Chapter 966 Red Dot

Rafael is an offensive defender, and his defensive experience and ability are definitely not as good as O'Shea's.

But facing Wright. For a winger like Phillips, Rafael can keep up with his speed, and his flexibility and agility are not bad. It is impossible for Wright to break through as easily as he did against O'Shea.

In the 62nd minute of the game, Little Wright continuously changed speed and direction, trying to pass Rafael, but Rafael was not deceived by Little Wright. He saw the right opportunity, suddenly grabbed the ball, and bumped with his shoulder, destroying Little Wright. Wright's balance got him in front of Little Wright and stole the ball.

This was a beautiful steal. Little Wright was afraid of being hit and knocked down Rafael with a kick from behind.

Manchester United was leading by 2 goals at the moment. Rafael wanted to take a quick free kick, but was caught by the experienced Ferdinand, signaling to slow down and wait for his teammates to come back.

Rafael suddenly understood and stepped aside sheepishly, handing the free kick to Ferdinand to take the penalty.

Ferdinand passed the ball to Scholes, who understood it and passed it across to Gao Xiaodong, trying to control the ball and the rhythm in the backcourt.

Manchester City is two goals behind. They prefer that the game can be played faster and that they control the rhythm instead of being controlled by Manchester United.

Seeing Manchester United controlling the ball in the backcourt, Manchester City players quickly pressed forward on three lines and pressed hard, forcing Manchester United to pass the ball out.

Manchester United is not a possession-based team, and the defenders' footwork is not that delicate. Under Manchester City's pressing, they quickly lost control and could only drive forward with a big kick.

At this moment, Manchester City's defenders pressed forward, and Manchester United's forwards could not control their placement, and the ball returned to Manchester City's feet again.

Since Wright's side of the offense had no advantage, the ball was passed to David again. Silva's feet attack from the right.

In the 65th minute of the game, Silva dribbled the ball to the baseline and made a move to pass back in a very small space, but suddenly a fried ball broke through from the baseline.

Silva is not that fast, but his skills and imagination can be said to be the best among the players on the scene. Evra always cannot keep up with the rhythm when facing Silva's unexpected passes and passes, and My body is not at its peak now, and I cannot use my body to make up for the gap in golf intelligence.

Evra slowed down a beat and was left behind by Silva. When Evra turned around and chased again, Silva had already entered the penalty area and Evra did not dare to foul again.

Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar quickly moved to the near corner, and center back Ferdinand came to block Silva's path. Other Manchester United players also quickly shrank into the penalty area to prevent Manchester City players from grabbing points.

Manchester United's defensive moves were quick and skillful, giving Silva and his teammates almost no chance to cooperate in the penalty area.

But Silva did not panic when there were pursuers behind and interceptions in front. He made a feint shot and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area with a trick kick.

Neither Ferdinand nor Evra was able to intercept Silva's pass, and the ball passed to Yaya Toure in the center.

The Manchester United fans in the stands couldn't help but exclaimed.

Because goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has blocked the near corner, Yaya Toure faces most of the empty goal. If Yaya Toure shoots calmly, the consequences will be disastrous.

At this moment, Manchester United's center back and midfielder both shrank into the penalty area. Seeing Silva pass the ball to Yaya Toure, Gao Xiaodong and Carrick quickly rushed out to block Yaya Toure's shooting line. Vidic Then retreat to the goal line immediately to prevent Yaya Toure from lobbing the goal.

Manchester United's defensive system is very mature and well understood. In a very passive situation, the defensive players did almost everything they could do.

But Yaya Toure did not shoot. He saw Gao Xiaodong and Carrick rushing towards him, but he dunked the ball and entered the penalty area.

Yaya Toure was already in an excellent shooting position. Neither Gao Xiaodong nor Carrick expected that Yaya Toure would not shoot and spiked the ball into the penalty area.

Gao Xiaodong and Carrick were both knocked down in the penalty area and could only watch Yaya Toure pass slowly by them.

Facing the central defender Vidic who rushed over to block the block,

Yaya Toure very cunningly dunked the ball again and passed Vidic.

When Yaya Toure passed Vidic, Scholes had already chased into the penalty area from behind. Seeing Yaya Toure about to shoot, Scholes shoveled it from behind.

Scholes's tackle was aimed at the ball, but he is old and his movement speed and flexibility are not enough. This foot did not touch the ball and tackled Yaya Toure's ankle directly.

Yaya Toure did not expect that there was someone behind him. He screamed and fell to the turf after being shoveled.

Although Gao Xiaodong, Carrick, Vidic and others saw the foul committed by Scholes, they could not accept the result. They all got up and complained to the referee, saying that Scholes had tackled the ball.

The Manchester City players also knew that this was a penalty that could change their fate, and they rushed over to put pressure on the referee. Some people wanted to push Scholes. The Manchester United players came to protect Scholes and the Manchester City players. Pushed together.

The referee Quinn also saw it, and he also saw the linesman raising the flag. Quinn ignored the complaints of the Manchester United players, and without hesitation took out the red card and gave it to Scholes, and also gave it to Barry and Barry who had just pushed. Carrick received a yellow card each.

Red card + penalty kick. When Yaya Toure fell to the ground, Manchester United players and fans expected this result. However, seeing the referee Quinn really award the red dot package, the Manchester United fans still couldn't accept it and rushed to The stadium chanted: "Fall!"

Ferguson shook his head and sighed. He couldn't blame Scholes for this ball. If Scholes had not fouled, the ball would have definitely scored. If he wanted to blame it, he could only blame Evra for not preventing Silva, which caused a series of problems. passive.

Although Scholes took the red card action, he quickly regained his composure. He pushed his teammates away and said, "Stop arguing. It's not worthwhile to get another yellow card. We are still two goals ahead. We still win or lose." , it’s up to you.”

After saying that, Scholes walked towards Gao Xiaodong and said, "Kill them! I believe you can do it." Scholes grabbed Gao Xiaodong's shoulder and shook it, then turned and walked away from the court.

Gao Xiaodong looked at Scholes' back and clenched his fists, "Don't worry, Paul, we will win."

After Scholes left the field, Manchester City's core midfielder Yaya Toure walked to the penalty spot and prepared to take the penalty kick.

With less than 70 minutes left in the game, Manchester United only led by two goals, but Scholes was sent off.

Now the hopes of Manchester United players and fans are pinned on Van der Sar. If Van der Sar saves the penalty kick, Manchester United has a great chance of holding on. If Yaya Toure scores the penalty kick, Manchester United's situation will be very dangerous. .

Facing the eagerly awaited Van der Sar, Yaya Toure decisively pushed the shot into the lower right corner of the goal with the arch of his foot. Van der Sar correctly judged the direction of Yaya Toure's penalty kick, but the angle of Yaya Toure's shot was very tricky. Sa did not touch the ball, and the ball flew into the net against the goal post.

1:2

Manchester City used a penalty kick to get a point back.

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