63 Before the legend
For countless fans, 2006 was an unforgettable year.
Zidane's return, Gallic rooster's undead, Italians win against adversity, Germans' 10-year plan, Portugal's golden generation, Nedved's kneeling, Beckham's tears, Alien's Records... There were too many unforgettable moments in 2006. Of course, before the legend, the reality must continue.
After the Champions League knockout round enters the quarterfinals, the competition will become more and more compact. There are two weeks between the first round of the top sixteen and the second round, and after the quarterfinals start, the interval is only one week.
The time has come to April, and the entire European league has come to an end. La Liga, Barcelona are invincible. Rijkaard's Barcelona has been crowned with the title of Dream 2. Of course, they need a European king The throne to establish its own historical position.
In the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich has a list of mountains and small mountains. The prosperity of Bayern leads to the prosperity of German football. The performance of Schweinsteiger and other young people makes people extremely optimistic about the World Cup two months later.
In the Premier League, Chelsea leads with four points. Behind them is Arsenal, who are chasing after them. Can Mourinho's team complete the two consecutive championships? Everything is still in suspense.
In Serie A, Inter Milan gave up the weekend league after the game against Manchester United. Although they lost 0-2 to Viola, they still lead AC Milan by 10 points in the Serie A standings.
The huge lead allows them to squander ruthlessly. With the main lineup that has been rested for a week, it is the turn of Inter Milan to visit Old Trafford this time.
... The Queen of Europe came to Manchester with her most elite lineup. Luca Toni's excellent performance in the training game still could not shake Fernando Morientes' main position. Mancini still decided to let the Italian striker sit on the bench.
For Mancini, the striker's state is too good is a tangled problem, but for Ferguson, the lack of generals in Sichuan is his biggest trouble.
Manchester, England, when Inter Milan came here, it happened to be raining in Manchester. According to the forecast of the England Meteorological Bureau, the match between Manchester United and Inter Milan will be played on a rainy day, so the soldiers of Inter Milan have already prepared cleats and The plastic tape that wraps the body to prevent the cold rain from catching a cold.
Compared with the game a week ago, after the first round of encounters, both Manchester United and Inter Milan have already figured it out. Leonwell is the most difficult person for Inter Milan. In the middle of the promotion, Manchester United needs more people to stand up against Leonwell.
The most expensive player in the world is not for nothing... On April 7th, at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, the heavy rain fell on time as predicted, and the rain slapped on the turf of the Old Trafford Stadium. This put Old Trafford's water seepage system to a great test.
However, the rain cannot quench the enthusiasm of the Red Devils fans. As one of the world's most prestigious home stadiums for the Devils, the most terrifying and suffocating place in Old Trafford is their fiery red ocean.
This is the home ground of Manchester United, the Premier League class bully, and it is the base of the Ferguson dynasty.
Three years ago, David Beckham was still a superstar of Manchester United, and Leonwell was a fledgling at that time, but it was at Old Trafford that Leon completed a milestone in his career , he used a shocking lob at Old Trafford to make Ferguson say the most classic comment on Leon after the game: His legend has just begun.
Three years later, Leon revisited his hometown again, but this time, no one dared to deny his status. Maradona said that Leon was still short of a World Cup of his own.
... "It's really suffocating." In the heavy rain, players from Inter Milan and Manchester United stepped onto the Old Trafford stadium.
Today they will determine the place to enter the final four of the Champions League. The scoreboard at Old Trafford reads zero to zero, and above zero to zero is a reduced one to two. International practice, the home team In front, the visiting team behind.
When the British Sky TV cameraman specially gave Leon a close-up shot before the start of the game, the handsome hairstyle of your son was already wet by the rain. Today's rain is heavy, which is not good for Inter Milan who likes ground control. Good news.
The starting lineups of Manchester United and Inter Milan have not changed much compared to the first leg. Obviously, Ferguson and Mancini are more willing to believe in the players from a week ago.
... "Viewers and friends in front of the TV, welcome to watch the British Sky TV..."
"Okay, the game has started, here is Sky Italy..."
"Al Jazeera, here we bring you the quarter-finals of the Champions League..."
"Good evening, Deutsche Sputnik..."
With the voices of countless narrators sounding at the same time, in the rain, a long whistle blew the prelude to the decisive battle!
Inter Milan won the kick-off. At the beginning of the game, Inter Milan players used the pass and possession to adapt to the rainy Old Trafford stadium.
Compared with the vegetable fields at San Siro, Old Trafford's turf condition and seepage system are much better.
So the playing field is not as bad as the Inter Milan players imagined, but the rain does cause some deviations in the passing, and the players need time to adapt.
On the contrary, the Manchester United players seem to be more comfortable playing in the rain. Shortly after the opening, Scholes cut off the ball passed to Leon by Cambiasso and quickly launched a counterattack. Cristiano Ronaldo ran in the frontcourt. Out of the gap, Cristiano Ronaldo, who used his chest to stop the wonderful pass of Ginger Head, strode towards the Inter Milan defense line. After shaking Maicon, Ronaldo completed the first shot of the game. Although the ball hit It was off the mark, but Ronaldo's shot won rounds of applause from the fans.
The Red Devils fans were not afraid of the downpour in Manchester at all. They sang songs against the rain, and the sea of red continued to create pressure on the Inter Milan players in the stands. Fortunately, all of Inter Milan's players have experienced many battles. You must know that the momentum of Old Trafford is really monstrous.
Of course, for Leonwell, who has seen Galatasaray's home hell and Dortmund's Westfalen, he has ignored the Manchester United fans at Old Trafford.
In the monstrous boos of the Manchester United fans, Leon also completed a shot for Inter Milan. This is Leon's attack from the backcourt. Cambiasso made a two-on-one with him. After the first mistake Cambiasso's second pass was much more reliable, Leon stopped the ball and a Marseille gyration lay past Fletcher, and then he lifted his foot and shot from 30 yards from the goal... Fortunately, Van der Sar was in position Yes, it is possible to know that the speed of the ball is slow or fast in rainy days. The Dutchman dragged the ball out of the bottom line with both hands at the moment when the ball was about to jump over the goal line... "Uh————————— ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— A burst of exclamation sounded, and the Red Devils fans made it.
With Leon's long-range shot, people finally felt the atmosphere of the decisive battle. The cameramen of the major TV stations all tacitly gave a close-up of the scoreboard at Old Trafford.
The person who wins the small score will win the final victory.
... For Manchester United, they have no way out, so after the game started, they took advantage of the rainy weather and continued to attack Inter Milan's defense with high-altitude balls.
The height disadvantage of Cannavaro and Samuel at this moment is highlighted. Fortunately, both of them have good jumping ability and judgment, and they are both top central defenders, so they are not easy to fall to the top. The incomparable British attack is deadly.
In the fourth minute of the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo made a pass from the bottom. Rooney followed up with a header and hit the goal. Cesar bravely pressed the ball under him.
In the sixth minute of the first half, Rooney won a corner kick with a breakthrough from the right. Scholes took a corner kick. Vidic headed the ball to the top. The ball was blocked by Maicon standing on the goal line. Fortunately, Inter Milan's corner kick Sometimes people will stand on both goalposts according to the tradition... What a three-handed opening, Manchester United is going to give themselves a blow!
After Manchester United created a series of threatening offenses, the most expensive player in the world, Leon Will, began to show his value. He used his personal ability to frequently create opportunities for breakthroughs. In this way, Manchester United players Some of the mouse-tricks.
You know, although Leon is a midfielder, no one dares to underestimate his running ability.
Before the game, it was generally predicted that the score between Manchester United and Inter Milan would not be too high... But it seems that the predictions of experts will always be the opposite.
In the tenth minute of the first half, Manchester United still scored!
World waves from Paul Scholes!
After receiving a return pass from Cristiano Ronaldo outside the penalty area, Ginger head waded through Cambiasso's defense, and then took a long shot! The ball flew low to the gate of Inter Milan guarded by Cesar!
The ball suddenly fell to the ground near the small penalty area, and after being soaked in rain, it suddenly went forward. Cesar didn't expect it, and the ball slipped from his armpit into the net!
"Paul————Scholes!!! Our ginger head!!!!" The live commentator at Old Trafford has gone crazy, and the whole Old Trafford stadium is like Like a volcano, Manchester United fans are lava. Countless fans waved Manchester United fan scarves. Paul Scholes' name resounded throughout the stadium.
One to zero, Manchester United scored a goal. They tied the total score and also had the upper hand, because according to the home and away goal rules, Manchester United is actually leading Inter Milan by 3 to 2!
The same as being good at, conceding the ball at the beginning, Leon took a breath and signaled his teammates to stand up quickly. With the kick-off of the last game and conceding the ball within a few tens of seconds, it is obvious that the Inter Milan players have suffered the blow. The ability is much stronger.
Since we were able to reverse the last game, we will certainly be able to do so in this game.
Every Inter Milan player thinks this way, but they don't know that there will be far more goals in this game than in the previous game!