Chapter 1062 Entering Overtime

In the 83rd minute of the game, after Barcelona dropped the ball continuously in the backcourt, Xavi suddenly made a pass, trying to find Pedro who was diagonally crossing from the wing to the center.

Harvey's pass was seen through by the veteran Scholes. Scholes tried hard to block the ball with a movement similar to a cross, and the ball was grabbed by Fletcher.

Fletcher did not control the ball. Manchester United is not a ball-controlling team, not to mention that there are many people now, which is the time to consume the opponent's physical energy. Fletcher directly sent a kick to the wing to find Nani.

Nani took the ball forward and hit Barcelona full-back Alves.

At this moment, Barcelona is also focusing on defense. Iniesta quickly comes back to help defend Nani, not giving Nani a chance to face Alves alone.

Nani didn't wait for Iniesta to get to his position and rushed straight at Alves. He made a move, dunked the ball and then cut across to the penalty area.

Of course, such a simple passing move was not difficult for Alves, who was at his peak. He quickly moved sideways to keep up with Nani. Then Iniesta came, and Nani had no chance to break through.

Nani didn't waste his time. Seeing Iniesta coming back, he directly passed the ball back to left back Evra.

Ferguson on the sidelines nodded secretly, feeling that Nani performed well today. The outside world has ridiculed Nani for playing too independently. Now it seems that Nani still has a good view of the overall situation.

Evra is a veteran of Manchester United. He has rich experience. Although the team has a numerical advantage, now is not the time to attack blindly. After receiving the ball, Evra passed the ball to the center and handed it to Scholes. to control the tempo of the game.

At this time, Scholes didn't want to speed up the game so fast, but he instantly saw Gao Xiaodong accelerate and then stop suddenly, shaking away Harvey who was following him.

Scholes felt this was an opportunity, and without hesitation, he directly passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

With his back to the goal, Gao Xiaodong neatly stopped this long pass that was accurate to centimeters, and then pulled the ball and turned around to pass Busquets who was rushing towards him.

This well-timed escape earned a round of applause from the stands.

This was a very good time to get rid of Busquets. Busquets was very slow and turned even slower. After Gao Xiaodong got rid of Busquets, he got a chance to face Barcelona's defense for almost two seconds.

Gao Xiaodong would not miss such an opportunity. He dribbled forward quickly and headed towards the thirty-meter area.

Gao Xiaodong has extremely strong long-range shooting ability.

Let him enter this position, Barcelona's defensive players will not dare to foul easily, which is a kind of harm to Barcelona's defense.

Barcelona center back Mascherano stepped forward and followed Gao Xiaodong strongly, preventing Gao Xiaodong from taking a kick.

Mascherano is a defensive midfielder, very fast and flexible. Facing such a player, Gao Xiaodong did not dare to be careless. He took a long shot, swung it from an angle, and immediately passed the ball to Rooney, who quickly Running open, trying to do a wall-to-wall coordination with Rooney.

Rooney understood the idea and put the ball in the direction of Gao Xiaodong with his back to Pique, but he was also kicked down by Pique from behind.

In this position, how dare Mascherano give Gao Xiaodong space, but Gao Xiaodong is fast and strong, like a small tank. Mascherano can't catch up or get stuck, so he can only stretch out his hand and pull Gao Xiaodong's jersey.

But Gao Xiaodong was armed to his eyes with super equipment, and the jersey Mascherano pulled was not ordinary. He just felt his hand slipping, but he couldn't hold it. Gao Xiaodong rushed straight in front of him. past.

Rooney's ball was only about 25 meters away from the goal. Because both Busquets and Mascherano were passed by, Gao Xiaodong had a large space in front of him.

This is the first time Manchester United has had the opportunity to face the goal like this after Messi was sent off. Gao Xiaodong can shoot directly or dribble the ball into the penalty area.

If there was a defensive player in front of him, Gao Xiaodong might have taken a long shot directly, but there was no defensive player in front of him. Gao Xiaodong felt that it would be safer to break into the penalty area and shoot, so he took the ball and headed towards the penalty area.

When Mascherano didn't hold Gao Xiaodong, Pique quickly moved sideways, trying to block Gao Xiaodong's path, but Pique was a step slower. Gao Xiaodong had already seen Pique coming, and he was wading towards the ball. When he added a little strength, he accelerated instantly and entered the penalty area before Pique.

However, in order to avoid Pique, Gao Xiaodong moved the ball a little further away from his body. This had a huge impact after entering the penalty area.

Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes is a goalkeeper with a strong sense of attack and a very large defensive area. When he saw Gao Xiaodong not shooting, he rushed over immediately and pounced on the rolling ball.

Gao Xiaodong didn't expect Valdez to come up so quickly. He had already lost the chance to shoot directly. He could only barely move the ball horizontally to the center and find Rooney who got up and ran towards the penalty area to meet him.

This was already the best choice Gao Xiaodong could make, but Barcelona's other central defender Mascherano also returned to defend in place and got together with Rooney. Under Mascherano's interference, he faced Rooney kicked the ball out of the baseline with an empty goal.

All the Manchester United fans in the stands sighed. This was the best opportunity to kill the game, but it was a pity that Rooney missed it.

The Barcelona fans broke out in a cold sweat. They had not dared to breathe before, and only let out a long sigh after the ball passed the baseline.

Guardiola was very dissatisfied with the defense this time. When he saw Puyol finishing warming up, he quickly called Puyol over for a face-to-face discussion and asked him to come on to replace Alves and strengthen the attack on the wing.

In the 87th minute of the game, Barcelona captain Puyol came on to replace Alves, who was physically exhausted in the first half. Xavi took the initiative to hand over the captain's armband to Puyol.

Puyol has experience and physical fitness. In addition, Puyol also has a kind of courage and tenacity that all Barcelona people do not have. Now that Barcelona has one less player, weak offense, unstable defense, and low morale, they need players like Puyol. Stabilize military morale.

Rooney's empty goal just went wrong. Rooney thought that Mascherano had touched the ball first. He wanted a corner kick, but the referee Kaushoy gave it a goal kick.

Rooney was dissatisfied with this and asked Kaushoy to defend himself, but Kaushoy's face darkened, he reached out and took out a yellow card and warned Rooney.

Gao Xiaodong was afraid that Rooney would act foolishly, so he quickly pulled him aside.

Valdes did not take a big shot, but continued to control the ball in the backcourt, hoping to spend the final minutes safely.

At this time, Barcelona is unwilling to attack without one person, and Manchester United will naturally not take the initiative to press. Except for Rooney and Valencia, the others are waiting for Barcelona to attack.

Barcelona passed the ball from behind, and then tentatively hit Manchester United's midfield. After encountering Manchester United's strong counterattack, they immediately retreated and continued to control the ball in the backcourt.

In the 90th minute of the game, Barcelona suddenly made a long pass to Manchester United's wing. Manchester United was not very focused and Pedro grabbed the ball and passed it across the penalty area.

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is experienced and he knocked the ball out before Villa.

After Manchester United got the ball, they did not actively attack and began to control the ball to waste time. Barcelona's pressing was not intense at all. In the three minutes of stoppage time, neither Manchester United nor Barcelona could score again, and they had to enter overtime to decide the championship. Belong.