On the second day after Manchester United arrived in Lisbon, eight games on the first day of the Champions League group stage began.

The focus of this day is Barcelona's home match against Milan.

Before the game, most of the outside world are optimistic about home games, Barcelona defeated AC Milan.

However, even if Milan, who won the Champions League seven times, was not able to defeat him at will. Although they did not block Barcelona's attack away, they scored a valuable point with two Italian counterattacks.

In the other two highlights, Chelsea beat Leverkusen 2-0 at home, and Arsenal shook hands with Dortmund away.

There was no upset on the first game day, but the experienced Manchester United coach Ferguson still did not dare to be careless. He still prepared meticulously the next day, repeatedly reminding his disciples not to be careless and underestimate the opponent, hoping to ensure that he could defeat Benfica away.

It is indeed dangerous to have an opponent too strong, but it is not good to have an opponent too weak, because it is difficult to arouse fighting spirit.

The three opponents in Group C in Manchester United are too weak. It seems that Manchester United qualifies as a foregone conclusion. It is a sure win in the group first. If the outside world says too much, Manchester United players will believe it. Even if Ferguson repeatedly emphasized, he still didn't take his opponents to heart.

Manchester United and Benfica's first Champions League match was held at 7:45 pm on the 14th at Benfica's Stadium of Light.

The Light Stadium can accommodate 64,000 people, and there are rarely any full seats.

This focus match with Manchester United attracted the attention of Benfica fans all over the world. Tickets were sold out a week ago. An hour before the game, eager fans filled the stands.

Today, Ferguson has arranged a lineup with the richest experience and the most balanced offense and defense.

Goalkeeper No. 1 De Gea

Defenders: Evra No. 3, Evans No. 6, Smalin No. 12, Phil Jones No. 4

Double midfielder: No. 16 Carrick, No. 24 Fletcher

No. 11 Giggs, No. 10 Gao Xiaodong, No. 25 Valencia

Single striker: No. 9 Rooney

In this starting lineup, the most unstable one is the central defender position, and Evans and Smalling are both too young.

The injuries of Ferdinand and Vidic gave the two young men a chance to start the Champions League.

This is an opportunity and a test for them. If you can seize the opportunity, you dare not say you will play as the main player, but there will definitely be more and more opportunities to play.

Carrick and Fletcher's ability in the midfield are beyond words, but Carrick has been in poor form since last season, and Fletcher has returned from injury. Whether they can block the opponent's attack and whether they can quickly transfer the ball when counterattacking is still a question mark in the hearts of fans. Gao Xiaodong's ability is naturally nothing to doubt. What is questionable is Giggs' physical fitness and Valencia's passing.

The home team Benfica has all the elite, ranking out the strongest lineup they can.

Goalkeeper 1-Atur

Defender: 3-Emerson, 4-Louisson, 14-m-Perreira, 24-Garre

Midfielder: 5-Amorim, 6-j-Garcia/10-Eimar, 20-Gettan, 28-Vetsel

Forward: No. 7 Cardoso

Regarding Manchester United's starting lineup, China's live commentator He Hui thought Sir Ferguson was a bit conservative.

"We won't talk about Manchester United's central defender. Ferdinand and Vidic are injured. In addition, if you want to play Chelsea on the weekend, you can only be the partner of Smalling and Evans. You can't let Xiaodong play the central defender again, but in the midfield and the midfielder, Ferguson actually has many choices. If Pogba is too young, Anderson can be said to be the first time and can completely increase the running ability and coverage of Manchester United's midfielder."

He Hui also has different opinions on Ferguson's only sending one forward. He believes that it may be difficult for a team like Benfica to send only one Rooney on the front line to threaten the opponent's goal. Another young forward, Hernandez, has been in very good shape recently. If Hernandez and Rooney partner, their attack power will definitely be better than the current lineup.

He Hui doesn't know Benfica as well as Manchester United, but he believes that Benfica's starting lineup is definitely better than a mid-range Premier League team. Manchester United must be careful, otherwise it may capsize.

While He Hui was commenting, Manchester United captain Gao Xiaodong and Benfica captain Louisson exchanged the flag and team logo to pick the side, Slovenian referee Scorina blew the whistle to start the first half.

The first kick-off was Manchester United, who played away.

Today, Manchester United wore their new away uniforms for the new season. Benfica's home uniform happened to be the same as Manchester United in red and white pants. From a distance, Benfica looked like a genuine Manchester United team.

Rooney passed the ball back to Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong kept passing the ball back to Carrick, and Carrick passed it to central defender Evans.

Benfica's striker was very powerful at home. Manchester United only made a few passes back, and Benfica's forward had already reached the forefront of Manchester United's penalty area.

Evans gave Evra on the sidelines, and Evra dribbled forward and pushed forward along the sidelines.

Benfica is very strict with Evra's defense. Evra did not take a few steps before he encountered the opponent's double-team. Evra had no choice but to pass the ball back to Evans who was pulling the side. Evans passed the ball to the right, and right defender Jones passed the ball to Valencia again. Valencia continued to advance along the right.

With the lesson of failed pushing from the left, Manchester United strengthened their response to the wing and fully supported Valencia to break through the numerous obstacles set by Benfica in the midfield.

Since Valencia was kicked and recovered from injury, she has been in a competitive state. With the support of Fletcher and Gao Xiaodong, he still failed to lead the ball over the midfield and was destroyed by his opponent's tackle and almost conceded the ball.

The ball was controlled by Fletcher and then passed to Giggs on the left.

Giggs made a return pass by Evra after pressing. Evra made a large-scale long pass and found Valencia who was unguarded.

Evra's transfer across the half was very beautiful. Manchester United's left and right movement caused Benfica's defensive center of gravity to tilt right. Valencia could use his own speed to quickly get down the bottom.

Valencia did not disappoint his speed. He rushed along the sideline and rushed to Benfica's bottom line, passing it to the penalty area to find his teammate who was escorting in front of him.

Benfica defender Emerson flew to intercept and did not touch the ball. The ball drew an arc and flew into the small penalty area.

At this moment, Manchester United followed Valencia's offensive and only scored points, Gao Xiaodong and Rooney, who broke into Benfica's penalty area one by one.

Gao Xiaodong and Wang Cong are Manchester United's aces, and Benfica doesn't want to be shot by these two people.

Goalkeeper Artur did not wait for Rooney and Gao Xiaodong to grab the landing point. He attacked quickly and hit the ball out of the penalty area with both fists above Rooney's head.

Just three minutes into the opening game, the Chinese team turned away and completed a breakthrough cross on the wing, creating a certain danger in Benfica's penalty area.

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