Chapter 805 Don't be fooled by Manchester City
The second half of the game was very fierce. Manchester City suppressed Manchester United from the beginning and launched waves of offensives, which made Manchester City fans in the stands excited and excited.
Mansour, accompanied by Paul Fottery and Mubarak, sat in the chairman's stands to watch the game.
He flew from Abu Dhabi to London to supervise the game before the game. He is now really more and more fond of watching Manchester City games, especially today. Facing the strong Manchester United, Manchester City actually put their arch-rivals in the city in the half. It's so satisfying, is there any?
You know, Manchester United was the runner-up in the Champions League last season and the defending champion of the League and League Cup. Manchester City is now strong enough to suppress such an opponent so embarrassingly. How can Mansour not be excited? How can he not be excited?
He calculated the time. In the more than ten minutes from the second half, the ball never went out of Manchester United's half. This was so shocking.
"I really didn't expect that Manchester United is really tenacious enough." Mansour said in admiration.
Manchester United was at a disadvantage since the beginning of the first half, but the Red Devils performed very tenaciously. Not only did they resolve Manchester City's offensive again and again, they tried to ensure the goal was not lost, but they have gradually gained a foothold and even showed signs of pushing Manchester City's offense out of the 30-meter zone.
This is simply impossible without strong spiritual power.
If it were other teams, they would have collapsed long ago.
"Ferguson's team is known as the Red Devils, and this nickname is not fake. Manchester United has been invincible in the Premier League over the years. It was not until Chelsea rose that they could compete with Manchester United. This gave the Red Devils a strong domineering spirit accumulated through long-term victory."
Paul Fottery also highly praised Ferguson, "This domineering aura allows Manchester United to withstand pressure and even give their opponents resistance no matter how bad the situation is."
"In this situation, Manchester United still has a chance to turn the tables?" Mubarak asked with some concern.
From the beginning of the game, he watched the team's situation be very good, especially in the second half, where the advantage is too obvious. Even if Manchester United is tenacious, can it still turn the situation around?
"It's hard to say." Paul Futree shook his head, "Ferguson is the best person to be the first to come. He has been dealing with football all his life and has an understanding of football that ordinary people cannot understand. According to the current situation, no one can guarantee whether he will make any moves."
"What's more, if you can't catch up for a long time and become restless, this is a big taboo in the game, especially when facing a team like Manchester United, which is good at counterattacking, one cannot handle it well..."
Paul Futrey didn't finish his words, but he chose the meaning very clearly.
The current situation on the court seems to have an overwhelming advantage, but it is still very dangerous. If you handle it carefully, it may lead to a reversal of the situation, so Manchester City still needs to be very cautious.
"And you see, Ferguson is likely to make a substitution."
Following Paul Fottery's gesture, you can clearly see the movements on the Manchester United bench.
Assistant coach Mike Perlan seems to be scheduling players out for warm-ups, and it seems that substitutes may be arranged at any time.
"Gao Han's tactics in this game suppressed Manchester United's two wings very successfully. Neither Gary Neville nor Leiden Bynes had the opportunity to participate in the offense, which led to Manchester United's offense being more powerful in the middle, and the effect was not obvious. Ferguson probably needs to adjust."
Paul Futre's words made Mansour and Mubarak, who were originally full of confidence, raise their hearts to their voices again.
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"Have."
Xavi Alonso heard the shouts from the head coach on the sidelines and immediately followed the news.
I only saw Gao Han gesture at him on the sidelines, signaling him to control the ball and hold the ball more in the midfield.
The Manchester City captain nodded panting to the head coach on the sidelines and turned to look back at the stadium.
"David Luca, we're all back, the boss said we're getting faster."
Harvey Alonso first shouted at two nearby teammates, then applauded with both hands.
"Brothers, take your time, don't worry, keep the ball in a steady way and patiently look for opportunities."
After hearing what Xavi Alonso said, Manchester City knew the team's next strategy.
Once the ball was passed back, the Manchester City captain went forward to catch it. Park Ji-sung chased the ball straight towards the ball, but Xavi Alonso hit the ball with his heel, avoiding Park Ji-sung, and turned slightly, and he collided with Park Ji-sung who was unable to brake and was knocked to the ground.
The referee immediately blew the whistle, and at the same time shouted Park Ji-sung, showed a yellow card, and gave a stern warning.
Harvey Alonso climbed up from the ground as if nothing had happened, without getting angry, and quickly sent the ball out.
After receiving Gao Han's instructions, David Silva and Modric both retreated appropriately.
Manchester City began to play more patiently, reduce forward passes, and more transfer left and right, looking for opportunities by pulling Manchester United's defense line. David Silva, Kaka and Modric became the offensive commanders on the current field.
When the ball reaches their feet, they pass the threatening ball when they have the chance, and protect the ball when they don't have the chance and pass it back and reorganize it.
Manchester United is a little helpless in playing against Manchester City. They haven't touched the ball for more than a minute, which makes them even more anxious.
When the ball was passed into the 30-meter area again and handed it to Modric, Matic blocked Modric in time, but the Croatian turned around to protect the ball.
Xavi Alonso found Tevez ambushing his pass line with Modric and immediately made a gesture from the right.
Modric immediately understood and immediately passed the ball back to Mascherano.
Teves abandoned Xavi Alonso immediately and ran towards Mascherano, but at this time, Xavi Alonso ran over to respond.
The ball arrived, stopped, turned around, and passed the ball over the top for a long pass, and the whole movement was completed in one go.
The ball barely crossed the top of the defense line and quickly landed behind Manchester United. Benzema started the sprint head-on, threw away Ferdinand and Pepe, stopped sideways, stopped the ball forward, and then quickly caught up and shot directly.
But at this deadly moment, Van der Sar suddenly abandoned the goal and attacked, fell to the ground and threw Benzema's shot into his arms. Fortunately, Benzema stopped his feet in time at the critical moment, otherwise, he would have to kick him.
The entire Wembley Stadium exclaimed.
No one expected that the situation of the game would suddenly change drastically.
Just now, Xavi Alonso passed the ball with a very beautiful pass. Tevez did not restrain himself in time. Modric and Sanchez pulled Matic and Leiden Bynes to the side, causing gaps to be revealed in the middle.
In just this moment, Harvey Alonso caught it.
Suddenly, Benzema also tried his best to walk back panting, and did not forget to give a thumbs up to captain Xavi Alonso in the distance. He was just now worried about offside and failed to notice Van der Sar's attack.
But thinking about it, the Dutch goalkeeper is really bold enough to attack so far.
If Van der Sar was a little slower at that time, Benzema was sure to dunk him or poke the ball, then he would be dead and he would definitely score.
After tasting the sweetness, Manchester City continued to follow the example.
But Ferguson had a very sensitive tactics and immediately realized the crisis. He immediately shouted on the sidelines, indicating that the players should keep the formation compact and not be fooled by Manchester City.
But Gao Han also realized the opportunity.
The game has been going on for more than 60 minutes, and Manchester United has consumed a lot of physical energy. After the players have been struggling for twenty minutes, it is a time of physical and mental exhaustion. It is a great opportunity for Manchester City to strike while the iron is hot and strive for a goal.
So Gao Han quickly walked to the sidelines and signaled to several midfielders, especially David Silva and Modric, asking them to try their best to get out and be bolder when attacking.
Then, Gao Han entered the coaching system and activated the assist card and the pass card to form a pass effect, using the assault card and the offensive card to form a rapid progress effect, increasing the on-field offensive in one fell swoop.
Once the skill card was put into use, the situation on the field suddenly changed.
Manchester City once again pulled Manchester United's formation loosened by passing the ball. When they were chasing back, Park Ji-sung chased Xavi Alonso, but the Spanish midfielder quickly passed the ball to the left and handed it to David Silva who was pulling to the side.
Espanyol dribbled the ball along the left side and passed it to Cristiano Ronaldo. After getting the ball, the latter cut to the middle, attracting Fletcher and Gary Neville, and then passed the ball back to David Silva who came up from the side. As soon as Silva got the ball, she passed the ball without thinking and made a left-foot arc ball and hung it into the penalty area.
Manchester United is facing a big enemy in the penalty area, Benzema, Kaka and Sanchez are all in the penalty area, but Ferdinand takes the lead to seize the advantageous position, heading to clear the ball, and pushing out of the penalty area.
Modric and Carrick, who were ambushing at the front of the penalty area, chased the ball at the same time, but at this moment...
"let me!"
Modric looked up and saw Xavi Alonso quickly inserted from behind. He immediately understood the captain's meaning and slowed down to get out of the way. Carrick was shocked and accelerated to catch up.
Cocarick is fast, Harvey Alonso is faster.
I heard a muffled bang in the stadium, as if even the air was exploded. Then I saw the ball like a flash of lightning, pressing against the grass, and shooting towards the goal at an extremely fast speed.
The black and humble people in the penalty area were all over the place. Ferdinand and Pepe instinctively raised their legs to block them, but they could not stop them. Van der Sar's vision was blocked by the crowd. When he realized the danger, especially when he saw the direction of the ball shooting, he immediately flew to save.
But the ball still ruthlessly hit the lower right corner of the goal!
The moment he kicked, he clearly felt that he had a long shot, especially when he saw the ball hit the goal, he was Spartan.
Immediately afterwards, I saw Harvey Alonso turn around excitedly and rush out of the court.
"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!"
"In the 68th minute, Xavi Alonso made a long shot that was nearly 25 meters away from the goal, and pierced through Manchester United's goal."
"Oh my god, this is a shocking goal."
"Let's look at the whole process of scoring..."
Manchester City players rushed out of the stadium frantically, chasing Xavi Alonso one by one, and hugging the team captain in the middle.
One to zero, after an hour of fierce attack, Manchester City finally pried open Manchester United's goal.
At the critical moment, the team captain Xavi Alonso stepped forward!
All Manchester City players celebrate the captain's goal.
This goal came very suddenly, but it was also very beautiful.
Chapter completed!