After Giggs came on the court, Manchester United made changes in both offense and defense.

On the offensive, Ronaldo and Giggs flew together, and Hulk and Rodriguez attacked.

In terms of defense, give up the man-to-man defense against Gao Xiaodong and adopt the regional defense tactics.

Ferguson's understanding and judgment of the game was very accurate, and the substitutions were targeted. Ronaldo and Giggs had a very sharp attack power. They gathered together on both wings. Hulk and Rodriguez did not dare to attack unscrupulously anymore. There was no such great pressure. Evra and Oshei, who were clumsy in the first half and made frequent mistakes, disappeared, and replaced by being able to attack and defend Oshei and Evra.

In defense, Park Ji-sung not only failed to defend Gao Xiaodong in the first half, but also destroyed Manchester United's offensive formation. It can be said that he suffered failures on both ends of the offense and defense. After adopting regional defense, Manchester United adopted a double-team tactic against Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong was fast and strong, but his skills were rough, and it was not enough to dribble and pass the ball in multiple double-teams. This tactic greatly limited Gao Xiaodong's organization and scheduling role, and the only flaw was not easy to limit Gao Xiaodong's long-range shot.

After changing his style of play, Manchester United quickly got a shot.

In the 6th minute of the game, Giggs drifted past Fucilei in a realistic and fake move, cut into the penalty area and passed the ball back to the front of the penalty area. Scholes followed with a long shot.

Porto goalkeeper Helton did not react, but the ball flew out of the baseline against the post.

Three minutes later, Carrick scored a 50-meter pass from the backcourt and found Giggs. Giggs made a cross from the bottom again. Ronaldo headed the ball from a small angle, but the ball was blocked by Rolando with his body.

Giggs's fierce attack on the right forced Porto's defense to tilt the right. At this time, Giggs suddenly hit the center and gave Scholes a quick pass to Ronaldo. Ronaldo broke through Sissokoho for the first time in the game and passed the ball into the penalty area to find Ronaldo.

Rolando headed the ball and cleared it not far, but Carrick followed and volleyed, but the ball was higher than the goal again.

Ferreira's reaction was slow on the spot, and Manchester United had not made timely adjustments when attacked continuously by the goal. Gao Xiaodong showed that Manchester United's wing attack was sharp, but the three midfielders who shot were mainly Manchester United's forward insertion. He was taken turns to be defended by Scholes, Fletcher, and Carrick. Fernando and Merreles had to assist in the defense on the side and could not help him. He moved forward and could not help Falcao, so he simply retreated to the midfield to prevent Manchester United's midfielder from entering.

Gao Xiaodong's retreat this time is very critical. Ordinary offensive players return to the backcourt to defend the defense is actually similar to having too many posts, and sometimes they will help the worse. However, Gao Xiaodong is a full-attribute player. He is either a guest player. When he returns to the back midfielder position, he is a back midfielder.

When to get the position, when to grab it, when to get the attack, and when to get the ball, Gao Xiaodong has the best in the team. As soon as he came back, Porto's central defender had three midfielders in front of him. Whether it was Scholes, Fletcher, Carrick, the effect of forward insertion was immediately discounted by more than half.

Without the midfield forward, Manchester United's attack on the side was scratching his feet, and it was difficult to directly threaten the goal guarded by Helton, unless they could completely break through the full-back's defense and cut inside to the penalty area to shoot. However, today Luo was exhausted and Giggs was old, and he was not able to completely defeat Fucile and Sissokoho.

After Gao Xiaodong retreated, not only did his defense stabilize, but his offensive space also came out.

In the 66th minute of the game, Rolando, Fernando and Merreles made quick short passes at the front of the penalty area, avoiding the pressing of Rooney and Scholes, and deflecting the ball and passing it to Gao Xiaodong's feet.

Gao Xiaodong took the ball and turned around. Fletcher was about to press it. Gao Xiaodong deliberately reduced the ball. When Fletcher pounced, he pushed the ball outward, and on one side of his body, he ran his shoulders to Fletcher's chest.

Fletcher focused more on the ball. Unexpectedly, Gao Xiaodong was so sinister. He hurriedly closed his feet and was hit at the joint of his chest and abdomen. He staggered and took a few steps back, but he didn't breathe for a while.

"Damn it! Hit it!"

"This fat man in China is domineering on the court, why doesn't the referee send him off?"

"Sent off? He didn't even take a yellow card!"

"This fat man is too vulgar and has little movement. It seems that Fletcher bumped into him."

"It's shameless to plot against Fletcher!"

...

Manchester United fans in the stands all hated Gao Xiaodong, but they had no choice but to scold Gao Xiaodong, so they could only relieve themselves.

Gao Xiaodong didn't care about the booing of the fans in the stands. He dropped Fletcher and rushed forward with the ball. At this time, Rodriguez and Hulk also ran forward desperately to meet Gao Xiaodong.

Giggs and Rod saw that they were going to have a 4-on-4 situation in the frontcourt, so they quickly ran back.

Facing Gao Xiaodong who was rushing towards him, Carrick did not dare to retreat too far, for fear that Gao Xiaodong would shoot from a distance, and for fear that Gao Xiaodong would be too close, for fear that Gao Xiaodong would be swing past.

But this distance is not so sure. Gao Xiaodong entered the 30-meter area. Gao Xiaodong suddenly stopped suddenly, then started again, and then another emergency stop changed direction, and then shook the angle of the shooting. Gao Xiaodong pulled his feet without hesitation and shot, and the ball flew straight to the right side of the goal like a shell out of the borehole.

Gao Xiaodong had amazing explosive power, and Van der Sar did not dare to neglect and flew over.

His arm reached the extreme but he did not touch the ball. Van der Sar's heart chilled and he felt dangerous, but the ball flew out of the bottom line against the post.

"ah!"

"It's so hungry!"

"What a pity!"

The regret and gratitude from fans on both sides came from the stands.

Porto's attack attracted Manchester United's attention. Manchester United's midfield contracted slightly, strengthening the defense during offense and defense conversion, and not giving Gao Xiaodong the chance to dribble the ball forward.

But with Gao Xiaodong's retreat, Hulk and Rodriguez let go and the attack became bolder.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong transferred a long pass, Hulk dribbled the ball and cut inside, shook Evans away at the front of the penalty area, and shot angrily.

Hulk's shooting power was comparable to Gao Xiaodong, and he kicked seventy or eighty kilometers on the grass.

However, Van der Sar's condition was also trained by Porto. He flew over and blocked the ball. Falcao threw away Vidic and followed up and pushed the shot, but was saved by the brave Van der Sar.

These two consecutive shots were fast and fast. When Vidic kicked the ball out of the sideline, Manchester United fans let out a huge sigh and secretly called for luck.

Falcao did not expect that the resuming shot that was bound to make was actually saved by Van der Sar. He covered his face with both hands and sighed to the sky. Only then did he realize how buggy the world-class goalkeeper was.

Ferguson could no longer bear Evans. He replaced Evans with Neville, allowing O'Shea to play central defender, and Neville played fullback, completely changing the combination of the defense line.

Ferreira finally made a substitution adjustment at this time. Guarin replaced Rodriguez, Guarin, Fernando, and Merreles played three midfielders. Gao Xiaodong continued to break forward, and Hulk and Falcao partnered with two forwards.

Ferreira thought beautifully, with three back midfielders stabilizing their defense, Gao Xiaodong can also play the role of organizing counterattacks and attacking opponents' goal, but in this way, there are more people in the middle, which is not conducive to Gao Xiaodong's swing, who has a slightly thicker skill, and Manchester United has gained an advantage.

In the 77th minute of the game, Ferguson saw that the score could not be rewritten for a long time, so he made the third substitution adjustment, replaced veteran Scholes with Argentine striker Tevez, and sent four attackers to start the final offensive.

In the last moment, Ferguson's courage inspired the fighting spirit of Manchester United players and fans. All 70,000 Red Devils stood up, sang team songs, and inspired the players. Manchester United players ran desperately and attacked Porto like a tide.

Porto did not want to retreat, but could not retreat. Under Manchester United's high pressure, they had to retreat to the half and tenaciously resist the fierce offensive of the Manchester United people.

In the 88th minute, the God of Luck was moved by Manchester United's courage.

Sissokoho destroyed Ronaldo's dribble, and Gary Neville tried hard to throw the out-of-bounds ball directly to Rooney in the penalty area.

The Porto player who was ready for the game was caught off guard. Sapruna and Rolando intercepted and did not give Rooney a chance to shoot.

Rooney turned sideways to the goal and wanted to volley, but the angle of the shooting in front was completely blocked. He cleverly used his heel to knock the falling ball towards the front of the penalty area and passed it to Tevez.

Teves was between Fernando and Guarin. He quickly took a kick and volleyed. Fernando and Guarin interceptions were both one step late, and the ball roared on the bottom of the crossbar and bounced into the net.

The distance is so close and the ball is so fast that goalkeeper Helton, who performed bravely today, could only look at the ball and sigh.

“goa1!goa1!goa1…”

"Tevis!"

"Tevis's decisive kill!"

"Absolute kill! Absolute kill!"

...

Manchester United fans were crazy, with demons dancing in the stands, applause sounded like thunderous, and the sound of the earth shook, and the entire stadium turned into a gushing volcano.

Ferguson rushed out cheering with his arms raised.

2:1 Although it is not ideal, it is also a victory. With this goal, the initiative is in Manchester United's hands. How can Ferguson, who is determined to win the five-time champion, not be excited?

Ferreira was stunned. She was defeated by her opponent at this time, but he didn't have the courage to let go and fight again. He thought it would be good to score a away goal, so he did not take any action.

Porto fans were very regretful and very angry, and many impatient ones started to curse.

Yingnan pouted and said, "I came to the UK all the way, but I failed to see it."

Wu Lei said irritably: "Okay, it would be great if Porto can play like this. With a away goal, what else do you need?"

Porto players on the stadium began to complain.

"Who defends Rooney, let him pass the ball at will!"

"Tevis, who is defending, double-teamed him and let him shoot."

"He didn't stop the ball and shot directly, how can he defend himself?"

"How can we defend Rooney? Can we still knock it down in the penalty area?"

...

Gao Xiaodong was stunned for a moment and saw the captain's armband on his arm. Damn, I won't lose if I lead the team to play the Champions League for the first time, but unfortunately I won't have any special points. No! You can't admit defeat! There is still time. Gao Xiaodong yelled at his teammates who were complaining to each other: "Mad! What's the blind bb? Let's continue to attack, and there are still several minutes."

Seeing that his teammates were quiet, Gao Xiaodong shouted again, "Everyone is going to attack me boldly. Run, who doesn't run? Don't blame me for being polite after the game."

Fernando said: "Listen to the captain!"

Hulk said: "Well! We can't give up!"

Falcao said: "They can score in the 88th minute and we can score in stoppage time."

The celebration of Manchester United players is very long. When Porto kicks off again, half a minute has passed.

Three minutes of stoppage time.

Manchester United players thought the overall situation was decided, so they began to shrink their formation and focus on defense, but they did not give up on offense. For Manchester United, 2:1 is still not enough. They hope to take advantage of Porto's large-scale attack opportunity to counterattack and score another goal, completely locking in the promotion quota.

After Porto opened the ball in the middle circle, all Porto players pressed forward, Gao Xiaodong held the ball forward and dribbled. Fletcher rushed over fiercely, but Gao Xiaodong did not dodge and picked the ball upwards. The ball passed by Fletcher, but Gao Xiaodong was tackled.

Everyone thought Gao Xiaodong was going to lie on the ground and roll a few times, but Gao Xiaodong got up and rushed over to compete with Giggs for the ball.

Giggs stretched out his foot to pull the ball, trying to push the ball away first and cheat a foul.

However, Giggs underestimated Gao Xiaodong's degree and overestimated his age at 36. Gao Xiaodong hit the ball first and staggered Giggs.

Gao Xiaodong passed by two people, and Carrick and Oshei were panicked. They came together to attack Gao Xiaodong.

At the same time, Falkao stepped on the left and left the middle to Gao Xiaodong, and at the same time allowed Gao Xiaodong to find the route passed to him. Hulk stepped on the right from the side and shouted: "Team Gao! Give it to me!"

At this moment, Porto's two forwards and front midfielder three-man finished font into the penalty area. This is Porto's conventional attack tactics. Manchester United have been prepared for this. Unexpectedly, Gao Xiaodong broke through Giggs and Fletcher in succession.
To be continued...