Chapter 82: A Personal Hero
When the game resumed, the convinced United players reacted, and a sense of foreboding suddenly rose in their hearts.
The game seemed to get a little out of hand.
It's definitely out of United's control anyway.
Ji Ming's goal was indeed a morale boost.
When the game resumed, United did not immediately fight back, not even show the momentum to fight back.
Instead, Lazio continued to attack aggressively with high morale, vowing to score another goal!
Jose Mourinho frowned when he saw the scene on the sidelines.
For Manchester United, the game has reached the most critical moment - it is a bit funny to say that, this second half has just begun, how can it be a crucial moment?
But that's just the way it is.
Lazio trailed Manchester United by just one goal on aggregate, and Lazio also had an away goal. As long as Lazio can score one more goal, they will hold United to an aggregate draw and then eliminate United by virtue of an away goal advantage.
Manchester United are in a dangerous situation.
Their original strategy was to counter-attack defensively.
The two-goal lead allowed them to do so.
But now, with a one-goal lead and the opponent's morale is high, the advantage of this goal is insignificant.
It's dangerous to have a one-goal lead, and that's what a lot of managers do.
So are Manchester United going to attack now?
Just one more goal will make us take away from their away goal advantage, and they've re-extended the aggregate by two goals, and if Lazio want to win, two more goals won't be enough, it's just going to send the game to extra time!
The point is, we have an away goal after that. It can restore the morale and confidence of the team and bring the balance back together.
But it's just as risky to attack.
He was well aware of the intensity of Lazio's attack. What if, when Manchester United are attacking, Lazio takes the opportunity to score another goal? After all, he is still one goal ahead, even if he is only one goal ahead, it is still a lead. If you attack and are scored by the opponent, won't it become the result you least want to see?
It's a dilemma.
Mourinho made his choice after thinking about it for a while on the sidelines.
No substitutions, but let the players strengthen defensively.
As long as you can hold on to the advantage of this one goal. That's enough.
Jose Mourinho is still quite confident in the defense he has been trained in.
On the basis of solid defense, he will not give up the opportunity to counterattack. He believed that as time passed, the situation would definitely favor his side.
Because Lazio can be impatient, and when they are impatient, their attacking threat is much lower. There will also be a lot of holes in the defense.
At that time, Manchester United scored another goal and the game was won.
With time running out, United are confident they will keep a clean sheet against Lazio with little time.
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United made their choice, they shrunk their defence, Lazio got more space and they started bombarding the stadium around United.
All means are exhausted. It's just hoping to equalise on aggregate.
Manchester United, on the basis of solid defense, occasionally counterattacked or something, threatening Lazio's goal.
Manchester United is indeed worthy of the old giants.
After conceding the goal, he quickly regained his composure and reorganized his defence.
Mourinho doesn't believe it. Can your Ji Ming still shine twice in a row in a game?
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He guessed right!
The game entered the 80th minute, the score was still 1-0, Lazio led Manchester United by one goal at home, and still trailed by one goal on aggregate.
The situation is in Mourinho's favour.
Manchester United defended very tightly. Like a shrunken hedgehog, Lazio has nowhere to go.
But hedgehogs are not invincible either.
There's always someone to pick up on them.
This person is Ji Ming.
After Ji Ming scored that wonderful goal. Manchester United have stepped up their defence against him. In the face of such a defense, Ji Ming's performance was better, he came and went freely in Manchester United's defense, and his performance was easy.
His form and confidence are out in full swing.
In the face of powerful enemies, he has the confidence to face them head-on!
Ji Ming tandem back and forth in the midfield, passing or breaking through.
His excellent running ability and great range of motion have raised the team's offensive level.
But even then, he couldn't help his teammates score.
Because Manchester United defended very tightly in front of their goal, they couldn't find any chances at all.
The main thing is that Manchester United's defense has done a very good job of interlinking Lazio's crosses, and Lazio's attack and their defense have formed a delicate balance.
Someone needs to upset the balance now.
This person...... Myself, of course.
Ji Ming is full of confidence and feels that he has the ability to change the situation on the court by himself.
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When Ji Ming received the ball at the front of the penalty area, he couldn't even turn his body, he could only turn his back to the direction of the attack, and he couldn't see the situation behind him at all.
This has been the norm for the last twenty minutes.
Whether it is Ji Ming or any other Lazio player, when approaching the Manchester United penalty area, they will feel a huge defensive pressure.
Make it difficult for them to get in.
Ji Ming wants to connect several people by himself like before, break into the Longtan Tiger's Den single-handedly, and then blast the football into Manchester United's goal, which is absolutely impossible.
Manchester United are not that stupid and can't afford to trip twice in the same pit.
But who stipulates that if you rely on the individual ability of the players, you can only rely on the rhythm of several people and then single ball?
Ji Ming had his back to the attacking direction, and behind him were Manchester United defenders who were like maggots attached to the bones.
Around him, next to every Lazio player, there will be Manchester United players. They have created an airtight steel line at the edge of their penalty area.
In addition to passing the football back, it seems that Ji Ming has nothing to do.
Just when everyone thought that Ji Ming could only do this.
His upper body swayed and tilted to the left. Manchester United defender Nacho, who defended him from behind, was nervous – he had let Ji Ming dangle before and scored a very beautiful goal.
He served as a backdrop to that brilliant goal that would go down in history in the future. Of course, his luck was good, and his team-mate, the centre-back Evans, was even more pitiful, he was not only a background, but also a very funny and ridiculous background......
But if you give this kid a background twice in a row. Things that weren't funny can become funny.
So when he saw Ji Ming's upper body twisted, he followed as if he was facing a great enemy.
Then he was rightfully shaken by Ji Ming......
Ji Ming turned halfway and suddenly changed direction and turned back, turning around from the other side!
At the same time, knock the soccer ball to the side with your heel!
Of course, if he just got rid of the Manchester United defence, he would be underestimating his opponents.
Seeing him turn around, more United players immediately rushed up to stop him.
They all thought that Ji Ming would continue to break through with the ball.
This time they guessed wrong.
After Ji Ming knocked the football over. turned around, did not dribble the ball, but took advantage of the momentum of the turn to shoot directly with his feet!
Hit the soccer ball with his left foot.
The rotation of the body combined with the force of the twitching of the left foot converges on the football, making it fly faster than usual!
The soccer ball is like a cannonball, snorting through the gaps among the defenders. The wind even stirred their hair and clothes!
The style of the ball elegantly kicked such a powerful long-range shot, which was really unexpected by many people.
Most of Ji Ming's long-range shots before were taken in the arc ball route, relying on the arc to bypass the goalkeeper and pursue the angle. That's why Ji Ming was able to kick a curling ball in such a short distance to bypass Nacho. Because that's what he's best at.
But this kick really won purely by strength!
The ball didn't even spin in the air, it was straight and straight into the goal and into the net!
When the ball flies into the goal. De Gea's hand had just arrived, apparently too late. He once again became the foil of Ji Ming's personal performance!
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"This ......" Ji Ming did not hesitate to shoot a long shot after turning around, which made many people unexpected, not only the defensive Manchester United players, but also the commentators on the commentary bench.
So at the moment when the football flew into the goal, many people were not raising their arms and shouting, but in a daze.
This ball...... Did you really get in?
Doesn't it look like a must-score chance?
Fortunately, they were surprised and did not forget their duties, and soon they were shouting.
“ol!! l!! l!! Season! Season! Ji - Ming - l!! ”
The most excited, of course, were the Italian commentators.
Then there is the Chinese commentator: "Perfect individual performance!" The second time in this game! Ji Ming saved Lazio alone! It's not so much Lazio's Jedi counterattack, it's Ji Ming's! He's only twenty years old! Can you believe it? With such a brilliant talent, he's so young, what does his future look like? I can't wait to check it out! ”
"Although it is an enemy...... But I have to say that Ji is really ...... Very powerful, very powerful! Against such an opponent, Manchester United can't help but concede two goals...... Not to mention the previous one-man rider, this turn and long-range shot also fully reflects Ji's personal quality...... If, I'm just saying that if United lose, then they don't really have anything to complain about, maybe the only thing they can complain about is their bad luck! ”
Even the commentators in England said so.
Two beautiful goals in a row, a perfect reflection of individual ability, were a devastating blow to Manchester United's morale.
Originally, Manchester United held for more than 80 minutes, and they were full of confidence, thinking that as long as they held on for another 10 minutes, they would win.
But who would have thought that Ji Ming's kick was a long-range shot that was completely a reflection of his personal ability, breaking their illusions.
Sticking to it, I was busy for almost a game, and in the end, the chickens and eggs were beaten, and the game was empty......