Chapter 90: The Crown

Manchester United took a 1-0 lead and didn't let Chelsea panic.

There is a saying that "Atletico Madrid is a striker, and the car is an iron guard", which expresses the style and characteristics of the two teams in today's football.

Atletico Madrid has always been known for producing super strikers, such as Torres, Vieri, Sergio Aguero, Falcao, Diego? Costa and so on.

Chelsea, on the other hand, are known for producing iron guards, thanks to Jose Mourinho, who is known for his ability to train defenders, and Mourinho's side have always been known for their defensive strength, even at Real Madrid.

After returning to Stamford Bridge, Jose Mourinho began to build his second team, which has already paid off last season, with the Blues' soaring back into the top tier and Mourinho's side have indeed matured this season, continuing to carry out the tactics set by the manager even after a goal was scored against a rival as strong as Manchester United.

But no matter how tight the defense is, there will always be mistakes, especially for a super scorer on the court like Shaq, as long as he is given the slightest chance, he can give the opponent a fatal blow.

On 37 minutes, Chelsea were given a corner kick from the left side of the pitch, but the corner was pushed out of the box by Papadopoulos, and Di Maria reacted quickly and rushed up to kick the ball to the right side of the pitch.

Giving enough advance passes, giving Shaq enough space to sprint, Shaq rushed diagonally forward from the middle, and overtook Ilori on the way, the young centre-back lacked experience after all, and did not dare to foul Shaq who was running without the ball, and finally allowed Shaq to get the ball outside the Chelsea box on the right side.

"Smack, smack, smack!"

Shaq dribbled into the Chelsea penalty area. After a series of lateral dribbles, the onrushing Cech was thrown away by Xach for some distance, and then Shaq's left foot easily pushed the ball into the bottom left corner of the Chelsea corner...... 2:0！

“GOAL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

The St Jacobs Stadium was full of cheers from Manchester United fans, and what they loved most was the sight of Shaq single-handedly knocking down the opposition, and the visual enjoyment brought by one person using speed, power and skill to break down the opponent's entire defence was really impactful.

"Shaq has scored again! It was his 11th goal in the fourth game of the season! It's amazingly efficient! I think Shaq should really have a chance to break his own single-season goal record this season! And if it goes well. Shaq is on the verge of being one of United's all-time top 10 goalscorers this season and should have a chance to challenge for a top-three finish, with 137 goals now in his hands for the Reds, just 10th-placed David? Haierd's 145 goals are not far off, and Bobby, who is the top scorer in Manchester United's all-time list? Charlton has 249 goals to his name, and if Shack can score as many goals this season as he did last season, he could accomplish that feat! Two seasons and became United's all-time leading goalscorer...... It's really exciting just thinking about it! ”

Shaq certainly has little interest in United's historical record, and all he has in mind is Pele's 1,000 goals in his lifetime. And Shaq really doesn't have no chances, but has a lot of hope.

Shaq has scored a number of goals at club level so far, with 132 goals in three years for Leeds United, 126 for Manchester United last season and 11 so far this season, in addition to 41 goals in 43 games for the England national team. That adds up to a staggering 310 goals, and Shaq is still only 22 years old and has not turned 23. If he can maintain his goalscoring efficiency, it is really only a matter of time before he breaks Pele's goalscoring record.

Of course, if anyone knew about Shaq's ambitions, they would probably be scared, and it is ...... to break Pele's goal record in today's world football It's crazy!

Modern football is becoming more and more defensive. It is not so easy for players to score goals, and Pele's people who played football in his era were almost not very defensive, three forwards, four forwards and even five forwards are normal, and the difficulty of scoring goals is naturally much easier than now, otherwise Maradona would not be qualified to be compared with Pele.

Despite knowing that it will not be easy to break Pele's goal record. But Shaq still thinks that this should be his goal, with the "black foot" system, it is really not difficult for him to dominate in world football, just like now he is already a superstar, and even he has been nominated to run for this year's World Footballer, which is enough to show Shaq's status in today's world football, and Shaq's goal is no longer these people in front of him, he only wants to surpass history.

After scoring a goal, Shaq did not relax at all, he is still on the field constantly looking for opportunities to score, but the "Blues" defense is indeed very tight, this is Mourinho's housekeeping skills, he started with defense in Porto, and then went to Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, in each team he will pay great attention to defense, and after traveling to England, Italy, Spain, the three major football powers, Mourinho now has a better understanding of defense than before.

But who is Shaq!?

Shaq is the only player in the world who can score more than 100 goals in a single season!

A super scorer on the field!

On 44 minutes, as the first half was about to end, United launched an attack on the right, with Dutch right-back Donny van der Wiel curling the ball behind John Terry and towards the penalty spot in the Chelsea penalty area.

This pass made Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech very uncomfortable, he couldn't reach the ball when he attacked, and it was very dangerous if he didn't attack!

Just when Cech hesitated, Shaq had already rushed to the ball like a cheetah, and Terry grabbed his shirt half a step behind him, at this time as long as Shaq fell to get a penalty, but the "Blues" captain was still very fierce to pull Shaq.

Shaq knew that as long as he fell, he would have a penalty kick to kick, but he didn't want to fall, so he dragged Terry and poked his left leg forward!

Originally, it was difficult for Shaq to touch Van der Wiel's pass. But his sheer force took Terry some distance further before his left toe stabbed the ball on the ball.

"Boom!"

The ball flew right on Petr's right-hand side and almost touched the ground into the bottom left-hand corner of the Chelsea corner...... 3:0！

“GOAL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

Shaq flicked his right arm back, flicked Terry's arm that was still on his shoulder, and then turned around and ran towards the stands of the United fans, behind him was a group of Manchester United players in red jerseys...... Follow closely!

Terry gasped. Helplessly smiling bitterly and watching Shaq run farther and farther, at this moment he really felt that he was too old, the 34-year-old Terry really couldn't run, especially in the face of Shaq, this feeling of old age is even more obvious, whether it is speed, strength, explosiveness, etc., Terry feels that he can't compete with Shaq in all aspects, you must know that when he was young, he often used his body to bully the steel defenders of the opponent's forwards!

Heroes in Twilight...... That's what Terry is talking about today!

Mourinho's face was calm off the pitch, and it was no wonder that Terry scored this goal. And Terry did show a different role from a young defender like Ilory, who didn't foul Shaq to score United's second goal, and Terry took a foul but still couldn't prevent Shaq from scoring United's third goal, and there is a big difference between the two.

If Illorry fouled and didn't let Shaq score, then Chelsea would have one less man even if they were 1-0 down, but after all, they still had a glimmer of hope, and Terry just made this move, just to give Chelsea a last chance. Terry did it, Ilory didn't. That's the experience of the veteran players!

But now...... Nothing is useless!

At this point, Chelsea no longer have a chance to fight Manchester United......

"Shaq is amazing! He is a god-like existence on the green field! If Manchester United is the king of Europe, then Shaq is the most dazzling crown! As long as Shaq is around, even if Manchester United's strength declines in the future, they will become kings like Leeds United. And without Shaq, I would have lost the crown. He will no longer be a king! Congratulations to Shaq for scoring a brace, his 12th goal in four games this season! Three goals per game! Gee...... Indescribable magic! ”

At the end of the first half, United led Chelsea 3-0, which also made the UEFA Super Cup match out of suspense, and everyone knew that United must have won. The key is...... Let's see how many goals Manchester United will win.

How many balls to win?

What a blissful trouble!

Simon? Grayson was thinking about this problem at halftime, and in the end he gave instructions to his players to switch to defensive counter-attacks in the second half, and it would be enough to win three goals against a team like Chelsea, anyway, as long as the team can ensure that the team wins the UEFA Super Cup and achieve the "six crowns", if the opponent is really in a hurry, with Mourinho and his group of black-hearted players, something will have to happen.

In the second half of the European Super Cup, it became Manchester United's ball control performance, the rhythm of the game became very slow, not to mention, even the scene seemed boring, Manchester United did not take the initiative to attack with the ball, just patiently controlled the ball to look for opportunities, once the ball was lost, it immediately put on a tight defense, and did not give Chelsea a chance to counterattack at all.

What else is the point of such a competition!?

The Manchester United fans were singing and dancing there and were having a great time, while the "Blues" were there to stay up, stay up, stay up......

Finally—

"Di ———— Di ———— Di ——————————"

Swiss referee Boyle finally blew the whistle for the end of the game, and he didn't have time to make up for it, and he was very enlightened to end the suffering of the Chelsea side.

At the end of the race, the "Red Devils" had achieved their "six crowns" and were now just one trophy away from surpassing the achievements of "Team Cosmos". (To be continued......)