Sixteenth minute.

Manchester United began their attack from their own half.

After a few passes, the ball reached Scholes' feet.

Seize the opportunity.

Scholes delivered a diagonal pass towards the right side of the Leeds United penalty area, accurately finding Wes Brown who was making an attacking run.

Wes Brown didn't make many adjustments and simply swept the ball towards the center.

Berbatov, who had moved into position, volleyed the ball ahead of Silva, but Neuer made a save that sent it out of bounds.

Thirty seconds later.

Manchester United take a corner kick.

Vidic gained the upper hand in the challenge with Alonso, but fortunately the goalpost saved Leeds United this time. The ball bounced off the post and was kicked out of bounds by Kolarov.

Twenty-first minute.

It was originally a Leeds United attacking opportunity, but Modric, who had finally shaken off Carrick's entanglement, tried to pass the ball across to Rodriguez, who was standing on his right, but Park Ji-sung, who came out from the middle, intercepted the ball.

Manchester United launched a counter-attack on the spot.

After a couple of passes, Carrick kicked the ball to Ronaldo on the left wing. Ronaldo sprinted down the left wing, once again overpowering Alves's harassment to break into the penalty area, creating space before unleashing a powerful shot.

The shot was so powerful that even Neuer, who was prepared, couldn't hold onto it while making the save.

In other words, the Germans reacted quickly, immediately getting up and rushing forward after realizing the ball had slipped from their grasp. They managed to pin the ball under their bodies before Berbatov's outstretched right foot could touch it, otherwise... Leeds United would have conceded a goal!

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For the next ten minutes or so, Leeds United were at a disadvantage.

The atmosphere on Leeds United's bench has also changed, becoming much heavier than before.

But seeing Li Shiguang with his arms crossed and silent, the others also remained silent, anxiously watching the situation on the field.

"Boss, this won't do! They'll score sooner or later!" Rivaldo said gravely. "Luca is being marked too tightly; we're not attacking at all."

Rivaldo fired the first shot.

Simeone immediately chimed in from the side: "Boss, if all else fails, how about we bring Marco up to give it a shot? Carrick isn't that fast, maybe he'll be able to make a difference!"

Rivaldo and Simeone spoke with a sense of urgency, indicating that Leeds United's passive situation had become unbearable for them.

But Li Shiguang remained calm, watching the arena as if he were in deep meditation, without finishing his sentence.

Simone panicked when he saw Li Shiguang's state and waved his hand in front of Li Shiguang's eyes: "Boss! Asleep!?"

"Get lost." Li Shiguang shoved Simone's hand away. "What's the panic? Do you think Alex is stupid? Have you forgotten how effective it was when I replaced Kaká with Marco last time? Do you think Alex didn't consider that?"

"Right now, at least Luca can still hold onto the ball up front, and possession won't easily slip to the opponent. But believe it or not, if we bring Marco on, we'll be even more passive than we are now!"

What Li Shiguang said wasn't complicated, and Simone and Rivaldo quickly understood what he meant.

really.

With Modric on the field, at least some possession of the ball can be guaranteed. If it were Reus, he wouldn't have such strong ball control under the pressure of the two players.

However, understanding is one thing.

The team's disadvantages are right in front of them. If they don't make a move, it will really be a slow death!

"So we're just going to watch without making a move? Boss, that doesn't make sense!" After a moment of silence, Simone finally voiced his doubts.

He glanced at Simone.

A familiar smile crept onto Li Shiguang's lips once more: "Who said I didn't make a move? Didn't you all notice that Rodriguez has been unmarked for quite some time? Alex might not know, but don't you all know that Rodriguez has a devastating long-range shot?"

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On the pitch, Manchester United's attack became increasingly fierce.

Seeing that Modric, just as he had predicted, was unable to complete the solo breakthrough against Carrick and Park Ji-sung, Ferguson had no more worries. During this time, he kept directing his disciples to press forward, hoping that they could break through Leeds United's gates as soon as possible.

After all, a 0-0 scoreline is not what Manchester United wanted!

As one side gains and the other loses, the other gains.

Leeds United's lineup was pushed back very far, with even Adriano having to drop back behind the center circle to help the team defend.

The match has reached the 34th minute.

Manchester United are organizing an attack in the attacking third.

Scholes, who had the ball, passed it to the left wing.

Faced with the aggressive Ronaldo, Alves, who had been used as a backdrop in the previous attempts, learned his lesson and stopped rushing forward. Instead, he followed Ronaldo's rhythm and slowly retreated, preparing to make a move when Ronaldo broke through and deliver a fatal blow to the Portuguese player.

Cristiano Ronaldo may be a bit selfish, but he's not stupid. After bringing the ball to the vicinity of the penalty area and finding no openings in Alves' defense, he had no choice but to look up into the penalty area.

As soon as Ronaldo looked up, he saw Berbatov, who had come out of the penalty area, waving at him for the ball.

Without hesitation.

With a cross pass, the ball reached Berbatov's feet.

As a striker.

Berbatov has excellent footwork, and his ball control is among the best in the world.

But he also has a flaw, a fatal one.

High emotional intelligence is described as playing football with style, while low emotional intelligence is described as being lazy and slow at times!

His excellent footwork would have minimized his slowness at the edge of the penalty area.

But the problem is that Berbatov's opponent today is Kompany, who has been his teammate for a year and is extremely familiar with his technical moves!

One second ago.

Berbatov, having received the ball, made a feint, lowering his right shoulder as if preparing to turn and break through from the right, but in reality, the foot on the ball deflected it to the left.

If it were a defender unfamiliar with him, they might actually be fooled by Berbatov's extremely realistic feint.

But Kompany won't!

This Belgian defender had been anticipating Berbatov's move for a long time!

The next second.

The football had just been flicked to Berbatov's left side.

The Bulgarian was horrified to discover that a thick leg had emerged from his left side and swiftly poked the football!

By the time Berbatov looked up, possession of the ball had already changed hands.

Alonso, standing right in front of him, had already brought the ball, which had been poked away from his feet, to a steady stop!

"Beautiful! Kompany made a precise tackle, and the ball was poked to Alonso's feet!" Lineker's spirits lifted, and he suddenly raised his voice, "This is a chance for Leeds United to counter-attack!!"