Chapter 0123 Free Kick for Yellow Point
Referee Mike Dean blew the whistle and Rashford started running.
Lloris watched Rashford run straight towards the ball and was even more convinced of his judgment that he was going to hit the ball directly with the lift, and the centre inadvertently deflected to his left hand to save Rashford's free-kick.
Tottenham's wall also jumped high in an instant, and the six-man wall has blocked all the angles of Rashford's shots on the plane, and if Rashford wants to take a free kick directly at goal, there is only one way to go high. So, they had to jump as high as possible to stop Rashford's free-kick from going over their heads.
However, when the Spurs players in the wall were jumping, they found that the ball was not flying over their heads, but around the side.
"Fooled!" So thought the Tottenham players.
Kyle Walker, who was standing on the edge of the wall, was even more intense when he noticed the ball whizzing past his right.
At this time, he was trying his best to vacate the air, and stretched out his right hand, which was very coherent, just like a person using his hand to help when he was jumping.
The next moment, Kyle Walker felt like something had hit his right hand. He didn't have to look at him to know that it was the ball that hit his right hand.
The whistle blew again.
Meanwhile, United's players were agitated and crowded around referee Mike Dean.
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'Marcus Rashford took the free-kick and it looked like he was going to go straight to the goal.
'He's got the quality to score a groundbreaking strike from about the same position on the right in midweek's Europa League.
'Tottenham were obviously also very jealous of Marcus Rashford's free-kick and they lined up a wall of six. It's just that in this way, isn't their defense in the middle empty? If Rashford chooses to hoist the ball down the middle, then Tottenham are in danger! ”
"Mike Dean blew the whistle and Rashford started running, and it looked like he was really going to send a lift ball...... No, the ball didn't fly high...... It's not a kick in the elevator ball! ”
"The player on the edge of the Tottenham wall reached out to block the ball and the ball changed course and went off the line. It's Kyle Walker who reaches out! ”
"The referee blows the whistle, will it be a penalty? Mike Dean didn't make the decision in the first place, and apparently he wasn't so sure! ”
"The United players all came around and pressed Mike Dean...... Kyle Walker is also complaining, pointing to the line of the box and it appears that he has committed a foul on the line of the box, not a penalty. ”
Mike Dean talking to the linesman through headphones...... He pointed to the penalty spot, and it was supposed to be the linesman who reminded him that Walker's foul was in the penalty area. ”
"Let's take a look at slow motion...... Haha, Walker was originally on the line of the penalty area, but then Tottenham's wall moved to the left for some distance, and the place where Walker fouled was indeed in the box, which was an undisputed penalty! ”
'Marcus Rashford must have misled the Tottenham defence by moving the wall to the right as a whole, which led to a gap on the left. Instead of kicking a lift ball, Rashford shot hard and wanted to score through this route, but he didn't expect to be blocked by Walker with his hand! ”
'The penalty was accurate, and if Walker hadn't reached out, Lloris would have been unable to stop the ball from going in the wrong direction. However, they also paid the price of the penalty, and they don't know if Walker's foul is worth it? ”
"The Manchester United players are still surrounding Mike Dean, they should want Mike Dean to send off Walker with a red card!"
'There's no doubt about the penalty, but whether it's a red card or a yellow card is debatable. First, the game is only in the eighth minute, and secondly, it depends on whether Walker intentionally reaches out to block or not......"
"Mike Dean showed Walker a yellow card, which he should have thought was an unintentional block from Walker, but the United players clearly disagreed, and they would prefer to send Walker off with a straight red card!"
"Let's take another look at slow motion...... Walker jumped with his arms outstretched, which looked like a natural stretch...... However, how could he make such a low-level mistake? ”
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While the commentators from all walks of life in the commentary area were talking, referee Mike Dean also drove away the Manchester United players around him and signaled Manchester United to send someone to take the penalty.
The Manchester United players saw that the matter was a foregone conclusion, and they could only disperse helplessly.
It was still Marcus Rashford who took the penalty.
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As he walked towards the penalty spot with the ball in his hands, Rashford turned his head to look at Kyle Walker with an eerie smile on his face.
As the free-kick taker, Rashford was keeping an eye on the wall, especially Kyle Walker on the wing. He found out that this guy, like the other Tottenham players in the wall, originally kept his hands on his chest, which is the basic operation of almost all players in the wall, in order to avoid handball.
But when he sent the ball out and Walker jumped, he stretched out his hand, only to block his own inevitable goal.
Marcus Rashford believes the goal would have gone into the Spurs goal if he hadn't reached out to block it.
To be honest, like the rest of his Manchester United team-mates, Rashford wants Kyle Walker to be sent off with a straight red card, so that United can play a more secure game.
After all, Marcus Rashford remembers that Manchester United suffered six minutes in the second half of this game, and finally lost 0-3 to White Hart Lane, losing the initiative in the race for the fourth.
If Walker is sent off now, Tottenham will not be able to turn the tables on the table with one less player.
It's just that Mike Dean did take care of Tottenham enough and insisted on only awarding a yellow card, and he couldn't help it.
However, a goal for a yellow point, and he and the Manchester United team can be regarded as earning.
As for whether he will miss the penalty, Rashford has not been worried at all. I didn't miss a penalty when I was in my 80s before, but now with 90 marksmanship, this kind of low-level thing will not happen to me.
With that in mind, Rashford put the ball on the spot-kick and stepped away to wait for Mike Dean to blow the whistle.
When the whistle blew, Rashford made a natural run before slotting the ball into the Tottenham goal.
Lloris was on the right track, but there was still nothing he could do about Marcus Rashford's penalty that went straight to the far post.
In the ninth minute of the game, Marcus Rashford scored from the penalty spot, and Manchester United led the home team Tottenham 1-0 away.