AC Milan's chances of making a comeback in the away game are slim, but Manchester United still prepared very seriously before the game.
Li Yu and Rooney were also discussing possible free kicks in the game.
The two of them had been plotting for a long time and were both very satisfied with the plan they had discussed. But when it came to the game, they found that there was no need to use the so-called plan. AC Milan quickly fell behind by a huge margin and surrendered!
Manchester United won the away game 3-2 in the first leg. The Red Devils must advance if they win the first leg away from home in the European war. They have won 5 consecutive victories against Italian teams in the Champions League at home. The last Italian team to win here is AC Milan. Since then, Manchester United has won the Champions League.
home court
They were undefeated in 23 consecutive games until they lost to Besiktas in the group stage this season. Brown and Ryan Giggs were absent due to injuries, and Carrick was suspended. However, Rooney recovered from injury in time and Li Yu appeared in the starting position together as the captain.
Gary Neville came on ahead of Rafael.
AC Milan has eliminated Manchester United four times before, but except for a 1-0 win in March 2005, they have lost in the other three away games, including a 2-3 loss in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in 2007. Milan must win by 2 goals or beat the match.
A 1-goal victory of 3 to 2. The last time Manchester United lost like this at home was the 1 to 4 loss to Liverpool on March 14 last year. The European war dates back to 2
In 2001, they lost to Deportivo 2-3. Not only did Pato fail to catch up with the game, but Nesta also injured his knee in training and missed the game. Bonera switched to central defender, leaving Abate on the right, and Jankulovski replaced him in the league.
The injured Antonini Beckham made his first return visit as an opponent after leaving Manchester United, but he only sat on the bench. Former Gunner Flamini served as the right midfielder and Seedorf returned as a substitute.
In the 143 seconds of the opening, Valencia successfully tackled Jankulovski from the right. Rooney got the ball in the middle and then kicked the wall with Valencia. He turned around 15 meters in front of the goal and shot a low shot with his left foot that missed the right post.
6th minute
, Van der Sar kicked off with a big kick, Park Ji-sung headed the ball over, Rooney turned around to get rid of Bonella, and volleyed 22 meters in front of the goal. One minute later, Neville cut in from the right and volleyed with his left foot 25 meters away from the goal.
The shot passed over the beam.
Milan almost scored in the 8th minute. Pirlo took a free kick from the right. Nani nodded to clear the ball but went to the middle. Ronaldinho headed the ball 11 meters in front of the goal and hit the right post! Only 1 minute later.
Thiago Silva made an accurate long pass from midfield, and Huntelaar inserted into the defense line
There was a response from behind, but he did not directly hit the volley. As a result, he failed to clear the ball and Van der Sar confiscated the ball. In the 10th minute, Nani cut in from the left and volleyed 22 meters away from the goal, but Abbiati blocked the near post.
, he took a corner kick on the left, and Vidic headed the ball over 9 meters in front of the goal.
Rooney took the lead in the 13th minute! Neville passed a precise curved ball from the right. Rooney got in front of Bonera and swung his head 9 meters in front of the goal into the lower left corner. 1-0! Manchester United's total score was 4-2.
Leading the way, Rooney has scored 8 headers in his last 9 goals.
This goal had a huge impact on the morale of the Italians. They originally had no advantage after the start, but now it has become a half-time offensive and defensive drill.
Manchester United players took turns to put on a shooting show. Li Yu hit the goal hard and Dida flew to the rescue.
In the penalty area, Rooney scored twice with a volley that slightly missed the goal.
It was too passive. Leonardo stood on the sidelines with a frown, as if there was nothing he could do.
Milan must score at least 3 goals to make a comeback. This is at Old Trafford. At this time, even the head coach may not have any thoughts of promotion.
Rooney and Li Yu also wanted to play the negotiated free kick strategy, but until the end of the first half, AC Milan did not give them this opportunity. There were many shots, but none of the Milan defensive players sent any free kicks in front of the penalty area.
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The first half ended at 1:0, changing sides and fighting again.
Leonardo replaced Bonera with Seedorf, and Ambrosini retreated to play as a central defender. However, only 53 seconds into the second half, Manchester United expanded the score! Pirlo made a cross from the left side of the midfield, and Tito stepped forward to assist.
Yago Silva stopped the ball and went out of control. Nani stole the ball from the left and crossed with the outside of his right foot. Anbu
Rossini was unable to catch up, and Rooney, who was outflanking in the middle, rushed into the empty goal with his right foot 13 meters in front of Abbiati, 2-0. Manchester United led with a total score of 5-2. This goal completely killed
To end the suspense, this is Rooney's 19th goal in 51 Champions League games, bringing his total goals this season to 30.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal, Rooney, Rooney delivers a wonderful goal!" the DJ at the scene roared hard.
All the Manchester United fans in the audience were also celebrating heartily.
The Italians also lost their temper. The second half that had just begun was undoubtedly their nightmare, and this was just the beginning.
Beckham began to warm up on the sidelines and immediately won the applause of Manchester United fans. After nearly 10 years, the once handsome blond boy has turned into the fashionable mature man he is today. But the only thing that has changed is that Beckham and
The love Manchester United fans have for each other.
Beckham once said that he can only join one club when he returns to the Premier League, and that is Manchester United, because it is impossible for him to represent another team against Manchester United.
Manchester United fans have also not forgotten their former No. 7. Many fans even had tears in their eyes and shouted: "David, we will always love you!"
Manchester United continued to expand their results in the 59th minute. Park Ji-sung scored the ball in the frontcourt and then moved forward. Valencia hit back from the right. The unmarked Scholes pretended to shoot, but actually drove it straight to the right side of the penalty area. Li Yu arrived as promised.
The right foot shovel shot from the corner of the small penalty area into the far corner.
3 to 0! Manchester United leads with a total score of 6 to 2!
Later, Beckham replaced Abate, and the fans stood up and applauded.
Ferguson also made substitution adjustments, Owen replaced Rooney!
The old man began to reveal his strength for the next game. There was no suspense in this game. He replaced Rooney and let him have a good rest to avoid worsening the knee injury.
In the 68th minute, Scholes kicked the ball away after Busaka blew the whistle and was given a yellow card. Then Inzaghi replaced Huntelaar. In the 70th minute, Flamini received Ronaldinho's response.
A powerful low shot with his right foot 30 meters in front of the goal was deflected by Inzaghi's toe midway. Van der Sar responded very quickly and blocked it with his foot! One minute later, Valencia's shot from the front of the penalty area was blocked by Ambrosi.
Ni blocked.
Ronaldinho overthrew Rafael and received a yellow card, and Gibson replaced Scholes. In the 74th minute, Seedorf's cross from the left was pushed out by Ferdinand. Beckham did not wait for the ball to land, and used his right foot 22 meters in front of the goal.
The volley was pushed over the crossbar by Van der Sar! This time the fans applauded Beckham. In the 81st minute, Beckham's cross hit Nani's hand
On, he took a free kick from the right, and Ferdinand nodded to clear the ball. In the 83rd minute, Nani's low pass from the left was missed by Valencia. Gibson's volley from 17 meters away from the goal missed the right corner. 1
Minutes later, Beckham's cross from the right was cleared by Vidic. Seedorf shot high, but Inzaghi was already offside.
Flamini kicked down Nani and was given a yellow card warning. In the 88th minute, Valencia's pass from the right was blocked. Park Ji-sung intercepted the ball in front of Ronaldinho. Rafael followed up with a diagonal pass past Abbiati.
Letcher headed into the far corner 4 meters from the goal, 4-0
!The total score was rewritten to 7 to 2. This was the first time Fletcher scored in 44 Champions League games. In the 2nd minute of stoppage time, Beckham made a pass from the right, Seedorf missed the ball, and Inzaghi scored in front of the goal.
He grabbed the spot and shot from 3 meters away, but the ball hit his left knee and missed the far post.
Manchester United finally advanced to the top 8 without any suspense.
4-0! Manchester United defeated their former Champions League nemesis AC Milan at Old Trafford. The two teams had met 8 times in the knockout stages of the Champions League, and the largest single score was 4-0. That happened in 1958
Things, at that time
Milan thrashed Manchester United 4-0 at home, and 52 years later, the Red Devils, under the leadership of Sir Alex Ferguson, fought back against the Rossoneri with the same score 4-0, marking the first time in history that they defeated Milan in the knockout stage of the Champions League.
corpse enters the next round.
The 4-0 score is not only the largest score in the history of the two teams in the Champions League, but also Manchester United scored 7 goals in two rounds. This is also the most goals scored by the finalist in the history of the two teams in the Champions League. Previously, Milan had
In the 1957-58 season, the total score in the two rounds was 5-2; in the 2006-07 season
, defeated Manchester United with a total score of 5-3 in the two rounds, but this time Manchester United eliminated Milan with a total score of 7-2. This is the largest score difference between the two rounds in the history of the Champions League knockout rounds between the two sides. The total net loss in the two rounds was 5 goals.
The gap was also the biggest defeat Milan suffered in two rounds in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Since the establishment of the first Champions League in 1955, it took Manchester United a full 55 years to finally throw the hat of being eliminated by Milan in the knockout stage into the Atlantic Ocean. This is the fifth time in the history of the Champions League that the two teams have met in the knockout stage. The Red Devils
Eliminating his opponent for the first time in history, the lifelong wish of Sir Alex Ferguson and legendary coach Busby finally came to an end at this moment.
In fact, the historical data before the game are very unfavorable to Milan. In the recent 14-year history of the Champions League, only Ajax in 1996, after losing the first round at home, reversed the comeback in the second round away from home. At that time, the Eredivisie
The powerful team lost 0-1 at home to Panathinaikos of Greece in the first round; but in the second round away, Ajax defeated the home team 3-0 and successfully came back with a total score of 3-1. But this time, Milan
There is no doubt that the comeback will be difficult
It will be even bigger, because they were given 3 away goals by Manchester United at San Siro. For Ajax 14 years ago, the Dutch only needed to score 1-0 in regular time on the road to at least get extra points.
There is a chance in the match; but AC Milan, which is a guest at Old Trafford today, has to score at least 2 goals to have the possibility of a comeback (such as 2-0). This is of course not easy to do, you know, Manchester United has been in the past 6 years.
They haven't conceded a single goal in a home league game.
Before the game, Ferguson said that Manchester United would not adopt conservative tactics to hold on to a 3-2 lead. This is not Manchester United's style, but Manchester United must not concede the ball in the opening stage, because that would allow Milan to see a comeback.
Hope. In terms of formation, Sir Alex Ferguson used the 451 (can also be regarded as 4231) formation that is commonly used when fighting against strong teams. This formation has both offensive and defensive capabilities and is flexible.
The nature is very big. On the bench, Sir Alex also arranged three attackers: Owen, Diouf and Obertin, as well as Gibson, who is stronger in offense than defense. This is enough to prove that Sir Alex Ferguson's formation in this game
It's not conservative. In fact, Manchester United defeated the Rossoneri with a more powerful attack. If Sir Alex Ferguson hadn't replaced him early, God knows whether he could have scored a hat-trick again.
In the knockout stage of the Champions League, among the other nine giants in today's football, except for Liverpool, who have never met Liverpool in the Champions League, the other eight giants have all been defeated by Manchester United so far. AC Milan has become the last place Manchester United has conquered in the Champions League.
A fortress.
In the 1967-68 Champions League semi-finals, Manchester United defeated Real Madrid with a total score of 4-3 to reach the final; in the 2007-08 Champions League semi-finals, Manchester United defeated Barcelona with a total score of 1-0 to reach the final; in the 1998-99 season,
Manchester United eliminated Inter Milan with a total score of 3-1 in the Champions League 14th final and entered the semi-finals; in the 1998-99 season, Manchester United won the championship
In the Cup semi-finals, they eliminated Juventus with a total score of 4-3 and entered the final; in the 1998-99 season, Manchester United defeated Bayern with a score of 2-1 in the Champions League final to win the championship; in the 2007-08 season, Manchester United won the Champions League final after a penalty kick
Defeat Chelsea to win the championship; in the 2008-09 season, Manchester United eliminated Arsenal with a total score of 4-1 in the Champions League semi-finals and entered the final.
Today's defeat of Milan means that Manchester United has defeated all other giants in the world except Liverpool in the Champions League. The reason why they failed to defeat Liverpool is simply because the two sides have never met in the Champions League.
In the 2006-07 season, Manchester United reached the semi-finals of the Champions League; in the 2007-08 season, Manchester United defeated Chelsea in the Champions League final to win the championship; in the 2008-09 season, Manchester United once again reached the Champions League final, but lost 0-2 in the final.
Lost to Barcelona and failed to successfully defend the title; this season, Manchester United defeated Milan with a score of 7-2 and reached the quarterfinals.
Even Barcelona and Chelsea can only look up to the performance of Ferguson's team in the Champions League in the past four seasons (Barcelona was in the top 16, semi-finals and runner-up in the first three seasons; Chelsea was in the semi-finals, runner-up and fourth place in the first three seasons).
Strong; whether Barcelona or Chelsea can finally enter the quarterfinals this season has not yet been determined).
If we say that in the history of the Champions League, Real Madrid and Milan have the most outstanding records, it is no exaggeration to say that in the past four seasons, no team's record can match Manchester United. Although they lost Ronaldo last summer
and Tevez, but Sir Alex Ferguson led this Manchester United to still create a medium-sized miracle. The civilian Manchester United is steadily heading towards the double crown. There are still two months until the end of the season. For the Red Devils
Say, everything is possible.
Another noteworthy aspect of this game is that a prince returned to his former kingdom this week. Although he was a little embarrassed, he was pleasantly surprised to find that he was still loved by his subjects.
Yes, David Beckham, the Old Trafford icon, is back home, but he only played 27 minutes.
Maybe his head coach Leonardo didn't want Beckham to be everything in this game, or maybe the Brazilian just wanted Beckham to be a surprise player on the bench. But everyone was surprised that Beckham didn't show up.
Among the starting 11.
The England forward could hardly help. When he came on, Manchester United had already scored three goals. Beckham personally experienced the process of conceding the fourth goal.
Although Beckham is still a huge fan, and the cheers of tens of thousands of people made him almost cry when he came on the field, it is still hard for Beckham to imagine that the moment he returned to Manchester, he was a disastrous defeat.
"It was a disappointing night because we lost the game but it's always special to come back here," he said. "The reception I've received from the Manchester United fans has been incredible and I'm grateful to you. If this
This is my last game at Old Trafford and I want to keep this memory alive with my fans. I hope Manchester United win the championship, they deserve it."
Saying too many emotional words will only make people sad in vain.
The world is now dominated by Rooney and Li Yu, and their three goals made the whole of Manchester crazy. But if Beckham is the old prince, and Li Yu and Rooney are the new princes, then Ferguson is the king here.
This is Beckham's first return after many years of separation. But you can see that Beckham's frustration today is entirely because he fell in love with the wrong girl. Ferguson believes that Victoria is a beauty who is not worthy of his prince.
As a result, a series of things that we are familiar with happened, the most famous of which was Ferguson kicking Beckham in the face. It seemed that the scarred Beckham was more manly, but his wife didn't think so.
Beckham's life is wandering in Spain, the United States, and Italy, but he has never returned to the Manchester stadium before this week. Maybe, for life, this is not a bad idea, think about the rainy weather in Manchester
, how frustrating.
But finally, this week, he's back. His old club and fans still seem to have his back. Their love? Really? How much, and does he love them?
At the end of the game, when Beckham left the field, the fans threw him a Manchester United scarf, but it was not the usual one. It was a combination of green and yellow. It symbolized the club's need to be independent and opposed to the greed of Glazer.
After the game, Beckham was asked if he wanted to rebel against Manchester United's new owner Glazer. Our hero was confused, "I don't know the meaning of this scarf." Yes, Beckham is just a fashionable young man who can play football, and he also
To support a family, even though the expenses are a bit high, don't expect a father of three children to do any revolutionary behavior. He didn't do it before, he won't do it now, and he won't do it in the future.
For Manchester United, compared to Beckham's other former team, Real Madrid, Manchester United is at least still running towards the championship. As for Glazer, annoying Glazer? As long as there is a championship, do we need to get rid of anyone? Or, we
