Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

"Phil was in an inside position, and he was running towards the ball. He thought his teammates had marked Ronaldinho, but unexpectedly Wu Xudong came up instead."

"Too fast... Stop the ball! Wu Xudong kicks the ball forward. He's going to beat Phil! He's past him, Wu Xudong is past him!"

boom!

Wu Xudong delivered a cross, and Phil Neville tried his best but couldn't interfere with the ball.

Fortunately, Blanco made a brilliant anticipation and cleared the ball at the near post.

If that ball had been just a little higher, Manchester United would have been in serious trouble.

"Sporting Lisbon certainly didn't give up!"

"When the full-backs push forward, they coordinate with the wingers and wide midfielders, posing a significant threat."

"It's a pity Maicon is injured, otherwise Wu Xudong and Maicon could have been flying on the left and right wings respectively! With Ronaldo and Ronaldinho on the other side, Sporting Lisbon with four wings might have actually been able to score goals."

"As a result, Sporting Lisbon's left-back is now Evra. This player is not fast enough, and he is still far from taking off. He is not as sharp as Wu Xudong and Maicon."

Evra: This is being used to put people down? ???

Ronaldinho walks towards the corner flag.

boom!

Ronaldinho takes the corner kick.

The restricted area was teeming with people.

But Fonte suddenly stood out from the crowd and jumped up.

boom!

A standard lion's head shake.

The football went into Manchester United's goal.

"Goal! Fonte! It's Fonte!"

"Sporting Lisbon did it! They capitalized on that corner kick opportunity, they..."

"What? The goal is disallowed? Why?!"

"Damn! The referee ruled that Fonte committed a foul by shoving Blanco before scoring the goal."

"We can definitely see this in slow motion. No wonder Fonte got the open spot; he didn't hold back. He slapped Blanco's entire face!"

Manchester United escaped with a scare and maintained their 2-0 lead.

Sporting Lisbon, on the other hand, launched a fierce and relentless offensive.

Evra and Wu Xudong have long occupied the position of winger.

Rather than saying Sporting Lisbon plays a 4-4-2 formation, it's more accurate to say they actually play a 2-2-6.

In extreme cases, they might even be a complete idiot!

Evra, Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Drogba, Ibrahimovic, Ronaldinho, Wu Xudong.

Following their previous six-goal and five-goal goals, Sporting Lisbon used an extreme attacking lineup that scored seven goals in their match against Manchester United!

I have to say, they're crazy.

In the 82nd minute, Manchester United seized the opportunity to make a substitution.

Cole replaced the physically exhausted Van Nistelrooy.

This substitution reflected Ferguson's anger.

Sporting Lisbon's seven-forward formation is simply too arrogant.

For a top team to win, it's not just about winning the score, but also about winning the morale.

This will be beneficial for Manchester United when they face Real Madrid in the final.

Therefore, Manchester United did not take any attacking players off the field.

They want to punish Sporting Lisbon.

Seven stars in one arrow?

joke!

Eighty-third minute.

Giggs and Scholes combined to dispossess Kaká, and Scholes delivered a superb through ball.

Cole received the ball and immediately went one-on-one with Reina, calmly firing a shot past the onrushing goalkeeper to score.

Alvalade Stadium was filled with wailing and lamentation.

But the referee blew his whistle.

He once again declared the goal invalid.

Cole was offside.

"Oh! Sporting Lisbon escaped unscathed. But it doesn't mean much."

"They're down by two goals and they have little hope left."

"One star and seven arrows sounds fierce, but it can't afford any mistakes."

"This is clearly not the right way to come back and close the gap."

He Wei is not optimistic about this style of play that relies entirely on Deng Kai's passing ability.

That's too childish.

Eighty-eighth minute.

Kaka broke through the middle and passed the ball across to Deng Kai, who had moved up.

Sporting Lisbon has eight players attacking in the front, but only Fonte and Vidic in the back. If they lose possession, they're doomed.

boom!

Deng Kai did not handle the ball calmly, even though everyone thought they should be as careful and cautious as possible at this moment.

But Deng Kai opted for a through ball without stopping it.

The ball instantly pierced through Veron and Silvestre.

Cristiano Ronaldo, with Gary Neville on his back, unleashed a powerful shot from just outside the penalty area.

Gary simply couldn't stop Ronaldo.

when!

But the crossbeams of the Alvalade Stadium betrayed them.

It actually blocked the shot.

The football flew towards the stands.

This left Sporting Lisbon supporters feeling deeply frustrated.

"Ahhh!!! So close! Just a little bit more!"

"Cristiano Ronaldo! If only we had joined together, everything would have been different!"

Huang Jianxiang was heartbroken.

"That's the difference between an excellent striker and a top striker. The difference is small, but once it becomes apparent, it always happens at the most crucial moments." He Wei also shook his head and said, "Cristiano Ronaldo is still too young. He has a lot of goals, but very few of them are truly lethal."

"He... um? Is Cristiano Ronaldo crying?"

"He cried! Cristiano Ronaldo actually cried! It seems he also knows their Champions League journey is over."

"At that moment, his heart was filled with bitterness, but that's football; someone always has to be the loser in this game."

"Cristiano Ronaldo's mentality is still not strong enough."

In the footage, Cristiano Ronaldo's eyes suddenly reddened as he watched the football bounce away.

Tears welled up in his eyes.

He opened his eyes wide and bit his cheeks so hard they almost broke, but he still couldn't stop the tears from flowing.

Cristiano Ronaldo clutched his head, filled with resentment. If he had another chance, he would have done better and scored that damn goal!

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Cristiano Ronaldo knows that someone always loses a game.

But... why did he have to be the one to lose?

He was not convinced!

He hated this feeling.

Nacional Madeira, Sporting Lisbon youth academy, Moreirense, Sporting Lisbon first team... Cristiano Ronaldo has never encountered such a huge setback in his entire life.

He was as strong as he was normally, and at this moment he was completely broken down.

That feeling of resentment was stuck in his throat, almost suffocating him.

"Hey!"

Cristiano Ronaldo heard a familiar voice. He turned his head, but his eyes were filled with tears, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

A blurry white and green figure said to Ronaldo, "You're not going to admit defeat, are you?"

Cristiano Ronaldo wiped away his tears.

"Get back on defense quickly, or we'll cry together if we really lose." Deng Kai waved to Ronaldo and turned to run back to the backfield.

Watching Deng Kai's departing figure, Cristiano Ronaldo's eyes hardened: "How could you possibly give up!"

Cristiano Ronaldo pouted and began to retreat.

Sporting Lisbon failed to change the score during regular time.

There are three minutes of added time in this match.

Ferguson immediately filed a complaint.

They didn't score in the second half, so why is it only three minutes?

They should only give you one minute!

However, the referee stated that there was a significant amount of time spent with players falling to the ground and undergoing injury examinations in the second half, making the added time justified.

Ferguson could only signal his players to retreat.

Now, even Cole and Fran are no longer in the halfway line.

Ninety-first minute.

Ronaldinho dribbles the ball on the right, preparing to cut inside.

But Phil retreated to the edge of the penalty area and didn't intend to come out to defend.

I like playing football on the ground: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him.