Chapter 768: History Repeats Itself
"At the end of the game, Iroh still has such speed?"
At the shouts of Zhan Jun, Elo took the ball forward, and Rio Ferdinand retreated for fear of his defensive mistakes.
The entire Chelsea fans and neutral fans at the new Wembley Stadium were boiling over at this moment, with only Manchester United supporters desperately booing, but they were clearly outnumbered and unable to take advantage of the momentum, let alone affect Elloh's performance.
Coupled with the fact that Iroh's mind was completely focused on the game, the sound from the stands had no effect on him.
However, it was an ordeal for Scholes, who was waiting on the sidelines to play, cheers and boos were like two intertwined energies churning in his mind, making him extremely irritated inside.
The coaches and players sitting in the Chelsea dugout stood up en masse and rushed to the edge of the command area where Mourinho was standing, and looked at Iro, who was moving forward with the ball, and the big number nine behind them made them look forward to what was to come.
Echoing the same sentiment were all the Chelsea supporters sitting in front of the TV, instinctively clenching their fists......
Facing Leo Ferdinand, who retreated with small steps, Iello suddenly sank his left shoulder about 35 meters from the baseline, and at the same time kicked the football with his left foot, looking like he was going to cut inside, Leo Ferdinand's body gravity instinctively shifted to the right of his body, but Iello did not kick the football, but quickly swiped above the football.
Pedal a bike!
"Is Iroh going to emulate Cristiano Ronaldo's goal?"
Looking at this familiar action, Zhan Jun subconsciously blurted out.
Ferguson's heart kept reminding Rio Ferdinand: "Don't eat feints, don't!" ”
Other United players and United supporters are like-minded, all of whom are wholeheartedly looking at things from the point of view of defender Rio Ferdinand.
In fact, Rio Ferdinand reacted very quickly, and after he found out that Iroh was just a realistic pedal, he quickly reined in his momentum and continued to retreat in small steps, but always retained some attention to guard against Iroh cutting inside from the left rib of the defense to the middle.
Iello was very quick on his feet, and at the moment when Leo Ferdinand retracted his body momentum, his right foot kicked the ball again, and it looked like he was eating Leo Ferdinand in a straight line.
Rio Ferdinand instinctively shifted his weight to the left as he stepped back with a small step, while Iro's right foot just slashed quickly above the ball and didn't choose to break in a straight line.
"Cycling continuously?"
Leo Ferdinand, whose center of gravity was shaken by Iro's bicycle twice in a row, saw Iroh retract his right foot and prepare to pedal the bicycle for the third time, and his excellent positional sense made him realize that he had retreated to the defensive area of 30 meters above and below his side, that is, ...... He couldn't allow Iroh to keep going.
It's a must!
At that moment, Iroh's right foot suddenly slammed the ball with his heel to the left back of his body the moment he retracted it.
Leo Ferdinand also realised his chance and chose to take the initiative after a stoppage.
Iello stretched out his left leg and used the inside of his left foot to push the ball forward to the left while making a sharp stop, looking like he was trying to force his way down the middle before Rio Ferdinand could fully turn his body around.
Another centre-back, Nemanja Vidic, has retreated to two metres before the top of the penalty area, ready to make up for it.
Leo Ferdinand saw the moment the football left the inside of Iro's left instep, the sole of his left foot kicked out as if he was stepping on a running board, and fell to the ground while leaning forward and stretched out his long leg with his right foot to sweep towards the football, but what he didn't expect was that Iroh still had a back move!
Instead of retracting his left foot, which seemed to be away from the ball, he reached forward again and slammed the ball between Rio Ferdinand's legs with the inside of his instep.
"-Crotch!!" Lineker shouted violently.
The Manchester United fans, who had been booing at Elo, stopped booing at this moment, and turned into an exclamation that filled the stadium.
Rio Ferdinand's defensive move was tantamount to handing over the initiative, and the ball rolling under his crotch could no longer be changed, so he had to choose to leave the man in place.
At the very least, this option will allow the goal to be safe for the time being.
Of course, as long as there are no problems in the next free-kick defense, the game can still go to extra time.
But...... Iroh had already anticipated it in advance and moved sideways to the left to the far before chasing the ball forward.
"Danger!!" At the next moment when the MUTTV commentator shouted, Vidic came out from the side with a menacing attack.
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Beep~~~
The referee's whistle followed, followed by the boos of tens of thousands of Chelsea fans in the stands.
But Vidic didn't care, he didn't even look at the referee and turned and walked back.
He only knew that he couldn't defend Iroh by himself, and only bringing him down at the farthest point from the penalty area was the best move, and whether he would get the card was not in his consideration, as the last line of defense in front of the goalkeeper, he had to sacrifice.
Nemanja Vidic was also shown a yellow card.
Iroh rubbed his aching right arm, looked up at Vidic, who had only a back left, and grinned.
Vidic's foul was slightly to the right, about 70 degrees from the outside edge of the goal post on the right, about 32 meters from the goal in a straight line, which is more suitable for the distance of Iello's free kick characteristics, but the angle of the shot is a bit off.
Therefore, he has also become a well-deserved punisher.
At this time, after the referee awarded Vidic's foul, he pointed to the sidelines to signal for a substitution, and Scholes replaced Rooney, who had slipped from the table.
By the time Wayne Rooney reached the touchline, three minutes of stoppage time had already been completed, meaning that the referee's free-kick from Iroh would call the end of the game and start a total of 30 minutes of extra time between the two halves.
Ferguson thought he had escaped, but seeing Iello standing in front of the football made him feel like a catastrophe was coming......
Anelka, Malouda, Kalu, Bosingwa...... Standing on the edge of the coach's command area with his shoulders folded, his eyes fixed on Iroh.
All the Chelsea fans in the stands also stood up from their seats, holding their breath and not continuing to cheer, obviously waiting for the moment when Iello would beat Manchester United, so that only Manchester United supporters were left booing in the stadium.
'Tense moments are coming, but will there be a repeat of the moment when Iroh equalised from a free-kick in last season's Champions League final? If the ball goes in, then ...... Chelsea's third title of the season is on the horizon! ”
Chelsea TV's Clive Walker could already feel the pounding of his heart as if it was about to burst out.
At this time, Abramovich, who was sitting in the VIP seat, had already left the seat and stood in front of the railing handrail, his eyes fixed on Iro, who was standing in place, with anticipation in his eyes.
In a Barcelona hotel in Valencia, Messi and the teenager Bojan lived in a room, both of them were focusing on the TV at the moment, and at this time, the live director gave Iroh a shot and used technical means to push it to a close-up of the face, Messi suddenly said: "He should be in, right?" ”
Bojan subconsciously turned his head to look over, unconsciously ......
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Journalists crouching behind the billboard in the north goal of the new Wembley Stadium are finding their best spots, with the camera centred on the face of Iello with a resolute and confident face.
Qi Liuhai's position was to stand near the corner area on the left, he picked up the expensive camera in his hand, focused on Iro, gave a full-body view, and quickly pressed the shutter, but he did not withdraw the camera, but continued to aim at Iro, waiting for him to run and hit the ball...... Wonderful moments.
Newspaper reporters from other countries also think this way, but from a different angle.
Due to the characteristics of Iello's direct free kicks, the average height of the three-man wall discharged by Manchester United is nearly 1.85 meters, namely Fletcher, Carrick, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mikel in order to help Iroh as a cover, forced to squeeze on the far right, that is, closest to the right goal post.
At the same time, in order to prevent the passing of Modric, who helped Iello as a cover, the Manchester United defenders did not press in the box, but stood close to the line of the big penalty area.
At the moment when Cristiano Ronald was battling for a place with Mikel, the referee blew the whistle.
As usual, Iello did not run at the first time, but looked up at Van der Sar's position, standing about a meter in front of the goal line, on the left, and instantly locked the approximate landing point of the free kick.
"Will it come in?"
Zhan Jun also became nervous.
At the same time, Iroh let out a long exhale, helping to run.
One step, two steps......
The distance of the third step is extraordinarily far, the left foot is about 30 cm on the left side of the football, the left arm is waved from top to bottom, the right foot swings from back to front like a whip, and the inside of the taut foot hits the middle and lower part of the football.
Except for Mikel, the other three United players jumped hard, but none of them touched the ball.
The height of the football did not continue to rise after jumping over the human wall, the speed was very fast, and the arc was very flat.
This is...... A free kick of great quality!
Looking at the football without a trace of spinning in mid-air, Manchester United fans in the stands were extremely panicked!
It feels like eons of years to them.
In fact, it's fleeting.
The ball fell rapidly after half a second of high speed, almost grazing the crossbar and the right goal post.
Van der Sar was like a spectator throughout.