Chapter 171: Free Kick Achievement
At this stage, the game has a tendency to go head-to-head.
However, that trend lasted less than ten minutes before it came to an end, with two successive attempts threatening the home side's goal, which alerted the Marseille players and they quickly reverted to a defence-oriented, counter-attacking strategy.
Marseille are definitely weaker than Manchester United as a whole, and you can see the situation on the pitch in this kind of game, so if they want to go closer, then they can only play smarter.
Obviously, Marseille had enough patience and they quickly tightened their defence again, focusing on a solid defence and not conceding any more goals.
Marseille's "concessions" made Manchester United more unscrupulous, and the offensive wave after wave poured into the opponent's half.
But in this game, Marseille's defense did a really good job, except for Giggs's goal, at other times, almost rarely made mistakes, Manchester United attacked like a tide, but never scored again.
In the 71st minute, Ferguson, who was striving for victory, took the lead in making personnel adjustments. He first replaced veteran Ryan Giggs with Nani and then brought on Hernandez for Wayne Rooney β a change that Ferguson hesitated to make.
In the case of the opponent's full contraction, there is no problem to replace Hernandez, who has relatively strong breakthrough ability and is more agile, and Ferguson hesitates to replace the candidate.
Replacing Rooney is an established strategy, but in this game, although Van Bizhuang's performance was very positive, he was obviously in average form, except for a few shots on goal, Van Bizhuang's overall performance was not as good as Rooney's. But in the end, Ferguson chose to believe in Van Bizhuang.
After making adjustments, Manchester United received an injection of fresh blood, attacking more aggressively, and continued to put pressure on the home team's defence.
When the clock entered the 80th minute, Marseille also made personnel changes, and the home team that had been holding on for most of the time was replaced by Cisse and Ghanaian player Ayew, a defender and a striker, Marseille's intention was clear, they wanted to fight in the last ten minutes, and try to score and win the game.
Both teams stepped up their attacking strength and the game was fast-paced again.
In the eighty-fourth minute, Fan Bizhuang ran actively in the front field, and finally won him a great opportunity to shoot, Kaka stepped forward to take away a defender for him, Fan Bizhuang decisively pulled the ball and kicked up, the football drew a beautiful arc in the air, Mandanda flew sideways, but failed to touch the football, but the home fans quickly relaxed, they clearly saw that although the football bypassed the goalkeeper, it also bypassed the goal, directly above the crossbar and flew into the stands.
"Shot from Fanβ"
"Oh oh oh, the football bypassed the goalkeeper and it was ...... It's a shame that the football flew into the stands! β
"Fan is working hard today, but his state is very average! Is it okay to have no rest? Or is it the course here that makes him not fit in......"
There were many commentators' doubtful voices in the commentary seat, as Mr. Jinqiu, Fan Bizhuang's ability is undoubted, and Fan Bizhuang's performance and state have always been very stable, but judging from the performance of this game alone, his performance is indeed not ideal, which will inevitably lead to reverie.
Fan Bizhuang stood at the edge of the penalty area, looked at the football flying high over the crossbar, shook his head, and kicked the turf twice with his right foot. It's not that there's anything wrong with the venue, it's just a habitual action similar to psychological suggestion, and if you step on it twice, you may be able to step on bad luck and it's time to run.
Fan Bizhuang didn't know what was wrong with him today, he always felt a little irritable, maybe it was because he met Bella in the hotel lobby last night? Or he invited Bella to watch him play, but the other party left directly, or ...... The news that Bella is married and even has a child has brought him a great shock?
Either way, Fan Bizhuang was a little absent-minded, although he worked hard to force himself into the game, but in terms of performance, it was inevitable that he would be a little muddy.
Shaking his head in annoyance, Fan Bizhuang once again forced himself not to think about things that had nothing to do with the game.
A teammate ran up from behind.
"Don't take it personally, Fan."
"Hah, it's just bad luck. No one is going to get lucky all the time, but I think you have what it takes to get rid of all the bad luck! β
"Next time, you'll score!"
Fan Bizhuang nodded heavily, the ball had been kicked out by the Marseille goalkeeper, and Fan Bizhuang actively threw himself into running.
β¦β¦
"Fan's state today is very average."
Somewhere in the stands, Bastian suddenly let out such a sigh.
Mother Mathilde and Miss Bella sat next to him, silently watching the game on the field, Xiao Fan, the ghost elf, was the first time to see so many people, and it was also the first time to be in the hot atmosphere of a football game, he seemed extremely excited, he stood on his mother's lap, waving two small fists, although he was not very neat in speaking, but still "babbling" excitedly screamed.
Mathilde and Bella's silence made Bastian feel a little bored, but fortunately there was little Fan, who he took and let him ride on his neck.
"Look, little Fan, that's Uncle Bastian's favorite player! He's the best player in the world! β
"Ha, don't look at his state today, but who can always be in good shape? β¦β¦ Come, come with your uncle and cheer for Fan, I am sure he will surprise all the fans who like to support him! β
Bastian shouted loudly in his mouth, Xiao Fan didn't know the player his uncle was talking about, and he didn't even have a clear concept of football, but he was still influenced by Bastian, waving his little fist and babbling.
Bella raised her head, glanced at her excited son, and then looked at Fan Bizhuang, who was still running the field, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously outlined a curvature.
β¦β¦
Van Bizhuang was a bit of a disappointment for Ferguson throughout the game, but the stubbornness of his old friend still allowed him to surprise towards the end of the game.
Fan Bizhuang's trust in him was repaid again.
As the game approached the end of regulation time, both teams stepped up their offensive efforts, but the score remained unchanged.
While everyone thought the game would end with a 1-1 scoreline, United had another chance to score.
Fan Bizhuang, who played normally, received a pass from his teammates again in the front court, and this time, Fan Bizhuang did not choose to set the edge, but chose to break through by himself. He suddenly flicked the ball close to the left wing, accelerated to shake off Deullivo, and then shook off Ndiaye who had made up for it in two consecutive strands, and dribbled the ball to the top of the arc of the penalty area.
When Van Bizhuang held the ball again and was about to shake off the angle and shoot, Senegalese centre-back Diawara burst out of the box and knocked him to the ground.
United's attack was interrupted, but the home fans were not in the slightest bit of joy, with only a few hundred visitors celebrating to the fullest.
Everyone knows that Van Bizhuang's free-kick is the highest goal rate in football today, and a foul in this vicious position gives Manchester United a free kick opportunity, which is almost no different from suicide.
"Free kick up front! This is Manchester United's best chance to score! β
"It's not a penalty, but it's no different from a penalty! I think Van will use the most beautiful way of free throws to tell his opponents what real despair is! β
"Ninety minutes of holding on, but at the last moment it gave Fan the chance to take a free-kick, I think this result is extremely painful for Marseille!"
The commentators on the commentator began to chatter again, and in and out of words, they were all about Fan Bizhuang's confidence and "sympathy" for Marseille, in their opinion, Fan Bizhuang's free kick in this position was more difficult to miss than to score.
Bastian also stood up excitedly, he stood in his seat, and Xiao Fan was around his neck.
"Oooo It's time to score! Van is going to score! β
"Look, look, what am I talking about? Ha, Fan will score! Sure enough, now he's about to score! β
Xiao Fan didn't know why Uncle Bastian suddenly screamed, but he still screamed along with him: "Ball...... Ball...... To score! β
Despite his slurred words, Bastian laughed out loud.
on the pitch.
Sure enough, Fan Bizhuang stood in front of the football, the whistle sounded, Fan Bizhuang took two deep breaths, then ran up, stood still, and then pumped his right foot heavily at the bottom of the football.
The ball rose from the ground and cut a clear arc through the air, and although Mandanda had been waiting for it and threw his body out as fast as he could, his outstretched hands still failed to touch the ball.
Although he is not very old, Mandanda has a lot of experience in both the top league and European competitions, he has seen many stars' free kicks, and he has also seen Fan Bizhuang's game video, originally he was very confident in saving the opponent's free kick, but when he really faced it, he knew what it means to have more than enough heart and not enough strength.
In front of such a precise and fast curve ball, Mandanda did not have the slightest power to return to the sky.
When he landed heavily on the grass, the ball also happened to fall into the top right corner of the goal, and it couldn't be more precise!
The score became 1:2!
At the last moment of regular time, Fan Bizhuang used his free kick kung fu that can be called "worthy of the example" to help Manchester United, who was fighting away, once again take the lead in the score!
The stadium resounded with excited cheers from the commentators and the away fans, and Ferguson clapped his hands on the sidelines in satisfaction.
This is why the old Scottish man insisted on keeping the average state of Van Bizhuang in the field, as long as the opportunity arises, Van Bizhuang can seize it, and it can have a decisive change in the ending!