Chapter 1065: Guest Full-Back

After Giggs came on the field, the focus of Manchester United's offense remained on the left. However, Giggs' brain was much more flexible than Nani's. He did not deliberately break into Barcelona's penalty area. Once he attracted Barcelona's defensive forces, he immediately moved. Go to the center or right and fully attack the weak areas of Barcelona's defense.

It has to be said that Giggs is an experienced and wise veteran. Although he does not have Nani's explosiveness and speed, his style of sometimes breaking through and sometimes passing the ball makes Puyol and Mascherano confused. Routines, defense becomes very difficult.

In the 105th minute of the game, which was the last minute of the first half of overtime, Manchester United counterattacked. Giggs dribbled the ball into Barcelona's right wing. At this moment, Puyol had not returned yet, and Giggs dribbled the ball straight into Barcelona's goal. Restricted ribs.

Mascherano saw Giggs charging fiercely and quickly came over to defend.

Giggs seemed to be coming menacingly, but in fact he was trying to attract Barcelona's defense. After Mascherano arrived, Giggs suddenly slowed down and hit his teammate Wallen with a long pass to the other wing. West Asia.

Valencia stopped the ball and quickly drove towards Barcelona's baseline.

Manchester United quickly shifted their attack line, and Barcelona had no time to block Valencia immediately. After Valencia reached the bottom line, he immediately passed the ball into Barcelona's penalty area.

Valencia passed the ball quickly and decisively. Barcelona's defense had no time to intercept the ball outside the penalty area. The ball flew towards Barcelona's goal at high speed.

It is very dangerous to clear such a pass. Fortunately, Manchester United's Rooney is not tall. Pique judged that it would be difficult for Rooney to grab the header. He gave up the clearance and just used his body to get to Caruni's position.

Rooney was unable to jump due to Pique's interference and failed to grab the landing point. Gao Xiaodong came from outside the penalty area a step too late, and the ball flew past Barcelona's penalty area and flew to the sideline.

However, the ball did not go out of bounds. The old demon Giggs was very experienced. When Mascherano and Puyol rushed to the penalty area to help, he quietly came to the sideline and waited to pick it up. The ball happened to be missed by him on the sideline. Intercepted.

Giggs glanced inside and outside Barcelona's penalty area and found that only Gao Xiaodong and Rooney were in the penalty area. Puyol, Mascherano, Busques and Pique were all in the penalty area. There was no threat if he passed the ball again. , and Xavi and Iniesta at the front of the penalty area are also back, Scholes and Fletcher did not have the opportunity to take a long shot.

At this time, full-back Evra also assisted to Barcelona's half. Seeing that Giggs did not pass the ball immediately, he glanced at the penalty area and immediately understood Giggs' intention. He immediately gave up the wing and ran quickly. Towards the ribs of the penalty area.

Giggs was overjoyed;

This was a temporarily unguarded area, and he immediately passed the ball across to Evra, who was advancing forward in the ribs.

The Barcelona players were so anxious that they realized there was another gap when Giggs passed the ball. Mascherano stepped forward immediately.

Evra rushed to the ball, raised his thigh and volleyed hard.

Evra is not good at long-range shooting, so he finally got a chance to shoot. He wanted to make a contribution too much and used too much force. As a result, his foot did not hold down and the ball flew directly into the sky. Evra also slipped on the sole of his foot and fell directly. A somersault.

Evra's actions and image are very funny, but Barcelona fans and players are not in the mood to laugh, because Evra's long-range shot opportunity is very good. If it were Gao Xiaodong, Scholes or Rooney, it would be against Barcelona The goal threat was great, and this time there was actually a loophole in the defense.

After Manchester United's attack, the first half of overtime ended. The two sides exchanged venues and continued the second half of overtime.

In the first and second half of overtime, the venue was only changed without rest. Manchester United, with one more player, was not conservative. They pushed the defense to the midfield, trying to eliminate Barcelona's offense beyond the 30-meter area. At the same time, after stealing the ball, they resolutely hit Barcelona's opponents. Fight back.

Barcelona is missing one player and is actually very tired after playing 105 minutes. However, they are now behind and must fight hard if they want to win the final victory.

At this time, Barcelona had no way out, and Guardiola also made decisive tactical adjustments, moving Pique to the center position, leaving only three defenders in the defense.

Pique is over 1.9 meters tall. He is rooted in Manchester United's penalty area. Barcelona's two wingers finally have a reliable passing point. They no longer rely entirely on short passes to penetrate, and the offensive threat is also growing.

In the 108th minute, Pique received Xavi's overhead long pass and tapped it. After receiving the ball, Iniesta got rid of Scholes and Fletcher with two consecutive fried balls, and then passed diagonally to Villa. Villa entered the penalty area and passed the ball across the ribs to Pique.

At this moment, both Pique and Manchester United's two central defenders had already run past. Pique tapped his heel alertly, and the ball flew from Van der Sar's side to the goal.

It was such a close distance and the shot was so hidden that Van der Sar had no time to get to the ground and there was nothing he could do about it.

Fortunately, Fabio reacted quickly and blocked the ball on the goal line with a big cross in gymnastics.

Barcelona fans and players did not expect that such a ball could be blocked. Pique covered his face with his hands, and Xavi, Iniesta, and Villa also showed desperate looks.

Although Fabio completed a fatal clearance, his movement was too large and too violent. His thigh muscle was strained and he had to leave the field for treatment.

Manchester United has too few defenders this time. There is only a 22-year-old Smalling. He is 1.94 meters tall and plays as a central defender. If he plays a full-back, he will be turned into a wooden stake.

Ferguson is very adaptable. He replaced Fabio with Anderson, who has strong running ability, and asked Gao Xiaodong to play at right back, preparing to defend the last ten minutes.

Seeing Gao Xiaodong playing full-back, Manchester United fans sighed, it's great to have Gao Xiaodong, he can fill in any position he is lacking. Chinese fans even joked that money is not everything, but Gao Xiaodong is everything. Gao Xiaodong is a brick for Manchester United, he can be moved wherever needed.

However, neutral fans are wondering whether it is okay to let Gao Xiaodong play as a full-back. Gao Xiaodong has never played this position.

Barcelona players were overjoyed to see Gao Xiaodong play as a right back. Among Manchester United's attacking lineups, the one Barcelona fears most is Gao Xiaodong, followed by Rooney. Now that Gao Xiaodong is playing as a defender, Rooney alone cannot pose a threat. There is one less person. Barcelona began to attack boldly with confidence.

Barcelona is very talented offensively. Even if they played less than one player, because of Pique's high point to contain them, they still played a wonderful offense in Manchester United's half.

In the 111th minute, Puyol forced Evra from the wing and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area. As Pique, Pedro and Villa pressed Manchester United's defense into the penalty area, Xavi easily passed the ball to the front of the penalty area. Gaining space, he volleyed straight to the right side of the goal.

This time Van der Sar was in a good position and he flew to save the ball from the baseline.

Barcelona took a corner kick. During the scramble between Pique and Vidic, neither one of them hit the ball. Puyol headed the ball over the top and hit the defender.

After the ball bounced out, it fell to Busquet's feet again. Busquet, Pedro, and Xavi continued to make short passes. Pique took away a defensive player, and then Pedro returned in the middle. Ines Tower made a powerful shot from 25 meters away, but the angle of the ball was slightly right and was directly caught by Van der Sar.

Van der Sar saw that Pedro had reached the center and did not return to the wing. Gao Xiaodong was empty on the wing. He immediately threw the ball to Gao Xiaodong, who was the full-back.