On the evening of February 25, Porto, Portugal, the Dragon Stadium.

The Dragon Stadium, which can accommodate 50,000 fans, is almost full on this night because it is the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against Manchester United.

For Porto, if you want to defeat the powerful Red Devils and enter the quarterfinals, you will gain an advantage at home. Because you have almost no hope to defeat Manchester United in the Dream Theater.

Porto ushered in its first Champions League match at the new home. They are determined to repay the fans with victory. The team remains unbeaten in the league this season, and the defending champion is just around the corner.

However, during the winter break, Porto suffered a heavy blow. Head coach Mourinho resigned to Chelsea. Although the new coach Dutchman Adriance gradually became familiar with the team, he lacked several important players in this game. Midfielder Costinia was suspended, forward Delle recovered for a long time, and Concesan was not qualified to play because he represented Lazio in this season's European competition before the transfer.

For Manchester United, Ferguson also attaches great importance to this game. In fact, after the team entered the Champions League knockout stage, no head coach would not pay attention to any game.

Manchester United currently faces a very serious defense problem. After Ferdinand was suspended and Sylvester was seriously injured, Manchester United only chose Van Bieten and Wes Brown in the central defender position. And both of them still have their own problems. Van Bieten finally slowly integrated into the team after joining the team for more than a month, but the problem of Wes Brown's poor condition has not been solved.

However, when the team lacked players in the defense, Ferguson had to choose to trust Wes Brown and let him start and form a defense line with Van Beatten, Gary Neville and Phil Neville.

In front of them is the back midfielder composed of captain Keane and Scholes. Yin Jun was arranged in the front midfielder in this game, and the forward line is a combination of Ronaldo and Van Niggiggs.

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This is Ferguson's 103rd Champions League game in his career, and he continues to expand his lead in this stat. Currently, he coaches the second most German coach Heathfield, who has 90 coaching games.

However, even though they were facing the powerful Manchester United and the world-renowned coach Ferguson, Porto had no intention of being cowardly. From the beginning of the game, they used their skillful ball control to put pressure on Manchester United and took the initiative on the court.

However, Manchester United is also not to be outdone. Three players in the frontcourt all pressed towards Porto's defense line quickly. Ronaldo and Giggs had the fastest speed. They rushed to the home team's wings, one left and one right, while Fanny rushed to the middle.

Not only the frontcourt trident, but also the three players in the midfield, as well as the entire defense line, are quickly pressing.

"Marteau United's opening seemed very positive. He pushed towards Porto's defense at the beginning of the game, which was obviously a snatch to the start. However, Porto was obviously prepared for this and used ball control to deal with Manchester United's pressing."

After some competition, Manchester United still grabbed the ball.

After successfully snatching the ball, Manchester United was not obsessed with possession. Phil Neville, who played the guest left-back in this game, quickly advanced forward along the left side, preparing to launch an attack. However, after Porto concedes the ball, he quickly returned to defend as soon as possible and set up a tight defense line.

Manchester United also deployed heavy troops, and Yin Jun from the middle also ran over to support him.

After Giggsneche pulled Lauren away, he gave up from the left. Phil Neville stepped forward and received Yin Jun's pass, and directly passed the ball into the penalty area with a curved pass, but Carvalho quickly headed the ball to clear the ball.

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Although Manchester United's first attack broke into the penalty area, it failed to create a threat.

The ball didn't fly much, and it was still in Porto's halftime.

The visiting team pushed forward and attacked a lot, somewhat disrupting Porto's plan. However, Porto, as a century-old European giant, has experienced many battles. The players quickly formulated response measures on the court. The four, four, two and three lines were kept very compact and orderly, and did not give Manchester United too many opportunities.

However, Porto also tried to fight back, but unfortunately the pass was too strong and was attacked by goalkeeper Howard.

After a round-trip battle, the starting tactics of both sides have become clear.

Manchester United, who played away, wanted to try to eat Porto in one bite, and was so energetic that even Porto, who played at home, had to retreat and seek stability to take the defensive.

But everyone knows that Manchester United's momentum is not lasting. As long as the three tricks at the beginning fail to work, the initiative of the game will be handed over to Porto soon.

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Ronaldo, who was born in the Sporting Lisbon youth training camp, is also a mortal enemy with Porto, so he performed particularly positively in this game. He has been running in the frontcourt, pressing and oppressing, and receiving the ball to help his teammates. However, Porto's defense is very meticulous, and Valente did not give him too many opportunities. In addition, Deco and Pedro Mendes are in the middle, so he has few room to run, mainly concentrated near the sideline, but as long as the ball is received, there are always defensive players nearby.

Faced with his former mortal enemy Porto, Ronaldo did not dare to act rashly. He tried to pass as much as possible and run as much as possible without a chance, and waited patiently for the opportunity, and did not give Valente the chance to grab the ball from his feet.

Time passed by bit by bit.

Manchester United's offense is mainly concentrated on the left side. Phil Neville, Giggs and Yin Jun are frequently trying on this side, but it is difficult to pass the ball to the front court. Fanny was unable to receive a pass from the middle and back team with Carvalho and Deco in the middle of Porto, but he was unable to receive a pass from the middle and back court.

On the contrary, Giggs kept pulling edges, pulling back, cutting in, and having a large range of activities. He was very active, but it was difficult to get an opportunity.

It was like this time, Giggs had just pulled to the left to catch the ball, and Paul Ferreira was already standing in front of him, and Maniche also came over to double-team, forcing Giggs to choose to pass the ball back to Yin Jun as soon as possible, and cut the penalty area by himself, but Paul Ferreira followed closely like a candy, which made Giggs very helpless.

Yin Jun was defended by Maniche. Scholes stepped in front and raised his hand to ask for the ball, but as soon as he received the ball, Deco had already reached the vicinity of Scholes, forcing him to turn around to protect the ball. For this reason, Deco pushed it from behind and almost fell down. He quickly passed the ball back to Yin Jun.

Maniche rushed over with great momentum, forcing Yin Jun to quickly pass Keen. The latter passed the ball to Ronaldo on the right at the first time, and was almost cut off by Alenicev in the middle.
Chapter completed!