can always gain the trust of Ferguson and was able to go to Real Madrid with a record-breaking transfer fee at the time.

But if such a player is on the opposite side, if it is an opponent, it will be very disappointing.

Cristiano Ronaldo leveled all the way on the right, passed two Inter Milan defenders and then passed a low ball to the middle. Scholes passed the ball with his back and heels. Berbatov shot a ground cut from 17 meters in front of the goal. There is no power, and Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar confiscated the ball.

"C Ronaldo's dribble was wonderful, but his teammates failed to seize the opportunity. The ball did not pose any threat to Cesar."

Maicon dribbled the ball in from the right and was intercepted by Evra. The Frenchman passed the ball to Carrick, and Carrick distributed the ball to the right.

It was Ronaldinho who received a pass from his teammate on the right side again, dribbled the ball to the right side of the penalty area and kicked a pass to the back point, but there were no Manchester United players in Inter Milan's penalty area to respond.

"C Ronaldo used his speed advantage in the counterattack, but his teammates failed to keep up, and the home team missed another very good opportunity."

Vieira passed to Ibrahimovic with a big foot in the backcourt, and Ibrahimovic stopped the ball in the chest to control the rhythm.Some time ago, the rhythm of the game was under the control of Manchester United, which made it very difficult for the Nerazzurri to play.

Ibrahimovic split the ball, Cambiasso went to the right to control the ball, and then Commander Can sent a diagonal pass, the ball was passed into the penalty area to find Ibrahimovic, but this time Da Fengxian stopped the ball with a big chest, and the ball was cleared by Manchester United defender Ferdinand.

Scholes held the ball in the backcourt and saw Giggs reaching out to ask for it in the frontcourt. There was a tacit understanding between the old teammates. Jiang's first long-distance long pass was accurately delivered to Giggs in front of him.

Then Giggs moved the ball from the left side of the penalty area to the right side, and Ronaldo, who stepped in to attack, volleyed with his left foot 13 meters in front of the goal and shot high, flying over the crossbar and into the stands.

In the 19th minute, it was still Manchester United's offense, without too many useless kicks, and it was the connection between Scholes and Giggs. Scholes sent a long pass to Giggs who was sprinting at high speed on the left.

Then Giggs made a pass from the bottom, and Samuel fell to the ground in front of Berbatov to block the ball. Not far away, Ronaldo raised his hand to signal that the opponent was suspected of handball, but the referee Stark did not interrupt the game.

"Brother Xiaosa is skilled and physically conscious, but he doesn't have the fighting spirit to fight for every ball. He can catch Giggs' cross just now, but facing Samuel's fight, Berbatov may dislike the smell of sweat on the opponent's body and get out of the way."

Inter Milan midfielder Stankovic dribbled the ball down and made a pass, but he was too fast to stop it. His body slid out of the baseline due to inertia, and his right elbow hit the billboard on the sidelines of Old Trafford.

This accident made Mourinho stand up in shock, but don't get injured, the game situation is already unfavorable for Inter Milan, and it will be difficult if an accidental injury disrupts his deployment so early.

Fortunately, after simply moving his right arm a few times, the Serbian seemed to be fine, but it hurt a little when he hit it.

The game continued. Carrick took the ball from the backcourt and directly found Berbatov in front of him. The Bulgarian kept picking and passing the ball. Rooney broke into the penalty area and shot with his right foot in the physical confrontation with Cordoba at the front point. The ball missed the goal post.

Inter Milan almost overtook the score again in the 29th minute. Evra fouled Stankovic and gave Inter Milan another free kick.

After Zlatan Ibrahimovic's free kick from the right, Samuel's header bounced off the ball 6 meters in front of the goal and hit the crossbar.

"Inter Milan hit the crossbar twice in the first half, and it seems that luck is not on their side today."

Hitting the crossbar again, Mourinho kicked a bottle of water away from his feet angrily. Whether it was intentional or not, the water bottle flew to the Manchester United bench. Fortunately, no one was hit, otherwise it would definitely trigger a conflict.

Cristiano Ronaldo broke through with the ball and made an inverted triangle pass back to the middle. England midfielder Carrick took a long shot from the outside of the penalty area, which was too positive and was caught by Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Maicon launched an attack from the right. The Brazilian dribbled the ball at high speed, passed the Manchester United left-back Evra who was caught off guard, and passed the high ball to the center.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic beat Ferdinand to grab a point in the front. The Swede didn't attack but headed the ball. This made the Manchester United defender Vidic, who made a misjudgment error, make a clearance error. Zhu Hantao had already made the best preparations on the left side of the penalty area.

He didn't stop the ball and directly volleyed from the outside of his instep to the near corner of the goal. Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, who couldn't react in time, tried his best to save the ball but couldn't touch the ball.

"Maicon's breakthrough this time is very crisp and neat. It depends on how he chooses, whether to cut in or cross. The ball is passed! Ibrahimovic! The header kicked back! Zhu Hantao! Hit the goal! Ahhh! The ball went in! It's so beautiful! Zhu Hantao's volley hit the goal!
The score of this game was tied at one to one!The total score of the two rounds is that Inter Milan leads Manchester United [-]-[-]!
However, since Inter Milan has an away goal advantage, Manchester United must score more than two goals if they want to advance! "

(End of this chapter)