Chapter 431: Battle for Old Trafford (6)
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“Goooooal! Ronaldo! Ronaldo scored twice! Now Fiorentina are 3-1 up at Old Trafford over Manchester United! The commentator's high-pitched voice has a tendency to break through the sky, "Manchester United are in a very dangerous situation right now!" Fiorentina have already scored three valuable away goals at Old Trafford, and in that case, even if United complete a super-comeback with the remainder of the game, they will be in a very awkward position when it comes to the second leg between the two sides. What's more, it would be almost impossible for any team to score three or more goals in less than half time while also preventing Fiorentina's players from continuing to score. ”
The commentator is right, since the beginning of this season until now, although Fiorentina has also lost games, but only one game Fiorentina conceded four goals, and that was because they ran into a man with a lot of personality, Otero.
It is obviously very difficult for these players to do this, and Andy Cole is indeed a prolific goalscorer, as evidenced by the record of 34 league goals he scored in a single season during his time at Newcastle. However, while Andy Kerr can score, one of his most pitiful features is that he wastes more scoring chances than goals in crucial games. Later England boss Manuel Hoddle was right to say that Andy Cole was the kind of striker who only needs to take one out of five.
As for Cantona, who is revered as "The King" by Manchester United fans, after being rejected by national team manager Jacques several times to join the team, especially in the absence of the European Championship in England, Cantona is soberly aware that his dream of the Shijie Cup in '98 has been completely shattered. The huge psychological gap made Cantona depressed and disheartened, and although he tried his best to save and promised to help the "Young Guard" team again after Ferguson's efforts, the good and bad form of the game showed that Cantona's mind was no longer focused on football. This can be seen in the sharp drop in the number of goals scored by Cantona this season.
Therefore, it can be quite difficult for Manchester United to complete the comeback at home.
However, it is clear that the United players will not give up on the game because of the difficulty of the comeback, and with two goals down at home, they are still running on the pitch, battling with the Fiorentina players for every chance they can get the ball.
The hard work of the United players paid off when Keane stepped up in the 64th minute to intercept Di Biagio's cross to Redondo and immediately distribute the ball to David Beckham on the right.
Xiaobei did not hesitate or dribble the ball after receiving the ball, and directly used his own cross stunt, and passed the ball to the Fiorentina penalty area with an accurate curve ball!
Andy Cole, who had been cruising in the box for a long time, jumped high against the ball, pressed Nesta, who was defending behind him, and flicked the ball to the left side of the pitch!
Giggs finally won the speed this time in the pace of Zambrotta, who had been marking him, and got the pass from Andy Cole first, and Giggs, who had been entangled with Zambrotta for most of the game, knew that Fiorentina's return speed was very fast, and if he delayed a little, he could be caught up by the opponent and disrupt Manchester United's attack.
Therefore, Giggs did not stop the ball and did not choose to break through with the ball, but curled a ball with his left foot and kicked the ball towards the Fiorentina penalty area again!
This time it was Cantona who received Giggs's cross in the box, and he jumped high to meet the ball and got in front of Ferrara with a flick of the header!
Toldo, who was in front of the goal, moved quite widely, and a sideways pounce on the ground blocked the ball!
However, Toldo's save ball bounced and rolled at the feet of Andy Cole, who then lifted his foot and fired a shot!
However, Cole's shot flew high over the crossbar under the watchful eyes of both players......
Ferguson was so angry on the sidelines that he yelled, you know, Cole's shooting location was less than five meters away from Fiorentina's goal, and he could hit an anti-aircraft gun in the face of such an empty goal?! It's harder to kick the ball off than it is to kick it in!
As a result, Andy Cole was replaced by Alex Ferguson for this kick, and the substitute was Norwegian striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
At first, Fiorentina's players did not pay enough attention to the Norwegian who had just come on the pitch, after all, they had never heard of the striker who played in the Norwegian league last season, and Zhuang Mingge also forgot that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came to Manchester United this season when discussing with Capello, and he thought that the Norwegian would not move to Manchester United until another two years.
In this way, Zhuang Mingge did not remind Capello to be careful of the Norwegian killer, and Capello naturally did not inform the players of the danger of Solskjaer when he arranged his tactics before the game.
So, in the 69th minute, the Fiorentina players paid the price for their indifference, Beckham's cross went over the heads of Ferrara and Nesta, and landed exactly in front of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who appeared behind them at some point, and the Norwegian certainly did not waste this great opportunity to score, and scored with a comfortable push from six meters in front of the goal to make the score 2-3!
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's goal-grabbing shot made many Fiorentina players feel as if they were in the shadow of their team-mate Filippo Inzaghi, and this association finally made them realize that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was also a good goalscorer; Meantime. Fabio Capello's somber face also made the Fiorentina players realise that if their negligence led to a win on the road that should have been won on the road, a storm awaited them.
In any case, you can't let Capello's anger take out on your own head! This was the consensus of all Fiorentina players at the time.
So, just when United's players had just seen a glimmer of victory thanks to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's goal, Ronaldo, who had already scored twice in the game, scored Fiorentina's fourth goal of the game in the 73rd minute with a brilliant long-distance run!
Ferguson sighed helplessly when he saw the aliens start from the centre circle of the pitch and beat Ryan Giggs, Keane, Erwin, Parliste and goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel in succession along the way to send the ball into the empty net.
After seeing Ronaldo's goal, the stubborn Scottish red-nosed old man had a premonition for no reason: I'm afraid that the quarterfinals are the end of Manchester United's Champions Cup......