Chapter 18: Red and Blue Demons

Quaresma, who had finished shooting, did not retract his feet, and when Cannavaro's right foot retreated when he slid into the tackle, he actually hung on the latter's eyebrow bone, and in a moment, half of Cannavaro's face was already covered with blood!

"Boy! You don't want to live anymore, do you? "Cech was the closest person to the scene of the incident, so naturally he was the first to rush forward. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Silly big man, get out of the way!" Quaresma, who couldn't score, was naturally very unhappy, and Cannavaro's injury was not intentional on his part, in his opinion, he just brought it to him, what is there to make a fuss about?

As a result, the arrogant Portuguese winger immediately retorted at the coming up Cech.

“fxxx! You really have a kind of wicked person who rake it up, right? When the honest man Cech saw Quaresma's reaction, he naturally stopped doing it and stepped forward to push the other party.

Quaresma's needless foul drew the wrath of Blackburn's players, and when Cannavaro was helped down for sideline treatment, Duff and Frank Lampard, who were the team's vice-captains, rushed over immediately, and both sides were a little excited, and finally the referee showed Quaresma and Cech a yellow card each to calm the emotions of both sides.

At this time, there were only a handful of people in the United team who stepped forward to protect Quaresma, and only Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs did their duty as veterans to separate Quaresma from Blackburn.

It was a strange sight in the history of the Reds, who had always been united, and it was clear that the maverick Quaresma team was not very popular.

Cannavaro, on the other hand, was knocked open in the corner of his right eye and was treated for treatment, looking bloody, but in fact it was not a big problem, and he was soon ready to appear again.

But the referee didn't give Cannavaro that chance in the first half - he quickly blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

In the first half, Blackburn's Manchester United were evenly matched, and the two sides returned to the half-time lounge with a score of 0-0, and what awaited them was a more intense 45-minute battle in the second half!

"Good job, guys!"

This was the first sentence Lippi said after entering his own dressing room, and Lippi clapped his hands vigorously, "We were successful in the first half, we lost Andy in this game, so our attack must not be like the previous game. But in the second half, we can try to counter-attack quickly, Didier's impact is also very good, and in the second half we have to ......."

Meanwhile, Ferguson in the North dressing room also set the tone for United's second half: "You guys did a great job, I don't have anything to add! If I had to add something, I need you to be a little bolder when it comes to fighting back! Pay attention to the action when defending, Blackburn's free-kick ability is still very dangerous! And, I would like to emphasize ......"

In the end, Ferguson set the tone for Manchester United in the second half: "At the beginning of the second half, we have to attack and try to score 1-2 goals and win this game in one fell swoop!" ”

Obviously, Blackburn, who have no game assignments after this game, have more concerns about Manchester United in the Champions League final with AC Milan ten days later.

Fifteen minutes of halftime were fleeting, and the second half of the game kicked off again with the referee's whistle!

In the first five minutes of the second half, Manchester United's unexpected big game pressed and began a frantic attack, Blackburn was pressed by Manchester United in the half for a while, in which Rooney and Quaresma got several very good shots with their super individual ability.

However, because Blackburn's tactics in this game were mainly defensive, the threat was not great, and even Cech did not make any save.

In the past 5 minutes, due to Manchester United's reckless pressure on the attack, Blackburn has also had a lot of counter-attack opportunities, but after the long pass to the front, Drogba's several chances grabbed by virtue of his physical strength were cracked by O'Shea and Ferdinand!

However, in comparison, Quaresma is playing well at the moment.

At the start of the second half, Quaresma, who was praised by Alex Ferguson in the dressing room, played more freely and relaxedly, and in less than 10 minutes of the second half, the Portuguese winger had a total of four chances on goal, completely overshadowing his Portuguese compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo on the other side.

Although Quaresma's shots were ruthlessly strangled by Finnan and Nemanja Vidic, Quaresma felt good because he was now at the heart of United's attack, rather than Scholes and Ryan Giggs, who still wanted to be in the back of the bucket.

In this regard, Quaresma did much worse than the previous Ronaldo, although the previous Ronaldo also excluded Ruud van Nistelrooy, and the popularity of the team can only be regarded as unsatisfactory, but at least he respects Scholes and Ryan Giggs on the surface, while Quaresma's personality is much more perverse.

"Hey! Pass! Pass! Do you know how to pass the ball? ”

Watching Quaresma squander opportunities again and again, and also have the meaning of repeated defeats and defeats, Giggs, as the captain of the field in this game, was naturally unhappy and shouted to Quaresma many times.

But Quaresma didn't bother with the captain's intentions and just shot on his own, and Prince Porti believes he will be able to break through Blackburn's steel defence and bring United their first title of the season one day.

Looking at the score on the scoreboard, and then looking at Manchester United's unfruitful attacks on the pitch, Arthur, who was sitting with Prince William, pouted disdainfully.

Quaresma is not a player like Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi who can change a game in the future, such an attack cannot change the outcome of the game, and if the game continues like this, it will only be Manchester United who will collapse.

Arthur believes in his own plan, and the Great Wall of Steel, built and perfected by Jose Mourinho and Lippi successively, is not something that Manchester United's uncoordinated attacking style can break, if it is not the first in the world, especially in Ashley Cole.

It's just that thinking of the team's offense, Arthur can't help but have a headache, Drogba is not the kind of center forward who scores goals in his previous life or now, and Ronaldo is still on the side, not a pure goal machine, Blackburn's offensive success rate is far worse than two or three years ago.

Blackburn Rovers are still a Champions League champion-level team, but there is still a big gap between them and the Cosmos team that won the Champions League for two consecutive years.

Thinking of this, Arthur somewhat regretted selling Ievee, but he then wondered, if he didn't agree to Ievee's departure, would Da Bongxian be able to maintain his previous peak form?

Will Cristiano Ronaldo and Didier Drogba be suppressed by Ibrahimovic, leaving no room for further growth?

In the 68th minute, Quaresma tried to break through from Blackburn's left again, and this time he seemed to be on the verge of success, as the Portuguese winger had already outgrown his defender Finnan for the most part of his body.

However, Finnan adhered to the manager's lethal tactics of passing the ball and made a super scissor kick to bring down the dribbling Quaresma to the left side of the box.

The angry Manchester United players rushed up, surrounded the referee, insisted on giving Finnan a red card, and sent off the Blackburn full-backs directly, while the Blackburn Rovers players who followed closely behind were obviously opposed to this!

Fans on both sides in the stands also remained rare in silence, fearfully awaiting the final verdict.

"Yellow card! A yellow card was shown to Finnam. Lineker in the BBC live broadcast room naturally made a commentary that leaned towards Blackburn: "There is no doubt that this is the right decision!" ”

Alan Shearer, who used to play for Blackburn Rovers and became a football commentator after retiring last season, naturally leaned towards his old club's team, and also agreed: "Look at the slow motion, although Finnan's foul this time was ferocious, but he closed his foot at the last moment, the referee was very close, and he saw it clearly, and there was no reason to give a red card!" ”

After the decision, the emotional control of the United players was very problematic, and some unnecessary fouls were also repeated, and in the 74th minute of the game, Rio Ferdinand tripped Cristiano Ronaldo on the right side of the penalty area.

It was a well-placed free-kick that was not a big threat for a direct goal, but a cross into the box could have been a result of great confusion.

In the desperate eyes of thousands of United fans at Wembley Stadium, Duff took the free-kick cross and the ball arced beautifully in the air.

"Danger!"

"Good shot!"

Cristiano Ronaldo's header from 10 yards out shook off Mertesacker, and the ball slid through Friedel's ten fingers and into the net!

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!” Lineker and Alan Shearer are both chanting frantically, and no one in Blackburn at this moment can be calmed down!

After scoring this goal, Ronaldo also looked up to the sky and shouted, his eyes swept over Quaresma not far away, and he laughed arrogantly, as if to say in his proud eyes, "Those fancy breakthroughs before you are just useless, and I am a goal!" ”

After kick-off again, Blackburn retreated across the board, and the situation became more and more unfavorable for Manchester United, while the Blackburn fans in the stands all stood up to cheer for the team, waving slogans in support of the team, standing up and shouting loudly!

Gradually, all the Blackburn fans in the stands joined in, and even Prince William, at the instigation of Arthur beside him, clapped his hands twice to show his support for Blackburn.

The game has come to this point, Manchester United have to press all the way to the final madness!

In the 80th minute of the game, the scene was still Manchester United beating the opponent, and Blackburn was ready to fight back! (To be continued.) )