Chapter 33: Prophecy Fails?

In the 41st minute, Bridges walked to the sidelines, watched the game in progress and looked for an opportunity to call in striker Chris Brown.

Few people paid attention to Bridges.

In this match between Queens Park Rangers and Manchester United, the Rangers manager can only be regarded as a 'foil', and he is too small under the dazzling light of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson's Jazz.

Bridges found Chris Brown and said something very strange, "If you have a chance to go it alone, you must hold it steady!" Don't be too nervous! He said as he pressed his hands down.

Chris Brown was a little stunned.

Got a chance to go it alone?

What does that mean?

Chris Brown couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time, so he got back into the game and didn't think much about it.

Brown certainly couldn't think of a reason why Bridges said that.

It's all about the 'Voices of the Premier League' programme.

Just a minute ago, Zhang Yang made a new judgment, "Manchester United have been attacking aggressively lately, but their defense is a little negligent, which may give Rangers an opportunity." The pace of striker Chris Brown is likely to pose a threat to Manchester United's goal, but with the giants Manchester United's goal close at hand, it remains to be seen whether he can take his chances. ”

The phrase was interpreted by fans as 'The Rangers had a chance, but Brown was too nervous to take it'.

Bridges sees it that way, too.

Over the past 40 minutes, Bridges had determined that 'flamboyant' was much more accurate than his own judgment of the game, and for a moment he was a little unacceptable, feeling like he was losing control of both the game and the team.

Bridges was a little flustered.

Losing control of the game is a big deal for any manager because he doesn't know if the team is doing well or badly, and he doesn't know how to adjust next.

It's not about strength, it's not about winning or losing, it's just the feeling of the manager.

Bridges panicked, he didn't know what to do, and when he heard Zhang Yang make another judgment, he thought to himself, "Maybe I should trust him?" ”

So Bridges did it.

He didn't know what the outcome would be, but it didn't hurt to tell his players anyway.

Bridges returned to his seat and continued to watch the game.

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The flamboyant judgment was not realized quickly.

Since the beginning of the 41st minute, Manchester United has continued to besiege the Queens Park Rangers half, and the Rangers occasionally can't even kick the ball through the halfway, and the kind of passive scene makes the home team can't bear to watch it anymore.

But in the 45th minute, when the fourth official was about to raise the stoppage time card, there was a sudden mistake in the Manchester United pass.

It's midfielder Kleberson!

The Brazilian midfielder, who was dribbling the ball and trying to break through close defence, tried to push the ball to his team-mate after a big kick, but the ball was kicked away by the opposition player first.

That's a big foot!

The soccer ball flew over a few dozen meters and fell straight in front of the center circle!

In normal times, a big clearance would be nothing, but it was Queens Park Rangers striker Chris Brown who was the first to follow, who was always up front to put pressure on the United defence, but the United defence seemed to ignore him.

Now it's time for the United defenders to pay for the carelessness!

Chris Brown chased after the ball, and by the time he got to it, it was almost on the line of the United penalty area.

Manchester United goalkeeper Carroll has attacked!

The rest of the United players simply didn't have time to defend, with the nearest Sylvestre five metres away, and another big name defender, Rio Ferdinand, appeared to have turned into a striker, who had just run past the halfway line.

Single-handed!

When Chris Brown picked up the ball and rushed forward, and realized that he had a chance to go alone, his heart suddenly welled up with joy.

It's a single knife!

He's facing a Manchester United goal!

If he can help Rangers break down the Manchester United goal, even if the team loses the game in the end, he will become a hero in the hearts of Rangers fans, and it is unknown how many media will mention the name "Chris Brown" when covering the game.

Subsequently, he got nervous.

What if you miss an opportunity? Will others say he's a fishbag striker!?

It's a time of life and death! It's the division between heaven and hell!

Entered, he is a hero!

If you don't enter, you become a bear!

Chris Brown's mind became very confused between the few steps forward with the ball, which he knew was called 'nervousness', and then he couldn't help but think of head coach Bridges.

Just now Bridges reminded him to 'don't be nervous' and 'must be steady', could it be that Bridges already knew that he would have a chance to go alone? How could you say that otherwise?

That's amazing!

With such a manager, what else is there to worry about?

"Steady! Don't be nervous! ”

"Don't be nervous! Steady! ”

Chris Brown kept thinking as he focused on the onrushing goalkeeper Carroll.

Chris Brown swung his right foot when the two were three metres apart, and everyone thought he would shoot straight at goal, as did goalkeeper Carroll, who opted to save to the left on the spot.

But in the next moment, Carol knew that she had been deceived!

Chris Brown opted for a pick-and-shoot as he flexed his toes to lift the ball forward from the grass.

The ball flew over the head of goalkeeper Carroll at just the right height.

Chris Brown couldn't contain his excitement any longer, he raised his arms and ran back desperately, letting out a huge cry from his mouth.

Loftus Road Field followed with an outbreak!

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“Gooooooal!!!”

"Chris Brown! A subtle pick! He took advantage of a counter-attack opportunity to break down the Manchester United door single-handedly! ”

"The score became 1-1!"

"Rangers fans certainly didn't think they would have a chance to tie the score after they were behind!"

'It's a goal that will definitely scare Manchester United and Rangers proved with the goal that they are not that easy team to beat!'

“……”

All the fans who supported Queens Park Rangers were cheering on Chris Brown's goal.

All the commentators were praising Chris Brown.

The same goes for the 'Voices of the Premier League' programme.

Denise cheered a few words for Chris Brown's goal, and then she noticed that Zhang Yang had not spoken, so she found a gap and asked, "Zhang, what do you think of this goal?" ”

Zhang Yang took a long breath, adjusted his mentality, and then said, "I didn't expect Chris Brown to really score the ball, I thought it would be difficult for him to score, after all, for a Championship-level striker, the goal against Manchester United will definitely become tense." ”

"It's interesting to see you make a mistake." Denise laughed.

"I'm still saying that, who can say it accurately in a football game!" Zhang Yang helped save the situation with one sentence, whether it was Denise or other listeners, it seemed that it was already quite accurate football analysis ability to predict that Queens Park Rangers would get a good chance, as for whether to score or not, most of them can only guess, and no one can guess for sure.

Zhang Yang's heart was in a mess, it was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

In the past, he could judge the game very accurately every time, and even which player shot with which foot was deeply imprinted in his mind, and there would be no change at all, but what happened in the game now was different from what he saw.

Could it be that the power of 'prophecy' has failed?

Zhang Yang thought.

He was thinking about this question for the whole halftime, communicating with Denice a little absent-mindedly, his mind was just analyzing all kinds of possibilities, and everything else became unimportant.

In the second half, the flamboyant speech became very conservative.

After seeing the first five minutes of the game from the beginning of the second half, Zhang Yang just talked about the general trend, and then analyzed the past games, and only talked about Denise's accosting in passing, rarely expressing his own opinions.

He found that the prediction was accurate.

The game was no different from what he was seeing, and he let out a long breath and felt a lot more relaxed.

In the 69th minute, Zhang Yang once again expressed his views on the game.

'At this time, it's time to make a substitution, Manchester United haven't scored for a long time, and Ferguson will definitely bring on an attacking player.

"Queens Park Rangers, on the other hand, may consider increasing their defence, but it's not a wise choice because defending won't lead to victory, and even if you increase the number of defenders, it won't necessarily be effective against Manchester United's strong frontline."

This is a comment on the substitutions of both sides.

Just a minute later, United boss Alex Ferguson opted to bring on Wayne Rooney for Kleberson, who had not been performing well, but Queens Park Rangers were slow to make a substitution.

No one else cared.

Some fans praised Zhang Yang's accurate judgment, and Manchester United did choose to replace the striker player.

Zhang Yang frowned again.

In the picture he just saw, the Rangers' substitutions were closely followed by Manchester United, but why didn't they make any substitutions?