April 13, 2011.

Manchester, Old Trafford Stadium.

The most substantial Manchester derby ever is taking place here.

Manchester United and Manchester City, the arch-rivaled rivals in the same city, fought each other in the Champions League for the first time. After Manchester United was reversed by Manchester City one-two away in the first leg, the second leg of the game at Old Trafford became crucial.

Not only are media coming from all over the world, but the entire Manchester is also empty, just for this battle tonight.

Manchester City's lineup is not surprising. Gao Han still lined up a 433 formation. The goalkeeper is Cech, and the defense is still Fertonheng, Xavi Martinez and Kompani. Although Mascherano has recovered from injury, Gao Han did not arrange for him to play in this game for safety reasons, but continued to trust Fertonheng.

The midfielder was behind Xavi Alonso, David Silva and Modric to control the iron triangle, Kaka burst in front, Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Sanchez still occupied the frontcourt offensive trident.

Gareth Bale, who scored a goal after coming on the bench in the last game, and Milner, who performed well, were still sitting on the bench, waiting to see when he could be replaced again.

Just like Manchester City sending all the main players, the home team Manchester United dare not be careless.

Because Ferdinand missed this game after straining a week ago, Ferguson arranged for young player Evans, the goalkeeper was still Van der Sar, and the defense was a combination of Leiden Bynes, Pepe, Evans and O'Shea.

The midfielder used a three-midfielder combination, Matic, Carrick, Fletcher, Mkhitaryan, and Tevez and Rooney formed a double striker, using a four-three-one-two formation style, while center Berbatov, who performed poorly in the last round, was placed on the bench.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester City took the lead in the away game, controlling the ball and rhythm of the game.

The home team Manchester United seemed to have acquiesced to the opponent's tactical style, retreated across the board, and strived for a defensive counterattack.

Manchester City is still the first to create the threat. David Silva and Modric firmly controlled the ball in the midfield and performed very actively, especially the Spanish midfielder. Shortly after the opening, they created a threat and sent the ball to Benzema's feet.

After receiving the ball, the French striker wanted to eat Pepe one-on-one, but Pepe broke the ball away and missed an opportunity.

But soon, Leiden Bynes fouled while defending Sanchez on the left. Xavi Alonso took the free kick and made a cross, but failed to create a threat. The ball fell to the back point and went straight out of the baseline.

After the first round, Sanchez's condition improved significantly in this game, forming continuous breakthroughs on the right and creating corner kick opportunities. Xavi Alonso took the penalty, but Kompany headed the ball high.

In the eighth minute, it was David Silva's pass again. Cristiano Ronaldo drifted past Osheimer's front of the penalty area and shot hard. Pepe blocked it with his body, but he still couldn't directly threaten the goal.

But the ball was always under Manchester City's feet, and Manchester United started with a passive start.

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The coach's seat at Old Trafford Stadium is set in the stands, with a relatively high position, and is separated from the stadium by a red brick wall. The head coach must go up and down from the ladder next to it.

At the beginning of the game, compared with the home team, Ferguson walked off the coach's seat and never sat back on it. Gao Han always sat upright in the visiting team's coach's seat, lying on the red brick wall, watching the trend of the game from a distance.

Nothing beyond his expectations.

From the moment he learned that Ferdinand would be out due to injury a week ago, he was very sure that Ferguson would continue to guard his defensive defense in this game because he knew very well about how much his defense was.

In the years since he came to the Premier League, Pepe has made rapid progress under Ferguson's training, but he has never been a stable central defender. If Ferdinand was around, the situation would be slightly better. But once Ferdinand is not there, how much level Pepe can perform is probably an unknown.

What's even more terrible is that in this game, Pepe's partner was Evans, whose strength was not enough to meet Manchester United's requirements.

Through the observation of the fierce eyes, Evans does have good potential and has the level of being the main player at Manchester United. However, Ferguson has been a bit too hasty in training over the years, and his luck at Manchester United is indeed not ideal. Coupled with other factors such as tactical environment, Evans has never been able to meet expectations.

Gao Han has always believed that all outstanding defenders are abused by offensive players.

For example, Ramos, who performed very well at Atletico Madrid this season, is actually very frivolous and often makes mistakes and makes mistakes from time to time, but he can't resist the ji qing in the game and his pick-up and throw-outs on the back line.

In addition to the two head coaches, Heinx and Simeone, Ramos really has to thank Gao Han for being today.

Over the years, he has been tolerated by Gao Han even though he has made many mistakes, even if he makes many mistakes, because they all believe that Gao Han never takes it easy, which is why he has the main central defender of the Spanish national team today.

Evans is characterized by excellent ability to get and play balls, but his speed is not fast enough, his physical confrontation is not good enough, and his sense of position is also a problem. Manchester United's own tradition of focusing on offense and defensiveness can easily amplify Evans's shortcomings and deficiencies.

Twenty-three years old, this age is very embarrassing. It is not young or big, but Ferdinand is almost thirty-three years old. Judging from Evans' current entry, it is probably difficult to take over Ferdinand's class.

The best thing is to loan him out and go to the middle and lower-level teams to experience it. If you train in a team that is less pressure than Manchester United for a year or two, his progress may be more obvious.

However, he couldn't escape this game.

When Gao Han thought of this, his eyes exposed outside the red brick wall narrowed slightly, and a trace of sharpness flashed.

He saw that Manchester City players were speeding up the offensive pace on the court.

The chance to score a goal is here!

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"It's still Manchester City's goal to get the ball, and leave it to Modric, and pass it again."

"Sanchez got the ball, drifted past Leiden Bynes, and kicked his feet..."

"Sanchez's long shot from 25 meters away was too hastily."

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"Manchester City reorganized, and Xavi Alonso passed the ball, and passed it to Kaka."

"Kaka got rid of Karik, and if you have the chance, just kick it..."

"Evans made a kick to Kaka's shot at the bottom line, Manchester City's corner kick."

"David Silva took the corner kick, Cristiano Ronaldo headed the ball, but it didn't hit the right side."

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"Okay, let's take a look at this attack."

"Xavi Alonso passed to the frontcourt for a long time, and Benzema pulled to the left to get the ball."

"Oxhe came to defend, Benzema passed the ball into the penalty area."

"Pepe's big foot cleared the ball, the ball was out of bounds, and it was still Manchester City's out of bounds."

"Manchester City's continuous offense is more like a test. After the start, Manchester United's defense is still well organized."

"Feltonghen came over and threw the outbound ball to David Silva."

"David Silva got the ball, and Fletcher came to press it closely, but Espanyol skillfully controlled the ball under his feet. He was one of the team's offensive double cores. He was not influenced by Fletcher and passed it to the frontcourt again..."

"Cristiano Ronaldo received the ball from the left line of the penalty area, facing Osheim, one-on-one."

"The Portuguese broke through quickly, stopped urgently, knocked back..."

"Kaka...swayed past Evans...shot the ball!"

"The ball is in!!!"

"Gallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!"

"In the 19th minute, Manchester City's offense suddenly accelerated, and a gap appeared in Manchester United's defense line. Kaka suddenly inserted into the penalty area obliquely, responding to Cristiano Ronaldo's knockback. After stopping the ball, he drifted past Evans who rushed forward to intercept the ball, and hit the ball with his right foot, opening the first record for Manchester City!"

“It was a very wonderful goal.”

"We can see David Silva's pass is very comfortable, but there is not much threat, so Manchester United's defense is not very concerned, but unexpectedly, Cristiano Ronaldo will suddenly knock back, and Kaka will swing past Evans after receiving the return pass, which is quite exciting."

"The entire goal process can be seen as the personal performance of Manchester City stars, but Evans's swing forward was indeed a bit boring. He should have chosen to block the position and block between Kaka and the goal, rather than rushing to get closer."

"One to zero, Manchester City scored its first record!"

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After Kaka relied on his personal ability, he swung past Evans and made a shot and scored a first record for Manchester City, the atmosphere at Old Trafford Stadium became more tense.

With a total score of 3-1 and losing the advantage of away goals, Manchester United was undoubtedly forced into a desperate situation.

Ferguson's team is no longer conservative. They must score at least two goals in the next hour of game, and they cannot be scored by Manchester City to ensure their smooth advancement.

But how difficult this is, you can see from the expressions of Manchester United players.

But Ferguson didn't believe in evil. After losing the ball, he called all the players over, used his lifelong secret skills to scold them.

After the game started again, Manchester United began a crazy counterattack, but Manchester City was also not willing to be outdone.

In terms of attack, Blue Moon has never lost to any team.

After breaking the deadlock on the field, the two sides began a fast-paced battle.

The back and forth attacks made the fans at the scene particularly worried, especially when Manchester City began to retreat appropriately and seduce Manchester United to push them out and play, the Red Devils' defense line lou dong was exposed again and again.

However, Van der Sar's performance in this game was as stable as ever. Although he was scored one goal, he was still the most trusted veteran on the defense. He not only commanded the team's defense, but also resolved Manchester City's counterattacks and shots many times.

The first half of the game passed by in the offensive and defensive battles between the two sides. In such a fast-paced game, no one could avoid making mistakes and failed to seize the excellent opportunity.

But just as the first half was about to end, Manchester United attacked and hit the front of Manchester City's penalty area. Tevez's long shot deviated from the goal and turned into Manchester City's goal.

Cech gave the ball and Pepe grabbed the first landing point, but under Benzema's interference, the header cleared the ball and saw no far away. Kaka and Carrick rushed over to grab the second landing point respectively. In the end, the Brazilian rushed to the ball to the back of Manchester United's defense.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been on the left, threw away Osheim and chased the ball as fast as possible. Before Evans, he stopped the ball and accelerated to chase.

But at this moment, Evans hurriedly reached out and pulled a hand on Cristiano Ronaldo's jersey, causing the Portuguese to lose balance and fall on the grass.
Chapter completed!