Chapter 892

April 6, Wednesday, cloudy.

According to the drawing rules, the first leg of the Champions League final eight elimination match is arranged to be held at the city stadium.

The first Manchester Derby in the history of the Champions League attracted the attention of everyone in the city.

On this night, Manchester was full of people, all of whom were on the court, at home, or in the bar, waiting for the start of this focus event.

Both teams are also well prepared for the game.

From the draw to the match, both teams have gone through two rounds of the Premier League. Manchester City beat the demoralized Chelsea 2-0 away from home. The blues are doomed to be fired because they are empty handed this season. Many veteran players, including Drogba, can leave the team. The team's morale has fallen to the bottom and it is difficult to attack Manchester City.

After two weeks of playing for the national team, Manchester city came out as a substitute, beating Sunderland 5-0 at home.

Manchester United's performance is equally unambiguous. First, they won Bolton 1-0 at home, then beat West Ham 4-2 away and stepped the hammers into the relegation zone. Ferguson even called out his heroic words before the game to try to kill Manchester City away.

The duel between the two men of Manchester city has attracted the attention of fans all over the world. It not only determines whether the two teams can further break through in the Champions League, but also determines the development trend of Manchester football in the future.

Under the guidance of alpine, Manchester City's tactical framework has always been very stable and mature. 343 is the standard of this team, and the starting lineup will not be too unexpected, especially after the rotation of the Premier League at the weekend, alpine's main lineup and tactical play are also ready to come out.

Everyone knows how to deal with the cold. The suspense is how Ferguson will deal with it.

Is it a brave attack like Arsenal did when they overturned Barcelona, or a more pragmatic defensive counterattack?

If it is the latter, how should it be played?

The cold platoon was expected by all.

The goalkeeper is Peter Cech, the defensive line is Fairton Heng to replace the injured Javier Mascherano as the left centre back, Harvey Martinez in the middle, and kompani as the right centre back.

Xabi Alonso is behind the midfield, David Silva and Modric are in the middle, kakatu is in front, and Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Sanchez are the front Trident.

In addition to an injured Mascherano failed to play, Gao cold did his best to send the main force to play, which shows that he attaches great importance to this game, and he also repeatedly stressed his fear of Ferguson before the game.

The Red Devils Godfather has also drawn out his strongest lineup.

The goalkeeper is van der Sar, the defensive line is Leighton Baines, Pepe, Ferdinand and O'Shea, the midfield is still Carrick and Mattic behind, mcitarian ahead, the Trident is a combination of Tevez, Berbatov and Rooney.

Ferguson's starting line-up is also not too much surprise, with three strikers and an attacking midfield, which can be regarded as the standard configuration of United this season. Tevez and Rooney are the strong points of United's attack, and msitalian has gradually replaced Scholes and Giggs. On the bench are players like Valencia, Park Ji Xing and Nani.

Obviously, Ferguson's intention is to defend and fight back.

Both sides know each other's roots, so at the beginning of the game, there was not too much trial. Manchester United seemed very cautious and patient. They all retreated to the back court, allowing Manchester City to control the ball and occupy the advantage, staying firmly at the front of the penalty area and waiting for the opportunity to launch a fatal counterattack.

It's a pragmatic tactic that many teams use against Manchester City.

The recovery of the overall formation is very important when defending Manchester City, which means that Manchester City will not be able to form a counterattack immediately after breaking the ball, hit the defenders behind, and give play to the speed advantage of their own players.

It's one of city's most lethal offensive weapons, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Sanchez, Benzema, Gareth bell and sturrich.

And the existence of David Silva and Modric, Harvey Alonso and Harvey Martinez are hidden behind the scenes, which makes all teams have to look back at their own back when they beat Manchester City, fearing that they will be blown up at any time.

But just relying on this, you want to freeze Manchester City's attack?

Obviously, Ferguson is not sure.

As a result, he placed Mattic on the right in this game. The Serb midfield was mainly stationed on the right side of the front line of the penalty area. As long as Cristiano Ronaldo scored in this area, he would stick close to him and right back O'Shea would assist him.

Ferguson obviously knows better than anyone that Cristiano Ronaldo is the nuclear weapon of Manchester City. As long as the Portuguese is frozen, Manchester City's offensive will be affected, so he will make this arrangement.

Facts have also proved that Ferguson's judgment is very accurate and his tactics are also very effective. With the cooperation of Mattic and O'Shea, Cristiano Ronaldo was restricted after the opening, forcing him to leave his favorite and most efficient active area frequently.

Mattic seems tall and bulky, O'Shea seems nervous and a little at a loss, but in any case, under the care of two defenders, Cristiano Ronaldo is difficult to make a difference.

In this regard, the Portuguese are also very angry.

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"Ma Dan!"

Cristiano Ronaldo got up from the ground and spat the grass off his lips.

Just now, after receiving the pass from David Silva, he wanted to try to cut in from the left and kill to the middle. Unexpectedly, the seemingly clumsy Serb midfield player took the lead and tripped him to the front of the penalty area with the ball.

What's more hateful is that the referee didn't whistle yet. He thought it was a beautiful defense.

My God, he doesn't know what's going on. This is the home of Manchester City.

The Portuguese wiped his face hard. His hands were full of sweat. But as soon as he fixed his eyes, Martini and O'Shea came up again.

"I said, is this your mission in this competition?" Cristiano Ronaldo asked angrily.

Now the ball in the front court, he and his two "bodyguards" can be a little lazy.

"Yes." O'Shea returned.

Martini looked coldly at Cristiano Ronaldo, remained silent and focused on the situation in the front court.

Compared with O'Shea, the Portuguese are more afraid of martini, at least he is very focused.

After the opening several times, he had already thrown off O'Shea, but was blocked by Mattic.

"The old man looks down on me a little. Two people may not be able to hold me up." Cristiano Ronaldo said confidently.

This time O'Shea didn't speak and looked solemn. On the contrary, it was Mattie who asked coldly, "is that right?"

The Portuguese also stopped talking because he saw his side break the ball in the back and began to fight back.

All of a sudden, Cristiano Ronaldo ran back quickly and raised his hand for the ball.

"Stop!" O'Shea was surprised and rushed to catch up.

The ball soon came from the foot of Xabi Alonso to Cristiano Ronaldo. After the Portuguese stopped the ball, he turned around and calmly faced O'Shea, who was pressing forward with a proud smile.

O'Shea only felt the Figure shaking in front of him and mistakenly thought that the Portuguese still wanted to cut in the middle. He instinctively made an action immediately, but he didn't expect that this time, the Portuguese chose to stick to the bottom line along the left road.

With that, Cristiano Ronaldo easily broke through O'Shea's defense.

But when he broke through O'Shea's defense, he saw Mattic coming from the side to help defend. Obviously, the Serbs had been paying close attention to his every move and made an immediate response.

However, Mattic is more wary of his internal cutting.

Cristiano Ronaldo made another quick stop to speed up, threw away half of his position and passed the ball to the penalty area with his left foot.

In the penalty area, Ferdinand kept Benzema behind and blocked the low pass, but he didn't fly far away. Kaka came up from behind and didn't wait for the ball to land.

This shot was powerful and very fast, which made all the fans exclaim and think that the ball had a chance.

But at the critical moment, van der Sar flew out of the ball with one hand, and then Pepe caught up and directly cleared the ball out of bounds.

At this time, the city stadium issued a heavy sigh.

What a pity!

Kaka's foot quality is very high, the result is just a little bit worse.

Cristiano Ronaldo didn't seem to be angry when he saw Kaka's shot blocked. He walked back with a smile, but in front of him, the expressions of Martini and O'Shea changed completely.

That's the strength of a superstar!

He can not only cut in the door, he is proficient in both left and right feet, can pass under the bottom.

In the restricted area, Benzema, Sanchez and Kaka all have outstanding personal ability. Once the ball reaches the restricted area, United's defense will fall into a passive situation.

"Take your time. It's only about ten minutes. It's still early." The Portuguese laughed.

It can be seen that he has strong confidence in his own strength and the strength of the team.

Mattic and O'Shea were startled by the breakthrough pass just now, not to mention the nervous O'Shea, even the calm Mattic was a little nervous.

This guy is too difficult, two people can't imprison him, personal ability is too strong.

"Be careful." Martini looked at O'Shea. They nodded and immediately followed the Portuguese.

Soon, city sent out a foul and the attack came again.

A minute later, Cristiano Ronaldo got another chance. He suddenly ran from the left to the middle. After receiving Modric's pass, he shot from a long distance. The quality was very high, but slightly higher.

Two minutes later, Cristiano Ronaldo broke through the ball on the left after receiving a pass from fertonhenge. However, as soon as the ball came into the penalty area, Benzema was not able to catch it, and then he was broken by the sudden attack of martini.

When the Serb gets up from the ground, he looks defiantly at the Portuguese who wants to play against the wall after passing the ball. His face also becomes very dignified.

This guy is terrible!

He is just like a perfect attacking machine, which can kill from any loophole in any way.

Martini looked at the panting O'Shea again. He was almost fooled by Cristiano Ronaldo in the defense just now. If he was really given two passes and one pass into the penalty area, then

The Serbs couldn't help looking ahead.

Why hasn't it happened yet?

If we don't seize the time, we can't prevent the back line!