Chapter 267: One Person, One Team (I)

Still fantasizing about the celebratory parade after winning the League Cup?

That's definitely overthinking.

In fact, after a little wine to celebrate the night of the Carabao Cup, the Reds took a day off before jumping back into the 28th round of the Premier League.

They didn't return to Manchester because a day later they faced Crystal Palace in the 28th round of the Premier League in South London.

Although the land area of the entire United Kingdom is not too large, the distance from Manchester to London is also more than 300 kilometers, and half a day of a round trip is consumed on the road, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Against Crystal Palace, Jose Mourinho made a big rotation and started the Carabao Cup final.

This is the confidence of Manchester United at the moment!

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Ricardo Pereira suddenly crossed into the penalty area on the right side of the rib, and Giroud stopped the ball and hit the bottom right corner to give Manchester United a 1-0 lead over Crystal Palace.

In the 53rd minute of the second half, Daniel Suarez, a new recruit in the winter window, split the ball in the middle, and Ashley Young inserted a shot from a small angle into the penalty area on the right side, 20!

In the 66th minute, Crystal Palace's Schlupp crossed from the left, and Ward jumped to the top to score, and Crystal Palace tied the score at 1:2.

In the 82nd minute, Ashley Young crossed from the right corner, Rojo and Lindelof headed in succession, and Dai Zhiwei, who had just come on as a substitute, scored a sideways hook shot in the small penalty area, and Manchester United sealed the victory 3:1!

At full-time, Manchester United won 3-1 away at Crystal Palace to continue to lead Liverpool in second place by two points.

Manchester United's devil's schedule is not over yet, and although their Premier League 28th and 29th round opponents Crystal Palace and Watford are not strong teams, there are only two days between the two rounds.

This is not a "back-to-back" match!

Just two days later, Manchester United took on Watford at Old Trafford.

Compared to the previous game, Mourinho has started a big rotation again, and the starting line-up has almost returned to the starting line-up of the Carabao Cup final.

Facing a tired Red Devils, Southampton started the game and took the lead in the 26th minute when Austin's cross and Valery's volley from 25 yards out on the right was saved by De Gea and headed into the near corner for the first goal of the 20-year-old French full-back's career.

United equalised in the 53rd minute when Valencia passed the ball and Pereira fired into the top right corner from 25 yards to make it 1-1.

Six minutes later, the Red Devils managed to overtake the score, and it was Pereira's pass again, and Dai Zhiwei shot into the far corner from 12 yards on the left side of the penalty area, 2:1!

However, Southampton were tenacious enough today, and in the 75th minute, Southampton's Ward-Prowse fired a free-kick from 25 yards on the left straight into the top left corner to rewrite the score to 22!

Manchester United scored in the 88th minute, Kroos sent a precise straight plug in the middle, and Dai Zhiwei turned around and shot into the bottom right corner of the net in the arc of the penalty area, 3:2!

The goal is not over yet!

In the 94th minute, Armstrong fouled Rashford in the penalty area, and Dai Zhiwei took a penalty kick to complete the hat trick, setting the score at 42!

Elsewhere in this round, United's title rivals were mixed with joy: Liverpool were held to a draw by city rivals Everton 00, while Manchester City beat Bournemouth 10 narrowly.

After the 29th round of the Premier League, Manchester United continued to top the table with 75 points from 23 wins and 6 draws, Manchester City overtook Liverpool to rank second with 72 points, and Liverpool fell to third place with 71 points.

With only the last 9 rounds left in the Premier League, the battle for the title is still fierce!

Three days later, the Red Devils were on a plane to Paris for the second leg against Paris Saint-Germain.

Although they hold a 30-point lead, no one will be taken lightly against a team with the likes of Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe.

It's a pity that Neymar and Cavani are still injured in this game, and there are rumors that they took the initiative to avoid Dai Zhiwei's edge after seeing that there was no hope of promotion.

Paris Saint-Germain continued to lead the line with Kylian Mbappe in front, assisted by Angel Di Maria and Draxler, and Edinson Cavani and Neymar on the bench.

For Manchester United, Dai Zhiwei and Marcus Rashford joined up in attack, with Ashley Young, Scott McTominay, Kroos and Andreas Pereira forming the midfield. At the back, Harry Maguire and Eric Bailly partnered in central defence, Luke Shaw and Ricardo Pereira left and right, and De Gea in goal.

Paris Saint-Germain starting line-up

Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon

Defenders: Correll, Thiago Silva, Kimpembe

Midfielders: Alves, Marquinhos, Verratti, Bernart

Forwards: Draxler, Di Maria

Striker: Kylian Mbappe

Manchester United's starting line-up

Goalkeeper: David De Gea

Defenders: Ricardo Pereira, Eric Bailly, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw

Midfielders: Ashley Young, McTominay, Kroos, Pereira

Forwards: Dai Zhiwei, Rashford

"What's the matter?" Dai Zhiwei was also stunned when he saw Paris Saint-Germain's starting lineup, "Isn't this the starting lineup that lost to us in 03?" Nor adjusting? Meaning, haven't lost enough yet? ”

Not only did Dai Zhiwei not understand, but Mourinho was also puzzled.

But in fact, they don't understand the bitterness of Paris Saint-Germain coach Tuchel, he has so many cards in his hand at the moment, Neymar and Cavani have made it clear that they don't want to play, what can he do?

After all, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

However, Tuchel has not done nothing in the past two weeks, and after this period of adjustment, PSG's morale has changed back to that unbeatable Paris.

Now that PSG's players have forgotten about the outcome and are just fighting for their own dignity, every player burst into battle after the opening kick-off.

The most intuitive image for Dai Zhiwei is that compared with Paris Saint-Germain's soft waist in the first leg, they suddenly became "hard" in this game, whether it was Verratti or Alves, they rushed towards the hinterland of Manchester United boldly when they got the ball.

It's quite a bit of a narrow road to meet the momentum of the brave win!

Seeing the opponent coming up, Kroos rushed over without hesitation, just like in the first half.

Compared to Kroos, who is 182 cm and 80 kg, Verratti, who is only 165 cm and 60 kg, is like a child.

But in the face of Kroos's ferocious charge, Verratti, who was more than a lap smaller, did not have a trace of fear, and leaned over with the same fierce expression.

The two players collided hard, and neither of them took advantage of the situation, and they fell to the ground at the same time.

The ball was out of control and rolled slowly forward on the grass.

Pereira squeezed Bernat behind him without moving, quickly flicked the ball at his feet, and then quickly passed the ball to Ashley Young, who came to pick it up, and the ball was converted instantly.

The old and strong Ashley Young rushed quickly towards the Paris Saint-Germain half with the ball, but just came to the vicinity of the penalty area, and before he could turn in, he was thrown outside the field by a sliding tackle by Thiago Silva.

Seeing that fearless Paris Saint-Germain was back again, thunderous applause instantly rang out in the stadium, and once again resounded throughout the Parc des Princes.

Cautiously feeling the pain in his left foot, Ashley Young looked angrily at the captain of Paris Saint-Germain, but he was also greeted by a pair of imposing cold eyes.

Seeing that the smell of gunpowder between the two was instantly strong, the referee hurriedly blew a hurried whistle and ran over, quickly separated the two hot men who were close to each other face to face, and solemnly warned the two before walking back with a headache.

At this point, everyone realizes that the real showdown has just begun.

Dai Zhiwei easily stopped the throw-in thrown by Ashley Young with his left foot, and without waiting for Kimpemby to run to his side, he immediately turned around and slid it like a fish swimming in the water.

But two steps later, Thiago Silva appeared in front of him, looking at the captain of Paris Saint-Germain, Dai Zhiwei quickly flicked the football with his right foot, and leaned towards the penalty line little by little.

Thiago Silva also felt a lot of headaches for this green killer, and the two met several times in the first round, and it was difficult for Thiago Silva to keep him without fouling.

At the same time as looking at Kimpembe, Dai Zhiwei paid attention to the footsteps of Correll behind him, and at the moment when the two were about to surround him, he suddenly stepped out with his left foot, blocking the front of Thiago Silva, and at the same time, his right foot flicked the football to the left behind him, and then took his left foot as the axis, and the whole body seemed to have no bones, so he turned around and ran sideways with the ball towards the top of the arc.

A reverse right-angle prosthesis!

Dai Zhiwei dribbled the ball in front, and followed closely by two Paris Saint-Germain defenders, three people quickly ran sideways on the penalty line, seeing the scene of the three people, Kimpembe was tightly entangled in front of Rashford, and his right hand was hidden while pulling the opponent's jersey at the same time, cleverly blocking the passage between Dai Zhiwei and Rashford with his body.

Seeing that Rashford was constantly competing with Kimpembe, the rapidly changing situation made Dai Zhiwei know that this cooperation could not be carried out any longer, but at this time he had no intention of stopping, and took out the little strength left in his body during the run, and instantly raised his speed again a notch.

With a gust of fresh wind, Dai Zhiwei slipped past Rashford and Kimpembe, who were close together, and then, just when the two figures were in the way of Buffon's view, he raised his right foot and slammed it sideways at the football in front of him.

Almost grazing Kimpembe's waist, the ball flew quickly towards the top left corner of the goal.

The moment Dai Zhiwei got the football, Buffon's spirit was instantly highly concentrated.

Almost as soon as the football flew towards the goal, Buffon jumped up and stretched out his right hand to block it at the moment when the football just came to the goal.

There was a crunch thud, and as Buffon fell heavily in front of goal, the ball hit the top edge of the goal crossbar before flying towards the stands again.

Crawling on the ground and looking at the empty goal, Buffon was glad at the same time, but his back was instantly wet with sweat.

It's really thrilling, it's just a little bit off!

With an exclamation of "......", all the fans at the scene instantly stood up as the football flew into the stands.

No one thought that such an opportunity, which was not an opportunity, would allow Dai Zhiwei to pose such a big threat to the goal of Paris Saint-Germain.

Manchester United's corner kick, Ashley Young looked at the dense heads in the penalty area, and felt a little numb on the scalp, so many people squeezed over, is there still a place to land after the ball is released?

Glancing at it in embarrassment, just as he was about to send a tactical corner, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly raised his foot and kicked towards the football.

The speed of the ball was very fast, almost in the blink of an eye, but to everyone's surprise, the ball did not appear in the front point or at the back point as they expected, but flew to the top of the arc of the penalty area.

When everyone turned their heads to look over, they happened to see Dai Zhiwei's figure rushing over.

Dai Zhiwei flew quickly to the landing point of the football, there was no defender around him for the time being, and he had a lot of time to adjust his angle and adjust his strength.

In a nervous heartbeat, he finally lifted his thick right leg and pumped towards the football.

Seeing Dai Zhiwei's movements, the entire backline of Paris Saint-Germain, including Buffon, the goalkeeper, immediately moved, and all of them quickly blocked all the possible routes of the goal.

But just when they were nervous, when Dai Zhiwei's powerful right leg touched the football, he barely used any force, but with a flexible shake of his calf, the football flew diagonally towards Rashford on the right side of the goal in the penalty area.

Pass?

If you talk about several lone wolf players in today's football, Dai Zhiwei will definitely be among them.

Looking at the stats alone, he has a lot of assists every season, but anyone who has actually watched his games will clearly know that he basically can't pass the ball when he can shoot.

However, this time, he chose to pass the ball when he was able to shoot calmly!

Before people could wake up from their habitual thinking, Marcus Rashford, who was almost ambushed in front of the goal, jumped high and flew his head into the air to the powerful top of the football in front of him.

The next moment, the football smashed the net out of a big bag!

“!”

The whole Parc des Princes shook again, all the Manchester United fans who came from afar were crazy at the moment, everyone's brains had lost the ability to think, they only knew that they were crazy to use various actions to share their excitement and happiness with everyone around them, whether they knew it or not, it didn't matter at this moment!

"Ahh Wear! I love you to death! Rushing to Dai Zhiwei's side for the first time, Rashford opened his arms vigorously and jumped onto Dai Zhiwei's body.

The surrounding Manchester United players also quickly ran over and joined the team in the joyful celebration.

The game 10!

40 on aggregate!

It seems, the victory is decided?