Chapter Seventy-Three: Goal Battle
Ferguson made up his mind to teach the loose disciples a "profound" lesson, but he didn't expect that the game would soon take a new turn.
The two goals conceded in quick succession were like two heavy sledgehammers, hitting the hearts of the Manchester United players, beating them painfully and as if they were waking them up.
The league has not tasted victory in three rounds, and was not favored by anyone before the game, but now the score is 2:0, two goals ahead, for such a result, Everton fans can be described as very happy, cheers and shouts are everywhere, the home fans are already fantasizing about the first victory of the new season, and what makes them even more happy is that this victory is still snatched from the Premier League hegemon Manchester United, which is even more glorious.
But just like the sudden happiness, the bad luck came so suddenly.
Less than three minutes before Everton scored the second goal, the whole Manchester United team was pressed by the woke up, and after a quick pass, the football reached the feet of Fan Bizhuang, a simple plucking and smashing action, and then a fierce acceleration, Fan Bizhuang successfully rushed into the penalty area.
It's just that before he has time to get up to hit the goal, Everton Dutch central defender Heitinga quickly fell to the ground to tackle, he has seen the timing, but he didn't expect Fan Bizhuang's movements to be faster and more sensitive, the left foot concealed the ball, and the right foot supported to jump - Fan Bizhuang's reaction was very fast, but Heitinga's movements were not slow, the football was just set aside, and the jumping Fan Bizhuang still couldn't dodge this tackle, Heitinga's long legs had already kicked on the soles of Fan Bizhuang's feet.
Fan Bizhuang's center of gravity was unstable, and he fell from mid-air and fell to the ground.
The referee was aware of everything and blew the whistle without hesitation.
Although it was not a successful breakthrough, the consequences were more satisfying than scoring with a direct breakthrough – the referee gave Everton a red dot package, and United were awarded a penalty before Heitinga was sent off with a red card.
For a strong opponent like Manchester United, a two-goal lead is not very safe, and now they have been sent off, and before the halfway point of the game, Everton had to face with 10 men, which provided more possibilities for this game.
Goodison Park was silent, from joyful to lost, and the transformation was so rapid that it was jaw-dropping.
"Penalty! Penalty kick!! Van used a deft break to force Everton defender Heitinga to foul! Van helped United win a valuable close the scoreline! ”
"Red card! Heitinga sent off for a red card! …… Let's look at the slow-motion replay, where Fan quickly dials the ball, the ball is within his control, and at the same time Fan jumps up, he tries to dodge, but in the end he can't succeed...... Without any exaggeration, Fan didn't mean to dive, but the fact is, this penalty is indisputable! Is it just a red card...... Is this sentence too harsh? ”
"It's a foregone conclusion, nothing can be changed! Either way, the game will change forever! Although the lead is still Everton, in the next game, Manchester United, who plays one more person, will definitely come out of the nest...... Everton, danger! ”
'It's not clear what happened next, but at the moment, Everton should deal with the penalty in front of them, maybe in a minute, their lead will be slim!
The commentators on the scene exclaimed, everyone could see that even if Manchester United's penalty was scored, Everton was still on the leading side, but the fact is that Everton will face the most dangerous situation, the strength of the two teams is not proportional, and Manchester United has one more player, Everton is really in a huge predicament.
"Good! Good!! Good!!! ”
This is the first praise issued by Ferguson since the start of the game, as an experienced champion coach, Ferguson can naturally see the situation of the game, and is confident to control the trend of the game behind, for the creation of the "red dot package" Fan Bizhuang, Ferguson is really full of joy.
Sure enough, if there is a fan, there will be victory, and at the critical moment, Fan Bizhuang still has to stand up - this kid in front of him, the more difficult the situation, the better he plays!
After communicating with Scholes, Van Bizhuang strode into the penalty area with the football in his arms, placed the ball twelve yards away, and slowly retreated.
"Fan! Fan will take the penalty himself! ”
"The whole world knows that taking a free kick is like taking a penalty, and now it's a real penalty, and this kind of difficulty is tantamount to a real pediatric for Fan!"
Van is currently the top scorer in the league with four goals, and if he scores this goal, his tally will rise to five, further widening the gap with those chasing behind! Just joined the Premier League, and can score so many goals in four games, I have to say, 65 million pounds, Fan is worth the price! ”
on the field.
After getting the referee's signal, Fan Bizhuang began to run, did not choose to play any psychological warfare, nor did he use his eyes to deceive the opponent, Fan Bizhuang ran quickly, and then stood still, his right foot opened like a bow, and kicked heavily in the lower middle of the football.
The black and white elf rose from the ground and roared towards the top right corner of the goal.
Fan Bizhuang doesn't play so many tricks, he just hits the door with a heavy cannon, and he hits with speed and power.
Everton's No. 1 goalkeeper Muja reacted very quickly, and the direction of prediction was no problem, but his movements still couldn't keep up with the speed of the football, he just threw his body, the football rushed like a cannonball, and then suddenly turned around, the football had smashed into the goal.
After falling to the ground, Muha did not forget to look back, only to see the football tightly propping up the snow-white net, and it was a long time before it hit the ground.
It shows the enormity of power.
Muha smacked his tongue secretly, fantasizing that if the ball fell on his body, he would probably suffer a lot of damage.
2:1!
With Van Bizhuang personally taking the spot-kick, Manchester United pulled one back.
The main thing is that the significance of this goal is not to narrow the score and boost morale, but to have a lot of time left in the game, and Manchester United have the advantage of numbers, which gives the visiting players more confidence to complete the comeback.
In the following game time, the situation changed dramatically, the previous menacing Everton, had to choose to recycle the defensive line and shrink back to defend, while Manchester United completely controlled the midfield, wave after wave of attack, continuous invasion towards the opponent's half.
The game quickly turned into a spear and shield battle.
Manchester United attacked resolutely and ferociously, while Everton held on to the death, and the two were locked in each other, and the game completely turned into a positional battle, and gradually there was a tendency to stalemate.
But after all, there is one less player on the field, and in a short time, the home team players can also make up for it with more active and desperate running, but after a long time, after the physical fitness declines, the disadvantage is obvious. Rao was Everton boss David Moyes who made a decisive substitution, replacing a striker with a centre-back to strengthen the defence, but in the final moments of the first half, Everton could not stop United's all-pervasive onslaught.
In the 45th minute, when the first half was about to end, Fan Bizhuang once again played the role of "Mr. Key", he moved and tossed in the extremely narrow space in the front court, and fought a bloody way, when all the defenders were attracted to him, a hidden foot outside pass, and the football was sent into the blank area of the penalty area by Fan Bizhuang's diagonal stab.
Mexican striker Hernandez, who started the game, saw the seams, received the football steadily, faced the goalkeeper with a single knife, without any suspense, and with a light pick, Manchester United scored again, and the score became 2:2.
The late equaliser in the first half gave the Reds an all-too-up, giving them more confidence to complete the second-half comeback.
Ferguson was a bit flustered, and when his team was down by two goals, he made up his mind to go crazy in the dressing room, only to have his side play like two teams in the second half of the first half, and it was impossible to fault it.
There were, and there were merits, Ferguson was a little crying and laughing, and he really didn't know whether to scold or praise.
In the end, Ferguson still used a "hair dryer" on Obertan and Vidic, who made big mistakes, with a cold face, and praised several players who performed well.
Meritorious deeds must be praised, and faults must be punished, this is Ferguson's philosophy of leading the team.
Everything was going in a good direction, and after falling behind by two goals in the first half, it was the score that came back and even got one man down, and the victory for United was almost within reach.
It's just that what no one expected was that this game was more dramatic than just a series of goals.
In the second half, when Manchester United was mainly anti-away and the offensive was in full swing, his own defense went wrong again, and the culprit was Obertan who made a big mistake in the first half.
In the whole game, Obertan's play can only be regarded as decent, except for the return pass mistake in the first half, there are no other mistakes, of course, there is no bright performance on the offensive end, there are few breakthroughs, there are no shots, there is a ball quickly transferred out, handed over to teammates to deal with, completely a "transition" role.
Maybe he made a mistake in the first half and was eager to make up for it, or maybe he was blown stupid by Ferguson's "hair dryer", in an attack, Obertan did not pass the ball in time, but chose to stick the ball and break through by himself, as a result, the football was truncated, and a large space behind him was used by the home team, Everton did not hesitate to counterattack on the spot, after a few simple and fast passes, Saha received the ball in the front court and shook off the defenders with speed, burst into the penalty area, and volleyed, the football went into the net again, the score became 3:2, and the home team once again exceeded the score, With one man less, Everton took the lead again.
This change really stunned all the spectators and commentators at the scene, seeing Everton being beaten to the point that they could fall down at any time, but the result was good, Manchester United became a "fortune boy" again, causing Everton to take the lead again.
"Idiot! Idiot!! Hopeless!!! ”
Ferguson was furious at the time, and after the thunderous jump, he didn't feel relieved enough, and kicked the mineral water bottle on the sideline again, still angry.
"Izeksen! Izeksen!! ”
Ferguson couldn't hold back any longer, and after venting, he jerked his head back and looked at the bench.
Kaka was looking at the field, and suddenly heard someone shouting his name, and quickly turned his head, and saw the head coach Ferguson staring at him with a gloomy face, even if he knew that the head coach's anger was not directed at him, he was frightened for no reason, the power of the old Scottish man was too heavy.
But then Kaka was overjoyed, he knew that his chance had come!