At 2:0, Manchester United firmly held the initiative.

United haven't lost a two-goal lead this season, let alone at home.

'Benfica have actually had a good European record in the past two years, and on the road they rarely concede more than two goals, but today they clearly fell at Old Trafford. Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo has sent his home team to the abyss of death. ”

"I believe that the Portuguese fans sitting in front of the TV at this time must have mixed feelings, with the national team on one side and Cristiano Ronaldo on the other."

At half-time, the Manchester United fans in the stands were very excited, chanting Ronaldo's name.

Ferguson almost walked back to the dressing room humming a tune, but that doesn't mean he's happy with everyone, and Smith had one assist, but his performance was nothing more than satisfactory.

In the second half, he warmed up Park Ji-sung off the court, but he didn't change it immediately, presumably putting pressure on Smith. Of course, the same was true for Ryan Giggs, who were too quiet on the left side of the first half with Smith and United's attack focused on Cristiano Ronaldo's side, and it was clear that they were not doing enough.

From the start of the second half, Benfica stepped up their attack and pressed very high, and in the 48th minute, Simão combined with Micoli, whose pass was deflected at the feet of Beto, but Beto's shot from inside the box was deflected wide.

'The Italian has a delicate technique on his feet and he is Benfica's most dangerous player.

"Take the ball to a limited extent."

In the 53rd minute, Van der Sar received a pass from Basley's foot, and Benfica's players immediately surrounded the referee, believing that it should be an indirect free kick in the box. However, the referee ignored it and thought that it was not a deliberate return pass, so no penalty was awarded.

Benfica coach Carman also went to the fourth official to complain.

"This goal, in fact, the referee's decision is not wrong, it's just that Benfica's players are putting pressure on the referee, and there is no problem with the penalty."

It took almost half a minute of protest before the game resumed. Rio Ferdinand quickly handed the ball to Fletcher, who played it straight to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo dribbled forward with a virtual kickback, easily got rid of Leon's defense, when cutting into the middle, no one could keep up with the frequency at his feet, Dong Fangzhuo quickly dragged the two central defenders to the middle, which created space for Ronaldo to shoot, Ronaldo did not hesitate to volley with his right foot 22 meters in front of the goal, but unfortunately the ball was still out of the goal.

"Ronaldo is in a fierce state today, and he still wants to score another one!"

Benfica's players couldn't stand it anymore, and in the 56th minute, his national teammate Simão Liuqin denied it and directly shoveled Ronaldo out of the field. It also sparked confusion between the players on both sides, with Simão also receiving a yellow card.

The referee had just separated the two sides of the pitch, and in the 57th minute, Luisson was booked for infringing on Van der Sar when he was heading overhead.

In the 59th minute, Smith violated Mikoli and was yellow carded again.

In just a few minutes, yellow cards were flying all over the place, and the scene became very tense.

In the 60th minute, Smith again infringed on Mikoli, hooked the latter from the side, and gave Benfica a free kick 22 yards from goal, but the referee showed mercy and did not show Smith another yellow card.

But Ferguson, who was off the field, chewed gum wildly, estimated that his heart was beating faster, and immediately replaced the somewhat impulsive Smith with Park Ji-sung.

"Smith really used himself as a midfielder, such a rough foul was completely unnecessary, fortunately the referee didn't give him another card, otherwise he could have gone to the stand to chat with Rooney."

Simão took two deep breaths in front of the ball and made a wonderful arc with the inside of his right foot after running.

Deciduous balls!

The ball hangs straight to the near corner.

Benfica is 1-2!

"Is today a holiday for the Portuguese? Cristiano Ronaldo and Simão both scored a free-kick. ”

"It's good that Manchester United are still ahead, otherwise Smith would have been a sinner."

'Manchester United can't be careless yet, just one goal ahead is not enough. Don't let the equaliser ......"

Ferguson's mouth chewed faster......

Equalizer? Manchester United are unlikely to leave space for Benfica to attack. Ferguson waved from the sidelines and instructed his team to step up their attack.

In the 64th minute, Fletcher was pushed out of a cross from the right, and Ronaldo, who had rushed to the middle, stopped the ball on his chest, and his right-footed volley from a small angle was saved by the Benfica goalkeeper, and the ball hit the near post and popped up the bottom line!

Scholes immediately whipped in a corner from the right and Fletcher volleyed over the crossbar from 20 yards.

Old Trafford fans made loud noises encouraging the team to step up their attack.

"Well done."

"Come on."

"Keep holding them down!"

In the 72nd minute, right-back Basley cut in and crossed from the right, and a half-high ball flew strangely to the back post, and Scholes shoveled a narrow shot at the back post. Skox simply didn't believe he could still get the ball away......

But United didn't stop attacking and victory beckoned to them, and they continued to attack without giving Benfica a respite.

In the 85th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo broke through on the right flank again to create a corner, and he quickly rushed into the Benfica penalty area.

'Manchester United have a lot of attacking momentum and it looks like they're down rather than leading. Benfica were pressed to death in the half. ”

Scholes took a corner kick from the right side, this time, Scholes's ball flew to the front point, Dong Fangzhuo got rid of Louisson in the middle and rushed over, and before the opponent posted it again, he headed the ball in the corner of the small penalty area!

But her top position was not very good, and the ball bounced to the back point!

Cristiano Ronaldo slotted his right foot into the empty net from 2 yards out......

“gooal！”

“gooooooooal!”

“gooooooooooooooooooal!”

"Cristiano Ronaldo! Hat-trick! ”

'No one could stop him from scoring and he scored three goals in this game to send his own team home with his own hands. He is fierce and unstoppable! He's been on a phenomenal show for two games in a row. ”

Manchester United led 3-1 with this goal!

"Although the Chinese Dong stopped the trend of scoring, he provided two assists in this game, and he and Cristiano Ronaldo complemented each other to ensure Manchester United won the game."

"Although Benfica played very tenaciously, but in the end they fell at the feet of the twin stars, yes, in Rooney, when sitting in the stands, Chinese Dong and Ronaldo made the fans forget about Rooney for a while, without Rooney, Manchester United still won the game easily."

The match ended in a 3-1 result, with Manchester United moving up top of the group after winning Benfica......

Manchester United are back on winning track, and the fans are finally happy again......