The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 639
639 Introduce Him, I Support!
The first leg of Manchester United’s Champions League semi-final against AC Milan has begun.
The Old Trafford Stadium was packed and there were a lot of famous football players who came to watch the match.
Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson chewed gum and stared at the pitch. The cameraman on the sidelines gave Alex Ferguson several shots to show the red-nosed old man to the television audience.
Zhong Cheng smiled, although Alex Ferguson looked calm on the surface. But he could tell that Alex Ferguson was nervous. Because Alex Ferguson chewed gum in a chaotic rhythm, and even his mouth trembled slightly.
It could be seen that Alex Ferguson’s mental state was not as calm as he appeared.
Zhong Cheng understood that Alex Ferguson could also see the dangers of AC Milan.
Perhaps, at this time, Alex Ferguson himself did not have much confidence in defeating AC Milan.
The game had begun, and Manchester United, who were fighting at home, were indeed controlling the pace of the game and attacking wildly. AC Milan, on the other hand, are tired of defending. However, Zhong Cheng did not think that AC Milan were being suppressed. AC Milan were just defending against them.
In the sixth minute of the first half, Manchester United had a good chance.
Manchester United’s corner kicked out and Cristiano Ronaldo, who was in the middle of the penalty area, jumped high to head the goal. With a bang, the football hit Dida’s hands, but it quickly flew up over everyone’s heads and fell into AC Milan’s goal amidst the excited gazes of Manchester United fans.
Manchester United scored, Cristiano Ronaldo scored.
Manchester United led AC Milan 1-0.
The entire Old Trafford Stadium was filled with joy, like a new ocean!
Rogers also turned his head slightly and smiled at Zhong Cheng. It was as if he was saying, “Boss, I didn’t see wrongly. Manchester United are sure to win this match!”
Zhong Cheng only smiled and didn’t say anything.
Rogers wasn’t proud for long, and after five minutes, he couldn’t laugh anymore.
It was a quick counterattack from AC Milan, with Seedorf, a black player on the wing, suddenly throwing a diagonal pass into the ribs of the box. Kaka suddenly accelerated and inserted. Originally, he was one position behind Heinze, but when he entered the restricted area, Kaka instantly surpassed Heinze and pushed Heinze behind him, catching up to the football.
Kaka, who caught up with the ball, shot from a very small angle, but he gently lifted the ball forward and waved his left leg, sending it far into the goal.
The Manchester United goalkeeper blocked the corner of the goal and leaked out from the far end, causing the football to roll amazingly across the Manchester United goal.
The Old Trafford Stadium was deathly silent!
No one expected Kaka to score such a shocking goal from such a small angle. Their gazes at Kaka were different.
Rogers was also shocked. He turned to look at Zhong Cheng. Zhong Cheng sat there steadily, the corner of his mouth slightly raised.
After that, Kaka took over the competition and could be seen everywhere.
In particular, Kaka has repeatedly staged long-distance strides and two consecutive long-range shots from the frontlines of the restricted area have scared Manchester United fans.
AC Milan launched another quick counterattack before the end of the second half.
Pirlo’s long kick from the back sent the ball to the left of the front court. Kaka rushed forward and the ball bounced back from the fall.
Heinze was obviously in a better position than Kaka, who was about to get stuck behind him.
At this moment, Kaka suddenly stretched out his foot and raised the falling football towards the middle. The football quickly flew past Heinze’s head and into the inner line. Kaka immediately turned around and chased after the football, preparing to charge into the restricted area.
At this moment, Aver, who was in the middle of the road, rushed over and destroyed the football.
Seeing Aver jump up and stretch out his leg to clear the ball, Kaka stretched out his leg like lightning, gently stabbed the ball forward, and then retracted his leg like lightning.
Aver almost touched the football to get it out, and the football flew out of his toes. Aver hadn’t touched a single hair, and it seemed that he couldn’t stop because of inertia. He turned around and chased after Heinze, and the two of them crashed into each other in a sorry state.
Kaka easily bypassed the two and entered the forbidden area, catching up to the football and going to the party alone.
Against Manchester United’s goalkeeper, Kaka easily scored a bowling arc and went straight into the far corner of the goal.
AC Milan overtook them 2-1.
Rogers was shocked and immediately turned to look at Zhong Cheng. He really didn’t expect the competition to be like this.
The Old Trafford fans were also shocked, extremely shocked and confused.
The first half of the match was completely taken over by Kaka. Kaka stood out in this half of the match and compared everyone around him. It was as if he was the only one in this match. He was so eye-catching that he could be called the king of the world.
However, after both sides entered the second half of the match, Kaka’s control was reduced.
Kaka wasn’t as active as he was in the first half.
AC Milan are more cautious because they are concentrating more on defence and have fewer chances of counterattacking. On the contrary, it gave Manchester United more chances.
Twenty-six minutes into the second half of the match, Scholes suddenly shook his ankle at the front of the restricted area and passed it through the restricted area. Wayne Rooney suddenly jumped forward in the restricted area, turned around and stabbed the goalkeeper. The football hit Dida’s leg, instantly slowing down a lot, but the football still bounced into the AC Milan goal.
The subtlety of the goal lay in Scholes’ cross, which was a fatal blow.
Manchester United equalised!
Manchester United, who equalised, put in more energy on offense, which flooded towards AC Milan’s goal, which was only defensively exhausted.
In the 82nd minute of the game, Manchester United also launched a quick counterattack.
Winger Cristiano Ronaldo drives the ball high into the middle and looks like he’s going to shoot long range. Wayne Rooney, who was also moving forward quickly, immediately ran backwards to the side, wanting to get Cristiano Ronaldo away from the defender.
However, the AC Milan defenders are more concerned with the centre of the line and do not give Cristiano Ronaldo a long shot.
Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to have anticipated this. As Rooney ran backwards, Cristiano Ronaldo sent a backward oblique plug at high speed, sending the football to Rooney’s feet.
AC Milan’s defenders were caught off guard, leaving Wayne Rooney completely unguarded at the corner of the box.
Wayne Rooney didn’t stop the ball at all. When the football rolled in front of him, he twisted his feet and shot!
Wayne Rooney’s shot was unexpected and undisturbed. He exerted a lot of strength and ate the football accurately. The football flashed close to the ground like a ray of light and flew into the AC Milan goal.
Dida was desperately trying to close the corner, but he didn’t expect Wayne Rooney to shoot from afar. He didn’t react and the football flew into the goal.
Manchester United beat AC Milan 3-2 in the final and won the game.
After the game, the Old Trafford Stadium was full of excitement.
Seeing this result, Rogers heaved a sigh of relief. Manchester United could be considered to have won this match. However, Rogers still turned his head to look at Zhong Cheng, his heart filled with shock.
Zhong Chengzhen was right. Manchester United did win. But in this match, they also planted a bomb for themselves.
It was a game that gave the AC Milan two away goals and their Manchester United lead was just one goal. It would be very difficult for Manchester United to beat AC Milan in the second leg.
Through this match, Rogers saw the strength of the AC Milan man. Especially that Kaka, he was really too strong. The first half of the game was like the rhythm of a king, taking over the game. Manchester United were helpless. If Kaka was still in such a state when they returned to the home court, then Manchester United would really be finished. Completely finished!
Rogers said, “Boss, you’re really amazing. You can see through the situation!”
Zhong Cheng shook his head slightly and said, “No, Kaka is too powerful!” Didn’t you see that Kaka is currently at his peak? You can see how outstanding he is in this match, right? When he was at his peak, everyone else had to retreat. This year was most likely the Year of Kaka. “No way, Kaka is this year’s World Player of the Year!”
Rogers nodded frequently. Yes, Kaka was really amazing.
Rogers also agreed with Zhong Cheng that Kaka could really get this year’s World Player of the Year. However, the premise is that Kaka can lead AC Milan to the Champions League title this season. If Cristiano Ronaldo can lead Manchester United to the Champions League title this season, he may be this year’s World Player of the Year.
Zhong Cheng said: “This result is quite satisfactory. We just need Manchester United to be entangled in the Champions League so that Manchester United will have some misgivings in the league and Leeds United will be more relaxed.”
Rogers nodded as well, which was why he wanted Manchester United to make it to the final so that they would have more of a stumbling block.
Of course, the Champions League final is not played until after the end of the season.
Zhong Cheng directly asked, “Brandán, what do you think of Kaka?”
Rogers was shocked. He stared at Zhong Cheng with his eyes wide open. “My boss, do you want to bring in Kaka? Kaka is AC Milan’s ace. AC Milan will not let him go easily!”
Of course, Zhong Cheng also knows this, but Kaka will also leave AC Milan.
Zhong Cheng said, “Tell me what you think of him, right?”
Rogers swallowed his saliva and said, “Of course he is very powerful. I support the introduction of him!”
Zhong Cheng smiled bitterly. Do you really think Kaka is so easy to introduce?