Chapter 147: Knocking out Manchester United
At halftime, whether Ferguson scolded the whole Manchester United team I don't know, Liverpool's Heynckes is praising the performance of the whole team.
Now that the tide has started to turn in Liverpool's favour, Heynckes urged everyone to continue in the second half, especially with Manchester United's impact style of play, to be careful at all times, if not careful, the opponent has the ability to play the game in a matter of minutes.
At the beginning of the second half, the two teams also played tepidly at the beginning.
For Liverpool, they are willing to accompany Manchester United even if they want to drag the score into a penalty shootout. In the end, it was Manchester United's side who attacked first.
In the 52nd minute, Park Ji-sung passed, Ronaldo broke through to a position in the penalty area and shot hard, and the ball was saved by Reina.
Park Ji-sung had a good performance today, and if Manchester United advance, his rating is definitely not low.
A Manchester United corner was followed and Anderson's lob from outside the box went over the crossbar.
Liverpool also attacked when they had the chance.
In the 56th minute, Kuyt broke through Patrice Evra's cross from the right and Gerrard's header went wide.
United finally found their chance, and it was the same man who scored.
In the 62nd minute, a quick counterattack opportunity from Manchester United, Park Ji-sung made a direct pass from the midfield, Rooney received the ball on the edge of the penalty area in the front field, and Ronaldo pushed the goal in the penalty area.
"Ronaldo! Brace! He helped United take the lead again and we were just half an hour away from Roma! It was a goal that got the Manchester commentators on their feet cheering.
Liu Ting was called to the sideline by Heynckes, and Hai Gonggong said: "Liu, we are only one goal behind, we only need to score one goal to use the away goal to eliminate the opponent, I think you should break through more on the side and look for opportunities." ”
Hai Gonggong raised his hand and pointed to the field and said: "The opponent's two wings have problems, their right-back O'Shea can't guard you, but the most serious thing is their left-back Evra, the Frenchman is obviously injured, today's performance is very bad, even Kuyt he can't prevent it, you can change sides in time to impact the opponent." ”
"You know what? We just need one goal! Heynckes patted Liu Ting on the shoulder and said.
Watching Liu Ting return to the field, Heynckes said to Herman: "We have all been deceived by that old guy from Ferguson, the media has been hyping Ferdinand's injury, we all thought that Ferdinand could become their defensive hole today, but Ferdinand performed very well, and we only saw after half the game that Evra was their defensive hole, probably with an injury, I hope it is too late to adjust." ”
Liu Ting was just said by Heynckes, only to remember that it seems to be true, in the weekend game, Myburgh fought hard at home with Manchester United in order to relegate, Evra was injured in that game, and later Manchester United said that Evra was injured and would not miss the second leg of the Champions League semifinals, but now it seems that he is injured.
Kuyt had passed Evra a few times before, Liu Ting thought that Kuyt was in excellent condition today, it turned out that Evra was injured, who should he pinch if he didn't pinch this soft persimmon?
The game restarted, Ferguson first replaced the average performance of Anderson with Wang Lao Giggs, Liu Ting also switched places with Kuyt at this time, Liu Ting changed to the right side, and faced the left-back Frenchman Evra on the opposite side.
Ferguson is not a vegetarian either, he knew what Liverpool wanted to do as soon as he saw the change of Liu Ting and Kuyt, and before Liu Ting could perform, Ferguson immediately used a dead ball opportunity to make a substitution, and the Brazilian teenager Rafael came on to replace Evra.
Zhan Jun said: "This is the Brazilian full-back Rafael that Manchester United only introduced last summer, a young player born in 90, and now he is not yet 19 years old, Ferguson asked him to replace Evra, in fact, Rafael is playing at right-back, because Manchester United's right-back position is densely populated, and he is often used as a substitute for left-back, Ferguson replaced him for some reason." ”
Liu Ting didn't expect Ferguson to be so decisive, as soon as he saw that Evra could become the opponent's breakthrough point, he immediately made a substitution, this substitution is obviously a gamble, a young player who has only played in a few games in the Premier League for a year, can he withstand the pressure of the Champions League semi-finals, he may perform well to complete his task, or he may become a time bomb on the back.
Although Manchester United made substitution adjustments, Liu Ting did not switch back to the left side, O'Shea has played a lot of games in the past two years and is also experienced, and on the left side, he has to face the constant entanglement of South Koreans Park Sanlung, and the Korean catches up with the ball a little slower, and this Brazilian boy who has just changed to the field with a childish and thin body obviously looks easier to deal with.
Liu Ting and Arbeloa exchanged opinions, planning to join forces to attack the left side of the opponent, against which Brazilian boy who had just changed the field.
In the 68th minute, Liu Ting and Arbeloa combined with Rafael, Liu Ting repeated a hanging shot at the top of the penalty area, this time the quality of the hanging shot was not too high, and the ball was confiscated by Van der Sar within the goal range.
In the 71st minute, Liu Ting dribbled the ball on the right side, Rafael put the tackle directly, this time the tackle was very clean, and the ball easily returned to Manchester United.
It seems that Ferguson dared to let Rafael play, and there was something to rely on, the Brazilian has a fierce defense and strong assist ability, and his thin stature is perhaps the most likely reason to limit his growth.
After a few minutes of testing, Liu Ting also knew that this Brazilian was not bad in all aspects, but he liked to play his feet, which was not a good thing for a defender. Of course, young players often have this problem, as soon as they come on the field, they want to break the ball from the opponent's feet and make a good tackle, but most of the time they will be easily broken by the opponent because of the blind extension of their feet.
Liu Ting has yet to find an opportunity on the wing, and Liverpool only need to launch some central attacks.
In the 72nd minute, Gerrard's shot from the middle hit the side-netting.
Manchester United are also happy to play a positional battle with Liverpool, after all, they are now ahead.
On the sidelines, Heynckes is already warming up with substitute strikers such as Babbel, and if they can't equalize after a while, Liverpool can only replace the striker and fight to the death.
As the clock ticked by, the Liverpool fans who came to Old Trafford sang "You'll Never Go Alone", but were quickly silenced by Manchester United's home fans' "Glory to Manchester United".
In the 79th minute, Liu Ting and Arbeloa made a combination in the midfield to get past Giggs, and Liu Ting quickly advanced to the front with the ball.
Rafael came over to defend Liu Ting again, with Nemanja Vidic behind him ready to fill him in at any moment. Liu Ting took a trip to the ball, as if this kick was a bit big.
Rafael really hit the trick, and he stepped forward to break the ball, Liu Ting was already ready to go, as soon as the other party moved, Liu Ting immediately accelerated forward, Marseille maneuvered, and easily left Rafael behind. Rafael reacted quickly when he was passed, and immediately turned around to chase back, but just in the way of Vidic, who was about to make up for Liu Ting, Liu Ting seized the opportunity to quickly enter the penalty area from the two of them.
Liu Ting took advantage of the problem of the opponent's defensive frizziness and threw off two defensive players at once.
The other players of Manchester United did not dare to let Liu Ting continue to carry the ball anymore, they all knew how difficult Liu Ting was when he entered the penalty area, Ferdinand and Park Ji-sung had to come over to stop Liu Ting, Liu Ting saw that it was almost there, and the opponent's defenders were basically pulled over by him, so he crossed with one foot on the ground.
Gerrard had been waiting for a long time, Liu Ting passed the ball, and he immediately stepped forward to grab the shot. Gerrard still couldn't touch the ball, and the moment he got off the ground was tackled from behind by Fletcher.
"Foul...... Penalty kick! Alan Hansen yelled.
Gerrard couldn't touch the ball, but it flew into the opposition goal, because Liverpool still had someone at the back post, and Arbeloa appeared at the back post in time to stretch his leg and the ball flew into the goal.
In fact, Arbeloa's shot was very positive, but just now Gerrard's point grabbing had deceived Van der Sar, Van der Sar fell directly to the ground to save the ball, the goal was completely empty, and Arbeloa's shot was a goal as long as it was within the goal.
The moment the ball flew into the goal, the referee blew the whistle, and everyone looked back at the Italian referee to see how he would give the penalty, did he blow the goal valid or did he blow Gerrard for a foul?
Zhan Jun said: "This ball was first fouled by Gerrard in the penalty area from behind, if it is awarded according to this, Liverpool should be given a penalty, and the fouled Fletcher should also be a red card, but Gerrard was fouled at the same time Arbeloa scored the ball at the back point, and the goal is valid according to the principle of offensive advantage, so Fletcher may escape punishment." ”
Liverpool gets a penalty, then Fletcher will definitely be sent off with a red card, so it's a good thing to let the opponent play one less, but the penalty kick can't guarantee a 100% goal, after all, the goal rate of the penalty is only more than 80%, and Liverpool just happened to encounter the probability of not scoring more than 10%?
If the goal is valid, then the referee is likely to let Fletcher escape the red card for the balance of the game, and then Manchester United is still 11 men, and there is a greater possibility of scoring another goal.
Liu Ting would rather score a valid goal so that he can also get an assist, and Gerrard has been in average form recently, and if he misses the penalty, Manchester United will certainly not give Liverpool another chance.
The Italian referee hesitated for a few seconds and raised his finger to the centre circle to signal that the goal was valid.
Alan Hansen shouted again: "The goal works! Liu assists Arbeloa, and Liverpool equalizes, 2:2! This score will be maintained until the end, Liverpool will rely on away goals to eliminate Manchester United to advance, with more than 10 minutes to go, we are just over 10 minutes away from Roma! ”
The referee's next move completely angered the Manchester United fans, he walked over and gave Fletcher a yellow card, Liu Ting was a little strange why the United fans were so excited? A yellow card is not a red card, this kind of tackle behind the back to eat a yellow card is already cheap for you, and it is not that Liverpool will definitely eat a red card when he scores.
Then the referee pulled out another red card, which meant that two yellows turned into one red, and Fletcher was sent off.
Liu Ting then remembered that it seemed that Fletcher had already received a yellow card in the first half, and the game was too intense for Liu Ting to remember, but the referee remembered.
Old Trafford was full of boos, mixed with a lot of black whistle shouts, Ferguson was also enraged, and scolded on the sidelines, this time he scolded obviously, scolded blatantly, and the referee had to go over and give Ferguson a red card according to the rules, and the old Scottish man with a red nose was sent to the stands.
Liu Ting thought maliciously: Ferguson may be looking for a step for himself, 80 minutes were equalized and sent off, Manchester United's Champions League is basically over, unless there is another 99 Manchester United Camp Nou miracle, otherwise Manchester United will be eliminated is a foregone conclusion, Ferguson scolded the referee and was sent to the stands, and after the game, he could also express his dissatisfaction with more excuses for losing.
After the game restarted, Ferguson's new assistant coach Rennie Mourenstin temporarily guided the game after Queiroz's departure, and now that Manchester United have scored fewer away goals and must score to advance, Murenstin made a very normal substitution, replacing Park Ji-sung with striker Dimitar Berbatov. Even if Park Ji-sung performed well in this game, in the eyes of the Manchester United coaching staff, he was just a simple defensive player, and he needed to be replaced first if he needed to play hard.
With such a substitution, Manchester United has three forwards on the field, but only two midfielders Giggs and Carrick, obviously the midfield is not easy to be cut off, so it was adjusted to let Rafael step forward to play in the midfield, anyway, the Brazilian has good skills at his feet and can temporarily play a cameo in the midfield, and Manchester United has become a 333 formation on the field.
Manchester United began the final struggle, but on the one hand, there was one less player, on the other hand, the Manchester United players were a little impatient, without Ferguson sitting on the sidelines, Manchester United's attacks were all wasted no matter how you look at it.
In the 83rd minute, Rooney was impatient to come and shoot a long shot.
In the 85th minute, Ronaldo's direct free kick hit the chest of Modric in the wall, and the Magic Flute was also experienced, and immediately fell to the ground without being injured, and the Manchester United players thought that the Magic Flute pretended to be injured and delayed time to pull up Modric, and was confronted by Gerrard with the Liverpool players, and the referee had to come over to separate the two sides.
Manchester United's three substitutions have been used up, Liverpool is still useless, Modric went on the field for a while and the team doctor came up to check again, stretcher on the field continued to grind slowly, Heynckes used Lucas to replace the 'injured' Modric.
In the following time, Liverpool ran out of two substitutions in succession, and Zheng Zhi also got the opportunity to play in the 91st minute.
Zhan Jun said: "Zheng Zhi finally got the chance to play, and he became the first Chinese player to play in the Champions League semi-final, after being the first Chinese player to play in the Champions League semi-final. ”
The final time of the game was exhausted, Liverpool drew 2:2 away to Manchester United, because of the first leg of the home draw with Manchester United 1:1, the aggregate score was 3:3, Liverpool relied on away goals to eliminate Manchester United to enter the Champions League final.