Chapter 953 Counterattack from 0:4
At the beginning of the second half, neither Manchester United nor Schalke 04 made any substitution adjustments and continued to fight with the original team.
Manchester United led 4 goals in the first half and played in the Champions League knockout stage. He had such a big advantage in the first half, so it was the first time for Manchester United to be in the sedan chair.
Before the game, the media was very optimistic about Manchester United. The bookmaker also opened a handicap for the home team to give two goals. The game process was even easier. There was no difficulty in scoring 4 goals. It was difficult for Manchester United players not to relax and careless.
Schalke 04 said it was already very light to be forced to the edge of the cliff. In fact, they had only half a breath left. If they couldn't score one or two goals in the second half, they would be dead.
It is easy to stimulate people's inner potential in desperate situations. After the second half of the game started, Schalke 04 started running wildly from the first minute, trying hard to speed up the pace of the game, hoping to use running to make up for the gap in technical experience with Manchester United.
The physical fitness of German players has always been among the top five major leagues. Even in the second half, Schalke 04's speed did not decrease at all. Manchester United players were a little relaxed and their running became "Baba". It seemed that all Schalke 04 players were wearing blue jerseys, and Manchester United's ball was left with only red spots.
Although Schalke 04 does not create many opportunities, Manchester United players who are boiled with frogs in warm water still do not feel the danger, Ferguson, who has extremely rich experience on the sidelines, feels a sense of danger. He feels that if Schalke 04 continues to play, Manchester United's goal may have problems.
Ferguson waited for five minutes and saw that Manchester United was still playing slowly, while Schalke was attacking like a perpetual motion machine. Ferguson couldn't hold back his breath.
"Substitution!"
In the 60th score, Ferguson finally made a substitution adjustment, Park Ji-sung came out and Nani came on the court.
Park Ji-sung is actually not the worst player in Manchester United. Ferguson just hopes to control the ball through Nani, increase the threat of Manchester United's counterattack, and shock Schalke 04
Obviously, the old Lord's idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, because Schalke 04 is already a dying person at this moment, and he is not afraid of Manchester United's counterattack threat. Not to mention that Manchester United is Nani, who has just recovered from injury, even Messi, Ronaldo, Schalke 04 will continue to attack with fear of life.
The live commentator Andy Gray said in surprise and jokingly: "Schalke was woken up after 0:4, and they started to counterattack. The name Schalke 04 is so good. If you don't fight hard until 0:4, you just need to reach this point, but at this time, I don't know if it's still useful..."
Head coach Ferguson made substitution adjustments, and the opponents shot more and more. These made Manchester United players feel dangerous. However, morale and spirit are not something that can be raised, because they are 11 players and 11 hearts.
In the 65th minute of the game, Schalke 04 won a quick attack from the side, veteran Raul pulled the cross, Vidic pushed the ball out of the baseline, Schalke 04 got a chance to get a corner kick.
Falfan came to take this corner kick.
Raul originally grabbed the point in the middle, but Raul's height response was not as good as before. Seeing Manchester United's previous corner kicks, Raul gave up the front point in the middle and came to play a tactical corner kick with Falfan.
Nani, who was defending the front point, quickly came over to Raul and prevented Schalke from taking the tactical corner kick from 04.
When Falfan saw Nani following him, he suddenly gave up the tactical corner kick and drove the ball directly into the penalty area.
Matip, who was grabbing the spot in the penalty area, suddenly flew around in front to grab the header. Rooney was the one who followed Matip. Rooney didn't keep up at the first time. Nani at the front point had not come back yet, but Matip grabbed the front point.
Matipu headed the ball and flew to the back point.
After the ball was passed to the back point, Manchester United's defense was already in chaos. The ball was 7 meters away from the back point by Papadopoulos. Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar bravely blocked the ball, but Van der Sar hurriedly saved the ball, but the ball did not save far and fell into the penalty area. In the chaos, Smarin kicked the ball with a kick, Edou was quick in his eyes and his feet were fast, and he pushed the arch, and the ball flew directly into the empty goal.
1:4
In the chaos, Schalke 04 scored a goal.
Although the scores are still very different, a away goal is equivalent to two goals. With this goal, Schalke 04 can advance as long as he scores 3 goals. Although scoring 3 goals is also an impossible task, after all, after a away goal, Schalke 04 can let go of the offense, and there is no need to worry about Manchester United being two who can score one.
Rangnick roared passionately, he finally bet right, Manchester United really relaxed, the players broke out in desperate situation, scored this away goal, even if they still lost the game, Schalke 04 finally saved some face.
Ferguson looked dissatisfied. Weak teams played against strong teams, and set pieces were the most common offensive method, but Manchester United was unable to defend themselves. This was not only a problem for a certain player, but also a manifestation of Manchester United's overall slackness.
The score is still within the control of Manchester United, but Ferguson cannot let the situation continue to develop. If the opponent scores another goal, the game will be really troublesome. It is not a matter of whether to win or not, it will have a big blow to morale.
Ferguson continued to substitution, Hernandez left the field, Giggs came on the field, Ferguson used the veteran to continue to strengthen the control of the midfield, and hoped to use Giggs's stability and experience to help Gao Xiaodong stabilize the situation.
The so-called defeat is like a mountain. This sentence is absolutely correct. Ferguson replaced two more times, and Manchester United players also took it seriously, but the scene still couldn't suppress Schalke 04 people running like a mad dog. They were crushed by Schalke 04 to his half-time attack, and they didn't even have much chance to counterattack. In the 73rd minute, Manchester United counterattacked, Schalke 04 players ran back to press. In the end, Giggs made a little slower shot. When the ball reached Rooney's feet, he was surrounded by Schalke 04 players. Rooney could not control the ball and was cut off. Then defender Atsuto Uchida made a long pass to counterattack. Raul skillfully passed Vidic and broke into the right side of the penalty area. Edu was in front of Edu. He didn't dare to give the ball to Edu. He flew into the fish and headed the ball to clear the ball, but this action was too difficult, and Smarin actually pushed the ball into his own goal.
Van der Sar was not prepared for such an operation, nor could he do anything about it. He could only watch the ball flying from the goal post in horror and scored the goal net.
Schalke 04 magically scored two goals in a row, rewriting the score to 4:2.
With two away goals, Schalke's hope of advancing to the semi-finals is back.
Schalke 04's players were very crazy. Edu and Raul, who was crossed, both rushed to the stands, as if they had scored the goal, so that Schalke 04 fans who came to help were misunderstood. Some shouted Raul's name, and some shouted Edu's name.
The live commentator Andy Gray smiled bitterly and speechlessly, "Scored two goals in a row! Schalke 04 really started to counterattack from 0:4! The German team is really tough, but letting 4 goals first at the beginning. Is this arrogant plan a bit too realistic?"
Ferguson punched the windshield, and the handsome man was so handsome that the cooked duck flew out of the pot. Although it had not yet flown out of the kitchen, it was embarrassing enough. This was Old Trafford. If he could not win with a 4-goal lead, he would be embarrassed to throw it to his grandma's house.
Chapter completed!