greenery is king

Chapter 739 Strike ([-])

On May 2011, 45, at Old Trafford, the most critical game between Manchester United and Schalke officially started at [-]:[-] pm local time.

As the Premier League title battle has entered a fever pitch this season, and Manchester United will face their main rival Chelsea this weekend, Ferguson made adjustments to the starting lineup, but their tactical arrangements have not changed at all.

The goalkeeper is still van der Sar, the Dutch veteran has proven his strength.The defenders consisted of Evra, Smalling, Evans and O'Shea. The injured central defender Ferdinand did not appear on the bench in the last game. He was hidden by Ferguson.The midfield is composed of Anderson, Valencia, Giggs, and Nani. The striker is composed of Berbatov and Rooney who have returned from injury. Owen, who has not appeared in the Champions League for a long time, is sitting on the bench. However, the double-center strategy is still criticized, because many people think that although Manchester United scored two goals in the away game, they did not win a substantive victory, so it should be prudent first, but Sir Alex Ferguson His name is too big, so no one dares to point fingers at his arrangement.

And Schalke also had good news in this game. The injured Howides finally returned from injury. He and Metzelder formed Schalke's most satisfied central defender combination.The goalkeeper is still Neuer, and the two full-backs are Escudero and Avelar. Although Avelar's state and strength in the last game are worrying, but because Salpe suddenly came The cold can only be temporarily topped by the Brazilians.

Midfielders Maputi, Jurado Papadopoulos and Ai Huan stood separately, but what is interesting is that Ai Huan did not stand on the usual midfielder in this game, but replaced Holtby The position serves as the front position of this game.The striker is Raul and Farfan, and Magath also made special arrangements for Farfan in this game, so that he can serve as the core of the frontcourt attack when Ai Fan is defending.Although he lost to Bayern Munich in the last game, at least Magath still found some solutions, and Farfan is one of them.

Ai Huan is still at the back of the team. He is in a bit of a rough mood at this time. Recently, he has felt that his physical strength has dropped sharply. At this time, he has reached a critical point. No matter how much he disperses his physical strength in this game Not enough to last the whole game, this is really not good news, how to beat Manchester United?Do you deliberately delay at the beginning and then attack in the second half, or launch a fierce attack as soon as you play?

But when he stepped onto the court, Ai Huan still made a decision immediately. He couldn't delay facing Manchester United. When he played against Manchester United last time, he felt as if he was being calculated by others. If he wanted to delay this game It's not a good thing, it's better to catch them off guard while they are not in a stable position, and then return to the back line to help defend in the second half.

Sure enough, Schalke launched a wave of offensive at the beginning of the game, and Ai Huan was even more active, but the problem is that Schalke's offense always seemed to be thunderous and rainy, and there was no real threat.Ai Huan's pass was still very threatening, but neither Raul nor Farfan missed a good opportunity. Neither of them touched football, and Manchester United was just a false alarm.

Ai Huan was also a little anxious. He felt his legs getting heavier and heavier after charging so hard, so he didn't want to rely on others anymore. If he wanted to defeat the opponent, he could only rely on himself.

In the 8th minute, Yi Huan intercepted Valencia's football in the midfield and quickly handed it to Papadopoulos, who immediately moved forward and passed the ball to Farfan after passing Anderson. The ball is excellent, but seeing the opponent's defense line that is not messy at all, he also knows that if he hits hard, there will be no results, so he passes the ball directly into the penalty area without looking at it, and even when passing the ball, he He didn't even see his own player in the opponent's penalty area, but that's all. He believed that there was Ai Huan behind him, and this person had always been able to make amazing moves.

And Ai Huan did not make him hopeful. When the football rolled into the opponent's penalty area, Ai Huan had already rushed into the opponent's penalty area like a gust of wind, and Manchester United's defense originally wanted to do an offside tactic, but Facing a player like Ai Huan, they had no time to do better, and could only watch this guy form a one-handed one.

When Van der Sar saw Ai Huan, who didn't know where he was just now, suddenly appeared in front of him, he couldn't help being startled, but his experience and reflexes still allowed him to rush out in an instant. Block the football in front of Ai Huan.

But it was too late. After Ai Huan got the ball, he just lightly kicked the football with one side of his body. The football immediately drew an arc, slid past Van der Sar's left hand, and crossed gently. Dutch body.

The Theater of Dreams fell silent for an instant, and the British fans, known for their fanaticism, held their breath for an instant. They all felt that Manchester United should be doomed.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Ai Huan, who has always been single-handedly, had very ordinary luck today. Although the football passed Van der Sar, it didn't roll into the goal, but hit the goal post hard. , only heard a bang and popped out of the penalty area, the fans immediately burst into cheers, and the fans sang and danced happily.

Ai Huan was also extremely annoyed, could it be that his physical decline also caused his shot to deviate?It's really too much. If this kind of opportunity is not grasped, it will be even more difficult in the future.

Farfan had already run to Ai Huan's side at this time, he patted Ai Huan on the shoulder and comforted him, "Good job, a bit unlucky, but next time they won't have such good luck."

Ai Huan smiled reluctantly, but others didn't know him, but his heart was clear. At this time, his body function had told him that he had almost exhausted all his physical strength in the past 10 minutes. It seems that the next game You have to adjust slowly, and you can always find other opportunities, but it should be very difficult in the recent period of time.

Thinking this way, Ai Huan did the same. He slowly returned to the position of the midfielder to help the team defend, hoping to save some energy and wait for the next attack.

But seeing Ai Huan take the initiative to return to the midfielder position, the corners of Ferguson's mouth could not help but rise, and he immediately made an attack signal from the sidelines.

(End of this chapter)