After two weeks of waiting, on Thursday night, the long-awaited Champions League knockout match between Manchester United and Inter Milan in the second leg of the Champions League knockout match finally kicked off.

When Inter Milan and Manchester United players walked out of the locker room under the leadership of referee Pronza, Inter Milan fans were shocked. This was not only because they needed to score two goals, but also because they were in extremely poor form this season and Pandev, who was known as the "living dead".

Inter Milan's 1-Cesar; defenders: 13-Macon, 15-Ranozia, 5-Lucio, 26-Zivo; midfielder: 5-Stankovic, 19-Cambiaso, 8-Mota, 10-Sneider, 27-Pandev; striker: 9-Etoo

Compared with the first round, only one person was Pandev replaced the injured captain Sanetti.

Pandev is also a very famous star. He scored a goal in Macedonia and finished his heyday in Lazio. He also played a big role in Inter Milan last season, but Pandev's form this season is extremely sluggish. Against Brescia in the league, Pandev even staged a "hat trick that won't make a single shot" and lost three single shots in a row.

Due to his poor condition, Pan Def failed to fight between Manchester United and Inter Milan in the first leg, and Inter Milan finally lost 1:2 at home. However, after the game, no one thought that Pan Def could help Inter Milan save the loss.

"Does Pandev? Leonardo want to give up the game?"

"What role can Kung Fu Panda do in this state?"

"Can Inter Milan only use general Pandev to beat Manchester United?"

"Is this going to leave Manchester United alone?"

"The last time I played Manchester United at home, I used a 4213 formation. I needed to score two goals this time, and I actually lined up a 4321 formation. Is Leonardo here to make a funny appearance?"

"Is Inter Milan going to defend and counterattack?"

"Please guess whether Manchester United will attack?"

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Inter Milan fans who came to support the stands were talking. These fans came from afar, all of whom were diehard fans. Most of them still watched the game with the luxury of turning the tables, but seeing such a lineup, they all felt something was wrong.

Compared with the weekend's Arsenal, Manchester United has a little more people. Valencia, Carrick and Fletcher in the midfield have returned from injury. Rooney and Hernandez are enough on the front line. Anyway, Gao Xiaodong scored more goals than the forwards, and even the centre-backs Vidic and Ferdinand are still unable to play, and they can only play as a substitute.

Although Ferguson has a hemisphere advantage, he is still not ready to defend a 2:1 score. He still has a 4-4-2 formation with a balanced offense and defense, with goalkeeper Van der Sar; four defenders Evra, Brown, Smarin, Rafael; four midfielders: Scholes, Gao Xiaodong, Fletcher, Carrick; double forwards: Rooney and Hernandez.

Although Manchester United has a great advantage in the overall score, Manchester United fans are still worried because Brown and Smarin are standing in the key position on their defense line. Fans are worried that these two will make low-level mistakes. After all, against a team like Inter Milan, Ferguson will not be able to line up a 6-back monster formation to make up for the shortcomings of the defense line.

Today, Manchester United's captain's armband was worn on Fletcher's arm. He served as the captain on the court for the first time, and was against a defending champion like Inter Milan. Fletcher was very excited. When he entered the court, he kept applauding the stands, as if all the fans of the game were coming to support him, which made Gao Xiaodong and Rooney kept pouting.

When the two captains exchanged team flags and logos, Ferguson and Inter Milan coach Leonardo also shook hands and had a simple exchange.

"Sir, this time I came to Old Trafford, please show mercy." Leonardo said deliberately weakly.

"I'm so humble. We won by chance in Meachah. This game is the real contest." Ferguson said without any arrogance.

"Just as long as Inter Milan can leave with decentness," Leonardo continued.

"Haha, go to my office for a drink after the game." Ferguson refused to comment on Leonardo's words, and his smile changed the subject.

"Okay, be sure to try the Lord's red wine."

Leonardo let go of Ferguson's hand and walked to the visiting coach's seat with satisfaction.

As a coach who is deeply influenced by Serie A, Leonardo is not young, but he attaches great importance to tactics and also likes psychological warfare.

When he arrived in Manchester, he and Morati were very high-profile, which was to encourage players and fans. However, Leonardo seemed conservative in the arrangement of troops, arranged a steady Christmas tree formation and showed weakness to Ferguson in front of him. This was actually to confuse Ferguson and let Ferguson and his disciples develop a sense of pride, so that Inter Milan would have the chance to survive.

After the photo, referee Pronza blew the whistle to start the game, and Manchester United, who played at home, took the lead in kicking off.

After Rooney and Hernandez fell, Rooney passed the ball back to the midfield, and he and Hernandez slowly stepped into Inter Milan's half.

Manchester United's four midfielders are lined up today, Carrick and Fletcher are the main defense, while Gao Xiaodong and Scholes are the main attack, but Gao Xiaodong and Scholes also have the task of defense.

The ball is passed back and forth between the midfield and the defender, and Manchester United is not in a hurry to attack. After all, they have a great advantage and are not in a hurry to score goals.

Inter Milan did not seem to show their determination to win at the beginning. When Manchester United controlled the ball, they did not press well and pressed in an urgent manner, giving Manchester United time to control the ball calmly.

Obviously this is a home game, and Manchester United is not a team like Barcelona that controls the ball forever. After passing in the backcourt for dozens of seconds, seeing that Inter Milan put less pressure, Manchester United quickly passed through the midfield and pushed the formation to Inter Milan's half.

Nani was injured and Valencia was substitute. Manchester United did not have a pure wing forward today. Rooney and Gao Xiaodong were mainly pulling the sidelines, and the full-backs were inserted to play.

Gao Xiaodong's forward attempt attracted Inter Milan players to shrink the middle, Scholes passed the ball to Rooney's feet, Rooney tried to force the left back Ziwo from the side, Ziwo was forced to take over, Pandefu pulled and pulled Rooney's ball, and the referee called Pandefu a foul and gave Manchester United a free kick.

Less than a minute into the game, Manchester United won a free kick. Pan Def, who has been criticized by Inter Milan fans, made Inter Milan fans even more dissatisfied. Many people wondered what else could this guy do besides a foul.

Scholes passed a free kick to the penalty area, and the grabbing of Smalin and Rooney attracted Inter Milan's attention. Fletcher competed at the back and directly pushed the ball into the arms of goalkeeper Cesar.

Cesar hugged the ball and quickly threw the ball with his hand to launch a quick counterattack to Stankovic.

Manchester United quickly returned to defense, pressing Stankovic, who was holding the ball, blocking the connection between Stankovic and his teammates.

Obviously, Inter Milan's core Sneider was focused on guard. Cambiaso and Mota who had a pass also got blocked. Only Pandev, who was in the worst form, was spared.

There is no way to do this. In the transition from offense to defense, Manchester United has not invested enough troops in defense, so they can only defend against the players that threaten the most.

Stankovic did not stick to the ball and directly passed the ball to Pandev.

Pandev took two steps and saw Etoo start the running position. He raised his foot and crossed the three Manchester United defensive players directly behind him.

Cheetah Etoo's explosive power was really fast. He threw away all the defensive players and formed a single-handed attack.

Brown and Raphael dragged behind. Brown and Raphael fought back desperately while raising their hands to signal Etoo to offside.

However, the lineman did not raise the flag and thought it was a good ball.

With Etoo's speed, Rafael and Brown could catch up. Etoo's attacking goalkeeper Van der Sar pushed the ball into Manchester United's goal with a arch on the penalty area line.

1:0

Less than two minutes into the game, Inter Milan led Manchester United 1-0, and the total score tied 2-2.

The Inter Milanese couldn't believe their eyes, and they jumped up to celebrate frantically.

Head coach Leonardo and the assistant coaches also cheered and rushed out of the coach's seat and hugged each other tightly. Although they made careful arrangements before the game, they did not expect to score a goal in less than two minutes of the game. Now they hope to really come back. They only need to score another goal to eliminate Manchester United and reach the quarterfinals.

Ferguson also jumped up, and he shouted angrily at referee Pronza, because from Ferguson's perspective, Etoo was offside.

Many Manchester United fans in the stands were also yelling to protest, and they also believed that Etoo was offside.

However, Pronsa ignored the shouts of Ferguson and the fans. Since the lineman did not raise the flag, he thought it was a good goal.

However, the large screen of the stadium then played slow motion. From the slow motion, Etoo exceeded Brown by half a shoulder, which was an offside goal.
Chapter completed!