Chapter 1191

On the second day of United's arrival in Lisbon, the eight matches on the first day of the Champions League group stage began.

The focus of the day is the match between Barcelona and Milan.

Before the game, most of the outside world are optimistic about the home game of Barcelona beat AC Milan.

However, Milan, who won the Champions League seven times, can not be easily defeated even if they are reduced to second rate. On the road, although they did not block Barcelona's attack, they got a valuable point with two Italian style counterattacks.

In the other two games, Chelsea beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 at home and Arsenal shook hands with Dortmund away.

On the first day of the match, there was no surprise, but the experienced Manchester United manager Ferguson still did not dare to be careless. On the second day, he still prepared meticulously and repeatedly warned his disciples not to underestimate the enemy, hoping to ensure that they can beat Benfica away.

It's dangerous to have a strong opponent, but it's not good to have a weak opponent, because it's hard to arouse morale.

Manchester United's three opponents in group C are too weak. From the outside world's point of view, Manchester United's qualification is certain, and the number one in the group is also certain. The outside world has said too much, and Manchester United's players believe it. Even if Ferguson repeatedly stressed, he still didn't care about his opponents.

The first Champions League match between Manchester United and Benfica was held at Benfica's Stadium of light at 7:45 pm on the 14th.

The stadium of light can hold 64000 people and is seldom full.

The focus game against Manchester United attracted the attention of Benfica fans all over the world. Tickets were sold out a week ago, and eager fans filled the stands an hour before the game.

Today, Ferguson has the most experienced and balanced team.

Goalkeeper No.1 de GEA

guard: No.3 Evra, No.6 Evans, No.12 Smalling, No.4 Phil Jones

double back: No.16 Carrick, No.24 Fletcher

Giggs No.11, No.10 Gao Xiaodong, No.25 Valencia

single forward: No.9 Rooney

in this starting, the most unstable position is centre back, Evans and Smalling are too many young.

The injuries of Ferdinand and Vidic have given two young men the chance to start in the Champions League.

It's an opportunity and a test for them. If we can seize the opportunity, we can't say that we can play in the main team, but there will be more and more opportunities to play.

There is nothing to say about the ability of Carrick and Fletcher in the back position, but Carrick has been in poor condition since last season, and Fletcher is injured again. Whether they can block the opponent's attack and transfer the ball quickly in the counterattack is still a question mark in the hearts of the fans. In the front field, Gao Xiaodong's ability is naturally not questionable and worth cherishing It's about Giggs' fitness and Valencia's passing.

The home team Benfica is the best, discharged they can discharge the strongest lineup.

Goalkeeper 1 - Artur

guard: 3 - Emerson, 4 - Louis song, 14 - M - Pereira, 24 - Gare

midfield: 5 - Amorim, 6 - J - Garcia, 10 - Aimar, 20 - Gaetan, 28 - wittsell

forward: No. 7 Cardoso

for Manchester United's starting line-up, he Hui, a live commentator from China, thinks that Sir Alex Ferguson is a bit conservative.

"We don't want to talk about Manchester United's centre back. Ferdinand and Vidic are injured. In addition to playing against Chelsea at the weekend, it's only Smalling and Evans who can play together. We can't let Xiaodong play centre back again. But in midfield and back midfield, Ferguson has many choices. If bogba is too young, Anderson can be said to be in his prime To increase the running ability and coverage of Manchester United's midfield. "

He Hui also has different opinions on Ferguson's sending only one striker. He thinks that it is difficult for a team like Benfica to send only one Rooney on the attack line to threaten the opponent's gate. Another young striker, Hernandez, is in a very good condition recently. If Hernandez and Rooney are allowed to partner, their attack power will definitely be better than the existing team.

He Hui doesn't know Benfica as well as Manchester United, but he thinks Benfica's starting is definitely better than that of a middle team in the Premier League. Manchester United must be careful, otherwise it may turn over.

When he Hui explained, after Manchester United captain Gao Xiaodong and Benfica captain luison exchanged flags and emblems, Slovenian referee scomina blew the whistle at the beginning of the first half.

The first team to kick off was Manchester United, who played away.

Today, Manchester United are wearing their new away team uniform for the new season. Benfica's home team uniform is just the same as Manchester United's red shirt and white pants. From a distance, Benfica looks like a real Manchester United team.

Rooney passes the ball back to Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong passes the ball back to Carrick and Carrick passes it to centre back Evans.

Benfica's home game, momentum is very fierce, Manchester United is just a few feet back effort, Benfica's forward has been forced to Manchester United's restricted area front.

Evans gave it to Evra on the wing, who carried the ball forward and pushed forward along the wing.Benfica's side of Evra's defense is very strict, Evra did not take a few steps, encountered the opponent's double bag clip, Evra helpless, can only pass the ball back to Evans, Evans big foot pass the ball to the right, right back Jones pass the ball to Valencia, Valencia continue to march forward along the right.

With the failure of the left side, United strengthened their support for Valencia to break through the obstacles set by Benfica in midfield.

Valencia's competitive state is not as good as before since he was kicked to break his leg. With the support of Fletcher and Gao Xiaodong, he still failed to take the ball past the midfield. He was damaged by the opponent's tackle and almost lost the ball.

The ball was controlled by Fletcher and then passed to Giggs on the left.

Giggs returns to Evra under the pressure, Evra transfers a wide range of long passes and finds the defenceless Valencia.

Evra's transfer across the half court is very beautiful. Manchester United's left-right transfer caused Benfica's defensive center of gravity to shift to the right. Valencia can use his own speed to get the ball.

Valencia did not live up to his speed, he quickly along the sideline to Benfica's bottom line, a foot to the penalty area to find his forward team-mates.

Benfica defender Emerson flew to intercept without touching the ball, which curved into the penalty area.

At the moment, only Gao Xiaodong and Wayne Rooney can catch up with Valencia in attack. They have entered Benfica's forbidden area one after another.

Gao Xiaodong and Wang Cong are United's ace, Benfica does not want to be shot by these two men.

Goalkeeper Artur didn't wait for Rooney and Gao Xiaodong to reach the landing spot. He made a quick attack and hit the ball out of the penalty area with two fists on the top of Rooney's head.

It was just three minutes in the beginning when the Chinese team turned away from the visitors and made a breakthrough pass on the side, creating a certain danger in Benfica's restricted area.