Chapter 45: Red Army VS Red Devils (8)
The short fifteen-minute halftime break ended in a blink of an eye, and with the shouts of the fans, with the referee's whistle, the second half of the 8th round of the Premier League between Liverpool and Manchester United continued.
At the beginning, both sides did not score big goals, but took a tentative attack, which was also specially arranged by the coaches of both sides, after all, during the fifteen-minute halftime break, whether it was Ferguson or Lao Bei, they were worried that the other party would give their team any special tactics, so they strongly asked their players to cheer up, defend carefully, and test the opponent.
"Damn, it's an old fox, I'm really careful." Seeing that Manchester United, like his own team, insisted on focusing on defense at the beginning of the game, and was cautious and tentative, Lao Bei looked at Ferguson on the side and thought to himself.
"This Spaniard is not bad, not to mention anything else, the tactical arrangement is quite set." When Ferguson saw Liverpool's style of play, he couldn't help but look at Lao Bei on the side and thought to himself.
After a short period of temptation, the two sides began to work hard again, and for a while, the rhythm of the game became faster.
"O~ David was once again brought down by the damn Reese, this is a dangerous foul, the referee should show Reese a red card and send him off, this is a massacre." When Beckham was once again put down by Reese, the commentator couldn't help but say.
The referee didn't care about the commentator's words, although Reese did foul just now, but after all, the action was not big, and it was not dangerous, let alone a red card, even if it was a yellow card, there was no need. If you dare to show a red card to Riser and send him out of the game, don't dare to say anything else, at least tomorrow's front page will definitely say that he received black money from Manchester United, and he will affect the outcome of the game.
There was no big problem with Beckham, the referee only verbally warned Riese before awarding United a set-piece opportunity.
"Ao ~ This is a good opportunity, Manchester United led Liverpool in the first half by this set-piece, this time the penalty is still Beckham, the position is similar to the set-piece in the first half, I hope this time Manchester United can score again, let's wait quietly."
Obviously, the commentator's words were directed at the Liverpool players, and their purpose was to put pressure on the Liverpool players. Unfortunately, for veteran players like Liverpool, such an impact can be said to have no impact at all.
It was David Beckham who took a set-piece and headed for Ruud van Nistelrooy, who scored in the first half, but unfortunately the result was very different from the one in the first half. This time Hyypia didn't give Vanney any chance, and directly stuck Vanney behind him and gave the ball out.
"It's not good, Liverpool is going to start a quick counterattack again, hurry up and get back to defense." Seeing Hyypia give the ball to Gerrard, Gerrard ran a few meters with the ball and passed it directly to Murphy, Murphy immediately transferred the ball to the feet of Colwill on the left side, Colwill got the ball and began to run wildly, and at the same time George and Owen also began to slowly think about Colwill getting closer and ready to respond. The commentator couldn't help but say, wanting to mention the players of Manchester United.
In fact, there is no need for the commentator to remind them, Manchester United's players naturally know what to do and begin to desperately chase back, while Ferdinand, Silvestre, and Neville also began to retreat quickly, carefully preparing to stop the ball at Colwill's feet.
Neville didn't step forward at all this time to prepare for the follow-up shot and scramble for the header, after all, Colwill's speed and sharp breakthrough in the first half left a deep impact on Ferguson, just like Lao Bei asked Carragher not to go forward to assist and defend Giggs. Ferguson also asked Neville to defend Colwill first, so the current scene appeared. Otherwise, according to Manchester United's weak team, there must only be Ferdinand and Silvestre in Manchester United's backfield now, and they will definitely not be able to stop Liverpool's attack.
Giggs relied on his speed to quickly catch up with Cowill, but because his body was not as strong as Cowill, he was stuck behind Cowell and could not cut off the ball at Colwill's feet. But even so, Colwill was a little slower due to the interference of Ryan Giggs, which bought time for United to return to the defense.
Colwill was also well aware of the current situation, and seeing that he could not shake off Giggs, Colwill passed the ball to George on the side. After George got the ball, he passed it to Owen on the right side and continued to run forward.
"Two over one." When Ferdinand saw George's pass and continued to run, he suddenly heard the strikers' favorite way to play, and Ferdinand was so frightened that he quickly stuck to George's side to prevent George from accelerating.
In the face of George's pass, Owen took George's pass directly, originally planning to do a one-two, but seeing that George could not shake off Ferdinand, he gave up the idea. So Owen took the ball and began to run towards the left side of the goal, and the frightened Sylvester hurriedly followed.
When Sylvester caught up with Irving, Irving immediately smashed the ball, then pulled sideways, and immediately changed direction and ran wildly to the right. With Owen's dunk, Sylvester also completely lost his defense against Owen due to inertia, and at this moment an open field appeared in front of Owen's eyes, as long as Owen continued to move forward a distance of ten meters, he could enter the penalty area and complete the shot.
At this moment, except for the recent Silvestre, there is no Manchester United player around Owen, it can be said that Owen has formed a single ball at present, and it depends on how Owen handles this ball.
Sylvester chased desperately, but because he was pulled down by Owen at the beginning of the distance of more than three meters, although Sylvester's speed was very fast, compared to Owen, if he wanted to catch up with Owen who was three meters apart within ten meters, it was obviously impossible in time.
You must know that in the Liverpool team, George and Colwill can compete with Owen in speed, but when it comes to speed with the ball, I'm afraid neither of them can compare with Owen. Owen's speed with the ball is definitely the first in Liverpool and the top three in the Premier League.
In an instant, Owen had already entered the penalty area, and at this moment Owen could already choose to shoot, and Owen did plan to do so, you must know that now Sylvester is about to catch up, and if you don't shoot, let Sylvester catch up, the chance of shooting will be even smaller.
Facing Barthez, who had no choice but to attack, Owen showed a sneer. During this time, his good buddy George played so well that it seems that people all over the world have forgotten that Michael Owen is Liverpool's number one star and number one killer.
"Let's prove this ball to everyone, you know, Liverpool's number one striker is my Michael Owen." Thinking of this, Owen no longer hesitated, and shot directly with his foot, the ball almost grazed the ground and flew to the bottom left corner of the goal.
Barthez stretched out his feet and sat down on the ground, hoping to block Irving's shot. But because it was so close, the ball still went into the goal without a doubt.
“Cooooooooooooooal!!! Michael Owen, a beautiful counter-attack by Liverpool, scored the equaliser by Michael Owen. ”
In the 11th minute of the second half, with a quick counterattack by Liverpool and Owen's goal, the entire Old Trafford stadium suddenly fell silent.
In the entire Old Trafford stadium, only a few thousand Liverpool fans who came from afar cheered loudly, and from the game to the present, they have been suppressed by Manchester United fans by relying on the large number of people. Now, with Owen's goal, it made all Manchester United fans shut their mouths and finally took a bad breath for themselves.