Roma scored the first goal, and the Manchester United player was completely stunned.

They didn't expect that Roma was the first to score. They were paying attention to Zhang Tiehan just now, but they didn't pay attention to Casano's insertion. This was their mistake, but probably no one else paid attention to Casano just now. After all, compared to Zhang Tiehan, Casano is too unattractive.

But it was Casano who scored Manchester United's goal!

Ferguson was also stunned.

The old man no longer had the calmness he had just now. He stood on the sidelines and yelled at the players, expressing his dissatisfaction with the team's performance. At the same time, he kept urging the referee to stop Roma from celebrating the goal and urged the game to start as soon as possible.

Zhang Tiehan was forced into a dead end just now, but he was reborn in desperate situation and assisted Casano to score a goal. Now Manchester United has been forced into a dead end. They must score two goals in the next game and cannot allow Roma to score in order to eliminate Roma to reach the quarterfinals. This is very difficult.

But it is true that Manchester United has no chance. Manchester United has the advantage in strength and it is possible to score two goals next, provided that they play well, especially the shooting players perform well.

For example, Van Nie and Rooney, their performance will definitely affect the victory or defeat of both teams.

While Roma celebrated the goal, the Italian commentator said, "This ball was scored by Casano, but Zhang's role is obvious. He attracted almost all Manchester United's defenses. After Casano got the ball, all he had to face was a goalkeeper. We still have to remember Zhang. If Manchester United had Zhang, there would be no suspense in the game."

This is how Zhang Tiehan compares Manchester United strikers.

But no one refuted him, and the fact is the case. Zhang Tiehan's performance in the game is much better than Van Ni and Rooney. He attracted all Manchester United defenses alone and then passed a good goal. With such a performance, Casano scored the goal, he will definitely be the best player after the game.

The game started again soon.

Manchester United fell behind 0:1, and the only thing they could do was to attack. They had been forced to a dead end. Only goals could save themselves. Under this mentality, Manchester United launched a siege against Roma in the halftime, and many players, even Sylvester, intervened frequently, wanting to help the team score goals.

But their mentality was a little impatient.

This impatient mentality made them make frequent mistakes, and their attacks often ended with a long-range shot without threat. After a few times, Roma had two good counterattacks. One of them, Zhang Tiehan threw away Ferdinand and almost scored a goal. The situation developed in a favorable direction for Rome.

Seeing this situation, Ferguson hurriedly stood on the scene to calm the players' mindset.

If Roma scored another goal, Manchester United would be unable to make the situation come true. Even if this was only the first half, it would be almost impossible to score three goals in the second half. A miracle is not so easy to perform. In European history, there has never been a game where three goals were to win in the first half. If it happened, it would be absolutely unprecedented. At least Ferguson does not have the confidence to do it now. Especially here is the Rome Olympic Stadium.

It is not easy for them to score one goal in the first half, let alone score three goals.

When Manchester United stabilizes its pace and seeks attack, the situation on the field will return to the beginning. Manchester United pushes forward slowly and looks for opportunities, while Roma steadily shrinks the defense line and does not give the opponent any chance. At the same time, Roma will also fight back if he has the chance.

In the frontcourt, Manchester United's defense against Zhang Tiehan has not relaxed at all.

But the difference now is that Manchester United will also pay attention to the insertion of other Roman players. Casano's goal just now has taught them a lesson. When they do a good job in defense against Zhang Tiehan, they must also pay attention to defending other Rome. After all, Roma is also a quasi-giant club. For example, the personal abilities of Casano, Toti and others are outstanding even if they win Manchester United. For example, their midfielder De Rossi, is a young genius that Manchester United wants to get.

It was not until this time that Manchester United truly faced Rome.

However, the two teams also entered a stalemate stage, Roma did not relax his defense, and Manchester United had no good idea to break through Roma's dense defense line.

The performances of Ferguson and Derenell from the field may be more attractive than the game itself. Ferguson is standing next to the fourth official, constantly complaining about the 'utilitarian nature' of Rome football. "Why don't they block the goal eleven people, so that the opponent will not think of scoring the goal," he said.

The fourth official could only roll his eyes.

Delren was standing in the scene and kept shouting to remind the team of defense, "Retreat a little, retreat a little, don't give them space." He kept shouting, emphasizing defense, not caring about playing more passively. For Roma, as long as Manchester United doesn't score a goal, it will be successful.

Time passes little by little.

It was soon halftime, and the score on the court was still 1:0. Roma led Manchester United. The current score also proved that Derenell's approach was successful. Roma successfully defended the first half and led Manchester United with Zhang Tiehan's goal. There was no better situation than this.

For Manchester United, Ferguson's face was so dark.

When the first half ended, he left and turned to the locker room. Behind him, the Manchester United players looked bad. They didn't expect to be scored by Roma first. Such a situation was almost the worst possible outcome. Many of them were confused and didn't know how to continue the game. They didn't want to go back to the locker room to face Ferguson's yell, but they also had to know the tactical style of the second half from the coach so that they had a chance to win.

...

The visiting team locker room.

Seeing the players walking into the locker room one by one, Ferguson did not get angry as he imagined. In fact, the old man knew that there was no benefit in doing so. He did not say anything about the first half, but just directly emphasized the second half game.

"We have to score as soon as possible!"

He said affirmatively, "It must be as soon as possible! Otherwise we won't have any chance. I think you all know what we are facing now. We have to score two goals to eliminate them, but are there really many two goals?"

"not much!"

"Roma's defense has always been a problem. Their defense is actually not done well. You know better than me. They just use human-sea tactics to limit our offensive space. We need to play more penetratingly. If there is no chance, we will find opportunities to shoot from a long time."

"Anyway, we must find a way to score the goal as soon as possible!"

Ferguson kept stressing.

Manchester United players also understood, their faces were a little better. Although they were behind in the score, they felt that the head coach said it was good. Roma's defense was indeed not good. Some of their players had poor defense, such as their frontcourt, even in the backcourt players, their personal abilities were not very good. They all experienced this, such as C-Ronaldo, who used his skills to pass many Roman players in the first half. He was very active on the wing and only had no chance to defend when he met many people in the middle.

Manchester United is quite experienced in breaking intensive defense.

They believe that as long as they play well and score two goals is not an impossible task, even on the away game, their overall strength is much stronger than Roma.

...

On the other hand, in the home team's locker room, Roman players were also talking about the game.

Compared to the solemn atmosphere of Manchester United, the Roman players all had a relaxed face. They were in the lead at halftime, which was something the entire team did not expect.

In the locker room, Casano was still boasting about his goals.

"I lied to that guy... He seemed to be called Carol, yes, Carol, haha, he thought I was going to shoot at the time, but in fact I had already thought about swaying him."

Most of the others rolled their eyes as Casano said.

Just scored a goal... As for this? But they were still a little jealous. After all, in the Champions League knockout match, they scored the ball in front of 100,000 Roma fans, so calm and so good at showing off.

Of course they won't let Casano continue to be 'arrogant'.

"That's not Zhang's credit, you won't have a chance without Zhang!" Toti said in a rare way. Casano's face immediately collapsed. He said, "Of course, of course, Zhang's credit, but I scored the ball, Zhang is an assist, assist."

Totti turned to Zhang Tiehan and said, "Zhang, look at him, you should pass the ball to me next time you have the chance, and I can score such a ball."

"Yes, I'm still there!" Mancini also hurriedly said.

Casano immediately became a little anxious. He knew the importance of Zhang Tiehan in the goal. That was the opportunity that Zhang Tiehan had only to let him get in. Moreover, Zhang Tiehan's pass was also very important, and he attracted all the attention by himself, so he had the opportunity that he could have. However, showing off himself must weaken Zhang Tiehan... Compared to the next goal opportunity, showing off himself is no longer important.

"No, Zhang, don't listen to them. You have the greatest contribution, the greatest! I just kicked the ball in." Casano gave a thumbs up.

Everyone else laughed.

After Delhiel walked into the locker room, everyone stopped to joke and waited for the head coach to arrange the tactics in the second half. Delhiel first praised the players' performance in the first half, and then emphasized 'Don't be careless'. "Manchester United is very strong. There is no goal in the first half, so there is also some luck. You should all be very clear about this. We cannot be careless. Until the end of the game, it is time for us to cheer."

He said, "The tactics remain unchanged in the second half, and the important thing is that we must hold the goal!"

The tactics remain unchanged and it is still defense. Doing this is the most stable way. It is not a saying that the defense can win. Roma can gain the current score advantage, and the most important thing is defense.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

After resting in the locker room, the time was almost over. The Roman players walked out of the locker room one by one and returned to the stadium to prepare for the second half. When they appeared, Manchester United players also came to the stadium. The two teams stood opposite each other and looked at each other, like soldiers preparing to rush in front of the formation.
Chapter completed!