Chapter 42: Portugal Gemini (Part II)
At halftime, the Blackburn team did not have any targeted arrangement, Mourinho is quite satisfied with the current situation, and has absolute autonomy for his on-the-spot adaptability, ready to see the situation in the second half. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
But as soon as Manchester United started the second half, Mourinho, who was still sitting calmly in his seat, stood on the sidelines in a cold sweat.
Just 22 seconds into the second half, Ryan Giggs made a steal in midfield and passed the ball to Quaresma's top left corner of the penalty area.
Quaresma saw that it was too difficult for him to break through, and gently wrapped his right foot around the football, just when Blackburn thought that Quaresma was going to break through with a bicycle action, Quaresma suddenly flicked his right foot and chose to pass back.
Scholes cut in from behind, met the outside of his right foot from 25 yards and fired a powerful shot that deflected off Carvalho's calf in the box.
Petr Cech was playing towards the right side of the goal, but the ball deflected and flew into the net from the left side of the net.
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”
It was Scholes' sixth goal of the season. Scholes, who was born in 1974 and is 31 years old this year, is still as beautiful as he was back then!
“2:1! Manchester United took the lead at St James' Park, home of Blackburn Rovers, as soon as the second half began! Inverdale shouted: "Now Blackburn is not good, Mourinho must start fighting back!" ”
Arthur was still laughing with Jessica Alba in the box, but was hit by Manchester United's goal, and could only look at Scholes who was celebrating with his teammates rather helplessly.
Scholes can be regarded as a player that Arthur loved very much in his previous life, and Giggs, who is also the 92 generation, dedicated the player's entire career to Manchester United, you must know that Scholes is still able to play for Manchester United at the age of 39, and the veteran who has contributed is the same as Giggs's two old demons of Manchester United!
After the Blackburn team was equalized by Manchester United, the side that should have counterattacked was firmly dominated by Manchester United on the field, and the Red Devils' offensive wave after wave!
In the 53rd minute, Giggs passed, and Keane's cross from the right side of the penalty area was blocked by Parker. Ryan Giggs then whipped in a corner from the right and Ruud van Nistelrooy fired wide from a tight angle.
In the 55th minute, Ryan Giggs crossed and Keane's header went over the crossbar.
In the 61st minute, Blackburn Rovers finally got the ball in the midfield and started to attack, but Gary Neville directly shoveled Ronaldo out of the sideline with the football, and then he was also punished for expressing dissatisfaction with Ronaldo's foul and was yellow carded.
The game was a stalemate, but United still had the upper hand, outperforming Blackburn in terms of possession and number of attacks.
In the 70th minute, Ryan Giggs took a corner kick from the right side, and Heinze was originally near the penalty line to watch Vanney, but when he saw the unguarded Ferdinand, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat and rushed up to interfere with Ferdinand's bounce.
Luckily, Ryan Giggs had a bit of a flappy pass and Rio Ferdinand headed high from 10 yards out, well off the net.
This made Arthur, who took his female companion to watch the game for the first time in the box, feel very faceless.
Before kick-off again, the managers of both sides opted for substitutions, with Manchester United replacing Keane, who was already a little unable to run, while Blackburn, Mourinho replaced Cambiasso with Bentley, Duff dropped back into midfield, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic partnered up front.
After the two managers made changes, the game resumed.
When Cech served, Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo rushed to United's half of the pitch as soon as possible, Duff dragged on to organise and Blackburn's attack was soon launched.
Arjen Robben received a kick-off from the back of the pitch and quickly sent the ball to the feet of Cristiano Ronaldo in front of him, and inserted himself into the left rib of Manchester United.
After being equalized by Manchester United, Ronaldo held a fire in his stomach, and quickly settled in his position, the ball was sent to his feet, turned around and picked up his right foot, quickly sent the ball to the left side, his body burst up, and started quickly.
Patrice Evra scrambled to move his center of gravity first, stuck on his left side, and felt his chest sink and his center of gravity a little unstable.
After Ronaldo started at high speed, he found that Evra had appeared on the route he broke through, buckled the arch of his left foot, and then shook his body, pulled the ball with his right foot, quickly passed through the other side of Evra, changed direction again, and cut straight into the middle.
Evra couldn't stop Ronaldo at all, and was eaten by Ronaldo once his center of gravity was unstable, but his reaction was not slow, and he hurriedly turned around, quickly pounced on Ronaldo, who cut inward, and desperately pursued the defense.
After passing Evra, Ronaldo still faced the encirclement of Manchester United, but it had already caused chaos in the Manchester United backline, and the rumors were loud.
The home fans at the scene have gone completely crazy with Ronaldo's breakthrough, and all kinds of cheers and cheers are resounding. Ferguson also chewed gum much faster in the United dugout.
After Ronaldo passed Evra, Manchester United's players were already surrounded by Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo pulled the ball with his right foot, his body turned to the right side, and the ball was pulled with his right foot, and he changed his breakthrough line again and burst in from the right side.
"Hey, over here!"
Cristiano Ronaldo heard the voice of his companion, it was the new Robben. Ronaldo made a quick stop, temporarily shook off Evra, took advantage of the little space that the opponent had not caught up to catch up, passed the football back to Robben, and then stepped forward again.
Robben received the ball smoothly, at this time Manchester United only Evra on the left side of the defense, just when Evra was still hesitating whether to step forward to defend Robben, Robben passed the ball again, the pass was the former Ronaldo on the left side of the Manchester United penalty area - the two played a two-one-one.
The dream combination of left Robben and right Ronaldo, the first time in this game flashed a deadly killing opportunity!
Cristiano Ronaldo did not continue to dribble the ball after stopping the football, but directly crossed diagonally. The ball clung to the turf and went around Patrice Evra's backline, making an arc to the back of the entire United backline.
Manchester United central defender Ferdinand, who returned to the defense, saw the football rolling towards him, and he couldn't catch up with the football, so he could only choose to drive the ball out of the penalty area directly, as long as it didn't fly directly into the goal, wherever he could fly. Because Ferdinand knew very well at the moment how dangerous it would be if he let the ball fly - he didn't know if there was anyone behind him at the moment.
But will Ferdinand be able to resolve this crisis?
The answer was revealed a second later.
Just as Ferdinand's right foot was about to touch the football, Ibrahimovic took a big step, adjusted his pace, and then jumped straight up and volleyed the standard kick – the standard of action was like Wong Fei Hung's shadowless foot in the movie.
Ibrahimovic preempted Rio Ferdinand in mid-air and slammed the ball into Ronaldo's pass with the sole of his shoe. The force of the soccer ball deformed slightly, and then it flew quickly and straight towards the goal, drawing a shining straight line, like a meteor across the sky.
United goalkeeper Carroll pounced on his side, his body stretched out in the air as far as he could, his arms extended and extended, and he did his best, but he couldn't stop the lightning-fast shot - the ball was too close and too fast.
Lineker was stunned for a moment before he shouted-
“goooooooooooooooooal!”
"The ball is in! The ball is in! The ball is in! Ibrahimovic equalised with a volley! At 2:2, Blackburn equalized less than 1 minute after a substitution, and the two teams returned to the same starting line. ”
Lineker's partner Inverdale pondered for a moment before saying, "Through my years of research, Ibu has definitely learned Chinese kung fu, and his flying kick just now is too similar to Bruce Lee's movements!" ”
"......" Lineker was speechless.
Ibrahimovic was swept in his right leg by Ferdinand after the shot, and it hurt a little bit, but he still struggled to get up and ran to Ronaldo, who was cheering behind him to celebrate.
Naturally, United were not willing to be dragged into extra-time, after all, their bench was nowhere near as star-studded as Blackburn's squad and began to attack aggressively.
One minute later, Fletcher passed the ball and Ruud van Nistelrooy fired wide of the left-hand post from 25 yards. Fletcher's long-range shot was then parried by Cech.
In the 82nd minute, Deco tripped Fletcher at the back and received a yellow card, and Quaresma's free kick was blocked by the wall. Giggs then whipped in a corner from the right and it was Quaresma's header from eight yards that was headed over by Carvalho on the goal line.
Seeing that there was not much time left in the 90 minutes, and the United players were preparing to solidify their defence and prepare for extra-time, Blackburn Rovers suddenly showed their fangs.
Just as the game entered the final stage, in the first minute of injury time, Robben continued to cross the middle, successfully attracted two opposing defenders, and fired a volley, and the football spun to the right at high speed.
Substitute Bentley unloaded the ball with the inside of his left foot, easily fooled Patrice Evra with a strong feint, took a quick diagonal step, and flashed a diagonal cross from a 45-degree angle into the box. Cristiano Ronaldo and Silvestre jumped to the top at the same time, and the football slipped past their scalps.
Frank Lampard, of course, was not going to refuse this as a good thing, reacted quickly, seized the killing opportunity, and hit the ball with the instep of his foot to volley hard, Carroll lunged sideways and barely slapped the ball out with one palm.
Ronaldo saw the football flying back again, saw the momentum and quickly stepped forward, his body flew out sideways, and the fish jumped and shook his head to attack the goal. The ball slid lightly through Carroll's fingers and flew into the net.
“goooooooooooooooooal! 3:2! Lore! Cristiano Ronaldo kills Manchester United! ”
Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been staring at the trajectory of the football, saw the football goal, knew that the game was over, and struggled to shake off his teammates, although it was raining sporadically over Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, he still took off his shirt, quickly rushed to the corner area, and rushed out, stretched out his arms to maintain balance, and his body slid forward against the turf.
The teammates quickly caught up, learned Ronaldo's movements one after another, followed the direction of his gliding, and swooped out one after another, which was very spectacular. And the Newcastle United fans saw this move, and they were even more crazy, constantly waving their fists to greet the players in the stadium.
Less than 1 minute after Ronaldo scored this goal, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines, was full of happiness, constantly waving his fists and shouting at the players who walked on the field: "Good guys, good boys, good guys, you played a good game." I can't use adjectives to compare you to you. We're going to do it like this! ”
In the media mixed interview area.
The reporters were the first to rush to Arthur, who was about to leave the field with Jessica Alba, and kept throwing questions.
"Chairman Walker, this is your first League Cup trophy since you took charge of Blackburn, are you satisfied? What do you think of this game? What do you think? ”
Although the League Cup is only the lightest of several cup competitions this season, Arthur, who has never won the League Cup before, is now in a very good mood, shrugging his shoulders and teasing in the face of the reporter who asked the question: "You pop up such a large list of questions, which one do you tell me to answer first?" I'm very happy with this game, it was one of Blackburn's best games this season, I can describe it as perfect in two words, you know, Manchester United are not underdogs, Ferguson's side are always favourites and we were able to beat them in 90 minutes, so I'm very satisfied. ”
"Who do you think are the key players in this game?"
Arthur subtly replied, "Who is the key person?" It was a simple question, and I felt that all 11 players in the stadium were key players because they did a good job of the tactical guidance that I had set out before the game. ”
"The best of the best?" It seems that the journalist just doesn't want to give up.
"Yes, Ibrahimovic, Duff, Cristiano Ronaldo. Robben ...... They are all the protagonists of the day, and there will be a banquet in the evening to celebrate. Of course, it was Ronaldo's most important goal so far, and to be able to beat Manchester United and win the trophy, I think he is the best at his age! ”
The reporter was so pleased that Arthur finally said what he wanted and didn't go any further.
"Have a problem with next week's tournament? Are you confident of winning the championship early? "Blackburn have yet to lose this season, especially in the league with an impressive 27 wins and four draws, and a win in the next round would have lifted them six games to win the Premier League this season.
'Winning the Carabao Cup, we're now very confident of challenging the next games, when is Blackburn the scariest team? The constant pursuit of the Blackburn Rovers is the scariest of all, and we will make our opponents suffer. ”
"Arthur, are you and Lady Alba a couple?"
"What do you say?" Arthur didn't answer, just gently wrapped his arms around Jessica Alba's shoulder.
"Chairman Walker......"
After answering a reporter's question, Arthur quickly escaped with Jessica Alba after being protected by bodyguards, and disappeared before the reporter could react. (To be continued.) )