At the start of extra time, Stoke City still held on to the penalty shootout, but Manchester United showed aggressive momentum and confidence in winning.

The ball reached Gao Xiaodong's feet, Gao Xiaodong drove straight into the 30-meter area, shook off the block of the Stoke City player, and shot with his foot raised.

Gao Xiaodong has taken the small tonic pill, and his energy and physical strength are comparable to when he first came on the court, this kick is full of power, and after the ball flies out, it brings out the whirring wind.

Seeing the power of Gao Xiaodong's shot so fierce, Stoke City goalkeeper Sorensen was secretly frightened, this kid has played overtime, and his strength is still so strong!

Sorensen didn't dare to be careless, he leapt to his feet and hit the ball with both fists to the touchline.

Although Gao Xiaodong's shot was saved, his resolute and decisive shot won a round of applause from the fans.

United's players were also inspired and became unusually bold in the following attacks.

The players know that the last 30 minutes are the 30 minutes that will decide the outcome of the game, and in these 30 minutes, Manchester United have the advantage of quality, and once the 30 minutes are over, this advantage is gone, and they have to give it their all and play to their strength.

After the ball was saved off the touchline, Nani quickly sent a throw-in and threw the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

At this moment, a large number of troops have been concentrated on the left, and the formation of Stoke City is also tilting to the right, Gao Xiaodong is unwilling to entangle with the opponent here, he passed to the middle and found Scholes.

Scholes had a better view of the bigger picture than Gao Xiaodong, and when the ball got to his feet, he didn't pause and played a ball to Ryan Giggs on the right.

Giggs came on in extra-time under the trust of his mentor Alex Ferguson, who was tasked with using his experience and skills to tear apart Stoke City's defence.

After 90 minutes of intense play, both players were sleepy, and Giggs came on at the right time, his strength and reflexes were not as good as they were in his youth, but his experience and skill were becoming more demonic, and he could play more vividly when the opponent's fitness and concentration were declining.

Gao Xiaodong and Paul Scholes moved very quickly, and when Giggs received the ball, Stoke City's full-backs were not yet in place.

Ryan Giggs broke through to the bottom line as fast as he could, and although Wilson moved to the wing, he didn't stop Giggs from going down, but only blocked Giggs's inner cut.

This was one of Stoke's tactics today, knowing that it was impossible to block Manchester United's crosses on the wings, so they focused on sticking to the middle, as long as Ryan Giggs didn't cut inside, they would pass him as they pleased.

Ryan Giggs has been watching off the field for 90 minutes, and has also communicated with Ferguson for a long time about the game, knowing that the effect of the bottom cross is average, he did not cross directly after going down to the bottom line, but made a passing feint, slammed the ball, shook Wilson, and then quickly cut inside to the Stoke City penalty area.

Giggs's inside cut is still an illusion, there are so many people in the Stoke City penalty area, and it is estimated that the pass will not be much of a threat, and Giggs's real purpose is to reverse the triangle to find his teammates.

It was clear that Stoke City's players were ill-prepared for Ryan Giggs' in-cut. Although two people came to intercept Giggs's path, no one blocked the line of Giggs's return pass.

Giggs's position, the vision was not good, he did not see Scholes's movement, but did not hesitate to return the ball to the edge of the box.

The chemistry between Ryan Giggs and Scholes had reached the point of being clear, and as soon as Giggs's ball arrived, Scholes immediately rushed to the ball with a volley.

The return pass is not afraid of not being able to hit, but for a veteran like Ryan Giggs, this is not a problem at all, he not only pressed, but also hit a bouncing ball, the ball bounced on the turf and flew right past the blocking player towards the goal.

Scholes's running shots did not escape the eyes of goalkeeper Sorensen, but Sorensen did not expect Scholes to hit a bouncing ball, he had already begun to fall to the ground and prepare to save the boccia, but the ball bounced.

Sorensen had no choice but to watch the ball fly over his head and towards goal.

Sorensen had already resigned himself to his fate, thinking that the goal had scored, but he didn't expect him to have excellent luck today, and with a bang, the ball actually hit the crossbar and bounced back.

After Scholes shot, Manchester United fans thought the goal was there, the goalkeeper fell to the ground, almost an empty goal, and then it was another goalpost.

This is already the third goalpost!

Manchester United fans are so angry that one Buddha ascended to heaven and two Buddhas were born, and this kind of luck is really too bad.

Although Stoke City's iron bucket formation is very tight, it is not seamless, and it is Stoke City's luck that United hit the post three times and failed to send the ball into the net, even if only once, the game is long over.

But at this time, they can't be discouraged, Scholes and Giggs shouted to their teammates to continue attacking, the opponent can no longer withstand it, and with a little more effort, it is estimated that the goal will be scored.

Although the United players know that scoring goals is never easy, with the encouragement of the senior players, the confidence and morale can be maintained.

The attack by Ryan Giggs and Scholes posed a great threat, and Stoke had to tilt their forces to their left to prevent Giggs from continuing to break through.

Ryan Giggs is a well-developed veteran, and when he sees the opposition focusing on this side, he attracts the defence and passes to the middle, where Paul Scholes moves to the left and allows Nani to attack from the left.

At United's most crucial stage, Nani was also unusually brave as he broke through Wilkins' defence with a dunk on the flank, and swept into the Stoke City penalty area with a powerful kick.

In extra time, Manchester United already had three players in the middle, Dimitar Berbatov, Wayne Rooney and Gao Xiaodong, who were attacking the spot, putting a lot of pressure on Stoke City.

Nani's pass is very strong, anyone who touches it is easy to have problems, but there are three Manchester United players in the penalty area, and the players of Stoke City dare not not clear the siege, the players in front of the point did not intercept it, and the middle of the Shawcross wanted to shovel the ball to the bottom line, but after the ball touched his feet, it did not run to the bottom line, but flew to the goal.

The line where the ball flew was in the small penalty area, and the goalkeeper couldn't react at such a close distance.

But Sorensen was in a good position and the ball bounced off his leg.

The ball bounced out just and bounced to Gao Xiaodong's feet, the ball was too unexpected, Gao Xiaodong was in the sprint again, and before he could shoot, the ball was touched by his leg out of the bottom line.

It was another great chance to score, but United still didn't take it.

With less than five minutes of extra-time played, United broke down the flanks in quick succession and had three chances to open the scoring, which kept the morale of the United players high, and it took almost 100 minutes for them to really see the hope of scoring.