Chapter 856: Changes in the Situation

Rooney failed to score a goal when he had a chance to seal the victory. Manchester United fans were regretful, but also slightly worried, because there seemed to be an irregular pattern on the court, and the side that missed the opportunity was often counterattacked by the opponent.

Chelsea's situation is similar to Arsenal's before. They must win, and there is little hope of a draw. If they lose, there is basically no hope of competing for the championship.

In this situation, although Manchester United's counterattack frightened Chelsea, Chelsea's players still moved forward bravely and attacked Manchester United aggressively.

In the 40th minute of the game, Drogba held up Vidic and passed the ball back to Lampard. Lampard followed up with a blast from 27 meters away.

Lampard's long-range shot was quite good, and the ball flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar performed well today. He jumped up and hit the ball over the baseline with his fingertips.

This save almost brought tears to the eyes of Manchester United fans. Van der Sar is about to turn 41 years old. This state is really amazing. Without Van der Sar's several saves, maybe Chelsea would have scored.

Lampard was very depressed. He roared at the snowy sky and ran quickly to the corner flag area to take the corner kick.

Manchester United's goal cannot be broken in sports battles, so Chelsea's hopes are pinned on set kicks. Players who can grab headers all come to Manchester United's penalty area.

Lampard delivered a fast, spinning corner kick.

It is not easy to determine the landing point of such a ball, but the threat is greater after hitting it.

This time Chelsea invested a lot of troops in the penalty area, and even players with average heading ability ran into the penalty area to interfere with the defense of Manchester United players.

High investment brings high rewards, and Ivanovic grabbed the spot. He was teased by Gao Xiaodong today, and he was angry. This header was very powerful, but unfortunately he did not grasp the timing, and the ball hit his forehead. Above, the ball flew high over the baseline.

At this moment, the first half of the game is coming to an end. Van der Sar has rich experience. The ball boy at Stamford Bridge quickly threw the ball to him, but Van der Sar did not pick it up. Instead, he ran behind the goal to pick it up and was beaten by Ivanovic. A flying ball.

Van der Sar's delay caused a burst of boos from Chelsea fans.

Van der Sar took the ball and did not kick it again, but passed it to the full-back Evra.

Evra is also a veteran of the stadium.

He had the same idea as Van der Sar. Now that Chelsea is attacking so fiercely, Manchester United should delay for a while and drag the 1-goal lead into the second half.

After Evra received the ball, Anelka quickly pressed over, but Gao Xiaodong also returned to his side of the penalty area to meet Evra.

Evra passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong did not dribble forward. When Anelka came over, he immediately passed the ball to Evra.

Evra almost gave Gao Xiaodong a thumbs up. From this pass, Evra knew that the Chinese young man had a strong ability to read the game. He knew that time would be consumed now, so he did not move forward as quickly as before, but instead The ball was given back to him.

Anelka continued to come over to press Evra, and Chelsea defender Ivanovic also boldly crossed the center circle to press Gao Xiaodong.

Evra trusted Gao Xiaodong's ability to control the ball, and then passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

When Gao Xiaodong received the ball, Ivanovic had already arrived. Gao Xiaodong could not pass to Evra, and the passing line in the middle was also blocked. Gao Xiaodong was brave and talented, so he immediately turned his back and raised his arms. , protecting the ball from Ivanovic.

Ivanovic thought that with his height and strength, he would have no problem intercepting Gao Xiaodong who was holding the ball with his back, but as soon as the two came into contact, Ivanovic realized that his strength was not as strong as Gao Xiaodong's. Finally, Ivanoqi couldn't squeeze into Gao Xiaodong's side.

Ivanovic pushed Gao Xiaodong to the side as hard as he could, hoping to wait for his teammates to flank Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong is a person who plots against others all day long. He would not be able to see Ivanovic's thoughts. When he saw the linesman running over, Gao Xiaodong suddenly shouted "foul".

Ivanovic was stunned for a moment, he felt that he had not committed a foul, but just as Ivanovic was stunned, Gao Xiaodong knocked the ball towards Ivanovic's crotch with his heel, and turned around from the side. The road goes around Ivanovichi.

Ivanovic is a full-back. After letting Gao Xiaodong pass, the entire right wing was empty. He quickly reached out to pull Gao Xiaodong's jersey.

Gao Xiaodong's jersey is made of special material. After Ivanovic caught it, he felt his hand slipping and he couldn't hold it.

After Gao Xiaodong broke through Ivanovic, he immediately headed towards Chelsea's half at high speed.

Of course, when the opportunity comes, we can't continue to waste time. As long as we score one more goal, victory is guaranteed.

Gao Xiaodong rushed forward from the wing, his speed reaching its peak, giving Chelsea's defenders and midfielders no time to return to defense.

Gao Xiaodong made rapid progress. At first, only forward Rooney was the only Manchester United player to follow, and everyone else was left behind.

Gao Xiaodong wanted to pass from the bottom, but he suddenly saw Nani coming up from the other side, and there was no one to defend him. Ashley Cole didn't know why he didn't come back.

Gao Xiaodong immediately gave up the idea of ​​​​playing the ball and found Nani with a long pass.

Nani met the ball and sent it forward with his chest, easily unloaded the ball in front, accelerated a few steps and entered the penalty area.

"Single-handed ball! Single-handed ball!"

"Nani! Shoot him!"

"Seize the opportunity!"

"Pass the ball!"

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Cech had already attacked when Nani unloaded the ball. He quickly approached Nani and reduced the angle of Nani's shot.

At this moment, Rooney had gained a half-length lead in the middle. He quickly raised his hands and shouted for the ball. As long as Nani could pass the ball, Rooney would hit an empty goal.

Of course, Nani definitely didn't pass it. It's not that Nani didn't want to pass it. Cech came up too fast and Nani had no time to observe his surroundings.

Nani feinted and immediately pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal with the arch of his foot.

This kick was very simple, but Cech was experienced. He judged that Nani was going to hit the far corner, and he got down quickly. He fell to the ground and threw the ball in his arms.

Another single-handed ball missed, and Nani squatted on the ground holding his head in frustration.

Nani was annoyed and did not block Cech's serve at the first time, but Cech's mind was full of offense. He got up from the ground holding the ball and saw the belated arrival of Ashliko at a glance. you.

Although Ashley Cole returned to defense too slowly this time, Ashley Cole's offense is still very reassuring, not to mention that Nani did not return.

Cech's quick long throw-in found Ashley Cole.

Ashley Cole quickly dribbled the ball along the wing to beat Manchester United's counterattack.

Ashley Cole's offensive power is indeed very strong. O'Shea came to defend, but the gap behind him was too big, and Ashley Cole used his speed to rush directly over.

When Ashley Cole rushed to the side of the penalty area, he saw that Drogba had already entered the penalty area ahead of Ferdinand. Another central defender Vidic was coming to cover the defense. Ashley Cole immediately made a arc. The line ball was passed to the penalty area to find Drogba who was rushing up.

The ball was passed accurately, and Drogba jumped high, preparing to head the ball in the opposite direction to the goalkeeper.

Vidic was one step behind Drogba, but he couldn't watch Drogba grab the point. Knowing that his efforts were in vain, he could only jump up and rush for the point.

Unfortunately, in order to maintain balance, Vidic's arm was opened to one side, and Drogba's header hit Vidic's arm.

After Drogba landed, he immediately raised his hands and shouted for Vidic's handball.

The referee Atkinson also saw the handball. He immediately blew the whistle and ran over, pointing his finger at the penalty spot, and showed Vidic a yellow card.

However, when Atkinson recorded the yellow card, he suddenly discovered that Vidic had already received a yellow card, so he took out the ruby ​​card and gave it to Vidic.