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Chapter 273 Fran's goal!
Fran was a little excited and looking forward to it. He felt that he was in a good state. After the second half started, he started to warm up. Unfortunately, Ferguson didn't plan to make a substitution just after the game started.

In the second half, AC Milan took advantage of the opening and first played two waves of offensive.

The Manchester United players implemented Ferguson's tactics, played very conservatively at the beginning, stabilized the situation, and did not give AC Milan a chance to equalize the score.

After 5 minutes, Manchester United started to attack again.

At this time, Manchester United still has a great advantage in the situation, mainly because Manchester United players have performed very well. When all the players on the field are excellent, it is not as simple as one plus one equals two.

In fact, there is still a gap in strength between Manchester United and AC Milan, but the player's state and home court advantage make up for these gaps. In addition, AC Milan's performance is not very good. In the second half, when Manchester United let go of their hands and feet to attack, AC Milan was suppressed again.

This kind of situation makes AC Milan players very depressed. They are AC Milan, one of the top teams in the world. No matter which team they play against, they are rarely suppressed.

Now they experience that feeling.

During the intermission, Ancelotti urged the players to play hard and slow down the pace to stabilize the situation. AC Milan players are also trying to play more patiently, but the defense is still prone to crises.

In 1 minute of the game, Manchester United created a good opportunity. Roy Keane sent the ball to the front of the penalty area with a direct pass. C-Ronaldo pushed the ball straight to the goal.

This wonderful pass caused AC Milan's defense to collapse immediately!

Everyone was watching the football nervously, and Solskjaer was following up on the right side. The next moment, the AC Milan players took a long breath——
Solskjaer was closely defended by Nesta and failed to catch up with the ball. The football flew out of the baseline.

"It's really... such a pity!"

The stadium commentator sighed, and the Manchester United fans in the audience also sighed. The ball just now was a wonderful opportunity, but it was a pity that Solskjaer was defended to death by Nesta.

When facing AC Milan central defender Nesta, it is understandable for any forward to be defended to death, because Nesta is one of the top central defenders in the world. Anyone who knows Nesta knows his horrible.

But Ferguson can't accept his players being guarded to death, because AC Milan is Manchester United's opponent. If AC Milan plays against other teams, he may also praise Nesta and praise Nesta's performance, but the match against Manchester United , He was only thinking about how to let the team's striker break through Nesta's defense.

Solskjaer is definitely going to die!
Ferguson sighed, but finally made up his mind. He looked at Fran, who was standing aside and had already warmed up, and motioned for him to get ready to play.

Soon the fourth official raised the substitution card, Manchester United chose to make a substitution, and Forlan replaced Solskjaer.

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When seeing Fran appear on the stage, many people were stunned.

"Diego Forlan? Sir Ferguson actually let this Ukrainian play? Isn't the Dutch striker Van Nistelrooy the one who should play?"

The stadium commentator asked a question.

The reporters in the media seats also discussed, "Diego Forlan? Hasn't he played for Manchester United for a long time?"

"I remember the last time in September, he was injured in that game."

"Fran can actually play, has Ferguson considered it? He hasn't played in a game for a long time!"

"I think it should be Fan Ni who is going to play!"

"Maybe it's because Van Nistelrooy just got back from injury..."

"It makes sense, but the injured Van Nistelrooy is much better than the Uruguayan striker!"

Many media reporters agree with this point of view. Diego Forlan is not well-known in the world. Before playing for Manchester United, he was only in the Argentine independent team.

On January 2002, 1, Diego Forlan landed in Europe. At that time, his worth was 22 million U.S. dollars (approximately 1200 million pounds at the time). He had such a high net worth when he first landed in Europe. It was reported by many media at that time, but Forlan He failed to quickly adapt to the rhythm of English football, and even at the end of the 700-2001 season, his number of goals was actually zero.

It was not until September 2002 that Forlan scored his first goal in an official game at Manchester United. receive.

As a result, Forlan was ridiculed by the British media as "stupid", "Manchester United's worst signing in half a century", "Forlorn (despair)" and so on.

In the next two seasons, Diego Forlan's performance improved slightly, but the data of only scoring [-] goals in the two seasons was still not recognized by the fans.

Not to mention this season.

Fran has almost no chance to play, and he has not scored for Manchester United so far.

In such an important game, why did Ferguson choose to use Forlan instead of the first striker Van Nistelrooy?
Fran's appearance has been questioned.

In the auditorium, the bearded man was surprised when he saw Fran appear on the stage. He couldn't help but turned his head and asked, "How do you know this Ukrainian will appear?"

Shen Yang smiled slightly, "I guess."

"Guess what?"

"Don't you think I can command the game remotely and let Ferguson make substitutions?"

The bearded man rolled his eyes and changed the question, "Do you really think Fran can perform well?"

"Don't worry!" Shen Yang laughed, "As long as Fran plays, Manchester United will definitely score goals!"

This sentence is of course to comfort the bearded man.

Even if Diego Forlan is in very good condition, Shen Yang can only guarantee his performance is good, but whether to score a goal depends not only on strength and condition, but a large part also depends on luck. If there is no good position, Or there are no teammates to pass the ball, or maybe the opponent's defense is good, etc. Many factors will affect the goal.

Shen Yang is still looking forward to Fran's performance. There are very few players with 99% fitness. After a few days of training for a team, it is good to have one or two of them.

What kind of performance a player with 99% status can perform is also very helpful for Shen Yang to judge the "impact of status on player performance".

These will be written into his research content.

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Fran showed up.

He's not some Manchester United star player, nor is he some high-profile talent.

He's just an average player, and he's a 'cracker tail' striker.

But now Fran's appearance has attracted much attention. Many people can't believe that in such an important game, Ferguson will send Fran on the field.

The reason why Fran received attention was not because he was outstanding, but because his strength was not recognized.

Forlan didn't think about it that much. During his three seasons at Manchester United, he had long since lost the vigor he had when he first came to the Premier League, which also made his mentality more stable.

This may also be a major career gain.

After entering the competition, Fran quickly integrated into the game. At the beginning, many cameras pointed at Fran frequently, wanting to pay attention to his performance, but as the game progressed, the game also returned to the normal track .

Forlan's performance in a few minutes of playing can only be considered stable, not very good, and it is still C-Ronaldo who is active on the wing that attracts the attention of the audience.

C-Ronaldo is so good!

The Portuguese's own strength, coupled with 98% of the state, would be a headache for any defender alone. Ambrosini was completely defeated, and Gattuso frequently came to defend, but the effect was not very obvious.

AC Milan relies more on the defense of the central defender to limit C-Ronaldo.

But all AC Milan can do is limit, the world's top players will never be completely defended.

This time C-Ronaldo took it forward from the wing.

Other Manchester United players followed and began to run interspersed. C-Ronaldo gave the ball to Roy Keane. Keane made a tentative forward pass to Wayne Rooney. Rooney was in a dangerous position. C-Ronaldo.

After several passes, the football returned to C-Ronaldo's feet.

AC Milan took a strict defense against C-Ronaldo. As soon as C-Ronaldo reached the center, he was followed by Gattuso, but C-Ronaldo was a step faster and did not give Gattuso a chance to steal.

At a position about ten meters away from the penalty area, shooting is not a good choice. C-Ronaldo can only pass the ball to the side. Sylvester, who is plugged in, receives the ball and pushes it in front of the goal. The football rolled to Rooney Take the space left by running away.

Rooney ran too far, he slowed down a little annoyed, and then ecstasy appeared on his face!

AC Milan fans breathed a sigh of relief, they felt that the attack must be over.

But the next moment, they saw a Manchester United player appearing in that position.

It's... Diego Forlan!

"Fran! Fran!"

"Great opportunity! Sylvester's pass! Fran!" The stadium commentator exclaimed suddenly.

Diego Forlan was not in the best position, but he took two quick steps forward, Gattuso was thrown a short distance, and after barely hooking the ball with his foot, AC Milan's goal suddenly became a threat.

Gattuso wanted to block the shot with something, and he flew over.

But Fran hooked the ball to the inside with the sole of his foot and tricked Gattuso with a fake move. After that, Fran stared at the goal in a daze.

He never expected that he would get such a good opportunity!

Fran suppressed the excitement in his heart, glanced at the goal out of the corner of his eye, waved his foot non-stop and chose to volley vigorously.

Facing AC Milan goalkeeper Dida, Forlan subconsciously used the greatest strength—the angle is irrelevant, the key is to make Dida unable to block it!

Suddenly the football flew towards the goal like a cannonball!
AC Milan goalkeeper Dida, who was standing in front of him, felt that the goal had escaped just now, but he did not expect that Rooney passed by, and another Forlan was added. The key point is that Gattuso failed to block it and was directly deceived Yes, he suddenly felt pressured.

Dida made a judgment at the first moment of Fran's kick, and rushed to the right. He stretched his arms in the air and stretched them as much as possible to protect a larger area, but it's a pity...Brazil People go in the wrong direction.

Fran chose to hit the close corner.

Dida lowered his head in the air and watched the football go straight into the net!
(End of this chapter)