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"the`champion."

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"the`champion."

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The Champions League theme song sounded passionately, and the players from the two teams stepped into the Dragon Stadium, which has turned into a blue ocean. The Portuguese conquered the sea back then, but their club has not conquered Europe for a long time.

Martin Taylor, BBC's senior commentator for this game, came to the Dragon Stadium to commentate on the Champions League game.

When the players came out, Martin Taylor began to introduce the starting lineup, starting with Manchester United's.

"The goalkeeper is American Howard."

"The right back is Gary (Neville), the centre-back is his brother Phil and Wes Brown, and the left is Bart."

"The midfielders are Keane and Scholes, one of them is defensive and the other is offensive. Alex has Fortune and Giggs on the two wings, and the forward line is Ruud van Nistelrooy and Saha."

"Sir Alex has put together his strongest lineup. In Porto, Manchester United still has to score away goals."

After introducing Manchester United, who came from the away game, then came Porto. The goalkeeper and defense have remained unchanged for thousands of years, but the midfield has undergone relatively big changes, with the addition of a defensive midfielder and the forward choices of McCarthy and Alberto.

The players stand in midfield, the referee blows the whistle, and the game begins.

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In the first 10 minutes of the game, both sides were testing. Manchester United had possession of the ball, but failed to create a good shooting opportunity.

Ten minutes later, Mourinho asked the substitutes to stand up and warm up. Ferguson looked at it, laughed, and ignored it.

Li Qiao was jogging while looking at the situation on the court. Porto was obviously a little nervous and the formation was a bit tight. Although the three defensive midfielders strengthened the interception in the middle, they lost the attack point on the wing.

Ferguson had a keen eye, and he also saw this clearly, asking Scholes to shoot less and give more points to Giggs and Fortune, taking advantage of the opponent's wide gaps.

Porto's Valente on the left and Ferreira on the right are both very strong. Manchester United tried several times on the wing, but it was not easy to pass.

However, this did not trouble Manchester United. Scholes immediately stepped up his long-range shots from the center, making the opponent mistakenly think that Manchester United's offense was still in the center.

Scholes' shot in front of the penalty area was very powerful, so Porto's midfielder did not dare to move easily.

At 15 minutes, Scholes felt that the time was almost up and suddenly kicked the ball in front of the penalty area to Giggs on the left.

The Welshman cut into the defensive ribs of Ferreira and Carvalho.

Mourinho was stunned. The ribs are the weakest area because the center back and full back can easily misunderstand each other, which can lead to their opponents taking advantage of them.

This was the case at this time. Ferreira and Carvalho were about to attack from a flank, but Giggs was one step ahead and Baia attacked to block the angle. Giggs was greedy for credit and happened to catch up with his left foot.

So shoot directly into the far corner of the goal.

With a bang, the ball will slide past the goal. In theory, Manchester United's attack was successful and exciting, but the ball missed a little.

Mourinho yelled at Paulo Ferreira, "This is your position, if you concede the ball it's your responsibility."

Ferreira lowered his head. This was indeed his responsibility, but Giggs was indeed fast.

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Manchester United pretends to attack the center, but actually splits the wings. However, if Porto really dares to move to the wing, Manchester United will immediately pass the ball through the center to Ruud van Nistelrooy. This is the power of Manchester United.

Mourinho is thinking about whether there is a problem with his tactics, and maybe he should listen to the opinions of his assistant coaches.

Scholes passed the ball to the left again. Giggs took the ball and feinted a shot, pretending to cut inside, but with a move of his left foot, he actually went outside. Ferreira's center of gravity was deceived, and Giggs completed the breakthrough and went all the way down.

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Jorge Costa stretched out his hand to make sure that Van Nistelrooy had not lost control. At the same time, Shaha was also under the control of Carvalho. As long as all the points in the penalty area are under control, it doesn't matter.

Giggs looked up and saw that the two men in red jerseys in the penalty area were under the control of the opponent. It seemed useless to pass the ball over. At this moment, Fortune quickly approached from behind, and Giggs had

With an idea, he took a curve ball with his left foot and directly hit Fortune at the back point.

The South African suddenly cut inside from the wide midfield position, and Valente was caught off guard. By the time he reacted, Fortune was already one position ahead of him.

The ball has arrived! The people have arrived!

Fortune flicked his left foot and hit the goal from close range. Goalkeeper Baia reached out and pounced, and the ball slipped past his hand, 1-0.

Fortune doesn't usually score many goals, but he was so happy to score in such a crucial game that he sprinted towards Ferguson with all his strength.

The old gentleman patted him on the shoulder and said, "Well done."

An away goal is worth thousands of dollars, and more importantly, Porto can no longer retreat, they will definitely press it out, and that way, Manchester United will have more opportunities to counterattack.

Mourinho looked livid. The core of all his tactics was to keep the score at 0-0, so he had a trump card in his hand, but at this time, this trump card had been wiped out.

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Sosa cursed in the stands, "Jose, you idiot, why don't you let Li Qiao start? We have no offensive ability at all, so the other side can attack us wantonly."

Although Sosa is a failed agent, he is indeed a good fan, and reporter Lopez also sees it this way.

Mourinho's original intention was to strengthen the defense, but Manchester United had no concerns at all when attacking. The defense and forward lines were too far apart, and Ferguson expected that even if the opponent counterattacked, there would not be much of a threat.

After all, a pass of more than 40 meters is relatively easy for British defenders to solve. Manchester United's defenders have good head-on confrontation capabilities.

Mourinho's wishful thinking was to make long passes to McCarthy and let him attack. However, several long passes were solved by the opponent's center back. Brown did not suffer at all in front of McCarthy. This was something Mourinho did not expect.

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Mourinho patted Moreis and said, "Let Li Qiao, Laird, and Alenichev warm up."

Morais understood that the other people's warm-up was just a smoke bomb, but these three were not, and they might have to go up to help.

He nodded and passed on the order, but Manchester United on the field would not give their opponents a chance to breathe. They were particularly good at attacking continuously and destroying their opponents' self-confidence. In the 1999 Champions League final, Bayern was knocked down by Manchester United within three minutes.

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These players have been following Ferguson for a long time. They don't need to say anything. They know what Sir Alex is thinking just by looking at him.

Even Keane advanced to the penalty area and met the ball with a furious shot. The kick was so powerful and heavy that the hearts of Porto fans were once again high. Fortunately, Baia was brave enough to hold the ball out of the baseline with one palm.

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But the Porto fans were not happy, as it seemed that it was only a matter of time before they conceded the second goal.