Chapter 0122: Rashford's Threat
Lingard's kick at the goal, Rashford, who was not far from him, was stunned: how bad is Xiao Linzi's shooting level, and there is such a mistake?
Lingard was still standing in place, making an innocent gesture and asking referee Mike Dean for a corner.
This made Rashford even more speechless, and said in his heart, you hit the ball on Xiao Ma and went out of the bottom line, don't you have a little pressure in your heart?
Moreover, you even asked Mike Dean for the ball, don't you know that this famous whistle who is among the most famous in the Premier League is actually a die-hard Tottenham Hotspur?
This is not Rashford's nonsense, but there are real examples to prove it.
Back in 2012, after Tottenham striker Saha broke through Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny at the Emirates Stadium, the referee on duty, Mike Dean, even jumped with excitement.
Then there was the first half of the season, when Tottenham Hotspur played against Aston Villa in the Premier League, and the referee on duty, Mike Dean, shook his fist after Tottenham midfielder Ousmane Dembele made a dream start to the game.
Sure enough, Mike Dean ignored Lingard and turned to leave.
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Tottenham served in a goal-scoring effort, but Lloris's shot soon fell into United's control.
Anthony Martial once again dribbled the ball down the right flank of Tottenham and, after being caught between Tottenham right-backs Kyle Walker and Alderweireld, deceived them with a beautiful stop, slotted the ball back to Rojo, and he himself turned and slotted towards the box.
Marcos Rojo immediately played the ball over and Anthony Martial received the ball in the top right corner of Tottenham's penalty area.
However, at the moment there is Marcus Rashford, a magnet, and four Tottenham defenders.
Anthony Martial didn't know what to think, but passed the ball to Marcus Rashford.
Under the defense of four people, Rashford naturally had no way to turn around and break through, so he could only cooperate when Xiao Ma was about to hit the wall with him, so he immediately knocked the ball back.
However, Rashford misunderstood the little brother because he didn't want to kick the wall with him at all, because he stood still after passing the ball. By the time he saw Marcus Rashford pass the ball about three metres in front of him, it was slow to start again.
Fortunately, Tottenham's players did not react faster than Martial, so when Martial rushed over, he formed a scramble with his opponent. Eventually, the ball was kicked by Anthony Martial to Fsumenza, who came up.
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Floumenza received the ball and immediately distributed it to Juan Mata on the right and ran forward. However, when Mata wanted to pass forward, he was forced by Tottenham midfielder Dembele to choose to pass back.
Schneiderlin takes the ball and plays a long pass to Lingard on the left wing. Lingard couldn't hold the ball under Walker's defense and had to pass it to Carrick.
Carrick hoisted the ball into the Tottenham penalty area, Rashford wanted to shake off Vertonghen and Alderweireld, who were close to him, but when he turned to start, he was hidden by the old Wiltonghen, but he couldn't catch Carrick's pass, and the ball jumped out of the bottom line.
Tottenham's goalkick, but Lloris was forced by Rashford to kick the ball off the touchline and return possession to Manchester United.
Manchester United's touchline ball was passed to Marcus Rashford, who was pulled down the left flank, and after linking up with Anthony Martial, he tried to break down the bottom, but Walker saw through it and broke the ball off the touchline.
United continued to play the ball on the sideline, but pushed the distance parallel to the penalty area.
Manchester United's sideline ball was picked up by Jesse Lingard, who was forced to pass to Anthony Martial. However, Tottenham's Dembele was handball in the process of scrambling the ball with Anthony Martial and United were awarded a free-kick from just outside the box on the left flank.
The free-kick was similar to the one Marcus Rashford scored against Borussia Dortmund on Thursday night, but it was switched from the right to the left.
Naturally, the free-kick in this position was taken by Marcus Rashford.
Tottenham were clearly keeping an eye on United's game on Thursday night and were nervous when they saw Marcus Rashford in front of the ball.
Lloris solemnly commanded his team to line up the wall, and they filled the wall of six people, blocking almost all the shooting angles in this position.
Lloris himself was standing in the middle of the goal, his eyes fixed on the top of his own wall, looking at Rashford from afar.
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Looking at the entire Tottenham Hotspur team that was waiting for him, Rashford shook his head secretly.
Had Dortmund done the same with his free-kick in the last game, he would have been unlikely.
But today, the situation is different, because my elevator ball level is much better than in the last game.
At that time, he could only be regarded as the best among the elevator ball masters, but now, he is definitely an expert in the elevator ball, even if it is Ronaldo, he is not necessarily his opponent on the elevator ball.
However, Rashford is still not too sure about whether he can score, after all, the goal rate of free kicks is not high, excluding the occasional kick to score, a large number of free throws, can have a 10% goal rate, are super bulls.
In this regard, Boss May and Ronaldo are much worse, and their free-kick goal rate is hovering at 6%-7%.
Marcus Rashford still decided to play in the near corner, although the probability of shooting on target in the far corner is higher, but the distance is far away, leaving Lloris more time to react, and even if he is on target, he is more likely to be saved.
However, in the build-up to the free-kick, Rashford's eyes were kept on the far post, in an attempt to mislead the Tottenham defence.
Sure enough, Tottenham players, including goalkeeper Lloris, were fooled. Their wall quietly moved a little towards the far post, and Lloris was still standing in the middle of the goal, but his attention was more focused on the far post.
Watching the small movements of the Tottenham players, Rashford secretly smiled, because out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that there was a small gap between the Tottenham wall and the near post.
It's a small gap, but it's easy to spot if the Tottenham players pay attention, especially goalkeeper Lloris.
However, they were too afraid of Rashford's elevator ball, coupled with Rashford's deliberate misdirection, and the flaw was revealed under the nervousness.
And after discovering this flaw, Rashford also secretly changed his plan in his heart, a new plan, quietly brewing in his mind.