Seven Hundred and Thirty Great Van Der Sar

On the afternoon of May 14th, Wembley Stadium in London.

Manchester United v Manchester City in the FA Cup final.

As expected, Ferguson was absolutely unwilling to give up the initiative to Manchester City, so he still adopted the midfield combination of Sneijder, Carrick and Lars Diarra, and Park Ji-sung played on the left.

However, Ferguson did not adopt the tactics of high pressing and oppression in the opening game, but started steadily.

This led to Manchester City getting the ball smoothly and controlling the rhythm from the very beginning of the game.

In terms of overall strength, Manchester City still has a clear advantage.

Just over two minutes into the game, Manchester City created a chance on the left. Gareth Bale forced a breakthrough through O'Shea and created a corner kick when he made a pass from the bottom. Yaya Toure kicked a long shot from the outside of the penalty area. Became the audience's first shot.

After that, Manchester City played steadily and created several opportunities in a row.

Manchester United was relatively passive on the scene, but the defense was very tight and did not give Manchester City a good chance.

This is also Manchester United's biggest bargaining chip.

According to the interpretation of the pre-match media, Ferguson should tighten the cage, let Manchester City take the initiative to press out and attack, and then wait for the opportunity to hit Manchester City's back.

Manchester United seem to be playing the same way.

So every time they attack, Manchester United plays very fast, but after losing the ball in the frontcourt, the midfield retreats faster.

This forced Manchester City to face a tough battle.

Needless to say, the power of the central defender combination of Vidic and Ferdinand is definitely the number one in world football today.

Regardless of the fact that Manchester City conceded fewer goals, the combination of David Luiz and Kompany is more strong in playing the ball and passing long passes. If you really want to talk about defense and stability, Manchester City's central defender is really not as good as Manchester United.

Of course, if Gao Shen is really going to change, Gao Shen will definitely not change, because he likes the kind of David Luiz and Kompany.

...

Yaya Toure was extremely active from the start.

In addition to hitting the first shot of the game, he then took another long shot from 20 meters away.

Later, he got in and headed high in the penalty area once more.

In the eleventh minute, he even kicked directly at a position of about forty meters.

Of course, the quality of this super long-range shot is very good, but it is a little bit high.

"This kid is very excited tonight!" Carlo laughed.

Gao Shen nodded.

Just last night, after the team arrived in London, someone from the hotel delivered a pre-booked Big Mac cake.

It was specially prepared by Gao Shen to celebrate Yaya Toure's twenty-eighth birthday.

The Ivorian looked very moved and made a wish in front of everyone that he wanted to score in today's FA Cup final.

In fact, as early as yesterday afternoon, before the team set off, Yaya Toure found Gao Shen. He wanted to start in the Champions League final because he wanted to play against Barcelona, ​​but Gao Shen could not give him a positive answer.

Javi Martinez has been very consistent throughout the season, and his combination with David Silva and Rakitic is also quite smooth. There is no reason for Gao Shen to win Javi Martinez in the final, let Ya Enter Ya Touré.

What will this make the Spanish midfielder think?

just like,

Gao Shen has no way to prevent Yaya Toure from playing in the FA Cup final.

Therefore, Yaya Toure is now really playing the FA Cup final as the Champions League final, and Manchester United as Barcelona.

Of course, Gao Shen promises that he will try his best to create opportunities for him to play.

But no one can guarantee this kind of thing.

While deep in thought, Manchester City once again stole the ball in their own half.

Sneijder tried to pass the ball to Park Ji-sung, but was tackled by Zabaleta and the ball was handed to Yaya Toure.

The Ivorian pulled to the right, took a step forward after receiving the ball, saw an opportunity, and directly sent the ball to Manchester United's big penalty area with a long diagonal pass.

The ball rebounded after landing on the left side of the arc top of the penalty area and fell towards the penalty area.

Van Persie quickly inserted between the two central defenders Vidic and Ferdinand, and rushed straight into the penalty area before the two.

Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar decisively abandoned the goal, and the timing was just right. Almost when Van Persie hit the goal, when his left foot touched the ball, his hands just happened to be sealed.

The ball hit Van der Sar's hand and bounced high, falling to the left side of the penalty area.

Van Persie quickly caught up, stopped the ball before Ferdinand, and quickly passed the ball back to Bell's area on the left side of the penalty area.

I saw the Welshman rushing into Manchester United's penalty area from the left corner. Before Vidic had time to interfere, he stopped the ball and hit a volley with his left foot, trying to hit the ball to the far corner.

Everyone knows how much threat Gareth Bale's shot has in Bell's area.

But this time, the Welsh winger's shot was saved by Van der Sar.

This will be the last game of the Dutch goalkeeper for Manchester United. He also performed extremely tenaciously.

The whole Wembley Stadium applauded for Van der Sar.

This is a very wonderful, even a great save!

If this ball is lost, Manchester United will basically be finished!

Even Gao Shen on the sidelines couldn't help applauding Van der Sar's save, but also disappointed that his team failed to score first.

You know, in the Bell area, Gareth Bell's hit rate is extremely high!

"Van der Sar is really..." Gao Shen kept shaking his head.

He really can't say much about a player like Van der Sar.

Gao Shen walked to the sidelines and signaled to the players that when attacking, the two sides should be further separated.

Manchester City has played in the middle several times in a row, and there are long passes. They need to go a little more to the side to give full play to the advantages of the two wingers.

The middle lane is already too crowded, and it will be difficult to create a threat in the middle lane if the game continues like this.

Instead, the line of defense should be opened from the side, and then turned back to the center.

"Arjan, get more balls!" Gao Shen shouted towards Robben who was closest to him.

He felt that Robben was a little low-key tonight.

This may also have something to do with Yaya Toure being too active.

Either a long shot or a long pass, there is nothing wrong with Robben.

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Game time is ticking by.

Manchester City firmly controlled the scene and kept attacking Manchester United.

Manchester United is not helpless to fight back, but two or three counterattacks failed to pose a threat, which made the scene look a bit like Manchester City overwhelmingly pressing Manchester United.

But that's not necessarily a good sign.

The advantage is too obvious, but it has been unable to score for a long time. This is precisely a dangerous call.

Gao Shen is also paying close attention to the movement on the court. If the situation is not right, he will ask the team to slow down and focus on defense.

And in the 34th minute, after Manchester City stole the ball in their own half, when they advanced to the Manchester United half, they found that the Red Devils had organized their defense again, which made the Manchester City players very depressed.

When Yaya Toure got the ball, Gao Shen called him and signaled him not to rush the ball.

Just now he made another long pass to the penalty area. Although it is also threatening, it is difficult to play an effective role.

Not to mention anything else, van Persie confronted Vidic and Ferdinand head-on, is there any chance of winning?

After hearing the high-pitched shout, Yaya Toure chose to lead forward, saw the opportunity and passed the ball to Hazard.

Hazard played the front midfielder position tonight. After stopping the ball sideways, he took two steps forward, passed Carrick who had a feint shot, and distributed the ball to the right side, and handed it to Robben who was sticking to the right side. , and then quickly insert itself.

His task is not only to connect in series, but also to swim behind Van Persie when attacking.

Robben stopped the ball to the inside, and the whole person accelerated, just cut in to avoid Evra, and at the same time continued to dribble the ball laterally.

At this moment, Robben is still some distance away from the penalty area, unable to pose a threat from long shots, so Manchester United's defense is relatively lax. Sneijder came up to block, allowing Evra to return to the defense line in time, and Cary in the middle K is also in place.

Sneijder saw the opportunity and directly tackled the ball, but it turned out to be early.

Robben's continuous small steps changed the rhythm, tricked Sneijder to fall to the ground, and then avoided it cleverly, got a very short unguarded neutral time, glanced at the penalty area, and sent a diagonal kick with his left foot. long pass.

I saw the football pass diagonally from the right side of the penalty area to the front of the small penalty area.

Van Persie moved forward smartly and rushed behind the two Manchester United central defenders. Before the attacking goalkeeper Van der Sar, he stepped sideways and intercepted the ball from midair.

The Dutch center forward is a left-footed player. Stopping the ball is a must. At this time, he can use his body to block Van der Sar.

Although the goalkeeper can use his hands, unless Van der Sar throws Van Persie, it is difficult to grab the ball.

However, Van Persie can't easily control the ball or form a shot, because Vidic rushed up.

But the Dutch center's own reaction speed is also fast. When he saw that he had missed the best shot opportunity, he immediately swung his left foot again, grabbed the ball before Vidic, and passed the ball back, which happened to Vidic just now. position.

At this time, Hazard just rushed to the horse, facing the ball returned by Van Persie, and directly shot angrily.

In front of the Belgian goalkeeper, the goal was almost unguarded, and he sent the ball straight into the United goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Thirty-fourth minute, Hazard! Eden Hazard opened the scoring for Manchester City!"

"This is definitely a wonderful offensive cooperation!"

"Roben cut in from the right, passed a long diagonal pass with his left foot, Van Persie volleyed back, Hazard then inserted an angry shot, Manchester City's entire goal was coordinated very skillfully, and there was a tacit understanding. If you can’t touch the ball, you can’t stop it at all!”

"One to zero!"

"This goal is very important. It broke the balance that has been maintained for half an hour now."

"If, today, Manchester City can win at Wembley Stadium, then this Hazard goal will be worth a lot of money!"

"Of course, this goal is also due to Robben's cut inside and Van Persie's return."

"Manchester City's offense is really three-dimensional, which left a very deep impression on people. Manchester United is strictly defending, but they can't defend it no matter what."

"This attack is the best example!"