Chapter 543: Choice

The only one left in the front of Tottenham is Ali. Although he is nearly 1.9 meters tall, his defensive level is really not good, and he himself has no interest in defense.

For Ali's situation, Tottenham is naturally clear, so they never expect him to participate in defense. Anyway, there are many tall people in Tottenham and the number of defenders is enough.

In this case, leaving Ali in the front has repeatedly played a miraculous effect. After all, he is fast, physically fit, has outstanding footwork, is good at dribbling and breaking through, and has a very good ability to score goals. He has strong single-soldier combat ability, and is the most suitable person for quick counterattacks.

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In football matches, corner kicks are often a double-edged sword. They can give themselves the opportunity to score goals, but they may also be seized by the opponent when the central defender comes up to compete for the header and counterattack.

Bruno knows very well what changes this kind of ball with opportunities for both sides will bring to everyone's mentality. Ali must be planning to use this opportunity to equalize the score for the team. As long as he scores a goal, he can equalize the score. The temptation of this benefit is too great.

However, he did not follow Ali closely, because Ali had someone defending him - Valencia.

The full-back was only 1.8 meters tall, and his weakness was to fight for high balls. He did not contribute much in corner kicks. Every time there was a corner kick or a free kick in the frontcourt, he was the one who stayed in the backcourt to defend.

Kante was in a similar situation to Valencia. The French midfielder was basically dragged behind when Manchester United attacked with set pieces. This was also the case at this moment, but his position was closer to the middle, a little far from Ali.

Bruno chose a position not too far from Ali, so that he could quickly rush over to support Valencia and Kante in the middle to prevent Tottenham from not passing the ball to Ali, but directly counterattacking from the middle.

The back defense was empty, and there were not many people who could defend, so he had to think carefully. Ali was not his main target yet, at least not before he received the ball, although he had a great chance of receiving the ball.

In fact, Ali also noticed Bruno. The person who had been guarding him was Valencia. The two had a little conflict and quarrel before, so Valencia was particularly excited to guard Ali, but Ali did not take him seriously.

Ali glanced at Bruno in the middle. He knew that Bruno would go to the front of the goal to compete for the header, or go to the corner flag area to take the corner kick, but he stayed and consciously leaned towards here. Needless to say, you know what he is doing.

He is the Tottenham player at the front, and Bruno must know what he wants to do.

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In the 87th minute, Manchester United's corner kick came out, and the football flew in front of Tottenham's goal, just like a boulder thrown into the lake, causing an uproar. The players from both sides collided with each other and tried to hit the football. As a result, a pair of hands stretched out from the crowd and took the football in the air.

"It's Lori! He hugged the football!"

"Go back to defense!"

Commentators from all over the world use different languages ​​and shout different things.

In fact, without the commentator's reminder, Manchester United's players began to run back. Three central defenders, all over 1.9 meters tall, ran back with heavy steps. Other Manchester United players also retreated one after another. They knew what would happen if the ball fell into the hands of the opponent.

But not everyone could run out smoothly. The penalty area was full of people. It would take some time for them to bypass the Tottenham players in front of them. Even if it only took three seconds, it was enough to change the situation on the field.

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Bruno almost started to retreat in small steps when he saw Lori pick the ball from the air.

When the people in the penalty area were still crowded together, Lori had thrown the football he was holding into the air, and then followed up with his right leg, and kicked the football forward with a big foot.

Big kick!

Bruno retreated while observing the situation in front.

When Lori held the football, Tottenham's penalty area was like a stable with the fence opened, and thousands of horses galloped out of it.

Immediately afterwards, the football suddenly rushed out from behind the crowd, like a missile taking off, piercing the sky.

Of course, the end point of this football must not be the sea of ​​stars. It began to fall down when it rose to the top.

And just as it changed direction and fell, Bruno also turned around, no longer retreating in small steps, but rushing towards Ali in big strides.

He turned around and saw Ali's back, who had just started and was accelerating.

Valencia, who was defending Ali, did not expect Ali to suddenly turn around and rush forward without receiving the ball, and his speed was so fast that he could not defend against it. Just when he was stunned, Ali had slipped away from him.

F**K!

Valencia turned around and chased again, but it was too slow. His speed was not superior to Ali, and there was a time difference for turning. When he turned around, Ali had already run far away.

Valencia knew what that meant. In addition to himself, there was only one goalkeeper De Gea in front.

As long as Ali received the ball, he could face De Gea alone!

Anyone who has played in the Premier League in the past two years knows Ali's personal ability. If he faces De Gea alone, he is almost guaranteed to score a goal!

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Just when the Ecuadorian was in despair, another figure passed by him. He didn't have time to see who it was, but he saw the man's back number: 8!

The fire of hope suddenly ignited in Valencia's heart, and he stepped forward to chase. Although it was too late, with Bruno, it shouldn't be the end of the road, right?

Ali turned his head once, but he was not looking at Bruno, but looking up at the sky. He was looking at where the football was and judging where the football would land.

Seeing Ali's action, Bruno knew that Ali was about to catch the ball, so he also looked up to confirm the position of the football in the air.

He was world-class in judging where the football would land.

No, it should be world-class.

Ali began to slow down, and this was Bruno's chance to catch up.

In terms of speed alone, he was not as good as Ali. If Ali kept running at this speed, he would have no chance of catching up with Ali. He could only hope that he would slow down himself.

Now he was still five or six meters away from Ali. Although Ali was slowing down, he did not stop and wait for Bruno in front, so it was not so easy to catch up.

But out of the captain's sense of responsibility, Bruno still gritted his teeth and accelerated to catch up.

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The football chased down from the air, and the distance between Bruno and Ali had shortened to the point where he could touch Ali's shoulder with his fingertips as long as he stretched out his hand.

Bruno leaned forward. As long as he could grab Ali's shoulder, he could force him to slow down, and then he could successfully stop Tottenham's counterattack by sticking to him.

But just when his fingertips just touched Ali's shoulder, the football fell in front of Ali.

Bruno saw Ali's shoulders lower, and he leaned forward and used his head to push the football in the air out!

Not good!

Bruno secretly shouted in his heart when he saw Ali's action. He already knew what Ali was going to do.

Pushing the football forward with his head would not waste time to stop the ball, nor would it slow down. On the contrary, he would speed up and rush forward to chase the ball.

This is the last chance. If Ali is not stopped at this time, once he speeds up, it may not be so easy to catch up.

After Bruno understood Ali's intention, there was only one thought in his mind, that is, "stop him"!

As for how to stop him? Is there any choice? !

At this time, Bruno no longer considered what his actions would bring to himself, and whether such a result was worth it.

Bruno rushed forward and then fell down.

Flying tackle!

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Ali just headed the football out with his head, intending to speed up.

In fact, when he suddenly changed from running horizontally to running straight and accelerated to get rid of Valencia, he heard the overwhelming cheers from the stands.

He knew that it was Tottenham fans cheering for him, which gave him full motivation to sprint.

He also knew that there was someone chasing him behind him. He didn't know who it was. It was probably the guy from Valencia.

But just as he headed the football out, he heard the cheers in his ears change, from cheers to... to boos?

Yes, boos!

Huge boos!

Ali knew what the boos meant. It was not Tottenham fans booing him, but the people behind him.

This meant that the people behind him were about to catch up with him, or even preparing to take some dangerous actions against him.

What would you do if you were chasing someone with the ball at high speed?

Ali had a creepy feeling!

In the critical situation, Ali no longer cared about heading the ball, and he tried to lift his feet.

The next moment, Ali felt his feet tripped and lost all balance.

However, the early jump and dodge still made the flying tackle of the person behind him not shovel firmly, but just knocked him down.

Although falling to the ground at this time might cause a red card to the Manchester United player behind him, it also meant that Tottenham's attack was over and there was no chance of scoring.

So Ali did not fall to the ground, but used his hands and feet after landing, trying his best to maintain balance and continue to chase the football forward.

From the perspective of outsiders, it was Ali who was rolling and crawling forward!

The boos from Tottenham fans in the stands of the new Wembley Stadium turned into cheers and applause.

Their players tried so hard, even desperately, to score a goal, so they naturally gave the warmest applause and cheers.