Chapter 1,197 The Scorpion Tail Wags

Chelsea clearly had the advantage, but Chelsea fans became more and more frightened as they watched.

Old fans all know that it is very dangerous to have the advantage but not score, especially in a strong dialogue.

Although Manchester United is a bit passive, as long as Manchester United counterattacks, the victory will basically be sealed.

Whether Chelsea wants to win or escape from Old Trafford, they must score quickly.

When there are offensive opportunities, calmness is actually more important than taking more shots.

Like the last game between Manchester United and Benfica, after Manchester United conceded the goal, Ferguson asked the players to improve the quality of their shots and try to give Rooney and Gao Xiaodong scoring opportunities.

Chelsea's head coach Villas-Boas is not as experienced as Ferguson. In this case, he did not let the players change the rhythm, but continued to wave the players forward, hoping to forcefully destroy Manchester United's defense.

Chelsea's starting players are older and more experienced than Manchester United, but now they are in a state of passion. Everyone is eager to score and equalize the score. The head coach is constantly urging them from the sidelines. It is difficult for them to wake up from the frenzy.

Manchester United's players did not want to fight Chelsea's defensive counterattack. Against a championship opponent like Chelsea, Manchester United wished they could score seven or eight goals like they did against Arsenal and destroy the Blues' championship ambitions.

It's just that after Chelsea lost the ball, their fighting spirit became stronger, their fight became more fierce, and their momentum became stronger. Manchester United had to avoid its edge.

Manchester United and Chelsea were similar in strength, but they were forced to defend against counterattacks. However, every Manchester United player never thought about holding on to a score of 1-0. Seizing the opportunity to score another goal was the first thought of every Manchester United player.

Chelsea gets a corner kick.

Lampard kicked a very spinning banana ball.

Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea had performed well before and gained confidence. With so many offensive and defensive players in the penalty area, he boldly rushed to the small penalty area to take this corner kick.

De Gea is tall and has long arms, and he also correctly judged the flight path of the ball. However, when he picked up the ball, he was accidentally bumped by Terry. As a result, he failed to hold the ball and fell.

Manchester United players and fans were horrified to see De Gea take action.

"Ah! What a mistake!"

"This kid can't help but praise him!"

"The talent is there,

Too unstable! "

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Manchester United fans were talking a lot, and even Schmeichel shook his head, disapproving of De Gea's attack.

De Gea was lucky. There were many people in the penalty area. The ball dropped and landed at the feet of Evans. Evans subconsciously kicked the ball hard. The ball hit the legs of two players and changed direction twice. Finally, Anderson kicked out of the penalty area again.

De Gea's shot attracted almost all Manchester United players to the penalty area. After the ball flew out, it fell to the feet of Chelsea players.

Sturridge then lobbed to the side of the penalty area. Torres grabbed the landing point and shot an overhead kick, but the ball hit the side net.

The net shook, and fans from both sides thought the ball had been scored, and cheers and exclamations erupted for a moment.

Chelsea continued to attack, and Manchester United's defense was under great pressure. However, De Gea did not intend to slow down the pace when he took the goal kick. He drove forward with a big kick and directly looked for forward Rooney.

Although Rooney is not tall enough, he is strong enough. Under the pressure of Rooney, Terry failed to push the ball forward and the ball flew to the side.

Gao Xiaodong and Ashley Cole rushed to grab the ball's landing point almost at the same time.

Gao Xiaodong was young and had better explosive power and speed. He grabbed the header and swung it towards the center, passing it to Rooney who ran over to meet him.

Rooney pulled the ball and turned around, getting rid of Meireres who was following him, and fired an angry shot from 25 yards.

Rooney did these two moves very well and the quality of his shot was very high.

However, Cech is an old rival of Manchester United. He is very familiar with Rooney and is very wary. When Rooney started to kick, Cech judged the route of the shot and flew to save the ball beyond the baseline.

Manchester United won a corner kick.

Some time ago, Manchester United had been beaten by Chelsea. Now that there was an opportunity for a set piece, everyone stepped forward enthusiastically, preparing to grab a shot.

Chelsea had the upper hand when it came to competing for aerial balls. Manchester United had not taken advantage of Manchester United's previous set-piece opportunities.

This time Gao Xiaodong did not pass the ball directly to the penalty area. He crossed the penalty area with a long pass, found Nani on the other side, and ran towards the penalty area himself.

Gao Xiaodong's long pass was extremely accurate, crossing the crowd in the penalty area and finding Nani's head.

The fans applauded the long pass in unison, and many praised Gao Xiaodong's long pass for reaching the level of Scholes.

Gao Xiaodong's long pass greatly exceeded the expectations of the Chelsea defenders. When the ball flew over their heads, they thought Gao Xiaodong had kicked the corner kick high.

Gao Xiaodong's intention was to disrupt Chelsea's man-to-man defense and allow Nani to cross.

But Nani has a strong preference for breakthroughs. If he only plays once or twice in each game, it seems like he has kicked the ball in vain.

After the ball was passed, he originally had time and space to pass the ball into the penalty area, but Nani did not pass the ball. Instead, he dunked over Bosingwa who rushed over and ran to the baseline with the ball.

This was unexpected by the Chelsea players. After Nani got the ball, the Chelsea players hurriedly looked for the person they were marking to prevent Nani from passing the ball.

Seeing Nani going down, the Manchester United defender ran back. Chelsea's players could not all stay in the penalty area and quickly spread out to protect the front edge of the penalty area.

But at this moment, Nani passed the ball.

In fact, according to Nani's temper, he will not pass if he reaches the bottom line. Even if he reaches the bottom line, he may cut inside and hit the goal.

The reason why Nani passed the ball was because he saw Gao Xiaodong raising his hand to ask for the ball.

Nani was in great awe of Gao Xiaodong and dared not pass the ball. Moreover, when Gao Xiaodong ran out of space, he had to pass the ball.

When Gao Xiaodong ran into the penalty area, Chelsea's penalty area was in chaos. Everyone had their own defensive tasks. In addition, the attention was on Nani, and no one paid attention to Gao Xiaodong.

When Gao Xiaodong raised his hand to ask for the ball, Terry saw it and ran towards Gao Xiaodong to prevent Gao Xiaodong from catching the ball and shooting.

Gao Xiaodong originally wanted to header the ball towards the goal, but when he saw Terry approaching, no matter how good his jumping ability was, he did not want to compete with Terry for the header, so he ran towards Terry.

Terry was running towards the landing spot. Gao Xiaodong ran over to block Terry's way, so it was impossible for Terry to grab the landing spot. However, Gao Xiaodong would also run past the landing spot, and neither of them could grab the landing spot. Especially This is completely acceptable. His purpose is not to let Gao Xiaodong get the ball. As for Gao Xiaodong passing the ball, it doesn't matter whether there is a Manchester United player on the wing to catch the ball. The most dangerous person for Manchester United is Gao Xiaodong.

Terry did not stop. Instead, he accelerated towards Gao Xiaodong, trying to knock Gao Xiaodong upside down.

Gao Xiaodong ran past the landing point, but before Terry could arrive, Gao Xiaodong suddenly jumped high and hooked the ball towards the goal with his right foot in a very difficult scorpion swing from behind.