Chapter 1,063 Header Reversal
The 2011 Champions League final finally reached brutal overtime.
No one wants to play overtime. A 90-minute game is already a huge physical and mental torture, not to mention another 30 minutes and the possibility of even more brutal penalty shootouts.
However, in this kind of finale-level battle, both Barcelona and Manchester United considered the possibility of overtime. After the regular game time, the players of Manchester United and Barcelona, except for their serious faces, behaved quite calmly. Everyone was coaching. , substitute teammates and masseurs to relax and recover to prepare for the final battle.
The break between regular play and overtime is only five minutes. After five minutes, the players from both sides return to their respective halves again for the final thirty minutes of the game.
Except for replacing Alves and replacing Puyol, Barcelona did not continue to make substitution adjustments. In Guardiola's eyes, these people in front of him, including Messi, are the real Barcelona, and others cannot play Barcelona's style. football.
Manchester United did not continue to make substitution adjustments. Although they tied with Barcelona at 2:2 in 90 minutes, they now have one more player and consume less physical energy than Barcelona.
With the referee Kaushoy's whistle, the overtime finally kicked off.
There is only half an hour left. If they cannot break Barcelona's goal, Manchester United will have to fight a penalty shootout with Barcelona.
Penalty kicks were unacceptable to Manchester United. Although Ferguson also trained penalty kicks before the game, at this time, what Manchester United wanted to do most with one more player was to defeat Barcelona in a sports battle.
In the last few minutes of regular game time, Manchester United's attack method was a personal breakthrough. Although it also created a certain threat, it was not efficient. This time, Manchester United, which was fully attacking, still continued the previous tactics of flying together on both sides.
Due to sufficient time, Manchester United's offense no longer has to worry about the space behind it being exploited by its opponents. Evra and Fabio press forward with all their strength and attack Barcelona's wings.
In the 94th minute of the game, Manchester United's full-back Valencia speeded past Abidal. Although he did not completely get rid of Abidal, Valencia still forced a pass, but the ball was blocked by Abidal.
Manchester United got a chance for a corner kick. Scholes took the corner kick. Ferdinand and Vidic both came to the penalty area to fight for the top.
Although there were two high header points in the middle of the penalty area, Scholes hit the ball to the front point.
The player Manchester United is competing for the top spot is Gao Xiaodong.
Because Gao Xiaodong is not tall,
Barcelona has been ignoring Gao Xiaodong when it comes to air defense. Little did they know that Gao Xiaodong has very good jumping ability, and he also bought a lot of heading skills from the superstar system.
Gao Xiaodong is fast and moves in strange ways. When defending corner kicks, his opponent did not guard him closely enough. Gao Xiaodong easily got ahead and grabbed the header.
Originally, this tactic was that Gao Xiaodong headed the ball backwards, and Nani was the one who grabbed the ball. This was a regular routine, but this time Gao Xiaodong had super glasses. He turned his back to the goal and noticed that the far post of the Barcelona goal was unoccupied. Defensively, Gao Xiaodong decisively changed his tactics and headed the ball directly towards the far corner of the goal. ’
Goalkeeper Valdez paid more attention to Gao Xiaodong's running than anyone else. Before Gao Xiaodong's header to grab the spot, Valdez had already moved towards the near post. He was afraid that Gao Xiaodong would hit the near corner and saw Gao Xiaodong's header go towards the corner. He changed his place of origin. This caught Valdez by surprise and he could only watch the ball fly past his eyes.
It takes a bit of luck to let the ball pass through the penalty area where there are many defensive and offensive players. At this moment, Gao Xiaodong's luck was obviously very good. The ball passed through the only channel in the penalty area and accurately hit the post. Net.
3:2
Shortly after the overtime started, Gao Xiaodong's header broke Barcelona's goal.
The goal came so suddenly that neither players nor fans were prepared. The stadium and the stands were silent the moment the goal was scored. Only Gao Xiaodong raised his hands and ran to the stands cheering.
The moment of depression was just to make the joy more intense. As Gao Xiaodong celebrated, the entire Manchester United fans in the stands went crazy. This was a decisive goal. After taking the lead, Manchester United had the numerical advantage, and Barcelona wanted to regain it. I'm afraid there's little hope.
"High, high, high..."
"Manchester United... champions champions..."
"Keep scoring goals! Kill Barcelona..."
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The stands were filled with cheers and shouts from Manchester United fans, while Barcelona fans occupying almost a quarter of the stands were silent.
Only Barcelona fans can truly understand Barcelona's current situation at this moment. Without the absolute core, the team does not have the ability to defend. They conceded the ball again at the beginning of stoppage time. At this moment, Barcelona fans are not only silent, they are desperate.
Guardiola sat on the coaching bench angrily and looked at the bench again. Guardiola was even more annoyed because he found that he didn't have the capital to fight Manchester United and could only fight against Manchester United with the tired team in front of him.
When Ferguson saw this goal, he finally no longer suppressed himself. He rushed out of the coaching bench madly, punched the court and roared, muttering: Great! Very good! The champion is here!
In the locker room, Messi did not rest. He was also watching the game on live TV. Although he was sent off the court, Messi was even more hopeful that his teammates could defeat Manchester United and avenge himself.
Obviously it was just a dream, and the cold numbers on the electronic scoreboard showed it. Messi lowered his head dejectedly. He understood that if Barcelona won, he might still be forgiven. As long as Barcelona lost, Messi's brain-burning today This behavior will definitely attract strong criticism from the media and fans.
In the VIP box, Glazer's sons and daughters were also very excited. Even fake fans understood the significance of Gao Xiaodong's goal at this time.
The eldest brother Ephraim praised: "Gao Xiaodong is really good! He always scores goals at critical moments!"
Joel laughed: "I just said, this Manchester United can only trust Gao Xiaodong, and only Gao Xiaodong can bring Manchester United to the top. How about it, I'm right.
Although Glazer's youngest son Edward saw Emma and sister Darcy forgetting to celebrate, he was a little jealous and said: "Don't be too happy too early, maybe Barcelona can also score."
Obviously, Edward's disappointing words were simply ignored. Although Barcelona did have the possibility of a comeback, at this time, there was no need to think too much, just celebrating was enough.
Sky Sports on-site commentator Andy Gray sighed: "No one could have imagined that it was Gao Xiaodong who scored the header. His header was very strange. He had his back to the goal. How did he find the only channel? How could he?" It is simply an unsolved mystery that there is such an outstanding heading technique..."
China's commentator He Hui also exclaimed and praised, "Xiaodong is so awesome! He scored such a header, which almost killed the game. Even though there was a lot of time later, it is estimated that Barcelona would be difficult to organize an effective attack." Attack!"