Chapter 717: Lore Ball

"Beep!!!!"

There was a crisp whistle on the TV, and the referee blew the whistle for a foul. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The entire Calderón Stadium was completely blown up, even through the TV, Gao Han and the others could still clearly feel the tragic atmosphere at this moment.

The live TV camera quickly focused on the referee, Obreber.

It was an Atletico Madrid attack.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech kicked the ball in front of the pitch, Torres grabbed the first spot, and with a header, rubbed the ball behind the Manchester United defence, Villa was extremely fast, and Torres cooperated tacitly, quickly diagonally behind him, chasing the ball.

At this time, Manchester United's central defender Pepe chased all the way back, defended closely, and when Villa got the ball first, and when he was about to enter the penalty area, Pepe committed a decisive foul and directly shoveled Villa to the ground.

The Portugal international centre-back, who is also very experienced, jumped up from the ground as soon as the whistle blew, loudly explaining that he had tackled the ball first, and pointed to Villa, who fell to the ground and was holding his leg, was feigning injury.

'The Manchester United players are all looking very excited and look a little concerned about Obreber's enforcement. ”

"It's true that as early as the first half, Obreber had reminded Pepe twice, this time he was chasing Villa, from diagonally behind, and we can't tell if he tackled Villa or not, but the danger is undoubted, and it should be a tactical foul. ”

Sure enough, Obreber decisively showed a red card and sent Pepe off with a red card. ”

"It was the 61st minute of the second half, and Manchester United were still down 0-1, but the main central defender Pepe was sent off for a tactical foul, which means that even if United reached the final, Pepe will be suspended because of the red card. ”

Looking at the live TV broadcast and listening to the voice of the narrator, everyone in the office was extremely embarrassed.

How so?

It's hard to say whether Pepe's foul is worth it or not, because if he didn't kick at that time, with Villa's personal ability, after entering the penalty area, it was basically a single knife, and the possibility of scoring was very high.

If there is hope for Manchester United to be one goal behind, then one more goal will be the end of the Red Devils.

But Pepe's kick kept the hope alive, but it also came at a great cost, a red card.

With half an hour left on the game time, United are in danger.

In the TV footage, Pepe was protesting vigorously, but when Obreber showed him a red card, he collapsed, holding his head in his hands, holding his head high, and opening his mouth wide as if he was whimpering silently.

The teammates around him also stepped forward one after another, hugging Pepe one by one and comforting him.

Manchester United reached the Champions League final last season, only to lose to Barcelona in the last season, completing the latter's treble, but this season the team has gone to the next level and is ambitious to make a comeback, and the result is ......

"If Manchester United can reach the final, Pepe's kick will be valuable. Gao Han sighed.

Sometimes, professional players are like that on the pitch, they don't care.

Ferguson must have known the value of Pepe's foul, so when the Portuguese walked off the pitch like a walking corpse, he stepped forward desperately, hugged his favorite player hard, and kept comforting him.

United were quick to make changes, with youngster Evans coming on for striker Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez forming a double striker, with Ferguson's idea clearly to continue to strengthen the defence.

Pepe was recommended to Ferguson by Gao Han, and his agent is Mendes, and during this period of time at Manchester United, he and Nemanja Matic have improved rapidly under the tutelage of Ferguson, provoking the pillars of Manchester United's midfield, especially the central defender combination of Pepe and Ferdinand, showing a very high level.

The only thing that has been criticized is that Pepe's performance is not consistent enough, and like Rio Ferdinand, he is prone to recklessness.

But his absence has a great impact on Manchester United's backline.

Heynckes must have understood this, so he continued to increase his attacking efforts, making it clear that he was going to take advantage of Manchester United's loss of defenders to seize the opportunity to expand the score.

Manchester United, on the other hand, retreated as a whole team and put on a stubborn posture.

'One goal down, one man less, Manchester United is finished. Rummenigge shook his head and sighed.

The Red Devils have been able to hold on until now, and they are playing like this, which is undoubtedly quite good.

Even if you really stop in the semi-finals, I am afraid that you will be recognized by fans all over the world.

However, on the pitch, Atletico Madrid dominated the home field, had a numerical advantage, and the overall strength was superior, and repeatedly planned a very threatening attack, but never failed to break through Manchester United's goal.

finally entered the penalty area several times, but was blocked by Van der Sar again and again.

A red card also seems to have aroused the determination of the Red Devils to fight to the death.

As the game passed, Atletico Madrid organized attacks again and again, but was blocked out of the goal again and again, and Manchester United, which had only ten men, defended its half of the field on the pitch into an almost impregnable wall, making Atletico Madrid's attacks useless again and again.

This is not the first time.

In this season's Champions League, especially since the knockout rounds, the Red Devils have repeatedly staged such a drama.

Ferguson stood still motionless on the sidelines, looking unfazed, as if he had not been affected by the game at all.

Seventy minutes ...... Eighty minutes......

He was still standing there, motionless.

Everyone noticed that what Gao Han said was wrong, that is, with Ferguson's character, it is absolutely impossible to give up like this, he is the kind of man who even won the Champions League final, knowing that his strength is invincible, but he still has to fight Barcelona to the death.

Will he be willing to throw in the towel like this?

What's more, he still has three substitutions in his hands, and veterans such as Ryan Giggs are sitting on the bench.

"He's waiting!" Gao Han said with great certainty.

"Wait, wait, what?" everyone thought was strange.

Eighty minutes have passed, and if Ferguson had had the heart, he should have done something a long time ago.

Gao Han frowned and thought, "If I'm not mistaken, Ferguson determined the tactics of this game from the morning, attacking at the beginning and counterattacking at the end. ”

The people present were all people who had been in professional football for many years, and as soon as they heard what Gao Han meant, they immediately understood.

Needless to say, the opening attack was adopted by Manchester United and achieved certain results, but it was scored by Atletico Madrid's counterattack, which directly led to Manchester United being passive throughout the game.

As for the closing comeback, that's a bit interesting.

For Manchester United, if you want to win, you must have at least one goal, betting on the two sides 0-0 and dragging into the penalty shootout, the probability is quite low, Ferguson, as a famous coach, will not gamble on such a small probability event.

In a way, for Manchester United, 0-0 and 0-1, is actually a result.

This is also the reason why the Red Devils dared to open their hands and feet to attack at the beginning, but after conceding a goal, they immediately became conservative.

Even if the game is now, as long as Manchester United scores a goal, even if the two sides end up tied 1-1, Manchester United will win, and they don't even have to play extra time.

Therefore, Gao Han concluded that Ferguson would make a big gamble in the closing stages of the game.

And it's not just Gao Han who thinks this way, Heynckes must think so too.

With the game going on in the eighty-fifth minute, Ferguson finally moved.

It didn't take long for everyone to notice that United made a substitution, replacing midfielder Nemanja Matic with veteran Ryan Giggs.

The midfielder is both offensive and defensive, diligent and plays a pivotal role in United's midfield.

After Ryan Giggs came on, Atletico Madrid continued to maintain the offensive against Manchester United, without the slightest relaxation, and took advantage of Manchester United's substitutions to play two dangerous attacks in a row.

But so far in the game, both sides were basically tired, and both attacks failed to work.

And in the eighty-ninth minute, the fourth official on the sidelines finally gave a notice of five minutes of stoppage time, but the two sides still played inextricably, and everyone was worried and worried.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Atletico Madrid once again attacked the edge of the Manchester United penalty area, but on this attack, Torres formed a foul on Ferdinand, and a number of players led by Wayne Rooney pressed the referee, but were booked.

This time the game came to a halt for more than a minute.

When the game resumed, United took advantage of a quick serve to make a scramble, with left wing-back Leighton Bynes slotting in diagonally to the edge of the box to deliver a long-range shot that went just wide.

But soon, Atletico Madrid also got a chance, Keylor Navas's forced break down the right flank gave the team a corner, and the Sheets pressed hard, but Pablo's header couldn't be on target and went just wide.

Pablo also protested to the referee, Ferdinand had a foul when he was scrambling for a header, but the referee rejected his protest, and the Spanish central defender was a little anxious, pointing at the referee and yelling, and was yellow carded.

The emotions of the players of both teams were clearly ignited, and the game had reached the final and most crucial moment.

United quickly launched a counter-attack, with all the players pressing hard.

Ryan Giggs won the ball on the left flank, got rid of a defender, and sent the ball into the Atletico Madrid penalty area with a long diagonal pass, where Pablo leaped high to head the ball away from the ball in a hurry to retreat to the defence.

But the ball didn't fly far and Tevez snatched it up and passed it to Ryan Giggs on the wing.

When Giggs got the ball, he didn't think twice about passing it diagonally to the right side of the box.

Rooney cut in and scrambled to intercept the ball first.

But as soon as the ball stopped, Carvalho got close quickly, forcing Rooney to turn and protect the ball.

At the same time, the referee has put the whistle in his mouth, and the game could end at any moment.

After blocking Carvalho with his body, Rooney took two steps back from the baseline and suddenly passed back to the edge of the penalty area.

At this time, Scholes, who had been silent, suddenly inserted himself into the front of the penalty area like a ghost.

Everyone at Atletico Madrid was shocked, and Xavi Alonso, who was distracted by Tevez, flew to Scholes for the first time.

But Ginger Head got ahead of Xavi Alonso and hit a very fast boccia shot.

Petr's attention was drawn to United's two strikers and his vision was distracted, and by the time he could react, the ball almost grazed the right-hand post and into the bottom of the net.

Everyone was stunned at this moment!

Not only the fans of Calderón Stadium on the TV, but even Gao Han and others outside the TV were dumbfounded.

Scored!

It's the last moment, the most critical moment!

The referee's crisp whistle announced to the world that the goal was valid.

1-1, Manchester United advance to the final!