Chapter 208: Old and Young Happy
Football matches with big reversals are always available but not available, and sometimes even if you try hard, you can't change the situation you lose. This sentence is very suitable for Manchester United now, the Red Devils after falling behind by one goal can not be said to have worked hard, and they have indeed created some chances, but sometimes it depends on some luck to score goals. When Cristiano Ronaldo's long-range shot in the 79th minute of the second half was blocked by John Terry and others again, the helpless expression on his face was a kind of ironclad fact that the Red Devils were gone.
Of course, if they could suddenly equalise before Chelsea scored their second goal of the game, it would have been different. But it was too difficult for them to make the final assault on Chelsea with a 10-man squad. Although Ferguson made immediate substitutions when Park Ji-sung was sent off, doing his best to maintain and even strengthen United's attacking force, it was a drop in the bucket. The accelerated consumption of overall physical fitness cannot be solved by replacing a few new players.
In such a situation, as time went on, the scales of victory began to move irreversibly in Chelsea's favor. It wasn't until the 83rd minute of the second half that Chelsea finally seized a counter-attacking opportunity to extend the advantage to two goals, and the goddess of victory finally threw herself into the arms of Chelsea.
When Drogba stopped Ray's long-range pass and pushed it into Van der Sar's goal, the whole of Old Trafford was filled with an atmosphere of loneliness in the name of losing. All the discerning people know what this goal means, it was a goal that killed the game. The miracle at the Camp Nou is indeed beautiful, but it is difficult to replicate, and at this time, even Ferguson may not believe that such a miracle will visit Manchester United for the second time.
But even so, Manchester United, who are also known for their comebacks, have not given up and are still maintaining their traditions. And one of the things that makes Lao Lei admire Manchester United is exactly this, this is a team with magic. In the face of the increasingly desperate momentum of Ronaldo and Rooney, Lao Lei restrained the ease that had just arisen and devoted himself to the game again. For opponents who deserve to be respected, we must go all out, which is Lao Lei's belief all along.
After Manchester United restarted, 10-man Manchester United used a magnificent momentum to temporarily suppress Chelsea and launched wave after wave of attacks. In such a situation, coupled with their luxurious attacking line, Lao Lei and the whole Chelsea team dare not take it lightly.
In the 85th minute of the second half, Essien, who had replaced Claude Makelele in the 80th minute, fouled Cristiano Ronaldo 31 metres from goal, giving Ronaldo a free-kick in the front field that suited him in the best position. When the national team was training, Lao Lei watched Ronaldo's special training free kick on the training ground. With a huge amount of power, a quick drop in front of the goal and a fluctuating trajectory, even Lao Lei had to admit that this was a very powerful free kick, comparable to his free kick on the outside of his instep.
Looking at Ronaldo with a solemn face in front of the ball, Lao Lei was in a trance for a while, because he had seen such a face many times, this was a look of gritting his teeth and making up his mind to do something. Although he knew that the percentage of free kicks from this distance was not much higher in any case, he just had a premonition of uneasiness in his heart for no reason. At this point, it was too late for him to say anything to Cech and his team-mates who had formed the wall.
This time, Lao Lei's intuition was correct again. With a loud thud, the ball went over the wall of Chelsea players and headed straight for the top right corner of the Chelsea gate. Just looking at the momentum of the football, Cech was in his heart, and immediately made a save, not daring to slack off in the slightest. If the shot was within Petr Cech's expected range when the ball had just plummeted. When the football suddenly drifted left and right in the process of falling, it was completely beyond his expectations. Petr Cech was completely caught off guard and as a result, the ball went straight into the net at the right-hand post.
It was a late hour, but it was still a powerful shot in the arm for Manchester United and the entire Old Trafford stadium. In an instant, the flame of frantic celebration burned here. Although it was slim, the hope of victory was indeed beginning to shine back here.
For such a conceded goal, Lao Lei and the whole Chelsea team are a little helpless, this is a free kick that cannot be prevented. Although the full confidence in winning this game has not diminished in the slightest, people are always creatures who don't like troublesome things. All of a sudden, they had to face an even crazier Red Devils.
This point can be fully reflected from the fact that Rooney did not celebrate with Ronaldo at all, but used the momentum of snatching relatives to directly knock the football down from Cech's heart. Lu Xiaopang, who has always had a big temper, did not respond to Cech who scolded him at all this time, but grabbed the football and ran towards the center circle as if he was angry. In addition, Ronaldo, who has always liked to be in the limelight, did not pose on the pitch to celebrate this time, but kept waving his teammates to return to their positions quickly, so that the game could start again.
The same burning heat in the eyes of the two young players made people see the Red Devils Manchester United who reversed the king in 99. He was reluctant to admit it, but he was already aware that he was looking down on this Manchester United team, and maybe it would take him less time to return to its heyday than he expected, or maybe just this season would be enough. Looking at the figures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, he seemed to see the skeleton and flag of Manchester United in the future.
Lao Lei's judgment is very correct, if you want to ask why, just look at the upturned corners of Ferguson's mouth that can't be concealed on the sidelines at this time. Compared with the childlike celebration when the goal is scored, the smile on the corner of the mouth at this time is more lingering and full of flavor. The "Old Foxes" knew they had won again, and he proved once again that he was the king of this team, that he was the indispensable one, not the Beckham of the past, and Keane of the present.
However, they were happy and excited, and old Lei Ke was unwilling. That is the stepping stone for Manchester United's re-emergence, I'm sorry, Lao Lei said that he is not a person with such noble sentiments when he starts again. As soon as he turned around, punched, and roared, Lao Lei, who couldn't see his opponent, immediately began to revive the morale of the team, and did not intend to have any unexpected possibility of capsizing in the gutter.
After the restart of the game, the Manchester United players came back to life as if they had eaten a perfect pill, and they actually formed a siege on Chelsea again with this breath. Against the backdrop of the magnificent Manchester United team anthem, it showed a heroic song of generosity and tragedy.
But just when everyone's eyes lit up, expecting another super reversal from Manchester United, Lao Lei stood up again and played the role of spoiler. After throwing Frenchman Saha off to Frank Lampard who dropped back to help defence, Ray began to emerge as a Chelsea libero in defence, darting all over the pitch in his own half to block the attacking red.
In the 87th minute of the second half, it was he who used a beautiful tackle to keep the ball and block Ronaldo's shot after another inward breakthrough, so that Ronaldo, who couldn't stop the car, came to eat. Then, by the way, he also used the ball protection action of dribbling the ball in place, so that Ronaldo, who immediately got up and grabbed back, was so impatient that he directly knocked him down. In the end, it was he who slowly got up with a smile on his face after he had already collapsed on the grass for a while, despite the boos of the audience.
In the 89th minute, it was he who cut off Saha's pass to Lu Xiaopang in the box. After being fouled by Lu Xiaopang again, he fell to the ground, so that Lu Xiaopang couldn't pull up. In the end, even the red-eyed Lu Xiaopang once again clashed with the Chelsea players who rushed up to push him away to protect Lao Lei. It can be said that the last clash of this game was also planned by him.
After his series of successful defenses and small movements, the regular 90 minutes were finally completed. But then, Ferguson's time power was on full display when a fourth official on the sidelines held up a sign showing a 4 and United were given plenty of stoppage time.
But that's all there is to it, and everyone can see that the morale of Manchester United has just begun to fade and they have lost their best and last equalizer. Then, if they want to equalize, they can only pray that Lady Luck will favor them.
Sure enough, after the game went into stoppage time, United could no longer hold Chelsea down, and football began to return to Chelsea's control. At this time, although Lao Lei has also withdrawn from the state of the devil's muscles, if he only controls football, his strength is still enough.
As a result, such a scene took place on the pitch, with the heavy Manchester United players running feebly along with the football, while the Chelsea players, led by Lao Lei, were as relaxed as tourists. In the second minute of stoppage time, Lu Xiaopang and Ronaldo, who were the best in the Manchester United team, suddenly surrounded Lao Lei.
They were menacing, but Lao Lei easily resolved their encirclement. After the ball rolled between his feet for a round, Ray suddenly threw his right heel against the ball, allowing the ball to roll accurately to Terry's feet from an angle that he couldn't see.
Playing these offensive and defensive weak is obviously cool, and Lao Lei, who has a calm face, is already refreshed at this time. "Alas, this time I played on the two of you at once, this day is really lonely as snow." Before swimming again and leaving, Lao Lei left this sentence clearly in the ears of Ronaldo and Rooney. Their reactions and looks, Lao Lei didn't see it, only heard two "hums" that made him feel crooked. In an instant, Lao Lei had a feeling of refreshment after drinking ice water on nine dog days.
However, just when Lao Lei thought that this was the most comfortable sentence he said in today's game, Reality Dog slapped him hard again.
In the third minute of stoppage time, Duff cleverly kicked the ball to their feet under pressure from the Manchester United players to win a touchline ball that happened to be next to Lord Fergus.
This time, it was Lao Lei who came to serve this sideline ball.
And just as he was about to throw the football, Ferguson's voice was full of anger and refused to admit defeat.
"Run, run, do you want to give up?! Yes!! ”
"Press it up! Press it up! Forget about defending! ”
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Faced with the undiminished fighting spirit of this old man like a young man, Lao Lei suddenly became a provocative interest while admiring it.
"Hey, old man, do you think you can still win?"
"Boy, hurry up and serve, it's not your turn to evaluate me!"
"As long as you're old, you can be judged."
"Shit! Referee, he still doesn't serve, don't you care?! ”
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The little one hugged the football with a wicked smile on his face, the old man blushed and his neck was thick and majestic, and the old man and the young man were fighting in full view of everyone.
"Oh roar, what are they talking about? Lip Expert! Where's the lip expert?! You've got work to do again! It's still a good job! ”
"I'm going to keep this scene, hahaha, it's so interesting."
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At this time, the old and the young, who were still arguing, did not realize that they had become the focus of everyone's attention.
It also became the most interesting scene in the highlights of the game.
One old and one young, contrasting with each other. R1152