There is a dream called football

Chapter 88 The Powerful Red Devil

"The `champion."

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"The `champion."

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The theme song of the Champions League sounded passionately, and the players of the two teams stepped into the Dragon Stadium, which has turned into a blue ocean. The Portuguese conquered the ocean back then, but their club has not conquered Europe for a long time.

Martin Taylor, a senior commentator of the BBC, came to the Dragon Stadium to explain the Champions League game.

As the players came out, Martin Taylor introduced the starting XI, starting with United's.

"The goalkeeper is American Howard."

"Gary (Neville) at right back, his brothers Phil and Wes Brown at centre-back and Butt on the left."

"The midfield is Keane and Scholes. One of them defends and the other attacks. Alex separates Fortune and Giggs on the two wings. The forward line is Ruud van Nistelrooy and Saha."

"Sergeante has formed the strongest lineup under his hands. In Porto, Manchester United still have to score away goals."

After introducing Manchester United, who came from the away game, Porto is next. The goalkeeper and the defense have remained unchanged for thousands of years, that is, the midfield has undergone relatively large changes. A midfielder has been added, and the forwards have chosen McCarthy and Alberto.

The players stand still in the midfield, the referee blows the whistle, and the game begins.

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In the first 10 minutes of the game, both sides were testing. Manchester United had possession of the ball, but they did not create good shooting opportunities.

After 10 minutes, Mourinho asked the substitute players to stand up and warm up. Ferguson saw it, laughed and ignored it.

Li Qiao was jogging while watching the situation on the field. Porto was obviously a little nervous, and the formation was a little tight. Although the three midfielders strengthened the interception in the middle, they lost the attack point on the side.

Ferguson has a vicious vision, and he also saw this point, allowing Scholes to shoot less and score more points for Giggs and Fortune, taking advantage of the opponent's wing gap.

Porto's Valente on the left and Ferreira on the right are both very strong. Manchester United tried a few times on the wing, but it was not so easy to pass.

However, this is not a problem for Manchester United. Scholes immediately strengthened the long shot in the middle, making the opponent mistakenly think that Manchester United's attack is still in the middle.

Scholes's shot in front of the penalty area was the kind of penetrating power, and the cloud piercing arrow was very strong, so Porto's midfielder dared not move easily.

At 15 minutes, Scholes felt that the time was almost up, and suddenly split his foot in front of the penalty area to Giggs on the left.

The Welshman cut to the defensive flanks of Ferreira and Carvalho.

Mourinho's heart skipped a beat. The ribs are the weakest area, because the central defender and the full-back can easily misunderstand each other and be used by the opponent.

This is the case at this time, Ferreira and Carvalho are about to attack, but Giggs is one step ahead, one step ahead, Baier attacks to block the angle, Giggs is greedy for merit, and happens to catch up with his left foot, so he shoots directly to the far corner of the goal.

With a bang, the ball will slide past the goal. In theory, Manchester United's attack was successful and exciting, but the ball missed a little bit.

Mourinho yelled at Paulo Ferreira, "It's your position, it's your responsibility if you concede the ball."

Ferreira looked down, it was indeed his responsibility, but Giggs was really fast.

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Manchester United pretended to attack the center, but actually split the side, but if Porto really dared to move to the side, Manchester United would immediately pass Ruud van Nistelrooy in the center. This is the strength of Manchester United.

Mourinho is thinking about whether there is a problem with his tactics, and perhaps he should listen to the opinions of the assistant coach.

Scholes passed the ball to the left again, Giggs feinted a shot with the ball and pretended to cut inside, but with a flick of his left foot, he actually went outside.

Jorge Costa reached out to make sure Ruud van Nistelrooy was not out of control. At the same time, Shaha was also under Carvalho's control. As long as the points in the penalty area are under control, then it doesn't matter.

Giggs looked up and saw that the two players in red jerseys in the penalty area were under the opponent's control, and it seemed useless to pass. At this moment, Fortune, who was on the back point, quickly approached.

The South African suddenly cut in from the full-back position, and Valente was caught off guard. When he reacted, Fortune was already one position ahead of him.

The ball arrives!People are here!
Fortune flicked his left foot and hit the goal from close range. The goalkeeper Baia stretched out his hand and the ball slipped past his hand, 1-0.

Fortune doesn't usually score many goals, but he was so happy to score in such a crucial game, he sprinted towards Ferguson with all his strength.

The old man patted him on the shoulder, "Well done."

An away goal is worth a thousand dollars, and more importantly, Porto can no longer retreat, they are bound to press out, and in that way, Manchester United will have more chances to fight back.

Mourinho's face was livid. The core of all his tactics is that the score of 0-0 does not move, so he holds the trump card in his hand, but at this time this trump card has been wiped out.

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Sosa scolded Fan Tian in the stands, "Jose, you idiot, why don't you let Li Qiao start, we have no offensive ability at all, and the opponent can attack us wantonly."

Although Sosa is a failed agent, he is indeed a good fan, and reporter Lopez also sees it this way.

Mourinho's original intention was to strengthen the defense, but Manchester United did not have any worries about attacking. The defense line was too far away from the forward line.

After all, a pass of more than 40 meters is relatively easy for a British defender to solve. These defenders of Manchester United have good frontal confrontation capabilities.

Mourinho's wishful thinking was to find McCarthy with a long pass and let him attack, but several long passes were resolved by the opponent's central defender. Brown did not suffer at all in front of McCarthy, which was unexpected by Mourinho.

Mourinho patted Morais, "Go let Li Qiao, Laird, and Alenichev focus on warming up."

Morais understood that other people's warm-ups are smoke bombs, but these three are not, but they may go up to help.

He nodded and passed on the order, but Manchester United on the field would not give their opponents a chance to breathe. They are particularly good at continuous attacks and destroy the opponent's self-confidence. In the 1999 Champions League final, Bayern was knocked down by Manchester United within 3 minutes.

These players have been with Ferguson for a long time. They don't need to say anything, they can tell what Ferguson is thinking with just one look.

Even Keane advanced to the front of the penalty area and shot the ball with an angry kick. The kick was so powerful that the hearts of the Porto fans were suspended again. Fortunately, Baier was brave and lifted the ball out of the baseline with a single palm.

But the Porto fans were not happy, as if the second goal was only a matter of time.

(End of this chapter)