Chapter 0112: One Finger Zen Lifts the Siege
Marcus Rashford knows how his actions will react, but he doesn't care.
Because as a reborn, or soul traveler, he lived through the history of Manchester United in the following years. It is also clear that Mourinho, who replaced Van Gaal, has not changed much for Manchester United.
At least until he is reborn, Mourinho is still struggling.
Admittedly, Mourinho's personal accolades are impressive, but they only represent the past.
Moreover, throughout Mourinho's coaching career, there are few good endings, that is, when he was at Inter Milan, he chose to retire after great success and retained some dignity, but the two coaches at Chelsea and Real Madrid ended up making a lot of trouble, which is a bit scary.
And, after watching Jose Mourinho's Manchester United game, Rashford knows better that Mourinho is even inferior to his teacher Louis van Gaal in terms of adjusting the team's attack.
In addition to stealing the spotlight more than the old Dutch man, Mourinho really doesn't have much impression on Rashford.
Therefore, Rashford feels that it is better to let Chef Van Gaal stay than let Manchester United follow the trajectory of history and replace Van Gaal at the end of the season.
At least, Manchester United under Chef Fan, although the game is often very struggling, but there is still possession, and the scene is not too embarrassing.
And Mourinho, no matter what the situation, the first thing that comes to mind is defense, whether the team is ahead by one goal or two, which leads to a good game, but in the end the players become tired of defense, and the scene is also embarrassing.
At least, Chef Fan really values himself, and he performs well in Chef Fan's hands.
After replacing Mourinho, he struggled even more.
What's more, Van Gaal is indeed considered to have discovered his own Bole, and the two get along well.
Therefore, Rashford made such a choice for nothing other than his own interests. In order to ensure that his own interests are maximized, it makes sense for him to do so.
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Marcus Rashford's long-range volley broke the game. The Manchester United players have also improved their mentality and played with more confidence because of the lead in their team.
Two minutes later, United were back in the picture.
Blind's long pass from the back broke through the Everton defence. Anthony Martial picked up the ball on the left side of midfield, but it was well off the line. This, combined with the fact that the pass crossed too far and allowed Everton's defenders to follow, caused Anthony Martial to be unable to break into the box, and the ball was eventually kicked off the line by Everton defender Coleman, and United were awarded another corner.
This time, Rashford didn't opt to pull outside the box again, and he doesn't think the same good fortune will come back to him a second time.
The goal just now came out of the blue, catching Everton's defence off guard. At the time, Everton was thinking they had cleared the ball out of the danger zone and the players were relieved. This, combined with the rush to expand the defensive area, led to a lot of confusion in the box. The Everton goalkeeper was standing on the side of the near post, so he couldn't react to Rashford's ball into the top corner of the far post.
As a center forward, the penalty area is where he should stay, and he can't just stop playing the center just because the opponent makes small moves against him, right? That's where Everton comes in, after all, his biggest threat now is still in the box.
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United's corner was still taken by Blind but the quality of his corner was even worse than the last time. The ball that was about to be kicked forward turned into a bocce ball.
However, it was precisely because of such an accident that the Everton defenders were unprepared, and Deulofeu, who was blocked on the line of the small penalty area, could only kick in a hurry.
Then, Deulofeu found out that mistakes are also contagious, and he cleared the ball with this kick and kicked it too.
Then, it became a battle for possession between Blind and Deulofeu, with Blind taking advantage of the first move, but Deulofeu was closer to the ball, and the two caught up with the ball almost at the same time, and Deulofeu took advantage of the proximity and controlled the ball. However, he also lost the opportunity to clear the ball right away again, and could only take the ball around in the same place for half a circle before he got the opportunity to clear the ball with his back to Blind.
However, he made a mistake in and out, and he didn't kick the power to clear the siege, and he actually passed to the upper right corner of the penalty area of his side, and was gently pushed by Lingard and turned to the middle.
Everton's central defender headed the ball out, only to be picked up by Manchester United's Schneiderlin again. Schneiderling couldn't turn around under the close defence of Everton's players, and chose to pick the ball back in front of Everton's penalty area with his back.
Anthony received Schneiderlin's pass and took two steps to the side, still unable to find a way to shoot, so he slashed at it in a hurry.
The Everton box was so crowded that Anthony Martial's shot didn't threaten the Everton goal at all and was blocked.
However, the spot was again controlled by United and Smalling headed the ball over to Carrick in the back, who in turn passed the ball to Schneiderlin.
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Schneiderling lobs the ball to the back of Everton's box with a big foot on the right.
Marcus Rashford was present at this point and was up for a header.
Stones, who was defending Rashford, saw Rashford jump first, and he would definitely miss the opportunity to scramble, so in a hurry, he stretched out his index finger and pointed it under Rashford's armpit.
Rashford, who was jumping with all his might, only felt a pain in his armpit, and then the breath he was holding dissipated, and his body was no longer able to continue to make the action of shaking his head and attacking the goal.
As a result, the original header turned into a header.
It's just that the ball went in the wrong direction, and the ball went straight to the corner flag area, and there were no Manchester United players in that direction.
Eventually, the ball bounced off the bottom line, Everton's goalball.
Rashford, who landed on the ground, was so angry, a good chance to score was destroyed like this, and he didn't even get a corner kick opportunity, thinking about it made Rashford depressed and wanted to vomit blood.
Especially looking at Stones, who was smiling cheaply after the conspiracy succeeded, Rashford gritted his teeth even more, and really wanted to pick up his fist and punch him in the face, reward him with a peach blossom on his face, and let him know why the flowers are so red.