Chapter 1222: Misfortunes Never Come Singly
I just set fire to my bathroom at night, and scored twice the next day!
Balotelli's performance left everyone stunned.
Gao Xiaodong looked at Balotelli standing there with his six-pack abs showing off, feeling speechless and depressed.
Even if he had the system in hand, it would not be easy to score the goal just now. However, the team easily conceded the second goal, which made Gao Xiaodong very helpless and angry.
But now is not the time to be angry. The opponent is very motivated and has stronger morale now. If he keeps falling behind, it may be even more difficult to fight later.
"There are still a few minutes left in the first half, let's get back!"
Gao Xiaodong shouted to his teammates, encouraging them to seize the time to attack.
Manchester United has been suppressing Manchester City for decades and has an unparalleled sense of superiority over Manchester City. Now it is similar to Manchester City in terms of points and lags behind its opponents in Derby. The feeling of humiliation is very heavy. Without Gao Xiaodong's instigation, everyone took action and launched an attack on Manchester City. A fierce attack.
Manchester City's outstanding performance this season has given them great confidence. Now, in addition to competing for the league championship this season, their biggest goal is to defeat Manchester United to prove themselves.
Facing Manchester United's aggressive attack, Manchester City showed great courage. Except for goalkeeper Hart, everyone ran actively, fought hard, and used their diligence and courage to counter Manchester United's technical and tactical advantages.
Manchester City's players are originally top-notch in personal skills, but the players don't get along well, and their cooperation is not as good as Manchester United's. Now that the three armies are working hard, their combat effectiveness is no worse than Manchester United's.
In the last five or six minutes of the first half, although Manchester United tried its best to equalize the score, due to Manchester City's tenacious resistance, Manchester United failed to achieve its goal and could only return to the locker room with a 1-goal disadvantage.
Although the score is behind, most of Manchester United's players do not think that the opponent is high-level and capable, but think that the opponent is lucky and the blind cat has encountered a dead mouse.
Of course, Ferguson would not be as arrogant as the players. He severely criticized: "Is it good luck to score two goals? Have you seen how others scored? In fact, I think Xiaodong's goal is good luck. Don't always be lucky." I feel like my champions and opponents are all weak, and Manchester City played better than you in the first half."
Although Ferguson felt that Manchester City's goal was not luck, he believed that Manchester City ran too aggressively in the first half. Based on his experience, if they ran so hard in the first half, it would probably be over after 70 minutes in the second half.
As long as Manchester United equalizes the score in the second half,
Then they launched a counterattack after 70 minutes, and the victory belonged to Manchester United.
I have to say that Ferguson is cunning and cunning. This strategy is absolutely feasible and the hope of winning is very high.
But the only loophole is, what if Manchester City runs like this for 90 minutes?
The 15-minute intermission passed quickly and the game started again.
Manchester City kicked off the second half, and Manchester United pressed hard in the midfield, preventing Manchester City from easily advancing the ball into their own 30-meter area.
Gao Xiaodong and Fletcher teamed up to intercept Silva's ball. Gao Xiaodong quickly separated the ball and passed it to Nani to launch a quick counterattack.
Nani was eager to attack and dribbled the ball too hard when faced with Klich, who was caught in front of him and intercepted it.
Nani was afraid that Krissy would counterattack, so he kicked Krissy from behind.
Clichy stole the ball and passed it directly to Lescott without stopping. After the ball went out, Clichy was also kicked down by Nani.
The referee Clattenberg saw that the ball was under Manchester City's control and the offense was advantageous, so he did not stop the game.
When Lescott received the ball, he didn't notice Clichy's situation and only stared ahead.
Seeing Balotelli advancing, he immediately made a long pass to the back of the defender.
When Nani kicked Clichy down, the Manchester United players collectively paused. They thought the referee would stop the game.
At this pause, when Lescott made a long pass, Manchester United's two central defenders Ferdinand and Evans failed to keep up with Balotelli.
Balotelli stopped the ball with his chest and drove the ball directly into the penalty area.
Ferdinand and Evans were chasing after him. Evans was young and faster and caught up with Balotelli when Balotelli reached the penalty area line.
At this time, Evans encountered a difficult choice. The foul was still passed from one side.
A foul will definitely result in a red card. If it were bypassed from one side, Balotelli might have already shot.
Without much time to think, Evans made a decision in an instant. He flew and shoveled Balotelli from behind.
Since he must get a red card, let his opponent pay some price. This was Evans' only thought when he made the move.
Balotelli's tall body collapsed, the ball rolled forward, and the attacking goalkeeper De Gea flew towards him.
Beep!
The referee's shrill whistle sounded, and he ran over quickly, showed Evans the red card, and then looked down at Balotelli, who was lying motionless.
After Balotelli was tackled by Evans, he lay there motionless, as if he had fainted.
It was just a shovel, so he wouldn't faint. Besides, even if his leg was broken by the shovel, he would still be rolling in pain. Why couldn't he be motionless?
The referee Clattenburg quickly turned around and called the team doctor to come on. At this time, Balotelli suddenly sat up like a corpse.
Not only was Clattenburg shocked, but Evans and the players from both sides who came to watch were also shocked.
"You're such a liar!"
Gao Xiaodong was so angry that he really wanted to kick this kid. What kind of occasion was this? Hundreds of millions of fans around the world were watching, and he actually played this trick.
Balotelli was actually badly shoveled. He limped to his feet, pointed at Evans with a smile and said: "He shoveled me, I have to scare him."
Gao Xiaodong and everyone were dumbfounded.
Less than two minutes into the second half, Evans was sent off and the score fell behind. The opponent also received a free kick on the penalty area line. The situation became very critical for Manchester United.
Before Ferguson's tactics could be implemented, he almost suffered a devastating blow. Sir Alex's face was ashen and he didn't even look at Evans who was sent off. He directly let Phil Jones come on to replace Hernandez. , let Smalling play as a central defender to keep the defense intact.
When the score was behind, they had to replace the forward with a defender. This was a huge blow to Manchester United.
This also means that in the next nearly 45 minutes of the game, Manchester United can only play with one less player.
After the substitution, Ferguson said silently in his heart, Xiao Donggao, Rooney, it all depends on you now.
Although Manchester City's free kick is too close to the goal and is not easy to curve, as long as it goes through the wall, it is almost certain to go in, and it is difficult for the goalkeeper to react.
Goalkeeper De Gea gave up protecting other positions and formed a two-layer wall to prevent Manchester City's free kick attack.
It was Silva who took the free kick.
Silva was originally going to learn how to play ground ball from Gao Xiaodong. When he saw De Gea forming two walls and knew that ground ball was difficult, he decided to cooperate with Balotelli.
After the whistle, Silva pushed the ball, and taking advantage of the chaos in the wall, Balotelli kicked hard towards the goal.