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Chapter 423 Champions Cup semi-final match ([-])

At the post-match press conference, Ferguson still protested angrily that the referee Baskakov from Russia 'missed' a goal for Manchester United. No wonder Ferguson would be so brooding. If the referee judges that the goal is valid, Manchester United, which won the game 4:2, will be under much less pressure in the next round than it is now.

And the current score of Manchester United's 3:2 AC Milan at home is enough to generate countless reveries. To use a slogan, the next round of the game at San Siro is 'everything is possible'! !

And AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, at the press conference after the game, strongly praised the players from both sides for their dedication to an extremely intense game. He politely congratulated Manchester United on their victory. However, when a reporter When asked how the score of 2:3 felt, Ancelotti couldn't hide his joy and said, "This score will bring us back to the home game, full of fighting spirit!!"

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In another Champions League semi-final, Chelsea beat Liverpool 1-0 at Stamford Bridge at home, and the Blues are only one step away from reaching the Champions League final for the first time.

However, after the first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Manchester United and AC Milan, bookmakers are generally optimistic about AC Milan's promotion to the final. Card's wonderful performance is also a classic.

After the call, Moggi, who had been stable for a while, also jumped out and said in an interview that if in the second round at San Siro, Kaka can still maintain the state he had in the first round against Manchester United, Manchester United will hardly have a chance of qualifying.

Of course, the English media is not to be outdone. Fleet Street dug up the old story of Manchester United's elimination in the quarter-finals last season. In last year's game, Li Rui's performance was amazing. He is The biggest contributor to Manchester United's elimination of AC Milan. The "Times" clearly stated that Li Rui will surprise everyone again at the San Siro Stadium!

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And at the end of the game, after Giggs was replaced, the Manchester United captain's armband was worn on Li Rui, which also aroused great interest from the media.

When facing the media, Ferguson did not agree with the statement that Li Rui was already the third captain of the Manchester United team. He just said that at that time, when Manchester United was in urgent need of scoring goals, he thought that on the pitch, a shooter wearing The captain's armband can stimulate the fighting spirit of the whole team!
However, the "Guardian"'s rhetorical question about Ferguson's remarks is also very interesting——

'No matter when, the team needs to score goals, so why not just appoint Li Rui as the captain on the spot? '

Of course, the "Guardian" is just speculation. After all, no one would think that Li Rui has the ability to be the first captain of a giant like Manchester United. Simply put, Li Rui's qualifications are not enough.

And when a reporter asked Li Rui about the topic of 'captain's armband', Li Rui was of course self-aware. He said that the first captain of the Manchester United team is Gary Neville, followed by Giggs, Ferdinand and Scholes, as for himself?When the team needs him to stand up, he will never back down.

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Three days later, in the 36th round of the league, Manchester United defeated Everton 4:2 away. Li Rui did not play in this game. Manchester United's Champions League corner.

It rained a lot on the day of the game, and Li Rui did not go with the team to the away game. He watched his teammates win a crucial victory in a rainy game in the living room at home. After Li Rui and Rooney, Giggs also sat on the bench. However, under the leadership of Cristiano Ronaldo and Cassano, Manchester United still scored three points. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and Cassano scored twice. Sano also scored a goal. The teenager Igors, who came off the bench for Cassano, scored Manchester United's fourth goal.

What makes Manchester United most happy is that in another game of this round, Chelsea was tied 2:2 at home by Bolton. In this case, after this round of the league, with only two rounds left in the league, Manchester United leads Chelsea by 3 points in the standings, and the league defending situation is very good.

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On May 5, the Manchester United team departed from Manchester Airport to Milan, Italy, preparing for the second round of the Champions League semi-final against AC Milan. .

Li Rui was wearing earphones and squinting his eyes. He was actually tired. He didn’t know what happened. Maybe he had eaten bad food. He had diarrhea all the time. The Manchester United team doctor was also very nervous. The match against AC Milan was about to take place. At the critical moment, Li Rui must not have any problems.

Little Fatty Rooney was laughing all the time, he was looking at Bean, which made Li Rui despise his striker partner, so he hit Little Fatty, saying no wonder he didn’t want to marry Colleen, because his mental age was still at the level of a child .

The two were arguing, but when they looked up, they saw an old Scottish man with a cold face like an Italian mafia looking towards him, and immediately became weird.

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"Dear passengers, our plane will soon land at Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy. Please sit in your seats and fasten your seat belts." The sexy Italian stewardess broadcast in English and Italian twice to wake up some drowsy passengers.

Li Rui turned his head and looked out the porthole. He was looking for the San Siro Stadium. Last year when he was a guest at San Siro, it happened to be cloudy. Li Rui looked down from the sky, and it was so foggy that he couldn't see the San Siro Stadium, a landmark building in Milan. However, The weather today is good, and the San Siro stadium can be seen vaguely from the sky. I think the team will play a game on this stadium in two days. If AC Milan can be eliminated and enter the finals, that's a good idea. It will be the broadest stage of Li Rui's career! !

The final in Athens - Li Rui murmured subconsciously, his tired eyes sparkled.

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When the plane finally stopped next to the terminal building, Li Rui took out his mobile phone and turned it on. He quickly contacted Jessica and reported that he was safe as soon as possible. Now Li Rui was teased by his teammates as the team's best husband.

Thinking of Jessica, and thinking that he will soon be a father, Li Rui also felt an unspeakable sense of happiness. He had heard people say that getting married is a hurdle for a man, but becoming a father is different. Li Rui still doesn't believe it, but now he has a deep understanding. Among other things, Li Rui is not yet 23 years old, but his speech and behavior, as well as his actions in the team, are much more mature than before. It also made Ferguson very satisfied, so he would consider training Li Rui as the team's future captain.

Jessica was lazily lying on the sofa at this time, with soft prenatal music playing in the room, she was stroking her belly with her hands, and she had a happy smile on her face as she was about to become a mother. This time, Manchester United and AC Milan played away During the game, Jessica did not say that she would come to the away game to watch the game and cheer for Li Rui. In Jessica's heart, her husband is now the second, and the baby in her belly is the first. She is now Very carefully.

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As soon as they walked out of the airport, Manchester United felt the enthusiasm of the Italian media. Many reporters were already there. In this game, the team between Manchester United and AC Milan will definitely enter the final. The Italian media is also abnormal attention, because AC Milan is now the only blood of the Serie A team in the Champions League this season.

In addition, in the first leg of another semi-final, Liverpool only lost 0:1 to Chelsea in the away game. The Red Army is likely to comeback at Anfield and enter the final, which means that if AC Milan can eliminate Manchester United, then their opponent in the final is likely to be Liverpool——

On the night of Istanbul in 2005, Liverpool staged a shocking reversal when they were 0:3 behind, and miraculously took away the "Big Ear Cup" from the hands of the Rossoneri. The Italian media regards it as a shame, so if AC Milan and Liverpool can meet in the final this time, the entire AC Milan team will grit their teeth and want revenge.

Now in this AC Milan team, the goalkeeper Dida, the defensive line Jankulovski, Nesta, Maldini, plus Seedorf and other veterans in the midfield, almost half of the Milan team are After that game, the Milan people's desire for revenge is very clear. Before that, the first thing AC Milan has to do is to win this game and eliminate Manchester United! ! !
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Seeing Manchester United appear, the reporters swarmed up.

Countless microphones were handed over, almost stuffed into Li Rui's mouth. Everyone wanted to hear what Li Rui had to say about this crucial game.

"Hi Li Rui, what do you think of Kaka's challenge to you?" A reporter asked.

Li Rui glanced at the reporter and had to cooperate with the paparazzi. He knew that what the reporter was talking about was what Kaka and Li Rui said after the last round of the match.

"In my opinion, it seems that Kaka's invitation is more appropriate. I am very happy to be able to play at the San Siro Stadium again after a year." Li Rui said unhurriedly, he would not follow As far as the reporter is concerned, this question is obviously a pit dug in advance.

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The reporter also immediately asked a very targeted question. In fact, before almost every important game, every reporter would ask this question over and over again, "So, what prediction do you have for the result of the game?" ?"

Regarding this question, Li Rui was also asked when he came to Milan last season. At that time, he was eager to win, "I hope Manchester United will win!"

Li Rui now also expressed Manchester United's determination to win, but Li Rui's tone was more tactful than last year's.

"AC Milan is a great club and I am very happy to be able to play against such a team again. In fact, whether it is Manchester United or AC Milan, no matter which team is eliminated in the end, it is extremely regrettable. Of course, I am a Manchester United player. All I have to do is to play well and help the team enter the Champions League final in Athens. We eliminated Milan last year and hope to have a good result this year."

The reporters were waiting for Li Rui's words. Although Li Rui's words were relatively tactful, it was completely different in the reporters' writing. I believe that in the next day's newspapers, headlines like this will be It occupies most of the media's pages——

"Li Rui uttered wild words, if he won last year, he will still win this year!!"

"Battle of San Siro, don't let that arrogant guy succeed!!"

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It was already the beginning of May. Even though it was northern Italy, it was already a little hot. Li Rui waved his hand to signal that he would no longer accept interviews. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and squeezed away the crowd of reporters. Li Rui quickly got into the bus car.

"Where's the boss?" Li Rui asked when he got into the car and noticed that Ferguson hadn't gotten into the car yet.

The little fat man pursed his lips. Li Rui just saw Ferguson's face emerging from the bus door. He quickly shut up and turned his gaze out of the car window, only to see that Cassano was still surrounded by the Italian media.

If there is any Manchester United player who received as much attention as Li Rui before the game, that person must be Cassano. This is Cassano's first visit to San Siro since he left Serie A. Therefore, the Italian media also paid great attention to this striker who was once considered to be Baggio's successor.

After a while, Manchester United assistant coach Queiroz had to go out to help Cassano make a clearance and bring him into the car.

After everyone got on the bus, they waited for a few minutes. After the team's Manchester United staff packed everyone's luggage, the bus started slowly and drove to the hotel where Manchester United stayed in Milan.

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The next day, the Manchester United team took a bus to a field provided by the Milan club for training. ,

Carrick takes the ball.

"Michael! Pass the ball!" Li Rui was reaching for the ball.

Carrick passed the ball, Li Rui stretched out his feet and made a gesture to stop the ball, but let the football pass by, Giggs hit the football directly from the wing, Li Rui has already accelerated to catch up with the football, and shot a low shot The goalkeeper has nothing to do with hitting the football into the goal. Li Rui's shot is quite tricky.

Ferguson, who was watching the players' competition from the sidelines, finally showed a smile at this time. Li Rui's diarrhea has almost recovered, but no one knows whether he can maintain his good state. However, judging from Li Rui's performance in the training session, it is still good.

This also made Manchester United's coaching staff breathe a sigh of relief. For Manchester United, Li Rui's importance is beyond doubt! !
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The training was over, and the players walked towards the locker room in twos and threes.

The little fat Rooney suddenly winked at Li Rui, "I guess you must have had diarrhea because you couldn't make out with Jessica during this period of time, and you were too depressed. What happened to the pretty girl in the coming-of-age story?"

Li Rui rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to this guy. If he doesn't do that for a long time, will it cause diarrhea?Fortunately, he was able to come up with such a nonsense.

However, thinking of this, Li Rui smiled wryly. After Jessica became pregnant for two years, Jessica would not let Li Rui touch her. She was worried that the baby in her belly would be 'hurt', so Li Rui But it has been almost 100 days without knowing the 'meat taste'! !
To be honest, this also surprised many Manchester United players. Under such circumstances, Li Rui didn't go to nightclubs or recruit prostitutes. Unmarried, divorced and remarried, everyone's family role models and role models.

In this regard, the teammates made fun of Li Rui, but Li Rui just rolled his eyes and ignored it. What could he say? Could it be that he lied about recruiting prostitutes and often went out to recruit prostitutes, or even nine girls in one night?

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On May 2007, 5, the moonlight was very good tonight, and the night sky was full of stars, just like the San Siro Stadium at that time.

After a while, the second leg of the 2006-2007 European Champions Cup semi-final between AC Milan and Manchester United will begin.

Players from both sides have not entered the field yet.

In the player tunnel, players from both teams lined up, ready to enter the field.

Li Rui glanced at Kaka. The Brazilian looked serious, but he couldn't hide the desire for victory in his eyes.

Kaka has already experienced the final of the Champions Cup once, and that was the famous 'Istanbul Night'. After failing, he will work harder, cherish more and fight harder.

Therefore, for AC Milan's game tonight, Kaka is bound to win! !

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Kaka also seemed to feel that someone was looking at him, and turned to look at Li Rui.

Li Rui and Kaka nodded, and then he remembered the Portuguese phrase he learned from Cristiano Ronaldo.

Li Rui laughed. He had to wait until he entered the arena to shake hands with Kaka before saying that sentence to Kaka. That would be interesting.

At this time, the referee Louison from France looked at the watch on his wrist, then nodded towards the two assistant referees, and walked into the San Siro Stadium with the football in his arms, about to enter the field...

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(End of this chapter)