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In the opening game, Manchester United and Inter Milan both tentatively stormed to see if they could steal one, but neither of them was able to do so.

Afterwards, the two teams invariably gave up the full-court press and competed against their opponents in midfield. Both sides also created some opportunities. Inter Milan is even more threatening. It is because Maicon’s shooting skills are better than Valencia’s. The upper two sides are still in balance.

To break the stalemate, it often depends on the flash of the stars or the opponent's mistakes.

In Manchester United and Inter Milan, it is Rooney and Gao Xiaodong who can break the balance. However, the two of them were the most closely guarded by each other in the game. Gao Xiaodong was not flashy, but had a threatening pass, and Rooney was defeated. Lucio was so obsessed with it that he showed little performance.

This made Rooney very anxious. Twenty minutes later, he began to retrace the ball, intending to run to attack Inter Milan's defense, but Inter Milan's Eto'o and Pandev returned to the defense actively, Maicon and Zanetti on both sides. Lu gradually found a defensive feeling. Valencia and Park Ji-sung had almost no chance to pass from the wing. Rooney's retracement could only be used as a fulcrum to receive the ball, and nothing else could be done.

Inter Milan strangled Manchester United's two sides, but their own wing offensive also lost most of them. In the face of Valencia's speed threat, Zanetti did not dare to assist easily. Maicon assisted was very positive, but Ferguson was in On his left side, Park Ji-sung and Evra were assigned. Under the defense of these two men, Maicon’s offensive threat from the wing was at most 50% of his usual offensive threat.

Inter Milan and Manchester United's ability to control and pass the ball is not strong. In fact, they both attach great importance to the wing attack. Now the wing is restricting each other, and the focus of the attack can only be shifted to the center.

The main organizer of Manchester United's midfielder is Scholes. Carrick can output a long pass in the backcourt, and can also make a goal and grab points. Fletcher is mainly responsible for the defense of the midfield. The combination of the field and Rooney, who plays forward, has enough impact, but it needs space.

Mourinho saw this. The distance between the three lines was maintained very well, and the ball returned to the defense very quickly, especially Gao Xiaodong and Eto'o. Although these two are the core of the attack, they returned to defend Pica. Both Rick and Fletcher are fast forward, and Manchester United rarely has the opportunity to form a central advantage, or even a balance of power.

Inter Milan’s mid-range attack is actually more technical than Manchester United. Gao Xiaodong is in the middle. Eto’o from Barcelona and former Yugoslav player Pandev are on both sides, and there is Milito from South America and Argentina in front. Such an attack combination only needs to be smooth. To be able to play beautiful offensive cooperation, what they need now is patience, and Gao Xiaodong is precisely the kind of super precocious player. He is not in a hurry in the face of a deadlock, constantly scheduling organizations in the midfield, and waiting for the opportunity to give Manchester United a fatal blow.

In the 30th minute of the game, Maicon’s cross was snatched by goalkeeper Van der Sar. He quickly threw it to Carrick. Carrick took the ball and turned to pass the ball in one go. Gao Xiaodong saw that it was too late to press, and immediately turned and ran back.

Rooney competed for the top spot, but Lucio played very aggressively. He rushed up to force Rooney to push the ball out.

Park Ji-sung got the ball, he took a few steps forward, and immediately passed the ball across to Scholes.

Scholes saw that Inter Milan's two midfielders were gathering in the middle. He didn't have a chance to pass through, so he gave up stopping the ball and shot directly into the air.

Scholes is not tall, but he has a very hard toe and has a strong long-range shooting ability. In the season that won the Champions League, he eliminated Barcelona with a long shot.

However, Scholes's long shot angle was not tough enough, and Cesar flew to hit the ball to the wing.

Zanetti hurried over to get the ball, Valencia relied on his speed and rushed to steal the ball when the chances were not high.

An old demon like Zanetti has so much experience, it is too easy to deal with a stunner like Valencia. He dunks the ball to the bottom line and swayed Valencia, who could not stop.

This was a good opportunity to fight back. Zanetti turned around and immediately moved forward along the wing.

Scholes immediately made up for Ferguson on the wing, while Fletcher and Carrick quickly withdrew to protect their own defense.

Zanetti wanted to hit the frontcourt and Pandev flanked Gary Neville, but Valencia was really fast. Zanetti just passed halftime, and Valencia chased him back.

Zanetti observed the frontcourt and saw that Carrick and Fletcher hadn't fully returned to their positions, so he passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong, who was fast forward, and stood on the side to meet him.

Zanetti's pass was a little late. When Gao Xiaodong received the ball, Carrick was already in place. Fletcher came over. In the face of such a double line of defense, Gao Xiaodong and Milito couldn't play well.

Gao Xiaodong gave up a wry smile, gave up the fast break, passed the ball back to Cambiasso, and slowly organized the attack.

On the sidelines, Mourinho saw all the Manchester United players returning to his own half and pressing for Inter Milan’s players. Knowing that the opportunity to counterattack was lost, he hurried to the sidelines and yelled at Zanetti: "Small Dribble! Speed!"

Zanetti waved at Mourinho apologetically. He realized that his choice was wrong. Today was his 700 games. He was a bit greedy. If he had given Gao Xiaodong earlier, he would have changed more.

In the face of Manchester United who returned to defense, Gao Xiaodong was not in a hurry, constantly passing the ball back to the sides, mobilizing Manchester United's forces, and waiting for Manchester United to make mistakes.

Manchester United has a wealth of experience in the competition. They are very strict on defense and did not give Inter Milan a chance. However, after Inter Milan passed continuously, their defender also pressed near the center circle. Lucio saw the opportunity and suddenly dribbled in. Disrupted Manchester United's defense.

Scholes came to defend Lucio, but left Stankovic free.

Stankovic used to play the front midfielder. Later, as he got older, he fought back, and finally became a midfielder. But he still had the consciousness of attacking. Seeing the opportunity came, he quickly inserted into the penalty area. .

Lucio passed the ball to Stankovic, and because Stankovic’s long shot was very strong, Fletcher could only block Stankovic, so that Gao Xiaodong was out again.

Seeing Stankovic advance in, in order to make room for Stankovic, Milito ran to the ribs, while Eto'o was also moving to the penalty area, looking for opportunities to shoot.

Gao Xiaodong was worried that Stankovic would shoot a kick and shouted for him to pass back, but Stankovic could not hear or see Gao Xiaodong behind.

However, Stankovic could see Eto'o and Milito, especially Eto'o inside Che, who raised his hand facing Stankovic to ask for the ball, and Stankovic immediately threw the ball over.

The Manchester United fans in the stands exclaimed that if the ball passed, it would be dangerous, and Eto'o could shoot from a small angle after receiving the ball.

Fletcher took a step slower and did not hit the interception, but Manchester United central defender Vidic predicted Stankovic's intention. He fell to the ground to intercept and broke the ball.

At this moment, the front court is chaotic and crowded. Before Vidic gets up to get the ball, Gao Xiaodong rushes to the ball. Vidic is anxious, he swept his cross-legs and wanted to kick the ball aside, but couldn't. The ball will also sweep Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong took a step faster. He twisted and jumped the ball, and even the man took the ball over Vidic.

When Vidic made a siege, Manchester United was about to cheer, but Gao Xiaodong snatched the ball before the cheers could be heard.

At this time, Gao Xiaodong had no defensive players in front of him, only the penalty area and the goalkeeper.

Manchester United fans face pale, many people cover their eyes and dare not look.

When the ball fell, it was very close to Gao Xiaodong’s body and it was not easy to shoot, but at the moment there were too many people inside and outside the penalty area, and there was no time to adjust for 1 second. Between the flashes of lightning, Gao Xiaodong showed his killer qualities, and he leaned forward , The calf exerted force and drew the ball to the lower left corner of the goal.

The front of Manchester United’s penalty area was too chaotic. Van der Sar didn’t need to grab the ball but couldn’t tell where the ball would go. It was not until Gao Xiaodong got the ball that Van der Sar hurried to the right side of the goal.

When Gao Xiaodong started, Van der Sar had already closed to the lower right corner, but the speed of the ball was very fast. Van der Sar’s play was between Van der Sar’s foot and the goal post, and he couldn’t fall to the ground at all. Can only reach out to block.

If the ball rolls normally, Van der Sar can also block it, but the turf is stepped on unevenly, the ball bounces off the ground during the rolling, and the ball just flies into the net from Van der Sar’s instep.

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Gao Xiaodong sealed his throat with a sword and opened the record for Inter Milan.

Van der Sar was dumbfounded, and sat down on the ground sadly and desperately.

The time from the time the ball left to the net was extremely short, but Gao Xiaodong seemed to wait for a long, long time. Seeing the ball rolling in from Van der Sar’s instep, Gao Xiaodong excitedly lifted his jersey and ran to the stands.