Chapter 992: Arsenal-style goals

After the break, neither side made substitutions and adjustments, and still played the decisive battle with the original team.

Unlike the first half, the second half started with a quick attack on Chelsea and took the initiative to speed up the tempo of the game, constantly pressing high and forcing the Chelsea players to play the game faster.

Chelsea's players were ill-prepared and were a bit of a scramble by Manchester United.

However, Chelsea have a lot of experience and after five minutes they were able to stabilize the situation with solid defence and long balls on the counter-attack.

Carlo Ancelotti originally thought that Manchester United wanted to start a sneak attack, and then defend and counterattack, and play away, if they can get an away goal, even if it is a draw, it will be very beneficial to the team that comes away first and then the home.

However, after Chelsea stabilized the situation, Manchester United still did not give up pressing and attacking, and the tempo was fast.

Chelsea are also Premier League teams, they are familiar with this "Premier League" rhythm, even if Manchester United play fast, they can cope with it, but they are a little confused and don't know why Manchester United have been attacking from the second half, do they really want to rewrite history away from home?

It's a question that is on the minds of every Chelsea person, including Carlo Ancelotti.

Does the old guy have the courage or the confidence? Do Manchester United have to keep attacking like this? How long can their fitness last? How will they play after 70 minutes?

Just when Ancelotti was confused, Ferguson made a substitution, and it was two people at the same time, with veteran Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes coming on at the same time, replacing Hernandez and Nani.

United's intentions are now very clear, they have been attacking in order to drain Chelsea's energy and keep Chelsea unable to rush in the final stages, so that with two veterans, United can use their skills and experience to dominate the midfield.

Carlo Ancelotti saw Ferguson's intentions, but he didn't make substitutions at Ferguson's pace, and he wanted to see what tricks United would play after the substitutions, and Ancelotti wanted to be able to strike back.

Ryan Giggs is 38 years old, Paul Scholes is 37 years old, at other clubs, such old people should have retired five years ago, but they were still the main team at Manchester United last season, and this season due to the strong arrival of Gao Xiaodong, they have become a rotation, and it is really shocking that the two old demons remain in such a state at this age.

After Ryan Giggs and Scholes came on the pitch, Manchester United's formation changed to 433, with Gao Xiaodong, Fletcher and Scholes partnering in midfield, Giggs and Valencia on both sides, and Rooney playing as a striker in the middle.

United have never started in such a formation this season, but judging by the familiarity on the pitch, Ferguson was by no means improvised, and he did a lot of experimentation and training before the game.

Giggs, nicknamed Wang Laoji by Chinese fans, created a chance to shoot in the first minute of his play.

Ryan Giggs received the ball on the flank and Patrice Evra quickly slipped off from behind him to draw some of Chelsea's defensive attention, before Wayne Rooney ran down the middle of the pitch as if to pick up Ryan Giggs, drawing most of Chelsea's attention.

At this time, Giggs suddenly picked the ball past midfielder Zhirkov's top pass to the edge of the penalty area.

After Rooney pulled to the ribs, this position was empty, and when Giggs picked the ball to this position, Gao Xiaodong didn't know where to shoot the horse and arrived, and volleyed the ball, and the ball flew straight to the goal.

The shot was still explosive, but it was angled so straight that goalkeeper Petr Cech didn't need to move and barely beat the ball with his fists.

Manchester United's attack is very thoughtful, no longer the previous two wings flew down the bottom cross, the coordination is very clever, when Gao Xiaodong shoots, there is no one within three meters of him, this is a very terrifying thing.

Carlo Ancelotti's expression was heavy, and immediately after Gao Xiaodong's shot, he warmed up Mikel and prepared to make a substitution.

Just then, Bosingwa grabbed the ball from Petr Cech and used his pace to break through Giggs' defence and find Torres with a long ball.

Vidic was afraid of Torres' speed and did not dare to come over and stick to Torres, and Torres headed it to Drogba.

Drogba stopped the ball with his back to Ferdinand's chest and half-turned and volleyed straight away.

Drogba's shot was blocked by Ferdinand, but Van der Sar didn't see it, and when the ball came, Van der Sar had no time to save.

However, United also turned their fortunes in the second half, and Drogba's shot hit the crossbar.

The scene was full of exclamations, and the Chelsea players were very sorry, now the time has reached 67 minutes, if they can score, with Chelsea's defensive ability, they will basically lock up the victory.

Ancelotti was ready to replace Bosingva, and seeing Bosingwa's pass, Ancelotti held back and felt that he should be given a few more minutes, and it was not too late to make a substitution at 75 minutes.

Soon, Ancelotti paid the price for his hesitation.

In the 70th minute, Scholes made a direct pass to Rooney from 35 yards out.

Rooney found the old demon Ryan Giggs on the wing with a beautiful diagonal pass in front of the penalty area, and he moved to the wing again.

Bosingwa relied on his height, strength and speed to be better than Giggs, and boldly came over to stick Giggs.

However, Giggs didn't stop the ball at all, hitting the wall and knocking it back to Scholes, before turning and cutting in behind Bosingwa.

It's a change in rhythm.

Bosingwa stopped when he saw Giggs pass the ball directly, but Giggs cut in.

Giggs wasn't fast, but Bosingwa couldn't.

Scholes and Giggs were more familiar than husband and wife, Scholes knew what Giggs wanted to do without looking, and after Giggs knocked him back, he stopped and then passed a straight plug to Giggs.

It was a long-distance one-two, and Bosingwa was so smooth that he didn't have a temper at all.

The experienced Ryan Giggs easily hit the bottom line and crossed across the box.

Rooney, who had just run to the ribs to catch up, also turned to the baseline when Giggs went down to the bottom to grab the front spot.

Ivanovic is faster than Terry, he has been marking Rooney, when Rooney grabbed the front point, Ivanovic tried to accelerate past Rooney, but Rooney was not slow, Ivanovic, was not able to overtake Rooney, so he had to follow Rooney inside.

Rooney arrived and could have touched the ball, but he deliberately missed it and slipped it through.

Branislav Ivanovic never expected Rooney to leak the ball, he was shaken and couldn't touch the ball.

No one thought that Rooney would leak the ball because he was a single center forward, and if he missed, there would be no one to grab the point.

Obviously, Rooney missed the ball for a reason, and after he brought Branislav Ivanovic to the ribs, the gap between Ivanovic and John Terry widened, and that gap was the point for United to grasp.

The one who grabbed this gap was Gao Xiaodong.

After Giggs and Scholes came on the field, Rooney actually became a pseudo-center forward, and it was Gao Xiaodong who really attacked from the middle.

In Manchester United's previous passing and cutting cooperation, Gao Xiaodong did not participate once, and he just wanted to disappear from the sight of Chelsea's defense.

When Ryan Giggs crossed the ball, Gao Xiaodong finally appeared, he cut in like a cheetah from the middle, and fell to the ground before Terry tackled the ball into the net.

1:0

Gao Xiaodong broke the deadlock with a ghostly run, drawing a successful end to Manchester United's beautiful passing and cutting cooperation.

Gao Xiaodong got up from the goal and ran wildly to the stands, and behind him, the Manchester United players followed.

Gao Xiaodong jumped on the billboard and raised his arms and shouted, and the Manchester United fans in the stands all stood up, they raised their arms and shouted "high high ......" at Gao Xiaodong

There was silence in the stands belonging to the Chelsea fans, and no one said a word, they were all stunned.

"Entered, entered, entered, continued to hit the wall, and finally Gao Xiaodong scored with a shovel! Is this Manchester United? Is this Manchester United? Isn't this Arsenal? Manchester United broke through the door of Chelsea in the Arsenal way! It's incredible!"

"Gao Xiaodong! Gao Xiaodong played the role of killer again today! 13th Champions League goal! Gao Xiaodong surpassed Messi by two goals! Great all-round player, you don't know what he can't do on the pitch, he is very good in every position. ”

'We have to give credit to Alex Ferguson, who directed the goal, he was a great strategist, maybe he had the way to get the Blues in the back of the net before the game, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs came on in a brilliant move, the two veterans executed Ferguson's tactics perfectly, they worked together seamlessly. ”

Rooney was also the hero of the goal, not being involved in the transfer of the ball, and successfully took away a defender for Xiao Dong, and his clever omission is hard to believe that this is a rude Rooney action. ”

'Chelsea's sinner was Bosingwa, who did almost nothing in this attack, he was like a spectator, he was a complete backdrop. ”

"Ancelotti paid a terrible price for his hesitation, if he replaced Bosingwa in time, Manchester United's attack would not have been able to play so smoothly, in the battle at the master level, Ancelotti is still a little worse than Ferguson, when Ferguson was able to reverse Bayern in stoppage time, and Ancelotti was reversed by Liverpool with a 3-goal lead, this is not only a matter of temperament, but also a matter of ability......"

The commentary bench was like a group of demons dancing, dozens of commentators holding the topic and dancing hoarsely, desperately advocating every player involved in the goal.

Because the attack was designed before the game, Ferguson was not too excited, just clenched his fists and ran to the sidelines, and then hugged the assistant coaches tightly.

Ancelotti really regretted it, he leaned against the wind shield and shook his head, "It's just five minutes! It's five minutes late!"

In the VIP box, Edward rushed out at the first moment of the goal, shouting into the sky: "Beautiful! This is Manchester United! This is the real Manchester United! Passionate and bloody is beautiful, this is the real Manchester United." ”

In another box, Abu looked coldly at the celebrating Manchester United fans, players and coaches, and his eyes almost burst into flames.

Halfway through, Abu turned his head and said to Zhukova and Emma: "Our Champions League is over!"

Zhukova comforted: "Honey, there is still time. ”

"It's hard to say until the game is over. ”

Emma also comforted that she had mixed feelings, she was a Chelsea fan, but she was happy that Gao Xiaodong had scored, and she almost cheered just now, but fortunately covered her mouth in time.

Abu shook his head, "No! don't comfort me! The Champions League is over! Ancelotti has no ability to reverse at all! He will only be reversed!"

When it came to the last sentence, Abu almost shouted, "The league is over! Eight points behind, it is impossible to reverse, Ferguson is not Ancelotti! The FA Cup is over! The League Cup is long over! I put up with him until now, just to see if the Champions League experts live up to their name, but Ancelotti disappointed me too much!"

'The Champions League is difficult and maybe Carlo Ancelotti will need some time. Zhukova said.

"No! I've given him time! How many more years does he have? Like Arsene Wenger? No! I don't have that much time to wait! I've been waiting for seven years! Mourinho can't do it, neither can Scolari, neither can Carlo Ancelotti, it looks like Chelsea need superstars instead of coaches, but superstars!

Seeing Abu's cool expression, Emma and Jukova were speechless and didn't know how to comfort Abu.

With a roar like a volcanic eruption, Abu finally finished venting his anger, and when he sat down again, his face returned to calm, "Zhukova, Emma, I think Chelsea should buy a real superstar, what do you think?"

Zhukova said: "Yes, the role of a superstar like Gao Xiaodong is comparable to that of a coach, but I don't think Chelsea can win the Champions League entirely because there is no superstar. ”

Emma said: "Superstars definitely need it! It's just that there are too few superstars, and there is no market." ”

Abu smiled slightly, touched his chin, and said: "To say that a few years ago, Chelsea was a nouveau riche, and it is true that it could not buy a superstar who is self-proclaimed, but who dares to say that Chelsea is a nouveau riche now, I think it is time for Chelsea to have its own superstar." ”

The Manchester United on the pitch were partying, the Chelseans were so depressed that no one noticed that in a corner of the stands, Barcelona's assistant coach Vilanova was wearing sunglasses, silently recording the game and doing his own analysis.

Barcelona beat Real Madrid 2-0 away in the first leg and almost single-footed in the final, and Pep Guardiola also started preparing for the final in advance, leaving Vilanova to watch the performance of Manchester United and Chelsea in this game.

Vilanova is also a good coach and the game is not over yet, he has turned his attention to Manchester United, who in his opinion have a 70% chance of reaching the final with an away goal.

Carlo Ancelotti didn't give up, he made a quick substitution, and he also made two changes at the same time, Mikel came on to replace Bosingwa, who was playing poorly. Malouda replaces Zhirkov and makes a last-ditch effort to win.