Chapter 32: Madness
The boos at the City Stadium were even louder.
Sean was a little helpless.
As the fourth official, his main task is to maintain the "harmony" of the court as much as possible, in a sense, the fourth official is the referee on the sidelines, although he has no actual authority other than the role of "small report". Ferguson's applause, given that this is City's home stadium and the role City played in the decision just now, it is clear that this is not a "harmonious" thing. But, what can Sean do? The simple action of applauding is not out of the warning range, because many times, applause is just a kind of irony, and there is no shortage of players on the football field who have eaten ruby cards because of applause, but Ferguson's current applause may have ulterior motives, but it is definitely not sarcasm.
Sean had to turn his gaze to Linson, he couldn't control Ferguson's ignition, but he had to prevent Linsen from catching fire, although this age was not even half of Ferguson, if he changed into a jersey and ran on the field, almost no one would know that he was the young coach of the head coach, and he was a little surprised by the maturity just now.
Lin Sen saw Ferguson's applause, but he wasn't going to take it. What he could think of, Ferguson naturally wanted, what he wanted to avoid was exactly what Ferguson wanted, how could he possibly bump into it.
Martin Taylor, who has been following the development of the situation, has already studied the replay of the goal just scored for a long time at this time, but he is also "cunning" and does not give a conclusion, but the usual words: the more offside, the millimeter. Because at the moment of Yaya Toure's pass, Di Maria and Rio Ferdinand, who were dragged by Manchester United at the end, were almost on the same line, and in slow motion, Di Maria only poked out half of his head.
Let's just say that in most cases, it's going to be a good shot. Of course, only if you run into a good linesman.
Obviously, City's luck was not good.
Lin Sen's "indifference" made Ferguson a little disappointed. But he soon found that things were still going in the direction he had hoped.
Manchester City, who was blown away for a goal, obviously became a little impatient, standing on the sidelines and always paying attention to the changes in his players' feelings, Lin Sen frowned, in the eyes of outsiders, he called the Manchester City players who passed in front of him several times to "teach face-to-face", but in fact, he was just calming people's hearts. It's just that such a stable way. Apparently just expediency.
Seventy-eight minutes into the game, after Di Maria was unceremoniously shown a yellow card by the referee with a ferocious sliding tackle, seeing that Di Maria actually tried to appeal to the referee, Linsen turned back and walked to the bench, and soon, the fourth official raised a substitution sign on the sidelines.
Royce up, Di Maria down.
A well-timed counterpoint substitution.
The fans applauded Di Maria's downfall as he was the number one contributor to City's current lead. Di Maria, who left the game, raised his hand and applauded in response to the applause of the fans, but his face was not good.
But now. Lin Sen didn't have much heart to care about Di Maria's affection.
2-1 is a dangerous scoreline, especially when the opponent's morale is high when the goal is pulled back. With a one-goal lead and there is still time in the game, each coach has his own answer to the question of what choice the leading side should make. Continue to attack or start defending, each option can succeed or fail, and the risk is equal, in this case. The judgment of the shape of the game is particularly important.
As for Linson, he has no intention of changing his game strategy, and Manchester City are still on the pitch maintaining their rhythm from the start. This is not a big deal, but no matter in time or shape, Manchester City has not yet reached the Cheng dù that can only be strictly defended.
But this time, Lin Sen lost the bet, at least, in the eyes of many, he made the wrong choice.
Manchester City still has a slight advantage in attack and defense with Manchester United, but in the 88th minute of the game, a simple defensive counterattack through Guò, only five passes, Manchester United completed the pass from their own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area, and then, the "little pea" Hernandez, who had just come on as a substitute for Berbatov, saved Manchester United.
When "Little Pea" sent the ball into the City goal, Ferguson jumped up like a child on the sidelines.
The cheers of the few United fans suddenly became the only sound at the City Stadium, while silence was staged at the MCFC Bar, as were the many other Bars where Manchester City fans gathered.
They were two goals ahead but were eventually equalised.
Although Manchester City also played the same thing on the other side last season, and even overtook the score, but at this time, the role jump, not as Manchester City fans feel that it is fair, but difficult to accept.
With stoppage time and perhaps less than five minutes left, United have once again maintained their tradition of never giving up, and they stubbornly levelled the score after falling behind by two goals...... Martin Taylor did not regret that Manchester City were equalised, it was time for Manchester United to be played, and at the same time, the live footage of the game was given to Linson.
Instead of being in a daze on the sidelines, Lin Sen let all the fans appreciate his disappointment, he walked straight back to the dugout, and then, soon two players got up at the same time to warm up.
Manchester United, who equalised, did not celebrate in a big way, Hernandez did not even celebrate briefly after the goal, but rushed directly into the net to pick up the football, and then quickly rushed to the center circle. Although he is just a rookie in Manchester United, a small gesture can already show that Hernandez already has a certain temperament of Manchester United.
Never give up?
Equalising is not the ultimate goal of Manchester United, their goal is to overtake!
The stands at the City Stadium quickly responded to the opponent's goal with overwhelming boos, but the boos could not affect Manchester United on the field.
Lin Sen, who should have been the most lost on the sidelines, gave the most direct response with his actions.
"Suarez! Adriano! ”
Martin Taylor, who was still thinking about Lin Sen just now, would it be too late to change the defensive player if he thought about it at this time, and suddenly exclaimed when he saw the Manchester City players standing on the sidelines and ready to play.
"Replace David Luiz, Zabaleta! My God! Replace two defenders, replace two strikers, and hopefully Lin knows what he's doing! You know, he's facing Manchester United, and it's a morale-boosting Manchester United team! ”
Not only Martin Taylor, but even Ferguson, who is accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves on the sidelines, doesn't know what Linson wants to do with such a "crazy" move, even if Manchester United has just equalized, but this is just a draw, right?
The truth is, as for!
Lin Sen certainly knew what he was doing.
After Hernandez's goal, everyone was thinking about how Manchester City, who had abandoned the good situation, should hold on to the last point, but what Linson thought was that one point for Manchester City, in addition to making Manchester City's fans feel a little better psychologically, is not of much significance to Manchester City's current league situation, Manchester City will still maintain the gap with Manchester United, and then be left behind by Chelsea.
How can this make him accept?
On the other hand, the replacement of two forwards for two defenders, it seems that Manchester City has become a crazy formation of three, three, two, two, but in fact, replacing Zabaleta, Bale's position will be appropriately retreated, and in the final stage when necessary, a cameo in the position of right-back, and the replacement of David Luiz, Xavi Martinez's position will also be withdrawn when necessary, acting as a central defender.
So, this qiē is indeed crazy, but it is by no means completely irrational.
Lin Sen's "madness" was exchanged for five crazy minutes.
In the 90th minute, taking advantage of Manchester City's unstable formation, Manchester United scored the third goal, also from Hernandez, who was like a civet in the penalty area, accurately found Scholes's through pass, and then sent the ball into the door of Manchester City.
The entire city stadium fell silent while Alex Ferguson danced on the sidelines again.
"Lin Sen still paid the price for his crazy move after all...... Martin Taylor felt that it was completely Lin Sen's own fault for Manchester United's stunner, however, his complaint was not even finished, and the game ushered in the final climax.
Ninety-third minute, the last minute of the game.
Manchester City pressed all over the line, Suarez, who pulled to the left, connected two Manchester United players, forced the ball to cross, almost into a pot of porridge in the Manchester United penalty area, Vidic grabbed the first point to push the ball out, but this time it was Manchester United's players who grabbed the landing point, Javi Martinez shot directly from a distance, the ball was blocked by Vidic again, but this time he blocked the ball in front of Adriano, how could Adriano give up such an opportunity?
Referee Webber has already put the whistle to his lips and all it takes is a big kick from a Manchester United player for him to blow the whistle for the end of the game.
The whistle eventually blew but it was the whistle for the goal.
It was as if a volcano had erupted in the stands.
"I can't believe it! Can't believe it! I can't believe it......" Martin Taylor's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "Manchester City equalized in the final moments of the game!" It's hard to believe that United were on the verge of a perfect revenge for their defeat here last season, but City said no in the last minute! It's an unbelievable game! ”
"The score is 3-3, please forgive me for being arbitrary, but I believe it should be the final score and we need to thank both teams for putting on a good game for us!"
……
The final score was exactly 3-3.
The first score is not the final score, but the beginning of the ending is the final ending, and no one loses.
In a game, the two sides exchanged identities several times in the game, whether it was for Manchester United fans or Manchester City fans, this may not be the result they wanted, and it can even be said that this is a lose-lose result, but in terms of process, it is precisely this kind of game that will make people say that sentence fiercely.
Football is wonderful, football is damn good. (To be continued......)