Chapter 465: Conceding a penalty
'His shot in front of the box reminds me of a guy β David.
This is what Ferguson said to his defenders before the game, and the "he" in his mouth is Tang Zhenglong.
Alex Ferguson said that David Beckham took free-kicks in training, scoring seven or eight times out of 10, and that astonishing accuracy was only attainable by Tang Zhenglong.
So Ferguson gave a death order and never gave Tang Zhenglong a chance to shoot with his feet in front of the penalty area.
Tang Zhenglong had "ball path correction", but there was no chance to shoot with his feet at all.
It's like shooting a three-pointer on the basketball court, even if the accuracy rate is 100%, but the feeling of eating a block before you make a shot is the same.
"Tang Zhenglong turned around, he wanted to shoot."
"But Carrick is like kraft candy, and Brown is coming up."
"There's no chance."
Tang Zhenglong still didn't have a chance to shoot, and a smile appeared on the corner of Ferguson's mouth.
"Well done, kids!"
That's when Alain walked over to Moyes.
"David, maybe we should learn from our opponents."
"What do you mean?"
"Learn how we dealt with Cristiano Ronaldo in the first leg."
"What do you want to say?"
"We also need to match Tang Zhenglong with a Rooney."
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"But where do I go to find Rooney?"
Alain looked at the Dutchman Van der Meyde.
"I think he could."
"You mean to replace Anichebe?"
Alain nodded.
"Andy usually has a good relationship with Tang Zhenglong, I often see them training together, maybe the tacit understanding between them can be much better."
Moyes was skeptical.
But Anichebe is really not good, he has been on the bench for a long time, his self-confidence is gone, Van der Meyde is different, at least he was a Dutch winger, the pride of Ajax.
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"Everton want to make a substitution? It's only 25 minutes into the first half, is David a little anxious? β
'It was Donny van der Meyde, who came on as a starting striker.
After Van der Meyde ran on the field, he whispered a few words to Tang Zhenglong, and Ferguson was not idle here.
There was a substitution in the first half, so it was definitely a tactical substitution, and it seems that Moyes made a move.
The ball got to Arteta's feet.
The Spaniard handed the ball to Tang Zhenglong, and Manchester United still pounced on several defenders.
Tang Zhenglong quickly split the ball to the side.
Van der Meyde took the ball and he used his speed to run forward quickly.
The Dutch winger was like a sharp knife to cut through the left side of Manchester United, and then Van der Meyde looked at it, and just as he was looking to the middle, Ferguson was also looking at the middle of his penalty area.
"No one grabbed points?"
It's strange that Everton's flanks have broken through, but no one is grabbing points in the middle, what the hell is this?
At this moment, I saw Tang Zhenglong plugging in at high speed.
Carrick and Brown are following, but without the ball, the two can't do anything to Tang Zhenglong.
Ferguson understood that Van der Meyde was not going to cross, but to stuff the ball to Tang Zhenglong.
Sure enough, in the middle of running at high speed, the ball passed.
As soon as Tang Zhenglong received the ball, he immediately braked sharply, and at this time, Carrick and Brown behind him were dumbfounded, this is to chase the tail.
Sure enough, the two bumped into Tang Zhenglong's body one after another.
Ferguson was dumbfounded.
It's in the forbidden area......
The referee did not hesitate to point to the penalty spot.
David Moyes and Alain high-fived each other.
Ferguson looked at his opponent, "That's too thief." β
Tang Zhenglong stood up and patted Carrick, "Thank you for following so closely." β
Carrick was about to vomit blood.
Penalty kick!
"This ball should be kicked by Tang Zhenglong."
But what he didn't expect was that Tang Zhenglong picked up the ball and handed it to Van der Meyde.
"Don, what are you doing here?"
"Andy, I know you, in fact, your level has always been there, but Inter Milan has worn out your self-confidence, I hope you can regain your self-confidence."
Hearing this, Van der Meyde felt the blood surging in his chest, a Dutchman, Ajax youth debut, must be proud in his heart, but the defeat at Inter Milan made Van der Meyde lost.
Donny van der Meyde patted Tang on the shoulder and then took the ball over to face his former Ajax team-mate Van der Sar.
Moyes and Alain looked at each other and smiled.
"These two guys are really good friends, Tang Zhenglong gave up all the penalties."
"Actually, except for the occasional unreliability, Tang is still good in other aspects."
"Haha."
Van der Meyde put the ball on the penalty spot and looked at Van der Sar.
The referee blows the whistle.
Van der Meyde started running.
Kicker.
Van der Meyde's shot seemed to sweep away the frustration of the past few years at Inter Milan, and with a burst of shots, the ball hit the middle and Van der Sar made a save.
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'Everton equalised.'
Van der Meyde rushed to Tang Zhenglong, and the two men hugged each other tightly, followed by more teammates rushing over and everyone hugged each other.
Ferguson's face turned pale.
I didn't expect to be equalized so soon, and it was a trick by Moyes, which made the always proud Ferguson super unhappy.
But what made Ferguson even more unhappy was that soon, the same tactic came again, Van der Meyde still pulled the side, and then did not go down, and waited for Tang Zhenglong to run forward after getting the ball.
"I rely on ......"
"Is Tang Zhenglong addicted to playing rear-end chasing?"
Carrick and Brown are bitter, what can they do? The speed is obviously Tang Zhenglong's fast, if you don't chase it, you can't do it, if you chase it...... What if Tang Zhenglong still brakes suddenly?
At that moment, Ferdinand stepped forward and shouted at his teammates, "I'm coming." β
Carrick and Brown immediately slowed down the pace of the pursuit, and at this point it became a one-on-one battle between Tang Zhenglong and Ferdinand.
Ferguson became nervous, Tang Zhenglong is very weird, is Ferdinand good?
Tang Zhenglong braked sharply after receiving the ball, and then prepared to make a penalty, but Ferdinand deserved to be the first central defender in the Premier League, he saw the opportunity and did not give Tang Zhenglong the opportunity to continue to dribble the ball, and stretched out his foot to poke the ball away.
Tang Zhenglong was dumbfounded.
"Hey, this product is different from those two!"
Ferdinand seemed to guess what Tang Zhenglong was thinking, and smiled slightly, "Don't think of me as Brown." β
Sweat!
"You've seen through it!"
Ferguson called Queiroz over.
"Do you think Tang Zhenglong is running faster?"
"Seems to be."
"But ......"
Queiroz doesn't think it's scientific.
"It's impossible for a player to have a significant increase in speed after a few months, right?"
Ferguson nodded, his eyes were vicious.
"I think Tang Zhenglong has not only improved his speed, but more importantly, he has become more mature in football."
"I don't think I'm that lazy."
"Huh."
"Compared to the last fight, I want to get Tang Zhenglong more now."
"But can Chelsea let him go?"
Ferguson laughed: "As long as you have enough money, I don't think it's a problem." β