The most low-key superstar

Chapter 48 The Capture of Old Trafford

'Beep' With the referee's whistle, this eye-catching game began.

Not long after the start of the game, Janus habitually handed the ball to Nickle. Nickle took two steps, and the Korean Park Ji-sung posted it. Nickel didn’t take it seriously and dribbled the ball forward along the sideline. Park Ji-sung Feeling Nichol's disdain, he was angry in his heart, and leaned tightly on Nichol, making small movements in his hands to interfere with Nichol, but Nichol passed the midfield and accelerated forward, Park Ji-sung also tried to speed up to follow, his speed It wasn't slow, but within a few steps he realized something was wrong, because there was no ball under Nickel's feet.

It turned out that Lee Young-pyo had already caught up with him. At the moment when Nickel was accelerating, he kicked the ball to the back and handed it to Lee Young-pyo. Park Ji-sung, who didn't want to lose his position, quickly gave up on Nickel and turned to face his teammate, but he didn't wait for him. Approaching, Lee Young-pyo passed the ball to Janus, and Janus passed the ball straight back to Nickell without stopping the ball. At this time, Nichol's eyes were wide open until Neville made up.

Now Manchester United's entire defensive line is slowly retreating. Watching Neville come up, and observing the position of his teammates, Nicole did not go to break through, but gently rubbed the ball up. The football passed over Ferdinand's head, Defoe Like a mouse that smelled the smell of food, it slipped between Ferdinand and Brown. It was a good opportunity. Van der Sar had a lot of experience. He attacked resolutely. Facing the oncoming Van der Sardefoe, he was a little flustered. , He chose to lob, but although the ball crossed Van der Sar's block, it also crossed the crossbar, and Manchester United escaped.

"Oh!" Manchester United fans exclaimed.

Hoddle, who was clasping his hands tightly, was about to celebrate, but when he saw the ball was higher, he shook his hands helplessly.

Why did Defoe cover his face with his hands, annoyed that he wasted such a good opportunity, but Defoe who ran back to the center line did not forget to give Nicole a thumbs up.

Ferguson watched the attack process with a lot of thoughts in his mind. This Nichol was obviously not affected by himself, and he improved again. He didn't go all the way to the bottom of the ball as usual, but used a small area with his teammates around him. The cooperation got rid of the defense, just like the through pass just now shows that he has a rich imagination, a genius, an absolute genius.

When Ferguson was observing Nickel, something happened on the field. During a non-intense confrontation with Zokola, Carrick fell to the ground and did not get up. The Manchester United players kicked the ball out of the sideline. The team doctor Entering the field for inspection, Ferguson was also very nervous. He stood up. At this time, the gesture of the team doctor's replacement gave him an ominous premonition, and he replaced Fletcher, and the game continued.After the team doctor made arrangements, Carrick whispered to Ferguson, "My experience tells me that it is a torn groin muscle." Ferguson was very depressed. The news hit him too hard. Decades of experience told him that Carrick The guy he had high hopes for was finished in this life. He would be in the process of getting injured, recuperating, playing, and getting injured. Ferguson was very upset.

In the 20th minute of the game, Ronaldo broke through Tottenham's defense and passed the ball to Rooney. Rooney, who was heavily marked, attracted the attention of the opponent and gave the ball to Saha. After Saha got the ball Instead of passing the ball back to Ronaldo, who had broken into the penalty area and found a position, he chose to shoot himself. His shot made everyone look up, looking up to find the whereabouts of the ball. Ronaldo, who ran in place, looked at the jerk Saha was very angry, he waved his hand fiercely, turned around and ran back.

In the 35th minute, Nickel repeated his old trick and used the cooperation of his teammates to get rid of the opponent's defense again, but this time he did not pass the ball but dribbled forward. A diagonal pass transferred the ball to Lennon on the other side. After receiving the ball, Lennon took two steps, adjusted his body, and made a cross to find Keane. Keane's header was missed by Van der Sar rescued.

Tottenham made a comeback 5 minutes later, this time Nicole made a successful inside cut, swaying continuously in the penalty area, looking for a chance to shoot, but he did not go far, as if the god-possessed Van der Sar tenaciously used the ball with his fingertips With a poke, Ferdinand breaks the ball out of the baseline and Nicole truth checks to see if Van der Sar's arm is made of rubber and how it can stretch so far.

Finally, the first half of the game ended in Rooney's outrageous long-range shot.

Ferguson once again offered his dreaded hair dryer in the lounge, severely criticized the underperforming team, and replaced the sleepwalking Saha with Smith.

The most depressing of these players is Park Ji-sung. He worked very hard, but he did not limit Nickel's performance. The opponent almost regarded his area as his own back garden, but he had no choice. He even felt the coach's anger. In fact, it was sent to myself.

After the start of the second half, Manchester United mustered up their morale and launched a tidal attack on Tottenham, especially Ronaldo was very active on the left, and Lennon was also angry when he was attacked by him. Down Ronaldo and got a yellow card.Zokola had to step up support for Lennon.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Nichols quietly increased his range of activities and targeted Scholes, Manchester United's midfield commander.As for Park Ji-sung, leave it to Lee Young-pyo, they need to communicate their homesickness.

In the 20th minute of the second half, Nichols found a chance. Scholes took possession of the ball and faced Janus's frontal defense, but he didn't have a good chance to play the ball for a while. He hesitated. Nichols made a diagonal stab, and the audience We just saw a light blue figure flashing past Scholes, the ball at Scholes' feet disappeared, and Nickle, who grabbed the ball, did not continue to dribble the ball, but penetrated with a through ball. There are not many people in the Manchester United defense line. Defoe once again showed his impressive speed and received the ball first. Only Brown followed closely behind. Brown tried to hold Defoe's jersey, but failed, so he had to bite his teeth and chase. , Nicole also ran up quickly. Keane was behind him because he participated in the defense just now. Quickly passing Ferdinand, who was also running back, Defoe, who was dribbling forward, felt Brown getting closer and closer to him. Now he is near the penalty area line, and Van der Sar has abandoned the goal to block him. The angle of the shot, but a light blue figure flashed in the corner of his eyes, he did not hesitate to pass the ball directly, he bet his teammates followed.

Of course, his teammates followed. Nicole received Defoe's pass, and now only the air is blocking his goal. Obviously, the power of Nicole's shot made the ball break through the air barrier. Van der Sar looked helplessly. The football rolls slowly into the goal, he has tried his best, but sometimes, it is not the goalkeeper's effort that can stop the goal from happening.

It was such a good feeling to be able to score at Old Trafford by running and jumping on Defoe's back, so Nicole was excited.

Hoddle was also ready to celebrate, but this time Nichol did not disappoint him. He scored the ball steadily, giving him the opportunity to wave his fists and run out of the seat to celebrate with his companions.

But what made Nicole unhappy was that Hoddle's conservative tactics, with more than 20 minutes left in the second half, he replaced Keane, only kept Defoe to harass, but sent a defensive player Murphy.In this way, the game became a half-court offensive and defensive drill. Nickell's defensive task is not heavy, but even if the head coach is not satisfied with his approach, as a player, he has to implement it, so he and Janus switched positions. The middle is closer, and the object of his defense is Scholes.

Afterwards, Rooney and Smith both had chances to shoot, but the successive blocks by Tottenham players made their shots ineffective. The only good chance was Ronaldo's free kick before the end. The ball hit the crossbar, including Nicole All the Tottenham people included were in a cold sweat, so Tottenham were very lucky to take three points from Old Trafford.

After the game, many media criticized Hoddle for his conservatism, while Ferguson protected his players and was dissatisfied with some of the referee's penalties.

(End of this chapter)