Back in the locker room, Ferguson did not criticize the players, no one has a better way to face the dense defense, Ferguson just asked Fletcher, Gao Xiaodong, and Rooney to play more patiently, and not to use long-range shooting as the only weapon to break the dense defense.

After instructing the three top players in the team, Ferguson called Valencia, Park Ji-sung and the two full-backs over and told them to cut inside when they went down, inverted triangle crosses, or boccia balls into the box, not just high balls.

Lord Fu observed for 45 minutes, and the tactical deployment must be very targeted, but the opponent shrunk to his own 30-meter area to defend, no matter how good the tactics are, he dare not say that he will be able to implement them in place, these are more about the players' on-the-spot performance, for the game, in fact, the head coach does not necessarily play more than the players.

In the first half, Gao Xiaodong and Fletcher fought openly and secretly, Ferguson naturally knew that a team, more than 20 people, completely one heart, it was simply impossible, as long as it did not affect the team's victory, Ferguson did not want to interfere, he believed that the one who can stand out in this competition is the real leader of the team.

The halftime break ended quickly, back on the pitch again, Manchester United's attack was much more patient than in the first half, the middle began to cooperate, Rooney resisted people to do back to the midfield, Hernandez waited for the opportunity to run, received Rooney or Gao Xiaodong's pass, the three formed an offensive triangle.

Although Gao Xiaodong and Rooney are not people who play fine work, they and Hernandez have cooperated for a short time, there is no tacit understanding, and several cooperation has not been successful, but they finally began to do penetration cooperation, because the Rangers have no ability to counterattack, Manchester United can attack regardless of efficiency, as long as one can succeed, they can win, if they face a strong team, this style of play will be fatal.

Manchester United infiltrated in the frontcourt, Fletcher couldn't intervene, he was a defensive player, Manchester United's penetration was unreliable, and Fletcher easily didn't dare to press too forward.

In the 50th minute of the game, Rooney took the ball with his back and passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong with his opponent, although Rooney was pulled down, Hernandez ran out of the vacancy, Gao Xiaodong rushed out of the ball when the defenders arrived, and the little pea led the ball and entered the penalty area.

United were perfect but there were too many people inside and outside the Rangers penalty area, and the centre-back stabbed a little, but it didn't stab, but it gave the goalkeeper the chance to strike, and Gregor flew to hold the ball in his arms.

United's penetration in the middle forced Rangers to retract in formation, which also gave United's wide players room to break through.

In the 53rd minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong split the side, Valencia quickly went down on the side, and the left-back Broadford quickly returned to the side It was too late and was cut into the penalty area by Valencia.

Broadford wanted to go over and intercept, but he couldn't get on his feet and was wiped off the line by Valencia.

Valencia didn't have the angle to shoot, but he didn't like to shoot either, and went straight to the top of the box with an inverted triangle.

Gao Xiaodong broke free from the opponent's pull and ran over to shoot, but Rooney in the penalty area touched the ball, Gao Xiaodong kicked the ball into the air, the ball flew behind him, and was kicked by Fletcher to the defender and flew out of the sideline.

Manchester United sent a throw-in to continue the siege, and Gao Xiaodong saw that the Rangers were paying attention to defending their left side, so he passed the ball to Park Ji-sung and let Park Ji-sung attack from the right.

Park Ji-sung dribbled the ball and wanted to break through Papac from the side, but Papache was fast and fierce in defense, Park Ji-sung was past his peak again, and understood that there was a big gap, and when he received the ball, Papache had already arrived, blocking Park Ji-sung could only pass back.

The ball was at the feet of Fletcher, who passed it to Valencia and the Ecuadorian winger broke down the right flank.

Defending his left-back, Broadford, saw the opportunity with a horizontal tackle.

Broadford judged it right and shoveled the ball out, but Valencia's left foot was caught between his legs.

Valencia was extremely fast, and was pinched like a scissor foot by Broadford, and his left ankle was immediately deformed. Immediately, Valencia fell to the ground in pain.

Valencia was aware of his injuries the moment he fell to the ground, and he howled in pain as he pointed to his ankle.

Broadford was so stunned by Valencia's almost ninety-degree ankle that he forgot to call the team doctor.

Naismith, who also came over to defend, came to his senses as soon as possible, and he quickly summoned the team doctor to enter the field.

Martin, the on-the-spot commentator, exclaimed, "Oh my God, look at his ankle! It must be broken! It's cruel! England international Zamora also suffered last week, this time it's Valencia's turn!"

Ferguson was very anxious, Valencia is now his main player at Manchester United, and if he is injured, it will have a big impact on Manchester United, and he also rushed into the pitch with the team doctor.

Manchester United's team doctor looked at Valencia's injury, immediately put Valencia on a ventilator, did a simple treatment, carried him off the field, and then called an ambulance to take him to the hospital for treatment.

The scene of Valencia's broken leg was so horrific that the TV director did not even play it in slow motion out of consideration for the TV audience.

All this happened too suddenly, and many young players, including Gao Xiaodong, were stunned when they saw a player's broken leg for the first time.

The young player Smolin shuddered and couldn't stop saying, "It's terrible! It's terrible!"

Vidic put his hand on Smalling's shoulder and said calmly: "This is football! It's impossible to be completely injury-free, since you have chosen football, you have to be fearless." ”

While speaking, Vidic also looked at Gao Xiaodong, "The Premier League is the most competitive league in the world, and anyone who wants to succeed here needs to put in hard work, even sweat and blood. ”

Gao Xiaodong felt a little frightened just now, but he himself was not afraid at all, he had super protective gear on his body, and he was a very strong person, it was very difficult to make him injured, unless the muscles were strained and his upper body was injured.

Hearing Vidic's words, Gao Xiaodong clenched his fists and said viciously: "The captain is right, we must not be afraid, I don't believe that they are not afraid of breaking their legs." ”

Vidic wanted to take the opportunity to point Gao Xiaodong to prevent him from being young and frivolous, and it was too easy to see the Premier League, but he didn't expect Gao Xiaodong to react so strongly, and hurriedly said: "The other party doesn't mean to abolish people, the head coach of the Rangers has a good relationship with the head." ”

Gao Xiaodong said with great enthusiasm: "I know, but we can't be afraid, just do it, and we can't be cowardly." ”

Vidic nodded in satisfaction and said, "Yes! ”

Valencia's injury delayed almost five minutes before Ferguson brought on veteran Ryan Giggs and the game resumed.

Gao Xiaodong is not afraid, but looking at the tragic situation of Valencia's broken leg, how can Manchester United's players not be afraid, even if they are old players, when the opponent puts the shovel, they can't help but hide, this is a psychological shadow, which is not eliminated at once.

As the saying goes, the more Manchester United's players dodged, the tougher the Rangers played, and soon they won a lot of possession and played a few good counter-attacks.

Gao Xiaodong felt that he had to stand up and encourage his teammates at this time, otherwise he might not be able to win today's game.

It was Gao Xiaodong's Champions League debut for Manchester United, and he didn't want to end up in a draw or a loss.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Rooney passed back to Gao Xiaodong, and Rangers midfielder Davis made a flying tackle, Gao Xiaodong did not dodge, first pushed the ball away, and then jumped up.

Gao Xiaodong jumped half a step late, and although Davis retracted his feet, he still knocked over to the ground.

CCTV's on-site commentator He Hui was frightened and shouted: "Xiaodong! You can't do this! What about a draw! Don't get hurt!"

The Manchester United fans at the scene also let out exclamations and asked the referee to give Davies a yellow card.

The referee, De Blake, ignored the pressure from the fans and awarded a free-kick.

Set-pieces were also a good way to break down dense defences, with Nemanja Vidic and Smalling both coming to the box to scramble for headers.

Gao Xiaodong passed a free kick into the penalty area, which was a little close to the goalkeeper and was punched out of the box by Gregor.

Gao Xiaodong quickly followed, and before the ball landed, he volleyed, but the ball was saved by the goalkeeper again.

Giggs got the ball and quickly went down, attracting the Rangers player to the penalty area, and then kicked back to the edge of the box to find Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong followed up with the shot, and Papache stepped over to block Gao Xiaodong's shot, but Gao Xiaodong didn't dodge and kicked Papache with his spikes.

Boom!

The ball hit Papachi's spikes and exploded directly, and Papache was also hit and took a few steps back, and sat on the ground with his butt in pain, holding his legs and unable to stand up.

"Oh my God!

"Oh my God, is Gao's foot broken?"

"Is this desperate? God! Don't get hurt!"

……

Manchester United fans were so frightened that they almost didn't dare to look at Gao Xiaodong, worried that it would be another fracture, but they didn't expect Gao Xiaodong to have nothing to do, and raised his hand to ask for the ball outside the field.

"It's too fierce!

"Desperate Saburo!"

"The Red Devils are going to be like Gao! Don't be cowardly! Just do it!"

"This is the spirit of the Red Devils!"

……

The fans in the stands at Old Trafford were excited by Gao Xiaodong and stood up to applaud Gao Xiaodong.

The bigwigs of Manchester United on the field and on the bench all glanced at each other, and their faces were full of praise, especially Neville, who felt that Gao Xiaodong really did what he said to be a Red Devil, first of all.