Chapter 749: Free Kick

Seeing the ball hit the net, Gao Xiaodong cheered, ran to the stands, and raised his arms and shouted at the Red Devils who were accompanying the team to support the game.

"pretty!"

"Fuck Fulham!"

"High, high, high!"

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The Manchester United fans who had been suppressed for a long time burst into laughter. They raised their arms and shouted along with Gao Xiaodong, instantly suppressing Fulham's momentum.

Ferguson was extremely surprised and rushed out of the coaching bench. Gao Xiaodong's shot was not a good offensive opportunity. He never expected to be touched by the defender. Scoring at this time changed not only the score, but also the situation on the field. With this goal, Manchester United had a chance to reverse the score.

Giggs applauded and said to Neville: "This kid is still a lucky general!"

Neville said happily: "Indeed, I hope he can help Manchester United change their fortunes and win Fulham."

Fulham's head coach Mark Hughes was not happy for a long time when the defender got the ball into his own goal. Mark Hughes was so angry that he kicked the windshield and roared at Hanglanda from a distance. Fan.

But he is still angry. Mark Hughes knows both Manchester United and Ferguson very well. He knows that this team that values ​​momentum will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack. The Chinese boy is very active on the front line. In the remaining 20 minutes, he must freeze the high Xiaodong, otherwise, maybe the reputation of "Home Dragon" will be lost to him.

Mark Hughes immediately made substitution adjustments, defensive midfielder Greening came on, replaced Murphy, and asked Greening to help defend Gao Xiaodong and cut off the passing line from Manchester United players to Gao Xiaodong.

Mark Hughes's idea was good, and his countermeasures were also good. After Gao Xiaodong came up to the front line, he played more of a bridgehead role, playing ball for the midfielder and Berbatov, or directly playing a kick.

It's ridiculous to say that a forward worth 80 million and a height of 1.73 meters serves as a bridgehead for a forward worth 40 million and a height of 1.88 meters, but there is no other way. Berbatov is unwilling to do the dirty work. , only Gao Xiaodong can top it.

But what Mark Hughes didn't expect was that Gao Xiaodong had all the skills of an S-level professional player. He could kick with the ball and his movement without the ball was close to that of a star.

After Greening came on as a substitute, Gao Xiaodong had fewer opportunities to get the ball. He simply no longer competed with the central defender in the penalty area. Instead, he roamed inside and outside the penalty area, pulling in the side from time to time and cooperating with the full midfielder.

In the 75th minute, Evra attacked from the left and made a strong pass. Berbatov headed the ball from the front of the penalty area, but Gao Xiaodong advanced too fast. The ball hit Gao Xiaodong and bounced to goalkeeper Si Tokdar's arms.

Berbatov was so angry that he rolled his eyes at Gao Xiaodong.

One minute later, Fletcher stole the ball in the midfield, and Scholes passed the ball to Berbatov in the midfield. Berbatov knocked the ball directly to Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong dribbled the ball to the side, and Nani was scolded by Ferguson. Then he got smart and immediately cut in from the wing and switched positions with Gao Xiaodong.

The running of Gao Xiaodong and Nani attracted all the attention. At this time, Evra quietly inserted from the side to the baseline.

Gao Xiaodong immediately passed the ball diagonally behind the full-back to find Evra, then turned around and inserted it from the ribs.

This is a good opportunity. After receiving the ball, Evra can pass it to Gao Xiaodong, Berbatov in the middle, or even Nani and Scholes at the front of the penalty area.

But Evra and Berbatov are both players from the continent of Europe. After getting the ball, Evra immediately chose to pass it to Berbatov in the middle.

Berba in the penalty area followed up, fell to the ground and shot.

Berbatov has reached the line of the small penalty area. As long as he touches the ball, he will almost certainly score. However, Berbatov hit the ball into the arms of goalkeeper Stockdahl.

The Fulham goalkeeper almost gave up just now. He never thought that the ball would fly into his arms. He could hardly believe his eyes while holding the ball.

The defender came over and patted goalkeeper Stockdahl on the shoulder to express his gratitude. Stockdahl smiled bitterly in shock and thought, I am also helpless. If you have to shoot into my arms, what can I do?

On-site commentator Martin laughed: "Is Stockdahl's arms so warm? Two consecutive shots hit his arms.

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Gao Xiaodong was also helpless. He felt that his shot was more reliable than Berbatov, but if Evra didn't pass it to him, what could he do?

Seeing that the game entered 8o minutes, Manchester United and Fulham were still tied. At this time, Ferguson made another substitution adjustment. Nani came off the field and replaced the veteran Giggs, hoping to use the experience of the veteran to help Manchester United break the deadlock.

Mark Hughes saw his teacher making substitutions, and he also made substitution adjustments. Mark Hughes was worthy of being a disciple of Ferguson, and his substitutions were also very bold. He replaced the American midfielder Dempsey and replaced him with the talented youngster Dembélé. Step up your offense.

After Giggs came on, Manchester United's attack from the left became more reasonable. However, Fulham's morale increased at this time. Facing Manchester United, they were not afraid of confidence. They dared to make any moves and were not afraid when attacking. Putting in troops, as the saying goes, the less afraid of death, the less likely it is to die. Manchester United's offensive was like a wave, and for a while, there was really nothing they could do against Fulham.

In the blink of an eye, 90 minutes of game time passed, and the fourth official raised the sign of stoppage time, 3 minutes, which also meant that Manchester United only had three minutes to break the curse.

Ferguson didn't want a draw. Chelsea's two consecutive 6:0s put great pressure on Sir Alex Ferguson. He replaced Fletcher, the only defensive midfielder, and replaced him with veteran Owen, giving it a try.

As soon as veteran Owen came on the field, Fulham launched a quick counterattack. Giggs made a cross pass to Berbatov and made a mistake. The ball was intercepted by Duff. Duff then passed it to Dembele, and Dembele got out of the way of Scott. Smith's flying tackle went straight into Manchester United's half.

Manchester United center back Evans felt there was Vidic behind him, so he was a little rash and went straight up to steal the ball. However, Dembele moved very quickly, dunking and adding, passing Evans without even giving his opponent a chance to foul. .

At this time, Dembele should have passed the ball, and Zamora was waiting not far away.

But the youngster Dembele was so excited that he completely forgot that football is played by 11 people. He took the ball and went straight to Vidic and pounced on it.

"Pass! Pass! Pass!" Mark Hughes shouted, almost vomiting blood with anger. Damn, that's the world's top central defender Vidic, not a cat or a dog.

Dembele does have some skills, and he is not afraid at all when facing Vidic. He uses a sham to sink his shoulders and feint, pass the ball past, and quickly break through Vidic.

Vidic wanted to stop Dembele with a foul, but suddenly he saw Gao Xiaodong rushing towards him, and immediately felt relieved and let Dembele pass.

Dembele never expected that Vidic would be so relaxed. He is the best central defender in the world. When I passed him, it was like crossing the road in the early morning. Dembele ran over excitedly to get the ball. He had already begun to dream of becoming famous with one goal.

However, just when Dembele stretched out his foot to touch the ball, a strong wind came from behind. Almost at the same time, a red figure rushed from behind and stretched out his foot to steal the ball.

Dembele became anxious and swooped over to steal the ball, but the passer flicked the ball past the rushing Dembele. He glanced ahead, stretched out his hand, and ripped the sky with a long pass that was over 50 meters away. Flying behind the Fulham defender.

Players on both sides of the offense and defense did not expect that Gao Xiaodong would make a long pass and rush attack from such a long distance. When Gao Xiaodong started to kick, no one except Valencia, who was the most junior, moved. When the ball was flying in the air, the players on both sides Then he ran desperately towards the landing point.

Valencia started early and was fast. He stopped the ball before everyone else, moved forward, and rushed towards Fulham's penalty area.

However, just when Valencia was about to enter the penalty area, defender Aaron Hughes caught up with him. It was already in stoppage time. Aaron Hughes could not watch Valencia single out the goalkeeper. In desperation, he reached out from behind and pulled him down. to Valencia.

"Red card! Red card!"

"Penalty kick!"

The Manchester United fans in the stands and the substitutes outside the field yelled at the referee.

The referee did not hesitate to take out the red card and send off Aaron Hughes, but he believed that Valencia did not enter the penalty area and only gave a free kick.

This was indeed a free kick, and the Manchester United players did not argue too much, but a one-on-one kick turned into a free kick. Although the opponent sent off one person, there was no time left, and the Manchester United players felt very shortchanged.

However, the on-site commentator Martin joked: "Valencia is called by Manchester United fans for not shooting. In fact, if Aaron Hughes should have let Valencia challenge the goalkeeper just now, he probably would have saved himself a red card."

A free kick one step ahead of the penalty area line is a good thing, but a bad thing. The advantage is that it can penetrate the wall, but the disadvantage is that the curved ball cannot be deflected.

Seeing the team's first and second free kick taker Scholes and Giggs discussing, Gao Xiaodong took the initiative to walk over and said in English: "How about I take the penalty? I'm strong."

Scholes and Giggs are indeed in a dilemma. Manchester United's chance of reversal is probably only this one, but this free kick is too difficult to kick. When Gao Xiaodong said this, Scholes's eyes lit up and he felt that Gao Xiaodong should do it. The kick was not bad. With Gao Xiaodong's strength, he would definitely score if he broke through the wall, and he was the one who made the free kick. He said, "Okay! Gao, you go ahead and kick it."

Giggs said: "Don't be pressured, it doesn't matter if you make it or not."

Gao Xiaodong nodded, stood in front of the free kick, and waited for the referee to blow the whistle.

The on-site commentator Martin saw Gao Xiaodong coming to take the penalty and said in surprise: "Is Gao starting to take over free kicks now? But Gao's free kicks are indeed good. In terms of strength alone, he has this qualification and Skol." competition.”

While waiting for the whistle to blow, Gao Xiaodong considered using special points to buy a luck point, but decided it was not worth it and gave up.

Beep!

The referee's whistle sounded.

Gao Xiaodong glanced at the upper left corner of the door, raised his foot against the wall and shot.

The wall dared not not jump, but the moment they jumped, the ball passed through their feet and flew straight to the goal like lightning against the turf.

At such a close distance, goalkeeper Stark Dahl had no time to react and could only watch the ball go into the net.

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At the last moment, Gao Xiaodong's free kick helped Manchester United reverse Fulham, breaking the embarrassing three-year winless record at Craven Cottage.

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