Chapter Ninety-Nine: 200 Balls!

After another big outburst, Shaq's ferocious goalscoring momentum waned, but his goalscoring ability was still amazing.

In the fourth round of the Carabao Cup on 27 October, Manchester United beat Newcastle 2-0 away, and Shaq scored the opening goal.

In the ninth round of the English Premier League on October 31, Manchester United defeated Queens Park Rangers 4-0 away, and Shaq scored a hat-trick.

On 4 November, Manchester United beat Valencia 5-2 at home to join Marseille in two rounds of advances, with Shaq scoring twice in the game to take his Champions League tally to 11 and a total of 60.

On November 11, in the tenth round of the English Premier League, Manchester United defeated Bolton Wanderers 5:1 at home, and Shaq scored a goal.

Schaker then played two more friendlies for England and his 'form' picked up, scoring a hat-trick in England's 5-2 home win over Cyprus and then netting a goal in England's 3-0 win over Denmark.

Back at the club, Shaq's goalscoring efficiency has improved again, scoring twice in United's 5-0 home win over Fulham on 21 November, another hat-trick in United's 4-0 win at Standard Liege on 24 November, and then another hat-trick in United's 5-0 win at Wigan in the 12th round of the league.

Since this game, Shaq has now scored 72 goals and provided 10 assists in 21 games for United this season, and it will hardly be difficult to break his own record of 126 goals set last season.

The annual World Footballer of the Year selection has also begun. This time, Shaq finally made it to the shortlist with his amazing performance this year, and the English media also unanimously called for Shaq to forget about Shaq's age of only 22 years old, and only look at the performance of the players in the selection.

At this time, Manchester United also ushered in the final game of the Champions League group stage, and the Old Trafford stadium ushered in the French Marseille team that had used rough foul tactics and relied on the referee's favoritism to force them to draw.

Originally, there was no grudge between Manchester United and Marseille, but because of the last meeting between the two teams, Manchester United fans hated this opponent, and even unanimously called them "despicable Marseille".

Fans have a desire for revenge, Simon? Grayson also has a tooth for tat. The encounter at the Velodrom Stadium made "Brutal Simon" feel bad for several days. Manchester United is led by CEO Ed? Woodward protested to UEFA, and finally made UEFA bow his head and promise to guarantee that Manchester United's future games would be fair and impartial.

This time, Manchester United finally has a chance to take revenge at home, not to mention that Manchester United and Marseille are currently ranked first and second in the group with a record of 4 wins and 1 draw and 13 points. Whoever wins will finish as group winners. Manchester United, playing at home, naturally have enough reasons to win this game.

And there's a big thing to watch about this game. Shaq has scored 72 goals this season, and with his 126 goals for the Reds last season, Shaq has now scored 198 goals in just over a year at the club!

198 goals are two more than 200 goals. Maybe someone else might have to look at the form, and if the state is not good, it may have to wait, but for Shaq...... Is it a good thing to score a brace!?

The official website of the "Red Knights" fan group has published a message: In order to wish Shaq 200 goals for Manchester United, we will prepare a gift for Shaq, and we hope that Shaq will like it.

Manchester's local pro-Manchester media also published the news that Shaq had scored 200 goals for Manchester United, and everyone thought that Shaq would complete this feat in Manchester United's home game against Marseille.

It's just that there are always some people in this world who don't like to fulfill others, not to mention that as opponents, the Marseille team came to Manchester this time, and they also heard about Shaq's upcoming 200 goals for Manchester United.

As the head coach, Deschamps is also very aware that his team has had some disputes when they met with Manchester United in the first leg, and this time they will face a disgruntled "Red Devils" when they come to Old Trafford, plus Shaq's 200 goals, Deschamps made clear to his players early The team's tactical requirements for this game: defensive counterattack, less loss should win, and see Shaq dead!

Now that Marseille have secured the right to qualify from the group, and it is a foregone conclusion that they will reach the last 16 of the Champions League again, there is no need to fight Manchester United away from home, anyway, the result of the game does not affect the overall situation at all, but Schak wants to score his 200th goal for Manchester United...... Then give it a try.

On the day of the game, 90,451 fans poured into the revamped Old Trafford stadium with a capacity of 91,797 spectators, and every Manchester United supporter wanted to see another legendary goalscorer in action.

But as soon as the game began, Marseille's performance made United fans realise that they wanted to see Shaq score 200 goals...... It's really not easy!

Deschamps arranged the tactics for the Marseille team today is still 4-2-3-1, this tactical play is currently very popular, but although the formation of the Marseille team is this, they are hoarding heavy troops in the midfield to defend, except for the single striker Remy, everyone almost does not cross the middle line, only when they get the opportunity to attack, there are only two or three people rushing up, and their defense of Shaq is completely close defense, their No. 7 player Colombian defender Carlos? Sanchez, who was by Shaq's side from the very beginning of the game, stayed by his side.

Seeing that Shaq had no good chances, the Manchester United stars, who were still thinking of helping Shaq complete 200 goals, had to change their strategy, and it was not until the 22nd minute that Rivero took advantage of a corner to head a corner from Ganso into the Marseille goal.

This goal. It was also the only goal in the first half of the game, Shaq, who needed to score twice in this game, only two shots on goal in the first half were free kicks directly on goal, and the Marseille team was almost the whole team staring at him, even if Shaq was outstanding, it was not so easy to score.

At halftime, Simon? Grayson only asked his team to score again as soon as possible to seal the win, and there was no other arrangement, Shaq's 200 goals were just his personal business, since Marseille were betting on the interests of the whole team to defend Shaq. Then there is no need for Manchester United to miss out on the victory.

The second half was 52 minutes into the game. Ganso cut in a low cross from the left and the ball was sent straight to the line of the six-yard box on the right, which was empty on the right after Shaq in the middle attracted the Marseille defence. "Chubby" Rooney appeared on the spot where the ball landed. smashed the ball into the Marseille goal with one head...... 2:0！

This goal from Wayne Rooney. Not only did he seal the win for Manchester United at home, but he also woke up the players of the Marseille team completely, and Didier Deschamps and his players suddenly found out. After a long time, Manchester United didn't pay much attention to Shaq's 200 goals, people should play how they should play, they should score, and winning the game is real.

Shaq's goalscoring ability is there, even if he guards against Shaq in this game, it is impossible to prevent Shaq from scoring 200 goals for Manchester United, at most it will not be completed in this game.

After discovering that they had done nothing to Shaq, the Marseille team also made minor adjustments, and they no longer went all out to deal with Shaq when defending, and if they were really poured several goals by Manchester United on the road, this face would be lost.

But as soon as the Marseille team adjusted, Shaq scored!

On 57 minutes, Nani sent a cross from the right, Shaq stopped the ball with his left foot on the left side of the penalty spot, made a feint in front of Mbiya, and then pulled the ball to his right side with his left foot as he moved to the right, before kicking the ball towards the left side of the Marseille goal with a "bang".

"Huh!"

The ball stopped in the white net behind the Marseille goal like a white light...... 3:0！

“GOAL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

"199 balls! Shaq is only one goal away from 200 goals! It's beautiful! Stopping, follow-up, feints...... Pull away, shoot! It's so exciting! Shaq's goal was the pinnacle of what a technical striker can do in the opposition penalty area! ”

When Manchester United scored two goals before, whether it was Rivero or Wayne Rooney, the cheers in the stadium at Old Trafford were not very loud, but as soon as Shaq scored, the atmosphere at home rose to a new level, and 90,000 Manchester United fans shouted wildly......

"Two-hundred! Two - hundred! Two - hundred! ”

With United already 3-0 up and Shaq so close to his 200th goal for the Reds, the stars are naturally happy to help when it comes to ensuring the team has won.

United's tactics then revolved around Shaq, going all out to help Shaq find the goal, while Marseille's defensive focus was readjusted and they began to defend Shaq again.

It's just that Shaq, as the greatest goalscorer in football history and the most magical super breakup, his individual ability is too outstanding, and when Manchester United concentrates all the firepower on him, even if the Marseille team goes all out, it can't stop him.

And Shaq has also become very smart, he is no longer active outside the Marseille team's penalty area, otherwise he will definitely be directly robbed by the opponent when he takes the ball, and he will be dragged down if he can't grab it, and today he doesn't feel very good about playing a free kick, and it's not so easy to score another goal, but it's not the same to stay in the Marseille team's penalty area, the opponent can't give him a penalty to kick, he can rely on his ability to grab points to find a goal.

At the 71st minute, Shaq's chance finally came!

Nani cut inside on the right when he saw Shaq in the Marseille penalty area by Carlos? After Sanchez, Mbia and Manga were surrounded, the Portuguese still passed the ball, but Nani's pass route was not towards Shaq, but outside the small penalty area on the right side of the Marseille team behind Mbia.

and Nani have been playing together for a season and a half, the tacit understanding between Shaq and Nani is still very high, the two of them completely thought of going together this time, Nani's pass was sent, Shaq began to run diagonally to the right front, using speed to get rid of Mbia, Nani's pass also arrived.

"Bang!"

Shaq didn't stop the ball and slotted it into the bottom left corner of the Marseille goal, then he turned around and ran to the sideline with his hands raised...... This goal, in!

Shaq already knew the outcome as soon as he kicked the ball out, and the speed and route of the ball were enough to ensure that the ball would not be saved by Marseille goalkeeper Mandanda.

Sure enough, as Shaq ran to the sidelines to celebrate, the Old Trafford stadium erupted in cheers from 90,000 fans...... (To be continued......)