In the Champions League final, it is not a mistake to play more steadily and focus on defense. No team will take the Champions League final seriously. Even Real Madrid, which has won 9 Champions League titles, is no joke about defending champion Liverpool's 451 formation.

Although Manchester United lined up a 442 formation, they also gave priority to defense in the game. Even Rooney and Tevez, the two forwards, would run back desperately when they saw the midfield conceding the ball.

Although both sides attach great importance to defense, the pace of the game is very fast, fast receiving, passing and dribbling. Many Chinese fans are also staying up late to watch the game. They are used to watching slow-paced Chinese Super League games. When watching such games, they are almost dazzled, and they feel as if they have pressed the fast forward key.

As Liverpool's single arrow, all Liverpool's offenses are counted on Chen Yu to complete. As long as there is a chance, the ball will be passed to Chen Yu. Manchester United's defense against Chen Yu is very strict and fierce. As long as Chen Wu takes the ball, he will be immediately flew tackle. Even if Chen Yu receives the ball with his back to Manchester United's goal, he will be directly knocked down. He would rather give Liverpool a free kick than let Chen Yu get the ball in Manchester United's dangerous area.

Manchester United's fierce tactics have obvious effect. In the fifteen minutes of the game, Liverpool did not get a chance to shoot in a sports game, only Chen Yu shot a free kick.

Manchester United took the initiative to attack and got two opportunities. In the 7th minute of the game, Manchester United passed in the midfield continuously and suddenly passed to the left of Liverpool's penalty area. Hargreaves pulled to the right and shot directly at the far corner of the Liverpool goal from 30 meters. The ball was jumped up and held in his arms by Reiner.

In the 15th minute, Manchester United transferred the ball to the wing to find Ronaldo. Ronaldo faced Riser's defense, stepped on the bicycle twice, suddenly accelerated, forced Riser to the bottom, and passed the ball to Liverpool's penalty area.

When Ronaldo passed the ball, Rooney and Hargreaves were surrounded by Liverpool's penalty area. Rooney didn't catch up at the front point, and Hargreaves at the back point jumped up and headed the ball, but was blocked by Carragher. The ball flew out of the sideline against his forehead.

Ronaldo's cross scared Liverpool. Then Liverpool strengthened the fight and no longer gave Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez and others the chance to easily get the ball and dribble the ball, and adopted foul tactics in time to disrupt Manchester United's offensive rhythm.

Five minutes later, Alonso was fouled by Tevez. Alonso got up and wanted to send a free kick to attack quickly, but was blocked by Hargreaves. Mascherano next to him reached out and pushed Hargreaves, which aroused the dissatisfaction of Manchester United players. The players on both sides pushed each other together. Fortunately, the referee Slovakian Michel came quickly and separated the players on both sides in time.

The game is so important and the pace is so fast, and the players' adrenal hormones are also rising. In the 22nd minute of the game, Manchester United made a corner kick, and the ball was headed by Hypia, Alonso headed the ball, Mascherano quickly stepped forward, Scholes came to intercept, saw that there was no chance to stop the ball, so he rushed over and wanted to push the ball to Chen Yu. Scholes did not dodge at all, and also pushed the ball towards Mascherano.

It was like two speeding cars colliding, Mascherano and Scholes fell to the ground on their backs, and they didn't know where the ball flew.

Seeing the blood flowing from Scholes's face, Rooney rushed forward to accuse Mascherano who had fallen to the ground. The players from Liverpool rushed over to protect Mascherano, and the players from both sides pushed each other again.

When referee Michel saw that the scene was about to get out of control, he rushed over and let the stretcher come on the field, and then showed a yellow card to each of Rooney who was making trouble and Babel who was pushing Rooney.

The two yellow cards were like a basin of cold water, which made the players on both sides feel a little hot, and everyone once again focused their attention and energy on football instead of physical attacks.

It successfully disrupted Manchester United's offensive rhythm, and Liverpool began to take the initiative to attack. Because Chen Yu was extremely strict in his defense, he would almost be fouled when he got the ball, so he let Chen Badou get the ball. Liverpool basically could not play and could only continue to play free kicks. Liverpool simply did not pass it to Chen Yu, but only let Chen Badou run without the ball and make the last blow.

This is indeed much better. Chen Yu's off-ball run can still attract Manchester United's defensive forces, create space for his teammates, and allow other Liverpool players to successfully pass and cut.

The effect of this kind of play was obvious, and Liverpool soon got a chance to shoot. Liser assisted and stepped forward to cooperate with Kuyt. The two played a beautiful two-way pass. Liser dodged the open space and passed the ball into the penalty area.

Chen Yu took Vidic away from the run, Gerald took Ferdinand away. Mascherano, who followed up quickly, did not grab the landing point, but Babel was waiting in the right place. He jumped high and smashed the ball towards the goal.

If Chen Yu was the one who headed the ball, he could head to any angle without anyone being guarded, and goalkeeper Van der Sar had no chance to respond at all.

If Carragher headed the ball directly, he would hit the ball directly, no matter which angle he was headed, it would be difficult for Van der Sar to save.

But now it was Babel who got the landing point. Such a good opportunity, he pushed the ball towards the stands, and even the chance to save was not left to Van der Sar.

Benitez on the sidelines shook his head when he saw it. How could he meet Babel, such a good opportunity? If he gave it to Chen Yu, he would be ahead.

Grant secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then put the trembling back into his stomach. He was very satisfied with his strategy of staring at Chen Yu. The shooting ability of other Liverpool players is actually not fearful. As long as he keeps a watchful eye on Chen Yu and does not give Gerald a chance to shoot from a long time, he will not be afraid of Liverpool's goal score.

Although Babel's chance was so good, Liverpool was not hit. They continued to attack hard and tried to expand their advantage. However, Manchester United players are also experienced teams in the competition, including veterans like Van der Sar, Ferdinand and Scholes. When they saw that Liverpool was in a strong momentum, they immediately slowed down and adopted foul tactics to disrupt Liverpool's offensive rhythm.

Liverpool got several offensive opportunities, but never got the best shot like Babel's header. Only Riser's long shot was very powerful, allowing Van der Sar to fall to the ground and save.

A bloody team like Manchester United is obviously impossible to be suppressed by Liverpool for a long time. After disrupting Liverpool's offensive rhythm, they immediately launched a counterattack to get back their morale.

Liverpool placed heavy troops in the midfield to keep Manchester United's offense out of the penalty area. At the beginning, Manchester United wanted to tear Liverpool's defense from the wing, but it was not successful. This time, Manchester United changed their tactics. They first attacked one of Liverpool's side fiercely. When Liverpool's troops were attracted to the attacked side, Manchester United suddenly transferred a large scale and hit the ball to the other side.

Liverpool was caught off guard. In the 30th minute of the game, Ronaldo and Rooney launched a continuous attack on the left. Liverpool was in a tight spot on the right, and the midfielder had to make up for defense to the side. At this time, Ronaldo suddenly passed through the entire midfield with a long pass and handed it to Scholes.

After Scholes stopped the ball, he passed it to Brown who had assisted, and quickly pulled the edge and played with Brown on the right.

Liverpool's left-back Riser and forward Kuyt rushed up to guard Scholes and Brown.

Scholes passed the ball to Brown, and the running position was running. Brown made a wall-like cooperation for Scholes, and then the running position himself. Scholes made a wall-like cooperation for Brown, and a beautiful two-way pass! Brown got rid of Kuyt's defense and passed the other side of the penalty area with his left foot 45 degrees in the corner of the penalty area.

At this time, Ronaldo, who had just transferred the ball, had already run to the back point. Central defender Carragher tried to head the ball, but he did not touch the ball. Ronaldo jumped high and headed the ball towards the near corner of the goal. The distance was too close. Liverpool goalkeeper Renner did not respond, and the ball hit the lower right corner of the goal.

1:0

After scoring the goal, Ronaldo was extremely excited. He ran to the stand like a horse, stood up, clenched his fists, and roared wildly at the stand.

Manchester United fans were crazy, and more than 30,000 people stood up and shouted Cristiano Ronaldo's name. Neutral fans were also moved by Manchester United's wonderful goal. They all stood up and applauded and paid tribute to Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo.

"goalgoalgoal... Ronaldo! Ronaldo! He scored the first goal of this game! This is a wonderful cooperation! Liverpool's solid defense line was torn apart in an instant, and Ronaldo's header was like a sledgehammer, completing the last blow to break the city gate! This is the role of the star! This is the power of the star. Compared to Babel's header just now, Ronaldo is simply a god descending to earth! Now Manchester United leads with one goal, and it depends on Chen Yu's later. I hope Chen Yu can perform equally well..."

Ferguson on the sidelines was chewing gum. Seeing Ronaldo scored, Ferguson didn't even have time to vomit gum, so he roared out. "Good job! Child! Beautiful! Fuck him!"

In the VIP box, Glazer also jumped up like a rabbit hitting an arrow. He rushed to the stands outside and clapped hard at the stadium, completely forgot about Liverpool bosses Hicks and Gillette around him.

Liverpool fans stared at the Manchester United players and fans celebrating, feeling extremely disappointed. Everyone knows that the final is very difficult, and everyone is very excited. It is too difficult to score goals in the final, so there is a saying that there is an unknown game in the competition. One goal can often determine the outcome. For example, Istanbul's reversal of three goals is not seen in a century. Manchester United will definitely learn from the lessons of leading this time and will never give Liverpool a chance to score goals easily.

Benitez wanted to take a sip of water and calm down, but his hands trembled. After twisting for a long time, the bottle cap did not unscrew it.

Today, Benitez arranged a 451 formation, but he didn't want to fall behind anymore, but his man's plan was not as good as the heaven's plan, and he was still behind. This ball cannot be blamed by the players. Manchester United's long pass, this beautiful two-by-two cooperation, and the height of Ronaldo's jumping, and the power of the header are all world-class, and the defensive players can't react at all.

In fact, if Manchester United were not as perfect as they cooperated, they would not be able to break through Liverpool's defense.
Chapter completed!