Chapter 0224 - The Overall Situation Has Been Decided (Fifth Update)
The game continued, and the players on both sides were still fighting for the final championship, but the minds of several referees were no longer in the game.
Today's game was too magical, the two referees who were more powerful against Manchester United before, one was stuffed into the hospital, and the other was stuffed with blood on his face.
This left the remaining three referees with trepidation, especially the linesman who replaced Christian Eriksen as the referee, and he was even more cautious.
Fortunately, after that, the game on the field became normal, and there were no more major accidents.
Both sides created some chances to score in the following games.
In the 87th minute of the game, Sevilla took a corner kick. Gameiro grabbed the ball in the box but couldn't find the back of the net, opting for a return pass and Koke fired wide of the right-hand post from 18 yards after it met a defender.
However, their second corner was cleared by a United player at the front post and did not pose much of a threat.
Rojo's ball fell to the left and Rooney got his hands on it before Koke did.
Wayne Rooney then played a long pass to Marcus Rashford in front.
Marcus Rashford dropped back to receive the ball and was still flanked by Sevilla's defender, centre-back Kovodjcichak. He stuck to Rashford, while using his physical strength advantage to constantly press Rashford and prevent him from getting the ball well.
Just then, Rashford looked up and saw Lingard sprinting forward.
Eighty-eight minutes into the game, the kid was still sprinting hard, as if he had just played.
But at this time, you are still rushing forward like this, do you really believe that you can pass the football over?
This kid has enough trust in himself......
So he jumped up to the football.
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Jesse Lingard spotted the ball flying towards Marcus Rashford as it was passed by Wayne Rooney, and he saw that behind him, in front of him, was the space for the entire half.
It was a counter-attacking opportunity, but only if the ball could be passed into the space in front of him.
Marcus Rashford, on the other hand, has his back to the attack, but Lingard has an almost superstitious trust in Rashford, who feels that Rashford will definitely pass the ball into that gap, and he just needs to rush forward. If he hadn't run, he would have wasted Rashford's brilliant pass.
So he buried his head in the acceleration, and he couldn't even look at Rashford.
Rashford, who jumped into the air, suddenly narrowed the distance between him and the football, and he raised his foot in the air to kick the football, but instead of stopping the ball, he kicked the football behind him!
Kovodejchak watched as the ball flew over his head and landed in the vast steppe sky.
Lingard swept past him like a gust of wind.
As soon as Rashford landed, he turned and rushed forward.
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"Manchester United's counterattack!" Zhan Jun exclaimed.
The Sevilla fans in the stands booed. Amid the boos, Lingard sprinted to catch the ball. Despite having a Sevilla defender in front of him, he was determined to dribble into the box.
Kovodjjčak, who was originally defending Rashford, was attracted by Lingard's momentum and chased after him, intending to flank and defend Lingard with his teammate Escudero.
As for Marcus Rashford, there is another of his defenders in charge of Cariko.
And the rest of the Sevilla players are coming back quickly. As long as he and Escudero can work together to stop Lingard and entangle him, Rashford will naturally have someone to defend.
But just as Kvodzejczak was on the verge of catching up with Lingard, Lingard, as if he had an eye in the back of his head, knew he was about to be surrounded and quickly passed the ball sideways to Marcus Rashford, who was plugged in in the middle.
Marcus Rashford was a little slower and when Lingard's cross came he was on the same line as Lingard. In front of him was Sevilla's last centre-back, Carico.
At the same time, Kovocejczak and Escudero were turning around and lunging at him.
Almost all eyes were on Marcus Rashford, with Sevilla goalkeeper Soria moving his feet and centre of gravity in this direction, ready to save Rashford's shot.
They have to make sure that goal is not scored, otherwise they won't be able to pull two goals back in just six or seven minutes of stoppage time!
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Marcus Rashford picked up his foot and Carico, who was blocking him head-on, jumped up and tried to block his shot with his body.
But what everyone didn't expect was that Rashford's foot fell not to shoot, but to flick the ball with the outside instep, and the ball rolled from Cariko's side into the box and fell in front of Lingard!
Lingard, who was completely unguarded, did not expect Rashford to pass the ball back to him. He was stunned for a moment before realising that it was a great opportunity to score, as the defenders were drawn to Rashford, not even the opposing goalkeeper.
He threw his foot and the ball flew into the goal!
In the 88th minute of the game, Lingard's goal helped Manchester United rewrite the score on the field to 5:3!
Zhan Jun shouted: "Lingard has scored!" He helped United to a huge two-goal lead! It was incredible, not just for United to take the lead, but also for Rashford's last pass! The whole world thought he was going to shoot, but he chose to pass! ”
Lineker was also surprised, saying: "Marcus Rashford gave up the chance to shoot and gave the ball to Jesse Lingard, who was in a better position. I have to say, this little guy's big picture is really good! ”
Lineker believes that with Rashford's individual ability, he can shoot a football into the goal even if he chooses to shoot. But when someone is in a better position than him, he doesn't mind giving up the goal at all.
This is not the first time this has happened to Marcus Rashford, who has previously assisted Anthony Martial in front of goal.
Compared to Rashford, Manchester United's other players in the front line, whether it is Lingard, Anthony Martial, or Depay, are much worse than Rashford in this regard.
Jesse Lingard's goal left the Sevilla players in agony, with many of them holding their heads in their hands and looking desperate.
The goal came in the 88th minute of the game, and then, even with injury time, it was seven or eight minutes into the game.
However, they will need to score at least two goals against United and stop scoring for the Reds to equalise.
Is such a thing possible? I want to talk about "The British Emperor" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~