Chapter 1020 Hope of Victory

At the beginning of overtime, Stoke City still held on and planned to hold on until the penalty kick, but Manchester United showed an aggressive momentum and confidence to win.

The ball reached Gao Xiaodong's feet. Gao Xiaodong drove straight to the 30-meter area, evaded the blockage of the Stoke City players, and shot with his feet.

Gao Xiaodong had taken a small tonic pill, and his energy and stamina were as good as when he first came on the field. This shot was so powerful that after the ball flew out, there was a whistling sound.

Seeing the power of Gao Xiaodong's shot, Stoke City goalkeeper Sorensen was secretly shocked. This kid has been playing in overtime, and he is still so powerful!

Sorensen didn't dare to be careless. He jumped up and hit the ball to the sideline with both fists.

Although Gao Xiaodong's shot was saved, his decisive shot won a round of applause from the fans.

Manchester United's players were also inspired and became extremely courageous in the next attack.

Manchester United's players know that the last thirty minutes are the thirty minutes that determine the outcome. During these thirty minutes, Manchester United has a strength advantage. Once the thirty minutes are over, Manchester United's advantage will be gone. They must go all out. Go ahead and show your strength.

After the ball was saved from the sideline, Nani quickly took a throw-in and threw the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

At this moment, a large number of troops have been concentrated on the left, and Stoke City's formation is also leaning to the right. Gao Xiaodong is not willing to tangle with the opponent here, so he passes the ball to the center and finds Scholes.

Scholes has a better overall view than Gao Xiaodong. The ball was passed to his feet. Without pausing, he passed a kick to Giggs on the right.

When Giggs came on in overtime, he was entrusted by his mentor Ferguson. His task was to use his experience and skills to tear apart Stoke City's defense.

After 90 minutes of fierce competition, players on both sides were exhausted. It was the right time for Giggs to come on the stage at this time. His strength and reaction were not as good as in his youth, but his experience and skills were becoming more and more impressive. When his opponent's physical fitness and concentration declined, time, you can perform it more vividly.

Gao Xiaodong and Scholes moved very quickly. When Giggs received the ball, Stoke City's full-back was not yet in place.

Giggs broke through to the baseline as quickly as possible. Although Wilson moved to the side, he did not stop Giggs from going down. He only blocked Giggs's inward cut.

This is also one of Stoke City's tactics today. They know that it is impossible to block Manchester United's cross from the wing.

So the main energy was spent on sticking to the middle. As long as Giggs didn't cut inside, he could pass the ball.

Giggs had been observing the game for 90 minutes and had a long communication with Ferguson about the game. He knew that the effect of crosses from the bottom line was average. After he got to the bottom line, he did not cross directly, but made a pass. The ball faked, and he dunked the ball hard, shaking Wilson for a moment, and then quickly cut inside towards Stoke City's penalty area.

Giggs's inward cut was still an illusion. There were so many people in Stoke City's penalty area, and it probably wouldn't pose much of a threat if he passed it in. Giggs' real purpose was to pass back in an inverted triangle to find his teammates.

It was clear that Stoke City's players were ill-prepared for Giggs' cutting inside. Although two people came over to intercept Giggs' path forward, no one blocked Giggs' return line.

Giggs' position did not have a good vision. He did not see Scholes' movement, but he passed the ball back to the edge of the penalty area without hesitation.

The tacit understanding between Giggs and Scholes has reached the point of understanding each other. As soon as the ball from Giggs was passed, Scholes rushed to the ball and volleyed the ball.

The return pass is not afraid of not being hit, but it is afraid of not being able to suppress it. However, for a veteran like Giggs, this is not a problem at all. Not only did he suppress it, but he also hit a bounce ball and the ball hit the turf. It rebounded and flew towards the goal just past the blocking player.

None of Scholes' running shots escaped the eyes of goalkeeper Sorensen, but Sorensen did not expect that Scholes hit a bouncing ball. He had already begun to fall to the ground to prepare for the ground ball. The ball bounced.

Sorensen had no choice but to watch the ball pass over his head and fly toward the goal.

Sorensen had resigned himself to his fate and thought the ball had gone in. Unexpectedly, he was extremely lucky today. With a bang, the ball actually hit the crossbar and bounced back.

After Scholes' shot, Manchester United fans thought the goal was there. The goalkeepers fell to the ground, and it was almost an empty goal. Unexpectedly, it was another goal post.

This is already the third goalpost!

Manchester United fans were so angry that one Buddha ascended to heaven and another Buddha was born. This kind of luck is really too bad.

Although Stoke City's iron barrel formation is very tight, it is not seamless. Speaking of which, Stoke City is very lucky. Manchester United hit the goalpost three times and failed to send the ball into the net, even if it only scored once. Door, the game is over long ago.

But we should not be discouraged at this time. Scholes and Giggs loudly called on their teammates to continue attacking. The opponent could no longer withstand it. If they worked harder, they would probably score.

Although Manchester United players also know that scoring goals is never easy, but with the encouragement of senior players, everyone's confidence and morale can still be maintained.

This attack by Giggs and Scholes posed a great threat, and Stoke City had to tilt its forces to the left to prevent Giggs from continuing to break through.

Giggs is an experienced veteran. When he saw that his opponent was focusing on defending here, he attracted the defense and passed a kick to the middle. Scholes then moved to the left, allowing Nani to attack from the left.

Manchester United reached the most critical stage. At this time, Nani also became extremely brave. He took the ball from the wing and dunked twice, broke through Wilkins' defense, and swept into Stoke City's penalty area with a powerful kick. .

In overtime, Manchester United already had three players in the middle, Berbatov, Rooney and Gao Xiaodong, putting a lot of pressure on Stoke City.

Nani's pass was so powerful that anyone who touched it was prone to problems, but there were three Manchester United players in the penalty area, and Stoke City's players did not dare not to make a clearance. The player in front did not intercept it, and Xiao Ke in the middle Rose wanted to shovel the ball toward the baseline, but after the ball hit his feet, it did not go toward the baseline. Instead, it flew toward the goal.

The path the ball flew towards was in the small penalty area. At such a close distance, the goalkeeper could not react at all.

But Sorensen was well positioned, and the ball actually hit his leg and bounced out.

The ball bounced out and hit Gao Xiaodong's feet again. The ball was too unexpected. Gao Xiaodong was sprinting again. Before he could shoot, the ball was knocked out of the baseline by his legs.

This was another great opportunity to score, but Manchester United still failed to grasp it.

Less than five minutes into overtime, Manchester United continued to break through from the wing and already had three scoring opportunities. This made the Manchester United players highly motivated. After playing for almost a hundred minutes, they really saw the hope of scoring. .