Chapter 473: Rainbow Pass and Flower Foot Pass
At halftime, Emma Watson honestly sat in her chair to recover her strength, she never felt so tired watching a game!
The wonderful first half of the two teams kept her heart hanging and she couldn't keep her composure, which is the charm of football, and she was once again deeply intrigued.
In fact, many fans feel the same way as Emma Watson, and this Champions League semi-final match really played the best game in world football, maybe not too classic, but no matter what the result, it will always be remembered.
At the start of the second half, United were the first to make personnel changes, Park Ji-sung came on to replace Ryan Giggs, United changed the formation to 442, and Jamie Vardy also returned to the left forward position.
Ryan Giggs's form has plummeted after a serious injury this season, and in this game, when Manchester United attacked, Giggs was basically invisible, and the same was true when defending, Manchester United seemed to have one less player on the field.
Instead of keeping Ryan Giggs as a mascot on the field, it would be better to have a midfield defender, at least Park Ji-sung can make some contributions at both ends of the pitch.
Manchester United's midfield may not be as impactful as Chelsea's, but at least defensively, it is not inferior to the Blues.
The midfield battle between the two teams was an absolute classic, with Ferguson and Mourinho both unable to sit still, standing on the sidelines and constantly making comparisons, shouting tactical instructions that only their own players could understand.
Gradually, Manchester United's home advantage began to grow, or rather, a change in mentality.
For Chelsea, with an away draw with Manchester United and two away goals, the game is effectively a win, and they can progress to the Champions League final if they don't lose at home.
But for Manchester United, such a result is by no means acceptable to them, and they have lost the opportunity to win at home in the two-legged battle.
So after the opening 10 minutes of the second half, United began to move up as a whole, with the midfield pressing Chelsea's position, and Chelsea seemed to have the intention of abandoning the midfield.
There were more attacking chances and more opportunities for Jamie Vardy to get the ball, which was better than in the first half when he only had to touch the ball on the counter-attack.
With or without the ball, Vardy is a big threat, but after all, it is better to have the ball without the ball, and Vardy can face the Blues more directly, and his power is starting to show.
In the 59th minute of the second half, Jamie Vardy won the ball on the left and burst out of the gap between Essien and Lampard, and slotted a shot into the corner of the box.
Speaking of Essien's starting right back in this game is a clever move that Mourinho came up with in order to limit Vardy, but who would have thought that Manchester United would actually change the formation, Vardy ran to the right side to scourge Ashley Cole, so that Mu Bird's wishful thinking was completely frustrated.
With Jamie Vardy returning to the left in the second half, it was his first head-to-head duel with Essien.
However, it turned out that Mourinho was not a good move, as the midfielder did not have a strong sense of position at right-back, and his vaunted interception was not too much of an obstacle in the face of Jamie Vardy's excellent attacking ability.
It was as if this time, even with Frank Lampard's help in defence, the duo were unable to limit Jamie Vardy's breakthrough.
It's just a pity that Vardy chose to shoot differently than before, before he pulled a big arc, bypassed the goalkeeper and then spun into the goal, but this time he was a straight volley, the ball didn't spin in the air at all, just straight against the post and flew out of the bottom line.
Vardy held his head regretfully, if this goal is scored, then Manchester United's situation will be much better, just a little bit!
Two minutes later, Vardy made a comeback, and Essien was swept away by Vardy like a stake, but this time Vardy did not continue to cut inside, but chose to slip to the baseline, and Terry, who had come over to make up the guard, was also left behind by Vardy's deft escape.
Vardy wanted to push the pass in front of goal, but Rooney was stuck behind Carvalho, who has a lot of experience in defense, and there was no way, Vardy had to come by himself.
Continuing two steps forward, Vardy hit the near corner directly from a tight angle, and his own goalscorer was superb, at least not to shoot the ball too far.
However, Chelsea's goalkeeper Petr Cech is not dry, especially after wearing a helmet, he is more like Iron Man, in the face of Vardy's fierce shot, Cech quickly lowered his body and blocked the ball with his legs, trying to protect the goal.
There was a huge cry of regret throughout Old Trafford, and even Emma Watson was equally held on her head, feeling incredulous that the goal had not been scored.
Now Manchester United's attack is embarrassing, Cristiano Ronaldo's absence has given the Red Devils one less flashpoint, only Vardy is active, and others simply can't create chances.
If United have a high striker on the pitch, they can also choose to play the same tactics as Chelsea, with crosses for the striker and then a header to threaten the Chelsea goal with the nimble movement of Jamie Vardy and Wayne Rooney.
But the problem is, Manchester United don't have Drogba!
Ferguson and Mourinho, the two super coaches, envied each other, and looked at each other with jealousy in their eyes.
But Vardy is the god of Old Trafford after all, with his presence, Chelsea will never be allowed to take a win away from here, unless they step on his corpse!
Vardy became more and more anxious, and Essien followed Vardy and felt a tremendous pressure that he had never encountered before.
In terms of sweeping ability, Essien is very strong, and he also has a long-range shot with one hand, which is quite promising, so Essien is often Mourinho's first choice in the midfield position.
Pacos Ferreira was unavailable due to injury, so Mourinho opted to play Essien at right-back with the aim of limiting Jamie Vardy.
Essien was also very confident of doing so before the game, and in his opinion, Vardy was afraid of being as black and hard as he was.
In the first half, Vardy was playing on the right flank, and Essien was very proud, thinking that Vardy was afraid of him and hid on the other side.
Unexpectedly, after Vardy returned to the left side, he was tragic!
Vardy is afraid of the dark and hard?
At least with his clothes on, Vardy is not afraid!
Jamie Vardy's nimble shift in centre of gravity shook Essien and he was yet to make a successful defensive effort in the second half.
Looking at Essien's embarrassment, Mourinho knew he had made a mistake.
But the problem is that in the absence of Ferreira, there is no better option, even if Bridges is sent, it is estimated that Vardy will have to be blown up.
In the 65th minute of the second half, Vardy won the ball on the left sideline, and in the face of Essien's careful defense, Vardy suddenly played big, and made a fierce gesture to dribble horizontally to the middle, so scared that Essien hurriedly followed Vardy's running route, but Vardy gently pulled and returned to his original position, looking at Essien and laughing!
Fortunately, Esin was originally black, with a black face and couldn't see it, but now it's really black, so black that it's almost dripping!
Suddenly, Vardy's center of gravity shifted sharply to the right, and Essien hurried to follow, but Vardy went back.
If the law didn't care, Essien would have killed Vardy long ago, and he swears he has never hated a man so much!
But in the next second, before he could greet Vardy's mother, he saw Vardy step over the football with his right foot, clamp the ball violently with both feet, and flung the ball into the air from behind with both feet, and the ball crossed the two in a perfect parabola and fell to the front.
The fans watched this scene with their eyes wide in disbelief, and their mouths let out extremely fanatical exclamations, such a way of passing people was simply exciting!
Rainbow over?
A noun popped into Essien's mind, and it became one with this perfect parabola.
So beautiful!
However, now was not the time to sigh as Vardy had deftly slipped past him and dribbled diagonally into the box.
Essien was once again swept away like a wooden stake, and in such a wonderful rainbow pass, Essien once again became a competent backdrop, and his incredible expression fully showed the super difficulty and beauty of the rainbow pass.
However, Vardy doesn't care if Essien is already doubting his life, and he has already dribbled the ball into the box.
Chelsea players are well aware that Jamie Vardy is the only man in the United squad who can pose a threat, so there is no room for carelessness when it comes to Vardy.
The retracting Frank Lampard and Carvalho appeared in front of Vardy together, standing side by side, both to prevent Vardy from slipping the line and to block Vardy's cut, and even if Vardy tried to get out of the middle, the ball would be disrupted by John Terry waiting in the back.
Jamie Vardy also saw the consequences, with Frank Lampard and Carvalho, two excellent defenders, in front of him, and even if he had a Limbo microstep, it would be difficult for him to break through, not only was there too little space for him to play, but the Chelsea box was too crowded.
Now, even Romario, who claims to be able to dance on a handkerchief, may not be able to do anything in this situation.
Look how rampant you are! Frank Lampard and Carvalho thought triumphantly.
But at this time, Vardy had a smile on his face, and the meaning of the smile was unpredictable, and a bad premonition immediately welled up in the hearts of the two.
Vardy smiled in his heart, you guys are underestimating Manchester United!
While he is the only player who can pose a threat to Chelsea's bucket formation, that doesn't mean the rest of the club is truly mediocre.
Maybe they can't create chances, but they can take them against the chances that Vardy has created.
Vardy slammed his left foot over the ball to the right, and the center of gravity immediately moved to the right, as if he was about to break through from the right, but after Lampard followed Vardy's center of gravity, Vardy's left foot quickly became a support foot after landing on the ground, and the ball flew to the edge of the penalty area with the tip of his left foot.
Flower Arrangement Foot Pass!
Vardy juggled a dangerous pass and there Paul Scholes had set up his turret and slammed a shot into the Chelsea goal!
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