Just when Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United were evenly matched and it was difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat, there was a sudden unexpected change on the field!

Ryan Giggs was very active in this game, playing a small one-two with the "wizard" Veron, who came to pick up, and then prepared to shoot with his feet. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Jeff Kenner had already seen what Giggs meant, and he slid straight to block the angle.

Giggs saw a defender approaching him and immediately adjusted and turned his shot into a burst, but he had just smashed the ball before he was tackled by Jeff Kenner.

The referee blew the whistle and took a direct free kick to the left in the middle of the penalty area.

"Not good!"

David Beckham stood in front of the football without even a "pretense" to cooperate with him, and clearly told everyone that this free kick was played by me.

That's the power of David Beckham's free-kicks at his peak!

David Beckham's free-kick skills are unique in the world, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the best free-kick in the world. He scored 30 free-kicks for Manchester United, seven for Real Madrid and six for England. Although he did not score a hat-trick of free-kicks like Miha, he has an even more impressive record: scoring free-kicks in every game in seven consecutive games.

Beckham's set-pieces, passes, and shots, from a closer look, are actually just a move: the supporting foot position of the last step to run, the angle of the upper body to the left, the large high-speed swing of the right foot, the ultra-high-speed explosive forward swing of the calf when the last force is exerted, the part where the foot touches the ball, the flat and fast flight trajectory of the ball, the ultra-large arc and the excellent landing point, all of which are perfect.

Beckham used a bland and magical pass to interpret the role of the midfielder who should be very "complicated" so "simple", and it was based on this bland and magical pass that the tactical system of the two great teams of England National Team and Manchester United was constructed.

He created the football philosophy of "keeping things simple and complex", "consistent" and "responding to all changes with the same"; No player has ever been able to establish himself on the highest stage of football with just one move.

In this sense, Beckham's contribution to football thinking is not below Zidane and Ronaldo.

Just like the master of Gu Long's pen, no one can see them perform the second move, because the person who saw the first move is already dead.

Now, Beckham is about to take a direct free-kick again, and in the face of Blackburn's five-man wall, Beckham's expression is still very calm.

The whole Old Trafford stadium suddenly fell silent, and everyone knew that from this angle, in this position, Beckham was more than capable of scoring straight away.

Manchester United fans are expecting, while Blackburn Rovers fans are trembling!

The run-up distance is not very long, and with a quick leg swing, Beckham's body barely loses his balance, and he is completely using his leg strength.

"It's over!" In the box on the top floor, Arthur saw the trajectory of the soccer ball more clearly, so he was even more desperate.

Sure enough, the ball went around the wall and then whizzed towards the goal like a cutlass piercing through the chest.

Friedel wasn't slow, but the ball was so arcing that it was about 10 centimeters long from his palm.

And this length of 10 centimeters means that the Bayesian arc, the full moon scimitar, is once again successful!

“goooooooooooooooooooooooal！”

Friedel reluctantly fished the ball out and drove it towards the center circle, and captain Henning Berg immediately walked up to him, touched his bald head and comforted him.

Like Stam, Henning-Berg was a former Manchester United back-of-the-line heavy-man and knows all too well the power of the Beck arc.

'We need a free-kick player, not like David Beckham, but at least at the top level. As the president of the club, Arthur will not be sad because of a goal conceded, even if this game is lost, he will only be depressed for a minute or two.

For Arthur, the main thing is to discover the team's current problems by playing against a team like Manchester United at the beginning of the season.

Free kicks are a very important part of the game for all teams, and in this relatively independent unit, the weak team can minimize the gap with the strong team, and for the strong team, the free kick is also a big killer to break the opponent's bucket formation.

At present, in Blackburn's main lineup, Ibrahimovic and Lampard's free kicks at their peak are good, but they still need to grow, and as for Arthur's free kick masters, in addition to Beckham, there are a few people such as Pirlo and Carlos, which are not easy for Blackburn to buy.

"It seems that the only way to grab that guy is in the winter transfer period and early next summer, otherwise the further back you go, the smaller the chance." Arthur pondered.

"However, this time I am really not sure, the opponents are too strong......" Arthur felt a little tricky for the first time.

While Arthur was planning the future of the team, the game on the field was already going on again.

David Beckham's free-kick was scored in the 39th minute, with little time left before the break, so Mourinho uncharacteristically allowed his team to increase their attack.

Obviously, the madman is also ready to gamble and see if he can use the last six or seven minutes of the first half to equalize.

Manchester United had been besieging Blackburn Rovers before, so Blackburn's sudden counterattack made Manchester United's soldiers very uncomfortable, looking shaky, and even Ferguson chewed gum faster on the sidelines.

This season, although Veron could not really integrate into Manchester United's attack, it also added a lot of unpredictability to the Red Devils' attack, and the addition of Ruud van Nistelrooy, the "king of the small penalty area", gave the Red Devils a real arrowhead to destroy the city.

However, this season, Manchester United's overall strength has dropped sharply as the quality of the front line has increased, because the backline has become extremely fragile.

After hastily letting go of Stam, Manchester United's starting centre-back pairing turned out to be Gary Neville and Blanco.

Gary Neville may be one of the best captains in Manchester United's 100-year history, but that's just his mental strength and appeal within the team, in terms of strength alone, Gary Neville can only be called a first-class defender, and he is still put on the right side, in the position of central defender, he is completely incompetent, not even comparable to Blackburn's now young Carvalho.

And Phil Neville and Silvestre's Manchester United can only be regarded as a helpless move to choose a tall man among Ferguson, excellent but not top enough.

Manchester United have been like a lame man this season, although they have been able to play beyond their original ability under the tutelage of Alex Ferguson, but they are already in decline from the hegemony of the Premier League in the previous two seasons.

Blackburn's sudden acceleration and counter-attack caused several dangers in front of the United goal, but they always missed the final goal.

In the first half of the game, there were almost no minutes of injury time, and many times there was not even a minute, and the referee would blow the whistle at the end of the half after 45 minutes.

This game was no exception, with Blackburn Rovers only getting time for the last attack after 45 minutes.

On the pitch, Alonso was dribbling horizontally along the centre circle with Keane pressing behind him.

Facing the captain of Manchester United, the No. 1 defender in football today, and also the No. 1 villain in the Premier League, Alonso was almost completely blown out in this game.

However, the Spaniard did not give in and faced Keane again, with Alonso smashing the ball and then passing it quickly.

Frank Lampard received the ball in an awkward motion, almost with his back, and simply did not stop the ball, but directly slammed his heel to Alonso, who should continue to run upwards according to his habits in training.

Keane was experienced and could tell at a glance that if Alonso received the ball and took two more steps, it would be a great opportunity to shoot from distance.

The first half was about to end and Blackburn couldn't afford to have a chance to equalise.

Keane was decisive, knowing that Blackburn didn't have a free-kick master like David Beckham, so even if he gave Blackburn a free-kick in such a good place, it wouldn't be too threatening.

"How?" Keane thought he would put Alonso's lover on the ball outside the box to the fullest, but the next moment he felt empty of his feet and touched nothing but the turf.

Alonso didn't choose to shoot this time, but an extremely realistic feint to buckle the football, and then, with a flick of his ankle in front of Keane's eyes, picked the ball up to the penalty area, where Ibrahimovic was bending his bow!

Ibrahimovic made a quick stop to shake off the skinny Gary Neville and met Alonso's pass, exaggerated leg swing and instep volley.

There was barely any spin in the air, and even though United goalkeeper Barthez made a quick move, the ball still sparked like a bolt of lightning into the left corner of the goal.

1:1！

Alonso watched from the pass outside the box until the ball went into the net and he glanced down at Keane, who was still lying on the turf, before running straight to Ibrahimovic and his team-mates to celebrate.

Blackburn's players rushed over as well, and the whole team seemed to be hugging each other, while Ibrahimovic, who had scored the goal, threw his arms up in the air, knelt down at the corner flag, and let out a roar of excitement.

"Heh, don't you want to be so exciting? The last game was a final stunner, and this game was replaced by an equaliser at the end of the first half, which is really a magical team. Arthur said words that seemed to be dissatisfied, but the smile on his face betrayed his true heart.

"It's amazing to have such a resilient team!"