Volume 1 Chapter 469 First Ball!

"All the viewers in front of the TV, welcome to the final of the UEFA Champions League from 07 to UR"

"We are now broadcasting the much-anticipated final at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, next to two of the biggest names in world football, Johan Cruyff, the Dutch football legend, and Jose Mourinho, the former Chelsea manager, and the three of us will be commenting and commenting on the game for the next two hours."

"Hi everyone, I'm Johan Cruyff"

"I'm Jose Mourinho, hello everyone"

This is a live broadcast of the game directly facing the whole world, and the commentator waited until the two commentators finished greeting the fans, and immediately shouted excitedly: "The two teams facing off today are from the English Premier League, namely the traditional giants, the Red Devils Manchester United, and the Premier League upstart in the past two seasons, Tottenham Hotspur"

"I'm sure all fans who like to watch the Premier League will be familiar with these two teams, the Red Devils Manchester United have always been known for their surprising spirit of play, they beat Bayern Munich in 1999 with a miraculous comeback, and they won a Champions League in 1999, and an earlier Champions League dates back 40 years, 8 seasons, exactly 40 years ago"

"Some people say that the world of football is always full of all kinds of coincidences, as if Liverpool beat Chelsea and won the Champions League in '05, exactly 20 years after the Heysel tragedy, it has become a reincarnation, and now, who dares to say that Manchester United will not win another Champions League 40 years after the club won the first Champions League in history?"

As he spoke, he saw the players of the two teams, led by the referee Michelle, each holding the hand of the little caddie and walking out of the players' tunnel, which immediately made them cheer and applaud from all the fans in the stadium.

'As the two teams walked out of the pitch one after another, we saw that Tottenham Hotspur were wearing white shirts and black shorts, which are their club's signature traditional colours, while Manchester United were wearing their red shirts, with both teams wearing home shirts.

Just after the two teams lined up, Roland Shepas of the Tottenham Hotspur coaching staff on the sidelines quickly ran up and gave the players a T-shirt one by one, and saw that the T-shirt was written in English and Chinese, "Wenchuan, come on"

Not only Tottenham Hotspur, but even the other team in this game, Manchester United players also wore this T-shirt, which was agreed by both parties before the game, and UEFA also agreed, and the broadcast at the Luzhniki Stadium called on all the fans in the stadium to stand up and observe a moment of silence for the earthquake.

"This is an event initiated by Tottenham Hotspur's chairman and manager Ye Qiu, I noticed Chinese media reports, I heard that Ye Qiu and his wife donated 50 million yuan, and through several foundations of his family, a total of 50 million yuan, and his Ye Technology and Tottenham Hotspur donated a total of 50 million, which is really very generous."

After a heavy moment of silence, all the fans sat down again, and then the guessing and serving began, and United got the serve, so the players of both teams returned to their own halves and lined up

When the referee walked to the center circle, he looked at his watch and immediately blew the whistle for the start of the game

'The game started, United got the serve, Berbatov kicked the ball to Tevez, Tevez knocked back to Scholes behind him, Scholes knocked back again, Carrick, big foot forward, Cristiano Ronaldo sprinted.

"Thiago Silva grabbed the first point safely, cleared the ball with a header, gave it to Alves, passed forward, Messi, faced Evra, brought it to the middle, handed it to Van Persie, passed back, Cesc Fabregas, through ball"

I heard the referee beep and blew the whistle, signaling that Ribery of Tottenham Hotspur was offside

'It was a very clear offside and the linesman was aware of it'

"Manchester United's quick kick-off, Rio Ferdinand, gave Evra, and against Messi, Evra couldn't find a breakthrough and crossed to Hargreaves, then to Carrick, to Scholes, to Tevez.

The Argentine pulled to the right and carried Vargas with his body, took the ball with his back, took two steps back, and passed it to Berbatov, but Hangrande scrambled the ball before the Bulgarian striker and poked it away, and Mascherano passed the ball directly to Thiago Silva.

'Manchester United pressed hard up front and Thiago Silva had no choice but to pass back to Cech.

Cech had just raised his hand to signal for steady, but soon Tevez rushed up quickly and harassed Cech, forcing the Czechs to pass the ball straight to the front of the pitch as soon as possible, but it was controlled by Manchester United.

At this time, the game had just reached the second minute, but the ball had already been converted back and forth several times in a row.

'We can see that both teams started the game with no conservative play and both played with this open style of play, and judging by the past performances of Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, neither team is a conservative team, so this game is likely to be a good matchup."

Manchester United's start was also a little rushed, the attack was a little too fast, and more of a try to pass the medium and long passes with a low success rate, while Tottenham Hotspur attached great importance to the defense of the two ribs in this game, and Ye Qiu also gave special advice before the game, so the success rate was not very high.

This time Scholes wanted to send a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo fell to the ground before he could start, but the referee did not award a foul and signaled for the game to continue, Alves won the ball and quickly passed it to Thiago Silva, who crossed diagonally to the left.

Vargas got the ball and kicked forward quickly, and soon entered the United half, and Ribery ran back from the front for the first time, receiving Vargas's pass, leading Manchester United's right-back Gary Neville, and also attracting Carrick, who followed the defense, and then knocked back with a backheel.

"Beautiful Tottenham Hotspur left two players completed a two-one, Vargas quickly dribbled the ball, there were no defenders in front, the low flat ball passed to the penalty area, Van Persie stopped the ball, knocked lightly, turned around and got rid of Vidic, and got straight to the feet"

"Van der Sar Van der Sar saves Van Persie's shot straight at goal"

"Very good shot, very good save"

"The first shot of the game happened in the fifth minute, Van Persie kicked the ball near the penalty spot to get rid of the defender's foot, but the angle could not be more tricky, and Van der Sar saved directly, it was too dangerous"

I saw Van Persie, who fell in the penalty area because of his body losing balance after getting up, got up from the ground and waved his hand towards Vargas on the left, obviously this was a very good opportunity, but in a hurry, he stopped the ball and turned to get rid of it and got up directly

Cruyff also loudly praised Tottenham Hotspur's attack, especially against Robin van Persie

"This Dutchman's ability to stop the ball is really good, quite solid, you see, when he stops the ball, the ball touches his foot, almost no rebound, and the position of his stop has been thought of in advance, so after stopping the ball, after turning to get rid of it, the ball just stopped in the most comfortable position for him to hit the goal, and Vidic had no way to stop him"

"It's a bit of a pity that this shot didn't open the door for Manchester United, but Tottenham Hotspur's attacking ability is really good, as long as we continue to maintain this rhythm and attack after the opening, I think Manchester United will be more dangerous."

Soon, Tottenham Hotspur played another round of offensive, Alves stepped forward, got Messi's knockback, in the front of the opponent's 30-meter area, suddenly a large area of transfer, the ball was diagonally passed to the left side of the opponent's penalty area, Van Persie didn't know when the road pulled to the left, after stopping the ball on the chest, the left foot low cross to the top of the arc of the penalty area

Ribery quickly cut into the penalty area, but after stopping the ball, he was immediately caught by the combination of Hargreaves and Vidic, and finally failed to bring the ball out of the two of them, and was defused by the opponent, unable to form a threat.

But soon, in less than a minute, Tottenham Hotspur attacked again, Messi faced Evra on the right side, a sudden ball split, directly past Evra's defense, burst into the penalty area, left foot hit a powerful volley, Van der Sar had already guarded this time, but still could only choose to save the ball from the bottom line.

"Corner, this is the first corner of the game"

After Van Persie high-fived Messi, he quickly ran to the corner kick point, but this time Tottenham Hotspur did not take a corner kick directly, Van Persie quickly kicked the corner kick to Alves, who suddenly went down to the bottom line after getting the ball and passed a cross, but unfortunately the landing point was not very good, but Hangrande still fought for the first landing point in the crowd.

It was only that the next shot was disturbed by Vidic, and finally went high, but it made Manchester United break out in a cold sweat, obviously frightened by this sudden tactical corner.

"Tottenham Hotspur's offensive means are very rich, passing with penetration, wide range of transfers, side breaks, and even set-piece tactics, are Tottenham Hotspur's offensive strength, and from the opening to now, in less than ten minutes, Tottenham Hotspur has played different attacking combinations, which is indeed very exciting"

Cruyff is an advocate of attack and possession, although Tottenham Hotspur do not have much possession at the moment, but the attack is very threatening, and he is willing to invest in the attack, plus the players are very good at the technical base, the game is very pleasing to the eye.

Mourinho also felt that Tottenham Hotspur had a certain advantage after the opening, "but we must also see that Ferguson is obviously also preparing for the defense, and Manchester United arranged two midfielders who dragged back in this game, Hargreaves and Carrick, among them, Hargreaves frequently returned to the back line to participate in the defense, just to ensure that the defense line was not pulled by the Tottenham Hotspur trident." ”

"From the field, Tottenham Hotspur is attacking fiercely, but also a little anxious, obviously the mentality of the players is a little impatient, on the contrary, Manchester United, after the opening several attempts to pass the ball were more direct, but soon the players adjusted themselves and began to stabilize their positions, so the current situation is not very clear, it is difficult to judge how the situation will change."

Perhaps Ye Qiu also realized that the team's attack was a little impatient, so he commanded on the sidelines, and the pace of the game began to slow down appropriately, but Tottenham Hotspur still got possession.

"Okay, now we finally have the opportunity to introduce to you the starting lineups of both teams in this game, both teams played very intensely after the opening, the pace was very fast, and we were a little overwhelmed."

Tottenham's starting line-up was still their 433 tactic, with Petr Cech in goal, Vargas, Hangrande, Thiago Silva and Alves at the back, Luka Modric, Mascherano and Cesc Fabregas in midfield and Franck Francouri, Robin van Persie and Lionel Messi in front.

"Manchester United's starting line-up is also 43 with Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville at the back, Carrick, Hargreaves and Paul Scholes in midfield and Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov and Tevez up front.

The commentator seemed very anxious, because the game situation was full of twists and turns, and after the opening, he played a fast-paced attack for ten minutes in a row, especially Tottenham Hotspur's attack on Manchester United again and again, which surprised and delighted everyone, he didn't have the opportunity to introduce the starting lineups of the two teams, and now take advantage of a little time to finish it in one breath.

'In the 12 minutes since the start we have seen that Tottenham Hotspur are more dangerous in attack, but Manchester United are also leaky defensively, and it is difficult to see what the situation will be at the moment, especially

Before the commentator finished speaking, he saw that Tottenham Hotspur made a mistake in receiving the ball in the midfield, and it was originally the ball that Modric was going to pass to Cesc Fabregas, but it was suddenly cut off by Hargreaves and stabbed directly to Scholes, who turned around after getting the ball and made a quick long pass directly.

The ball crossed almost in a straight line between Alves and Thiago Silva, while Cristiano Ronaldo sprinted between the two defenders from 30 metres away.

The Portuguese may not have started quickly, but when he started, he sprinted very fast, and Thiago Silva was not slow either, the two were battling for speed, and finally on the left side of the box, the Portuguese got the ball, and Thiago Silva blocked his route into the box.

Cristiano Ronaldo made a sudden stop as soon as he got the ball, but Thiago Silva's reaction speed was also very fast, and he immediately adjusted his center of gravity.

However, Cristiano Ronaldo's right foot swing was not very wide, but it was very powerful, and the ball was quickly fired into the top right corner of the goal like a precision-guided missile before Thiago Silva could grab it.

Petr Cech has always been very focused, especially after seeing Cristiano Ronaldo's successful counter-offside and counter-attacking his own edge of the box, which has already entered the range of the Portuguese, so he was very cautious, and when he saw the Portuguese get up, he quickly judged the way of the ball and flew up

It was a shot aimed at the top right corner, which is the death hole of almost all right-handed goalkeepers, because the top right corner of the goal is just on his left side with his back to the goal, so it is difficult for the right-handed goalkeeper to save the top right corner, but Cech is a left-footed goalkeeper, so he reacted quickly and grabbed the ball with his left hand before it went into the net, blocking the ball out.

It was already the fastest reaction he could make

All the fans in the stadium were shocked into a cold sweat before Cristiano Ronaldo got up, and after seeing Cech fly to save the ball, they were even more amazed, but after Cech landed, he had to look for the ball as soon as he landed.

When he found it, there was a short red figure behind the ball, and he saw Tevez rush into the Tottenham Hotspur penalty area without knowing when, stopped the ball that Cech saved, and lightly picked up a half-high ball, which fell to the left side of the goal, so that Cech, who landed on the right side of the goal, could not reach the whip

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”

"Oh my God, the situation has suddenly changed, Manchester United have scored"

'In the 14th minute, Manchester United knocked on the Tottenham Hotspur goal, and it was a sudden goal, from Cristiano Ronaldo's sudden kick to Tevez's sloppy shot into the box, the whole process was full of suddenness, but it was a goal"

After Tevez scored, the stocky Argentine beast quickly rushed out of the Tottenham Hotspur penalty area, waving his arms along the way, opening his big mouth embedded in the hideous face, and constantly screaming, obviously venting the excitement and excitement in his heart at this moment.

Everyone rushed to the sidelines, hugged Tevez tightly and congratulated him on opening the scoring

"Tevez, the Argentine striker who was praised by Ferguson as the new Cantona, has performed very well at Manchester United this season, and is known as a player with the blood of the Red Devils in his bones, with a very strong fighting spirit and a strong desire to win.

Judging from the repeated replays in slow motion, Hangrande did not keep up with Tevez at the back post for the first time, which was indeed a mistake, but it is difficult to blame anyone for such a conceded goal.

"As I said earlier, Tottenham Hotspur is playing a little anxious, Ye Qiu wants to slow down, but many players are still thinking about scoring goals as soon as possible, because only scoring goals can stabilize them and reassure them"

Cruyff is analysing the current state of Tottenham Hotspur and the psychology of the players.

"Judging from the current situation, conceding the goal first, this is very, very bad for Tottenham Hotspur, especially considering their psychological quality, I think now Tottenham Hotspur should adjust their tactics as soon as possible and stabilize the situation first."

Sure enough, as Cruyff expected, Ye Qiu comforted the players as soon as he lost the ball, and asked the team to keep the formation compact, retreat in an orderly manner, and stabilize the situation first, but Manchester United was a little unforgiving and began to press on it vigorously, obviously to use the momentum of the first voice to suppress Tottenham Hotspur in one go.