Chapter 216: Penalty Kick

2:1!

Schalke 04 scored a goal to pull the score back to a city, and the aggregate score became 3:4!

Manchester United are behind!

To add insult to injury, Schalke 04 also scored an away goal and if United are to progress, they will have to score two more goals in the coming game without allowing their opponents to score again.

Of course, if it's just to keep it from being eliminated, then it takes a goal!

The ball goes in, the net is broken!

Old Trafford seemed to have stood still, and fell silent in an instant. Some people's eyes widened and full of incredulity, and some people's mouths were wide open, as if they couldn't believe that the originally bright situation had suddenly become bleak again.

Even the commentators were a little hard to believe what they were seeing, Manchester United, who had a two-goal lead and a crushing advantage on the field, was actually penetrated by a quick counterattack by the opponent, which put themselves in an extremely difficult situation!

It was a long time before the sound came from the live broadcast!

"The ball is in! Schalke 04 scored! Greek centre-forward Charlisteas scored an important away goal for Shakhtar, reminiscent of the summer of 2004, when Charlisteas also scored a golden goal in an important final to help Greece win the European Championship trophy! ”

"And now, Charlie Steias has scored again! Is it possible that today, the Greeks are going to perform a miracle again? ”

When the situation is good and the success is very close, but the opponent scores a goal in this way, like a basin of cold ice water, being poured from head to bottom, Manchester United players are stunned, and their faces are unable to hide the loss and confusion.

The blow was too heavy for them!

Ferguson's face was also in a trance, but soon, the old coach recovered, first kicked the mineral water bottle on the ground away with a venting kick, and then waved and yelled at the field, signaling his team to cheer up and counterattack with all his might!

On the field, Hao Junmin showed a look of ecstasy on his face, waving his hand and shouting, rushing towards Charlie Steias, who scored the goal. The latter yelled with the same excitement, hugging the Chinese teenager in a circle.

Raul joined in the celebrations, reaching out and hugging Hao Junmin, and whispered in his ear, "Well done, Artemisia!" This one pass is so beautiful! ”

Hao Junmin nodded excitedly, he couldn't help but look back at the venue on the other side, Fan Bizhuang was also looking at this side, and Hao Junmin waved his arm like an ambitious expression.

Although the conceded goal made Fan Bizhuang equally uncomfortable, he still returned a congratulatory smile to Hao Junmin. He still remembers that the boy who told him after the friendly match that he would also go to the European arena and was full of hope for the future, when they met again, the two of them fought on the field as opponents, and that teenager also bloomed his brilliance in the game.

"It's a lot of progress!"

Fan Bizhuang whispered softly, but turned around and clapped his teammates and shouted, no matter what, now they are "enemies", praise is appreciated, but victory, he and his team, will definitely not give up.

"Attack! We go on the offensive!! ”

"Crush your opponent with an attack! Stepping on their corpses, we must ...... Promotion! ”

……

Schalke 04's sudden goal almost turned the situation around, and at the same time made the suspense of promotion more and more confusing.

In terms of aggregate scores, Schalke led 044-3 and occupied the lead in promotion, but with more than 40 minutes left in the game, Manchester United still had a chance to make up for their mistakes, especially since this was still Manchester United's home stadium, and Manchester United had previously occupied a great initiative.

The commentators were talking in the commentary seats.

"Manchester United need at least one more goal to be able to guarantee that they won't be eliminated in regulation time! I'm still very optimistic about Manchester United, they have a big advantage, and I believe they will fight hard in the rest of the time! ”

"Who can say what happens on the football field? At least in my opinion, Schalke 04 seems to have more hope of qualifying! Think about the first leg, Schalke 04 beat Manchester United by two goals! This season, Schalke 04 is the only team that has allowed Manchester United to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat! It's possible for them to do miracles again! ”

"Judging from the score, it is indeed Schalke 04 who takes the initiative, but don't forget, in the Manchester United team, there is a fan! When it comes to creating miracles, Fan Cai is a wonder player who is good at turning the impossible into possible! ”

The commentators are talking with great interest, and the game in the field has gradually entered the white-hot stage.

After scoring an away goal to snatch the advance starter back into their hands, Schalke 04's morale was suddenly boosted, and if they could seize the opportunity to score another goal, then the big picture was decided. Even if they can't, it will be enough to be able to counter with an attack, even if it is just to maintain an unbeaten situation, as long as they keep this score until the end, then they will make new club history and step into the Champions League final for the first time!

But apparently Schalke 04's calculation was in vain, after conceding the goal, Manchester United was like a wounded beast, they did not lick the wounds, but were completely enraged, almost poured out, with a strong and continuous offensive, crazy impact on the away team's defense.

Schalke 04 was beaten back and forth, and in this surging attack, they had no chance to counterattack at all, and could only defend passively.

In desperation, Schalke 04 had to fully retract and hold on. At the beginning of the second half, Schalke 04's substitution adjustment achieved good results, but at the moment it became useless, basically only Charlie Steas was at the front, and even Raul and Farfan had to frequently retreat to the midfield to assist in defense.

Once again, the game became a clash of spears and shields.

With the passage of time, Manchester United's offensive has a tendency to intensify, and gradually some of them can't resist Schalke 04, so they can only increase their actions again, and the number of fouls has increased, which has brought the referee to frequently show yellow cards.

In the 67th minute, Hao Junmin tripped Kaka to the ground while assisting in the defense, and was shown a yellow card warning by the referee.

Two minutes later, Jurado was also shown a yellow card by the referee for hitting someone in the back.

In the 75th minute, Raul also received a yellow card, and in the process of returning to the defense, he dragged Scholes, who was holding the ball, to the ground.

As a striker, he rarely gets a yellow card, and now even Raul has a yellow card, which shows how unoptimistic the situation of Schalke 04 is.

However, there are two sides to everything, Schalke 04 keeps getting cards because of the frequent use of fouls to block Manchester United's offensive, but because of this, Manchester United's offensive is often interrupted, and many good opportunities are destroyed, so it has not been able to break through in the attack.

Seeing that the game time is getting less and less, the atmosphere at the scene is getting more and more tense, the home team fans are still shouting and singing at Goldman Sachs, but everyone's faces are obviously anxious, and the home fans at this moment do not dare to have too much extravagance, they only hope that the team can score a goal quickly, at least to deal with the crisis of elimination.

As for overtaking the score in regular time, it is better to wait until the current crisis is dealt with!

Time is running out, and the Manchester United players on the pitch are starting to get agitated, and their style of play has become simpler and more direct, almost as soon as they have the ball, they will be stuffed forward or even hung in the box, hoping that the strikers will be able to score.

Ferguson couldn't sit still anymore, and kept pacing on the sidelines, waving and shouting from time to time.

"Time is running out and the situation is getting worse and worse for Manchester United!"

'If you can't score in the last minute, then ...... Good luck to Manchester United! ”

"Manchester United's attack is pressing again! …… Kaka hoisted the ball straight into the box, and there weren't many points in the middle...... Hevedes clears with a header! …… Alas, Manchester United are still playing a little too impatient! ”

The time has turned to the eightieth minute of regular time, Fan Bizhuang once again dribbled forward, this time, he did not choose to pass the ball and cooperate with his teammates, but shook his ankle, smashed the ball to the middle, shook off the defense of two defenders in a row, and saw that his right foot had stepped into the penalty area, Hevedes suddenly killed, a falling sliding tackle shoveled the ball out, and Fan Bizhuang was also kicked in the calf by the opponent's foot and fell to the ground.

The air seemed to be stagnant at this moment, and all Manchester United fans looked nervously at the penalty area, not even daring to get out of the atmosphere.

Two seconds later, there was endless cheers and screams from the stands – the referee blew the whistle and pointed to the penalty spot!

Penalty kick!

The referee awarded a penalty!

Ferguson excitedly waved his arms on the sidelines, and the referee awarded a penalty, which was enough to make him slightly relieved, and at the same time extremely glad in his heart, fortunately he did not replace Fan Bizhuang at halftime, and at the most critical moment, only Fan Bizhuang was worthy of his reliance.

Not only did the penalty be awarded, the referee barely hesitated, put his hand in his pocket, raised it high towards Hevedes, and then, another red card was raised - Hevedes received a yellow card in the first half, two yellows turned into one red, and Hevedes was ejected from the field!

This is the most fatal blow to Schalke 04, the penalty is not counted, and there is about to be one less, all the away players know what this means, even if Schalke 04 insists on extra-time, but there is one less player on the field, this disadvantage is even greater, almost pushing them to the edge of the cliff!

But the penalty was undisputed and the decision was immense!

There was Schalke 04 surrounding the referee, hoping to make the opponent change his mind, but under the referee's stern warning, Schalke 04 could only retreat helplessly.

"Penalty! This is United's best chance to equalise on aggregate! ”

"This ball will be taken by Fan! He stood in front of the penalty spot! ”

"Will Van save Manchester United again? Will he become the hero he is today? ”