Chapter 953 Counterattack From Zero: Four

At the beginning of the second half of the game, neither Manchester United nor Schalke made any substitution adjustments and continued to fight with the original team.

Manchester United took a 4-goal lead in the first half. In a Champions League knockout match, with such a big advantage at half-time, it was a first time for Manchester United to be a big girl.

Before the game, the media was very optimistic about Manchester United. The bookmaker even offered a two-goal handicap for the home team. The game was even more relaxed. Four goals were scored without any difficulty. It was difficult for Manchester United players not to relax and not be careless. .

It's an understatement for Schalke 04 to say that they were pushed to the edge of the cliff. In fact, they only had half a breath left. If they couldn't score one or two goals in the second half, they would be dead.

It is easy to stimulate people's inner potential in desperate situations. After the start of the second half, Schalke 04 started running wildly from the first minute, desperately speeding up the pace of the game, hoping to use running to make up for the gap in technical experience with Manchester United. .

The physical fitness of German players has always been at the top of the five major leagues. Even in the second half, Schalke 04's speed did not slow down at all, while Manchester United players were a little relaxed and ran like "Berba". It seemed that everyone on the court was wearing blue. The Schalke 04 players wore red jerseys, leaving only dots of red on Manchester United's ball.

Although Schalke 04 did not create many opportunities, and the Manchester United players who were boiled in warm water still did not feel the danger, but Ferguson, who was extremely experienced on the sidelines, felt a hint of danger. He felt that this made Schalke 04 If the fight continues, Manchester United's goal may have problems.

Ferguson waited for five minutes and saw that Manchester United was still playing unhurriedly, while Schalke was orchestrating attacks like a perpetual motion machine. Ferguson became a little impatient.

"Substitute!"

At the 60th minute, Ferguson finally made a substitution adjustment. Park Ji-sung came off the field and Nani came on.

In fact, Park Ji-sung is not the worst player in Manchester United. Ferguson just hopes to use Nani to control the ball, increase the threat of Manchester United's counterattack, and scare Schalke 04.

Obviously Sir Alex's idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, because Schalke 04 is already dying at this moment, how can we still be afraid of Manchester United's counterattack threat, let alone Manchester United's players who have just recovered from injuries. Nani, even if Messi and Ronaldo are on board, Schalke 04 will still continue their desperate attack.

On-site commentator Andy Gray was surprised and somewhat joking: "Schalke was woken up after 0:4, and they started to counterattack. The name Schalke 04 is really good. It was less than 0:4." Not trying my best, but at this point, I don’t know if it will still work..."

Head coach Ferguson makes substitution adjustments.

Opponents are taking more and more shots, which makes Manchester United's players feel dangerous. However, morale and enthusiasm cannot be improved immediately, because they are 11 players with 11 hearts.

In the 65th minute of the game, Schalke 04 made a quick wing attack. Veteran Raul made a pass from the side. Vidic pushed the ball out of the baseline. Schalke 04 got a chance for a corner kick.

Farfan comes to take the corner kick.

Raul was originally grabbing points in the middle, but Raul's height and reaction were not as good as before. Seeing that Manchester United defended very well in the previous corner kicks, Raul gave up the front point in the middle and came over to play tactical corner kicks with Farfan.

Nani, who was defending the front line, quickly came over to follow Raul to prevent Schalke from taking a tactical corner kick.

When Farfan saw Nani following him, he suddenly gave up the tactical corner kick and drove the ball directly into the penalty area.

Matip, who was grabbing a point in the penalty area, suddenly went forward to grab a header. The one who followed Matip was Rooney. Rooney did not follow up at the first time. Nani, who was in the front point, had not come back yet, and Matip grabbed the front point.

Matip headed the ball back and the ball flew to the back point.

After the ball was passed to the back post, Manchester United's defense was already in chaos. The ball was hit by Papadopoulos from the back post 7 meters away from the goal. Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar bravely blocked the ball, but van der Sar saved the ball in a hurry. , the ball did not go far and fell into the penalty area. In the chaos, Smallin kicked the ball into the air. Edu had quick eyes and quick feet. He pushed with the arch of his foot and the ball flew directly into the empty goal.

1:4

In the chaos, Schalke 04 pulled a goal back.

Although the score is still far apart, one away goal is equivalent to two goals. With this goal, back at home, Schalke 04 only needs to score 3 goals to advance, although scoring 3 goals is also impossible. The task was completed, but after all, after scoring an away goal, Schalke 04 returned to the home court and could let go of the attack without worrying about Manchester United scoring one as it could be two.

Rangnick roared passionately. He finally made the right bet. Manchester United was really relaxed, and the players really broke out in a desperate situation. Even if they scored this away goal, they would still lose the game, but Schalke 04 finally saved a little face.

Ferguson looked dissatisfied. A weak team beat a strong team. Set-pieces are the most common offensive method, but Manchester United failed to defend it. This is not only a problem for a certain player, but also a sign of Manchester United's overall laziness.

The current score is still within the control of Manchester United, but Ferguson cannot let the situation continue to develop. If the opponent scores another goal, the game will be really troublesome. It is not a matter of winning or not, but it will have a great impact on morale.

Ferguson continued to make substitutions, Hernandez came off and Giggs came on. Ferguson used veterans to continue to strengthen control of the midfield, and at the same time hoped to use Giggs' stability and experience to help Gao Xiaodong stabilize the situation.

The so-called defeat is absolutely correct. Ferguson replaced two people in a row, and the Manchester United players also paid attention to it. However, they still couldn't suppress the Schalke 04 people who were running like mad dogs on the scene. They were defeated by Schalke 04. Pressuring his own half to attack wildly, he didn't even have much chance to counterattack. In the 73rd minute, Manchester United counterattacked. Schalke 04 players ran back to press. Finally, Giggs was a little slower to play the ball. When the ball reached Rooney's feet, he was surrounded by Schalke 04 players. Rooney could not control the ball. The ball was intercepted, and then defender Atsuto Uchida counterattacked with a long pass. Raul received the ball and deftly passed Vidic, broke into the right side of the penalty area and passed low to Edu in the middle. Smallin was right in front of Edu. Not daring to give the ball to Edu, he jumped to head the ball to clear the ball, but this action was too difficult, and Smallin actually headed the ball into his own goal.

Van der Sar was unprepared for such an operation and had no choice. He could only watch in inexplicable horror as the ball flew from the side of the goal post into the net.

Schalke 04 magically scored two goals in a row, rewriting the score to 4:2.

Two away goals, Schalke 04's hope of advancing to the semi-finals is back.

The Schalke 04 players were so crazy that both Edu and Raul who crossed the ball ran towards the stands as if they had scored a goal, so that the Schalke 04 fans who came to support misunderstood and some shouted Raul's name, some chanted Edu's name.

The on-site commentator Andy Gray smiled bitterly and was speechless, "Goal two goals in a row! Schalke 04 really started a counterattack from 0:4! This German team is really tough, but they conceded 4 goals in the opening game. This arrogant tactic was used Isn’t it a little too realistic!”

Ferguson punched the windshield. The old man was so handsome that the cooked duck actually flew out of the pot. Although it had not flown out of the kitchen, it was embarrassing enough. This was Old Trafford. If you can't win even if you lead by 4 goals, then it will be embarrassing and will be thrown into your grandma's house.

Ferguson waved his hand to let Ferdinand warm up. He really couldn't stand Smalling's poor performance and was going to replace Ferdinand, who had just recovered from injury, to stabilize the rear before launching a counterattack.