Chapter 1183: The Perfect Storm of Youth
"We're going to cut off their passing lanes, try to stop Dong from taking the ball, we can't stop him, but we should be guarding against their passes."
"Try to push him to the sidelines."
"Fouls on the wing could have been more,"
"Brain, we have to keep our brain clear."
"Remember, we're going to Berlin!"
"We're going to Berlin!"
……
In the dressing room, Ferguson and Enrique are racing against time to set up new tactics for the team, both at the defensive level, neither side can prevent the other team from attacking and scoring, but the defense is so helpless.
'It felt like MSN wasn't playing hard enough, Neymar and Suarez were a little quieter, but I always had a hunch that the second half would be a little bit different.
"On Manchester United's side, Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie were also very lacklustre and didn't play their own characteristics, but the second goal was still quite well coordinated and it was a job done, but I think we need them to do more?"
'It's less than 90 minutes, I don't know what the score is, now Manchester United don't need to think about how many goals they conceded, the goal is more important, what Manchester United need to do is beat Barcelona at home, that's the real goal!'
Soon, players from both sides had already walked out of the tunnel and then onto the pitch one after another, Lineker's eyes kept falling on them, and finally decided: "Neither side has made substitutions, it is still the first half, but Ferguson has asked Januzaj and Jesse Lingard to warm up on the sidelines, and it seems that he will make adjustments soon?" ”
'Van Persie and Wayne Rooney have let him down and he may opt for a younger player.
"It's actually risky because young players can bring impact and speed to Manchester United, but have you ever thought about strengthening the defense at the back? Smalling is still on the bench and has no intention of warming up, as are Fellaini and Fletcher. ”
"Ferguson really only thinks about attacking and scoring goals."
"On Barcelona's side, Xavi is also warming up, Xavi is now a regular substitute for Barcelona, and I heard that he may leave Barcelona at the end of the season and go to Qatar in the Middle East to pan for gold. Without Xavi's organization, Barcelona is still a lot away from the peak of those years, and if it is Habaibu at the peak and MSN, Manchester United's game today will be even more difficult. ”
Beep
The whistle sounds, and the two sides change sides and fight again!
Barcelona's formation was noticeably improved, a marked difference from the first half, and Enrique realised the importance of attacking and started to pick up the pace.
However, it was Manchester United who got the first chance to shoot, and in the 47th minute, Dong Fangzhuo fired a shot from the right side of the penalty area, and the ball hit Busquets's arm directly, which immediately caused controversy.
"Is this a penalty?"
'The ball did hit Sergio Busquets' arm, so let's see what the referee does?'
Manchester United players have surrounded the referee, and Dong Fangzhuo has borne the brunt.
However, the referee waved his hand and did not say anything, because Busquets had already put his hand back, so he did not give a penalty.
The United players didn't argue too much and continued to get into the game. Then Barcelona played a series of beautiful passes, the ball fell directly in front of the Manchester United penalty area, Suarez half-turned and volleyed!
But the ball didn't hit the power and the ball was held directly in De Gea's arms.
A minute later, Carrick made a mistake in the front pass and was counter-attacked by Barcelona, and Iniesta made a through pass to Messi!
Seeing that United's defence was about to be breached, Rojo took the risk of a flying tackle to get ahead of Messi.
Then it was Manchester United's turn to create danger for Barcelona, Dong Fangzhuo divided the right side, Mata crossed from the right, Ter Stegen failed to hit the ball far with a single fist, Van Persie kicked a volley in the penalty area unmarked, and the ball actually flew straight to the corner flag area!
This scene completely disappointed Ferguson, this Van Persie is really bad.
Then, he started his first substitution, no longer giving Van Persie time, Januzaj came on to replace Van Persie, and he chose to give the youngster more chances.
"Januzaj, it's also an adventure, Van Persie is not in form, Januzaj may not be stable, but it's still worth a try."
'Barcelona also made a change, Xavi came on and replaced Rakitic. Habaibu was on the pitch at the same time, and it was really dangerous to go to Xavi at this time, Xavi had enough fitness to cope with the game. Enrique's purpose is clear......"
"If Xavi comes up, it will definitely improve Barcelona's midfield control, Manchester United's running needs to be more active, and MSN will definitely be more active up front."
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The ball is re-opened.
Xavi touched the ball for the first time, he was still so calm and calm, Rashford ran quickly to harass him, but Xavi easily played a one-two with Busquets, easily got the ball back, and then Carrick appeared, Xavi handed the ball to Iniesta, Iniesta knocked it back, Xavi immediately sent a kick over the top to pick a pass!
Messi struck from the right, unloaded the ball with his right foot, and chased past Ashley Young!
He has to face Dong Fangzhuo.
A succession of small steps to flick the ball, but at the last moment the ball was reversed and the ball was handed to Busquets!
"Surprised, I didn't go head-to-head with King Dong, is this because I am afraid of King Dong?"
Sergio Busquets distributed the ball to Neymar, who shook off Jones and fired a left-footed shot that was deflected wide.
Turning to Manchester United to block the attack, Ashley Young handed the ball to Januzaj, Januzaj may not have been ready, the ball stopped wide, the ball fell to the feet of Alves, Alves immediately handed the ball to the big brother Xavi, Xavi sent a long diagonal pass over the top again!
This time I went straight to Neymar.
Neymar was walking back slowly, but suddenly he accelerated in reverse, and Jones was thrown away! Anti-offside success!
Fortunately, Valencia chased back from the side in time and caught up with Neymar in an instant, but Neymar's left heel was lightly buckled, and Valencia's right foot accidentally tripped him.
Beep
Fouled.
Valencia received a yellow card.
"Hey, this location is a bit dangerous......"
'It's too close to goal, it's on the left outside the box, and Neymar and Messi can take the ball.
"The human wall must be lined up."
Lineker immediately smelled the danger, "It is estimated that Neymar will take the penalty, and he is very balanced on his left and right feet,"
"No, it's Messi, Messi is standing in front of the ball."
"He's definitely with his left foot, he's going to play that position? Is it preparing to pass the ball? I feel like. ”
De Gea did not dare to be careless, and stood in front of the door and loudly arranged the human wall.
Alex Ferguson also stood solemnly on the sidelines.
Will Messi shoot?
No one knows that, apart from the human wall, Manchester United's defensive attention is focused on the back point, because the back point has several Barcelona highs.
Beep
The whistle blew and Messi rushed to the ball.
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Kicks a curling ball with his left foot.
I was surprised that I actually hit the near corner directly!
Although the speed of the curling ball he rolled out was not fast, the angle was quite tricky, and it flew towards the upper left corner of the goal!
Hmmm-
Old Trafford was so dead silent that even Lineker forgot to shout goal.
Manchester United are down for the third time!
"Ah, damn it."
"This guy actually kicked the ball in."
“……”
The stands began to be noisy, and Manchester United fans could not believe that Messi could score such a beautiful curling goal.
Messi also became crazy with a direct free kick, and under the watchful eyes of the Manchester United fans in the stadium, Messi ran to the weak Barcelona stands to celebrate, pointed his fingers to the sky, and then kissed the Barcelona emblem.
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"It didn't feel like it belonged to Manchester United on this day."
"The third time I fell behind, so bitter."
"2:3, Manchester United fell behind again at home, Barcelona is indeed too strong, not that Manchester United played poorly, but that the opponent is also a master. Messi used his personal ability to rewrite the score to 3:2. ”
Dong Fangzhuo wiped his sweaty forehead, his eyes fell on Messi, and then he looked away and looked at the big screen.
His mood is still very calm, there is nothing like it, behind, equalize, fall, fall behind, fall behind again, it is really a twist and turn.
The only thing that can be done is to keep fighting and try for an equaliser. I haven't had a tough race this in years.
People seem to have gotten used to him bringing victory to the team, rather than facing such a complicated situation as before.
Equally calm was Alex Ferguson, who made another substitution, with Jesse Lingard coming on for Wayne Rooney.
"Rooney is leaving."
He was too bland, and at this point he put the captain's armband on Dong's arm. Now, only Dong is left fighting. ”
Rooney's face was a little unwilling, but he still put on an armband for Dong Fangzhuo very seriously, then patted Dong Fangzhuo's shoulder, and walked quickly down the court.
"If Ronaldo had been around, it wouldn't have been so difficult today."
"I don't know if Ferguson's decision is correct? Nobody knows...... Lingard, Rashford, Januzai ......"
Lineker chanted the names of the three frontcourt players, and he didn't have a bottom in his heart.
Not even Van Persie and Rooney, Januzaj can they?
The Manchester United fans in the stands were also in a trance, and it was not good, Manchester United was really going to mess up at home......
The finals are not going to be in vain, right?
If you can't even eat Barcelona at Old Trafford, what if you go to Camp Nou? A lot of people are thinking about it, and they can't help but think that way, because now they are 2:3 down at home.
Beep
The whistle blew again, leaving 20 minutes for Manchester United, but 20 minutes for Barcelona, who were once again on the sidelines.
Messi, who scored twice, became more and more active, and in the 72nd minute, he broke through the middle and caused another foul on Manchester United, and he was in front of the ball again, but this time his luck was not so good, and the ball went just over the post. But it also made De Gea break out in a cold sweat, he didn't want to be scored a hat-trick by Messi.
He habitually looked up at Dong Fangzhuo, perhaps, only this man could prevent all tragedies from happening......
Bang, he subconsciously kicked the ball to Dong Fangzhuo.
In fact, Dong Fangzhuo's position is not very good, but Dong Fangzhuo still swept the ball directly to Carrick, Carrick was stuffing Mata, Mata passed directly to Lingard, Lingard also did not play, he was too restrained, after Mata passed, he started, but the ball was directly stopped by Alba.
But Lingard fought hard and immediately pounced on Alba, only to be shown a yellow card for knocking Alba down.
Barcelona dominated the football for almost five minutes in a row, with Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford and Januzaj scurrying around like headless flies......
"This ......"
"It's too suspenseful no matter how you look at it."
In the 78th minute, Barcelona's counterattack came again, Xavi crossed the top to Suarez, Suarez and Rojo rushed into Manchester United's penalty area at the same time and suddenly fell into the box.
The Barcelona players then immediately surrounded the referee again for a penalty, believing that Rojo had fouled Suarez.
Lineker stared at the slow-motion replay, stunned.
"Is this ball foul?"
"How dare they take a penalty......"
He shook his head helplessly, the referee was naturally not stupid enough to dare to award a penalty indiscriminately, this is Manchester United's home stadium after all.
"Ferguson's substitution was a failure...... The front three, apart from Rashford, Lingard and Januzaj, are not good. ”
"It's not okay to have empty blood!"
"It's a lot of fighting, but what's the point?"
He was asking rhetorically.
At this time, the trio still showed hard work on the court, but they were not confident enough after taking the ball.
In the 80th minute, Dong Fangzhuo sent a direct pass again, Rashford knocked on Januzaj, Januzai didn't dare to break through, and knocked the ball back to Ashley Young again, Ashley Young passed the ball to Dong Fangzhuo, still relying on Dong Fangzhuo.
In the face of Xavi and Busquets, Dong Fangzhuo made a move, looked at the striker, but suddenly swept the ball with his left foot to the feet of Valencia, who was inserted on the right side.
Valencia crossed low into the middle of the box, and Juan Mata cut in quickly to pull the ball into the right side of Barcelona's box.
A heel knock back, after Lingard took the ball, he didn't know what to do, but he handed the ball to Dong Fangzhuo again!
"Alas!"
Before the key ball was handed over, the ball was cut off by Iniesta, Iniesta made a through stop, and looked for Neymar again.
Neymar easily dodged Valencia with a light pull, but he was once again hooked by Valencia.
"Oops! Worst. ”
"Sure enough, yellow card."
"Two yellows and one red, Valencia was sent off, he can't play in the next game......"
"It's troublesome, 10:11, 2:3 behind, how is Manchester United going to play? I feel like I can't fight. ”
The Barcelona fans, who had endured more than 80 minutes, finally burst into singing on the pitch.
This time, except God can beat Barcelona!
What about Manchester United, and what about Dong Fangzhuo? Barcelona, who is in the right place at the right time, will definitely be able to kill Manchester United away from home this time!
Ferguson had to use up a third substitution, with Marouane Fellaini coming on for Carrick......
"Alas......"
"Alas......"
The audience sighed......
Fellaini came up, which meant that Ferguson played a back three instead of a back four, and Fellaini came up just to add depth to the defence......
Beep
The battle continues.
The Barcelona players finally began to float, and the two wings frequently stepped in, especially Alves on the right, both of whom pressed through the half.
He sent two crosses in a row, but they were stopped by Manchester United players, but Manchester United now don't even have a chance to counterattack.
It's tough.
'Obviously, Barcelona still want to score.'
'They want to take down Manchester United away from home and they want to score goals!'
Manchester United went all the way to the top and went on for more than five minutes in a row.
In the 87th minute, Xavi and Messi cooperated continuously, but suddenly knocked the ball to Iniesta on the left side, Iniesta got rid of the tall Fellaini, and rushed into the left side of Manchester United's penalty area with the ball!
"Danger!"
Andres Iniesta opted to hit the top left corner of the goal!
Bang –
The ball roared angrily and raced towards the goal.
De Gea let out an angry roar as well, his wings spread like a falcon.
Smack-
He blocked the ball with his chest!
The ball didn't go in, but he didn't have time to hold it with both hands.
The ball is almost jumping in place!
Lingard's figure jumped out and quickly cleared the ball with a big kick, but in his nervousness he kicked the ball to Suarez, and the ball deflected again and bounced off the right side of the box.
It's too chaotic in the big forbidden area.
Sou
Dong Fangzhuo's figure finally appeared, stabbed his right foot, and the man ran past Busquets' left, and then continued to chase the ball.
This is an opportunity, not to be missed, Dong Fangzhuo chased to the boundary like a tiger, pulled the ball with the heel of his right foot, and the ball did not go out of the sideline.
Then he rushed again.
Messi and Alba rushed over at the same time, but Dong Fangzhuo made a trip to the outside of his left foot, and the ball rolled forward more than 30 meters!
"Ahh
Woo woo, Dong Fangzhuo overtook around the outside of the sideline, and Alba and Messi were left behind by him in a row!
"It's over! He rushed over! ”
'Marcus Rashford sprinting down the middle!'
"Now Mascherano has come from the middle to block King Dong."
Da,
Dong Fangzhuo caught up with the ball, flicked his left foot again, and continued to accelerate the ball forward, and Mascherano barely kept up with Dong Fangzhuo's speed.
But Dong Fangzhuo had already swept the ball towards the middle, the ball had been passed out, and Rashford rushed to the ball before Pique, who did not have Rashford's speed.
"What a chance!"
Bang –
Marcus Rashford shoots the ball!
Far Corner!
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"Ahhh Didn't go in! ”
Ter Stegen actually fell to the ground and saved the ball! It's amazing.
"And!"
"Januzai! Shoot! ”
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”
“!”
“!”
"Januzaj, he equalized!"
"3:3, Manchester United equalized for the third time!"
"In the 88th minute, Manchester United equalized!"
'They didn't go down, Januzaj and Marcus Rashford showed their worth and, of course, Jesse Lingard just contributed.'
"It's a perfect storm of youth!"