Chapter 0111: A Bad Breath
For Everton's strategic choice in this game, all commentators still gave praise, at least in the first 28 minutes of this game, their defense was very successful, and did not give Manchester United, who have been attacking more recently, any good scoring chances.
On the contrary, Everton had two good chances, one in the 14th minute of the game, when former Barcelona player Deulofeu burst into the penalty area, causing chaos in the Manchester United defence, and almost creating a penalty. The other was Cleverley's long pass from the back, and Smalling's foot was greased and almost allowed Lukaku to get a one-on-one shot.
"Everton have not been very good defensively this season, but they have been very good at playing away from home, conceding just one goal per game on the road, the third fewest in the Premier League. And in this game, they did not fall behind in the competition with the powerful Manchester United. ”
"The Everton players are very thieves defensively, they don't take a tough physical confrontation against Rashford, which may have something to do with the characteristics of their defenders, but I found that Everton's defenders have been harassing Rashford with small movements, making him completely unable to receive the ball well, which made Rashford, who has been on fire recently, seem a little quiet in the first half."
'Everton's fierce battle with Manchester United in midfield has prevented United from organising an effective attack, and Rashford has not had many opportunities to perform in the past half hour, which is perhaps the biggest reason why Everton are still holding the scoreline to the level.
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However, when the commentators of the major media took advantage of the gap before Manchester United's corner kick to comment on the performance of both sides in the first half hour, the situation on the field changed dramatically.
"The Everton players are harassing Rashford with small gestures again, the lad seems to be a little annoyed, he won't do it, right?"
'Fortunately, Rashford was more sensible, he didn't make a move, but pulled outside the box, away from the Everton players' defence, and away from the opponent's harassment.
"Blind has a corner, Smalling is going to grab the front point!"
'Blind's corners are a little bit high, a little bit slow, so it's not too threatening. Sure enough, Anthony Martial was cleared by Everton without any threat on the ball. ”
"What controls the landing point of the outside line is...... Marcus Rashford! ”
"Marcus Rashford volleys straight into the ball without stopping, Everton is dangerous! Marcus Rashford has a long-range shot! ”
"The ball is in! Marcus Rashford fired a shot from the left edge of the Everton penalty area, the ball went straight into the far corner, and the Everton goalkeeper didn't react to it! ”
"This shot must be forty yards from the goal, right? It's horrible! ”
'I had the feeling that Marcus Rashford's shot was with rage, and the Everton players had been harassing him with small gestures for the first half hour, and the little guy was ready to get angry several times. Just before this shot, the little guy was almost provoked by the Everton defender and almost went berserk. ”
"I think the Everton players may regret it, if they hadn't provoked Rashford to stand it, they simply withdrew from the penalty area and stayed away from the goal, maybe Everton would not have conceded this goal!"
"Fortune and blessing are relied upon, blessings and misfortunes lie in wait, and the Everton players thought that their small actions would remove the threat by forcing Rashford out of the box, but they didn't expect that the threat of Rashford on the pitch was everywhere, and perhaps only by taking him off the field could the danger be truly removed."
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The commentators talked a lot and said everything.
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Marcus Rashford has been holding back the fire before, and as some commentators have said, Everton's defence was too obscene in this game, and although they did not use physical confrontation to reduce Rashford's threat, this kind of small gesture harassment is undoubtedly more effective.
Because if you strengthen the physical confrontation, maybe it will cause your own players to foul at any time, after all, the place where the game is played now is Old Trafford, which is someone's turf.
Although the free-kick skills of Manchester United players are very average, it is still very dangerous to give the opponent a free-kick in front.
It is undoubtedly the best choice to be able to use a more economical method to contain the opponent's offensive.
For the Everton players, this is true, but for Rashford, it is very frustrating.
The opponent's small actions, even if they are seen by the referee, will not be judged as a foul, and many times the referee will not even pay attention to them, which was the case for nearly half an hour before that.
Now that he has scored such an earth-shattering ultra-distant world wave, Rashford can be said to have let out a vicious breath, and his heart has been smoothed a lot.
Marcus Rashford, who was in a good mood, ran towards the sidelines, he wanted to celebrate.
Because he shot a little far from the corner flag area, he didn't go to the usual place to celebrate, the corner flag area. However, when he ran to the sidelines, he found that his own bench was in front of him, and manager Louis van Gaal was standing in the tactical guidance area, looking at him with a look of consternation.
Obviously, Rashford's powerful burst made the old man a little dumbfounded.
Rashford smiled secretly, ran after the old man, and threw himself at him from a distance.
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The rest of the United players, after a brief moment of stunned, reacted and ran after Rashford to celebrate the goal with him.
So, just before the bench for Manchester United, a large number of Manchester United players gathered around, and even the players on the bench joined in.
And among them, is the old Dutch man Van Gaal.
In the eyes of the fans and commentators, this scene represents the unity and harmony of Manchester United.
So, everyone sighed a little, Van Gaal's life is really hard, and his luck is also good.
Just a month ago, Van Gaal was in a difficult situation on all sides, as if he could leave class at any moment.
But a month later, the situation changed completely. Manchester United are riding high on all three fronts and are in great shape.
In the league, although they are 13 points behind Leicester City at the top of the table with a game in hand, there is only a theoretical possibility of winning the title, but the situation of the Champions League hopes is not bad.
In the Europa League, although the quarter-finals are against Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund, there is a schedule advantage of away and then home, coupled with Manchester United's recent strong performances, the possibility of progression is not small.
In the FA Cup, Manchester United also reached the semi-finals, and the opponent in the semi-finals is the opponent Everton, and it is not difficult to win the game, which means that it is a high probability event to enter the FA Cup final.
Will Van Gaal, who is so lucky, also bring good luck to Manchester United?