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Chapter 911 Close the door

After Rooney scored a goal, Inter Milan's players finally launched an attack.

Since the regular game time in the first half had exceeded, Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar directly made a long pass with his feet. Unfortunately, Cesar used too much force and the long pass was directly passed to Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar.

The referee Casai originally wanted to give Inter Milan a chance to attack, but when he saw the ball being taken by Van der Sar, he stopped the game.

The players on both sides stopped moving and walked towards the locker room together.

Manchester United players were very excited to take the lead away. Except for Gao Xiaodong who quietly walked towards the mixed channel, everyone else was flamboyantly shouting at the stands and celebrating with Manchester United fans who came to help.

There was no applause in the stands, and fortunately there was no booing. Inter Milan players were very disappointed and everyone walked towards the locker room with their heads in silence.

Leonardo came to the home team's locker room early to wait. After the players arrived, Leonardo saw that the players were in a low mood and said: "Actually, we defended well in the first half, but we were lucky, otherwise I wouldn't have lost the ball."

Inter Milan players silently took off their shoes, lifted the leg guards, and massaged their muscles. No one said anything. They felt that the coach's statement might not even believe him. According to the situation in the first half, Inter Milan was too lucky, otherwise they would not have lost a single ball.

Leonardo continued: "Now Manchester United has scored a away goal. We can't defend in the second half. We must attack. Zivo rested in the second half. Sa team went to play the defender. Pandev came on the court and partnered with Etoo. I observed in the first half. Manchester United's central defender Smarin and full-back O'Shea have weaknesses, as long as we can catch it... However, we must also pay attention to defense. Defense must be placed on a position as important as offense. After losing the ball, all players on the field must return to defense, and no one is exceptional."

Several Inter Milan's offensive players were upset. They were one goal behind at home and put their defense in the same position as offense. Do you want to win or die better?

However, Rooney was only one goal behind in the first half, and it was still Rooney who made a shot into the net. Although the scene was too ugly, the result was not too bad. There was still a chance to win back in the second half. Inter Milan players did not publicly question the coach's tactics, and put their questions in their hearts.

In the away team's locker room, Manchester United players had a fierce debate over whether to attack or defend in the second half. The old players led by Scholes and Vidic thought this was away. The score of 1:0 was very good, but playing a defensive counterattack would be better to expand the score, and it would not be able to expand the score, and it would be acceptable to even be equalized by Inter Milan.

Young players like Gao Xiaodong, Rooney, and Nani all think that the 1:0 situation is very favorable, but it is not safe, and you have to continue attacking in the second half. You can play two more before defensive action.

Just as the players were arguing fiercely, Ferguson came, and the old Lord was very satisfied with the first half.

Although he only led one goal, Manchester United had an absolute advantage on the court and played the defending champion like a relegation team, which really made Ferguson very happy.

The question of offense or defense is nothing for Ferguson, who is very dissatisfied. Manchester United scored a away goal and had this goal at the bottom, even if Inter Milan equalized the score, Manchester United took the lead and could eliminate Inter Milan 0:0 when they returned to their home court. In this case, they would naturally continue to attack and see if they could lock in the victory in the first round.

The 15 minutes of the halftime break passed quickly, and the two sides walked from the mixed channel to the court and started the second half of the competition.

At the beginning of the second half, Inter Milan turned against the conservativeness of the first half and took the lead in attacking Manchester United.

After Pandev came on the court, Inter Milan's formation became 4312, and two full-backs Sanetti and Macon strengthened their assists on the sidelines.

Inter Milan's offensive players were greatly suppressed in the first half. With the order from head coach Leonardo in the second half, not only the two sides, but also the midfielder pressed forward together.

Inter Milan players believe that after Manchester United leads the score, they should shrink their counterattack against Inter Milan in the second half, but Manchester United did not. They still pushed the defense line to the midfield and began to intercept and press from near the center circle, resisting the enemy outside the penalty area.

Maicon played a match with Mota in the middle, drifted past Rooney, and continued to attack the bottom line. Sneider, the front midfielder, moved closer to the side and met Maicon.

Manchester United left-back Evra saw Fletcher assisting the defense on the wing and immediately retreated and waited to get a clamping with Fletcher to get a defender.

Macon wanted to cooperate with Sneijder in the middle, and saw Gao Xiaodong following Sneijder. He didn't dare to pass the ball, so he took the risk of moving forward and wanted to use Fletcher alone with speed.

Evra's speed is no slower than Maicon. Maicon cannot get rid of Evra. He made a forced cross from the side and was blocked by Evra's foot and blocked it out of the bottom line.

Inter Milan got a chance to get a corner kick.

Sneider took the corner kick and looked for double center backs Lucio and Ranokia in the middle of the penalty area.

However, Manchester United's air defense was not vague. Vidic grabbed the landing point and rushed out.

Manchester United did not seek stability in the second half. Even when defending corner kicks, there were three players who grabbed the second point on the outside.

The second landing point of the ball was accidentally grabbed by Scholes. After Scholes grabbed the landing point, he quickly got rid of Mota's pressing and passed the ball across the cross to find Gao Xiaodong who was quickly rushing forward. At the moment when he turned from defense to offense, Inter Milan still had Stankovic, who was responsible for long shots, staring at Gao Xiaodong, but this was useless. Gao Xiaodong suddenly started this very quickly, and even Stankovic at the peak could not keep up, let alone Stankovic in the old.

Scholes' pass was very beautiful. Gao Xiaodong didn't need to slow down after starting, so he strides forward and only attacks Zanetti and Cambiaso, who are left behind in Inter Milan.

Scholes passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong and did not stand still. Jiangtou tried his best to run forward with Gao Xiaodong, preparing to give Gao Xiaodong a ball point when Gao Xiaodong was blocked from dribbling.

Gao Xiaodong saw Scholes follow with his eyes, dribbling the ball more unscrupulously, and constantly accelerating towards Sanetti. When less than five meters away from Sanetti, Gao Xiaodong suddenly reduced his speed, as if he was going to make a pass and change direction. Just as Sanetti and Cambiaso were also slowing down, Gao Xiaodong suddenly poked the ball forward, and rushed through between Sanetti and Cambiaso with a sudden acceleration.

Neither Sanetti nor Cambiaso expected Gao Xiaodong to choose to break through the middle of the two. Almost subconsciously, both of them moved closer to the middle and tried to close the door instead of fouling Gao Xiaodong.
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