green shooter

Chapter 182
Inter Milan kicked off, Figo sent a direct pass, and Ibrahimovic faced the two Manchester United tower defenders of Rio Ferdinand and Vidic. The Swede, who had no physical advantage, was struggling.

For ordinary defensive players, Ibrahimovic can easily crush with his body. Whether it is confrontation or speed, the tall, tall, long-legged Ibrahimovic has the upper hand, and his exquisite little skills always make opponents hard to defend.

However, Ibrahimovic is really tired of dealing with a top central defender like Ferdinand and Vidic. If Zhu Hantao was on the field before, at least one of them must be distracted to defend Zhu Hantao.

Now Zhu Hantao has no one to help Ibrahimovic share the opponent's defensive pressure, which makes it difficult for the Swedes to get good offensive opportunities.

"Inter Milan, which has already used up its substitution quota early, how can it be adjusted now? Mourinho needs to think of a way."

Ibrahimovic received Cambiasso's cross in the penalty area, and the Swede's flying volley shot hit the post again.

"It's another goal post! It seems that today's luck is not on Inter Milan's side. There is not much time left for the Italian team."

Cristiano Ronaldo dribbled the ball in the middle, knocked back to Carrick behind him, and then immediately turned his head and ran forward. Samuel had a yellow card on him, so he didn't dare to move too much to block the Portuguese.

It was Muntari who was chasing back in time for a foul that terminated Manchester United's attack, but the Ghanaian midfielder was also shown a yellow card by referee Stark for stepping on Ronaldo's leg.

Giggs hit the goal directly from a free kick and was blocked from the bottom line, and then his corner kick was pushed out of the penalty area by Ibrahimovic, and Rooney missed a supplementary shot from the outside of the penalty area.

"Manchester United scored consecutive goals, and Inter Milan's goal was constantly in danger. Now they have to find a way to score another goal to turn the defeat into victory, but it seems a bit difficult. Manchester United is like a castle that is difficult to cross."

Manchester United had the ball in midfield, slowing down the pace of the game. Now it was their turn to take it easy, and Anderson dodged the pressing Zanetti before passing the ball to Ronaldo on the right front.

Ronaldo didn't speed up either, and took the ball unhurriedly all the way to the corner flag area, knowing that he was forced out of the baseline by Thornton.

Inter Milan's goal kick, Cesar drove the ball to the frontcourt with a big foot, Balotelli headed it to Figo, Figo took the ball at the front of Manchester United's penalty area, made a few fake moves and passed the ball to Ibrahimovic.

Ibrahimovic got a pass from Figo in the penalty area, lightly dunked and opened the shot angle with his right foot to hit the goal, which was confiscated by Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.

"There is not much time left in the game, can Inter Milan complete the lore at the last moment?
Looking at the face of coach Mourinho, I don't know if he regrets that Zhu Hantao should not be replaced. Of course, the situation at that time was that Inter Milan would be able to advance smoothly as long as they kept the score until the end of the game. However, Ronaldo's goal instantly reversed the situation on the field. "

Zhu Hantao sat on the sidelines, this feeling of being anxious but unable to help him was really uncomfortable.

It was Cristiano Ronaldo holding the ball in the frontcourt again, protecting the ball and not playing it, just stalling for time.

Muntari failed to steal the ball from the Portuguese. Inter Milan defender Samuel went up impatiently and made a flying tackle on Ronaldo. The referee whistled for a foul and gave Manchester United a free kick in the middle.

Ronaldo adjusted back and forth for a while, and the free kick he took was bravely saved by Cesar.

Ibrahimovic took the ball in the front court and passed the ball to Balotelli on the right. Balotelli made a pass from the bottom and was blocked by Evra. Inter Milan's corner kick.

Balotelli's corner kick went to the back point, no Inter Milan players outflanked it, and Vidic grabbed the ball.

Manchester United quickly counterattacked, Ronaldinho quickly advanced along the left side, crossed to the top of the penalty area, and was blocked by Inter Milan's defenders. Ronaldo signaled that the referee was suspected of handball, and the referee Stark signaled the game to continue.

Inter Milan also counterattacked quickly, the backcourt leader teleported to the front, and Ibrahimovic fired a long-range shot from outside the penalty area.

"Inter Milan's luck is really bad. It seems that at Old Trafford today, Lady Luck is wearing a red jersey."

Berbatov took the ball on the right side and passed it back to the midfielder to continue to control. Rooney blasted the goal again from outside the penalty area, and the ball was punched out of the sideline by Cesar.

No. 806 minutes into the game, Ferguson, who felt that he had already won the game, used Manchester United's second substitution in this game. Sir Alex replaced Rooney with Park Ji-sung.

Of course, Mourinho's team has not given up, and the Inter Milan players on the field are still actively looking for opportunities to score.

Inter Milan kicked the ball from the left and passed it to the back. Ibrahimovic grabbed the ball from the back and hit the ball on the side net!
Ibrahimovic dribbled the ball from the left into the penalty area and shot the far corner wide of the goal.

Cambiasso fought aggressively in midfield and almost stole the ball from Anderson's feet, but still forced the Brazilian to miss a pass and go straight out of the touchline.

A throw-in was thrown, and Maicon crossed it to Figo from the right side of the penalty area. Figo had no room to pass the ball and hit the goal from the front of the penalty area, flying into the stands.

"Manchester United midfielder Anderson sent a very penetrating through ball and Cesar came out of the box to destroy the ball.

The regular time is over, and there are only 2 minutes left in the game time including stoppage time. It seems impossible for Inter Milan to make a comeback. Manchester United fans have already begun to celebrate!

In order to make a breakthrough in the European war, Inter Milan invited Mourinho. Now it seems that even Magic Bird cannot break Inter Milan's Champions League vicious circle. "

No. 901 minutes, the camera showed Mourinho on the sidelines, and the coach of Inter Milan also seemed very disappointed.

Figo's dribble in the middle broke through the through ball and was destroyed by O'Shea out of the penalty area. Then Inter Milan kicked the ball from the left and passed it into the penalty area. Ferdinand headed the ball and went out of the baseline.

"Inter got a corner, Maicon took the corner into the box and it was pushed out by the Manchester United defender.

Mourinho's Nerazzurri now have all their players over halftime and attacking, but now it seems that the chances are small, and Manchester United have all recovered their defense. "

As Ibrahimovic's kick from outside the penalty area flew out of the bottom line, the referee Wolfgang Stark blew the whistle for the end of the game.

"United continued on their way to defending the Champions League and climbed another mountain that was trying to stop them.

The Red Devils led by Ferguson once again proved their strength, the Premier League champions defeated the Serie A champions.

The whole game is over, Manchester United beat Inter Milan 8-[-] at home, eliminated Inter Milan [-]-[-] with a total score of two rounds and entered the top [-] of this season's Champions League!Let's congratulate Manchester United! "

The Manchester United players who have successfully advanced are calm and calm. Most of them are part of last year's championship. For them, it is a matter of course for them to advance to the quarterfinals.

Although there were slight twists and turns in the process, they were generally within their expectations.

Ferguson shook hands with Mourinho very friendly. It is not difficult to see from the expression of the Portuguese at the moment that he is in a bad mood.

The Inter Milan players on the field were also very sad, and the young Balotelli and Thornton even cried silently.

Ibrahimovic hugged Bashen, comforting the little brother who was crying because of the elimination.

Everyone calmed down, led by captain Zanetti to the stands where the fans of the away team were, and thanked Nerazzurri who came to the away game to support him.

Some of them are local Inter Milan fans in the UK, and some are fan organizations that met from Italy.

These few Nerazzurri who wore blue and black striped shirts cheered for Inter Milan at Old Trafford did not blame the players for failing to win the game, but gave them their own applause. They knew that the players did their best, and that they did not give up hope at the last moment of the game.

Originally due to being eliminated from the Champions League, Zhu Hantao was not in the mood to exchange jerseys with Manchester United players. Chubby Rooney came over and wanted to exchange jerseys with him.

Zhu Hantao smiled wryly and chatted with Rooney, "Congratulations."

"Our team used to have a teammate from Hua Guo, but he is far behind you." Lu Xiaopang said frankly.

After accepting Rooney's No. [-] jersey, Zhu Hantao was not in the mood to chat, and smiled apologetically at Rooney, turned around and walked to the locker room.

After leaving the field, Mourinho, the head coach who was waiting on the sidelines, hugged the players one by one, comforting and encouraging them softly. They have done a great job.

No one was still in the mood to joke, and everyone in the Nerazzurri returned to the locker room in silence.

"Failure is not terrible, I am very happy, I see my players are full of desire to win, and unwilling to lose.

In this case, we must redouble our efforts so that next time, it will not be the bitter result like today.

Today I will not criticize any player. You all did a good job and tried your best. We must recognize the strength of Manchester United. They are the defending champions and they have more experience than us.

What I hope is that it will not happen again, and we will win every game that should be won in the future! "

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At the press conference after the game, Mourinho, who had tasted the defeat at Old Trafford, inevitably became the sweet pastry in the eyes of many media.

The first question was a reporter from Italy, "José, do you have anything to say about such a result?"

Analyzing his side's performance at Old Trafford, Mourinho said calmly: "I'm not angry, when your team doesn't play well, when they don't show their quality, or when they're afraid to play, you get angry, you get frustrated.

But today this game, not that kind of game, after the game, if anyone has anything to criticize my team, they have to kill me first, because Inter Milan played very well tonight, you know it is not easy to play at Old Trafford, luck is not on our side unfortunately. "

"In tonight's game against Manchester United, Inter Milan conceded a goal in the fourth minute of both halves. How do you evaluate the response of the players on the field?"

"You could feel the fear in the eyes of the home crowd after Zhu Hantao's goal, but then, unfortunately, that goal from Cristiano came at the start of the second half.

It was a beautiful goal, but it was the result of our defense not being well prepared for the high ball.

My team showed temperament, we had a lot of equalizers, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Balotelli, and I don't think they could figure out why the goal didn't go in either.

From this game, I saw a team with great temperament, which is why I feel sad now for people who have never won this competition and will not have the opportunity to do so this year, and for the fans who are at home and followed us here in Manchester to watch this game.

I am very sad, but at the same time I am very confident. I am sad because I failed to lead the team to continue in the Champions League. I am confident that the Serie A championship will be ours.

We have a good team in front of us and now I can say that if, as they say, Inter have had a psychological complex in these big games, then the fear is gone.

Maybe we can put the defeat down to a football problem, but I won't discuss that with you, I will discuss it with my club when I go back.

I understand your culture, maybe all of Italy will be happy that Inter was knocked out of the Champions League, but I will give all the necessary answers to the club, because it is true that we did not win today, but I can say that we were just unlucky.

I have won games in this stadium with Porto in a much worse situation than the current team.

United were stronger than us, but our performance and effort in the game definitely deserved a lot more than three to one.

It was a completely different game compared to the first leg.

Inter Milan played with confidence and calm, we made a mistake in the first set-piece, but see, Manchester United has 6 players who are 1.9 meters tall, while Inter Milan has only 1 player as tall as them, it is impossible to change this reality.

The players performed very well on the pitch, we tried our best to change the result of the game, we were unlucky, but I saw an Inter Milan team playing with temperament, which is the most important thing.

The most important thing is to be fearless of everything and anyone. "

Inter captain Javier Zanetti has commented on his side's Champions League exit.

He said: "We're very disappointed with this exit, we can walk out of this stadium with our heads held high, Manchester scored in key moments of the game, in the first half and at the beginning of the second half it kind of put us in a bad situation.

And we had a few kicks on the goal frame, I can only say that we were not lucky enough.

I'm proud of my teammates, we have a lot of great players.It was a good game to watch as Inter took the game into their hands after their goal, but unfortunately there were a couple of very good chances and the goal didn't go in.

Now we have to think about the league.We are top of the table and we have eleven games to play and we have to do our best to win because the Italian league is as important as the Champions League. "

(End of this chapter)