Chapter 0183: The Full Moon Scimitar Reappears in the Rivers and Lakes
Towards the end of the first half, West Ham won a series of free-kicks and corners in front of goal, as well as a number of shots, but could not change the scoreline.
And in the process of first-half stoppage time, there was another controversy on the field. At that time, United stole West Ham striker Sako at the back and then Sacco fell to the ground, but the United players did not kick the ball off the pitch and continued to attack on the left.
West Ham fans booed the Manchester United players, but it was embarrassing that in the midst of the boos, Sako got up without a.
It turned out that he was trying to interrupt Manchester United's attack by swindling injuries. Now seeing that the Manchester United players ignored him at all, and the referee did not stop the game, it was naturally not interesting for him to continue to pretend.
Juan Mata dribbled the ball down the left and came up front to pass the ball to Anthony Martial. Anthony Martial then continued to attack with the ball and, after attracting the attention of the West Ham defenders, he passed the ball to Marcus Rashford, who came to pick up nearby.
Marcus Rashford didn't break through with the ball and then slotted the ball into the West Ham penalty area.
On the other side, Anthony Martial didn't stop after the pass, but continued to rush forward, receiving the ball from Marcus Rashford in the corner of the box.
By this time, Anthony Martial was no longer in front of a defender and he slotted the ball towards the West Ham goal.
West Ham defender Antonio, who was left behind by Anthony Martial, was in a hurry and pulled and pushed Martial down from behind.
The Manchester United players immediately surrounded the referee, and the opponent's foul was not an exaggeration to award a red dot package.
However, Mike Dean didn't say anything, and he blew the whistle at the end of the first half.
Although the first half was over, the United players were unhappy with the referee's decision from Mike Dean, and captain Wayne Rooney kept talking to Dean on his way to the dressing room.
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At the beginning of the second half, Manchester United made substitutions, Van Gaal replaced Schneiderling with Carrick, firstly, Schneiderlin's performance in the first half was a little poor, especially in defense, and his role was very limited. The second is that Manchester United want to win this game, and Carrick will definitely play a bigger role in this matter than Schneiderlin. Carrick's understanding of the team's offense is far from Schneiderlin's.
The substitutions showed Louis van Gaal's will, and the performance of the United players at the start of the second half showed their determination to win the game. They took advantage of the second-half kick-off to launch a first-time onslaught at West Ham's goal.
The United's determination left West Ham a little unprepared, and when they concentrated their forces on the right side of the club, they had to end the attack with a foul.
At that time, Rashfodra moved to the left and, after linking up with Anthony Martial, was ready to burst into the box. Their centre-back Reid had to bring down Marcus Rashford from a position parallel to the penalty spot, some five metres from the penalty line.
The place was around 25 yards from the near post, but it was out of the way and it was very difficult to hit a direct free-kick.
In particular, Marcus Rashford, who is the biggest threat from a free-kick in Manchester United's team, is even less likely to be in this position to deliver a free-kick. Because Rashford is good at elevator balls, and playing elevator balls in this position, isn't it waiting for the ball to go straight to the corner flag area, or to the opposite touchline?
So, there wasn't much hesitation for this foul on Reed. The West Ham boss also agreed that Marcus Rashford would not come to take the free-kick.
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However, it soon became clear that Rashford was standing in front of the ball with Juan Mata. There was some surprise, but most people thought Rashford was just here to cover for Mata.
Looking at the positions of the two, Rashford is on this side near the baseline, while Juan Mata is on the side near the halfway line.
Although Rashford has a good balance between his left and right feet, judging from his position, it should not be possible for him to play, because the angle of the shot in this position is too small and too close to the goal, which is completely unsuitable for him who is good at elevator balls. Juan Mata was in a position that suited his left-footed serve.
Therefore, everyone still insists that Rashford will not be in charge of the free-kick, including the broadcaster of the game, Sky Sports host Ohagan and two guests: former Liverpool legend Graeme Souness and Michael Owen.
When the referee's whistle blew and Rashford started to run, Ohagan was still saying: "Rashford started to cover for Mata, and the Manchester United players in the middle were also starting to press forward, and it looked like Mata would kick the ball towards ......"
It's just that before his words fell, he immediately changed his tone: "Oh buy ga, Rashford kicked the football!" It was Marcus Rashford who took the free-kick! ”
Graeme Souness, who was next to him, picked up and said: "Marcus Rashford is a little unwise, this ball is not in the right place for ......"
What he wanted to say was that this position was not suitable for the elevator ball, but the next moment, he was stunned to find that Rashford's delivery was not an elevator ball at all!
“no! It's not an elevator ball! This is a full moon scimitar! Ohagan exclaimed.
Yes, it's not an elevator ball at all, it's a Beckham logo moon cutlass!
The ball made a perfect arc around the wall of only Payet and Lanzini before grazing the near post.
West Ham goalkeeper Randolph was completely unresponsive throughout the process.
Because of Rashford's kick, Rashford's three skills were triggered: the full moon scimitar, the curveball and the heavy artillery shot!
Under the combined effect of the three skills, the trajectory of the ball is not only perfect in arc, but also extremely fast, just in the blink of an eye, it flew over a space of more than 20 meters, and rushed into the goal by grazing the near post!
Everyone was dumbfounded, because they didn't expect Rashford to come to take the penalty at all, because before that, although Rashford showed a strong ability to score free kicks, but they were all free kicks from medium and long distance, and the position was not too biased, and the free kicks he scored were almost all elevator balls that scored directly.
Today, however, he unleashed another surprise kick with a beautiful moon cutlass and scored straight past West Ham United!
Marcus Rashford scored twice as Manchester United turned the score 2-1 away from home! 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~