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Chapter 938: On the Edge of the Cliff

Gao Xiaodong's goal allowed Manchester United to take the initiative in advancement into his own hands, but Inter Milan's hope of advancement is no less than Manchester United.

The current score of this game is 2:2 and the total score is 4:3. As long as Inter Milan scores another goal, they can eliminate Manchester United by taking advantage of away goals.

In other words, Gao Xiaodong's goal made Manchester United closer to advancement, but it did not cause too much trouble for Inter Milan's advancement. Gao Xiaodong didn't score. Inter Milan had to score a goal if they wanted to advance. Gao Xiaodong scored. Inter Milan had to score a goal if they wanted to advance.

There was not much time and he had to score a goal. Leonardo did not dare to continue to hold his Christmas tree formation. He made a substitution adjustment. Stankovic came out, and the young player Coutinho came on the court, and the formation also became 4231.

If you have hope, you will have fighting spirit. After the game starts again, Inter Milan, which needs to score goals to advance, has become more active in running and has more pressure on the front.

Although Manchester United leads the overall score, the advantage of this lead is too small, not even a goal. As long as Inter Milan scores, they will be eliminated, so Manchester United cannot defend the game. They must also attack and score more goals to ensure promotion.

Both teams want to attack, and the pace of the game will change immediately. If there is a board in front, it will become a quick-pronged now.

Manchester United, who was the first to create a shooting opportunity, was the first to play at home.

In the 61st minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong dribbled the ball and made a forcibly breaking through, and then passed Cambiaso to the side. Valencia broke through on the side and made a cross from Zivo. Hernandez missed the ball when he grabbed the point. Rooney shot from a small angle from the back point, and the ball slipped out.

Inter goalkeeper Cesar then made a big kick-off mistake, but Gao Xiaodong and Rooney cooperated on the right side of the penalty area, and then Rooney made a cross, but Hernandez's pushing power was too small and was saved by goalkeeper Cesar, and defender Lucio cleared the ball with a big kick.

However, Inter Milan is no longer passively beaten. After replacing Coutinho, Inter Milan's attacking number in the frontcourt has reached four, and their high-pressure makes it difficult for Manchester United to make it difficult for them to make it.

In the 67th minute of the game, Macon made a cross from the right, Smalin made a mistake in clearing the ball and kicked it directly to Coutinho. Coutinho held the ball and drifted past Fletcher, shot directly in a curved shot. The ball bypassed Van der Sar's fingers and flew out of the baseline against the post.

Coutinho's shot is quite threatening, but his status in Inter Milan is very low. Etoo and Sneider are both dissatisfied with him not passing the ball, and they are a little dissatisfied with the direct shot. Etoo just spread his hands and signaled to give me better. Sneider directly said to Coutinho's face, "I know how to shoot blindly! I can't see anyone!"

After being criticized by the team's boss, Coutinho won't dare to shoot easily after getting the ball to break through.

In the 70th minute of the game, Sneider made a top pass. Pandev stopped the ball in his chest in the middle and turned around and volleyed. The ball was hit by goalkeeper Van der Sar with two punches. Scholes and Sneider competed for the landing point. The ball flew to one side and was grabbed by Coutinho.

Coutinho took two steps forward and did not dare to continue to break forward. Seeing Etoo want the ball, he passed it directly to Etoo.

Etoo took advantage of the chaos in Manchester United's penalty area and hung the ball towards the right side of the goal to find Maikon who was inserted. Maikon inserted into the penalty area and shot vigorously, but the ball flew out of the crossbar.

The game ended in 75 minutes, and the score of 2:2 on the court was still not rewritten, but the players of Manchester United and Inter Milan became cautious and did not dare to attack as fiercely as before.

Now this time point is too sensitive. At this time, no matter who scores a goal, he may become the final winner, but the side who concedes the goal may also become the final loser. It can be said that this is the time when no one can afford to lose the ball.

At the beginning of the second half, Ferguson and Leonardo were still relatively calm. Now they became nervous and both came to the sidelines to point fingers and shout loudly. Every mistake of the players will cause them to roar loudly. Every time the opponent committed a foul by the referee, they will also make exaggerated physical postures to complain.

No wonder Ferguson and Leonardo are nervous. For giants like Inter Milan and Manchester United, the league is just a guaranteed guarantee, and the Champions League is the key. Whoever falls in the quarterfinals of 16, even if the league wins the championship, it cannot be considered a success.

Maybe it was because the first round of Meacha played too easily. In the second round of the final battle at Old Trafford, Manchester United players were somewhat prepared for the difficulties of the game. Unexpectedly, they had not secured the victory for 75 minutes. The situation was even more dangerous than after playing the first round.

Not only are the coaches nervous, but the players on both sides are nervous. This is the reunion of opponents in the final of last season. Manchester United hopes to take revenge and is very eager to score another goal to secure the victory, but they are also afraid of being beaten by Inter Milan to counterattack.

This mentality of wanting to win and afraid of losing makes some Inter Milan players a little timid when playing football, especially the defenders, who dare not insert them when attacking. Even if they insert them, they dare not insert them too deeply. Once the ball is lost, they dare not rush around on the spot. They only let the forwards harass them, and the defenders will immediately run back to defend.

Some people want to attack and some want to defend. This situation is the most dangerous, because the players cannot cooperate without unification of their thoughts, and they cannot form tacit understanding, which is very unfavorable for both offense and defense.

Ferguson has a lot of coaching experience. He quickly saw the problem. Seeing that it was nearly eighty minutes, Ferguson asked O'Shea to warm up and prepare to play, then waved his hand to let the players shrink, strengthen their defense, and prepare to fight Inter Milan's counterattack.

This is Ferguson's cleverness. In fact, at this time, choosing offense and choosing defense are the same. There are risks, but the biggest risk is to do nothing. There is no problem with Ferguson choosing defensive counterattack while leading.

However, the charm of football matches is full of surprises.

In the 80th minute of the game, Sneijder sent a long pass near the center circle to find forward Etoo.

Etoo's header ability was average, and Smalin boldly grabbed it and headed it to his teammate Fletcher.

Fletcher stopped the ball in his chest and wanted to control the ball, but unexpectedly, Inter Milan young player Coutinho ran very actively after he came on the court. Before Fletcher stopped the ball, he stretched out his foot to steal the ball and then passed it to Etoo.

Etoo didn't expect the ball to come back, and after Smalin fought for the top, his body rushed forward without being by his side.

Etoo pulled and pushed the ball, quickly breaking from the rib into the penalty area.

However, Manchester United defender Brown is experienced. He quickly blocked Etoo and did not give Etoo a chance to shoot. Etoo could only dribble the ball horizontally, dribble past Brown, and then look for a chance to shoot.

Manchester United's defense is not isolated, it is a system. Brown was drowned by Etoo and full-back Evra made up.

This is what is called "The more people you hit, the more people you play, Etoo is experienced. He then strode the ball and avoided Evra and passed it to Pandev on the right wing before Smalin came back to defend.

Etoo's ball was just passed to Pandev's left foot.

Pan Defu is a player with extremely unbalanced left and right foot skills. In Serie A, defenders don’t need to watch his right foot when defending Pan Defu, just stare at his left foot. Pan Defu himself said that he scored 9 points on his left foot, and only scored 0 points on his right foot.

Faced with a pass with excellent strength at this angle, Pandev cleverly pushed the ball with his "golden left foot". The ball flew into the upper left corner of the goal against the post. Inter Milan led Manchester United 3-2, and the total score tied 4-4.

At an extremely dangerous time, all Manchester United people were shocked, whether in the stands, on the court, or in the private room, whether on-site fans or TV fans, because this score means that Manchester United will be eliminated if they don't score.
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