our champion dream

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Facing the swarm of reporters and their questions, Li Xiaoming did not change his face. He has faced this kind of scene too many times, and he can already answer with a smile: "How do you feel about Lyon? To be honest, this It’s my first time in France, and I hope this beautiful city can also give me good memories.!”

When he said this, the reporters also laughed.

Such an answer, to Li Xiaoming, is really the case.As a rookie, he really has never been to Lyon. This way of praising Lyon from the side and expressing his confidence in the game is a very decent way of answering.

"So what do you think of the upcoming game? There are voices from the outside world saying that this game is just a formality for Manchester United..."

Li Xiaoming interrupted the opponent, shook his head and said: "No, no, no. How could it be a formality? We just took a lead and won a game. If we think that this game is just a formality, I am afraid that in the end We're going to get out of the Champions League."

"Les Sports de Lyon calls on Lyon fans to turn the Stade Olimpice into hell..."

"Wouldn't that be nice, we've played half the season in a hellish home, so it's a familiar feeling. If it does turn into hell, I think that will help. our play."

On the one hand, he said that he would not underestimate the enemy, on the other hand, Li Xiaoming showed great confidence

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This is the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.

In the first round, Manchester United defeated Lyon 1:[-] and already half-stepped into the Bernabéu stadium of Real Madrid in Spain.

They have the upper hand.but not absolute advantage
Lyon, who returned to the home court, fought with his back.

According to Lyon media reports, Pierre issued a mobilization order for the team, requiring the players to do their best in the game and regard this game as the Champions League final.Lyon fans also expressed that they will support their team at all costs, and they will turn the entire home court into a veritable "hell" for Manchester United.

The English media is relatively optimistic.

Think that as long as Manchester United does not make mistakes, everything Lyon does is in vain.As long as they have enough away goals, they can send Lyon to hell.

Although the match between Manchester United and Lyon was the first in the first round of the semi-finals, but after the second round, they became the second.

On the first match day, the game between Inter Milan and Barcelona will be played first.

In the semi-final round of the Champions League, Inter Milan beat Barcelona [-]-[-] at home.

Many people are optimistic about their promotion.

On the one hand, it is because of the first round of the game, on the other hand, it is because the schedule is often favorable to teams that go first away and then home. There is also a third reason, that is, Mourinho has already stayed in Inter Milan for the second season. , everyone is very clear about the power of Mu Erqi.

So everyone is still more optimistic about Inter Milan's promotion to the final.Their advantage is already too great

In the end, the second round of the second round of the European Champions Cup semi-finals began. Inter Milan lost 2 to 0 away to Barcelona, ​​but still advanced with a total score of 1 to 3, reaching the Champions Cup final for the first time since 2.Less than half an hour into the game, Inter Milan midfielder Thiago Motta, who had received a yellow card before, was sent off directly. This was the shortest red card in the semi-finals of the Champions League.Pique scored a goal shortly before the end, and Bojan's stoppage time goal was disallowed.

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The next day, the match between Manchester United and Lyon started as scheduled.

As soon as the game started, Lyon, who played at home, launched a very violent offensive.

They are still using high-pressing tactics.

In the 4th minute, Lyon got a corner kick through offense. Bastos took a corner kick. The football flew to the front and was pushed out by Manchester United players.

The ejected football flew straight to the left, and Bastos ran right there after kicking the corner.Facing the flying football, he did not stop the ball, but kicked the football directly to the goal with his right foot.

Bastos' original intention was to cross, but his footwork was not well controlled, and the football flew directly to the back corner of the goal.

Van der Sar was also defending as a cross at the beginning. When he saw the football flying over, his first reaction was to attack and pick it up.

But when he jumped up, he realized that the height of the football was a little higher than he expected!
His hands failed to touch the football.

At the same time the football fell after passing his hand and flew towards the back corner of the goal!
Then rubbed the lower edge of the crossbar... and fell into the goal!

"Lyon get a corner kick... Bastos takes the penalty... before the penalty! The ball is pushed out! Bastos catches up with a cross... Eh?! Eh!? Goal!! !"

The French commentator screamed as the ball crashed into the goal.

But his screams were soon drowned out by deafening cheers at Lyon's home stadium, the Olympiapark.

但是这位在现场解说比赛的法国解说员依然在顽强的完成自己的工作，他声嘶力竭地吼道：“开场4分钟！开场4分钟！开场仅仅4分钟！巴斯托斯就为里昂扳回一分！现在总比分是1：1！里昂人完成了对曼联的致命一击！这可是一个了不起的进步！里昂拥有一个完美的开局！现在里昂还需要巩固自己的防守。”

When the football fell into the goal, Vazquez was stunned for a moment. He tilted his head and looked around, wanting to confirm.

It wasn't until he confirmed that the football had really entered the goal that he opened his arms and cheered in celebration.

Other Lyon players also rushed to him to celebrate the goal with him.

In front of the Lyon coach's bench, Pierre celebrated wildly. He rushed directly to the court and came to a slide. Pierre, who was wearing a suit slide, fully demonstrated his two sides of one body.

Compared with the excited Lyon players and coaches, Manchester United is collectively confused-why did they concede the ball?Isn't this a great opportunity?It's not a shot at all, is it?This is a fucking legend!How did it become a shot? !
After landing, Van der Sar looked at the football in the goal, knelt on the ground and spread his hands.

Central defender Vidic held his head in his hands and looked into the goal in disbelief.

Ferguson on the coach's bench turned around and scolded England to his coaching staff.

He reminded his players to be careful and pay attention.But the team still conceded the ball.

Is this the fault of the players for not being careful enough?

Even if the Manchester United players are focused, what can they do in the face of Vazquez's pass-like kick?

This luck is really bad...

Martin Taylor also felt that Manchester United's luck was not good enough: "There was a goal in the opening 4 minutes, and it was an accidental goal... This is exactly the same as the last round of the game between the two sides, except that the goal and the goal are completely reversed. Come here... good luck to switch to Leon's side!"

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It took the lead in 4 minutes, which greatly boosted the morale of the Lyon players.

When the game resumed, they almost formed a siege on Lyon.

Although they do have a lot of space behind them, allowing Lyon to fight back.

But Manchester United couldn't even pass the ball.

Including Li Xiaoming, almost every Manchester United player with the ball has been "meticulously" taken care of by the Lyon defenders.

Nani was "fell down" to the ground like a Lyon player felling a tree.

However, the referee did not make any penalty for this. He did not call the Lyon players foul, thinking that this was a normal physical contact.

If this were at Old Trafford, the fans would definitely boo to express their dissatisfaction with the referee's decision.

And in the cool Olympic Park Stadium, when Nani fell to the ground, there were indeed huge boos, but the boos were not for the referee, but for Nani.Lyon believes that Nani is diving, the purpose is to delay the time, but just want to let the Lyon players carry yellow cards.

However, the slow-motion replay showed that Nani did not flop, he was really knocked to the ground by Sissoko's hands and feet.

What happened to Li Xiaoming was just a microcosm. Lyon did suppress the stronger Manchester United, but of course they did not have their physical advantage and fighting spirit.Manchester United, on the other hand, were a bit underprepared.

They were intimidated by Li Xiaoming's frenzied counterattack at home.

No.15 minutes, Carrick fouled Vazquez in front of the penalty area, allowing Lyon to get a free kick in a good position.

Vazquez's free-kick was only slightly over the bar, and it still scared the United supporters enough.

No.20 In the second minute, Sissoko made a cross and Delgado shot from the right side of the penalty area. As a result, goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar pounced on it. Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic quickly kicked the football out of the sideline.

French player Govou came to throw the throw-in.

He threw the football directly into the small penalty area line of Manchester United.

Delgado raised his foot to stop the thrown football, but the first time he didn't stop well, the football bounced again, and it bounced a little high.

Rio Ferdinand jumped up trying to knock the football out.

Unexpectedly, Delgado moved faster than him, and immediately stretched out his foot to pick the football, which made Rio Ferdinand miss it.

Then Delgado adjusted his posture, and with his back to the goal, he came straight to the barb!

Amid the cheers from the stands, Delgado kicked the football and it flew towards the far post of the United goal.

Van der Sar made a save, but unfortunately the ball was too close, and suddenly, Van der Sar was half a beat late.

Fortunately, Delgado did not shoot the ball within the range of the goal frame, and the football brushed the far post and flew out of the baseline!
Cheers turned to heavy sighs.

"Delgado——! Beautiful barb! But unfortunately it missed a little in the end... If this goal is scored, it will be a heavy blow to Manchester United's morale!" The French commentator shouted regretfully.

"Dangerous! Delgado almost kicked the world wave! Manchester United's defense is too lax, how can we give him two consecutive opportunities to adjust in the penalty area?" Martin Taylor criticized unceremoniously. "The performance of Manchester United in this game and the performance of Manchester United in the last game are completely two teams. It seems that the 1:[-] in the first round made them too relaxed..."

"Lyon, who fought back against the wall, exploded with strong energy, and Manchester United was obviously not prepared for it. They were frightened. In addition, the referee also slightly favored the home team Lyon in terms of today's penalty scale. Of course, this is also normal, and it is not The reason for the poor performance of the team. If Manchester United continue to play like this, even if they are stronger, they may still be eliminated in the end! After all, everyone knows that football is round." He Ping said anxiously.

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Although Lyon also had some counterattacks, the quality was not very high, and the players' state today is indeed not as good as last time. Some people were not even excited enough to enter the game state and rhythm...

For example, Berbatov had another good chance in the counterattack, but he chose the worst way to deal with it-a direct long shot from outside the penalty area.

The ball unsurprisingly hit the flak...

"Berbatov's choice... There are not many opportunities in the first place, and it's such a waste..."

Ferguson on the sidelines was also very dissatisfied with Berbatov's kick. He yelled and had a terrible facial expression.

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No. 301 minutes, Lyon launched an attack.Delgadora went to the side of the penalty area to get the ball.

Manchester United's central defender Vidic chose to shovel Delgado, which resulted in a foul.

Not only gave Lyon a free kick, but he also received a yellow card.

"Vidic is too reckless, this foul is unnecessary!" He Ping couldn't understand why Vidic did this. "Now as a central defender, I have received a yellow card. How will I play the next game? It will definitely be affected..."

This free kick from Lyon was kicked out, and Delgado grabbed a point in the penalty area and headed the goal!
Fortunately, Van der Sar chose the correct position, jumped up, and dragged Delgado's header off the crossbar with a single palm...

"Lyon's morale is booming now, no matter how they play, it feels like they can threaten Manchester United's goal every time they attack..." He Ping said with emotion. "Manchester United is completely suppressed...it is very dangerous to play like this!"

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Lyon won a corner because of Delgado's header.

After the corner kick came out, Vidic topped the bottom line, so Manchester United continued to kick the corner kick.

The second attack was formed, but Sissoko's header was blocked by Evra's body from the bottom line.

Lyon came for the third consecutive corner kick.

This time they did not kick directly in front of the goal, but chose a tactical corner kick.

The football was passed to Lisandro who came up to meet him.

Lisandro brought back, pulled both players out of the United box, and then suddenly kicked the ball into the box.

The football drew an inner lake line and went straight to the back point of the goal.

Van der Sar hurriedly turned around to block the rear point.

When the football was about to fly off the bottom line, Bastos slapped him, jumped up and swept the football back in the air!
The football flew past Manchester United, and Van der Sar had no time to react.

But in fact, he doesn't have to worry too much, because there are three teammates in front of the goal.

As long as one of them can touch the football, he can clear the football...

But a shocking thing happened - the football flew past the three defenders, and all three made clearing actions, but none of them could touch the football!The football just flew to the other side unimpeded, and then Delgado rushed up to meet the ball and just pushed and shot!
The football flew into the unguarded Manchester United goal!

(End of this chapter)