Chapter 937: A Complementary Shot to Tie the Game

Fifteen minutes later, when Valencia stepped onto the lawn of Old Trafford, a burst of warm applause broke out from all the Manchester United fans.

After suffering a broken leg, after six months of arduous and boring recovery, Ecuadorian winger Valencia finally returned to the field.

When Manchester United is hit by a large-scale injury wave, Valencia's comeback can be described as a timely help.

Valencia came on to replace Carrick and played as a wing midfielder. Hernandez also came to roam on the wing. Rooney acted as a human shield in the middle. Manchester United's formation became 433.

After the start of the second half, the focus of attention was on Valencia. Both Manchester United fans and Inter Milan fans wanted to see how Valencia recovered after breaking his leg and whether he was still the lightning-fast winger he was back then.

Valencia obviously understood the fans' expectations, but after the serious injury, Valencia played much more cautiously. When Gao Xiaodong passed the ball to him, Valencia did not stop the ball and directly returned it to the following winger. Defender Rafael wanted to run behind the Inter Milan defender and play a back-cut with Rafael.

Inter Milan defender Chivu knew that Valencia was recovering from a serious injury and deliberately wanted to intimidate Valencia. When Valencia returned the pass, he kicked Valencia directly from behind and knocked Valencia to the ground.

The referee also knew that Valencia had broken his leg, but could not see Chivu's behavior. He punished Chivu for a foul and gave Manchester United a free kick.

When Gao Xiaodong came over to take a free kick, he winked at Valencia. Valencia understood and quickly ran towards the baseline.

Gao Xiaodong ran over and passed the ball behind Chivu.

Valencia's speed is second to none in the Premier League. He started early and the aging Chivu simply couldn't keep up.

Manchester United players all know that Valencia is not good at cutting inside. When Valencia caught up with the ball near the baseline, Gao Xiaodong, Scholes, and Hernandez had already rushed to the penalty area and prepared to outflank the shot.

Valencia passed a half-high ball into the penalty area, looking for Rooney in the middle.

Valencia's cross was very thoughtful. The players outflanked by Manchester United in the middle were not tall. The half-high ball he passed made Inter Milan's defensive players very uncomfortable.

Ranocchia did not touch the ball at the front point, and Rooney in the middle missed the ball with his header. Hernandez from the back point flew up and kicked the ball towards the back corner of the goal, but the ball hit the side netting.

Although Manchester United failed to score this time,

But Valencia's side attack made everyone excited, because it turned out that the lightning-fast Valencia was back.

After Valencia came on the field, he and Rooney attacked on the wing. One was fast and the other was strong, which posed a great threat to Inter Milan's wing defense.

Inter Milan divided their forces to defend the wings, and Manchester United's central players finally gained space that was not available in the first half.

In the 55th minute of the game, Rooney broke through from the wing and was double-teamed. He protected the ball and passed it to Gao Xiaodong in the middle. Gao Xiaodong saw that Inter Milan was empty in the middle, and only Motta was left in the midfielder. He quickly Break forward with the ball.

Gao Xiaodong's long-range shot was very powerful. Motta did not dare to be too far away from Gao Xiaodong when he retreated, ready to block Gao Xiaodong's shot at any time.

Gao Xiaodong was such a cunning person that he could see Motta's thoughts at a glance. After he took the ball to the thirty-meter area, he suddenly raised his leg to shoot.

The more Motta is familiar with Gao Xiaodong, the more he knows how powerful Gao Xiaodong's long-range shots are. Whenever Gao Xiaodong makes a shot, whether it's true or not, he has to block it. He must not let Gao Xiaodong shoot casually.

Motta quickly stretched out his foot to block the ball, but Gao Xiaodong flicked the ball, changed direction, shook Motta away, and quickly broke forward.

Mota was passed by in one step. With Gao Xiaodong's speed, it was absolutely impossible for Mota to catch up.

Motta also understood this, and he was prepared in advance. When Gao Xiaodong changed direction, he reached out and grabbed Gao Xiaodong's jersey.

When Gao Xiaodong accelerated forward, Motta quickly grabbed Gao Xiaodong's jersey and pulled him backwards. However, Motta did not expect that Gao Xiaodong's jersey was made of special material and was particularly slippery. Gao Xiaodong's sprint was also powerful, but Motta did not. Pulling him, Gao Xiaodong shook him off and rushed towards the two defenders.

Hernandez, who was playing as a pseudo-center, was very smart. When he saw his boss dribbling the ball, he immediately ran towards the ribs and took defender Ranocchia away for Gao Xiaodong to open up space.

Inter Milan's last defender, Lucio, had been teammates with Gao Xiaodong for a year, and he knew Gao Xiaodong very well. Facing Gao Xiaodong alone, he did not dare to make a move easily. He could only fight and retreat, waiting for the support of his teammates.

Lucio is the world's top central defender. Even though he is older, Gao Xiaodong does not dare to shoot or break through easily. He took two steps forward and saw Scholes running over from one side through his super glasses. Gao Xiaodong flicked the ball, quickly changed direction, and thrust into the penalty area.

Lucio saw Gao Xiaodong running towards the penalty area, and he followed Gao Xiaodong towards the penalty area as quickly as possible, but did not see Gao Xiaodong change the ball and did not touch the ball, but left the ball where it was. , just ran towards the penalty area.

Both the offensive and defensive sides were deceived by Gao Xiaodong. Seeing Gao Xiaodong change direction towards his running route, Scholes also deliberately slowed down, but Scholes immediately saw the ball in front of him and he was overjoyed. , followed up with two quick steps, and whipped the ball towards the goal with one instep.

Lucio saw that Gao Xiaodong didn't have the ball at his feet, and it was already too late to stop and intercept Scholes.

The ball flew close to Gao Xiaodong's body and towards the goal.

Gao Xiaodong saw the ball flying to the right side of the goal. He was very alert and moved two steps to the right.

These two steps of Gao Xiaodong's movement are very crucial. Goalkeeper Cesar threw the ball to the side with both hands. The ball flew right in front of Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong pushed the ball with the arch of his foot and accurately pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal.

2:2

Gao Xiaodong succeeded in making a supplementary shot to tie the score at 2:2. Manchester United led Inter Milan with a total score of 4:3.

After scoring the goal, Gao Xiaodong no longer suppressed himself. He covered his ears with his hands and ran towards the stands of Manchester United fans. However, Gao Xiaodong deliberately made a detour, ran past Sneijder, and directed at Sneijder. De blinked.

This goal threw salt into the pot and the whole Old Trafford stadium was boiling.

"nice shot!"

"The cooperation just now was so beautiful!"

"Gao Xiaodong kept the ball too much!"

"Scholes's shot was a bit weak, so I replaced it with Gao Xiaodong and it went straight in!"

"This goal is so important!"

"But we have to keep scoring goals to ensure promotion!"

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The Manchester United fans cheered and waved at Gao Xiaodong who ran over, saying words of praise that Gao Xiaodong could never hear.

Compared with the first goal, this goal is too critical. If Inter Milan scores first and then defends, Manchester United will be in danger.

In addition to being important, this one is also very beautiful. The ball Gao Xiaodong left for Scholes was so imaginative that it even fooled the world's top central defender Lucio. Especially the movement before the final follow-up shot was completely It's just the forward's sense of smell. If he replaced a pure midfielder, the possibility of scoring this goal would be less.

Ferguson was calm and composed in the locker room, but in fact, his heart was always hanging on his mind. Inter Milan is the defending champion, and the fighting power shown in the away game also vaguely shows the style of the defending champion. What if Inter Milan really scores another goal? , Manchester United needs to score two more goals, and there is a high probability that it will be a huge upset.

However, Gao Xiaodong's goal gave Ferguson some peace of mind. Although Inter Milan could score another goal and eliminate Manchester United with more away goals, the initiative has returned to Manchester United after all.

Leonardo's body was shaking, it was Gao Xiaodong again, his tactics were almost successful, but Gao Xiaodong saved Manchester United again, just like Gao Xiaodong saved Inter Milan last season, Leonardo felt that Gao Xiaodong simply It's the magic star in his life.

Moratti's expression in the VIP box changed drastically. He seemed to see Gao Xiaodong from Inter Milan blocking the killer. Although Inter Milan still has a chance, Moratti has lost confidence in the team. He had a hunch that Gao Xiaodong might score another goal and completely kill Inter Milan.