Chapter 746: Stand Up
After the ball bounced off the post, Ryan Giggs and Neville on the bench glanced at each other, and there was concern in their eyes.
Manchester United have not picked up three points in three seasons at Craven Cottage and are certainly not very lucky against mid-table teams who have not won for three years.
And judging by the opening minutes of today, Manchester United's luck is no better than in previous years.
The ball was picked up by the Fulham defenders and launched a quick counter-attack, Zamora pulled a cross from the middle to the right, Davies quickly cut into the box, half-turned and fired into the bottom right corner of the goal, the ball slid out of the goal, startling the Manchester United.
Gao Xiaodong stuck out his tongue and said to Scholes: "The nemesis is so fierce, and such a shot can be done." ”
Scholes was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Gao Xiaodong's English to suddenly speak so well, but the game was going on, he didn't think much about it, and said seriously: "Fulham is really not good to play, you have to go all out." ”
Fulham was very vigorous, four or five in front of the field forced Manchester United's backline, goalkeeper Van der Sar could not pass the ball to the back line, so he directly sent a big foot to the front.
Gao Xiaodong didn't have time to answer Scholes's words, and quickly stepped forward to grab the ball.
Fulham midfielder Etuhu was running towards the landing point with the ball, and the corner of his eyes saw Gao Xiaodong rushing over like a tiger, Etuhu hurriedly jumped, even if he couldn't top the ball, he would never let Gao Xiaodong grab the landing point.
Gao Xiaodong ignored the jumping Etuhu, stared at the sky, and leaped to grab the point.
Nigerian midfielder Etuhu is 1.8 meters tall and weighs 72 kilograms, which is also black and hard, but his speed is not as fast as Gao Xiaodong, and his weight is almost 20 pounds lighter than Gao Xiaodong.
With a flick of the header, the ball was given to Nani on the wing, and Gao Xiaodong frantically stepped forward to the penalty area after landing on the ground.
He raised his hand to ask Nani for the ball as he ran.
With Gao Xiaodong's speed and impact, if Nani takes the ball and crosses at 45 degrees, Gao Xiaodong will definitely be able to cause a lot of trouble for the central defenders.
However, Na Buchuan's name is not called in vain, although Gao Xiaodong's Premier League debut was based on Mendes' face, Nani passed a lot of balls to Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong's performance in the last round was so bright, Nani saved his own performance in this game, he didn't look at Gao Xiaodong, he took the ball and ran to the defender.
Nani's breakthrough ability is really not afraid of Ronaldo when he first entered Manchester United, he even changed direction with a false swing, broke through the defender and hit the bottom line to cross the penalty area.
However, at this time, Fulham's defenders were already in position, and Gao Xiaodong, Berbatov, and Hernandez were useless to grab points, and the ball was kicked out by the defender.
Martin, the on-site commentator, hit the nail on the head: "Nani's ball was not well chosen, it was too sticky, the impact on the goal was not direct enough, although he had a beautiful individual performance, but it delayed the attack. ”
Although Nani delayed the attack, he broke through the full-back and passed the ball, and there was really no one else to say about him except the coach.
Fulham were very aggressive and their defenders cleared the ball before attacking again, with Zamora doing very well as heading a long ball to Davies, who was in the box.
Today, Fulham's players were highly excited, with a variety of difficult shots, and Davies didn't wait for the United defenders to block it, and directly volleyed the ball slightly over the crossbar.
Although the goal did not go in, Manchester United fans were still shocked, the opponent is so confident, if there are too many waves in such a world, there must be a possibility of scoring, you must know that Fulham is very lucky at their home stadium.
Fulham became more and more confident, in the 20th minute of the game, Dempsey, the American player who played as a winger today, received the ball and took it to Manchester United after half time, Davies was about 30 meters away from the goal is a burst of shots, Van der Sar judged correctly, has begun to move, but the ball touched Ferdinand's leg in the process of flying and changed direction.
Van der Sar was shaken to the ground and could only watch the ball fly towards goal.
1:0
Davis takes the lead for Fulham!
The Craven Farm Stadium was filled with jubilation, and more than 20,000 "farmers" raised their arms and shouted in celebration of their goals.
Davis, who scored the goal, also lifted his shirt with both hands and ran wildly over his head.
The on-site commentator exclaimed: "goalgoalgoal...... Davies!Deflected goal!Fulham lead!God!Craven Farm was hell for United!After the opening, a goalpost, a deflection conceded a goal!Luck was on Fulham's side again......"
What Manchester United fans feared the most finally happened, the opponent was explosive again, and the luck was good, no matter how good Manchester United performed, they couldn't score a goal.
Ferdinand couldn't stop shaking his head, seeing Vidic's resentful face, Ferdinand spread his hands, "What can I do, I'm also desperate!
Ferguson chewed his gum tighter on the sidelines, and he went on a three-year winless streak at Craven Farm, should he continue this time?
Ferguson was also desperate, his line-up was reasonable, and he was able to dominate the field, but it was like a curse, he just couldn't win.
Former Manchester United legend, Ferguson's disciple Mark. Hughes had a satisfied look on his face, he had just taken office, his performance in the first round was average, and in this round he was worried about losing the title of nemesis on Manchester United, but now it looks like it is working well, the players are full of confidence and luck against Manchester United, and Manchester United has fallen into a curse and can't score goals.
"Sir, calm down, calm down, don't be angry!"
Hughes smiled and said to Ferguson, who ran to the sideline and yelled.
"Boy, don't be arrogant! Don't worry! You can't win!" Ferguson pointed his finger at his former disciple and snorted back to the coach's seat.
Hughes smiled, facing Manchester United, Fulham won if they didn't lose.
Once the game started again, United picked up the tempo of the attack, with both full-backs all in the centre circle, leaving only two centre-backs to press in behind, like a cauldron covering the Fulham siege.
In the 25th minute of the game, Scholes took the ball in the midfield and cooperated with the short pass of Hernandez and Berbatov in front of the penalty area, and then Scholes passed back, Gao Xiaodong volleyed the ball low, but the ball grazed the left post and flew out of the bottom line.
In the 28th minute, Valencia grabbed the ball outside the penalty area, Manchester United created chaos with a series of short passes in the opponent's penalty area, and finally the ball fell to Valencia's feet again, which was a great opportunity to hit the goal, but unfortunately Valencia was too unconfident in his shooting skills, and he actually passed to Scholes.
Scholes couldn't stop laughing, he barely got up to hit the goal, but was blocked by a defender.
Scholes sent a corner kick, the ball was blocked by the defender, Evra grabbed the ball and passed it to Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong shot directly at 30 meters, the ball hit the defender and popped up, Scholes just came back from the bottom line, he grabbed the ball and followed by a powerful long-range shot.
When Gao Xiaodong shot just now, goalkeeper Stokedal had already moved to make a save, and when Scholes shot again, the goalkeeper couldn't make a save, and the ball flew into the net against the crossbar.
1:1
Scholes was so excited after the goal that he ran to the sideline with his arms raised and hugged Ferguson as he burst out of the dugout.
"Well done, Paul! Well done!"
Ferguson excitedly patted Scholes on the back and praised him repeatedly.
Scholes grew up with Alex Ferguson, and was the absolute most trusted person around Ferguson. In the past 17 years, he has been loyal to Ferguson, and has never had too many suggestions and requests, but when he was entrusted with the task, he did not make any mistakes, and repeatedly saved Ferguson from danger.
Hughes looked at Scholes enviously, and then looked at Giggs and Neville on the bench, when he was galloping through Manchester United, these little guys had just joined the team, and they all called him respectfully Brother Sheng, now they have helped Ferguson win dozens of titles, when can they have such a group of henchmen.
Martin, the on-site commentator, sighed: "More than ten years ago, it was the 92 class, and more than ten years later, it is still the 92 class, Scholes is still the same Scholes! Manchester United's young people have to work hard! You can't always let the old guys come forward every time." ”