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Although the head coaches of both sides intend to play it safe, Manchester United showed a strong desire to attack after the game started.

Steady does not mean conservative from beginning to end!
Manchester United's first attack was very threatening. Yin Jun passed the ball from midfield, Ronaldo headed the ball, Giggs made a pass from the bottom, and Rooney shot slightly wide under the close pressure of Liverpool centre-back Agger.

Liverpool coach Benitez stared at the field, he was observing the opponent's tactics: attack as soon as he comes up, is this an active attack?
If this is the case, Benitez is welcome, because this is exactly what he wants.

Liverpool's first start today is to play a defensive counterattack.Alonso, Gerrard and Dirk, the axis of the frontcourt is still very threatening.

However, Benitez soon realized that he was too happy, because after Manchester United ended the attack, the whole team quickly returned to defense. They put up a tight defensive formation in their second half, Waiting for Liverpool to attack.

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Ferguson was sitting on the coach's bench, staring at the field quietly. Manchester United's tactic in this game was to defend and counterattack. He just waited and waited for Liverpool to attack.

Manchester United or Liverpool, who is more eager for this championship?

Although the outside world believes that Manchester United is bound to win the Champions League, because this is a game where Ferguson realized his dream. If he wins Liverpool, Manchester United will be the king of English football.

But Ferguson feels that Liverpool is more eager for this championship, because he has led Manchester United to win the Premier League and the FA Cup. Wang's great achievement is naturally a beautiful thing, but if he can't get it, it won't hurt his success.

At the very least, Ferguson himself was relatively calm.Because he has led Manchester United very well in recent years, and there is no pressure on performance.

Liverpool seems to be different. Their head coach Benitez said in an interview with the media that he will lead Liverpool to beat Manchester United and enjoy the honor of winning the most Champions Leagues by an English team.

Regardless of whether Benitez said it casually to the domestic media or really thought so, anyway, Ferguson believed it.

Furthermore, in the final, is there a more secure tactic than defensive counterattack?
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Soon, Ferguson was relieved that Liverpool was not playing conservatively. Seeing Manchester United retract their defense, they immediately pressed up.

However, facing Manchester United's tough defense, Liverpool played very hard, and it was difficult for them to have more than three offensive passes.

This time, Alonso wanted to pass the ball to Gerrard, but Carrick's prediction was accurate. He grabbed the pass in advance, successfully intercepted the pass, and then quickly sent the ball to find Scholes in front.

"Counterattack! Manchester United's chance to counterattack!"

The excited shouts of Manchester United fans suddenly sounded in the stands.

Manchester United showed everyone what counterattack speed is. Scholes passed a diagonal pass to Yin Jun. The Manchester United captain dribbled the ball forward at high speed. He dunked Mascherano beautifully, and then pushed laterally. Gus sweeps the football to the left.

Evra made a pass from the bottom, Ronaldo leaped high from the middle and headed the goal. The football was saved by Liverpool goalkeeper Reina. Rooney's follow-up shot was blocked by Liverpool defender Agger on the goal line. up.

Manchester United players are all raising their hands, they signaled Liverpool players handball.However, the referee on duty for this game, Van der, didn't say anything, he signaled that it was a corner kick.

Giggs took the corner kick, Liverpool's defense is not lacking in height, Carragher and Riise are both 1.8 meters tall, Agger's height is 1.9 meters one.However, this time it was the 1.8-meter-three Finnan who grabbed the point. The Irish defender cleared the football and helped Liverpool survive the danger in front of the goal.

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"Let's see what's going on in the penalty area," commentator Lineker said.

The slow-motion replay shows that when Rooney made a follow-up shot, the football hit the upper arm of Liverpool defender Agger, but the player's arm was close to the body.

Regarding the penalty standards for handball, the leagues of various countries are not unified. This kind of blocking may be whistled for handball in some games. ball.

However, Ferguson doesn't care so much. In his opinion, this is the referee obliterating Manchester United's penalty, and he protested loudly on the sidelines.

When Benitez saw this, he choked with Ferguson, and the two coaches had a verbal battle near the center line.This led to a stern warning from the fourth official, and the two returned to the coach's bench angrily.

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Ten minutes later, Manchester United pressed for a counterattack again, but this time their pass was cut off, and Liverpool counterattacked Manchester United instead.Pennant dribbles past Evra beautifully, then continues to dribble while watching his team-mate's movements.

At this moment, he suddenly felt an oppressive force attacking him.Pennant reacted quickly and was going to pass the football ahead of time, but it was too late.

"Carrick! Steal the ball!"

Pennant was intercepted, which immediately put Liverpool in a dangerous situation. They just wanted to fight Manchester United's counterattack. It can be said that they were pressing across the board.

Carrick, who broke the ball, did not let the football stay under his feet for a second, and passed the football to Giggs who had already inserted it.

Facing Carragher who rushed up to intercept, Giggs used his speed to force the opponent directly.

Carragher was shocked and was about to start, but saw Giggs get out of his defensive range as soon as he accelerated, and his right hand, which was stretched out to pull the jersey, only caught the air.

Giggs hit the wall with Scholes, who came over to respond, and then he made a gesture to pass to Evra, who was at the bottom, but he buckled the football back, and then made an arc.

In the penalty area, Ronaldo held Daniel Agger. He stretched out his foot and rubbed the football, and the football flew to the back point.

Rooney is on camera, with no one around him.

"Rooney! Chance!"

Ferguson clenched his fists and stared at the goal. Rooney can score very exciting goals, but when faced with some very easy opportunities to score, he will waste them. Take his shot before. For the time Agger used his body to block it, if Rooney had a higher level of shooting and suppressed the football, there would be no chance for the opponent to block it.

This time, Rooney lived up to his teammate's wonderful pass and everyone's expectations. He stopped the ball with his left foot, and at the same time blocked Riise's counterattack with his body, followed by a decisive kick with his right foot, and the football suddenly jumped up from Liverpool. Goalkeeper Reina's left hand flew into the net!