Chapter 67 Champions League Promotion
Smoke, absolute smoke, Manchester United not only did not be conservative, but also sent all the main players to play Inter. Ferguson's platoon is not something that ordinary people can guess. Even Mourinho, a master of psychological warfare, was covered by the old lord before the game. He saw this list before the game as a famous coach. Mourinho actually has a general answer to the result, and there is basically no hope for Inter Milan's promotion unless there is a miracle.
There are many miracles on the football field, but it turns out that it is called a miracle, which is something that can't be met.
At 20:45 p.m. on March 11, European local time, the second leg of the 08-09 UEFA Champions League 1/8 final was held as scheduled at Manchester United's Old Trafford. The injured Ferdinand and O'Shea returned from injury in the FA Cup. Rooney, the substitute in the first round, returned to the starting lineup with Li Yu, C Ronald. More on the left side, Manchester United has nothing to do with it.
If the Red Devils are not defeated in this game, they will break the unbeaten record in Europe. After defeating Inter Milan, the Red Devils surpassed Ajax and Bayern's 19-game unbeaten record in the Champions League with 20 games. If the results of the UEFA Cup are included, the longest unbeaten record in Europe is the 20 games set by Juventus. The Red Devils have chased it. As long as they do not lose at Old Trafford, Manchester United will not only continue to set an unbeaten record in the Champions League, but also set an unbeaten record in Europe.
In terms of Inter, Materazzi and Burdiso, who were injured in the last round of the league, were absent. Recently, Balotli and Ibrahimovic, who have scored consecutive goals, partnered the front line. The young player Thornton continued to start, and Adriano and Cruz, the two strikers, sat on the bench.
Only 4 minutes after the start of the game, Manchester United made a dream start. Cristiano Ronaldo broke through from the right side and won the corner kick. Giggs opened the ball into the penalty area. Vieira made a mistake. Vidic's comeback jumped high and headed for the ball. In the first round, Cesar, who showed bravery, was powerless, 1-0!
The Italians' unrealistic idea of looking forward to miracles can end. Manchester United has not left any chance to turn the game at all. Central defender Vidic scored. Before Manchester United's strong attack line was strong, the defender has put Inter Milan into the abyss.
The last time the two teams met in Inter's Meacha, things have made a lot of noise. Inter clubs are also going to accept the penalty of UEFA. Cordoba has already started its own suspension.
To Old Trafford, although the home fans did not set off any fireworks, with the opening of Manchester United, they have scored. All the fans are so excited that they can no longer see the fans still sitting in the audience. The red Old Trafford Stadium is like an erupting crater, but Old Trafford. What gushed out was the enthusiasm of Manchester United fans.
When Li Yu saw such a scene for the first time, she shouted and sang in unison like a tsunami. This group of Manchester United fans alone is enough to make Inter Milan's players scared. The devil's home court is definitely not empty.
Infected by the fans, Manchester United has not led by four goals at all at home, adopting conservative tactics and attacking, in addition to offense or offense.
Ferguson wants to prove himself and his team. Mourinho is not the nemesis of Manchester United. Manchester United is never afraid of anyone or any opponent.
There is still a big score at home. Inter is unlucky and lax. I'm sorry that you can't see a trace of laxity after a 4-goal lead.
Attack is the main theme. Manchester United can suppress Inter Milan's attack in the away game. How can such a momentum end if it is replaced by Old Trafford Stadium?
Even if Cesar has three heads and six arms, he can't stop the round of bombing on Manchester United's offensive line.
As a sharp knife, of course, Inter Milan should focus on the defense, but they really can't distinguish between people, so they have to use the previous countermeasures. This time, the focus on Li Yu was replaced by Matrazi.
The bad uncle Materazi also completely copied the method of Cordoba. Maybe the last Colombian move was here.
The tall Italian bad uncle is very famous. What Materazzi is most proud of is that in the 2006 World Cup final match with the French team, he was sentenced to a penalty due to his foul in the penalty area, and then he equalized the score for the Blues' header, which was worth a lot of money and made up for his achievements. Zidane was angered in overtime, which led to his malicious retaliation and was sent off the field. In the end, Materazzi scored a penalty, which made great contribution to Italy's four championships.
People who support Italy think so, but all Zidane's fans are not like that at all.
Matlazi is also famous because of this incident.
In line with Li Yu, Materazi also used an all-round monitoring strategy, and the little fly turned into a mung bean fly!
Thinking about it, Li Yu feels a little disgusting. Football can still be like this. Experience, valuable experience. Last time, Li Yu used earplug tactics, but this time he no longer used the ghost horse strategy, but the insecticide strategy instead.
Don't you like to play tricks?
Let you also try the young master's body and see who can play with whom.
Li Yu was consumed with Materazi.
The hottest sharp knife is a little dumb, but Manchester United's attackers are too many, and they can't be prevented at all!
C Ronaldo passed the arc ball from the right side, Rooney shook his head and attacked the goal before Samoel. Inter escaped, the ball hit the fan frame, and Cesar then hugged the ball.
No goal does not mean that Manchester United players will be discouraged. Li Yu will not give up the pesticide strategy and deal with the villains on the court. Li Yu also figured out that you are more ferocious than him. You put your hand back and look like opening the ball with both hands. In fact, behind this ball protection, it is wonderful. Materazi is not idle in the back, and Li Yu is not idle. You twist it, and I will also twist you.
In the camera, the two are always entangled with their grin. Materazzi is still chattering and complaining to the referee. The referee is not a fool. You two are arguing, and everyone can see it. I'm sorry that neither of you is better than the other. The referee simply turns a deaf ear, and the Italians are still complaining. The referee could only verbally warn Matrazi, and there was no one who didn't handle the door. He greeted him with a yellow card.
If it's someone else, the referee can still pay attention to it. This bad uncle, I'm sorry for the bad reputation. We are afraid of Manchester United fans, but we dare not take your words.
Rooney broke through the straight plug on the left side, and the ball was blocked. Then Inter hit a quick counterattack. Ibrahimovic made the ball on the right side of the front court, and Stankovic made a wonderful long-range shot. With the exclamation of the fans, Van der Sar flew to block the ball with his fingertips.
Inter finally made a threatening attack, but then they also suffered bitter results. Manchester United's counterattack is not only powerful. When it comes to counterattack, Manchester United is the ancestor. Italians should learn a little.
Li Yu, who had been a little silent, retreated to the midfield near the midfield to receive Evra's pass and quickly passed through Inter's midfield defense.
How did Manchester United's No. 9 get past?
Before ceiveting the ball, Li Yu made a beautiful body fake move. It seemed that she wanted to take the ball head-on and face the football. At the moment of receiving the ball, she took the lead with her left foot and turned around and accelerated. The action was completed in one go. The fierce midfielders of Inter Milan could only watch.
Li Yu broke out again. As soon as the boy broke out, it was a shocking work. Manchester United fans stared nervously at the field.
Materazi saw Li Yu running towards him with the ball. The first idea was to give this boy a great taste. It's non-negotiable to kick you!
I have to say that Materazzi can become a member of the Italian national team. The basic skill of defense is not a fist embroidery leg, and there is still a considerable level under his feet.
It's just that he doesn't have a good heart. It doesn't matter if the ball doesn't matter. The key is to get Li Yu and give him a strong point.
When Li Yu left, he foresaw that this person wanted to make bad water. Instead of being kicked passively, it was better to cheat the action out.
In front of Materazzi, Li Yu suddenly appeared in a disguise and wanted to eat the former raw. The opportunity to tackle came, not from the back, and now the tackle was the most normal thing. It was just that she was not careful for a while, but shoveled the ball to the ankle.
In this way, according to the process of defense, the referee will never show a red card directly, and playing a card is also a yellow card.
Shovel, an absolutely fierce tackle, and there are no spikes when he comes out, but Materazi has already thought about it for a long time. When he touches it, his foot will definitely rise a little.
In the overall plan, Matraji has noticed all the plots, that is, forgetting a key problem is also a fatal problem. If you can't shovel it, you can't let Li Yu down, what will happen next?
Li Yu had actually been prepared for a long time. Before doing the action, she had already thought about the countermeasures, but she didn't look at it. With a touch of her right foot, Li Yu immediately jumped up. Materazi watched the ball roll in front of him and suddenly felt a little dark. He looked up and saw that he was drilling under Li Yu's crotch.
It's so polite. It's so polite. Come to this set all year round. Besides, is the Italian way of salute is also very unique? Take the initiative to drill the crotch!
"Haha... Haha!" The funny scene made the scene full of laughter. Of course, the fans could see that this was Materazi's move to put down Li Yu, but now it seems more like the two people's discussion in advance. Materazi should be polite.
Ferguson is also quite happy. Li Yu is really amazing. He knew it in advance. Well, this not only hit the opponent, but also improved the morale of Manchester United. He did a good job!
A little bit broken, a little bit broken. In the panic of Inter Milan's defense, it could only be hurriedly repaired by Samoel. The Argentine's consciousness was not bad. They did not rush out to intercept, but planned to get close to him first and then move.
"Damn it!" Samoel seemed to hit a wall, and then his center of gravity was unstable and staggered two steps!
I haven't had contact with him before. Samoel has a good idea. Let's have a reasonable collision first. If Li Yu's center of gravity is unstable, she will immediately steal it. The fact is exactly the opposite. He didn't hit people and stagger, and he surrendered first.
With one face to face, the Argentines will completely take a break, and the rest is the one-on-one affair between Cesar and Li Yu, the Brazilian national gate. What is Cesar afraid of? Wasn't it good before? Manchester United No. 9 is very honest. He is in a brave state. He only let his opponent score one. It's sad. He won't have three more in this game, right?
I think a little too much, but there is no ambiguity under the feet of Brazilians. Attack!
As soon as he ran two steps, Cesar knew that he had run for nothing, "Bang!" Damn it, although it was a little quieter than the last Hercules free kick, it sounded no worse.
There was no time to react. After the sound, the horse came to "Wo!" With a sound, the ball is already rubbing the net. 2:0, Li Yu scored again. Inter Milan's star, Cesar's star, is already Li Yu.
Is there any suspense about promotion?
The total score is 5:0. Inter can score 6 goals away from home, and even the commentary on the scene is sympathizing with Inter Milan. "The Italians seem to be powerless now. Unfortunately for Inter Milan, it is better to blow the final whistle immediately, rather than the midfield whistle, so that Inter players can leave decently and lose 3 goals at home. , lost 2 goals away from home, progress! Why don't we enjoy an Italian goal? Now let's see if the Manchester United player, who leads the overall score, will start to relax!"
It's not bad. Inter didn't let the score in the first half expand again. Ibrahimovic on the front line simply disappeared. Sweden's Champions League leg soft syndrome. Although the Swedes vowed before the game that they would not make old problems, now it seems that their legs are still weak. Who has medicine?
In the second half, Montari replaced Vieira and Sanetti returned to the right side.
Manchester United is still the starting player to play the game. The substitution effect of Inter Milan has not yet seen any results, and Manchester United has scored again.
This time it was not Li Yu, but C Ronaldo. The Portuguese finally seized the opportunity. Manchester United expanded the lead in the 49th minute. Scholes scored the ball. Rooney took the ball on the left side of the penalty area and suddenly passed it to the front of the goal. Cristiano Ronaldo rushed to the header to break through Cesar's door, and the score on the court became 3:0!
Tragedy, there are already six big cups on the table of Inter!
Almost enough. Manchester United players think it's really almost done. The game is back to be dull. Manchester United no longer attack. Inter players can finally have some connection with the soft-legged Ibrahimovic. What makes people feel that this problem has nothing to do with the opportunity. How can Ibrahimovic shoot is wrong? The goal that must be scored in the league. If you change to the Champions League, you can't get in.
The Italians wanted to enter a good wish, but it did not come true in the end. The final score was still 3:0, and Manchester United eliminated the Serie A giant Inter Milan with a score of 6-0 in two rounds.
After the game, the media scrambled to interview Manchester United, the story of Mourinho and Manchester United, which frequently appeared in the English and Italian media after the Champions League quarter-finals between the Red Devils and Inter. Mourinho is regarded as the favorite of Ferguson's successor, but Manchester United's main striker Li Yu said that in the game with the Nerazzurri, they did not care about Mourinho. Manchester United's freshman's freshman Li Yu didn't even know that the record of Lord Ferguer and the "Madman" was at a disadvantage. Before winning 3:0 the night before, Ferguson won only 2 of his 13 games against Mourinho and lost 6 of them.
"We are very happy to advance. To be honest, I don't know the record between Manchester United and Mourinho. I don't know." After defeating Inter Milan, Li Yu said, "The game is not about Mourinho, but Manchester United vs. Inter. Thank God we have passed. I don't care who our opponent is in the next round. No matter who we are, we have to face a tough game, because there is no easy team to deal with in the Champions League at this stage.
"The important thing is that we play well and win the game, and we hope this situation will continue. We will only strive to win the game and go as far as possible this season. Li Yu added.
Manchester United midfielder Carrick stressed the importance of promotion on MUTV. Although some people think that they don't play well against Inter, Carrick agrees with this judgment, but he said: "We are not in the best condition, we know. But promotion is the goal, and we achieved it with three excellent goals.
"We had a good start, and the atmosphere at the beginning was incredible. You can see how we started: we were really ready to score goals, but as the game continued, we didn't play as we should be.
"We must praise our opponents. They have returned to the game and caused us a lot of trouble. But after we played in the second half, we scored another goal, after which Manchester United controlled the game. I had two chances to take them off, but it doesn't matter now. I always feel that we are in control of the overall situation, and we are very happy.
"At this stage, the UEFA Champions League is an excellent team, so it is difficult to choose one or two teams. But any game will be difficult, we know, so we will be ready. Old Trafford's Champions League night is always great. I hope there will be more this season.
There will be no other news after the game between the two teams, of course not.
Mourinho, who did not appear in the coaching bench, appeared in the newspaper the day after.
British media revealed that when Inter Milan was about to leave Old Trafford by bus after the game, a fan sang an insulting song "You're going home, you're going home" to Mourinho, and was punched by a Portuguese madman.
The Greater Manchester District Police Department confirmed that it had received the report and had asked Manchester United for a CCTV videotape from that area for investigation. Shortly before 12 o'clock last night, a man reported that he had been punched in the face outside Old Trafford. A police spokesman said last night, "We are investigating this kind of ordinary injury case."
The Manchester United club only confirmed that it was aware of the case, but declined to comment further. At present, it is not known whether Mourinho needs to return to the United Kingdom for further investigation.
In addition, in the game, Inter striker Balotley was also involved in another controversial incident. According to a report by Rai TV, the hope star nicknamed "Prodigy" was racially attacked by Manchester United fans.
Balotli's parents are both Ghanaian. Because he scolded Cristiano Ronaldo several times after fouls in the two rounds with Manchester United, he became an eyesore to Manchester United fans. At Old Trafford, 18-year-old Balothely inevitably caused a lot of boos in the stands every time he received the ball, and, at least twice, including when he was replaced by Figo in the 70th minute, some Manchester United fans made racist attacks like him imitating orangutans.
RAI reporter Enrique Varyal said: "We always criticize Italians for too much racial discrimination, but Manchester United fans are obviously not polite to Balotelly."
In this round of the Champions League, Chelsea striker Drogba is said to have been insulted by the same racial discrimination as Balothely in the away game of Juventus.