Go to Real Madrid? Sounds good!

The referee blew the final whistle.

The scoreboard at Old Trafford displayed the final result of this clash between giants.

One–two. Manchester United had suffered a comeback defeat at home to Bayern!

The result left the more than seventy thousand fans in the stadium feeling helpless.

In truth, Manchester United had played better in the second half. Especially during the final twenty minutes, after Ferguson substituted Rooney for Scholes, United's attack improved dramatically and directly laid siege to Bayern.

But at the critical moment, old Heynckes resolutely abandoned his pride and adopted a defensive strategy. Bayern even came close to scoring twice on the counterattack, and both counterattacks came from Su Dong.

The first chance was created when Su Dong led a counterattack, but when he chipped the ball into the box looking for Robben, the Dutchman's lob was saved by Van der Sar. The second came when Ribéry won a Free Kick opportunity during a counterattack. Su Dong took it himself, but Van der Sar somehow saved the certain goal.

It could be said that both teams had played brilliantly and fiercely in this battle of the focus.

But Manchester United's two center-back errors in the first half had squandered the Red Devils' home advantage and created a huge challenge for the away leg.

It wasn't that there were no opportunities. It was just going to be difficult.

In this clash, Bayern had displayed greater overall strength.

Whether in attack, midfield, or defense, they had not been inferior to Manchester United in the slightest. In fact, they had been even better than United in attack and midfield. Their defense was merely weaker than United's—but it was precisely defensive mistakes that had allowed United to concede.

Sometimes, that was simply how football was. All one could do was accept it.