Chapter 1034 Gao Xiaodong’s Long-Range Shot Can Be Fatal

After the score was reversed, Manchester United unexpectedly did not counterattack wildly. Instead, they played steadily and fought with Blackpool in the midfield. Blackpool's wish to take advantage of Manchester United's impatience to score one or two more goals came to nothing.

Allardyce glanced at Ferguson and thought to himself, this is really an old fox. He can still keep his composure at this time. No wonder he has the last laugh in many championships.

However, Allardyce is not in a hurry. Now that Blackpool is leading, the initiative is in his own hands. He can attack when he wants and defend when he wants. He is not afraid of any tricks played by Ferguson.

In the last few minutes of the first half, because Ferguson wanted to stabilize the situation, Manchester United did not attack aggressively, while Blackpool's players hoped to beat Manchester United's counterattack and did not take the initiative to attack. The score did not change in the last few minutes, and Blackpool ended with 2: 1 lead ended.

Manchester United fans did not expect such a score at half-time. They were very disappointed and could not accept it. When the Manchester United players came off the field, no one applauded and cheered. Everyone was silent, and the atmosphere became extremely depressing.

There were only a thousand fans in Blackpool who came to watch the game. Among the more than 70,000 Manchester United fans, they were like a small island in the sea. But at this moment, they became the center of the Old Trafford stadium, and the whole place belonged to them. Cheers.

In the VIP box, Ephraim was in a bad mood. He complained to Joel: "Ferguson is not as good as you said, and Gao Xiaodong's performance is average. If he can't even win against Blackpool, I think Ferguson can retire." ”

Joel is full of confidence in Manchester United, "Don't worry, brother, Blackpool is only ahead by one goal. I believe Sir Alex Ferguson and Gao will be able to come back. The championship is still ours."

Ephraim snorted from his nose, "I hope so, I'm not as confident as you."

Back in the locker room, Manchester United's players were a little depressed, but Ferguson remained calm. He did not criticize the players, but comforted them, "With the score leading, our mentality was a little relaxed, but the first goal was more conceded." It was the referee’s misjudgment and the second opponent performed exceptionally.”

The players originally thought they were going to face Ferguson's hair dryer, but they were surprised that Ferguson was so kind and cute. Several players who made mistakes, including goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, were a little flattered.

Ferguson continued: "Maybe you don't understand that I asked you to slow down and attack again, but in that situation, the opponent had high morale, good luck, and full confidence. If we attacked fiercely, who was more likely to score? Don't overestimate our strength. , According to my decades of experience, at this time, they are more likely to expand the score than us. If we hold firm and fight them step by step, do you think Blackpool can hold on to their one-goal lead?"

Everyone was silent,

But Gao Xiaodong said: "What if Blackpool defended in the second half like Stoke City in the FA Cup final?"

Ferguson smiled slightly and said: "Impossible, the iron barrel formation can't be set up just by anyone. The iron barrel formation also has technical content. Stoke City's defense is better than Blackpool. Stoke City's tactics in that game We have been practicing for a month, can Blackpool do it now?"

Gao Xiaodong stopped talking. He also agreed with Ferguson's tactical arrangement.

Ferguson arranged the tactics for the second half. Since Blackpool took the lead, Manchester United mainly attacked in the second half. However, Ferguson was not prepared to risk a large-scale attack. He believed that it was better to defend cautiously and let Gao Xiaodong, Rooney, Berbatov, and Scott It’s up to Elles and other superstars to solve the problem.

The stakes were so high that Ferguson did not dare to take risks easily at this time.

At the beginning of the second half, Blackpool shrunk their defense, but as Ferguson expected, they did not shrink to their own thirty-meter area like Stoke City. They just stayed in their own half and played defensive counterattacks.

Of course, Allardyce also wanted to imitate Stoke City, but the conditions were not met, and Manchester United also had several experts who could crack the iron barrel formation in the lineup. Therefore, Allardyce thought that retreating too much was not enough, so he still used half-court defense. more suitable.

Although Manchester United did not press heavily, they were much stronger than Blackpool, and even a step-by-step attack could hit the ball into the heart of Blackpool.

In the 48th minute of the game, Evra advanced to attack. He shook off a defensive player and passed the ball across the penalty area facing the threat of the opponent's flying tackle.

Evra was knocked down after passing the ball. Berbatov in the middle saw that there were too many people pressing him and could not shoot directly. When he was trying to grab the spot, he did not shoot. Instead, he rubbed the ball and it came from The heads of Berbatov and the pressing defender flew to the back point.

Berbatov's pass was so imaginative, but Rooney was rude by nature. He didn't expect that Berbatov would have such a trick. He hit the goal in a hurry and hit the ball into the stands.

Although there was a mistake in this attack, it created quite a threat. If we can attack like this again, we will have greater hope of scoring, so the Manchester United players still applauded Berbatov and Rooney.

Naturally, Blackpool is not satisfied with the 1-goal lead. With victory almost guaranteeing relegation, Blackpool undoubtedly hopes to score another goal, expand the score, and seal the victory.

Therefore, when Manchester United made mistakes in attack, Blackpool also intervened in counterattacks from time to time, using Manchester United's backcourt space to cause problems.

In the 52nd minute of the game, Nani broke through the two defenses and passed the ball straight to Evra. Evra made a pass from the left. Blackpool goalkeeper Kilkes quickly attacked and got ahead of Berbatov. Knocked the ball out of the penalty area. At this time, Gao Xiaodong's eyes were sharp and his legs were quick. He pushed the defender who was following him and rushed to the ball's landing point like lightning. Before the ball hit the ground, he faced the ball from about thirty meters away and volleyed in the air. .

Gao Xiaodong's volley was a skill given by the system. He kicked the ball so fast, and his movements were as standard as a textbook. The ball hit the instep of his feet, and the pressure was very low. The ball flew first low and then high, past the defense. Players on both sides of the area suddenly fell and flew into the net against the lower edge of the crossbar.

2-2!

Just 8 minutes into the second half, Gao Xiaodong equalized the score for Manchester United with a volley!

After scoring the goal, Gao Xiaodong was extremely excited. He ran towards the stands with his hands raised, and then lifted up his jersey. The jersey read: "Manchester United is the champion!"

The Manchester United fans in the stands went crazy. They jumped up one after another, crowded to the guardrail, waved their arms and shouted his name at Gao Xiaodong.

Ferguson on the sidelines was also so excited that he rushed out with his arms raised, shouting toward the court: OK, OK! Well done!

Allardyce hammered the windshield so hard that he was furious! Another long shot! He had already guarded Gao Xiaodong's long-range shot, but unexpectedly Gao Xiaodong still scored with a long-range shot.

This goal is life-saving for Manchester United, but fatal for Blackpool. Blackpool fans returned from heaven to hell. They watched the Manchester United people celebrating in despair, and they were all thinking, is Blackpool destined to lose?

In the VIP box, Joel jumped up and shouted to his brother: How about it, I know Xiao Dongxing!

Ephraim didn't say anything, but he was also smiling. Although he didn't like Gao Xiaodong, he absolutely liked the championship, because the championship meant a lot of money. As a businessman, how could Ephram not like money.