Chapter 897: The Game Is Over!
The clock was finally eighty minutes.
Ferguson stood on the sidelines, anxiously watching the game on the pitch, worried all the time.
There are still ten minutes left, and as long as they can survive the last ten minutes, he and his team will do great things.
Perhaps, many, many years from now, he will be celebrated.
It has been eleven years since Gao Han's debut, and if Manchester United can keep the score 1-1 to the end in this game, the Red Devils will become the first team in 11 years to force Gao Han to drop points.
And Ferguson will be proud of it.
But he knows how hard it is.
In the past ten minutes, both teams have been making their own adjustments.
Manchester United is still mainly defending and counterattacking, and the main tone has not changed much from the beginning, at best, it has appropriately strengthened the defensive ability of the midfield, especially the defense on both sides.
The key is Manchester City.
Gao Han replaced Sanchez with Gareth Bale, but Cristiano Ronaldo still occupied the left and Wales flew to the right, with the obvious intention of having a player on both flanks who could cut inside.
This is undoubtedly a signal to intensify the offensive.
City's players on both wings are very individual and difficult to defend alone, so United have to defend on both flanks, but as a result, the middle looks a bit empty.
Ferdinand was injured just now, and the team doctor told him that it was when defending Cristiano Ronaldo that time that the two fell together and accidentally strained their legs.
The goal that Manchester City equalized just now, Sanchez hit in the penalty area, Ferdinand hurriedly helped the defense in place, but failed to keep up with Sanchez's pace, and was eaten by the Chilean winger.
That's why Alex Ferguson has been hesitant to make a third substitution, as he has to watch out for Rio Ferdinand.
What's more, the youngster Evans on the bench does not have the strength to replace Ferdinand for the time being, and whether he will make mistakes on the bench in such a crucial game is also a question that Ferguson must carefully consider.
Combining various factors, Ferguson finally chose to let Ferdinand stay on the pitch and keep playing.
But as a result, Ferdinand and Pepe have to keep an eye on Benzema at the same time, and the middle is obviously empty.
City tried to get the ball to Benzema's feet on several occasions after the substitution, and then Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale cut inside from both sides, but Ferguson was also prepared for this, and Park Ji-sung dropped deeper to look like a dragging midfielder to protect the edge of the box.
This allowed United to temporarily hold out City's attack.
However, Ferguson knew in his heart that this was only temporary.
With the strength of Manchester City's players, even if Gao Han does not make adjustments, they will react sooner or later and make contingency measures.
Therefore, Ferguson's biggest consideration now is not how to counter-attack, but how to further stabilize the defense.
I even couldn't help but pray secretly in my heart, hoping that the team would hold on to the end.
All it takes is a draw, it's a win.
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Draw?
This is a result that Manchester City cannot accept in any way.
Kaka has no doubt about this.
He knows very well that manager Gao Han has only won in the eleven years since his debut, and if this game is held to a draw, then the second leg at Old Trafford will be full of morale for Manchester United and Manchester City will be completely devastated.
Ferguson, the old fox of Manchester United, was clearly aware of this, so he began to retreat across the board.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale were all closely watched by their opponents, with at least two players following them, and Kaka realised he had to do something to break the deadlock.
Thinking of this, the Brazilian players secretly made a decision in their hearts.
"Cristiano. Kaka shouted softly.
The Portuguese on the left followed the prestige, and the two just made eye contact and began to know each other's thoughts about their teammates.
Kaka panted and walked back.
So far in the game, his energy has been very depleted, but he has to persevere in the last ten minutes.
Modric and Xavi Alonso were both looking at him, and Kaka was also a look, and both of them understood.
City began to retreat to the halfway line and the defence retreated into their own half to wait for Van der Sar to take a goal-kick.
The Dutch goalkeeper set the ball, took two steps back, took a deep breath, stepped forward quickly, and kicked the ball across the half court with a big foot.
Tevez and Wayne Rooney had no header advantage in front of Kompany, Xavi Martinez and Vertonghen, with Kompany pushing the ball back into midfield.
Luka Modric grabbed the second spot and stopped the ball, but United's pressing followed.
The Croatian midfielder quickly returned the pass, and Manchester City's overall formation retreated.
Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney pressed aggressively up front, Manchester City retreated, and United's defence began to press forward appropriately to support the pressing of the midfield.
After tossing and turning, Xavi Alonso suddenly shifted the ball to the left.
Kaka didn't know when he suddenly ran down the left to catch the ball, while Cristiano Ronaldo was still up front, leaving both O'Shea and Nemanja Matic to keep an eye on the Portuguese.
Luckily, it's Kaka.
Everyone knows that after the Brazilian superstar came to Manchester City, he transformed very successfully, from the original central attacker to the front-court organizational attacking player, the original high-speed dribbling breakthrough is becoming more and more rare, so for Kaka to get the ball, Manchester United's defenders are still more assured.
Ryan Giggs leaned in to defend, but more to force Kaka to return the ball.
Unexpectedly, before Giggs got closer, Kaka suddenly started and rushed forward with the ball.
Everyone was a little surprised by the sudden change, but Ryan Giggs also followed the defense immediately, and Matic even more stopped back.
Kaka has indeed completed the transformation, but this does not mean that he has lost his sharpest weapon.
After the sudden start, Kaka blocked Giggs with his body, and before Nemanja Matic could get close, he folded the ball to the left rib and poked the ball forward, avoiding Nemanja Matic, and then speeding up to chase after him.
This trick was Kaka's forte at his peak, and now he uses it, the rhythm and pace are still the same, but the pace is a little slower, but it still shakes off Nemanja Matic and Ryan Giggs and dribbles into the penalty area.
Cristiano Ronaldo remained on the left flank, and O'Shea did not dare to be careless and followed him unwaveringly, as he noticed that the Portuguese had been deliberately keeping his distance to avoid falling into an offside position, which proved that City could pick the ball up to the left at any time.
Seeing Kaka getting closer and closer to the penalty area, Rio Ferdinand and Carrick both ran towards Kaka at the same time, and Pepe retreated into the box, ready to help defend at any time, and the position of the three players made United's defense more layered, and at the same time beware of Benzema, who was following Kaka in the middle.
But just when Kaka was approaching Ferdinand, he suddenly turned the ball back and passed it to Benzema's back, and the French striker reacted very quickly, after stopping at the first time, he turned around, turned his back to the goal, blocked Carrick with his body, stopped the ball, pulled it, turned to the right, and then gently pushed.
I don't know when, Gareth Bale suddenly rushed from the right side.
The Welshman was very fast, leaving Layton Baines and Park Ji-sung behind and heading straight for Benzema's pass at the top of the box.
At this moment, all the fans in the stadium were stunned.
Ferguson, who was on the sidelines, rushed out of the coach's box and looked at the pitch in disbelief.
Pepe reacted the fastest, rushed out of the box at the first time, and went straight to Gareth Bale and the ball, and even gave himself a hard shout in order to give himself courage, hoping to deter Gareth Bale.
Unexpectedly, the Welshman took a step ahead of him, stopped the ball from left to right to the left, avoided Pepe who grabbed it, and chased after him again, without waiting for the ball to stop, picking up his left foot was a direct shot!
"Oh my God, it's dangerous!"
"Manchester United'......"
"Gareth Bale shoots!"
"The ball is in!!!!!!"
“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!”
"Oh my God, it's a long-range shot from the top of the arc!"
Gareth Bale, after shooting with his feet, saw the ball go over Van der Sar's head and almost grazed the crossbar into the goal, he quickly rushed to the sidelines, shook off his teammates along the way, rushed all the way out of the pitch, and knelt down in front of the chairman's stand, shouting with all his might, venting his inner excitement.
"In the eighty-second minute, a long-range shot from the edge of the box from Gareth Bale. ”
"Manchester United's defence is really well organised, but City's attacking quality is really amazing. ”
'Gao Han looked so excited on the sidelines that his substitutions worked wonders and Gareth Bale came on to score a comeback goal that was one of the Welsh youngster's most important goals of the season. ”
Ferguson looked depressed, and he had every reason to be unhappy with the sudden goal, but he had to admit that it was Gareth Bale's decisive strike at the crucial moment that decided the outcome of the game. ”
However, looking at the whole goal, Kaka's play was also crucial, he suddenly switched from the middle to the left, making Manchester United's defense a little passive, and his rare breakthrough with the ball, also disrupted Manchester United's deployment, especially the three players in a row, it was even more surprising, let us vaguely see Kaka at his peak. ”
"This proves once again that even after the transformation, Kaka is still the most threatening and lethal superstar on the planet. ”
The Manchester City players huddled on the sidelines, Gareth Bale was surrounded by his team-mates and his name was chanted throughout the city stadium, much to the pride of the Welsh, grinning and gritting his teeth, shouting loudly and with great emotion.
It was a goal worth a thousand gold and a goal that sealed the game!
Gao Han breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines.
He had planned to use his skill card at the last minute to pull back a game for his team, but unexpectedly, the player he trusted paid off at the crucial moment.
This is definitely not the credit of Gareth Bell alone!
Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema......
Everyone in the squad played and contributed, and Gareth Bale was just the lucky one who showed up in the most crucial positions at the last moment and calmly seized his chances.
"I'm right, this kid should be on the right!" Gao Han shouted vigorously as he pointed at Gareth Bell.
"On the right side, his speed and impact, his ability to score, he can get the most out of it, and he's going to be an attacking machine that doesn't lose to anyone. ”
At this moment, Gao Han was full of confidence in victory.
It's over!
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