Chapter 934: Heaven Rewards Diligence
The goal was conceded by Manchester United's plan. Inter Milan is the defending champion after all, and they are capable of breaking Manchester United's goal.
But now he lost the ball in less than three minutes of the game. The advantage of one and a half goals suddenly became a half ball, and he would be eliminated after another goal. This breaks Manchester United's plan.
When Manchester United was preparing for the game, it was impossible for them to concede the goal at the beginning.
It would be fine if it was a normal goal, but the goal was still an offside goal.
Such a goal is so infuriating and infuriating.
After the game started again, Manchester United players' mentality could not remain calm, and with the current score, Manchester United could no longer continue to defend and counterattack. To ensure promotion, they must continue to score goals.
Although at the beginning of the game, in order to make up for the shortcomings of the central defender, Ferguson sent a Fletcher and Carrick to defend two midfielders, and Gao Xiaodong and Scholes also had defensive tasks, the situation has changed now. Inter Milan scored a goal, and Gao Xiaodong's comprehensive technical advantages were immediately revealed. He originally took both offense and defense in pre-match training, but now Gao Xiaodong's energy is immediately focused on offense.
Carrick is also a midfielder with attack power. Although the current situation does not require him to participate in the attack, Carrick was also a little annoyed by Inter Milan's offside goal. He told Fletcher and he also pressed on the assist.
Fletcher also wanted to attack, but he was helpless. Today he was the captain on the court. He needed to show the captain's temperament and sacrifice. The team is still ahead and cannot defend alone. Everyone rushed forward, so he could only stay behind to watch.
Although Manchester United does not have the top forward and winger today, Gao Xiaodong and Rooney can pull the edge, and the two full-backs Evra and Raphael are also more offensive than defense. The four of them launch an attack from the wing, and Scholes and Carrick mobilize forwards in the middle, which puts a lot of pressure on Inter Milan.
Although Leonardo made a tactical arrangement today and made an early goal arrangement, even Leonardo did not expect his players to be so successful and have such good luck. He scored the goal in less than three minutes of the game.
Leonardo is still young and does not have much experience in playing games. After scoring the goal, he did not adjust the team's tactical style and could still play according to the original tactics.
Inter Milan is a team that focuses on defensive counterattacks. The midfielder has not strong ability to control the ball. Sneider, Pandev and Etoo. Manchester United's quick grabbing quickly quickly made the veterans of Inter Milan and had to frequently make things difficult for them.
In the 7th minute, Gao Xiaodong suddenly ran from the side to the midfield and stole Cambiaso who was holding the ball, and then made a diagonal pass to Rooney.
Gao Xiaodong knows Inter Milan very well. He doesn't dribble the ball, he just wants to play fast and use fast break to push Inter Milan down.
Rooney caught the ball and drifted over Zivo, tangenting across the penalty area, and Lucio quickly rushed over to make up for defense.
Rooney was not greedy for me, so he returned to the front of the penalty area to find his teammate Hernandez.
Hernandez directly pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal with his arch.
But at this time Inter Milan central defender Ranokia arrived in time and stretched out his foot to block Hernandez's shot.
Manchester United needs to score a goal at this moment, and the midfielder was very determined to step forward. The ball flew out and fell to Carrick's feet. Carrick could shoot by himself or pass it to Gao Xiaodong and Scholes.
Carrick has been out of the battle for a long time and has no confidence in his long shot. He chose Scholes among two pass points, and bypassed the defensive player with an arc and accurately found Scholes.
Scholes didn't expect Carrick to give him a shot. He had an excellent long-range shot, but he was old and lacked explosive power. He hoped that this goal would allow Gao Xiaodong to shoot the best shot.
But the ball has been passed, Scholes can't pass it anymore, it's too complicated to pass it again. That's Barcelona and Arsenal's style of play. Manchester United is simple and rough. Scholes hit the ball with another long shot.
Scholes's ball was well pressed, and a half-high ball flew straight to the left of the goal.
Inter goalkeeper Cesar showed his courage. He flew and threw the ball towards the wing.
At this time, the full-back Ziwo appeared in the right position. Seeing Rooney pressing at an extremely fast speed, Ziwo directly kicked the ball towards the frontcourt with a big foot.
Ziwo's kick was too strong, and the ball went straight out of the sideline, but his clearance also gave his teammates
Although Ziwo's kick was a bit outrageous, he finally won some time to breathe.
Manchester United sent a clearance ball, and the ball was passed to Scholes. Now, under the pressure of Manchester United, the players of Inter Milan have returned to defend except for the striker. No one came to press Scholes, giving Scholes enough time to observe and think.
Scholes observed Hernandez's running position, and he made a straight pass from the middle. Hernandez broke into the penalty area and shot on the right wing, but the ball was blocked by Ranokia.
Manchester United got a chance to get a corner kick.
Scholes is an old fairy. He knows that most of the veterans in Inter Milan's lineup are so he deliberately tried to speed up the game and immediately signaled Gao Xiaodong to serve a corner kick.
Gao Xiaodong also knew very well what his old club's weakness was. He understood it and ran to the corner flag area and quickly drove the ball into the penalty area.
This ball failed to pass Lucio's top, and the ball was pushed out of the penalty area by Lucio.
At this moment, Manchester United's soldiers were approaching, and the midfielder Fletcher grabbed the landing point and passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong on the left.
Gao Xiaodong used his speed to pass Maikong by five steps, went down to the bottom line, and swept the ball into the penalty area with one force.
Gao Xiaodong could no longer pass the ball with his foot, and he was almost the same as shooting. Mota wanted to intercept the ball, but he was one step slower and the ball flew into the penalty area from under him.
Rooney and Hernandez still did not touch the ball in the middle. Lucio and Ranokia no longer dared to touch the ball again. The ball flew past the goal and came to the right side of the small penalty area.
At this moment, Manchester United's right-back Raphael had already reached the penalty area. He pushed the empty goal at a small angle under unmarked control, but the ball was too fast, and Raphael actually hit the ball into the sky with a short distance.
In the eyes of outsiders, this is already a good opportunity, and Inter Milan fans dare not watch it anymore, while Manchester United fans are ready to celebrate.
No one expected such a good opportunity to be shot by Raphael.
The live commentator Andy Gray said disappointedly: "What a defender's footwork! At such a close distance, he actually knocked away and was higher than the crossbar. If Inter Milan defenders come to play, it would be considered a difficult relief."
Raphael himself was also very depressed. He made a sorry pose at Gao Xiaodong on the other side of the court, indicating that it was his fault.
Gao Xiaodong waved backwards to him and signaled him to go back to defend quickly, the opponent was going to serve the ball.
Among the 11 Inter Milan players, the average age is 30. Although they need to score goals, they do not want to hit the pace very quickly. Goalkeeper Cesar was not impatient when he kicked the ball, nor did he kick it off, but passed the ball to full-back Macon, slowly organizing the attack and letting Manchester United come up and grab it.
Except for Scholes, Evra and Van der Sar are relatively old, and everyone else is in his old age. They have strong athletic ability and good physical fitness. They are not afraid of Etoo, a fast counterattack point. When Inter Milan was in possession of the ball, they boldly went up to press and forced their opponents to pass long.
Inter Milan's ability to dodge the ball in the backcourt was not bad. Manchester United concentrated five players to force Inter Milan to kick the ball. However, Mota's big foot kick was very good, and the ball actually found Etoo in the front.
When Etoo received the ball, he swung the ball to the side and tried to break through Manchester United's right side with his own speed.
However, Etoo is already 30 years old and is not a cheetah from Barcelona. Raphael has not been broken through by him.
Etoo's skill is good. Although he did not make a breakthrough, the ball was firmly controlled by his feet. He dunked the ball back and observed Sneed's sudden insertion into the penalty area in the middle.
Etoo immediately rubbed the ball and quickly passed it to the penalty area to find Sneider who was in the front.
Inter Milan's cross-run cooperation was tacit and secret. Before Manchester United's two central defenders, Smarin and Brown, had not yet reacted, Sneijder had already penetrated into the penalty area from Smarin.
Seeing that Sneider was about to grab the landing point, Gao Xiaodong suddenly stepped in from behind and headed the ball to the side.
Gao Xiaodong played in Inter Milan for a year and knew Eto and Sneider very well. Seeing Sneider start, he quickly followed and broke the ball in the critical moment.
Although Gao Xiaodong's clearance power this time was quite strong, Evra still rescued the ball near the sideline. He quickly moved forward along the sideline and went straight to Inter Milan's half.
After Evra passed half, Inter Milan organized the defensive force. Stankovic blocked the left and prevented Evra from continuing to dribble forward.
Evra used all the buttons and used his flexibility to swipe Stankovic. He did not continue to dribble, and then passed it to Scholes with a cross.
Now Inter Milan's defensive player in the middle has returned. When he saw Scholes catch the ball, he immediately surrounded Scholes.
This is bullying Scholes without speed.
Although Scholes lost his speed, his vision and experience were all there. He found a connection with Hernandez in the crowd and quickly passed the ball to Hernandez.
Hernandez received the ball at the front of the penalty area, quickly made a fake move forward, and then passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong who quickly inserted from behind Scholes.
Gao Xiaodong adjusted his step point during running, and kept up with the round and shot with anger.
Gao Xiaodong's shot was not a cold shot, nor a tricky angle, but his shooting preparation posture was also exaggerated, but he was extremely strong and very fast. The goalkeeper Cesar fell to the ground and rushed out of the baseline, but the ball was too fast. Before Cesar could make any moves after he fell down, the ball hit his hand and bounced out.
This is very fatal, because when the goalkeeper saves the ball, he always pushes the ball towards the side or bottom line to prevent the opponent from shooting, but this time it bounces passively and the ball bounces directly into the middle.
After passing the ball to Gao Xiaodong, Hernandez quickly penetrated into the penalty area. Even if Gao Xiaodong shot, Hernandez did not stop. He was very clever and was looking for a chance to make a follow-up shot.
God rewarded hard work, and Hernandez's active running finally brought him a generous reward. The ball just bounced in front of Hernandez. Hernandez pushed the arch and sent the ball into the empty goal.
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Chapter completed!