Chapter Eighty-Eight: Infighting
Fletcher made a frontal tackle at the back of the field and snathered the ball from the feet of the Palace striker.
The opposing striker was already killed before he even made a move.
This domineering tackle has a bit of Keane's majesty.
Fletcher was made a panacea, and there was a bit of Ferguson's selfishness in it.
Keane is getting older, Ferguson needs a versatile midfielder, and Fletcher is the best option at the moment.
I haven't learned other skills, but this domineering and courage are almost learned.
Call!
Almost everyone was shocked by Fletcher's tackle.
Dong Fangzhuo, who was originally running back, squeaked and stopped, his whole body quickly twisted, and his left foot kicked on the turf, and he recoiled.
By the time he braked, Fletcher had already passed the ball towards Cristiano Ronaldo on the right.
In fact, Ronaldo and Dong Fangzhuo's reactions were almost simultaneous.
Two people braked at the same time to turn around.
Fletcher's pass was so strong that Ronaldo didn't have to wait for the ball at all, and ran directly to get the ball.
This change came too unexpectedly, and the Crystal Palace, which was originally attacking, turned into a defensive side again.
Ronaldo glanced at the incoming ball while glancing at the opponent who ran over, and took the ball from behind with his left foot, and the ball instantly accelerated through the crotch! The opponent has no chance to stop Ronaldo at all.
"Beautiful!"
The audience exclaimed!
This is not over, in the face of the Crystal Palace defenders who came up, he chose a more brutal way, swept his left foot again, and the ball flew directly behind the opponent for more than ten meters.
It's a deliberately big shot!
Ronaldo doesn't need to feint, he directly eats the other party!
Walking like a fly, he chased the ball desperately.
At the same time, Dong Fangzhuo in the middle dragged two Crystal Palace central defenders to run forward!
But the eyes found that Solskjaer did not follow!
Cristiano Ronaldo and his counter-attack were too fast, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer simply followed up with a jog.
This......
Dong Fangzhuo could only change his strategy, and after breaking into the big penalty area, he quickly kicked the ground with his right foot, braked sharply to change direction to the left, and ran to the back point.
Where would the two central defenders of Crystal Palace think that Dong Fangzhuo would be such a thief? was completely stunned by Dong Fangzhuo.
Fortunately, one of them reacted quickly enough to hurriedly turn around and follow.
But at this time, Ronaldo had already passed the ball before it was blocked.
This guy's passing is a bit high and floating, probably because he has practiced too many tomahawks and fallen leaf balls recently, and it has become a habit to play out his feet.
The high and floating ball fell to the back point, so that Dong Fangzhuo couldn't directly head the goal.
But he was the only Manchester United player in the box.
I saw him jump up in the direction where the ball was flying, puff up his chest, rely on the inertia of rushing forward to unload the ball with his chest, successfully avoided the guy who came up to block him, and staggered a position.
There's plenty of space to shoot in this position, but there's not enough time! Because the other centre-back was immediately blocked, he didn't even have time to swing his legs.
Simply, he stabbed the tip of his right foot directly and successfully shot before the opponent blocked!
Shoot in the tightest space and in the shortest time!
"Beautiful!"
"The ball is in!"
The Crystal Palace goalkeeper's body did not react, but watched the ball go into the net......
Dong Fangzhuo scored twice! Manchester United 2:0 Crystal Palace!
Oh, this kid, that's so reasonable! Ferguson exclaimed from the sidelines.
Not everyone can handle the ball so reasonably in this situation.
Ferguson tried to recall the goal.
The first is the running position, Dong Fangzhuo, who was originally pulled to the front point, suddenly changed the running route during the run and chose the back point.
Cristiano Ronaldo's pass came as promised.
Generally, the striker will only wait for the ball to land and start his feet directly, but it is likely that the opponent's body will be blocked as soon as he gets up, but Dong Fangzhuo did not wait, chose to jump and unload the ball in advance, and missed the opponent's gap to dodge.
Against the second pounce, he appeared more calm and resourceful.
There was no delay in the fighter, and the shot was completed in the fastest and most unpredictable way of stabbing the shot......
Well, I still underestimated this little guy before!
Ferguson eventually shook his head......
Of course, once again I have to admit that he and Ronaldo work really well together, and the two seem to know what each other is doing next.
This is a tacit understanding.
Although Crystal Palace's defense was really bad, there was no denying the perfection of the goal.
And Fletcher's tackle and counter-attacking pass were also crucial......
At 2:0, Manchester United stabilized and almost ended the game early.
Is there still 3:0? Manchester United fans found it worth paying to watch the game, seeing two goals in less than 20 minutes.
"Is this going to be a big win?"
'It looked like they could still score in the first half, but Palace were beaten out of temper.
Manchester United fans are looking forward to it.
With two goals conceded in a row, Crystal Palace was indeed demoralized and looked like the Carabao Cup campaign was coming to an end.
"Tsk, Dong's luck is really good!" On the bench, the young Rossi was envious, but he thought it was just Dong Fangzhuo's luck.
This kind of ball, if you give yourself a hundred, you will score a hundred, and there is no technical content at all!
That's what most of the substitutes think, especially if they have good footwork, and they will always think that they are doing better.
However, he had to find a way to play first and then create chances like that.
Manchester United were in complete control of the game and the Crystal Palace boss failed to adjust the mentality of his players in the first place.
The demoralised Crystal Palace right-back tackled Smith in the box three minutes later.
Seeing Dong Fangzhuo's performance so vigorous, Smith was anxious. Smith burst into the penalty area with the ball in the 19th minute, and his left foot faked a change of direction to the right, which was actually the outside instep to cut the ball down!
The referee blew the whistle without hesitation, penalty!
It was a penalty without a doubt.
It looks like Manchester United are going to take a 3-0 lead.
Smith got up from the turf and held the ball in his arms, but Ronaldo walked over and asked for a penalty.
Ruud van Nistelrooy was not there, and Ronaldo was the first penalty taker.
There was no controversy, but Smith argued with Ronaldo on the pitch......
Smith wanted to take the penalty, but Ronaldo wouldn't let it.
Why do you want to fight?
Dong Fangzhuo was standing not far away.
He will definitely not do such a thing as fighting for a penalty, but Smith has hardly scored this season, and he wants to get the penalty right, but Ronaldo does not agree.
The two of them also have some small grievances in private, robbing women.
This makes the possibility of conflict even more aggravated.
But Ronaldo didn't give in at all, and he reached for Smith's bad with both hands.
"Man, give me the ball."
This is not giving Smith any face, communiqué personal vendetta?
Dong Fangzhuo thinks that Ronaldo is unnecessary, but there is nothing wrong with doing so, the rules are like this, he is the first penalty taker.
Smith didn't expect Ronaldo to be really stubborn, and his face was extremely ugly, but in the end he wilted and handed the ball to Ronaldo.
But the next moment, Smith wanted to kill......