Chapter 375: Thrilling to the top four
In the last game, Gao Xiaodong played Park Ji-sung and was replaced halfway, and he didn't even have a chance to play in this game. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In this game, Gao Xiaodong prevented Ronaldo from losing his temper and had to change from the side to the middle.
In the two games, Gao Xiaodong played two completely different roles, but each role was completed perfectly.
After Ronaldo's change of position, the on-site commentator sighed: "From every position, Gao Xiaodong is not the best level, but he has performed well in every position, this is really an outlier in world football, I have watched football for so many years, and I have only seen one such player, that is the football emperor Beckenbauer." ”
CCTV commentator He Hui did not hesitate to praise Gao Xiaodong, "Through watching Xiaodong's game during this time, I found that Xiaodong has the best defensive awareness among the forwards and the best shooting awareness in the midfield. ”
Ferguson's replacement of Nani is a Portuguese player, known as Ronaldo II, but he is an early Ronaldo, who has a lot of work at his feet and is keen on personal performance, so he is also known as Na Bu Chuan, because when he plays well, he is like a god, and when he plays badly, he is like a, and he is also known as Na Nerve.
Ferguson had no problem replacing Nani because Porto are now almost in a barrel formation, and it doesn't matter if Nani plays like, as long as Nani can play like a god for a few minutes, he can help United break the deadlock.
After Nani came on the field, he didn't get the same "favor" as Ronaldo, Rodriguez watched Nani get the ball, and he came alone to defend Nani, Nani quickly changed direction twice at his feet, suddenly accelerated, and then stopped sharply, shook Rodriguez down, and then went straight to Sissokoho with the ball.
The Manchester United fans in the stands couldn't help but applaud, and even the on-site commentator was surprised: "This is really beautiful." ”
Sissokoho stepped back sideways, not giving Nani room to go down.
Nani cut inside and cut into the box, and when Sissokoho followed, Nani suddenly knocked the ball back with his heel and passed it to the fast-moving right-back O'Shea.
The wing was already unguarded, and O'Shea passed the ball to the penalty area to find Cristiano Ronaldo.
CCTV commentator He Hui said in surprise: "Ah! Beautiful breakthrough people, beautiful heels!
Although Ronaldo is out of the clutches of Gao Xiaodong, he is not easy in the center forward position, his national team teammate Alves is staring at him, and another defender, Rolando, is also on the side to help defend.
The height of the two central defenders is around 1.90 meters, Alves is strong and flexible, and experienced, Rolando is young and energetic, and it is not easy for Ronaldo to grab the opportunity to land.
After the ball flew, Ronaldo did not get rid of Alves's entanglement, and could only force his header, but he was leaned by Alves, and the jump height was not enough, and the ball flew from the top of Ronaldo's head to the back point.
Manchester United's midfield was really fast, and when O'Shea passed the ball in, the midfielders of Ryan Giggs, Anderson, and Carrick all rushed to the penalty area, but the Porto players followed closely and did not let the Manchester United players touch the ball.
The ball flew out of the box and was headed in by Wayne Rooney at the back post to Patrice Evra, who was inserted.
Patrice Evra was already playing as a defender at the moment, and when he saw a lot of team-mates in the box, he immediately hoisted the ball into the box again.
In the midst of the chaos, Cristiano Ronaldo showed his talent as a goalscorer, reacting before Alves, jumping first and heading a header towards the goal.
Although Alves was a step slower, he didn't look at Ronaldo's header, he jumped up and crashed into Ronaldo.
Ronaldo wanted to make a lion shake his head in the air and push the ball to the upper right corner, but Alves hit it, and he didn't finish the swing, and the ball went directly to the middle of the goal.
Ronaldo is grabbing points in the small penalty area, if Evra is not just hanging into the penalty area, even if the angle is correct, the Porto goalkeeper can't react, but Evra is a lob, Ronaldo can't borrow the force, the ball was hit by Helton's hand, and then pounced in his arms.
This time the attack was very thrilling, the Porto fans were shocked into a cold sweat, and the Porto players also high-fived each other and encouraged their teammates.
The opponent's attack was too fierce, Porto goalkeeper Helton handed the ball to defender Sapuruna, wanting to delay time, but Manchester United resolutely did not give Porto this opportunity, Rooney rushed to scramble, Ronaldo also came to attack, and snatched the ball.
However, Ronaldo came to the side, there was no one in the middle, Rooney was impatient, brought into the penalty area, and shot directly from a small angle.
Goalkeeper Helton was very unmistakably positioned, blocking the near corner and sealing the ball off the line.
In the 78th minute, Manchester United got a corner kick opportunity, and Ferguson continued to deploy troops at this time, replacing the average state Anderson with the veteran Scholes, hoping that the veteran can use his experience to help Manchester United save the crisis.
Gao Xiaodong also felt fatigue at this time, he took advantage of the opportunity of Manchester United's substitution, and secretly bought a small tonic pill, ate it, and prepared for the final battle.
When Giggs took a corner, Ronaldo pulled him outside the box and wanted to rush up for the top, but Alves didn't leave him and followed him out of the box.
Ryan Giggs took a corner kick and Ronaldo took a step forward, then abruptly withdrew and ran backwards.
Although Alves followed Ronaldo closely, the starting speed and flexibility were still not as fast as Ronaldo, and he was left behind by Ronaldo.
Without the fetters of Alves, Ronaldo accelerated sharply, jumped high, and rushed to the small penalty area like a hungry tiger pounced.
Ronaldo felt that he had it now, and he was very confident in his grabbing point, but just as he was flying, Ronaldo suddenly found that there was also a short figure on the line in front of him who jumped up suddenly, blocking the line of his flight, this person was Gao Xiaodong, the enemy of the enemy.
However, what made Ronaldo feel strange was that Gao Xiaodong did not jump up to scramble, but jumped in the direction outside the goal, as if he was going to tilt his header.
Seeing Gao Xiaodong's strange movements, others didn't know, and the monkey in the stands immediately said: "The fat man is thinking about Ronaldo!"
There is no room for Ronaldo to think too much, it is useless to think about it, he has already jumped up, just see if he can knock Gao Xiaodong away.
However, Ronaldo thinks too much, he is 1.858 kilograms tall, Gao Xiaodong is 1.73 meters tall and 80 kilograms, his speed is fast, the bounce is good, Gao Xiaodong's speed and bounce are not worse than him.
Boom!
Ronaldo's chest and abdomen collided with Gao Xiaodong's shoulder, because when he jumped, Gao Xiaodong twisted his waist insidiously and turned sideways to the goal.
"Ahh
The ball flew through the air and was headed off the touchline by Sapruna's header at the back post.
However, at this time, Manchester United could no longer care about sending a throw-in, because Ronaldo fell to the ground and did not get up.
The referee hadn't made any indications, but at this time, Gao Xiaodong hurriedly raised his hand and let the stretcher come on the field.
Porto's stretcher was also understanding, and without waiting for the fourth official's order, he quickly ran to Porto's penalty area.
Cristiano Ronaldo, pale, with his hands on his abdomen, unable to speak or move, was carried off the pitch on a stretcher and treated on the sidelines.
Manchester United fans were angry and hateful, and they all stood up and cursed Gao Xiaodong.
However, the fans of Porto breathed a long sigh of relief and applauded Gao Xiaodong one after another, praising him for a good job.
Sir Alex Ferguson's face sank like water, Ronaldo has a huge role in his tactical system, if Ronaldo is off, it will be difficult to play below.
However, Ferguson still had to prepare for the worst, he quickly warmed up the teenager Macheda and prepared to replace Cristiano Ronaldo.
After the team doctor examined Ronaldo, he told Ferguson that Ronaldo had no problem, but he was knocked out of breath and just rested for a while.
Ferguson cannot replace Cristiano Ronaldo, but Ronaldo still has to rest, and Manchester United can only play 11 of 10 for the time being, waiting for Ronaldo to play.
Porto waited for a moment of respite, and immediately launched an attack, Gao Xiaodong counterattacked with a long pass in the backfield, Hulk used his strong body to win the ball, and quickly broke through along the side, Evra had no choice but to trip Hulk.
Porto was not in a hurry, and slowly waited for Gao Xiaodong to come up and take a free kick.
Gao Xiaodong swayed three times, but when he walked in front of the ball, he pretended to bow his head to correct the ball, but suddenly passed the ball to Hulk.
Hulk took the ball and played a boccia ball into the box.
Falcao started quickly, slotted into the box before Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, fell to the ground and slotted the ball to the post, missing the chance to beat United.
In the 85th minute of the game, Ronaldo finally returned to the field, and at the same time Ronaldo was accompanied by the teenager Macheda, all three substitutes were used up, and the three strikers were present at the same time, and Ferguson made the last fight.
Porto replaced Rodriguez with Guarin and defended all the way, with only Falcao in the centre circle ready to defend with less than ten minutes of stoppage time.
United grabbed the ball just after the post and continued to attack.
Nani, O'Shea, and Scholes were besieging on the wings, and Porto's Gao Xiaodong, Guarin, and Sissokojo were defending to the death, and there were so many people crowded on the wings, there was no room for sprints, and there was no space for Nani to dribble.
However, at this time, the god-like Nani was gone, and there was only one-like Nani left, so many people were still dribbling, and he was hit by Gao Xiaodong and broke the ball, but there were so many people, Gao Xiaodong couldn't control the ball, and was cut off by Scholes.
The veteran is experienced in the end, and knows that there is no threat at all in the sidewalk, so he directly kicks into the penalty area.
Guarin pounced on the block, and the ball flew off the touchline.
O'Shea threw the throw-in directly into the penalty area, Ronaldo's header went to the edge of the penalty area, Carrick met the ball and shot angrily, the ball was blocked by Fernando, and the refraction flew towards the goal, but there were many people in the penalty area, and Rolando was blocked by Rolando at the goal post.
With the clock ticking 88 minutes, almost all of United's players were in the box for the corner, with goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar also in the centre circle.
At this time, none of the 50,000 fans in the stadium were sitting to watch the game, including the celebrities and bigwigs in the VIP box, all of them were standing, staring at the stadium without blinking.
When Giggs takes a corner kick, you fight for me in the penalty area, you pull me and I drag you, people turn on their backs, and the referee Bussaka almost becomes a fighting referee at this time, constantly separating the players.
After almost a minute, Ryan Giggs finally got the corner kicked.
Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic set up a screen and Vidic got to the spot, but Vidic was a little anxious and the ball was headed wide of the post.
Porto were given the chance to open the scoring.
At this time, the fourth official raised the sign for stoppage time: 4 minutes.
Helton started to stall again, he slowly picked the ball back, slowly put it away, and retreated to the net to tee off.
Manchester United's players were angry and protested, and referee Bussaka also decisively showed Helton a yellow card.
Helton kicked off and tried to pass to full-back Sapruna, but captain Alves shouted: "Go out of the touchline." ”
Helton, who is also a veteran Brazilian oilman, immediately understood what Alves meant, and drove the ball towards the sideline of Manchester United's half.
Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar personally ran off the pitch to pick up the ball to save a little time.
But Porto's caddie was very cunning, he deliberately picked up the ball slowly and handed it to Van der Sar, so angry that Van der Sar wanted to give him a kick.
Van der Sar tossed the ball to Nemanja Vidic and it was already the second minute of stoppage time.
There was no tactical point to speak of at this time, and Vidic drove the ball towards the Porto penalty area.
Vidic's footwork was good, and the ball fell right into the box, which Porto goalkeeper Helton couldn't reach.
The penalty area was once again chaotic, the ball was kicked back and forth by one or twenty feet, and finally Rooney kicked Rolando's body and bounced off the bottom line.
In the third minute of stoppage time, United were awarded a corner, perhaps their last in the Champions League.
Everyone came to the penalty area of Porto, including Van der Sar.
Giggs took a corner kick and there was another scramble in the box, and referee Busaka had to pull out two yellow cards to calm down the players on both sides and turn their attention to the ball.
Ryan Giggs took a high-flying corner and looked for Cristiano Ronaldo.
This time Manchester United played another tactical cover, Rooney blocked Ronaldo, Ronaldo did not have to fight under the two of them, he pressed Alves to head the goal.
It was a great opportunity, and it was United's last chance, as Ronaldo, who was unhappy for a while, was impetuous, and his usual header was pushed to the post.
The ball bounced outside the penalty area, and the only one waiting on the periphery was Manchester United's veteran Scholes who followed up to meet the ball and shoot again, Gao Xiaodong had already rushed out, just hit Gao Xiaodong's body and popped up, Gao Xiaodong paused, and then ran to grab the ball.
Now Van der Sar is still in the Porto penalty area, Scholes must not let Gao Xiaodong take the ball, he bumped into Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong dodged and wanted to dodge, but the jersey was grabbed by Scholes again.
The Porto fans in the stands began to look at their watches when the ball hit Gao Xiaodong, and when the stoppage time passed, the referee did not blow the whistle or shout fouls, they all shouted in unison: "Whistle and whistle!"
Referee Busaka looked at his watch, the time had passed, ignored Scholes's foul, and blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Porto's players fought until 94 minutes, completely supported by a spirit. Hearing the whistle, everyone lay on the ground physically and mentally exhausted, like dead dogs.
Hearing the whistle, the Porto fans in the stadium jumped up wildly, applauded wildly, shouted wildly, and many people left tears of excitement, to be able to eliminate the mighty Manchester United, which they didn't dare to imagine before the game, but the players created miracles, how can the fans not be proud and proud.
Manchester United's players couldn't believe this result at all, Rooney slammed the ground in anger, Ronaldo looked blank, Macheda burst into tears, and veterans such as Giggs Scholes were calmer and silently came over to comfort their teammates.
Ferguson had already expected such a result in stoppage time, and with the cunning and obscenity of the opponent, it was estimated that Manchester United would not be given a chance, so after the whistle, the old man just looked at Gao Xiaodong deeply, turned around and walked back to the dressing room.