Chapter 871 Creativity

Beep!

Referee Weber's whistle sounded.

Manchester United players and fans were very excited, thinking that Webb had awarded a penalty kick.

Liverpool's players also angrily came over to protest to Webb.

However, Webber did not award a penalty kick, but instead awarded Manchester United an indirect free kick in the penalty area.

Manchester United's players were dissatisfied. They thought Agger tripped Berbatov and it should have been a penalty.

Weber waved his hand to indicate that he was calling Agger's kick, not tripping Berbatov. Agger kicked the ball away before tripping Berbatov.

As expected, it was worthy of being the Premier League Golden Whistle. Weber's penalty and explanation were still very reasonable. It neither changed the direction of the game nor caused Manchester United to suffer. Both Manchester United and Liverpool were speechless.

The threat of free kicks in the penalty area is also great. If the penalty can be taken well, the chance of scoring is not small.

Gao Xiaodong and Scholes stood in front of the ball and discussed how to serve the free kick.

Liverpool's players, facing a formidable enemy, called everyone into the penalty area and stood on the goal line to prevent Manchester United from shooting through the wall.

Scholes whispered to Gao Xiaodong: "I'll dial it, and you can shoot it vigorously."

Gao Xiaodong looked at the human wall set up by Liverpool, frowned and said: "Brother Paul, the human wall is too dense, I'm afraid it will be difficult to penetrate."

Scholes said: "Besides this, there is no better way."

Gao Xiaodong glanced at the outside of the penalty area and said: "Liverpool didn't send anyone to defend at all. How about you move the ball outside the penalty area and let Rooney or Berbatov take a long shot."

When Scholes heard this, he looked happy and said: "Yes! This is a good idea! But you are more reliable than Rooney in long-range shooting. Go ahead and shoot."

Gao Xiaodong said: "If I go, the Liverpool people will guess it. If I stay in the penalty area, Liverpool will not doubt it."

Although Gao Xiaodong is young, he is thoughtful and considers every detail. Scholes couldn't help showing admiration and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

Gao Xiaodong called Rooney over and told him the free kick plan. Rooney was very happy and ran outside the penalty area to wait for the shot.

Referee Webber blew the whistle and Scholes came over to kick the ball. Liverpool players and goalkeeper Reina focused their attention on Gao Xiaodong to prevent him from hitting the goal hard.

However, Scholes did not move horizontally to let Gao Xiaodong shoot. Instead, he passed the ball back to the front of the penalty area and found Rooney.

Rooney had been waiting for a long time. After the ball was passed, Rooney followed up with a blast. The ball shot up from the ground and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

"Ah! Scholes didn't pass the ball to Gao Xiaodong, he passed it to Rooney outside the penalty area! The ball went in! What a beautiful free kick."

"Be creative! Who said Manchester United can only play simple and crude tactics."

"Who is this free kick idea? It can't be Scholes. He is too old to have such flexible ideas. It must be Gao Xiaodong."

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This is indeed a very clever free kick. The Liverpool players never thought that Gao Xiaodong, a super heavy gunner, did not shoot. Instead, Rooney, who was standing outside the penalty area, fired. They did not even jump up to block it. , all watched blankly as the ball flew towards the goal.

Liverpool goalkeeper Reina also didn't expect Manchester United to play such a clever free kick. He almost reacted after Rooney shot.

Obviously it is difficult to fully exert force in such a hasty save. Reina did not jump high enough. He tried his best to stretch his arms to try to block the ball.

But Rooney's feet are so tough that only Gao Xiaodong from Manchester United can compete with him. If Reina saw this shot right away, he would probably be able to save it, but now, he can only watch the ball and sigh. .

The ball flew into the net against the goal post.

1:0

"goalgoalgoal...goal! Manchester United blitz goal! A wonderful free kick,

Scholes dialed the ball, Gao Xiaodong attracted attention, and finally Rooney scored from a long shot! Manchester United has taken the lead. If this score is maintained until the end of the game, Manchester United will eliminate Liverpool and advance to the fourth round of the FA Cup... "

The on-site commentator Martin was very excited and surprised. He stood up and loudly praised Manchester United's goal.

After scoring the goal, Rooney was very happy. He quickly ran towards Gao Xiaodong and Scholes, and hit Gao Xiaodong hard on the chest, "Gao! It's in! It's really in! I think it must have been you." bad idea."

Gao Xiaodong laughed, "I helped you score a goal, but you actually said I had a bad idea and won't pass it next time."

Rooney said quickly: "Gao, that's not what I meant. I was praising you."

Holding the grass is such a boast, but Gao Xiaodong didn't say anything more and ran to the sidelines to celebrate with his teammates.

Ferguson on the sidelines did not expect that the players on the field would play such a free kick in the penalty area. Such cooperation has never been practiced.

Ferguson knew Scholes very well. Scholes could do anything in the midfield, and he did it very well, but he just lacked imagination. This goal was definitely not done by Scholes, not by Scholes. If Ernst did it, let alone Rooney, then there is only one possibility, and that is that Gao Xiaodong designed this tactic.

This kid is really good. He has good skills and is smart. He can definitely stand on his own. Ferguson secretly thought that if he continues to grow like this, it would be nothing for him to be the vice-captain this season.

King Dalglish of Liverpool has a longer face. Although he has just taken over Liverpool for less than a day, after taking over, he put a lot of effort into this game and thought hard before he came up with a way to deal with Manchester United. Thinking about the opening goal in less than a minute, Manchester United scored first, which made all Dalglish's tactical arrangements useless. If Manchester United ignores face and plays defensive counterattack at home, Liverpool will definitely be in trouble today.

Based on Dalglish's understanding of Ferguson, he felt that Ferguson could definitely do such a thing.

However, people like Dalglish would never admit defeat. He called Gerrard to the sidelines and said: "Tell the players to continue to play according to the pre-match tactical arrangements, don't think about falling behind, limit Gao Xiaodong, and don't let Gao Xiaodong scored, and now we are leading. Manchester United will definitely create opportunities for Gao Xiaodong. As long as we keep an eye on Gao Xiaodong, Manchester United's offensive threat will be reduced by at least half. As long as the score is not expanded, we will have a chance."

Gerrard did not expect to be scored by his opponent in less than a minute after the start. He was very angry and thought that Dalglish would change his tactics and launch an attack on Manchester United. Unexpectedly, Dalglish asked him to continue playing according to the original plan. Gerrard was a little annoyed, but Dalglish's status in the minds of Manchester United players and fans was too high. Gerrard was much worse than Dalglish. Gerrard had to put his doubts and dissatisfaction in his heart and replied Get on the field and get ready to play.