Chapter 1,022 Locking the Championship

In the VIP box, Joel shouted excitedly and rushed out, celebrating at the same rate as the ordinary fans outside.

Glazer's eldest son Ephraim has always been steady, but at this time he couldn't help but stood up excitedly and applauded vigorously towards the court.

"This Hua Guogao is really quite capable. It seems that this name was not blown up by the media."

Ephraim thought to himself.

Manchester United's manager David Gill knew that the boss's eldest son was not satisfied with Manchester United's sky-high salary renewal of Gao Xiaodong's contract, so he took the opportunity to say: "Gao Xiaodong has broken deadlocks and won more than half of the times this season. Without him, we think It’s impossible to fight all three lines to the end.”

Ephraim knew that David Gill was defending his signing, but even though he realized that Gao Xiaodong was indeed capable, Ephraim still did not think that Gao Xiaodong was worthy of such a high annual salary.

"Don't you always say that Manchester United is the team with the most team spirit?"

Ephraim said.

David Gill was a little embarrassed, but he was immediately covered up and said: "The team and the individual complement each other, and superstars can make the team better."

Ephraim smiled faintly and said nothing more.

After the goal, Manchester United did not completely relax. The veteran players were experienced and knew that this was the most dangerous time. Stoke City jumped over the wall in a hurry. If they were accidentally bitten, they would be in trouble. Time was running out. , just to be on the safe side, they would shrink back and fight Stoke City's counterattack.

Although this is a bit of a loss of face, the previous 100 minutes of hard battle had made the Manchester United players suffer a lot, and now they don't want to leave any chance to Stoke City.

After the kick-off in the center circle, Manchester United did not continue to press forward except for the forward players. Everyone sat in the backcourt waiting for Stoke City players to attack.

Seeing this scene, Ferguson nodded secretly, relaxed, and was very happy that the disciples had chosen to arrive.

In fact, during the game, the head coach cannot control everything, and even has less influence than the captain. Because the noise on the court is very loud, the coach's orders cannot be transmitted to the players' ears, and there is no time to fully tell the players his thoughts. The most effective way to affect the game is to make substitutions, but there are only three substitutions.

Therefore, Ferguson was very satisfied to see his players calm down and stay behind to fight Stoke City's counterattack. He also believed that this was the most correct and safe choice.

Apart from attacking, Stoke City has no way out. The score is one goal behind and there are only 20 minutes left. Their only hope of winning the championship is to get a goal back and then defend until the penalty shootout.

Stoke City naturally knows how powerful their opponent is, otherwise they would not have put down the iron barrel formation to defend from the beginning. Therefore, even if they attack, they do not dare to go out in full force. That will only kill them faster. They only have Half of the players have passed the center circle and the backline remains in their own half.

Seeing the Stoke City players angrily attacking, the Manchester United players felt as comfortable as eating a stick of ice cream on a hot day, thinking, "Now it's your turn to have a taste of the iron barrel formation, and It’s still an iron barrel formation with extremely powerful attack power.”

Even if Stoke City's players left almost an entire line of defense when attacking, it was impossible to prevent Manchester United's counterattack.

There is a huge difference in strength between Stoke City and Manchester United. They can last until 100 minutes by relying on intensive defense. Once they attack, they will have no advantage.

Stoke City has been preparing for this game for so long. In the 13th minute, Watkins and Jones played a one-two in the frontcourt. Jones kicked directly from the front of the penalty area and hit the goal.

But now there are many people in the Manchester United penalty area. The ball touched Scholes' leg and changed its direction. Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was very focused and he easily confiscated the ball.

Stoke City players also know how terrifying it is to be counterattacked by Manchester United. Forward Jones rushed to Van der Sar immediately to prevent Van der Sar from launching a quick counterattack.

Van der Sar saw that the chance for a quick counterattack was gone, and he was not in a hurry. He is a veteran and knows that the initiative is now completely in the hands of Manchester United. As long as Stoke City attacks, Manchester United will have many opportunities to counterattack.

Stoke City continued to attack Manchester United, but after holding on for a hundred minutes, Stoke City was limited to its own strength and the offense was very monotonous. Almost all Stoke City completed high-altitude balls in both sports battles and set pieces. During the counterattack, a wide midfielder breaks through at high speed from the wing and then takes the ball diagonally into the penalty area. Two forwards rush forward and the other wide midfielder also moves towards the center from the wing and inserts into a position almost parallel to the two centers. Scramble. During the positional battle, the winger has the ball at his feet, and the two central defenders and the central midfielder Delap rush into the penalty area to fight for the top. In this case, they always have 5 or more players in the penalty area to fight for the high ball placement, and another The winger moves to the middle of the penalty area and is responsible for the second attack behind the five players, usually a long shot.

Although this kind of attack is simple, because Stoke City's players are very tall, there is no threat. It's just because Manchester United's defensive level is also top-notch. After retreating, the numerical advantage is obvious, and Stoke City's offense does not Able to threaten Manchester United's goal.

A team like Stoke City will definitely have no problem attacking for three to five minutes. However, if they attack a team like Manchester United for a long time, the defense will not be able to defend it at all.

After half-time of overtime, Manchester United had just exchanged positions and got a chance to quickly counterattack.

Scholes passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong, who found Berbatov on the forward line with a long pass.

Under the opponent's guard, Berbatov hooked the ball with his back and passed it to Rooney. Rooney threw away the defender and jumped in at high speed. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Sorensen, he poked the ball with his toe and passed Sorensen. Stab between the legs.

Sorensen drew up his legs to block the ball, but it was too late. The ball rolled through his crotch and into the net behind him.

2:0

Rooney's goal basically sealed the victory for Manchester United.

Rooney was equally excited after scoring the goal. He opened his arms and ran towards Gao Xiaodong, hugging Gao Xiaodong tightly in celebration.

The Manchester United players also ran towards Rooney, hugging him and Gao Xiaodong in the middle.

Berbatov felt a little lonely when he applauded from the side. Although Gao Xiaodong and Scholes planned this goal, he was the one who assisted him, but Rooney did not come to thank him, and no one from his teammates paid attention. This made Berbatov rushed to Lonely, who had been left out in the cold.

The Manchester United fans in the stands finally relaxed and celebrated. They all stood up, sang and danced towards the stadium, and sang "We are the Champions".

The on-site commentators were also shouting excitedly: The game is over! It's garbage time! Manchester United basically locked in their first championship! A very important FA Cup champion! Goals from Rooney and Gao Xiaodong took Manchester United another solid step towards the Triple Crown.