host must win

Chapter 317 Milan Protector Association and Super Laco
At the Gerland Stadium, with a 2:0 advantage, Manchester United calmly lined up according to the normal starting lineup.Ferguson's plan is to grasp enough time and rhythm of possession of the ball as much as possible to seize the initiative.

The start of the game was extremely tense and exciting. Within 5 minutes, the two sides had three very threatening shots. Among them, Lyon scored a goal offside first, and the other goal was saved by Howard. Manchester United's luck was much stronger. In the 5th minute, Yin Jun made a cross from the left. Two Lyon defenders surrounded Solskjaer. Scholes stepped in at high speed and shot hard to open the scoring.

This goal forced Lyon to score at least 4 more goals to advance. The difficulty inspired the Frenchman's fighting spirit. They have been besieging Manchester United's half crazily for 20 minutes and made many dangerous goals in a row. , free kick, forcing Keane and Wes Brown to get yellow cards, and equalized the score in the 13th minute.

At that time, Malouda broke through from the left and made a pass from the bottom. Luindulla stopped the ball and stabbed lightly. It happened to pass between Howard who abandoned the goal and O'Shea who came to block from the left, and floated into the net. .

In the 21st minute, Ferguson, who was extremely dissatisfied with the timid players, stood on the sidelines for the first time and issued instructions to Yin Jun, asking the whole team to control the ball and not just retreat to the half court.

Under the waving and urging of the old Sir Alex, the Red Devils soldiers tried their best to play a few counter-attacks. From the 34th to the 37th minute, there were 3 shots that they wanted to win, and they almost succeeded.

In the 45th minute, the teenager Cristiano Ronaldo formed an excellent one-on-one situation with the Lyon goalkeeper after receiving a long pass from Yin Jun's midfielder. He fell to the ground on contact and failed to cheat a penalty, but the Swedish referee Flicks did not show a yellow card to the Portuguese genius.

At the end of the first half, the two sides entered the intermission with a score of 1:1.

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At the beginning of the second half, the visiting team attacked like a storm again. In the second minute, the scoring scene was repeated. It was Yin Jun's cross and Ryan Giggs scored with anger.

2:1, Manchester United took the lead again, with a total score of 4:1.

Although they knew that the team had no chance of qualifying, the Lyon fans were still enthusiastically cheering as always, but Manchester United really calmed down, controlled the midfield, let time run out, and replaced all the main offensive players including Yin Jun. Replaced by a defensive player.

Edmilson was too eager and got two yellow cards in a row.Elber scored a face-saving goal in the last minute to tie the score at 1:2 but the situation was over.

Manchester United became the only team in the semi-finals that was not overturned.

The new European Ballon d'Or is known to be the biggest contributor to Manchester United's smooth promotion. In the two games against Lyon, he was involved in all four goals. In the first round, he scored one pass and one shot, and in the second round, he scored twice. Effective assists, very conspicuous.

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While Manchester United and Lyon fought fiercely at the Gerland Stadium and successfully advanced to the semi-finals with a draw, at the Riazor Stadium in Spain, under the witness of more than 3 fans of the home team, Super Deportivo staged the Champions League history. Greatest and most dramatic comeback: Deportivo beat AC Milan 4-0 at home, thus eliminating them with a total score of 5-4 over two legs!
In the European arena, Depor once staged a reversal miracle. In March 2001, they were 3:0 behind Paris Saint-Germain, but finally came back 3:4, but that was in a single game.

Deportivo scored three goals in the first half to equalize the total score.If such a score is maintained until the end, AC Milan will be out due to fewer away goals, and the defending champions have been cornered. They need to score at least 1 goal in Riazor.But Ancelotti did not change at the end of the midfield. Maybe the fat man thought that the Milan players performed well in the first half?Or have you given up on treatment?
At the beginning of the second half, the performance of the Rossoneri was still not much better. Their defense was still chaotic and their offense was not threatening. As a result, Deportivo scored another goal from Forlan in the 76th minute, completely killing the game. .

The most classic reversal in the history of the Champions League was born.And an organization called "Milan Protectors Association" was also established at this moment, and will be called many times in the future.

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From the perspective of performance on the court, it is incredible that Depor can overthrow the much stronger AC Milan, and from the perspective of historical statistics, such a battle is enough to be included in the classics.

Before this game, in the history of major European club cups, there had been a total of 123 first-leg three-goal lead opponents.Such an advantage basically makes the lagging party desperate.Because of this, only 16 teams have accomplished the difficult comeback feat.And Laco's unremitting efforts finally made him the 17th "reversal hero" in the history of European wars.

在此球的16次翻盘中，有4次是在首回合0:3落后的情况下完成的；而在首回合1:4落后的情况下翻盘或者追平比分后点球淘汰对手的，也有2次；在0:4落后情况下翻盘的，有4次；另外，难度大到无法想象的在首回合0:5或1:5落后的情况下完成翻盘的，竟然也各有3次。

英国、意大利和西班牙球队向来就是欧洲足球的最主要力量，也因此许多的逆转故事都与这三国的球队有关。1967-1968赛季的联盟杯，那不列斯首回合4:1战胜苏格兰的希伯年，但次回合到了苏格兰的土地上却以0:5惨败。1975-1976赛季的欧洲冠军杯，皇马在客场1:4不敌英格兰的德比郡，但回到主场后却以5:1碾压对手。

It is incomprehensible that, as one of the strongest clubs in Serie A, AC Milan has made similar major mistakes in the past. In the European Champions Cup in the 1957-1958 season, they defeated Austria's Rapid Vienna team 4:1 at home, but they were counterattacked by their opponents 2:5 in the away game. "Had to compete with the opponent again through extra games, but fortunately Milan finally defeated the opponent 2:0.

After winning the game, Depor was finally officially called "Super Depor" by the Spanish media.After humiliating Bayern, Arsenal, Juventus and AC Milan successively, the Galician has indeed become a veritable "giant killer".Except for the four-goal reversal when they were behind by three goals in the game against Paris Saint-Germain, Depor has always had a tradition of going crazy in the second round. Both Arsenal and Leeds have suffered from them, but this time Irueta finally accomplished the undreamed-of miracle.

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