Chapter 185: Opening Attack (Part 2)

Nainggolan protected the ball in his own half, which gave the Sunderland players an opportunity.

Several Sunderland midfielders looked at each other, nodded, and they all pressed forward. The two midfielders Korback and Ki Sung-yong moved forward quickly, trying to assist the striker Lasson and break Naying Lan's ball.

At this time, Cattermole, who is also a defensive midfielder, shook his head and thought disdainfully: Without Kanter, Manchester United's strength has dropped a lot. As a defensive midfielder, how can they be so reckless? Even if you have good skills, it is hubris to play with the ball in this position.

Thinking of this, Cattermole's position is also forward, ready to steal the ball and fight back.

Nainggolan glanced sideways and found that several Sunderland players had come up. He thought to himself: This time should be almost the same. He looked at Carrick's position again, and he had a bottom line in his mind.

Thinking of this, Nainggolan slammed his back towards Sunderland striker Larson, his strong body squeezed Larson staggeringly and won some space for himself. Seeing that Colback and Ji Chengyong were about to approach him, Nainggolan flicked the outside of his foot lightly, and the ball immediately left his body and passed to Carrick's feet. This leaves Colbach and Ki Sung-yong empty-handed.

At this time, Carrick had already seen the situation on the court. He didn't even stop the ball after receiving the ball, but passed the ball to the front court with a big foot.

At this time, the Sunderland players were shocked: the front of the penalty area is empty!

Just now, Nainggolan controlled the ball in the half court, attracting several Sunderland midfielders to step forward. Even the defensive midfielder Cattermole has advanced a lot. Now they only have two central defenders in front of the penalty area. , and Carrick's pass flew in the direction of Van Persie very accurately.

At this time, the defensive midfielder Catmull desperately chased back, he was both surprised and puzzled: how did this Carrick pass the ball, and it was so accurate? He didn't seem to have any preparations to attack just now?

Although Catmull ran back desperately, he was still a few steps behind. At this time, Van Persie was already stuck in his position, his eyes fixed on the ball passing from the air. O'Shea, who was defending him at this time, did not dare to neglect him. He was a little far away from Van Persie, and it was too late to fight for the top. Therefore, he simply did not go up easily, but stood behind Van Persie to prevent Van Persie from turning around.

At this time, Van Persie looked around and saw Martial rushing up very fast, not far from him. Van Persie knew that O'Shea was behind him. Even if he stopped the ball, it would be difficult to break through this Manchester United hero. The veteran's defense, Van Persie simply did not stop the ball. He saw Martial's direction, jumped up and took off on the spot, and threw the ball to Martial who was plugging in at high speed. ball.

O'Shea took a look,

Immediately shocked, not good!

O'Shea's central defender partner is Roberge. Roberge sees that O'Shea is guarding Persie, while he has been observing Martial and is ready to attack at any time. He sees that Martial has received the ball, but Roberge has not. Hesitating, he rushed directly to Martial, ready to break the ball under Martial's feet.

But Roberge did not expect that Martial had already observed his position. After he stopped the ball, he slammed to the side and wiped past Roberge. Roberge moved forward very fast. Already lost his center of gravity, he could only watch Martial dribble the ball past him.

"Nainggolan used his strong body to protect the ball! Many Sunderland players stepped forward to grab it!"

"Nainggolan passed the ball to Carrick! Carrick made a precise long pass!"

"Van Persie flew the header, Martial quickly inserted and received the ball!"

"Sunderland defender Roberto pressed up."

"Martial passed Roberge, he was extremely fast! Roberge lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground!"

"Martial entered the penalty area and faced the goalkeeper one-on-one! Shot! Goal!!! Man Utd lead 1-0!"

In an instant, the entire Old Trafford stadium boiled. Some fans who had just entered the field were still bending over to find their seats, when they were suddenly surged by the cheering crowd around them. The fans were very excited to see such a wonderful goal in their home court and in the League Cup semi-finals. They shouted the names of several Manchester United players Nainggolan, Carrick, Van Persie and Martial, expressing their sincere admiration to the heroes who made this goal.

At the same time, the coaches of the two teams are also polarized.

Manchester United's coaching bench was filled with jubilation, and even Kintag did not expect that his team could take the lead so easily, and Scholes and Phelan even jumped up and cheered to celebrate this goal. The Manchester United players on the field also hugged each other, happily enjoying the thrill of scoring.

Next to the coaching bench of the visiting team, the Sunderland coaching staff looked dejected. Coach Poyet stomped his feet fiercely: "This group of bastards, who let them press up? I repeatedly told them before the game that they must defend firmly and not attack rashly. As a result, they lost the defense in the midfield at the beginning. This resulted in a 2-on-2 situation. Not to mention O'Shea and Roberto Rober, no one in the entire Premier League dares to say that they will be able to defend against Van Persie and Martial! This goal is really useless!"

The assistant coach asked: "Then shall we continue to defend, or switch from defense to offense?"

Poyet was also worried. Originally, the pre-match arrangement was a defensive counterattack. As a result, the team is now trailing 0-2 on the total score. He was not sure how to deal with what happened next. The sudden goal conceded in the opening game completely disrupted Poyet's tactical arrangements.

At the same time, Sky TV's broadcast screen was repeatedly rebroadcasting the goal just now, and Morris excitedly explained the goal just now: "In less than a minute after the opening, Manchester United won with Martial's goal. Taking the lead! The ball was very clear. Nainggolan protected the ball in his own half, attracted the attention of several Sunderland midfielders, and then suddenly played the ball to Carrick, who made a precise kick. The long pass found Van Persie. Van Persie was not greedy for credit. He passed the ball to Martial. Martial took advantage of his speed to pass Roberge. , After a total of three passes, it is simple, practical, and crisp. In the Ferguson era, Manchester United often played this kind of wonderful fast break, and now this tradition has been continued under Kintegger."

Seeing this goal, even Raman, who has always been displeased with Kintag, had to say a few words of praise: "Kim Teg's team is now leading 2-0 on aggregate, and the current situation of qualifying is very good."

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