There is a dream called football

When I walked into Old Trafford, the whole crowd was booing.

As some old players in Liverpool, this is commonplace and happens once a year, but Li Qiao and Alonso are still very uncomfortable with this atmosphere, because the Premier League stadium has no fences or runways, and fans are far away from the stadium.

It's very close.

It's like someone standing next to you and booing. After Li Qiao stood still and looked around, the Dream Theater was really majestic and beautiful.

In this game, Manchester United used a 442 formation, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy on the forward line, and Keane, Scholes, O'Shea, and Giggs lined up in the midfield.

The defense was still the same, with Carroll as the goalkeeper. In the subsequent history of Manchester United, this was another unreliable goalkeeper.

After the game started, Manchester United played very strongly.

Keane, who was very talkative before the game, seemed like a different person on the court, becoming more conscientious and active in running.

This is also the reason why Ferguson loves and hates Keane. He is a thorn in the side and destroys the club's discipline, but he is really effective on the court.

Keane held up Gerrard in the midfield and then passed the ball to Giggs on the left. The latter took a few steps and directly arced to Ruud van Nistelrooy in the penalty area. The Dutchman headed the ball, but the ball went wide.

The whole place roared.

Benitez stood up immediately. This attack was very simple, but so sharp. The key lies in the strength of several core players.

The impact of Manchester United's midfield is getting higher and higher. In this case, Alonso's shortcomings are exposed.

He needs to get the ball to organize the offense, and this kind of confrontation is exactly his weakness.

Benitez found that Alonso, whom he originally trusted the most, had become the weakest link, and he might as well have been with Hamann.

However, Manchester United did not give Liverpool a chance to regret. Manchester United took advantage of a corner kick and French defender Silvestre headed the ball into the goal guarded by Dudek.

1 to 0.

Old Trafford was in an uproar, and the fans celebrated like a tsunami. Beating Liverpool in the Double Reds is what Manchester United fans are most looking forward to.

Benitez also quickly asked Hamann to get up and warm up. If it didn't work, he made a substitution. Now the midfielder felt like he was being crushed.

However, Benitez obviously underestimated Alonso. He quickly adjusted the way he played and played the ball faster in the midfield.

In addition, Li Qiao also moved to the middle, so that Gerrard, Li Qiao, and Alonso formed a triangle.

As long as there is a triangle, then Alonso will have a point to shoot the ball, and it will be impossible for Manchester United to crush him.

Ferguson noticed something was wrong and the midfielder couldn't beat him. The biggest reason was that Li Qiao retreated a little.

"He played very smartly, especially the Chinese guy. He is someone who knows how to play football with his brain."

After controlling the midfield, Liverpool began to attack. The ball was passed to the frontcourt. Cisse dribbled the ball very quickly and forced a shot under the marking of the Manchester United defender. The ball hit the ball high, but it was a very threatening attack.

This goal also shocked Manchester United into a cold sweat. Liverpool is no longer the soft persimmon it was last season.

Manchester United is very tough in the middle, so Liverpool does not bother too much in the middle, but distributes the ball to the two wings.

Kewell was the main offensive point at this time, and the Australian used his speed to form several good breakthroughs on the left.

Ferguson was very dissatisfied with Wes Brown's defense, and his speed was obviously not that of Kewell.

Later, Brown was also considered to be one of Manchester United's most failed defenders, but on the other side, Argentinian Heinz's defense against Li Qiao was very good.

Heinz has rich defensive experience, accurate positioning, not slow speed, and most importantly, he has a lot of small moves.

For the first time in his career, Li Qiao encountered a difficult opponent and couldn't get past him on the right.

At this moment, Manchester United got a chance to counterattack, and the ball went to the feet of Ronaldo. The Portuguese became Manchester United's ace after the European Cup. He dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Ruud van Nistelrooy was asking for the ball, but he didn't give it to him.

Instead, he shot directly.

This made Van Nistelrooy very unhappy, but what was even more surprising was that Dudek also didn't expect it, because Van Nistelrooy was in a better position and logically should have passed the ball.

The ball flew toward the near corner. Dudek threw himself down and touched the ball, but he didn't hit it far. Ruud Ruud had a chance to make a supplementary shot.

At the critical moment, Hyypia kicked the ball out of the bottom line.

At this time, Van Nistelrooy got mad at Ronaldo, "Why don't you pass the ball? I'm in a better position."

Ronaldo didn't say anything. Later, Ruud van Nistelrooy left Manchester United, reportedly because he didn't get along with many people in the team.

With a ball in their hands, Old Trafford fans always feel uneasy, because the opponent may equalize at any time, and the opponent definitely has such strength, which makes Manchester United fans unable to get completely excited.

Unless Manchester United scores another goal and the score becomes 2-0, then the Red Devils fans will feel at ease.

Keane is like a wolf on the grassland. He stares at Alonso as if he is a little sheep that is easy to bully.

What Alonso doesn't know is that he has been targeted by evildoers.

When Alonso played the ball, Keane directly kicked Alonso's calf. This is a common thing in his career.

Alonso rolled over while holding his calf. Players from both sides slowly gathered together. Ferguson patted his head and said, "This kid is stupid again."

Of course Gerrard needed to step forward, but the referee had already come over. Keane had done this kind of thing too many times in the Premier League. It would have been a yellow card at most, but what I didn't expect was that the referee he encountered this time was more severe.

Directly given a red card.

"..."

Keane was dumbfounded. Didn't he agree to receive a yellow card? The scale of the Premier League is very large. Usually, other leagues will give red cards. In the Premier League, they only give yellow cards. But this time Keane was wronged.

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"I didn't mean it."

The referee pointed to the sidelines and thought, I know you too well.

It was this action that made Ferguson decide that Keane must leave Manchester United in the future, as he is no longer needed here.

Benitez stood up. He felt that the referee's decision was too good. This should be the case for people like Keane.

Manchester United fans were also stunned. Their emotions towards Keane were just as complicated as before, but one thing is certain, that is, it will be more difficult for Manchester United without one person.

Sure enough, after the restart, everything was reversed and Liverpool became the party in possession of the ball.

They passed halftime and suppressed Manchester United, just like Manchester United did against Liverpool at the beginning. Even Ronaldo retreated.

However, Benitez was not particularly happy because he knew that as long as he could not score as soon as possible, Ferguson would definitely find a way.