Sure enough, after the Barcelona defenders who were originally planning to go to the side to rush up and cut the Ronaldo ball, they saw Neville's running position, Max and Puyol both chose to stay in the middle, allowing Edmilson and Van Bronkhorst to defend Ronaldo.

No matter how the opponent interferes behind his back, Ronaldo stubbornly brought the football to the left side of Barcelona's penalty area. After both of them surrounded him, Ronaldo slowed down, protected the football, and waited for others to come up to support him.

Barcelona would not give him such a chance. Van Bronkhorst neatly threw Ronaldo to the ground.

Of course, the referee also swears his foul.

Van Bronkhorst shrugged and retreated. Ronaldo stood up from the ground and waved to signal the players to come up. This was the opportunity for the Forest team to attack. The set piece was practiced repeatedly before the game and was specially used to deal with one of Barcelona's most powerful weapons.

"In the 38th minute, the free kick outside the penalty area was a chance for Manchester United, and it was an opportunity for Cristiano Ronaldo to fight for more than 40 meters. Let's see... what the result is."

The commentator was silent. On the court, the players on both sides were gathering in the penalty area. Barcelona players were busy defending, while Manchester United players entered the penalty area, intending to wait for an opportunity to score.

Scholes wanted to take the free kick, but Ronaldo refused. He wanted to seize the opportunity he created himself.

Drogba, Ferdinand, Vidic, and other Manchester United players who are best at heading the ball rushed to the front of the goal and suddenly felt as if they were ahead. In comparison, Barcelona's highest Max was caught between them, like a poor hot dog.

This was a very ordinary foul. Barcelona players did not think that the Forest team, which was in a mess without one person, could do anything. The defense in the penalty area seemed a bit loose, and the walls of the two people blocked in front of the ball were not very close.

C Luo carefully observed the situation in the penalty area and stepped back to take the penalty.

He did not assist, but kicked his feet on the spot, and the football bypassed the useless wall of men composed of two players and flew towards Barcelona's goal.

When the football flew, Barcelona's defensive players didn't even run much, and saw a white figure in the penalty area skipping like lightning in front of Barcelona's goal!

"Vidic! Ah—Ahhhh! Al! Al!!!——"

Valdes had no reaction at all when facing the header of the tall central defender who suddenly came up from behind. He just jumped for a while, then turned his head and flew into the goal he guarded!

Puyol was deceived by the arc ball drawn by Ronaldo. He thought the football would fly to the side of the goal post, so he rushed towards the goal. Unexpectedly, the football hung an arc halfway through and flew outside, just in the defensive area where Puyol was responsible. When he saw Vidic jumping up from behind and heading the ball and then jumping back to block it, it was too late, and it was completely shorter than Vidic!

"Manchester United, who was facing ten people, scored the goal first, and they took the lead! This is incredible!"

"Oleg should be responsible for this goal conceding! He didn't notice Vidic who was inserted in the back, and it was not wise to let Puyol compete for a header."

"Ahhh! This is Manchester United, this is the Red Devils, this is Ferguson's team. They have a magical nature that never admits defeat! When everyone is not optimistic about them, they can burst out shocking energy! 1:0, the Red Devils Manchester United leads Barcelona! And they only have ten people!"

...

Commentators from all over the country were excited and waited for 38 minutes. Finally, they waited for the first goal in the final. Unexpectedly, they came from one less person, the scene was at a disadvantage, and they were passively beaten and were in a mess...

"The game went 38 minutes into the game. Manchester United, who took the lead, turned out to be one less person! It was so surprising! Looking at the expressions on the faces of Barcelona players, they couldn't believe it!"

Puyol covered his face with both hands. It was his own mistake in judgment that gave the opponent this opportunity to score.

When Barcelona players were frustrated, Manchester United players hugged each other in the rain. Instead, they took the lead in adversity, which greatly boosted the morale of the team. The idea of ​​missing one person and feeling that they might lose the game was thrown away.

Ferguson's team is never afraid of any opponent, whether it is Barcelona or Real Madrid, no matter whether they are eleven or ten people, no matter what the weather is, no matter which side of the media's public opinion tends before the game...

When he saw Vidic pushing the ball into Barcelona's goal, a burst of cheers suddenly broke out from Manchester United's bench and coaching bench. Queros took the lead and rushed out, and Ferguson also jumped up and gambled his arms to celebrate.

Jiang Feng was also very happy in the private room, but the smile on his face quickly solidified. No matter how excited the people around him were, he couldn't laugh at all now.

He has watched the final of the Champions League, and although he can't remember the specific details, he will never forget the iconic event like a goal.

In the 18th minute, Lehman was sent off with a red card against Etoo, and Wenger replaced Pire with substitute goalkeeper Amunia.

In the 38th minute, Arsenal, who had ten players in the game, led Barcelona with Campbell's header.

And then…the second half…

Jiang Feng didn't dare to continue thinking.

One coincidence is a coincidence, two coincidences are also a coincidence, three coincidences...but it is not that simple.

He looked up at the sky and always felt that this was strange. It was as strange as he traveled from 2012 to 2001, got the Lingxi Jie, and then started a business and became the richest man in the world.

It seemed as if there were invisible hands fiddling with them.

...

When Jiang Feng was stunned, Ferguson calmed down. He said to Queros who was still excited: "But the game has not ended yet. Now is not the time to be ecstatic. Barcelona's offense is very strong... We must deal with it carefully."

"When we lead, we can go back to the way we are most accustomed to and good at." Queros smiled, "Defense, let those bastards who look down on us look great!"

The assistant coach is much more energetic than the head coach.

"You're right, Carlos, we really need to defend..." Ferguson murmured. Although he is not an extremely conservative person, he also knows that 1:0 is far from a safe score, but in the case of a better form than a person and one less person, no team dares to play against Barcelona. Even in the past two years, Manchester United, which has two absolute core offenses and defenses, Ronaldinho and Keane, cannot do it. Under the current circumstances, adopting a comprehensive defense is the only choice for Manchester United.

The singing of Manchester United fans came from the stands, and the sound of rain was getting louder and louder. The booing of Barcelona fans could not be concealed.

At this moment, happiness belongs to Manchester United's supporters.

After the game started again, Manchester United returned to the defense, leaving only one Drogba in front. The players in the backcourt took the ball more often than not, and they directly looked for Drogba's head. This game is not good at all, but it is very useful in this situation at this moment. Ferguson would not pay attention to what others think, he only had the result of victory.

Manchester United retreated to defend, so Barcelona naturally would not be polite. They pushed forward and wanted to equalize the score as soon as possible. With one more person than their opponent, they were behind the score, which was untolerable for the arrogant Barcelona players.

"Barcelona sieges against Manchester United, and the game returned to the situation before Manchester United scored, and now it was Messi who got the ball."

C Ronaldo was in front of the Argentinian, and this fateful opponent really made a strife in this game.

While celebrating the goal just now, he had a simple exchange with Carrick, and instead used the faster reaction and faster Ronaldo to defend the opponent's core.

Messi looked at Ronaldo standing in front of him. He knew Ronaldo's ability and knew that he had no chance of winning against him, whether it was skill or speed. And it was obvious that Ronaldo's defense was very good, which made him dare not choose to break through rashly.

However, as the core of the midfield, he will only break through. He made a fake move, asking Ronaldo to focus on preventing him from breaking through, and then passed the football to Etoo in the penalty area ahead.

Etoo leaned on Ferdinand, who was defending him, and did not stop the ball, but directly pushed the ball to the left side of his body, and turned around quickly!

The African cheetah's explosive power was amazing, and it instantly left Ferdinand behind!

He turned around and broke through, facing Howard who was attacking...shot!

Ferdinand's tackle looked more like a formalistic interference - it had no practical effect at all. The American goalkeeper, which has always been regarded as a butterfly, became the team's savior at this moment. He attacked in time to block Etoo's shooting angle, and then reached out to the football at the critical moment!

The football changed its line and hit the goal post and popped up!

A huge inhalation sounded from the court.

Not finished yet!

The football bounced back, and Etoo had already fallen to the ground and had no time to get up and shoot. At this time, Messi, who was still outside the penalty area just now, suddenly appeared in the penalty area. Facing the football bounced over, he swung his foot and wanted to shoot directly.

At this time, the slippery field saved Manchester United's fate. When Messi swung his right foot, his support foot slipped, and his center of gravity was gone. His body fell to the left. His right leg was swung without hitting the football, but passed by the ball!

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was chasing back, quickly drove the ball out with his feet.

"Woo—" sighs sounded again.

"Messi... It's a pity! Howard encountered Etoo's shot at the most critical moment, changed direction and hit the post, while Messi's supplementary shot did not hit the football."

"This bastard, the speed is too fast..." Ferdinand was still complaining when he got up from the ground. He thought he would have no chance if his opponent was stuck. Unexpectedly, Etoo broke through his defense in the most direct way and could threaten the goal by turning around. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!