Manchester United legend

Chapter 167
Before Manchester United and Juventus played this game, Manchester United's situation was very sensitive: the team fought on the third line and had another FA Cup semi-final, and was almost exhausted; while Juventus had no distractions, the league and cup games were out of play early, and only the Champions League had hope.

The old woman recharged her energy early in the morning, with a knife and a gun in hand, waiting for Manchester United to come to her door.What made Juventus fans even more confident was that the Old Lady drew a 1-1 draw at Manchester United's home court in the first semi-final and scored a key away goal.

The Italian media before the game said, "Juventus holds the match point, and Manchester United's hope of qualifying is slim", "Manchester United loses the opportunity, and Juventus defends the glory of Serie A", "Championship-level teams can advance and retreat freely, with huge tactical space, and Manchester United is the leader." Not only that, the bookmakers are also overwhelmingly optimistic about Juventus' promotion, and the pre-match odds simply make Manchester United fans despair.

Ferguson ignored the turmoil from the outside world, and all Manchester United players had no time to pay attention to the media's interview requests, and went all out to prepare for the game.Finally, the battle that will determine the fate of the Champions League is coming.

Ferguson sent the most familiar 442 lineup, only the left midfielder chose Blomqvist as the starter, the midfielder let Bart partner with Jost, and let Scholes substitute as a surprise player.

Juventus sent a full force, except for Del Piero who continued to be absent due to injury, Zidane, Inzaghi, Davis, Conte, etc. all went into battle.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester United directly attacked the opponent's position, while Juventus, who were playing at home, held their position firmly and gave Manchester United a head-on blow. Taking advantage of the gap between Manchester United's active attack, they launched a counterattack and forced a corner kick.

After Zidane sent a short corner kick and made a pass with his teammates, he kicked a pass from the left 4 yards from the penalty area line, and the ball flew across a low and aggressive arc to the back point.

Inzaghi, who was ambushing at the back point early, suddenly stepped forward like a civet, and Gary Neville, who was closely following him, just surpassed the advantage of one foot, and poked the ball into the goal in front of the goal.

At that time, Gary Neville had even used his last trick. A violent hug and a promise to hug Inzaghi to the ground could not prevent the goal-1 to 0!Juventus took the lead, and the total score became 2 to 1!

Manchester United, which was behind, immediately fought back. Beckham, Jost, and Gary Neville continued to organize an offensive on the right, responding to a 3-yard pass from Keane outside the penalty area.It's a pity that the kick was too positive and Peruzzi hugged him tightly.

Misfortunes never come singly, just as the Manchester United team pressed out to attack, Juventus' counterattack launched again.On the left again, a Juventus pass passed through the United defense to Inzaghi, who had the ball behind him.

Inzaghi took the ball and leaned on Stam, turned around and walked outside, dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area, and barely shot from outside the corner of the small penalty area.

Juventus rewritten the score to 2-0, leading 3-1 on aggregate.Manchester United is already standing on the edge of a cliff, and the game has only lasted 11 minutes!The English media at the scene wailed, and many Manchester United fans watching the game covered their eyes in pain.

Two goals were poured in at the beginning of the game. Will Manchester United usher in a big defeat?Manchester United will collapse?Will be slaughtered without resistance under the fire of the opponent?Will the Alpi Stadium be another graveyard for the Red Devils in the Champions League?Manchester United's Champions League dream and the goal of the Triple Crown were buried?

This is the most critical moment, and it is also the most severe moment to test the will and ability of Manchester United players.Ferguson stood on the sidelines, his face was as deep as water, and his expression was as serious as an eternal iceberg.

He didn't get angry or lose his temper. At this moment, he chose to believe in his players.

After the game, Ferguson said, "I didn't feel that it was the end of the world. The situation of being scored first by the opponent and expanding the score has always been in our plan. I believe my players will make adjustments and they will give the opponent a strong response."

Yes, the Manchester United team is no longer the same as before. They don't even have any panic. The morale hit by the goal only brings a few tens of seconds of negativity, which is soon filled with stronger fighting spirit.Among them, the captain gave the signal to attack.At the same time, the captain also conveyed the order to start more intense hand-to-hand combat.

Jost said, "At 0-2, we really felt the seriousness of the situation and the huge pressure. For the players, whoever wants to bow their heads and admit defeat, then this is an excellent opportunity; whoever wants to prove that they are worthy of the title of Manchester United, then now is also the best opportunity. Football is at this moment. Will become a contest of wills, and this contest is our strength. How strong are our wills? How strong is Juventus? The bad news, but the good news - the right attitude to be exact - is that we have [-] minutes left and as long as we get the equalizer, we can build on it."

The game continued with a high-speed offensive and defensive rhythm. Manchester United had no way out in a last stand. Under the command of Jost, they gradually increased their strength, speed and rhythm.

Such a change caused Manchester United to make many mistakes at the beginning, and Juventus could easily control the situation without even having to entangle with Manchester United.However, the balance of the game is slowly changing.

Jost later recalled, "After Inzaghi scored the second goal, I was thinking about what we should do.

In such a situation, even idiots may run forward desperately, hoping to equalize the score as soon as possible.But this method will never work against a team like Juventus, which means we are panicked.

We don't need to panic because we have Yorke, Cole, Beckham and they can score goals.

I believe we will have more chances to attack and even Scholes can score as a substitute.We should be confident, so we need to turn the pressure on Juventus.What we have to do is to pay more attention to interception, control the ball, and suppress the opponent's formation instead of blindly charging. "

Just as Jost had expected, Manchester United's tactics slowly paid off.Juventus became content and no longer looked to attack to expand the score.

"They let us get close, let us pick up the tempo, and they didn't react," Jost said. "I felt like they were going into a state of narcissism, and they were so happy with scoring two goals that they weren't going to play. Now let's tell them who's going to have the last laugh."

Manchester United's offensive began to gradually develop into the Juventus penalty area. Yorke once made a subtle dodge and was dragged down by the opponent at the edge of the penalty area. Beckham's shot from the arc of the penalty area hit the opponent's defender's intentionally extended arm-the referee did not give any indication!Despite this, Manchester United's firepower has indeed become stronger.

In the 24th minute, Manchester United got a left corner kick.The corner kick taken by Beckham flew towards the penalty area in an arc. Jost cut into the corner area of ​​the small penalty area at high speed from the top of the arc of the penalty area. 1 to 2 - Manchester United caught up with the score.

This goal greatly encouraged Manchester United's confidence, and they attacked their opponents even more frantically in the subsequent games.

Indeed, Manchester United controlled the game, pushed hard into the opponent's interior, took advantage of the opponent's still somewhat complacent mentality to stifle the opponent, pressed all the way to the opponent's half of the attack - the bet paid off.

The game has become more and more tilted towards Manchester United, the balance of the whole situation has completely changed, Juventus began to worry about being tied by Manchester United-that means they will be eliminated, and this is only a goal away.Under pressure, Juventus players began to have a little fear, they are now afraid of Manchester United.

Although they also launched a sharp offensive on the right of Manchester United, they were extremely close to scoring the third goal, but Stam headed the ball in front of the goal line!

After Manchester United survived this crisis, they immediately responded with color, and the Red Devils' offensive became more violent.But misfortune came suddenly when Manchester United was getting better.

Just before the end of the first half, Blomkvist passed the ball to Butt, but the ball was too slow, and Zidane took the lead and took the position.Butt tripped Zidane to the ground while grabbing, and the referee showed a yellow card!
A yellow card means that Bart will not be able to play in the final!But Bart just pointed at Bromqvist with his finger, meaning to let him pass the ball more accurately next time and stop making such a knife mountain ball, and then turned around and ran back to his own position.

In fact, Bart didn't care what the foul and the yellow card meant to him. All he thought about was how to help the team score another goal and win the final victory in the semi-finals.

Butt said, "Who cares about the final that is still far away? If we don't get good results now, there will be no final at all!"

In the 34th minute, Manchester United ushered in the best chance to equalize: Gary Neville and Beckham lobbed consecutively into the Juventus penalty area from the right and were pushed out. With unbelievable eyes, Lala flew up in an extremely unnatural and weird posture, with her head in front and her body stretched out flat to head the ball into Peruzzi's goal.

2 to 2!Manchester United equalized the score and took the initiative!

(End of this chapter)