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Chapter 280 The Suspense Ends
At the beginning of last month, Scholes injured his leg during the game. The doctor's diagnosis was that it would take at least one and a half months to recover. That must be true news. Smoke bombs had to be released so early.

The two teams played against each other in the last round, coupled with the past league matches, also proved that Scholes was indeed injured.

No matter how you think about it, Scholes will not recover so quickly, but how could he come to Milan with Manchester United?The media reporters were at a loss.

"This is a smoke bomb! England's teams are good at this kind of tricks!" "Gazzetta dello Sport" voiced, "Even if Scholes really recovers from injury, he will not be able to represent Manchester United!"

Other Italian media also followed suit. They don’t think Scholes will have a chance to play. It is a fact that Scholes was injured. Some time ago, they said that it would take a long time to recover from the injury. It is only a dozen days now, so it is impossible. full recovery.

Scholes came to Milan City with the team, causing discussions within AC Milan.

That night, members of AC Milan's coaching staff gathered to discuss the game and talked about Scholes. The arrival of Scholes caught AC Milan by surprise.

If Manchester United has Scholes playing, the midfield organization ability will be greatly improved, and they must make targeted arrangements.

"Even if Scholes has recovered, he hasn't trained with Manchester United for three weeks and it is impossible to start the game. We don't have to worry!"

This statement was echoed by others.

Ancelotti thought about it and felt that it was impossible for Scholes to play. Everyone knew that Scholes was indeed injured. Even if he recovered, how could he represent Manchester United?
Scholes' situation may be the same as that of Van Nistelrooy when the two teams played against each other in the last round.

Van Nistelrooy was Manchester United's leading striker, but he sat on the bench for the entire game, and Diego Forlan also came off the bench.

Although Diego Forlan scored a goal, it also proved that the newly injured Van Nistelrooy was indeed unable to play.

Will Scholes do the same?

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At the press conference that night, AC Milan and Manchester United announced the squad respectively, and Scholes entered the Manchester United squad.

Both the media and AC Milan believe that Scholes will only sit on the bench and will not start on behalf of Manchester United.

But when the game was about to start the next day, Scholes's name was included in the starting list announced by Manchester United. He and Roy Keane partnered in the middle duo, which caused an uproar in the media and made AC Milan a little bit. flustered.

AC Milan is totally unprepared for this!

In the past few days, AC Milan's defense has been targeting Manchester United's wing, especially C-Ronaldo's all the way, which requires strict defense.

AC Milan didn't care too much about the defense in the middle.

One is that AC Milan has Pirlo and Gattuso in the middle, and the combination of the three midfielders is enough to stabilize the defense in the middle. Coupled with the assistance of the central defender, they believe that the middle is foolproof.

The second is Manchester United without Scholes, and there is basically no threat in the middle.

But now AC Milan is in a panic.

Two hours before the game, Ancelotti could not make adjustments, they could only bite the bullet and prepare to play against Manchester United.

Manchester United used Scholes to beat AC Milan by surprise.

Manchester United's preparation is not just Scholes. In order to allow Manchester United to win more steadily, Ferguson decided to use risky tactics and let the team launch an offensive against AC Milan at the beginning.

AC Milan never expected that Manchester United would play so aggressively.

Manchester United opened the game with a full-line pressure, as if they were going to break through the gate of AC Milan in the opening game. This was completely opposite to what they imagined, because AC Milan was the one behind, and they needed to score in the opening game.

The gap between the game situation and imagination made AC Milan's formation a little flustered. Fortunately, core players such as Pirlo and Kaka stabilized the formation and did not give Manchester United a chance.

But Manchester United are in great shape!

Although he failed to "sneak attack" at the beginning, Manmian continued to attack.

"Something's wrong..."

AC Milan coach Ancelotti felt that he could not understand the game. He didn't know what confidence Manchester United had to do at the San Siro Stadium.

AC Milan's plan is actually to use the home court advantage to counter-suppress Manchester United. This is actually no way, mainly because AC Milan is two goals behind, and they must take the initiative to have a chance.

But now the situation has come.

Manchester United took the initiative to launch a fierce offensive at the beginning, and after a few waves of attacks, there was no intention of easing up. AC Milan was completely suppressed for a while, which made their pre-match preparations tantamount to useless efforts.

At this time, Kaka, who was slowly retreating, watched Manchester United continue to pass and catch the ball in the backcourt. He couldn't help but said to Gattuso, "It seems different, different from what the coach said."

"It's completely different." Gattuso ran for a while, panting heavily, "They seem to be planning to break through as soon as possible."

"Are they going to score? But they are already two goals ahead."

"I don't know...but I know that if they score, we have almost no hope of winning!" Gattuso's analysis was simple and direct.

Kaka nodded.

That's exactly what Ferguson had in mind.

Manchester United leads AC Milan by two goals, and the advantage is still relatively large, but if they play a solid tactic and respond with defensive counterattacks, AC Milan's hope of winning is not small.

But if they can quickly score a goal, widen the gap to three goals, and add an away goal, AC Milan will not have any more chances.

This is indeed a good idea, but generally speaking, Ferguson would not do this, because it would be very risky, but with the 'Yangyang Football Training Group', Shen Yang said with certainty that every player is in good condition, Ferguson also had confidence.

Now AC Milan has no way to deal with it. Coach Ancelotti is helpless off the court. The tactics have been arranged and everything has been explained.

Ancelotti hopes that AC Milan can find an opportunity to restore the situation. When AC Milan launches an offensive, it is indeed enough to threaten Manchester United's goal.

But luck is on Manchester United's side.

It was Manchester United who got a good chance first. In the 15 minutes of the game, Manchester United had a long-range set ball opportunity.

In football games, many times this kind of opportunity is to directly kick the ball to continue the game, but Manchester United did not do this. C-Ronaldo came to the ball steadily, and other players hurried forward to find opportunities.

C-Ronaldo kicked a long-distance lob cross and drove the ball directly into the penalty area.

AC Milan was aware of the danger, and several defensive players stared at their opponents, but in the panic, AC Milan still missed, and Roy Keane rushed to grab the position and shook his head on the football With a touch, the football rushed towards the goal with an arc.

AC Milan goalkeeper Dida was very cautious, but facing the football bypassing his body, he could only stand there in despair without even responding at all.

"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

The British media shouted in surprise, "The goal has been scored! Manchester United captain Roy Keane!"

"Three to zero! Manchester United leads AC Milan with three goals in two rounds!"

The San Siro stadium commentator also shouted helplessly for the goal, but his voice was not very happy. The Manchester United fans who came to Milan with the team cheered excitedly for the goal, while the AC Milan fans of the home team only had regret on their faces. despair.

Three balls!
With three goals behind, there are still more than 70 minutes in the game, but does AC Milan really have a chance?

AC Milan fans just saw the score, and the AC Milan players were more desperate than the fans, because the tactics arranged by the head coach before the game were useless at all.

First, Scholes played.

Just a while ago, Manchester United's offensive has proved the role of Scholes. AC Milan's defense in the middle can only rely on the individual performance of the players. The defense against the wing formation must be somewhat negligent in the middle. The cooperation was quite smooth, and their defense seemed full of mistakes.

Second, their frontal attack failed to beat Manchester United.

Now that AC Milan is three goals behind, the players feel at a loss and don't know how to play the next game.

Many AC Milan players subconsciously looked at the coach's bench.

Head coach Carlo Ancelotti felt very tricky.

For a head coach, the most annoying thing is that the game is out of control. This is undoubtedly the case in the current game. His arrangements before the game have no effect at all.

Maybe the result is more important...

If AC Milan scored the goal just now, the situation would be completely different, but when Manchester United scored the goal, AC Milan fell into a very unfavorable situation. The team fell behind by three goals and had almost no choice.

"attack!"

Ancelotti stood on the sidelines, waving his hands and directing the team to step up their offensive.

AC Milan has never been a team that is good at taking the initiative, but now they can't tolerate them.

"Go up! Go up!"

Ancelotti kept shouting that he hoped that the next game would remain the same. If the two sides come to a head-to-head fight, AC Milan may not necessarily have no chance.

But Ancelotti was disappointed!

Ferguson has no plans to let the team fight AC Milan head-on. Even if Manchester United is in good condition, but with three goals, Manchester United can steadily drag it to the end. There is no need to fight AC Milan.

Then Manchester United began to shrink their defense.

This was arranged before the game.

As long as you can score a goal quickly in the opening game, you will start to play a normal defensive counterattack. If you can't score, Manchester United will also make adjustments. There is always a scoring advantage, and there is no need to fight hard with the opponent.

In the face of Manchester United's defensive counterattack, AC Milan was even more passive.

Their situation is much better than before, but anyone who knows a little bit about football can know how dangerous AC Milan is.

It's not easy for them to score goals in offense now, and if they don't pay attention, it will give Manchester United a chance to counterattack.

Seeing this situation, Ancelotti knew it was his mistake. He felt very annoyed, but now that the game has progressed, there is no need to think about it.

Ferguson smiled.

Only 10 minutes into the first half, he knew the outcome was over.

(End of this chapter)