The most low-key superstar

Chapter 354 Extraordinary
In the 60th minute of the game, Manchester United replaced Scholes with Nickel. When Nickel stood on the sidelines, most of the fans stood up and applauded him.

Although Nichol didn't like the Japanese, but out of politeness, Nichol turned around and applauded the fans in the stands.

Scholes walked off the field and put the captain's armband on Nicole. Nichols hugged the dedicated veteran and rushed into the field.

At this time, Manchester United just served a goal kick. After the ball was delivered, the ball was handed over to Nicole's feet, and the opponent's midfielder quickly pushed forward.

Nicole made a fake move forward, then suddenly retreated and passed the ball to Valencia on the right, and then he went forward.

With a beautiful turn, Valencia threw off his opponent. Obviously, the Mexican was too anxious, and Valencia rushed to the opponent's bottom line with the ball.

Manchester United soldiers under pressure!
When Valencia was close to the baseline, he barely passed the ball under the opponent's tight defense. However, the ball was touched by the opponent's defender with his leg, and the flight trajectory of the ball changed.

Nickel, who plugged in at a high speed, had already run past, just when everyone thought the attack was about to end——

"Wow!!! Nicole! Incredible!"

"It's so pretty! Nicole—turn around—"

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Nickel! Reproduced the key performance, played only 70 seconds, scored the ball with an unconventional action, Manchester United overtook the score!"

"The goal is scored! This may be the most beautiful goal of the season! Oh!!!"

Just when Valencia passed the ball, Nicole forced his body to hook the ball with his left foot while still rushing forward, sent it forward, and then took advantage of the situation. Then, he raised his right leg.

Volley and shoot!

The ball flew into the goal from Bilardo's head. The ball was so sudden that the Atalanta goalkeeper didn't react at all. He didn't expect that under such circumstances, Nickle could still complete the shot. .

"Unbelievable! How he did it is completely unreasonable."

Most of the audience were stunned, the goal was too bizarre.

Immediately afterwards, extremely warm applause broke out in the stadium.

This is also in Asia. If it is at Old Trafford, Nickel believes that the stadium will be detonated.

However, Nicole was still very happy. To be honest, Nicole also had the idea of ​​giving it a try. He was not sure at all, and the ball actually went in!
The opponent collapsed, specifically, it was completely crushed by the goal of Nickell. Their bottom line was to hold on to the tie and try to drag it to a penalty shootout. However, the opponent's lightning goal made no one fight back The powerful Mexicans completely lost confidence, and the opponent put too much pressure on them.

For the Atlanta team, it was too difficult for them to score another goal. The opponent's control of the ball on the court has made them almost unbearable. The only thing that keeps them going is hope. That was the penalty shootout and now hope is gone.

The next game was easy, the resistance of the Mexicans was not fierce, and Solari was also replaced, but Nicole still used a beautiful penetrating through ball to help Macheda score the lock The winning goal.

After scoring this goal, Manchester United also slowed down the pace, both sides had no intention of playing, they were all waiting for the referee's whistle, and the referee was quite sensible, he just arrived at 10 minutes At that time, the game was decisively ended.

"Manchester United has a player who can decide the outcome of the game. That's right, it's Nickel. We don't have to doubt his ability. However, it is a tragedy that this ability explodes against us." Atlante The head coach said helplessly.

Nickel's goal has become a hot topic repeatedly broadcasted by major TV stations in the world these days, and many kinematic experts have stood up to express their opinions.

"It violates some laws of kinematics. I don't agree with Nicole playing football in this way. This time it will greatly hurt his body."

"It's just a great goal that can be passed on, and Nicole gave us a legendary goal again."

"..."

After the game, Manchester United still has two days to rest. Time is too precious for Manchester United. However, some people think that Manchester United is drinking poison to quench their thirst. Participating in the Club World Cup may make the team relax. It can alleviate the team's injury situation, but their upcoming games will be more tense. This time to participate in the Club World Cup, Manchester United will have to make up at least three league games.

However, now Manchester United players are more concerned about the Champions League. On the 17th, UEFA will hold a knockout draw ceremony in Nyon, Switzerland.Since group No.2 includes giant teams such as Inter Milan and Arsenal, the 1/8 finals are bound to stage many strong dialogues.

The lottery follows the following principle: the first group will play against No.2 in the other group, but the teams of the same football association must avoid.The Premier League, La Liga, and Bundesliga teams occupy the first place in the 7 groups and will be listed as the seeded team in the draw, occupying the advantage of playing at home later; the three Serie A teams including Inter Milan and AC Milan and Arsenal are all ranked The group is second, and it is likely to encounter stronger opponents in the draw.

After today's training, the Manchester United players all returned to their rooms, but they all switched the TV channel to the scene of the draw ceremony. Although it was very late, even if Mr. Ferguson asked the players not to This broadcast delayed the break, but everyone still paid attention to this ceremony.

After the introduction of the Champions League group stage grouping situation, the Italian media once denounced UEFA for playing a conspiracy and divided Inter Milan, AC Milan, Real Madrid, and Barcelona into the death group.But in the end, it was found that the "group of death" was not dead, and the four giants still joined hands to qualify.

The dark horses may have laughed for a while, but in the end, the Champions League is still a game for the rich.

As we all know, the results of the Champions League draw have always been "dramatic." But there is rarely a year, like this year, where UEFA has expressed its intentions so nakedly.When Inter Milan met Barcelona, ​​the two teams experienced a big exchange between Ibrahimovic and Eto'o, and the two stars met their former clubs.

Real Madrid just bought Kaka, and Kaka had to face AC Milan in the Champions League.What's more, in the team of Inter Milan and Barcelona, ​​there are also the champions of Russia and Ukraine, which are not lacking in strength and the help of weather factors; and in the teams of Real Madrid and Milan, there is another Marseille team with good strength and experience. Team.Therefore, these two groups are considered to be the group of death.Not many people think that such a draw result is just a "coincidence," and many people believe that this is a "conspiracy by UEFA." '

There are undoubtedly several starting points for UEFA to operate the Champions Cup.

First of all, in order to expand the influence of the Champions League to more countries, Platini always hopes that more teams from football-underdeveloped countries can go further, so that he can also get more votes for his re-election. Therefore, it is his consistent purpose to create trouble for the rich teams;

Furthermore, some weak teams from underdeveloped countries are flooded in the Champions Cup, and the overall revenue of the Champions Cup may drop. For the sake of "money map", it is necessary to have more confrontations between giants;
Third, the giants are divided into the same group, and there is bound to be a giant to win the second place in the group. This will create a lottery for the next stage of the 1/8 finals. Platini will obviously create a confrontation between the giants, giving 1 or 2 teams The underdogs leave behind some weaker opponents to secure a 'dark horse'.

But obviously, Platini miscalculated.In these two groups, although there were some upsets, such as Zurich's one win and one tie against AC Milan, and Rubin Kazan's troubles for Inter Milan and Barcelona, ​​in the end, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan, AC Milan still qualified together.

The group of death does not die, and the giants have the last laugh.What the mainstream European media regrets the most is actually teams like Rubin Kazan and Marseille.For example, "Gazzetta dello Sport" reprimanded, "If Rubin Kazan appears in the group where Sevilla is, they will definitely qualify." For example, the Spanish media believes that if Marseille changes the group, they will actually have the strength to compete for the qualification. quota.

Of course, Platini's well-intentioned efforts have achieved some results.For example, two giants, Juventus and Liverpool, were eliminated in the group stage. In comparison, a mediocre team like the Greek Olympiacos, because of a good draw, the same group except Arsenal In addition, there are teams like Standard Liege and Alkmaar, so they advanced smoothly.But look at the situation of the top 16. Those giants that people are familiar with, such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea in the Premier League, Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, and the Milan duo in Serie A, finally joined forces to reach the top 16.

After all, this proves that the Champions League is a stage for the top European teams. The "conspiracies" of politicians may cause some troubles, but they cannot fundamentally change this.

When the lottery guests unfolded the note, the players of the Manchester United team were a little dumbfounded. It turned out to be AC ​​Milan. Obviously, Platini wanted to use Beckham's return to Old Trafford to attract people's attention. , everyone knows that now Beckham plays a very important role in AC Milan.

It's not just AC Milan, but Inter Milan's meeting with Chelsea is meaningful, while Fiorentina's match against Bayern Munich is all signed.

The next day, in the restaurant in the morning, the players were still discussing.

At the same time, the Italian media also issued a lot of quick comments.

"Gazzetta dello Sport" pointed out, "Great challenge, great opponent, but also a delicate duel. Mourinho will return to Stamford Bridge to face the team that made him a top coach: Chelsea. This is A very 'nostalgic' game as Mourinho will face his old derby rival Carlo Ancelotti. The same story will happen to AC Milan and Beckham will return to Old Trafford , facing the team that made him a top star: Manchester United. For Ferguson, AC Milan is also a familiar opponent. 07."

"All Sports" analyzed the result of the draw from another angle, "The result of the draw is very interesting, but if you know Platini and UEFA, it is not surprising, is it?"It has been three years, from Inter Milan, Liverpool, Milan, and Arsenal in the 07-08 season to Inter Milan, Manchester United, Juventus, and Chelsea in the 08-09 season, this time the two Milan teams once again encountered the top Premier League teams.Londoners will flood Stamford Bridge with the feeling of goodbye Mourinho when it comes to the Champions League; Manchesters will be eager to see David Beckham again when they play Milan.Such a dramatic confrontation is in the interests of some people, so they were born.Just like in the group stage, Ibrahimovic faced Inter Milan and Kaka faced AC Milan.However, is such a lottery result really just a coincidence? '

(End of this chapter)