Chapter 1,132 Killing the Game

In the 70th minute of the game, trailing by two goals and missing an excellent scoring opportunity, Tottenham's players finally began to get anxious.

The players no longer trust their teammates and no longer cooperate patiently. Many of them just go it alone when they get the ball, or just shoot from long range.

Even if Manchester United's defense is just a bunch of young people, such an offense will hardly pose much of a threat to them.

Without the pressure on the defense, Manchester United invested more and more troops in offense and created more and more scoring opportunities.

After a beautiful counterattack by Manchester United, Hernandez hit the goal post with a push shot. Hodgson could not sit still. He made another substitution adjustment. Midfielder Livermore was replaced by Huddlestone. Substituted, Tottenham continued to strengthen their offense.

It is a bit risky to use up all three substitutions at this time. Once another player is injured or someone is sent off with a red card, Tottenham will have no way to make adjustments, but Hodgson can only do this, facing such difficulties. In this situation, Hodgson has no better solution except substitution.

The player named Huddlestone is 25 years old this year. He is a central midfielder. His strength can only be said to be average at Tottenham. For a player like him, if he performs well, he can abide by his duties, allowing him to play his role. It is simply impossible to lead the team to complete a major comeback when trailing 0 to 2. Even Modric may not be able to complete such a task. Hodgson will die if he sends Huddlestone. I acted as a doctor and told the fans and club executives that I had tried my best.

Hodgson's substitutions had no effect, the offense was blind and the defense was disorganized. Tottenham were still firmly suppressed by Manchester United in the away game. There were dangers in front of the goal and the third goal could be conceded at any time.

Tottenham fans originally hoped that the substitution would have the effect of changing the knife. At first, they sang the team anthem vigorously to cheer the players, but when they saw Huddlestone quickly disappearing from the crowd, they sat in despair. There was silence on the seat.

Only the cheers of Manchester United fans were left in the stands. They kept applauding, sang the team song, and shouted the names of outstanding players from time to time, adding to the intense atmosphere of the game.

Manchester United's players are still working tirelessly to score the third goal. The 2:0 score cannot reassure them, because as long as Tottenham scores one more goal, everything is possible, and if Manchester United scores one more goal, the game will be over. It's definitely over.

The best opportunity came in the 80th minute of the game.

Manchester United quickly launched a counterattack. Giggs dribbled the ball forward and pushed across the left side. Rooney took the ball and handed it to Gao Xiaodong in the middle. Gao Xiaodong immediately looked for Hernandez, and Hernandez knocked his heel. After passing the ball, Rooney followed up at high speed and shot the lower left corner of the goal with his right foot in the penalty area.

This series of coordination by Manchester United is dazzling. Tottenham's defensive players are like headless flies following Manchester United's players.

Finally, Rooney was given an easy shot.

At such a close distance, a shooter like Rooney is almost certain to score as long as he shoots within the goal frame.

However, with such a huge goal, Rooney pushed the ball into the legs of goalkeeper Friedel.

Within the scope of the goal frame, that is, no goal can be scored in this situation.

Goalkeeper Friedel almost gave up, but he never expected Rooney to be so humble and not score.

The Manchester United fans were ready to celebrate when Rooney shot, but Rooney choked him back. The Manchester United fans were speechless and almost suffered internal injuries.

The on-site commentator He Hui smiled bitterly and said: "I have brought this cake to my mouth, but I still don't eat it. What's wrong with Rooney? Don't you want to eat the cake if it wasn't made by Gao Xiaodong?"

Such a ball is not scored, which is really not the case for a player of Rooney's level. Ferguson watched from the sidelines and cursed. He actually has great expectations for Rooney. He believes that Rooney has a chance to catch up with Gao Xiaodong. , but now it seems that the lack of ability to seize opportunities will become the biggest obstacle on Rooney's path forward.

Tottenham survived the catastrophe and immediately had a chance to score. Van der Vaart took a long shot from 30 meters away. The ball hit Carrick's leg and was slightly deflected. Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea hurriedly During the save, the ball was not held firmly and fell directly in front of Tottenham forward Defoe.

Faced with such a pie falling from the sky, Defoe was a little unprepared. He subconsciously took a kick, but the ball unexpectedly missed the goal post.

This goal almost made Hodgson and Tottenham fans cry. Manchester United had already given them a chance, but Tottenham's players were even more useless. They haven't seized a single opportunity so far.

Manchester United head coach Ferguson also shook his head secretly. De Gea's performance in this game was originally perfect, but he lost another point just now. If a goalkeeper cannot maintain concentration for 90 minutes, if he can't maintain concentration for 90 minutes, If you can't maintain stability, it will be too difficult to become a world-class goalkeeper.

The on-site commentator He Hui said it well, "It seems that the outcome has been decided. Players from both sides of the game began to perform happy football for the fans."

Although Manchester United missed many opportunities, Manchester United is the leading side, and they are two goals ahead. This is their confidence, and the players are not frustrated by this. They believe that as long as Tottenham continues to attack aggressively, they will definitely score goals for them. Opportunity.

In the 85th minute of the game, the chance to score finally came.

Van der Vaart passed back in the middle under the pressure of Gao Xiaodong, but the force of his return was a bit weak, and Gao Xiaodong quickly followed up and intercepted it.

There are people behind Gao Xiaodong and there are people in front of him. He cannot increase his speed. If he continues to hold the ball, he will definitely get a tactical foul from his opponent.

In an instant, Gao Xiaodong made the wisest decision. He distributed the ball to Giggs on the wing.

Giggs has no one around him and hasn't performed well since he came on the field. Spurs were busy attacking and almost forgot about him.

Giggs quickly dribbled the ball towards the baseline. Before he reached the baseline, Giggs found that Rooney and Hernandez had already caught up with him, creating a situation where two ghosts were chasing the goal. Tottenham only needed one central defender to catch up. .

Giggs decisively gave up and made a low cross pass to the penalty area.

Rooney and Giggs have been working together for many years and have a good understanding. When Giggs passed the ball, he suddenly stepped forward and shook his head to attack the goal.

Rooney's sudden diagonal thrust caught both the opponent's defender and goalkeeper off guard. Friedel could only watch as the ball flew past him and into the net.

3:0

After scoring the goal, Rooney was inexplicably excited. He lifted up his jersey and rushed to the stands to accept the cheers of the fans.

The whole place was boiling again. All the fans had forgotten Rooney's original mistake and started chanting Rooney's name, applauding him for scoring three goals in two games.

Rooney's goal killed the game and completely shattered the fighting spirit of Tottenham people. In the last six or seven minutes, Tottenham could no longer launch a counterattack and could only accept the result of 23 years of winless away games.

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