Chapter 18: Stand and applaud your failures

At the beginning of the second half, Willingham once again gave the Manchester United players a surprise, a surprise to the home fans in the whole stadium, they suddenly showed strong self-confidence, each time the ball was handled more in place than in the first half of the game, and the cooperation between each other was also better, which made the Manchester United players more uncomfortable, their chances were even less than in the first half, and only Xiao Xiao Luo seemed to be running and trying to create opportunities.

At this time, Helder also began to show his worth of hundreds of millions of euros, he shook the Manchester United defender after dribbling the ball in the middle of the field several times in a row and passed the ball to the goal, Anelka shot high, once was blocked by Manchester United's young French goalkeeper Akinfif, and was also wasted by another striker Huntelaar who started. But these few combinations did make Manchester United's defenders break out in a cold sweat.

However, the gap between the two teams can not be offset by the advantage of momentum, experienced and powerful Manchester United after adapting to the sudden reinforcement of Willingham, or slowly regained the advantage of field control, in the 60th minute, Rooney picked the ball to the back of the goal on the penalty line, just replaced Ryan Giggs on the field of the Brazilian teenager Anderson inserted and grabbed the position, jumped up and swung back, in the chaos, Richards clearance was not far away, Xiao Xiao Luo kicked the ball into the goal with an irregular action.

However, this time the Red Devils fans celebrated much shorter than the first goal, a minute later, Helder fired a powerful volley from forty yards in front of the goal, the ball flew high and seemed to fly straight out of the goal, but just as he was close to the penalty area, it suddenly sank, Akinfiv rushed to the football, but just before he got the ball, it was also Wenger who had just replaced Kicic rushed from a group of Manchester United players and slammed the football into the gate with his forehead, Akinfiv was a little late, Just knocked Kicic to the ground, Kicic rubbed his sore forehead and just stood up, he was squeezed under his teammates again.

"Good shot." The entire Lenovo Stadium erupted in extremely enthusiastic cheers, and the fans waved various Willingham fan products in their hands, loudly venting the joy in their hearts.

The game was going on point by point, after pulling a goal back, Willingham began to fight for new scoring opportunities, and in the last ten minutes, there was a situation where Manchester United players were pressed into front of their penalty area by Willingham, after Tevez muscle strain, Cantona simply replaced a defender, and seemed to want to maintain a one-goal lead as much as possible.

Cantona's face was pale, while Arsene Wenger was not far away, looking as if he was not leading the way for Manchester United.

In the 85th minute, Helder played the ball to Anelka, who volleyed from the edge of the penalty area, and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced off the bottom line.

In the 86th minute, after Kompany intercepted Hargreaves' pass, an accurate diagonal pass was handed to Capo, who was inserting at high speed, and Capo made the ball to the front of the penalty area, and Held's angry shot was stabbed hard by Akinfiv with the tip of his finger, and then hit the post and bounced back, and was cleared by the defender who caught up.

In the 88th minute, Anelka received the ball and inserted it into the penalty area, but was tackled by Vidic and the ball when he was about to get up...... Is this a penalty? The referee seems to need the help of a linesman...... They were still communicating, with the United players loudly expressing their innocence and Willingham surrounding Maureen, who was about to make a decision.

A corner, oh my God, it was a corner, could it be that the information given by the linesman was that Vidic tackled the ball first? The TV footage doesn't tell the whole story, with Willingham missing the best chance to get back on the scoresheet.

When Akinfiv put the ball on the spot where Anelka was tackled, and dragged out the game step by step, the fans in the stadium were loudly venting their frustrations.

Helde ran to the sideline at this time and waved his arm vigorously like a fan in front of him, a move that won a round of applause.

Three minutes of stoppage time, Willingham was still attacking like a chicken, the fans were impressed by the momentum of the players, dissatisfaction turned into admiration, applause rang out from all sides of the stadium, and finally, all the fans, including Manchester United fans, were applauding, at this moment, the cars passing outside the Lenovo Fengyun Stadium could feel the vibration in the air, and felt a feeling of excitement from the bottom of their hearts.

Three minutes of stoppage time, the applause lasted for three minutes, the eyes of the Manchester United players were already full of respect, when Maureen blew the whistle at the end of the game, many Manchester United players took the initiative to come up and exchange jerseys with the players of Willingham, originally, in the domestic league, everyone generally does not exchange jerseys, Manchester United players are using this way to explain their views on the opponent.

The fans were still applauding and standing up at the same time, the game was lost, but everyone's hearts were full of pride, full of pride for their own soldiers.

"It's good that I don't have to give you a raise right away." When Lao Liu appeared in the lounge again, the players had already finished bathing and were about to leave, but this sentence stimulated everyone's nerves again.

"We'll make you willingly pay us a salary that's not inferior to that of the big players, just wait and see." This time, it was Capo, who usually doesn't talk much, and said viciously to Lao Liu on behalf of everyone, which won a lot of approval.

"You just go and get some money first." Helde concluded.

"Okay, I'll wait for you, but this game is good, I'll invite you later, Casserole House." ……

Willings' match against Manchester United was described in detail in many newspapers' Premier League briefings, and unlike other games where there were only simple scores and red and yellow card descriptions, the editors emphasised Willings' momentum and style of play in a variety of ways.

The forum on the club's website saw a record number of hits and posts in a single day, and it is said that there are already two scalpers ready to sell tickets to Willingham's next home stadium, and it is expected that there will be a full attendance.

The next home game is against Aston Villa in two weeks' time, before that, Willingham had to go as far as Everton, when the two were on the phone before, Pierce promised to invite Lao Liu to drink, but I just don't know if there will be alcohol after Lao Liu defeats him.

(To be continued)