Chapter 955: A Great Victory over Schalke
Gao Xiaodong's ball leaked very much, and when the ball came to him, he also made a feint to take the ball, Matip was deceived very badly, he didn't expect Gao Xiaodong to leak the ball at all, and when he realized it, Gao Xiaodong had quickly flashed past him.
Matip did not hesitate, reached out and grabbed Gao Xiaodong's shirt, and wanted to use a tactical foul to end Manchester United's counterattack.
Running with the ball and running without the ball are completely different things, Gao Xiaodong who ran with the ball definitely couldn't avoid Matip's foul, but Gao Xiaodong, who ran without the ball, was much more flexible and sprinted, Matip touched Gao Xiaodong's jersey, but he was not able to catch Gao Xiaodong, but he was stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
Rooney was inserting forward, and saw that the ball was passed to Gao Xiaodong in front of him, he thought that Gao Xiaodong would dribble past Matip this time, but he didn't expect Gao Xiaodong to leak the ball to himself, but Rooney and Gao Xiaodong cooperated a lot when they were training, he didn't think about it, pushed the arch of his foot, and made a ball for Gao Xiaodong.
Rooney is a world-class player, the timing of this kick is very beautiful, the angle is also very good, the ball just avoided the interception range of another central defender, and Gao Xiaodong, who stepped forward at high speed, was not offside.
Gao Xiaodong cut in from behind Hevedes at lightning speed, and chased the ball diagonally with all his might.
Schalke 04 goalkeeper Neuer has already attacked when Rooney passes, the timing and courage of this attack are not possessed by all other goalkeepers, even if it is a world-class goalkeeper, when Rooney passes, even if he judges that the defender will be broken through, he will definitely not attack, and will only wait for the defender to be broken through before attacking.
Seeing Neuer attacking, the on-site commentator Andy Gray couldn't help but exclaim, he had never seen a goalkeeper with such a large range ......of activities, "God! He rushed out again, is Neuer using himself as a defender?
Neuer's attack was very beautiful and the timing was very good, but Gao Xiaodong's speed was too fast, so fast that it was beyond Neuer's expectations, Neuer saw that he did not hope to touch the ball before Gao Xiaodong, he decisively put the tackle, asked people to pass the ball, but the ball passed people.
If you change to someone else, you have to think about it if you want to win this ball, but Gao Xiaodong didn't even have to think about it, and went up to meet Neuer's spikes.
Gao Xiaodong caught up with the ball, rubbed the ball before Neuer's feet tackled, and then jumped up vigorously, doing his best to avoid Neuer's tackle.
The ball flew, and Gao Xiaodong also flew, but Neuer's foot still touched Gao Xiaodong, and Gao Xiaodong staggered to the ground when he fell, but he was short and had a low center of gravity, and when he was about to fall to the ground, he reached out to the ground and immediately stood up again.
Gao Xiaodong caught up with the ball in the small penalty area, pushed the ball into the empty goal with a light arch of his foot.
5:2
After scoring the goal, Gao Xiaodong rushed all the way out of the stadium, jumped over the billboards, climbed in front of the stands, and waved his arms at the fans.
Neuer chased back a few steps and saw Gao Xiaodong send the ball into the empty goal, so he stopped in despair.
It was a moment in which Neuer felt a deep sense of helplessness, and in this moment, more than ever, he longed to go to a big club.
The Manchester United fans in the stands became excited again after being suppressed for half an hour, some of them waved their arms and shouted Gao Xiaodong's name, some held up banners prepared in advance, and some sang their own "Song of Gao Xiaodong", and the stands were lively like a temple fair for the New Year.
Ferguson clenched his fists and rushed out of the dugout, he applauded Gao Xiao and their team-mates, the goal was too timely and crucial, and if it could not be extended, the next ten minutes would have been an unparalleled ordeal for Manchester United.
Gao Xiaodong on the scene expanded the score advantage to 3 goals, although this score is still not as good as the previous 4:0, but now when the situation is so dangerous, it is enough to score another goal.
"Entered, entered...... Gao Xiaodong is Gao Xiaodong again! In this game, he has scored two goals and assisted a goal, the score is 5:2, Manchester United leads by 3 goals, which is a great advantage......" The on-site commentator Di Gray is also shouting and praising Gao Xiaodong, "This ball Gao Xiaodong's passing awareness, superhuman speed and creativity on the field are vividly embodied, Neuer is very good, he is almost like a hanging, but the Old Trafford stadium is Gao Xiaodong's, and Neuer, who is hanging, can't stop Gao Xiaodong." ”
Then Andy Gray said: "Now I want to praise Manchester United's backline, Ferdinand and Vidic's partnership is still the most stable pair of Manchester United, without their play in the backline, Gao Xiaodong and other midfielders would not dare to assist so boldly." ”
And Huaguo's commentator He Hui is still dissatisfied with Manchester United's backline, he celebrated, and then joked: "Today Manchester United's back line is not good, they don't deserve the score on the field, fortunately, the old coach Ferguson knows the team too well, his last place was given to Ferdinand instead of Berbatov, this is absolutely a stroke of genius, after Ferdinand came on the field, Manchester United's forwards finally attacked with peace of mind, which is also the main reason why Manchester United can score." ”
Gao Xiaodong's goal reassured everyone, although the advantage was a little smaller than in the first half, but the opponent was Schalke 04, not the defending champion Inter Milan, and it would not be too surprising to go away with such a score.
In addition, after the return of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, Manchester United believed that their backline could maintain their lead, so after Gao Xiaodong's goal, Manchester United began to control the tempo, delay time, and use the individual abilities of Gao Xiaodong, Rooney and Nani to counterattack when they had the opportunity.
The game reached more than 80 minutes, Schalke 04's physical fitness was also at the limit, coupled with Gao Xiaodong's very demoralizing goal, Schalke 04 couldn't afford to play the whole court, so he could only rely on Manchester United's mistakes to win the ball, and then organize the attack at all levels.
Although Manchester United is not a technical team, under Ferguson's years of training, the team's overall tactics are excellent, the passing and receiving are also very smooth, they are interested in controlling the game, the opponent is not full of pressing, they have few active mistakes, and Schalke 04 does not have many opportunities to get the ball, so after Gao Xiaodong scored the fifth goal, the pace of the game immediately slowed down.
Rangnick watched from the sidelines, he couldn't accept the score of 2:5, with such a score back at home, Schalke 04 must score 3 goals, Manchester United does not score, Schalke 04 can advance, this is too difficult, Schalke 04 wants to keep the hope of qualifying, must score another goal.
Rangnick made the last substitution, the exhausted Raul went off, Iranian striker Karimi came on, and Schalke 04 made the final struggle.
The Chinese fans in the stands were very disappointed, they had been expecting Hao Jun to play and stage a Chinese derby with Gao Xiaodong, instead of the Japanese Iranian star vs Gao Xiaodong, but Hao Jun's position was not good, even if he was three or four goals behind, Rangnick did not give Hao Jun a chance.
"Offense, offense, press, press!" Rangnick made a substitution, waving his hand on the sidelines, allowing the player to press up and attack.
Schalke 04's players also want to press, but their physical strength can support them to press, but it is not so easy to return to defense, after being hit by Manchester United two counterattacks in a row, no matter how much Rangnick shouts, no matter how much he waves, the Schalke 04 players will not go up.
After 90 minutes of regular time, the referee gave 3 minutes of stoppage time, during which Manchester United was satisfied with the score and was unwilling to risk attacking again, while Schalke 04 could not attack, and finally Manchester United beat Schalke 04 5-2 at home, almost locking a place in the last four.