Chapter 1022 Lock the champion
In the VIP box, Joel rushed out excitedly and shouted, celebrating at the fans like ordinary fans outside.
Glazer's eldest son Evram has always been steady, but at this time he couldn't help but stand up excitedly and applauded at the stadium.
"This Chinese high school is really capable, and it doesn't seem that this name was hyped up by the media."
Evram thought to himself.
Manchester United manager David Jill knew that the boss's eldest son was not very satisfied with Manchester United's sky-high salary renewal, so he took the opportunity to say: "Gao Xiaodong broke the deadlock and the final score this season. Without him, it would be impossible for us to play all three lines to the end."
Evram knew that David Gill was defending his signing, but even though he realized that Gao Xiaodong was indeed capable, Evram still did not think that Gao Xiaodong deserves such a high annual salary.
"Don't you often say that Manchester United is the most team-oriented team?"
Evram Road.
David Jill was a little embarrassed, but he was immediately covered up and said, "The team and the individual complement each other, and superstars can make the team better."
Evram smiled faintly and said nothing.
After scoring the goal, Manchester United did not completely relax. The old players were experienced and knew that this was the most dangerous time. Stoke City was desperate and jumped over the wall. If you were accidentally bitten, it would be troublesome. There was not much time left. To be safe, it would just shrink back to fight Stoke City's counterattack.
Although this is a bit of a loss of face, the previous 100-minute tough battle has caused Manchester United players to suffer. Now they don’t want to leave any chance for Stoke City.
After the kick-off in the middle circle, Manchester United did not continue to press forward except for the forward players. Everyone sat in the backcourt and waited for Stoke City players to attack.
Seeing this scene, Ferguson nodded secretly, relaxed, and was very happy that the disciples had arrived.
In fact, in the game, the head coach cannot control everything, and even has the influence of the captain, because the noise on the court is very loud, the coach's orders cannot be conveyed to the players' ears, and there is no time to tell the players their ideas completely. The most effective way for them to influence the game is to substitutions, but there are only three substitutions.
So seeing his players calm down and guarding the back to play Stoke City's counterattack, Ferguson was very satisfied, and he also thought this was the most correct and safe choice.
Apart from offense, Stoke City has no way out, and it is one goal behind the score, with only 20 minutes left. Their only hope for winning the championship is to score a goal and then defend to the penalty shootout.
Stoke City naturally knew how powerful the opponent was, otherwise they would not have set up the iron barrel formation from the beginning to defend the dead. Therefore, even if they attacked, they would not dare to go out in full swing, and that would only die faster. Only half of their players had overwhelmed the center circle, and the back line was still in their half.
Seeing the Stoke City players attacking in a panic, Manchester United players felt so comfortable. It was like eating an ice cream on a hot day. They thought to themselves, "Now it's time for you to taste the iron barrel array, and it's an iron barrel array with extremely strong attack power."
Even if Stoke City players left almost a whole line of defense during the attack, it would be impossible to defend against Manchester United's counterattack.
The strength of Stoke City and Manchester United is huge. They can hold on for 100 minutes, relying on dense defense. Once the attack comes out, they will have no advantage.
Stoke City has been preparing for this game for so long. In the 13th minute, Watkins and Jones made a two-pass and one-on-one cooperation in the frontcourt, and Jones directly shot at the front of the penalty area.
But now there are many people in Manchester United's penalty area. The ball touched Scholes' leg and changed direction. Goalkeeper Van der Sar was very focused and he easily confiscated the ball.
Stoke City players also knew how terrifying it was to be hit by Manchester United. Forward Jones rushed towards Van dersar at the first time and prevented Van dersar from launching a quick counterattack.
Van der Sar saw that there was no chance to counterattack quickly, and he was not in a hurry. He was a veteran and knew that the initiative was completely in the hands of Manchester United. As long as Stoke City attacked, Manchester United had more opportunities to counterattack.
Stoke City continued to attack Manchester United, but after defending for a hundred minutes, Stoke City was limited to its own strength and its offense was very monotonous. Stoke City almost all of them were completed in sports and positional balls. During counterattacks, a wing forward broke through at high speed on the side and then took the ball and slapped in the penalty area. Two forwards rushed back to the top, and the other wing forward also penetrated back to the middle to compete almost parallel to the two centers. During position war, the wing forward was holding the ball at the feet, and the two central defenders and the central defenders Drapp rushed into the penalty area to compete for the top. In this case, they always had 5 or more players grab the high ball in the penalty area, and the other wing forward pulled to the middle of the penalty area and was responsible for the second attack behind the 5 penalty players, which was usually long shots.
Although such an offense is simple, Stoke City's players are very tall and there are no threats, but because Manchester United's defense is also top-notch. After retreating, the number of people is obvious. Stoke City's offense cannot threaten Manchester United's goal.
Teams like Stoke City will definitely have no problem attacking for three or five minutes. If you attack teams like Manchester United for a long time, the defense line will not be able to defend at all.
After the half of the overtime game passed, Manchester United had a chance to counterattack quickly just after the exchange of positions.
Scholes passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong, who found Berbatov on the forward line with a long pass.
Under the opponent's defense, Berbatov hooked the ball with his back and passed it to Rooney. Rooney threw away the defender and inserted it at high speed. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Sorensen poked the ball from between Sorensen's legs.
Sorenson closed his legs and tried to block the ball, but it was too late. The ball passed through his crotch and rolled into the net behind him.
2:0
Rooney's goal basically secured the victory for Manchester United.
Rooney was also excited after scoring the goal. He opened his arms and ran towards Gao Xiaodong, hugging Gao Xiaodong tightly to celebrate.
Manchester United players also ran towards Rooney and hugged him and Gao Xiaodong in the middle.
Berbatov was a little lonely when he was applauding. Although the ball was planned by Gao Xiaodong and Scholes, he was the one who assisted, but Rooney did not come to thank him, and his teammates ignored him, which made Berbatov reach the lonely lonely that was neglected.
Manchester United fans in the stands finally felt relieved to celebrate. They all stood up, sang and danced at the stadium, and sang the song "We Are the Champions".
Chapter completed!