Chapter Seventy-Two: Manchester United in Confusion
Fiorentina took the lead, causing Manchester United to panic and fail to knock on the Fiorentina goal for ten minutes in a row, only to score in the first threatening attack.
Do you want to lose again?
The thought flashed through the minds of all the Manchester United players, but they were quickly thrown aside, who are they?
But the famous Red Devils Manchester United!
The last time Fiorentina won was pure luck, and in the eyes of these big names of the Red Devils, Fiorentina are at best a bunch of nouveau riche hillbillies, and what they can do is only a three-board axe at best.
But the problem now is that even if people only have three axes, they come up to fight, and the first axe is chopped down, Manchester United can't parry it, and the big gun in his hand is smashed by others, and his head is smashed into a rotten watermelon.
Now if Manchester United continues to seek stability, it is obviously not good, the score is behind, can only launch an attack, at this time, Ferguson arranged the second drawback of Giggs's debut appeared, just now it is defending, can't defend, now it's attacking, can't attack.
Ferguson sent Giggs in the starting lineup, originally hoping to use the experience of veterans to help sort out the midfield and ensure possession, but now the biggest problem is that Giggs is under the pressure of Fiorentina players, even if he gets the ball, he can only choose to pass back, and basically can't help the team's attack.
In the sixteenth minute of the game, Manchester United's defense once again had a hole, after Mutu took the ball on the right side, quickly cut inside, 20 meters from the goal, left-footed volley, rubbed by Van der Sar's fingers, slightly off the near post, Van der Sar roared loudly, expressing dissatisfaction with the team's defense.
Evra, who was supposed to be keeping an eye on Mutu just now, evaporated, and Giggs's return defense was not in place, allowing Mutu to get the opportunity to shoot, although he failed to score, but the overall routine of this attack has been fully played.
Fiorentina's corner was headed straight to the back post by Digan and Digan beat Ferdinand and leaped high to head over the crossbar.
Fiorentina continued to keep the pressure on United, who could only threaten Fiorentina from set-pieces most of the time, and in the 23rd minute, Giggs took a corner from the left, and Camuro was eight meters in front of goal, heading high, and counting this shot, Camuro alone had six of United's first eight shots on goal.
In the next game, Fiorentina firmly controlled the midfield, Manchester United was difficult to find a breakthrough, and Ferguson on the sidelines was also frowning, today's Fiorentina made him completely incomprehensible, originally thought that Fiorentina would choose to defend and counterattack, after all, in the previous games, Fiorentina was like this, but today Fiorentina showed the world their completely different side, attacking, attacking, non-stop attacking.
The most surprising thing is that Fiorentina, who never paid attention to possession in the past and only emphasized the speed of attacking advancement, has now played control, and Fiorentina's control tactics are even better than Barcelona, which pursues TikiTaka.
In the 38th minute, Montolivo picked up a pass for Digan in the penalty area, and Ferdinand grabbed the ball before Digan got the ball and performed a thrilling "scorpion tail swing" to clear the siege, and the fans in the stands couldn't help but let out an exclamation when they saw this scene.
In the 45th minute, Digan took advantage of his speed, forced Ferdinand, burst into the left side of the penalty area and made a low cross, Van der Sar fell to the ground to save the ball and got rid of it, and Mutu, who was outflanked at the back point, was too far away, although he hooked the football, but before he could shoot, he was cleared by Vidic first.
At the end of the first half, the two teams entered the half-time break, Ferguson made a decisive substitution, replacing Anderson with Tevez, and Park Ji-sung switched to the left side, intending to strengthen the attack.
But Ferguson's idea was good, but when the game restarted, it didn't work out much, Tevez had an impact, but against Kompany and Thiago. Silva's two-man iron gate, his impact is simply not exerted.
Seeing that the move didn't work, Ferguson made another change, allowing Golden Mulo to move to the middle, and Rooney changed to a winger position, hoping to break down Fiorentina's frontal defence through Golden Mauro's skill and speed.
But as a result, Manchester United has no orthodox center forward, although Camero's individual ability is very strong, but his characteristics need to have enough sprint space to play, once caught in the positional battle, standing to play is obviously not Camaro's master, the initiative of the game is still in the hands of Fiorentina.
Three minutes into the second half, Modric sent a through ball in the middle, Digan scurried to the left, cut into the penalty area and deceived Ferdinand with two consecutive smashes, and at 7 meters in front of the goal, he pushed the shot with his right foot at a small angle, which was blocked by the brave Van der Sar with his feet.
In the 50th minute, the Giggs midfielder was cut off again, Fiorentina quickly launched a counterattack, straight into the penalty area, Digan burst into the penalty area, received the ball and hit the goal directly, the ball hit the post and popped off the bottom line, Fiorentina missed an opportunity to expand the score.
A series of strong attacks finally allowed Fiorentina to be rewarded in the 65th minute, Digan took the ball on the left side of the penalty area and broke through, was hooked by Ferdinand, and the referee immediately blew the whistle and awarded Fiorentina a free kick.
In this position, Deegan was also sure to score the ball, but he still called Beckham over.
"David! How about you kick this ball? ”
Beckham was stunned, the first thought was to refuse, although he has left Manchester United for many years, but his feelings for Manchester United have never changed, although he is very much looking forward to this game, but into the old club's ball, he still can't pass this hurdle in his heart.
But in the face of Degan's gaze, Beckham hesitated for a moment and finally nodded in agreement, since he was now wearing the purple lily robe, he had no other choice.
Moreover, Beckham has long been mentally prepared, this level will have to be passed sooner or later, it is just a matter of time or time, on the playing field, you can't be swayed by feelings.
"David. David Beckham stood in front of the ball, was he ready to take the free-kick himself? ”
When people saw this scene, they were all excited, everyone knew the status of Manchester United in Beckham's heart, and now facing his old club, Beckham will take the free kick himself.
Back then, Beckham's moon scimitar had made countless contributions to Manchester United, and now Beckham wants to fight back and use his best free kick to break through his old club's goal.
It's really getting more and more interesting!
Standing in front of the football, waiting for the referee's whistle, Beckham looked at the Manchester United players standing in front of him, with a nervous face, as if he was in a lifetime, once the weapon of Manchester United's scoring was now about to fall on the head of Manchester United.
Breathe deeply!
Beckham calmed himself down, glanced at the goal, the distance from the wall, and put aside all distractions.
Ferguson on the sidelines couldn't help but be a little nervous, Beckham's free kick is powerful, he is very clear, what worries him the most is that if Beckham scores this goal, what will the media say after the game?
The referee's whistle is blowing!
Beckham lowered his head, ran two steps, then slammed his left foot on the ground, swung his right leg, drew his bow and shot an arrow, with all his strength, and a volley hit the right side of the bottom of the ball, and the ball flew up in an instant, with a sharp spin, towards the Manchester United goal.
The United defenders were unable to get their hands on the ball despite their best efforts to leap up, and Van der Sar made a judgment and moved towards the left side of the goal.
After the ball crossed the goal, it plummeted, and although Van der Sar judged it correctly, the ball was too fast and at a very tricky angle, aiming directly at the top left corner of the goal and flying over.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!”
A roar came out in countless live broadcast rooms, and the Fiorentina fans in the goal stands were completely crazy, while those Manchester United fans were dumbfounded, they didn't know what to do at this time?
Once, every time Beckham sent such a wonderful free-kick and scored directly into the classic shot, it was their happiest moment, but now, his heart is full of bitterness.
Beckham was stunned at first after confirming that the goal had been scored, he felt that he should celebrate, after all, it was the first time he had scored in the Champions League final, but for some reason, he couldn't be happy.
Kill your faith with your own hands!
This feeling made Beckham's mood extremely heavy, and he just stood in place in a daze, and all his teammates around him pounced.
“2:0! Beckham's direct free-kick goal helped Fiorentina take a two-goal lead, and I believe that Beckham himself is the most complicated feeling now! His goal is likely to kill the game completely, the only difference is that it was Manchester United who benefited before, but this time Beckham stabbed his beloved team with his own hands! ”
"Be happy! David! It's normal, as long as you're still playing, you're always going to have to get through it! ”
When Beckham heard this, he just nodded blankly, once such a scene, he had fantasized countless times, at that time he felt that as a professional player, maybe he could face it very calmly, but when this moment really came, he found that he was not so strong, especially when he saw the depressed expressions of the Manchester United players opposite, Beckham's eyes couldn't help but feel sour.
Maybe from now on, Beckham is really going to say goodbye to everything he once had!