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There was a round of applause from the stands, which was to welcome Ferdinand and bid farewell to Smalling.

For Smalling, Manchester United fans have endured enough, and if it were Real Madrid fans, they would probably boo him.

Although Rio Ferdinand hasn't played for a long time, with him on the pitch with Nemanja Vidic, United's players' hearts have immediately settled down.

Previously, Manchester United's players had problems attacking in the front, mainly because the lead was too large, the desire to attack was reduced, and the back line was unstable, and the midfielders did not dare to press easily.

In this case, it's hard to hit a high-quality offense.

And now that Rio Ferdinand is back, no matter how well he plays, he and Nemanja Vidic bring a sense of security to their team-mates that the likes of Smalling, Evans, O'Shea and others can't match.

Nani, Ryan Giggs, and Gao Xiaodong are all free to attack, which is a huge threat to any team in the world.

Schalke 04 is a team with a good attack, but their defense is average, otherwise they would not have conceded so many goals in the first half, and at this moment Manchester United relieved themselves to attack, and Schalke 04's defense could not resist.

In the 79th minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong broke through the middle of the ball, Valencia crossed from the bottom, central defender Hevedes headed the ball, and the veteran Giggs grabbed the landing point and quickly dribbled the ball into the ribs of the penalty area.

Schalke 04's midfielders and central defenders hurriedly came over to block, but Giggs took the ball and burst into a feint, just to pull out the players in the middle, and before the Schalke 04 players arrived, he very cleverly knocked the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

At this moment, Schalke 04's central defenders were reduced, and Gao Xiaodong immediately found the space to shoot, the ball rolled over, he quickly followed, and the arch of his right foot pushed the ball to the bottom right corner of the goal.

Gao Xiaodong's shot is dominated by a powerful volley, and there are few clever shots with such an angle, but Schalke 04's goalkeeper Neuer reacted very quickly, Gao Xiaodong's shot was very small, and the shot at a very awkward angle was touched by his fingertips quickly, and the ball hit the post and bounced out.

Gao Xiaodong saw the ball passing through the crowd, felt that the ball was there, and he was ready to celebrate, but he didn't expect Neuer to touch the ball, he shook his head and gave Neuer a thumbs up.

Neuer saw Gao Xiaodong give him a thumbs up, he shook his fist at Gao Xiaodong, and breathed a sigh of relief, he lost 4 goals in a row in the first half, although it was not all his pot, but the goalkeeper who was pierced through the goal 4 times must be responsible, and now he saved Gao Xiaodong's kick and must score, and he is in a much better mood.

Manchester United got a corner, Giggs sent this corner, substitutes Rio Ferdinand and Vidic came to the box to fight for the top, the ball was passed to the box, Ferdinand accurately judged the old buddy Giggs's pass to land, he jumped high, a powerful header into the middle of the goal.

Rio Ferdinand didn't have time to choose his angle, but his position on the edge of the six-yard box was too close to goal for the goalkeeper to have time to react.

However, after saving Gao Xiaodong's shot, Neuer's form came up, and in the face of Ferdinand's close-range header, he subconsciously reached out to block it, and actually blocked the ball again.

However, the distance was so close, Neuer only had time to block it with his arm, and did not have time to exert force, and the ball did not fly far, and bounced back into the small penalty area.

Vidic was the closest to the ball and followed up with a kick to stab the ball to the left side of the net.

Nemanja Vidic came closer to goal, but Neuer was like a hanger, almost with a big cross, poking the ball out on his toes on the goal line.

Manuel Neuer saved Manchester United's must-score goal three times in a row, and the Manchester United fans were convinced, and in addition to the cheers of the German fans, there were also sighs and admiration from the Manchester United fans.

In the VIP box, Schalke 04 manager Tunisy smiled and said to Manchester United manager David Gill: "David, is Neuer worth 30 million now?"

David Gill was already stunned, he said with an incredible expression: "Worth it, just this half of the performance, it's definitely worth ......" suddenly realized that it was wrong to say this, and hurriedly said: "...... But the most important thing for a goalkeeper is stability. ”

Tunis smiled and didn't speak, Neuer already has a superstar image, and a small ball like Schalke 04 will definitely not be able to stay, but he will definitely not accept any bargaining, and he wants Neuer's team to have it.

United continued to take corners, and this time Schalke 04 defended well, the ball was pushed out by a defender and pushed to the feet of Farfan for a quick counter-attack.

Schalke 04 is now 2:4 behind, if you can score another goal, then even if you lose 3:4 in the end, it is almost a win, so after getting the opportunity to counterattack, except for the two central defenders, everyone else pounced like a tide.

However, United were also very quick to return and Valencia was in place as soon as he reached out before substitute Draxler's cross was deflected, and Ferdinand reached out before Raul broke the ball and shoveled the ball out.

Gao Xiaodong also returned to defend in place, he quickly grabbed Ferdinand's clearance ball, turned around, and looked at the frontcourt, his teammates were all returning to defense, Rooney was back, and it was the veteran Giggs who was left in the frontcourt.

But that's good, Giggs's ball quotient experience is extremely high, Gao Xiaodong handed the ball to Giggs, avoided the opponent's siege, and quickly stepped forward to assist.

Giggs has no one to press, and there is a lot of space in the frontcourt, if he was young, he must have single-handedly smashed the Yellow Dragon, but now that he is so old, he no longer has the ability to attack with the ball that he used to be galloping, and he is also self-aware, and after receiving the ball, he will take it forward along the side while observing the movement of his teammates.

Gao Xiaodong's forward speed is extremely fast, and he has surpassed Rooney, but Schalke 04's players are also in good place to defend him, and there are always players who block between him and Giggs, not giving Gao Xiaodong and Giggs a chance to connect.

Ryan Giggs has a lot of experience, he couldn't pass this point, and after seeing his opponent come up to block, he passed directly back to Evra.

Evra is a French international, and at his peak he was also a fullback in the top five in the world, and now that he is older, his assist ability is not good, but his vision and consciousness are still there, and when he saw Gao Xiaodong in front of him, he gave Gao Xiaodong a straight kick.

Schalke 04's two centre-backs kept their eyes on Gao Xiaodong, and when Evra passed the ball, Matip quickly stepped up to block United's counter-attack.

Matip's timing is very good, if Gao Xiaodong insists on getting the ball, he will definitely not be able to avoid Matip's grab, even if he can pass, he can't prevent the opponent from fouling.

Gao Xiaodong didn't want to turn a precious counter-attack opportunity into a free kick in the 30-meter area, but his super glasses helped him, Gao Xiaodong "saw" Rooney who was quickly following behind the side, and when the ball reached him, Gao Xiaodong didn't touch the ball, leaked the ball, and turned around to dodge Matip who pounced.