Chapter 1021: Flirting and Scoring a Goal

The ball hit Gao Xiaodong's leg and went out of the baseline, and Stoke City took a goal kick.

Stoke City was completely defensive and naturally did not dare to tip the ball in the backcourt. Goalkeeper Sorensen took the goal kick with a big kick. The ball flew across the half-court and fell directly in front of Ferdinand.

Ferdinand headed the ball to Scholes who retreated to get the ball.

Ferguson allowed Giggs to play in overtime because he regarded him as the key force to defeat the enemy. Scholes and Giggs have worked together for so many years, and he has the most trust in Giggs. Scholes takes the ball and turns around. , handed directly to Giggs.

Giggs received the ball and did not rush to the wing. Although he had just come on the field and was in good physical condition, he was old after all, and his explosive power was still not comparable to that of young people. Even if the opponent's physical fitness declined, he could not guarantee that he could break through. past.

Although Manchester United now has an absolute advantage in possession of the ball, Stoke City does not counterattack at all, and it does not matter even if the breakthrough fails, but Giggs does not think so. As the veteran of the team, he feels that he should play his old role at this time. The role of the big brother is to produce high-quality offense.

Facing Wilson's defense, Giggs took two steps forward, stopped suddenly, and immediately passed the ball back to Scholes, who was approaching. He tried to run back, but suddenly turned around and inserted himself behind the defender. .

Even with his eyes closed, Scholes knew what Giggs wanted to do. When Giggs returned the pass, he was not ready to stop the ball. He rubbed his toes and pushed the ball behind the opponent's defender.

This is a very common cooperation, but because Scholes and Giggs have such a tacit understanding, there is no pause between passing and running. Although Wilson has been following Giggs, he is still a step slow and was beaten by Giggs. Gus got in front of him and passed the ball into the penalty area.

Giggs' pass had already broken through the wing defense, but Manchester United's point-grabbers still couldn't get a chance to shoot under Stoke City's dense central defense. The ball was shoveled out of the baseline by Huth.

Manchester United gets a corner kick.

Ferdinand and Vidic both came to Stoke City's penalty area to fight for the top.

Giggs took a corner kick and the ball flew into the penalty area and was grabbed by defender Huth again. He headed the ball outside the penalty area.

Although the ball was cleared, Ferdinand and Vidic did not go back to defend. They still stayed in Stoke City's penalty area waiting for opportunities.

There were Manchester United players outside Stoke City's penalty area. The ball returned to Manchester United's feet again. Scholes, who was dragging behind to defend, lobbed the ball into the penalty area, trying to disrupt Stoke City's defense and fish in troubled waters.

At this moment, Manchester United already has five players in the penalty area.

Stoke City has at least eight players in the penalty area. With so many players in the penalty area, it is difficult to grab the ball even if the position is correctly judged. When the ball falls into the penalty area, Ferdinand and Shawcross fight for it together, and each other After pulling, no one was able to exert any force. The ball hit Shawcross' head and fell into the penalty area.

Three or four people rushed towards the ball. Some wanted to push the ball out, and some wanted to shoot. As a result, the ball fell to the ground under the combined efforts of everyone.

There were too many people in the penalty area and no one could kick the ball. The ball was moving irregularly and might have entered the goal.

Gao Xiaodong also took the opportunity to throw a kick. Unfortunately, he didn't know who the kick hit or where it bounced. In the end, the ball was knocked out of the baseline.

Even the bottom line referee couldn't see clearly who the ball hit, but the referee gave Stoke City a goal kick out of sympathy for the weak.

The goal kick was taken and once again fell to the feet of the Manchester United players, who continued to attack Stoke City's penalty area.

Giggs and Scholes continued to cross positions on the wing, and finally Giggs suddenly broke through from the ribs and threw away the defender.

For a moment, there was no defensive player in front of Giggs, only goalkeeper Sorensen stood waiting on the right side of the goal.

Giggs could shoot, but Giggs didn't know if there was anyone around him to block it. He gave up the shot and instead passed the ball to the wing to Scholes.

After Scholes saw Giggs breaking into the penalty area, the Stoke City players retracted and suppressed them. However, Gao Xiaodong did not know when he retreated from the penalty area to the front of the penalty area. There was no one around him. He decisively crossed the ball to the front of the penalty area to find the high ground. Xiaodong.

The two passes were so unexpected that goalkeeper Sorensen only moved towards the center of the goal when Scholes crossed.

This was a rare opportunity. There was no player blocking the shot path in front of Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong did not choose to volley hard, but used the outer instep of his right foot to gently flick the ball.

Gao Xiaodong's ball was so light that the ball flew high, over the heads of all the players in the penalty area, and flew to the upper left corner of the goal like a precise guide.

Gao Xiaodong's ball has very little power and is not fast. If goalkeeper Sorensen stands in the middle of the goal, he can 100% save the ball.

But goalkeeper Sorensen had just moved to the center when Gao Xiaodong shot. When he moved to the left and then jumped up, the ball had already flown into the net against the goal post.

1:0

In the 10th minute of overtime and the 100th minute of the entire game, Gao Xiaodong broke through Stoke City's goal with an extremely delicate shot.

It was so difficult to score the goal. After the goal, Gao Xiaodong was so excited that he couldn't help himself. He took off his jersey and ran towards the stands waving wildly.

"In!"

"Long live! We're in!"

"Ah! We're in!"

"God! It's really coming in!"

"Gao Xiaodong scored a goal!"

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After hitting so many goal posts in a row, Manchester United fans and players did not dare to applaud and cheer easily. It was not until the ball completely entered the net and the referee pointed his finger to the center circle that they finally started cheering.

Sixty-thousand or seventy thousand Red Devils fans jumped up and cheered together, like a volcano erupting and lava spewing out. The huge momentum was like the earth falling apart.

The commentators on the scene were also going crazy, "High, high, high! goalgoalgoal... Manchester United! Manchester United finally scored! The 100th minute! Manchester United finally broke through Stoke City's iron barrel formation! A coquettish shot by Gao Xiaodong ! Let the iron barrel formation collapse instantly! The championship beckons to Manchester United again! Manchester United’s first championship this season is coming soon..."

Ferguson, assistant coaches and substitute players rushed to the court like crazy and hugged the players on the court as if the game was over.

Stoke City people are stupid! They defended for 100 minutes, but unexpectedly Gao Xiaodong scored the goal with a seemingly inadvertent kick!

For Stoke City, the only weight for their victory is defense. Once Manchester United breaks the goal, it means losing because they have no ability to attack at all.

Pulis held his head in his hands and muttered to himself: There are only 20 minutes left! Why can’t I stand these 20 minutes! There are only 20 minutes left!