Chapter 644 The Champions League Belongs to You, I Want the Rest!
On the evening of April 29, Old Trafford.
There was a tsunami of frenzy at Old Trafford when referee Herbert Fadell from Germany blew the end whistle, with Manchester United fans scrambling to celebrate.
Although, in terms of the score, they didn't win!
The scoreboard shows the time of this game, one hundred and twenty minutes, and the score is still zero to zero.
Yes, this game went to overtime, but it still couldn't be decided.
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This is the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, Manchester United vs. Liverpool.
The first leg between the two sides took place a week ago at Anfield, and the final result was 0-0.
After the game, it caused a heated discussion among the media and fans all over the world, and Ferguson's team encountered huge criticism.
Because Manchester United adopted the tactics of defending and counterattacking in the away game, almost all the players on the field were pulled back to their own half to defend, and finally succeeded in freezing Liverpool's attack.
After the game, the Liverpool Echo satirized Manchester United, believing that Ferguson's team had adopted a formation of 901, or even 1000, and successfully won a draw from the away game.
Liverpool scored 21 shots in the audience, but the result still failed to break Manchester United's goal.
The double central defender composed of Vidic and Ferdinand, together with Van der Sar behind them, has made Manchester United's defense solid and can be called the team with the strongest defensive ability in European football this season.
In the face of a wolf-like Liverpool, Ferguson is understandable.
After all, at Anfield, a team as strong as Barcelona would lose 0-5, who wouldn't be afraid?
But what no one thought was that after returning to the home court, Manchester United still adopted the tactic of strictly guarding and defending. Except for Cristiano Ronaldo, everyone else retreated.
United had only a rare five-footed shot in the entire game, one on target, three wide and one blocked.
Ball possession was only 37.6 percent, two percentage points more than in the first round.
In the whole game, 57.5% of the football time was played in Manchester United's half.
On the other hand, Liverpool had 19 shots on goal, but only 5 really threatening shots were blocked 10 times.
There were disputes in the first half and the second half.
The first half was a penalty kick. At that time, Yang Yang rushed into the penalty area with the ball, but was dragged by Manchester United midfielder Carrick fouled from the side and behind. Through slow motion playback, the foul should be within the penalty area line, which should be a penalty.
But referee Herbert Fadell gave a yellow card and a free kick.
There was another time in the second half, Yang Yang formed a single-handed break, but the linesman raised the flag to signal offside and blew the goal, but the slow-motion replay showed that it was a very beautiful anti-offside.
Twice escaped, Manchester United finally managed to keep the score 0-0 after 120 minutes.
The two sides played in two rounds and played for a total of 210 minutes, but they didn't score a single goal.
The game was dragged into a penalty shootout.
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Compared with Liverpool and Manchester United's tragic comparison, the other semi-final matchup was equally tragic.
Arsenal drew 1-1 with Chelsea at home, but in the second round, they lost to the Blues 2-3 in extra time, ending in the semi-finals and missing the final Champions League final.
Grant's Chelsea team was really lucky. They entered the semi-finals with almost guaranteed draw luck all the way. The opponent was Arsenal, and their luck was also good. The Premier League civil war knew each other well.
But even so, in the three away games of the three knockout rounds, Chelsea has two draws and one loss, and you know, in addition to Arsenal, the other two opponents are Olympiacos and Fenerbahce.
Although Grant led Liverpool to a breakthrough in the Champions League, judging from his formation along the way, it is impossible for him to stay in the team this summer, because his coaching ability is really bad and he has repeatedly made serious mistakes.
It can even be said that if the opponent is not too weak, it is impossible for Grant to lead the team to the semi-finals.
But in football, sometimes luck is more important than anything else.
Like Liverpool this season.
The group stage is relatively better, starting from the knockout stage, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Manchester United...
All the way to the top European teams, stumbled to the semi-finals, but was dragged into a penalty shootout by Manchester United.
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The penalty shootout is the most suspenseful, cruel, and most dramatic part of the football field.
According to the official data given by FIFA, the penalty rate is 79%.
But in fact, the hit rate is of no use at all. Anyone who stands on the penalty spot and faces the goal will always worry about the 21%, because that is the key to winning.
The former England national team coach Hoddle once said that even if he played a thousand or 10,000 times, he would still not be able to practice penalty kicks in key battles, because the pressure in reality could not be restored.
Some research institutes have shown that the key to a penalty shootout is not the penalty kick skills, 80% to 90% depends on psychological factors, and 10% to 20% depends on physiological factors, along with penalty kick skills. It doesn't matter at all.
Some people say that the penalty kick is the most perfect test of pressure resistance.
In the actual penalty shootout, many players are very resistant to the first penalty kick, and the pressure is too great.
The first and the fifth, which the vast majority of players try to avoid.
But there are times when some people just need to stand up and do their part.
Yang Yang took the initiative to ask Ying and chose the first to take the penalty, the captain Gerrard the last.
Manchester United's first player to take the penalty was the Argentine beast Tevez. His psychological quality has always been quite good, so he was entrusted with the important task by Ferguson and was the first to take a penalty kick.
And Tevez did not live up to Ferguson's trust, calmly scored a penalty.
This time, all the pressure is on Liverpool's side.
Yang Yang was the first player in the Liverpool team to take a penalty and took all the pressure.
When he stood at the penalty spot, facing Van der Sar, he was thinking silently in his heart.
In the past few penalty kicks, he has pushed straight into the middle, but this time...
"The ball is in!!!"
"Yang Yang was very clean and he pushed directly into the bottom right corner of the goal. The speed was very fast. Van der Sar thought that Yang Yang would push the middle lane again, but he didn't expect Yang Yang to change his strategy this time."
"Liverpool chose Yang Yang as the first penalty taker. Obviously, he also valued his strong ability to withstand pressure, and Yang Yang did not live up to the expectations of the outside world, and took the penalty calmly."
"His performance in this game was also quite good. If it wasn't for the referee Vander van der two misjudgments, I believe the game would not have been dragged into a penalty shootout."
"Regardless of the final result, after scoring this penalty, Yang Yang can leave Old Trafford with pride."
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After Yang Yang, Carrick and Aurelio also calmly took penalty kicks in the second round of Manchester United and Liverpool.
In the third round, Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty, but Xavi Alonso hit it calmly.
This suddenly made Liverpool seem to see hope.
Subsequently, Hargreaves also made a penalty in the fourth round, but Crouch made a mistake when he took the penalty.
After Nani and Gerrard, Anderson and Kuyt have also hit.
Until the seventh round, Ryan Giggs made a free throw and Carragher made a mistake.
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When Carragher kicked the ball out, Liverpool's vice-captain knew it was over.
He fell to his knees on the penalty spot, hugging his head and crying.
Too much pressure!
At this critical moment, no one would blame Carragher.
On the contrary, Yang Yang and Gerrard walked to Carragher's side one after another and hugged the vice-captain forcefully, and other Liverpool players also surrounded him one after another.
Many people have tears in their eyes, and their hearts are full of unwillingness.
Liverpool performed brilliantly, but met a closely guarded Manchester United team, and a misjudgment by the referee finally dragged them into a brutal penalty shootout and lost their chance to reach the Champions League final again.
Whether it's Liverpool or Manchester United, whoever reaches the final will be the champion.
But unfortunately, Liverpool have no chance to defend the Champions League.
The Liverpool players on the bench on the sidelines also ran into the field one after another. Everyone surrounded Carragher, and no one tried to persuade him, because at this time, it might be better for him to cry. .
In terms of performance, in this way to stop in the Champions League semi-finals, Liverpool is proud to lose, but who doesn't want to win?
Including Benayoun, Lucas Rewa and other players, many people were unwilling to cry.
They both came to Liverpool last summer. God knows when will they have the next chance to see the Champions League final?
Maybe they will never have a chance in their lifetime.
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Manchester United players were celebrating.
Having knocked out Liverpool, they made it to the final and basically won the Champions League.
They have such confidence and confidence.
Of course, that doesn't mean they can be paralyzed.
Cristiano Ronaldo was upset because he missed a penalty.
As the team's third penalty taker, he did not independently provoke the team's burden like Yang Yang and stepped forward, which in itself made him weaker.
Unexpectedly, he even missed the penalty.
This embarrassed the Portuguese.
Manchester United won, but he lost!
But even so, he finally calmed down his emotions quickly and walked towards Yang Yang.
Many Manchester United players admire Yang Yang, such as Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Carrick and others, all came over to shake hands with Yang Yang and Gerrard.
When Ronaldinho walked in front of Yang Yang, the Portuguese suddenly didn't know what to say.
On the contrary, Yang Yang looked very calm, "Congratulations, you entered the finals, and you must win this championship."
Yang Yang smiled and congratulated him.
Xiao Luo stabilized his heart, squeezed out a smile, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will try my best."
The two shook hands vigorously.
"The Champions League belongs to you, I want the rest!" Yang Yang said confidently.
Woohoo, please forgive me! Something happened yesterday. After the update, I really didn't have time to code the words. After I finished the code in the morning, I revised it in the afternoon, and it's now. The second chapter is scheduled at 18:00. Must be on time tomorrow!