Chapter 187: Thirty-Third Ball!
Portsmouth manager Tony Adams was squatting on the sidelines, chin in his hands on the pitch and watching the situation, and he was now happy with the situation – which also made Adams feel slightly proud. He knew he was right.
Manchester United players want to help Yang Fan score, then today's Manchester United attack will be more inclined to Yang Fan's side than before, Adams's tactic is to contain Yang Fan with all his might, not to let Yang Fan score, which is equivalent to successfully preventing Manchester United's goal in a certain way.
In a sense, Manchester United's entire team is helping Yang Fan to find goals, which in turn allows Portsmouth's defense to find the right one.
Portsmouth's midfielder Berhadge was injured and the game was suspended.
Yang Fan also took advantage of this time to call Tevez and Scholes over.
During this period of time, Yang Fan did not get an absolute chance to score, and he was thinking about how to break Portsmouth's defense. He always has to deal with at least two people on the other side, and it is clear that Portsmouth's tactic is not to let himself score.
Maybe passing the ball out is a good way to do it?!
If your own side attracts too much attention from the opponent's defense, then the corresponding defense elsewhere will definitely become weak.
Yang Fan told Tevez and Scholes that he would draw the attention of the opposing defence, allowing the two of them to look for opportunities and try to 'shoot' more 'goals'.
"You don't want to break the record?" Tevez asked.
"Let's break the deadlock first, no matter who we are, if we score first, the next game will be easy to play. Yang Fan said.
Tevez nodded thoughtfully, while Scholes secretly praised in his heart that Yang Fan is really a player who plays with his brain, and he is not selfish.
In the following games, Yang Fan suddenly changed his style of play, the football came to his feet, and the players of Portsmouth still surrounded him as always, while Yang Fan never dragged the mud and water, once he found that he was about to be obviously surrounded, he immediately passed the ball out as soon as possible.
The change came as a surprise to Portsmouth's defensive players, which caused a lot of trouble and distress for Portsmouth's defence. Because of Yang Fan's words before the game, everyone thought that Yang Fan would definitely try to 'shoot' and 'goal' as much as possible in today's game, to seek goals, and no one expected that he would choose to pass the ball.
Therefore, people began to find that Yang Fan seemed to have become Manchester United's attacking playmaker rather than finisher, and he played the ball to his teammates in the front court, which immediately made Portsmouth's defensive formation a little 'chaotic'.
Adams was also surprised, he turned his head to look at the Manchester United dugout not far away, wondering if this was Ferguson's tactical adjustment? Yang Fan didn't want to hit the goal record? Ferguson appeased the unruly young man's desire to score goals?
In fact, Ferguson was also surprised at this time. Assistant coach Mike Ferran looked at him, he spread his hands and said, "Don't look at me, it's not my arrangement." ”
"Doesn't Yang Fan want to break the record?" said Ferran with some doubts.
Ferguson laughed, "You don't have to doubt that, how could he not want to score. Wait and see, there's a good show to watch. ”
Ferguson thought that Yang Fan seemed to have a short meeting with Tevez and Scholes just now, and it seemed that this was the result of the self-communication between the players on the field just now. Because in the tactical arrangement before the game, Ferguson emphasized that the whole team should focus on Yang Fan as the core and help Yang Fan score goals, and Ferguson knows that Scholes is a person, and he will not propose to divide Yang Fan's right to take the ball and the right to 'shoot' and 'goal' at such a time, and Tevez is even more impossible. Therefore, Ferguson guessed that this should be proposed by Yang Fan himself.
"Clever boy. "A good hunter knows how to release his prey to fight." ”
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At this point, the situation on the field has changed.
Portsmouth's defenders are also a little hesitant, since Yang Fan no longer 'shoots' the 'goal' by himself, but has become a passer, so what use do they have for Yang Fan's encirclement? In this way, it will only give Tevez or Scholes or others the opportunity to 'shoot' and 'goal' who receive the ball.
The doubts, hesitations, and worries finally fermented at the 21st minute mark. [To read the latest chapters of this book, please search]
Yang Fan received a pass from Fletcher in front, he pretended to cooperate with Tevez, but passed the ball to Giggs, who passed a diagonal ball, Evra, who received the ball, dribbled along the side and quickly advanced, and then passed a half-high ball, Yang Fan appeared in the penalty area, he turned his back to the ball 'goal'. Yang Fan did not choose to stop the ball and turn around to 'shoot' and 'goal', under the siege of Portsmouth, he wanted to complete such a move, and the success rate was not large. Yang Fan pushed the football outward, to the middle of the penalty area, and then, people saw Scholes appear there, facing the flying football, the 'chest' was slightly cushioned, and then it was a long 'shot'!
This is a straight 'shot' 'goal' line, the football trajectory is almost not offset, just fly to the ball 'goal', although the angle is not tricky, but the victory is in the 'shot' 'goal' power, the ball speed is extremely fast, and the Portsmouth 'goalkeeper' jammed by his own defenders jammed James's vision is blocked, and by the time he reacts to make a save, it is too late.
The ball flew across the net before he could fall to the ground.
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaal!”
'Paul Scholes' a powerful long-range shot, he scored for United, and the deadlock was broken. ”
The Old Trafford stadium was thunderous.
Scholes ran to Yang Fan, who was laughing and greeted Scholes with open arms.
"It's a great pass. Scholes shouted excitedly, as he gets older, he is not as efficient as he used to be, such a powerful long-range 'shot' is his trademark, but it has been a long time since he has scored such a smooth goal, this goal makes him excited.
Scholes knew that Yang Fan sacrificed himself and offered to make the ball for him, and of course he wanted to express his gratitude. What's more, this ball is indeed quite beautiful, so that he can come comfortably to such a kick.
"Haha, this long-range 'shot' is so beautiful. Yang Fan also praised Scholes's long-range 'shot' to score.
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"'Bastard'. Adams stood up and patted his seat angrily.
Fooled! Ferguson's old fox was fooled, Manchester United made a posture of helping Yang Fan score goals with the whole team, but this is fake, it is 'confused', 'confused' and 'sexual', the real purpose is to let Yang Fan pass the ball and organize the attack, and the real 'shooting' and 'goal' players have others.
Adams glanced at Ferguson not far away again, and he had to admit that he had lost to the scheming Scottish man.
Adams shook his head, worthy of Ferguson, who has dominated the Premier League for more than 20 years and has played against Arsenal for so many years. This feeling was not strong enough before, but since becoming the head coach, Adams has admired and known Ferguson's strength even more. This is the level of the world's top coaches!
Adams had to take advantage of the Manchester United's celebration to call defender Campbell over and give him a good lecture. Tell the whole team, stop focusing on Yang Fan and be careful of the other Manchester United players, Yang Fan's task now is more to pass the ball, but the threat of other Manchester United players has increased greatly.
After instructing Campbell and conveying his tactical intentions, Adams suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and he relaxed his marking of Yang Fan, what if this guy suddenly broke out and scored?
Adams frowned, but found that he had no good way, if you focus on Yang Fan, the other players of Manchester United will get more opportunities, if you relax the defense of Yang Fan, you think of the terrible thing about this Chinese 'shooter', and you have to worry secretly......
An attack from Manchester United.
Fletcher dribbled the ball, took two steps and then passed to Giggs, who advanced down the flank, and under the pressure of Glen Johnson, there was no good pass and could only choose to pass back.
Evra got the ball, he continued to pass the ball back, Carrick, who received the ball, passed the ball to Fletcher, who 'handed over' the ball to Scholes again, Scholes passed the ball to Yang Fan, Yang Fan took two steps and chose to pass the football to Tevez, Tevez pulled the ball and turned around, and saw Diop's face, and after he stepped on the bike several times in a row, he knocked the football to Carrick.
So far, it's been a normal start to the game. Yang Fan continued to work on the ball, and the rest of the United players began to get more involved in the attack. However, Manchester United don't have any good attacking means for the time being.
Yang Fan suddenly ran into the penalty area, and Campbell immediately followed. Then he saw Yang Fan retreat from the penalty area, Campbell thought about it and followed two steps, however, he did not go up to close to Yang Fan, because Yang Fan's position is unlikely to directly threaten Portsmouth's goal, and once Yang Fan receives the ball, he can also go up as soon as possible. Campbell glanced at Tevez, who he felt was the biggest threat right now.
Sure enough, then the ball was passed to Tevez's feet, and Campbell immediately felt like a big enemy, his eyes moved between Yang Fan and Tevez twice, and finally locked on Tevez, ready to pounce at any time.
Tevez suddenly passed the football to Yang Fan, and he himself ran into the penalty area.
Campbell immediately followed in Tevez's footsteps, but the veteran veteran didn't forget to tell Ben Haim to be careful.
At this time, Yang Fan passed the football out, and the target of his pass was not Tevez, but a return pass, and the football was 'handed over' to Scholes.
Scholes immediately split the side and Giggs picked up the ball.
Almost at the same time, Yang Fan slammed into the penalty area, and then Giggs' pass arrived.
Header to the goal!
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"Giggs crosses ......" Mortenson's voice came from the TV, and then he screamed violently: "Yang Fan!"
The Manchester United 'fans' who could not enter the stadium were quiet at this time, and everyone held their breath for fear that they would miss a word.
"Header - the ball is in!"
At this moment, everyone's emotions were released, whether it was the Manchester United football 'fan' in front of the TV or the Manchester United football 'fan' at Old Trafford, all of them raised their arms high, everyone's mouths opened wide, and shouted, "goooooooaal!"
"Hooray, Manchester United!"
"Long live, Yang Fan!"
"Yang Fan!
"Yang Fan! Long live!
The whole stadium was completely plunged into an inexplicable madness, and everyone was shouting, "Long live, Yang Fan! Yang Fan!"
The ball fans are getting carried away and shouting, shouting, and celebrating!
Celebrate Yang Fan's goal has finally arrived!
"Goooooooaaaal!Yang Fan, Yang Fan, Yang Fan!He scored!He scored!He scored!Thirty-three!Thirty-three!He is now only one goal away from the goal record held by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole!He is only one goal away from equaling this great record! Only one goal away! Congratulations to Yang Fan, congratulations to Yang Fan, this goal is really beautiful, look at the Portsmouth players, they are completely dumbfounded!"
Yang Fan rushed to the side of the stands, he waved his arms vigorously, and he swung hard! He beat his 'chest', making a muffled sound of Pengbang!
This goal released Yang Fan's feelings, but he released words before the game to score, Yang Fan did what he said, he must score, otherwise, he will lose face. Now that the goal has been scored, the pressure is a little bit less on him.
More Manchester United players gathered around and they were also celebrating Yang Fan's goal, congratulating him on one step closer to reaching a Premier League record of 34 goals in a single season.
While the United players were celebrating, the Portsmouth players were a little dazed, and some of them were still a little uncomposed. One of the most hesitant is Ben Haim, he heard the command of the bell and asked him to pay attention to Yang Fan, he just agreed, and then he saw Yang Fan rushing towards the penalty area, Ben Haim was about to go up to mark the defense, and he saw that Yang Fan had jumped up and jumped very high.
This makes Benhaim very sleepy 'confused', in that position, it is still far from the goal of the ball, this position is so early to jump?!
Then, he saw Yang Fan in the air, shook his head hard, and hit the football in the air, and then the football changed direction and flew towards the ball 'goal', Ben Haim turned his head to look, and then he saw the panicked face of the 'goalkeeper' James, and the whole person's heart immediately cooled.
James is a little bit up front!
Yang Fan: This is a long-distance header hanging 'door'!
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Portsmouth's 'goalkeeper' got James up from the ground and spread his hands out, looking helpless. He didn't expect Yang Fan to head the 'goal' on the penalty area line, which caught him off guard. When he saw the arc that Yang Fan pushed out, James knew that conceding the ball was inevitable.
Campbell wanted to complain and reprimand Benhaim, but seeing the frustration and frustration of the Israeli defender, he just shook his head and did not go up.
In fact, for this goal, Campbell felt that he was also responsible, he still underestimated Yang Fan's determination to score a goal, underestimated Yang Fan's cunning, this person was obviously premeditated for this goal for a long time, first the previous pass made everyone start to take their attention away from him, began to pay attention to the defense of other Manchester United players, and then, Yang Fan in the previous link of this attack, after receiving the ball, he still passed the football as always, and then Yang Fan stood away from the ball. The door was a little farther away, and no one expected that Yang Fan in that position would be so threatening.
Obviously, this is a goal that has been carefully planned, and seeing the 'goalkeeper' James standing in front, Yang Fan immediately chose the most unexpected way to score: the header at the top of the arc of the penalty area hangs the 'goal'!
Portsmouth's relatively complete defense line collapsed in front of the arc that Yang Fan pushed out!
Ferguson applauded on the sidelines, cheering for Yang Fan's goal, and he also interpreted Yang Fan's goal process, even Ferguson was full of praise for Yang Fan's football IQ and scoring ability in this goal.
"Scored!Sure enough!" shouted Mike Phelan excitedly.
'I'll just say he's not going to give up any chances. ”
Adams stood on the sidelines, he didn't scold angrily, just frowned, as if thinking, and then, Adams stared at Yang Fan for a moment, and then sighed.
As a world-class defender, Adams' football IQ and ability to read the game go without saying, and he also read the story behind Yang Fan's goal.
Alas, he still scored a goal...... What a cunning 'shooter'. This is what Adams said about Yang Fan.
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2-0, Yang Fan scored, scoring his 33rd goal in the Premier League this season!
He is now just one goal shy of the record of 34 Premier League goals in a single season held by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole.
The camera gave Yang Fan a close-up, with excitement on his young face and a confident glow in his eyes.
Yang Fan's goal is a big blow for Portsmouth players, this game, for Portsmouth players, losing is acceptable, the most unacceptable is Yang Fan's goal.
Before Scholes scored, they were a little gloomy in their hearts, but there was also a consolation, that is, Yang Fan did not score!
Now, Yang Fan has scored, and the breath in the hearts of the Portsmouth players is suddenly gone, as if it was a balloon that has been punctured......
In the thirty-ninth minute of the game, Campbell pulled down Yang Fan in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty, which made the hearts of Portsmouth players even cooler, Manchester United won a penalty, and the penalty was created by Yang Fan, so Yang Fan can stand up and take the penalty, if the penalty is scored, Yang Fan will score two goals, so that his goals in the league will reach 34 goals, tying the record of 34 goals in a single season held by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole. Everyone thought that Yang Fan would stand at the penalty spot as a matter of course and take the penalty kick. However, then, they saw that it was Tevez standing at the penalty spot, not Yang Fan. Everyone was first startled, and then looked at Yang Fan in confusion......