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Chapter 143 See you at Old Trafford!

Few people can make Ferguson feel frustrated about the game, but this away game against Porto really hurt the old man.

In a 10-minute football match, Ferguson was accompanied by the anxiety from the bottom of his heart throughout the second half, which made him very helpless.

Counterattack, this is the slogan Ferguson yelled in the locker room. The stubborn Scottish old man worked hard to instigate the emotions of his players.

Those tough Manchester United players did try to knock down their opponents, but what they got in exchange was a more fierce counterattack from the Porto people.

This was the case throughout the second half of the game. As long as Manchester United overwhelmed the half, Porto's counterattack would penetrate them as quickly as possible.

Those lunatics in Porto adhere to such a principle. If Manchester United chooses to fight, then the Porto people will stay with them to the end.

That's what Mourinho told them, in the Dragon Stadium, let yourself be the one who dominates everything, no matter who your opponent is!

Ferguson observed the Porto team's bench more than once. The Portuguese, who was called an uncle by Lin Yi, always seemed very calm.

That is a kind of calmness that is well-known, at least Ferguson can't think of it at this moment, who can be so calm when he meets him at this age.

Even the French professor who has always been calm and used to it will become a little impetuous when facing Ferguson, but the Portuguese is not.

He didn't shout too much, even if he wanted to adjust his tactics, he still told the players who were close to him, and he always behaved very calmly.

Looking at Mourinho's unhurried command style, even for a moment, Ferguson felt that he was too old.

When such a guy showed up on the sidelines, Ferguson asked himself incredulously if it was time for him to retire.

It's not that the seasoned Ferguson didn't think about changing formations, and it's not that he didn't use his own words and actions to motivate his players, but the results were minimal.

Let him change in every possible way, and the Porto team clings to the lead, using their skilled skills, tearing at Manchester United's defense with extreme patience.

On the wing, in the center, Manchester United's poor defense was leaking everywhere, and Roy Keane, who had finally pressed up to participate in the attack, was always forced to retreat.

A clumsy Bart couldn't keep an eye on that slippery black-haired kid at all. Without Keane's help, he would be completely stunned by his opponent.

Butt is a good defensive player, but compared with Lin Yi, who is like a loach, he is not even as flexible as O'Shea, who came off the bench.

Anyway, in front of Bart, Lin Yi just flicked the football with his feet lightly, and then destroyed the heart of this honest man time and time again.

It's really unkind to do this, but Lin Yi is very happy to do such dirty things, as long as it can make his opponent suffer, he enjoys being a bad guy very much.

Even in the face of the double blockade of Keane and Bart, Lin Yi was able to send extremely penetrating short passes many times under the marking of the two men, creating enough shooting opportunities for his striker. Because of his existence alone, it has become chaotic.

If it weren't for McCarthy's excessive physical consumption and failing to grasp these few shooting opportunities, perhaps Manchester United would have become even more desperate.

The narrators at the scene lamented that if these opportunities were left to Ruud van Nistelrooy, the Dutch killer would be able to perform at least two hat-tricks.

Ferguson thinks this assumption is a reality. If that kid is really in his team, maybe everything will become very simple.

Although Lin Yi's performance in front of the Manchester United penalty area made the old man Ferguson hate that his teeth were itchy, but this only made him want Lin Yi even more.

The tactical arrangement of a front midfielder did not change the situation of Porto's main attack at all. Lin Yi alone could disturb the defense of the entire Manchester United team.

After Deco pulled to the wing, his technical advantage also became Phil Neville's nightmare. In this kind of pure heads-up, Deco basically won.

Because of these two guys and the constant charge from the left side, the Porto team has always grasped the context of the game, leading Manchester United by the nose step by step.

In the second half, Porto got a total of eleven shot chances. Adding up the whole game, their number of shots has reached 26 times.

And Manchester United didn't even have half of their shots, which also included Ronaldo and Giggs' few long shots from the outside in the second half.

Compared to Porto's calm build-up, United took more of their shots in the second half from distance because they couldn't find another way to attack.

The support point in the midfield was completely strangled. Both Giggs and Ronaldo could only rely on their own efforts to find opportunities. Occasionally, if they succeeded, they could only choose long-range shots.

But such a long-distance shot can really hit the world wave, otherwise, it would be too difficult to pass Baia's ten fingers.

Baia, who had been idle for a long time, finally got a chance. Under the attention of tens of thousands of fans at home, he made a fork once. There were endless difficult saves. Anyway, when the moves were made in the air, how could they look beautiful? , he just pounces, it's completely performing.

"That sullen guy is using the opportunity of the game to attract others." Brito muttered in a low voice when he saw this scene.

But those crazy fans didn't care whether it was a show or not, anyway, Baia's saving action brought them sensory stimulation.

Especially those female fans, they are shouting loudly, "Baya, I love you!!!", and then, Baia will play more vigorously.

Of course, Giggs and Ronaldo are the most pitiful pair of prop men, because their shots are creating opportunities for Baier to be handsome.

Maybe now Ferguson regrets that he replaced Ruud van Nistelrooy so early. Ronaldo forced a breakthrough to win the cross, and no one responded at all.

Don't expect Giggs to compete with Carvalho and Costa for headers in the penalty area alone, that's not the way he is good at shooting at all.

Cristiano Ronaldo was probably the best performer in the United team in the second half. He won the battle with Valente with his own feet.

Speed, technology, when these combined, Valente was completely pushed back to the half court by the Portuguese kid, and became unable to move an inch.

But what can the power of one person change?When only he and Giggs can continue to attack in the frontcourt of the Manchester United team, even if Ronaldo can get rid of Valente's marking, he can only break through and pass the ball desperately, and then look at the defender of the Porto team. A calm header clearance.

This is the only thing he can do for Ferguson. The stubborn old man may really have the idea to kill the unlucky South African who was sent off immediately.

If Fortune hadn't been sent off for a foul, maybe Ruud van Nistelrooy would have been able to stand in Porto's penalty area and continue to threaten the opponent's goal.

But it's all just an assumption, and God doesn't give anyone a chance to live again, not even the great old Sir Alex Ferguson.

Although Ronaldo can make waves on the wing, the context of the game is always in the hands of the Porto team, especially the black-haired boy who is regarded as an opponent by Ronaldo, and even occupies the middle with his powerful performance. Two hopes The star's confrontation once again became Lin Yi's one-man show.

Regardless of how embarrassing the Manchester United team was in the second half of the game, God finally did not abandon these hapless red devils.

Porto set off a frantic bombardment, but they still failed to knock on Manchester United's goal. The damn score remained unchanged at the end of the game. The shouts of tens of thousands of people in the Dragon Stadium never stopped, but They're also complaining about why those damn shots didn't go in.

More than 20 shots were exchanged for a score of 2:1. It may be the turn of the Porto team to be upset now, but their luck is indeed very bad.

Except for McCarthy's shots, the rest of the players also failed to score successfully. Although the offensive on the court was like a wave, there was no gain.

You can only say that it's the Almighty God, and you don't want to push that old man Ferguson to the edge of the cliff, otherwise, Porto wouldn't have such a wicked thing like four goalposts, and two of them hit all of them The intersection of beams and goalposts is a theoretically absolute dead end.

Mourinho was also a little helpless about such a result, "This is football, you can never guess what will happen in the next second."

Maybe now this uncle also regrets that Ru Chao's offensive failed to bring about a big victory, after all, the advantage of one goal is not so safe.

Everyone knows what Old Trafford is, the great theater of dreams, and the most frequently staged program is the counterattack of the red wave.

Those Manchester United fans who had been on tenterhooks all night could finally breathe a sigh of relief at the end of the game, and the imagined rout did not appear.

However, the absolute disadvantage of that scene still made their faces clouded, and they couldn't explain to them what happened to this damn game. Although they could retreat from Porto with an away goal, now these Manchester United players The supporters didn't have any smiles.

"Winning the Porto team is as easy as going to the street to buy a bottle of milk." This sentence now looks like a slap in the face of Manchester United.

Regardless of the past record of the two sides, at least on this night, the Manchester United team cannot afford the bottle of milk sold by Porto, the price is too expensive.

In the last 10 minutes of the game, Ronaldo was basically the only one who could stand near the arc of the middle circle, waiting for possible counterattack opportunities.

Siege, Porto poured all their firepower into Manchester United's penalty area at the last moment of the game. Except for scoring goals, they have done everything. The entire Manchester United defense was completely torn apart. Even a decent defense has been unable to organize.

The score gap of 1:2 can only be kept by Manchester United's desperate defense. This is also thanks to the help of God and the goal post. It is really a shameful game.

If at the beginning of the second half Ferguson still had the idea to fight for a tie, then in the final stage of the game, the old man just wanted to maintain the score.

Facing a European second-tier team in the eyes of the English, the great Manchester United team behaved so embarrassingly, and felt lucky even to lose. I really don't know if the stubborn Ferguson is feeling depressed at this moment. The Manchester United dynasty became crumbling under the crazy tearing of the opponent.

Keeping an away goal, Manchester United completed the lowest goal of the game, but the price they paid in the game was also very painful.

Fortune was sent off with a red card and was doomed to miss the next game. I am afraid that Ferguson has not considered who the left back will fill the gap at the moment.

The right back Phil Neville also fell to the turf in pain before the end of the game. His old injured right ankle suffered another illness.

Looking at the stern expression of his team doctor, Ferguson knew that his right back was also finished, and his back line would be completely reorganized for the next game.

But the worst is not these. The most unacceptable thing for Ferguson happened in the 88th minute of the game. At that moment, he was going crazy.

Keane, who was the only one who was stable in the whole game, got into big trouble. At that time, Ronaldo grabbed a chance from the middle, dribbled the ball and passed it straight to the penalty area. Attacking ahead of time and hugging the ball, Keane used "Lingboweibu" to pass Baya.

However, this Irishman must have not learned authentic Chinese Kung Fu, so his skill is obviously not good enough. After jumping, the Irishman did not cross Baia, and stepped on Baia's waist fiercely with both feet. En's elbow seemed to have accidentally knocked on Baia's head.

At that time, there were only two people in the restricted area, Kean and Baia. All this was clearly presented on the big screen, and it was impossible for the referee to release water even if he wanted to.

Red card, the Norwegian referee showed Keane a red card without any hesitation, even though the Irishman was already arguing loudly at him.

You can say that Keane's action was unintentional, but look at Baia who is rolling on the ground, and listen to the roar of tens of thousands of people at the Dragon Stadium at the same time.

It is estimated that it will be difficult for the referee to retract his decision, not to mention that even Keane himself cannot guarantee whether his actions were unintentional or intentional.

Even if all the players of the Manchester United team surrounded the referee and loudly avenged Keane, it was impossible to change the decision of the red card.

In the last 3 minutes of the game, Manchester United was forced to fight with nine men. If the Norwegian referee hadn't ended the game in time, who would know what would have happened? After Keane was sent off, even the usually calm Bart applied for a yellow card in a feverish manner.

There were two red cards and five yellow cards in the whole game. Manchester United's defensive double midfielders and four defenders will miss at least half of the next game.

Injured Phil, Fortune and Keane had to sit on the ball monitor, Gary Neville's calf swelled up after the game, and Ferguson was going crazy with anger.

Although the Norwegian referee did not make too many mistakes, this did not prevent Sir Alex from starting to get mad at the referee at the press conference after the game.

"It was a stupid decision, it was a stampede that didn't exist, Baier's poor performance fooled everyone, including the referee."

Faced with such a potentially hurtful foul, Ferguson, who has always been on two skins with Keane, can only choose to protect the calf at this time.

Ferguson believed that it was Baier's false injury that caused Keane to be sent off, because he had been wary of the Portuguese's diving before the game.It's just that this old man is using this method to divert other people's attention, try not to let people pay too much attention to the news that Manchester United lost the game.

Anyway, the old Scottish man had no scruples at the moment. No matter who he faced, he dared to criticize the referee's unfair law enforcement with such a strong attitude.

It doesn't matter even if this may result in a fine from UEFA, anyway, now he has to attract the attention of the media to himself.

"A cunning old man, he knows how to decompress his team. This is the survival skills of an old coach in the football circle."

Mourinho whispered to his old partner Brito as he watched his opponent perform in the press conference.

"We are still too young compared to him with the experience accumulated in a hundred Champions League games." Brito shrugged his shoulders in response.

"But the winner this night is us, isn't it? Experience can't help him." Mourinho was still so calm when he spoke.

Although Ferguson can use such an angry expression to yell at the referee for making mistakes, when he sees Mourinho again, he must keep himself calm. To maintain the wisdom of an elder.

However, Mourinho didn't want his opponent to have any psychological advantage. He first took the initiative to extend his hand and gave Ferguson a blessing by the way.

"Congratulations to Manchester United for leaving the Dragon Stadium with an away goal. This makes the result of the game two weeks later still a bit unpredictable."

Lin Yi said a long time ago that that wretched uncle always used to say nothing, and he would be pissed off when he opened his mouth. This time, Brito believed it.

Facing an old fox like Ferguson, it is estimated that only Mourinho can do it so calmly.

Ferguson's eyes were not so sharp at the moment, but seemed calm, but Mourinho could see the anger of an old man.

"Yeah, a good score, a 1-0 win when Manchester United come back to Old Trafford, that's enough for us to go through."

The placket of Ferguson's jacket brushed against Mourinho's outstretched hand. The annoyed Ferguson selectively ignored this courtesy gesture.

The stubborn old Scottish man ignored the reporters who were still preparing to ask questions. After Mourinho arrived, he immediately got up and left the field.

"It's understandable. A top team should indeed perform better. No wonder he is annoyed, who asked me to ruin his [-]-game commemoration."

Mourinho shrugged his shoulders to the reporters who watched the scene with their mouths open. His good mood of winning has not changed at all.

As for Ferguson's departure, he didn't comment too much. It was the old man's choice and had nothing to do with him. Anyway, the two had already made an agreement.

Two weeks later, see you at Old Trafford, who is the final winner, we will see the outcome then. . .

(Benitez, you are the best gift from God to AC Milan... Nerazzurri fans, I sympathize with you...)
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