Chapter 992 Arsenal-Style Goal

After the intermission, neither side made substitutions and adjustments, and the decisive battle continued with the original team.

Different from the first half, at the beginning of the second half, Manchester United quickly launched an attack on Chelsea and took the initiative to speed up the tempo of the game. They constantly pressed high and forced Chelsea players to play the game faster.

Chelsea's players were poorly prepared and were thrown into confusion by Manchester United.

However, Chelsea are experienced after all. After five minutes, they used solid defense and long-pass counterattack to stabilize the situation.

Ancelotti originally thought that Manchester United wanted to make a sneak attack at the beginning, and then defend and counterattack. Playing away from home, if they can get an away goal, even if it is a draw, it will be very beneficial to the team that plays first before home.

However, after Chelsea stabilized the situation, Manchester United still did not give up pressing and attacking, and the pace was fast.

Chelsea is also a Premier League team and is very familiar with this "Premier League" rhythm. No matter how fast Manchester United plays, they can handle it, but they are a little confused and don't know why Manchester United attacked fiercely from the beginning of the second half. Do they really want to rewrite history in the away game? ?

This question exists in the mind of every Chelsea person, including Ancelotti.

Does the old guy have courage or confidence? Do Manchester United want to keep attacking like this? How long can their physical strength last? How to play after 70 minutes?

Just when Ancelotti was confused, Ferguson made a substitution adjustment, and two people were replaced at once. Veterans Giggs and Scholes came on at the same time, replacing Hernandez and Nani.

Now Manchester United's intention is very clear. Their previous attack was to consume Chelsea's physical energy and prevent Chelsea from rushing forward in the final stage. By replacing two veterans, Manchester United can use their technical and experience advantages to control the midfield. .

Ancelotti saw Ferguson's intention, but he did not follow Ferguson's rhythm to make substitution adjustments. He also wanted to see what tricks Manchester United would play after the substitutions. Ancelotti hoped to strike later.

Giggs is 38 years old and Scholes is 37 years old. In other clubs, such old men should have retired five years ago, but at Manchester United they were still the main force last season. This season, due to the strong arrival of Gao Xiaodong, they have become Without the rotation, it is really shocking that the two old demons maintain such a state at this age.

After Giggs and Scholes came on the court, Manchester United's formation became 433, with Gao Xiaodong, Fletcher, and Scholes partnering in the midfield, Giggs and Valencia on both sides, and Rooney as the forward in the middle.

Manchester United have never started with such a formation this season.

But judging from his familiarity on the court, Ferguson was by no means a temporary move. He had done a lot of experiments and training before the game.

Giggs, nicknamed Wang Laoji by Chinese fans, created a shooting opportunity in the first minute of playing.

Giggs received the ball on the wing and Evra quickly moved from behind, attracting some of Chelsea's defensive attention. Then Rooney ran from the center towards the ribs, as if to connect with Giggs, attracting Chelsea again. most of the attention.

At this time, Giggs suddenly picked the ball past midfielder Zhirkov and passed it to the top of the penalty area.

After Rooney pulled the ribs, this position was empty. When Giggs passed the ball to this position, Gao Xiaodong rushed over from nowhere and volleyed the ball straight into the goal.

This time the shot was still powerful, but the angle was too right. Goalkeeper Cech didn't need to move and just barely hit the ball with his fists.

Manchester United's attack was very thoughtful. It was no longer the previous two wings flying together and passing from the bottom. The coordination was very clever. When Gao Xiaodong shot, there was no one within three meters of him. This was very scary. matter.

Ancelotti had a heavy expression. After Gao Xiaodong's shot, he immediately asked Mikel to warm up and prepare to make substitutions.

However, at this moment, Bosingwa grabbed the ball from Cech, used his speed to break through Giggs' defense, and found Torres with a long pass.

Vidic was afraid of Torres's speed and didn't dare to come close to Torres. Torres headed the ball to Drogba.

Drogba stopped the ball with his back against Ferdinand's chest, half-turned and volleyed.

When Drogba shot, his action was blocked by Ferdinand. Van der Sar did not see it. When the ball came, Van der Sar had no time to save.

However, Manchester United's luck also changed in the second half, and Drogba's shot also hit the crossbar.

The scene was filled with exclamations, and Chelsea players were also very sorry. The time had reached 67 minutes. If they could score a goal, with Chelsea's defensive ability, the victory would basically be sealed.

Ancelotti was ready to replace Bosingwa. Seeing Bosingwa's pass, Ancelotti held back again and felt that he should be given a few more minutes. It would not be too late to make a substitution at the 75th minute.

Soon, Ancelotti paid the price for his hesitation.

In the 70th minute of the game, Scholes passed the ball to Rooney 35 meters from the goal.

Rooney did not stop the ball in front of the penalty area and made a beautiful diagonal pass to find the old demon Giggs on the wing. He once again moved to the wing to receive the ball.

Bosingwa relied on his height, strength and speed to be better than Giggs, so he came boldly to follow Giggs.

However, Giggs didn't stop the ball at all. He hit the wall and knocked it back to Scholes, then turned around and inserted behind Bosingwa.

It's a change of pace.

Bosingwa saw Giggs passing the ball directly and stopped, but at this time Giggs stepped in.

Giggs' speed was not very fast, but Bosingwa couldn't keep up.

Scholes and Giggs are more familiar with each other than a couple. Scholes knew what Giggs wanted to do without even looking. After Giggs called back to him, he didn't stop and then made a through ball. Passed to Giggs again.

This was a long-distance one-two, and Bosingwa was not at all tempered by the smooth cooperation.

The experienced Giggs easily reached the baseline and passed a cross into the penalty area.

Rooney, who had just run to the ribs to receive the ball, also turned to the baseline when Giggs went down to grab the lead.

Ivanovic is faster than Terry, and he has been keeping an eye on Rooney. When Rooney grabbed the lead, Ivanovic tried to speed up and surpass Rooney, but Rooney was not slow either. Ivanovic was unable to surpass Rooney. , had to follow Rooney and run inside.

Rooney rushed over and could have touched the ball, but he deliberately missed it and missed it.

Ivanovic never expected that Rooney would miss the ball. He was shaken and failed to touch the ball.

No one thought Rooney would miss the ball, because he is a single center. If he misses the ball, no one will grab the ball.

Obviously, there is a reason why Rooney missed the ball. After he brought Ivanovic to the ribs, the gap between Ivanovic and Terry opened up, and this gap is the point that Manchester United wants to seize.

The one who took advantage of this gap was Gao Xiaodong.

After Giggs and Scholes came on the court, Rooney actually became a pseudo center, and it was Gao Xiaodong who really attacked from the center.

Gao Xiaodong did not participate in Manchester United's previous pass-cutting cooperation. He just wanted to disappear from the sight of Chelsea's defense.

When Giggs passed the ball, Gao Xiaodong finally appeared. He rushed in from the center like a cheetah, fell to the ground before Terry and shoveled the ball into the net.

1:0

Gao Xiaodong broke the deadlock with his ghostly movement, bringing a perfect end to Manchester United's beautiful passing and cutting cooperation.

Gao Xiaodong got up from the goal and ran towards the stands. Behind him, the Manchester United players followed.

Gao Xiaodong jumped on the billboard and raised his arms and shouted. All the Manchester United fans in the stands stood up. They raised their arms and shouted at Gao Xiaodong, "High, high, high..."

The stands belonging to Chelsea fans were silent. No one made a sound. They were all stunned.

"It's in, it's in! Continuous hitting the wall, Gao Xiaodong finally scored with a shovel! Is this Manchester United? Is this Manchester United? Isn't this Arsenal? Manchester United used Arsenal's method to break through Chelsea's door! It’s incredible!”

"Gao Xiaodong! Gao Xiaodong once again played the role of a killer today! The 13th Champions League goal! Gao Xiaodong surpassed Messi by two goals! Great all-round player, you don't know what he can't do on the court, he is in every The locations are all excellent.”

"We must praise Ferguson! It was he who directed this goal. He is a great strategist. Maybe he had planned a way to break the Blues goal before the game. The introduction of Scholes and Giggs was a move. A wonderful move, the two veterans executed Ferguson's tactics perfectly, and their cooperation was seamless."

"Rooney is also the hero of this goal. He was not involved in the transfer of the ball and successfully took away a defensive player for Xiaodong. His clever leak is really hard to believe that this was the action of the rude Rooney. .”

"Chelsea's sinner is Bosingwa. He did almost nothing in this attack. He was like a spectator, completely serving as a backdrop."

"Ancelotti paid a heavy price for his hesitation. If he had replaced Bosingwa in time, Manchester United's attack would not have been so smooth. In a master-level contest, Ancelotti is better than Ferguson. It's still a little bit worse. Ferguson was able to reverse Bayern in stoppage time, but Ancelotti was reversed by Liverpool with a 3-goal lead. This is not only a temperament issue, but also an ability issue..."

The commentary box was like a crowd of demons dancing wildly. Dozens of commentators were dancing around with topics and shouting loudly, desperately encouraging every player involved in the goal.

Because this offense was designed before the game, Ferguson was not too excited. He just clenched his fists and ran to the sidelines, and then hugged his assistants tightly.

Ancelotti really regretted it. He leaned against the windshield and kept shaking his head, "Only five minutes! Just five minutes late!"

In the VIP box, Edouard rushed out as soon as he scored and shouted to the sky: "Beautiful! So beautiful! This is Manchester United! This is the real Manchester United! Passionate, bloody and beautiful, this is the real Manchester United." Manchester United."

In another box, Abramovich looked coldly at the celebrating Manchester United fans, players and coaches, almost with fire in his eyes.

After a while, Abramovich turned his head and said to Zhukova and Emma: "Our Champions League is over!"

Zhukova comforted: "My dear, there is still time."

"It's hard to tell until the game is over."

Emma also comforted her by saying that her mood was very complicated. She was a Chelsea fan, but she was also happy for Gao Xiaodong's goal. She almost cheered just now, but luckily she covered her mouth in time.

Abramovich shook his head, "No! Don't comfort me! The Champions League is over! Ancelotti has no ability to reverse at all! He will only be reversed!"

Speaking of the last words, Abramovich almost shouted, "The league is over! Eight points behind, it is impossible to reverse, Ferguson is not Ancelotti! The FA Cup is over! The League Cup is over long ago! I have tolerated him until now, that's all I wanted to see if the Champions League expert lived up to his reputation, but Ancelotti let me down so much!”

"The Champions League is very difficult. Maybe Ancelotti still needs some time." Zhukova said.

"No! I've given him time! How many more years will he have? Like Wenger? No! I don't have that much time to wait! I've been waiting for 7 years! Not Mourinho, not Scolari , Ancelotti is no good. It seems that what Chelsea needs is not a coach, but a superstar! Superstars like Messi, Ronaldo, and Gao Xiaodong!"

Seeing Abu's change from his usual cool expression, Emma and Zhukova were speechless and didn't know how to comfort Abu.

After roaring like a volcano, Abramovich finally vented his anger. When he sat down again, his expression returned to calm, "Zhukova, Emma, ​​I think Chelsea should buy a real superstar. What do you think?" Woolen cloth?"

Zhukova said: "Yes, the role of a superstar like Gao Xiaodong is comparable to that of a coach, but I think Chelsea's inability to win the Champions League is not entirely because there are no superstars."

Emma said: "Superstars definitely need them! It's just that there are too few superstars, and they are expensive but not marketable."

Abramovich smiled slightly, touched his chin, and said: "A few years ago, Chelsea was a nouveau riche, and it was true that they couldn't buy a self-righteous superstar. But now, who dares to call Chelsea a nouveau riche? I think Chelsea has its own It’s time to become a superstar.”

The Manchester United people were reveling on the court, and the Chelsea people were in a state of despair. No one noticed that in a corner of the stands, Barcelona’s assistant coach Vilanova was wearing sunglasses and was silently recording the game and doing his own analysis. .

Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 2-0 in the first leg away from home and almost entered the final with one foot. Guardiola also started preparing for the final in advance and asked Vilanova to observe the performance of Manchester United and Chelsea in this game.

Vilanova is also an excellent coach. Before the game is over, he has already turned his attention to Manchester United. In his opinion, Manchester United with an away goal may have a 70% probability of entering the final.

Ancelotti did not give up. He quickly made substitution adjustments, and also replaced two players at the same time. Mikel came on and replaced Bosingwa who played poorly. Malouda replaced Zhirkov and made a final effort for victory.