Although Dong Fangzhuo was not very happy, he did not bring such emotions to the locker room. While taking a shower, he heard his teammates talking about it.

"I rubbed it, Gattuso was so fierce that I didn't dare to get close to him at all. Looking at him like that, I'm really worried about being abolished by this guy, how can a person look so fierce? “

'I think Rui Costa's pass is too thief to prevent him from coming out.

"Pirlo, Pirlo is a big problem."

"No, Kaka is difficult, he's too fast."

"Crespo isn't a good bird, I'm so tired."

“……”

Under the wash of the current, Dong Fangzhuo heard the discussion among his teammates.

Perhaps, I was too harsh. Didn't you play a good game? My teammates have worked hard, it's not that my teammates aren't good enough, it's just that I ask too much......

Maybe it's because I know that in these two Champions League knockout games, Manchester United is likely to be eliminated by Milan, and I don't want this result, so I have too many ideas?

But hasn't the result changed? At least not a loss, but a draw.

Moreover, on the Italian side, the Milan players were scolded badly, especially Costacuta.

"Milan Sport" unceremoniously criticized Costacuta: "Costacuta is too slow, he can't keep up with the rhythm of the Chinese kid, if the Chinese kid wants, he can let Costacuta run 50 meters first." At least when Cafu is on the field, he can barely get faster than the Chinese kid, but Ancelotti actually let Costacuta come up, which simply doesn't want Milan to win the game away, if Ancelotti still dies like this in the second leg, Milan will go home. ”

Then he also talked about Nesta: "For Nesta, he seems to underestimate the Chinese Dong, he may think that Ruud van Nistelrooy is the only threat, but in the end he is very embarrassed to watch the Chinese Dong score a goal, you know, no Chinese player has ever scored the goal of an Italian team before......"

Nesta did not shy away from the question in an interview: "I always felt that the kid was not very good at his feet, but he had a good brain, I had a confrontation with him before the game, his ball lying on his foot was too big for me to feel very uncomfortable, and then I found out that he was trying to get time to shoot, the second time was before the end of the first half, when Ronaldo ran in, he successfully used a trick to help China Dong get rid of me and Maldini, as for the third time, in the high-speed run, I can't believe that anyone would dare to play a heel knock motion, which can easily get hurt. I dare say he had everything foreseen before he made a move, he was a player who played with his brain. ”

Nesta's evaluation is divided into two, he does not approve of Dong Fangzhuo's skills, but he thinks that Dong Fangzhuo plays very wisely and cunningly. Each player's technical characteristics are different, just like Dong Fangzhuo, his skills at his feet are not outstanding, and he even has no advantages, but he is calm enough and can always make the most reasonable moves when he is at a critical moment.

You must know that in this game, Dong Fangzhuo got a total of three chances to shoot on goal, and all three times hit the target and scored one. As a striker, such shooting statistics are very rare, but he actually grasped them all and was not able to score one more goal, it was not his fault, but Dida played too perfectly......

'He should have had a fourth shot on goal but the referee's whistle blew and thank goodness I think his last shot was deliberately aimed at the stands and you could tell from the look in his eyes that he was ready to shoot at the time......

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After the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, the fate of the Premier League teams was different, with Manchester United held Milan to a 1-1 draw at home, Arsenal to Bayern Munich 1-3 away, Chelsea to Barcelona 1-2 away and Liverpool to Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 at home.

Only Arsenal are truly miserable......

The next day, England's major news media summed up the first leg of the knockout round, and the Times bluntly said: Arsenal has almost lost hope of qualifying, Liverpool has almost one foot in the quarter-finals, and Chelsea and Manchester United need to go further in the second leg.

However, The Times has taken it a step further and analysed all the circumstances facing Manchester United and Chelsea in the second leg.

'The draw didn't look bad, but the good things United showed in the game were quite limited, if it wasn't for Old Trafford they might have lost the game, they had some good chances but lacked the calmness and composure needed to take them. Of course, they should be more grateful to Milan's attacking group is not in shape, otherwise they have conceded at least three goals, if Ancelotti had not finally replaced Costacuta, Manchester United would not have been able to equalize at all, in fact, Manchester United is just relying on Chinese Dong to continue his life, in addition to him, maybe half of Ronaldo, that's all, but want these 1.5 players to win at San Siro? ”

On Manchester United's official website, there is a fan survey - who is the best player in this match between Manchester United and AC Milan?

1, Dong Fangzhuo, 2, Ronaldo, 3, Rooney, 4, Keane, 5, Scholes.

As a result, as many as 55% of Dong Fangzhuo were chosen, Ronaldo got 28% of the votes, Keane got 10%, Scholes got 6%, and Rooney got 1%.

The eyes of the fans are bright, and they know who played well and who played badly in the game.

Dong Fangzhuo is likely to win Manchester United's Player of the Year award in February, and he will be competing with the duo of Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo.

In addition, he was shortlisted for the Premier League February Awards, but the final result is not yet out and will have to wait until the beginning of next month.

At the moment, United don't have time to think about the second leg against AC Milan, and they must face Portsmouth on the 27th, then the Carabao Cup final against Liverpool on the 1st, and Crystal Palace on the fifth......

After a game with AC Milan, Ferguson once again confirmed that his original idea was not wrong, the starter must be Dong Fangzhuo, if it were not for Dong Fangzhuo, Manchester United's life would be difficult to protect, so at home against Portsmouth, he didn't need to think with his head, and directly threw Ruud van Nistelrooy and Saha into the starting lineup.

Ruud van Nistelrooy and Saha didn't disappoint either, with Ferguson clearly playing with them in relatively unimportant games, but they did their job diligently.

Now, the whole of United is preparing for the Carabao Cup final.

Liverpool, the opponents, face them for the third time this season.

And for Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez......

"In ninety minutes, stare this guy to death!" He pointed to Dong Fangzhuo's name on the tactical board and told his defensive generals very seriously......

Dong Fangzhuo is the thorn in his side.