Chapter 887: Stalemate

When Young-gwang went to take a free kick, Park Ji-sung was in the wall, and he was very surprised at the time, wondering why Young-gwang was standing behind the football.

He then jumped up to block Glory's shot, which of course he didn't.

So he went back and saw where football was playing.

He saw the football flying into the goal, and he was stupid......

When he knocked down Rongguang in time, he thought he had saved the team, after all, Rongguang only needed one step to break into the penalty area.

His foul stopped Glory's offense and minimized the risk.

But...... Now Glory took advantage of this free kick opportunity and shot the football directly into Manchester United's goal!

So what is that...... Shouldn't I have fouled yet? Did my foul give me a chance at glory?

But when will he be able to kick such a beautiful banana free-kick?

Park Ji-sung turned his head and turned his surprised gaze to Glory, who had already been hugged by the rest of the Manchester City players.

Park Ji-sung also knows a little about Rongguang, after all, he and he are both the best Asian players, and they have been compared by the Korean media and caused controversy. So Park Ji-sung naturally paid attention to this Chinese player who played for a European giant like himself - Rongguang was still playing for Bayern Munich at the time.

He knew that some media commented on Rong Guang as "a player who can surprise at any time", and he didn't know this sentence very intuitively at the time. What do you mean by "surprise at any time"?

But now he is more knowledgeable, but for Manchester United, "surprise" has to be changed to "shock" to be appropriate......

Who knew before the game that Glory would take a free-kick?

Not a single one!

If he knew, the boss wouldn't have arranged any foul tactics to contain Rong's offense......

He's really someone Manchester United didn't expect once!

The last time was also a city derby, and the boss's tactic was to drive Rong to the side, so that he could only move on the side. I thought that this would limit Glory's play and reduce his threat to the goal.

Who would have thought that two zero-angle goals came from the wing......

It was a big surprise to everyone.

This time is no exception......

hostile to such people...... It's really hard work......

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After all, Ferguson is an experienced and capable coach, and he quickly shakes off that negativity and regains his composure.

Things haven't gotten to the worst yet.

If you think about it, just because Glory just scored a direct free-kick doesn't mean our tactics are useless.

As long as we can strictly control the location of the foul and keep the foul away from the goal...... He can't afford to be able to score from a direct free-kick from a long distance from goal......

So when the Manchester City players were still celebrating their goals, he had already pulled the Manchester United players to teach them face-to-face.

Let them continue to stick to foul tactics. Compared with the score of 0:1, he was more worried that the goal of Glory would crush the players' confidence in this tactic, which was the most deadly.

So the first thing to do is to restore the confidence of the players and tell them that this goal of glory is not a big deal......

Ferguson's arrangement was correct and very effective.

After the resumption of the game, United did not waver in their sticking tactics, pushing the foul forward so that they could attack directly after the break in front of the goal, and instead threaten the City goal more.

Manchester City obviously didn't expect Manchester United's counterattack to be so fierce.

They had planned to take advantage of the victory and score another goal against Manchester United after the goal they had just scored, so as to seal the win......

Unexpectedly, Manchester United took advantage of the fact that they were about to continue to score, storming their penalty area, creating several dangers in front of Manchester City's goal, forcing Manchester City to recycle their defense and temporarily abandon the intention of continuing to score......

The most active man in United's attack was Cristiano Ronaldo.

He tried hard to score in the game and equalise for his team, and he couldn't let Glory steal the show alone.

Originally, in the Champions League final, he lost to Barcelona's Messi, which made him very unhappy. At that time, after the game, the Spanish media still ridiculed him, saying that he was the first person in the world to be in vain, and he was completely injured by Rong Guang - those Spanish media are really vicious enough, knowing that Cristiano Ronaldo hates people talking about this the most, so they specifically emphasize this......

This is a deliberate slap in the face of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Of course, they are not brainless, and they can really come up with something to prove that they are right.

For example, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 18 goals and provided six assists in 33 Premier League appearances this season, a far cry from the glorious 32 league goals. Scoring 18 league goals in a single season, is this the table that the world footballer of the year should have?

If Rongguang hadn't been injured, how could he have won the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or last year?

In this year's Champions League, the Reds made it all the way to the final, playing in 12 games, missing just one due to injury, and scoring just four goals, half the eight he scored last season.

Such an expression is completely unconvincing.

The media naturally has room to hack him.

That's why Cristiano Ronaldo has been holding his breath after losing the Champions League final, didn't you say I got these honours after Rongguang's injury?

Then I'll beat him this time!

What you didn't do in the league, you did in the FA Cup final.

As long as he defeats Glory, those bitch-fed media should have nothing to say.

But it was a pity that he wasted a chance in this wave of counter-attacking climax, and the shot in the box was directly kicked high by him.

There was a loud sigh from the stands, all from the United fans.

Cristiano Ronaldo himself looked very annoyed, and he waved his hand angrily, feeling incredulous that he had not taken this opportunity.

Then Manchester United slowed down the pace of the counterattack, because their physical strength could not support them to maintain such a crazy front-court siege, although the effect was very good, but it was overdrawing the physical strength of the whole team, which was worth the loss.

After a bit of a scramble, you have to take a break, slow down, let the players rest and then come back on the comeback.

And after Manchester United slowed down, it was City's turn to make a move.

However, because Manchester United are now very careful about the use of foul tactics, Manchester City still did not get too many good opportunities.

The two sides were at a stalemate.

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In this stalemate, the game went on for another twenty minutes, and the first half was almost forty minutes into the game, and the score was still 1-0, with Manchester City leading.

Manchester United are still sticking to foul tactics, but they are more cautious, pushing the foul point forward, and when they get the ball at the back, if they can't break the ball, they will not hesitate to foul it, and even the halfway line will not allow the Manchester City players to cross easily......

None of them thought Glory's first goal was a win, and it was clearly a sign of his quality.

So in order to prevent Glory from having another chance to threaten Manchester United's goal, Manchester United is now paying special attention to the place of fouls.

They think that by keeping the foul away from their goal and the penalty area, they should be able to avoid conceding again......

City's response was to push as far forward as possible and force United to foul closer to their goal.

It's like American football, the two sides are tugging at each other.

It's a very unsightly game because players from both sides fall to the ground frequently, and the referee's whistle keeps sounding, stopping the game and awarding a free-kick to one side, mostly for Manchester City.

The game was frequently interrupted by these fouls and became fragmented.

It's not spectacular at all.

But the final...... It's always the most ugly game.

And not many people who are following the game want to watch a good game, they care more about the result than the process.

Whether it's Manchester United fans or Manchester City fans, all they want is to kill their opponents and lift the trophy. As for how he got killed...... Who cares so much?

This is the sworn enemy.

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In this embrace, the first half came to the end, and when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, Alan Hansen let out a long sigh: "This first half is over...... Watching the game and seeing it makes my heart feel sick...... Interrupt interrupt, just a little bit of love...... The game was interrupted......"

"yes, it's so uncomfortable to watch, let alone the players on the pitch. So in the first half, City didn't get any decent chances other than that free-kick. Because they were playing awkwardly themselves, the game was completely off the normal track......" says John Mortensen.

"But if United can't score in the second half, it's good for City to go on with a stalemate, because they're ahead......

"I'm afraid that Manchester United's foul tactics will make Manchester City's players impetuous...... We've seen a couple of clashes in the first half, although not big, just a few bickering...... But this is a very dangerous sign. Alan Hansen said worriedly.

"Let's wait and see......"

John Mortensen said, "Let's see what changes the managers will make at half-time......

The telecast cut to a close-up of Ferguson and Benitez.

Benitez in the camera is very idle, and although his team is leading in the score, he does not look like a leader at all.

City didn't play well in the first half, and apart from that free-kick, it was almost a failure, so his grim expression was understandable.

Ferguson's expression wasn't easy, either.

This kind of foul tactic is actually a blow to his team, he has already received yellow cards for three players in the first half, and if he continues to play like this, he will have players sent off before the game is over......