Chapter 371: Calm to outrageous cooperation
Bah!
Ronaldo and Rooney took a sip almost at the same moment, and then the two of them looked at Dong Fangzhuo in unison.
If you look closely, they're used to doing it when United have been breached lately......
1:2。
And Zeman began to make slight adjustments to the formation on the field.
"Sure enough, Petit started to stand in front of the two central defenders, in order not to let the ball come to the middle more, and also to help the defenders help the defenders."
But Koeman only has this one adjustment, the rest of his team remains the same, his team still has to attack, this may be the genes that Koeman, who was born in Barcelona, because they see the hope of victory, and they want to carry it out to the end. For Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, this is a danger and a bigger opportunity, and while the defence will still feel the pressure, it will also give the Reds more attacking opportunities. ”
The goal conceded made United's backline a little flustered, and after conceding two goals in a row, Vidic's defence seemed a little less confident.
Especially in the 35th minute, Manchester United almost finished!
Giovanni dribbled the ball on-hand, and Silvestre brought it down from behind on the edge of the box.
Fack!
I grass!
Dong Fangzhuo and Rooney both looked at the referee.
If the goal is awarded a penalty, Manchester United will have no idea, it will be cold.
Seconds later, referee Vasaras awarded the Brazilian a foul on a fake fall.
The Benfica players did not do it, and there was a dispute in front of the referee for a long time, but the referee still upheld the decision.
Sylvester is really unreliable, not as good as Pique, Dong Fangzhuo actually remembered the young Pique at this time, but unfortunately he is not Ferguson, he has no right to replace, in memory, there is a game in the presence of Sylvester, it is not reliable!
United drove the ball out at the back, but it was quickly cut off by a Benfica player and it was again a fast through ball. Smith had to foul Nuno Gomez at the back of the court and bring him down to avoid another accident when the ball reached the box. Petit finally stepped up and fired a shot from 25 yards down the middle that was blocked by the wall.
From the corner, Vidic slammed the ball over the crowd, sending it straight away and flying off the touchline, as if to vent his frustration with the backline......
It seems that his old partner Ferdinand is more reliable, but unfortunately Ferdinand is injured, and now he is the only one who is fighting alone, but even if Ferdinand is here, with his recent sluggish form, he is not necessarily much better than Silvestre.
There was some instability in the middle and Rooney had to go down the middle, as if to tighten his grip on the midfield.
His clever approach gave United a chance to counter-attack.
In the 43rd minute, he received a pass from Smith and distributed the ball to Ronaldo on the right side, not intending to entangle with Benfica in the dense middle, but Giovanni immediately pulled down Ronaldo in the midfield, and Ronaldo didn't even have a chance to start. Of course, Giovanni was also booked. 、
United missed the last chance to attack in the first half.
In the dressing room, although Ferguson did not get angry, he was certainly not satisfied with the performance of the players on the field, especially at the back, and the defense could not bear to look at it directly.
Park Ji-sung was substituted in the second half, his form was terrible today, and Scholes got half time to play.
However, Paul Scholes' arrival did not immediately change the situation for United, as the stalemate continued on the pitch and the Reds failed to organise a threatening attack.
In the 55th minute, seeing that the teammates in front of him were so weak, Vidic suddenly made a long pass to Dong Fangzhuo in the backfield, Dong Fangzhuo jumped, and the anti-offside position was successful in an instant, Luisson's long legs failed to keep up with Dong Fangzhuo, but Dong Fangzhuo forgot that there was a Petit, Dong Fangzhuo was unloading the ball, Petit's cunning body pushed forward, Dong Fangzhuo's body instantly lost its balance, failed to protect the ball, and fell to the ground.
Dong Fangzhuo immediately turned over and raised his hand to signal the French to foul, but the referee didn't blow it!
The cunning Petit didn't wait for the ball, and still took the ball at the first time.
Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy......
Why is it said that there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, this is the truth, this is all experience!
Although Dong Fangzhuo was very depressed, he quickly got up and chased after Petit.
He lost the ball and he had the mission to chase it, even though it seemed silly. Petit thought so, too, and he quickly handed the ball forward......
It's just that Benfica have Petit, and Manchester United also have veterans like Paul Scholes and Neville.
Petit handed over the ball to the middle, but Neville took the credit for Smith and raced to get the ball before Beto.
Beto didn't expect that it was not Smith who came out of nowhere, but Manchester United's right-back Neville, how did this guy come out?
As he pondered, Neville had already given the ball to Scholes and was pushing forward.
With this sudden attack, Benfica did not have the advantage of defending numbers......
In the 58th minute, Giggs and Scholes passed the ball in succession, Scholes led it to the front, but he did not immediately shoot from a distance, because Petit made a mistake in passing, but it was sealed in front of Scholes at the first time, Scholes split the ball Cristiano Ronaldo on the right side of the penalty area, and the Portuguese's low right-footed shot from 18 yards went wide of the far corner.
The goal didn't go in, but at least Manchester United played with great momentum on the attack. Then Ferguson continued to make changes, Smith, who had performed well, was replaced, and Giggs came up to continue to strengthen the attack!
'The veterans come up and maybe it can be a big help in the game, the young players are not good at playing against the wind, and now with Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs in the back, the front three should have a chance.'
"Ferguson still has a lot of ideas, looking at young players in good times and veterans in bad times?"
As soon as Ryan Giggs came up, he was immediately fouled by Anderson in front of the penalty area. Petit was dissatisfied with the referee's decision and went up to theorize, only to be booked.
Cristiano Ronaldo thought for a long time in front of the ball before finally taking a free-kick from 25 yards on the right that went straight wide of the near corner. It seems that his recent free-kick quality is not good again.
Manchester United had no choice but to step up their attack. Ferguson started walking around the sidelines and looked anxious too.
The course of the game was a bit unexpected.
Koeman's side are still very strong, both defensively and offensively.
In the 70th minute, after Heinze pressed for an assist and Manchester United was beaten, Nelson countered and passed the ball to the middle, and Nuno Gomez's low shot from the right side of the box was stubbornly blocked by Vidichua.
Nuno Gomes found that he couldn't touch the ball after switching to Nemanja Vidic.
Although United were threatened by attack, United needed to attack more, so despite being beaten in the back, the Argentine bravely rushed forward again.
After receiving the ball from Giggs, Heinze chose to pass back, Giggs quickly picked up a pass with his left foot, Dong Fangzhuo attracted the firepower in the middle, Rooney inserted into the left rib of the penalty area, and Petit couldn't rush to make up for the defense.
Wayne Rooney's left-footed volley from 8 yards!
Anderson flies to block! Not only did he stop the ball, but he got up and got it.
Looking up, Giovanni was in front of him, and he didn't hesitate to hit a through ball.
"Danger!"
After Giovanni got his hands on the ball, he slammed the backheel of his right foot and easily dodged the reckless Silvestre.
Then Giovanni immediately raced the ball to Nuno Gomez!
Vidic can't see two by himself! But he decisively chose to keep up with Nuno Gomez. But Nuno Gomez still took a quick step to rush the ball into the penalty area!
Hmmm-
Van der Sar fell like a ghost at the feet of Nuno Gomez, and he instantly controlled the ball and threw it to Heinze on the ground.
Heinze, despite his surprise, quickly gave the ball to Giggs.
Giggs shifted the ball to Ronaldo with a wide range of kicks, because Ronaldo's side was empty and there was no one to defend at all, and Rooney was followed by a defender.
It's Manchester United's turn to fight back quickly!
Soon formed a 3-on-4 situation in the frontcourt, one on Rooney's side, two Dong Fangzhuo in the middle, and one Petit was rushing towards Ronaldo.
In the face of Petit, Ronaldo was full of confidence, and he also buckled the heel of his right foot like Giovanni just now, and Petit was involuntarily thrown off like a kite with a broken string.
Cristiano Ronaldo quickly cut inside in the middle.
Wayne Rooney played with the opponent's right-back on the left flank and quickly outpaced the opponent!
Two seconds later, Ronaldo decisively dribbled the ball into the penalty area, but Benfica's other central defender, Leao, decisively left Dong Fangzhuo and came to block Ronaldo.
At the last moment, Ronaldo chose to smash the ball again and went down to the bottom and aimed at Leao in an instant, but the shooting angle was gone.
He could only sweep the ball down the middle, but he quickly took a step back, dodging Leao again and regaining space.
He swept the ball to the middle and ran towards Dong Fangzhuo's feet, but Louisson behind him used all his strength to feed, this time Dong Fangzhuo failed to control his body, and he was about to fall, but he still poked the ball back to Ronaldo with his left foot before falling.
Ronaldo didn't dare to adjust anymore and shot directly into the far corner with his left foot!
Whoop -
“gooooooal!”
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”
"The score is equalized!"
"Outrageously cool cooperation! The two of them are in each other's big forbidden area, and it's like playing a single-player game! ”