Chapter 991 The Battle of Stamford Bridge (4)

"This is a standard Xiaodong-style shot! What a pity!"

Zhang Qi clapped and sighed regretfully.

Chen Qiang gave a thumbs up, "Xiaodong's long shot! The only one who can compete in football today is Cristiano Ronaldo."

Monkey said: "Manchester United are unlucky today. Xiaodong didn't even score a goal. If they lose in the away game and Chelsea return to Old Trafford and set up an iron-barrel formation, it will be really difficult for Manchester United."

Chen Qiang said: "With nine years of non-win at Stamford Bridge, the players are probably all in trouble. It's not easy to break through."

Zhang Qi said: "They haven't won for nine consecutive years, and they are two teams of similar strength. According to the probability, they should win."

Xiao Le's face was tense all the time. Hearing what Zhang Qi said, he said: "Mr. Zhang is so right. It's time for Manchester United to win."

Monkey said: "We must win, otherwise next year's Ballon d'Or will either go to Messi or to Ronaldo."

Emma in the box almost jumped up. She covered her mouth hard and finally calmed herself down.

Emma turned to look at Zhukova and Abramovich. The two were obviously shocked. They were focused on the court and not looking at herself.

In another box, Edward shook his head regretfully, "Aesthetics of violence! Aesthetics of violence! What a pity!"

Although Gao Xiaodong's shot did not go in, Manchester United's momentum was greatly boosted. Players became more decisive when attacking and therefore created more and more offensive opportunities.

In the past ten years, Chelsea and Manchester United have been able to take turns dominating the Premier League. Their strength and experience are no worse than Manchester United. Judging from the players on the field alone, Chelsea has more experience than Manchester United.

Seeing Manchester United's momentum rising, they knew that they could not suppress it immediately and forcefully attack. On the court, luck is sometimes more important than strength. If they attack, Manchester United, which is more powerful, may be more powerful than them. Score an early goal.

Chelsea immediately began to shrink their defense and give possession of the ball outside the center circle to Manchester United.

In world football, Chelsea is the best at defensive counterattacks, and the other is Inter Milan. Both teams have the foundation laid by Mourinho.

Chelsea shrunk their defense and Manchester United had possession of the ball, but facing the opponent's airtight and well-organized defense, Manchester United's offense had no good way.

Manchester United's best attack method is to fly together on both wings.

But now Chelsea's two wingers Bosingwa and Ashley Cole are very good. It is very difficult for Manchester United to penetrate. Occasionally, they can pass into the penalty area once or twice. Rooney and Hernandez are still the ones grabbing points in the penalty area. , both of them are only over 1.7 meters tall, so it is really difficult to get the landing spot.

The cross from the wing was not effective. Manchester United had a second offensive plan, which was to pass the ball back to the front of the penalty area and look for Gao Xiaodong to shoot from a long distance.

Gao Xiaodong's shot just now also proves that his footwork today is average, but his condition is still good.

Chelsea naturally understands the power of Gao Xiaodong's long-range shots, and they have always adopted a zone-marking method to defend Gao Xiaodong, not giving Gao Xiaodong a chance to easily kick the ball.

In the 20th minute of the game, Valencia used its speed advantage to bring Ashley Cole to the baseline.

Valencia stopped suddenly and got out of the way to cross, but Valencia did not pass the cross. Instead, it passed back to Rafael. Rafael crossed the ball to find Gao Xiaodong at the front of the penalty area.

Manchester United's previous attempts to pass the ball to Gao Xiaodong were disrupted. This time Valencia's base flattened Chelsea's defense. There was a lot of space at the front of the penalty area. Rafael gave Gao Xiaodong a large amount of advance, allowing him to Gao Xiaodong can use his speed to throw away defenders.

Gao Xiaodong understood it, he accelerated to get rid of Lampard, caught up with the ball, and shot angrily from 28 meters away from the goal.

Under Chelsea's tight surveillance, Gao Xiaodong didn't have many chances to shoot from long range. Although Chelsea midfielder Ramirez had already rushed to interfere, Gao Xiaodong still shot with all his strength without flinching at all.

It was actually very difficult for Ramirez to touch the ball before Gao Xiaodong shot. His slide tackle just now was just to scare Gao Xiaodong. Seeing Gao Xiaodong shoot with all his strength regardless of Gao Xiaodong, Ramirez was also scared. That was Mr. Golden Ball. , if Ramirez really cripples Gao Xiaodong with one kick, one can imagine how much pressure he will be under after the game.

Ramirez retracted his foot when he was about to come into contact with Gao Xiaodong, but his foot and Gao Xiaodong's ankle still touched each other.

Gao Xiaodong had no time to dodge and was shoveled to the ground.

But at this time, no one had time to look at Gao Xiaodong. Everyone's attention was on the ball that flew out violently.

Although Gao Xiaodong shot from a position 28 meters away from the goal, it was Gao Xiaodong and goalkeeper Cech did not dare to be careless at all.

When Gao Xiaodong took off, Cech jumped up and pounced on the ball that flew over like lightning.

Cech initially judged that Gao Xiaodong's shot was a non-turning ball. However, when he flew up to save it, he realized that it was not a curve ball. It was just that Gao Xiaodong's shot was too powerful. It did not turn at first and ran towards the center of the goal. It went there, but when it got to the penalty area, it started to spin outward.

Cech was embarrassed now. He was running for the ball, but the ball missed his saving range.

Cech made a save and the ball flew from his hand to the left side of the goal.

The ball was heading towards the net. At this moment, all the Manchester United fans stood up, waiting for the ball to hit the net and cheering.

However, Gao Xiaodong's explosive power was so strong that the ball that was originally flying towards the goal actually spun further and further outwards, and finally flew out of the baseline against the goal post.

Both Manchester United fans and Chelsea fans covered their heads. They all felt that they had been deceived. The ball flew towards the center of the goal. Why did it spin out of the bottom line in the end? This is unscientific.

The ball missed, and the fans immediately turned their attention to Gao Xiaodong on the court.

Gao Xiaodong's fierce shot just now was met by Ramirez's flying tackle. No one knew whether Gao Xiaodong would be injured.

On the field, Gao Xiaodong was holding his leg and shouting, as if his leg was broken. This was normal. No matter how strong his body was, he couldn't bear that blow.

But what is surprising is that Ramirez also held his feet and cried out in pain, as if he had been shoveled by Gao Xiaodong.

Manchester United fans began to shout angrily, "Mader! Pretend after shoveling someone! Red card, red card!"

The Manchester United players were also very angry. Ferdinand went directly over and asked Ramirez to stand up. Stop pretending.

But Ramirez really wasn't pretending. When he collided with Gao Xiaodong, he found that Gao Xiaodong's ankle was as hard as steel, and Ramirez was shocked as if his toe bones were about to break.

Referee Malenko could not tolerate such an action. He immediately showed Ramirez a yellow card and then put a stretcher on the court. Malenko thought that Gao Xiaodong must be seriously injured and needed to be carried off the field for treatment.

Gao Xiaodong was originally going to rest for two or three minutes, but found that the referee only showed Ramirez a yellow card. Gao Xiaodong was no longer interested. He climbed down from the stretcher silently and said to the team doctor: "I'm fine. No treatment is required.”

Gao Xiaodong is an indispensable treasure of Manchester United. Roberswell, the veteran team doctor who has been playing for the team for 20 years, dare not be careless at all. He quickly said: "Gao, no, you need to check."

Gao Xiaodong jumped up with a smile and said, "I'm fine, Mr. Luobosi."

"It's better to check it out. Now your nerves are highly excited..."

Before Roberswell finished speaking, Gao Xiaodong did another run with his legs raised and said, "Look, I'm really fine."

Robersville saw that Gao Xiaodong was really fine, so he told Gao Xiaodong not to be careless and to get off the field quickly if there was anything unusual. Then the stretcher assistants left the field.

Just now, Gao Xiaodong collapsed and everyone was frightened. Now all three lines have reached the most critical period. Without Gao Xiaodong, Manchester United will be in big trouble.

Seeing Gao Xiaodong stand up again, all the Red Devils breathed a long sigh of relief, and their hearts finally settled in their stomachs.

"Beast! It was shoveled so hard just now, but it's okay!"

"Animal! So strong!"

"Is this still a human being? He's more of a monster than Drogba."

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When the fans were surprised and praised, Emma finally let go. She was really worried about Gao Xiaodong just now. Players are different from actors. Injury is the biggest enemy of players. Many geniuses have fallen to injuries. Under the clutches of the devil.

Don't look at Gao Xiaodong's current glory. Once his muscles and bones are injured, his condition declines, and his level drops, he may disappear from everyone in the future.

Emma didn't know why she cared so much about Gao Xiaodong. Logically speaking, the relationship between the two of them was ordinary friends at best, but Emma couldn't help but care about everything about Gao Xiaodong.

Is this love?

Emma was thinking wildly in her mind, but she didn't know that her expression had long been seen by Zhukova. The shrewd rich lady immediately concluded that Emma and Gao Xiaodong had a problem, but she didn't know the extent of their relationship.

As the game continued, Manchester United was still the main attacker and Chelsea was the main defender. Manchester United had the upper hand on the scene, but in fact, Manchester United's offensive threat was not as much as Chelsea's.

The reason for this is that Manchester United's siege cannot penetrate Chelsea's defense. When Chelsea counterattacks, they only need a big kick to find Drogba and Torres. As long as Drogba and Torres can win the ball, they can immediately Facing the Manchester United penalty area and forming a shot.

Manchester United's fierce attack for more than ten minutes had no results, and they were a little breathless. They slowed down their offensive slightly in an attempt to control the rhythm.

But Chelsea tolerated it for more than ten minutes, how could they let Manchester United attack and defend whenever they wanted? As soon as Manchester United shrank, Chelsea immediately counterattacked, pressed high, passed long balls and attacked quickly, just to prevent Manchester United from slowing down.

Manchester United was suppressed by Chelsea's momentum, and they also began to shrink the half-court counterattack to restore their physical fitness. Due to personnel quota issues, Chelsea performed better than Manchester United, a team that also played a dense defensive formation.

But Manchester United's defense is not bad either. Although Torres is Vidic's nemesis, Gao Xiaodong dropped back to play as a defensive midfielder. He kept guarding Torres, which prevented Torres from concentrating on beating Vidic. He tried to break through Vidic several times. , but was intercepted twice by Gao Xiaodong from the side and behind.

Chelsea's threatening offense mainly comes from their headers and header transfers. Manchester United has no height in the midfield and cannot help defend defenders from high-altitude balls. It is also difficult to intercept high-altitude balls, so they are often bullied.

Manchester United originally thought that Chelsea would only attack for another ten minutes, but they did not expect the power of the home court. Amid the cheers and cheers of countless fans, Chelsea's offense continued until the end of the first half.

Players from both sides were dissatisfied with the score in the first half. Manchester United believed that they had hit the goalpost, and the opponent's goalkeeper also cheated once, otherwise Manchester United would have scored.

Chelsea believed that in the first half they were the attacking side and Manchester United was the defensive side. They had more possessions, shot more, and threatened the ball more, but the score was the same. They felt God was too unfair.