Chapter 33: The First Yellow Card
“Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”
“Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”
"In the 58th minute of the second half, China Dong completed the goal, and the score became 2:0, and Manchester United led Liverpool 2:0 at home."
"China Dong has already scored a goal and an assist, he and Cristiano complement each other, both of them are one pass and one shot, and they are the twin stars of Manchester United."
The twin stars were originally used to describe Ronaldo and Rooney, but Dong Fangzhuo grabbed this title first, who said that history was changed by him, and until now Rooney has not played for Manchester United.
'Two goals are almost enough to pronounce Liverpool a death sentence, I can't see any reason why they can turn the score around at Old Trafford, it's simply impossible.'
This time, it was Dong Fangzhuo's turn to jump on Cristiano Ronaldo to celebrate, and all of his United teammates rushed over, except for goalkeeper Barthez.
Everyone knows what the 2-0 score means.
The same could be said of Alex Ferguson, who used a third substitution.
O'Shea, who started in the last round, replaced Silvester this time, mainly because Sylvester had just returned and his physical strength was not enough to support the whole game.
Obviously, Ferguson has once again strengthened his defence, and Ferguson may not feel safe if he leads by one goal, but with two balls in hand, he does not need to hesitate.
Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez had a gloomy face, at this time, he had no other choice at all, he could only attack, and he could only change to a striker and play a three-striker.
Colwill was replaced by Mitchell and Luis Garcia was replaced by French striker Cisse.
The formation became 433.
Liverpool can only fight to the death, desperately.
Ferguson seems to have known what Benitez would do, and has set up his squad to wait for Liverpool.
Fletcher was fierce and although he played on the right flank, he covered almost the entire midfield.
This may be the reason why the lord likes him very much.
Liverpool's midfield is not dominant, and the addition of a striker certainly increases the attacking power of the front, but the midfield is a little weak.
This means that they have abandoned the long-range midfield style of play and switched to a striker-oriented style.
However, Benitez has changed, and so has Ferguson.
Now that Liverpool's midfield has dwindled, United should cut off their passing routes.
The burden fell on the shoulders of Fletcher and Keane, especially Fletcher.
Fletcher made a name for himself at the age of 16 and now has played in the Premier League for four years at the age of 20.
Whether it's against Alonso, Gerrard or Reese, he's been brave and tough enough.
The choice to let him come up again in the second half is to allow him to have enough physical energy to sweep the midfield.
The Premier League is already fierce, and Fletcher, who has the physical advantage, is even more difficult to face them.
Benitez only put the substitutions on the strikers, but couldn't take care of the midfield, and then the bad scene came again.
Under the frantic sweep of Keane and Fletcher, Liverpool's midfield was somewhat broken.
Of course, because of the ferocity of the two of them, the smell of gunpowder in the game is getting stronger and stronger, and considering that Keane has already been burdened with a yellow card, Fletcher's responsibility is even greater.
In the space of just three minutes, Fletcher beat Marcos Alonso and Steven Gerrard in quick succession, earning cheers from the Old Trafford crowd.
Every player on the field today showed high morale and fighting power.
The turf of the Theater of Dreams is about to be shoveled!
Liverpool are short on combat, and Gerrard, as Liverpool's captain, has a lot of responsibility. He doesn't seem to be doing enough compared to Keane, who can lead by example, but Gerrard is a bit soft.
Even Fletcher can bully him, which shows that he is not in such good shape.
Or rather, Liverpool are not as prepared as Manchester United.
Until now, it has been Manchester United's sharpness, while Liverpool are not tough enough. Although their style is still brave, they are not resolute enough.
The new team formed by Benitez still needs to continue to run in and is not mature enough. After all, it was only a few months before Benitez took over the team.
Manchester United Chen defended resolutely from top to bottom.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is a pure goalscorer with a small range of movement, so Dong Fangzhuo can only be involved in more defence, and he and Paul Scholes are the first hurdle in defence.
Although Fletcher and Keane fought fiercely, they have always led the rhythm of Manchester United.
Right now
Manchester United does not fight offensively, only in midfield and defensively.
Liverpool finally got the ball and wanted to attack, but they were always stopped by Manchester United's players.
In the 77th minute, Keane finally paid the price for his impunity.
When Xavi Alonso tried to get the ball into the Manchester United penalty area, Keane made a frontal tackle, but instead of tackling the ball, he shoveled it at Alonso's feet.
The referee finally couldn't take it anymore and expelled Keane with a red card.
Keane's great role as Manchester United captain came to an early end.
But his end was still applauded by the Manchester United fans, who saw their captain have done his best and died a glorious death......
Then, Manchester United had one less man on the pitch.
This seems to give Liverpool a chance to fight back, ten to eleven, and it must be a big chance.
So Benitez came back and simply moved Carragher forward, let Carragher play in the back, and continued to free Gerrard and Alonso.
Carragher had already played in the back when he debuted, and this was simply a breeze and there were no problems.
The seasoned Ferguson naturally won't let Benitez's treacherous scheme succeed.
He also made immediate adjustments, but the substitutions were already used up and he had to make adjustments with the players he already had.
That is, Dong Fangzhuo completely retreated and continued to entangle everything with Carragher.
Before, it was trying to get away from Carragher, but now it's trying to find a way to stay close to Carragher.
It's you again!
Carragher wanted to rush forward, but Dong Fangzhuo followed closely and did not leave an inch.
Both of them started the game, and so far in the game, both of them have not much energy left, but they both have to run.
As the new midfielder, Carragher had to cover a much larger area.
Dong Fangzhuo not only has to take care of Carragher when defending, but also has to run and involve more space when attacking.
In the end, Carragher could only continue to entangle with Dong Fangzhuo.
The two men had several direct collisions in Liverpool's backfield in a row, and the two sides did not give in to each other, and there was no point in winning or losing.
The clock was fast ticking and the United fans in the stands were already celebrating, but there was still a frantic transition on the pitch.
In the 90th minute, Ronaldo on the left side got the opportunity to counterattack, and soon dribbled the ball to the bottom line, and Dong Fangzhuo naturally rushed forward desperately.
But what he didn't expect was that Finnan accidentally snatched Ronaldo's ball, because Ronaldo didn't plan to play a wave of attacks at all in the end, but just wanted to take the ball to the left side to consume time, and Finnan naturally had a chance.
Dong Fangzhuo originally threw Carragher away, but in the end, he found that Finnan actually passed the ball to Carragher's feet.
Dong Fangzhuo didn't think much about it at the time, and after turning around, he chased after him crazily.
When he saw Carragher preparing to make a long pass, he didn't think much about it at all, and directly shoveled Carragher down from behind.
Yellow!
He received a yellow card!
The first yellow card in a Premier League match!
When Carragher got up, he glared at him!