First title of the 226th season
After the award ceremony and the draw ceremony, the UEFA Super Cup was played.
The UEFA Super Cup match is played by the winner of the European Cup against the winner of the UEFA Cup, which can also be said to be the appetizer of the new season of the European competition.
Last season's UEFA Champions League was won by Manchester United, while the UEFA Cup winner is a team that feels strange to European football, from Zenit St. Petersburg of the Russian Premier League.
The Champions Cup winner versus the UEFA Cup winner is arguably the heaviest rivalry in European football, and fans are looking forward to it, but in reality, it is far from exciting.
Zenit St. Petersburg from the Russian Premier League, the Russian Premier League has not yet started, and due to a long vacation, many players of Zenit St. Petersburg have not yet entered the game; Although Manchester United has played two rounds of Premier League matches, due to the European Championship in the summer and too many commercial games before the start of the season, Manchester United's physical preparation reserves have been affected, so this European super game is very dull, and both sides are more cautious.
After the game started, it was like a glass of warm water, and the scene was calm.
At the end of the first half, the score of 0-0 did not change, which also disappointed the fans in front of the stadium and television, as well as the commentators.
'I'm willing to bet it was the most disappointing UEFA Super Cup game ever and it's rare for both teams to have more than five shots in attack. Lineker said a little unpleasantly.
'There are still problems with Manchester United's attack. Maybe it's the Euros that have overdrawn all the form of these lads, whether it's Jonker or Cristiano Ronaldo or Wayne Rooney. The lack of satisfaction is the biggest problem for Manchester United. ”
After the start of the second half. Ferguson could already be heard on the sidelines shouting loudly from the commentary bench, and he took the victory of this game very seriously.
After the start of the new season, Manchester United won and drew one in the league, and the table can not be said to be bad, but the state of the team table still makes the old Scottish man very anxious, for the European Super Cup, Ferguson still attaches great importance to it, and he wants to use a championship to improve the morale and state of the Manchester United team. It was also the first title of the 08/09 season, and Manchester United were bound to win it!
"Gary Neville was very active on the right side of the second half after the start of the second half, and it seems that the injury during this period has allowed Gary Sr. to accumulate too much energy." Taibby joked that in everyone thought Gary. When Neville was about to retire, the veteran renewed his contract with Manchester United.
There was also a burst of laughter in front of the TV, Lineker's full name was Gary. Lineker. Recently, there have been reports that Lineker and his wife have quarreled, and neither of them is willing to apologize to the other first. Even sleeping in separate beds at night, not to mention the 'sexes'. Life's up, so. Taibi's words are pun-in.
Lineker smiled. didn't say anything, and met a partner who said bad things like this. What else could he say but a wry smile?
In the 53rd minute, Gary. Neville intercepted Zenit midfielder Zlyakov and the United captain squeezed Zlyakov behind him before delivering a beautiful long ball.
Cristiano Ronaldo took two steps back, stopped the ball with a beautiful chest, and slammed the ball behind him with his heel, Jonk immediately inserted the ball, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who passed the ball, was slammed to the ground by Zenit midfielder Hill.
Referee Rossetti made a favorable gesture with a whistle in his mouth and did not stop the attack.
Jonker broke through with the ball, and he was defended by Zenit defender Pigrenier, who shook Pigrenier with two consecutive feints and made the defender lose his temper at all.
Obviously, Zenit's defenders must have received special advice from the head coach before the game, and Anyukov, who was trailing back all the way, saw that Pigrenier was easily broken through, and he was not ambiguous, hugging his chest and dragging Jonker down.
Referee Rossetti did not hesitate this time, showing a yellow card to the fouling Anyukov, awarding Manchester United a free kick about 30 yards from goal, and then he also verbally warned Hill, who had just fouled Cristiano Ronaldo.
Anyukov pretended to hold Joan up, and he whispered fiercely in Jonk's ear, "You're still tender, little white face, watch your ass!" ”
In the shot, Jonker's face changed suddenly, of course, he was not afraid, he was angry, he stared at Anyukov's back, and spat on the ground fiercely.
Those who are familiar with Jonk know that this time, Jonk is really angry.
This free kick, within the range of Jonk and Cristiano Ronaldo, both stood at the penalty spot, seeing the two most threatening stars in the Manchester United team standing at the penalty spot, the fans of Zenit St. Petersburg were nervous, these two are free kick masters, not to mention Jonker, Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick is also very feared.
Jonk and Cristiano Ronaldo spoke softly, leaving outsiders unaware of who would take the ball.
Rossetti's whistle sounded.
Jonk started to run, he ran past the football, it was Cristiano Ronaldo as cover, and the Zenit defenders were fooled and the wall jumped.
Immediately after, Cristiano Ronaldo shot a free-kick that was not the familiar curling ball, but a very fast bocce ball floating on the turf, which deceived everyone, including Zenit goalkeeper Malafef, who did not react at all, and he turned his head to see that the football was already rolling in the goal.
“Gooooooooooooal!!! Cristiano Ronaldo!!! The goal finally came! In the 55th minute, Manchester United took the lead!! This ball is so beautiful! The coordination between the two superstars of Manchester United, the human wall of Zenit St. Petersburg has been completely deceived!! ”
Cristiano Ronaldo looked quite excited after the goal. He was so excited that he even took off his clothes and rushed to the stands. Then he threw the jersey out and went topless like that. Shaking his fist and shouting.
At the club, Cristiano Ronaldo has been suppressed by the light of Jonck, which makes the proud Portuguese very unhappy, although the relationship between the two is very good, but, after all, geniuses always do not admit defeat, and no one wants to be under someone's halo forever.
At this time, of course, Jonk did not understand Cristiano Ronaldo's thoughts, and he was happy for the goal. rushed over and excitedly hugged Cristiano Ronaldo in his arms, and then shouted at him: "Haha! This ball is so beautiful! Well done! ”
Manchester United scored, the draw was broken and Zenit St. Petersburg had to invest more in attack. And their offensive is indeed very strong. In fact, in today's match, the watch of this European upstart from the Russian Premier League is not conservative.
In the 63rd minute, Anyukov was intercepted by Fletcher, he and Demoschuk made a wall-to-wall combination and burst into the right side of the box to cross with his feet, and his cross was cleared by Ferdinand's header.
Dominguez, who followed up, followed by a long-range shot. Deviated.
After the shot, Dominguez was immediately substituted, and Zenit St. Petersburg's number one star Arshavin came on as a substitute. At this time, Arshavin wanted to transfer because of the noise. So it was put on the bench as a sign of punishment, but, now it seems. Without Arshavin's Zenit, the attack power is indeed much lower.
There is no way, I have to replace it with Arshavin.
Saw Arshavin play. Zenit St. Petersburg fans at the Moroccan II Stadium did not applaud the team's number one star, but booed.
Arshavin has recently been determined to move to Arsenal. This has already caused great dissatisfaction among the fans, and in the footage, a banner appeared in the stands of Zenit fans, which read: Slave of money! Hurry up and get out!
After Arshavin came on the field, Zenit's offensive immediately improved a lot.
He won the ball in midfield, broke past Paul Scholes and then Fletcher, and after attracting Evra's attention on the right flank, he suddenly went down to the bottom and passed it back beautifully, but unfortunately the unguarded Bergrebjak's shot was not of high quality, high over the crossbar, and put an anti-aircraft gun.
In the 66th minute, Manchester United made a substitution, with Park Ji-sung coming off the bench to replace Fletcher. It was a regular substitution, and the South Korean star showed his savings to everyone with his actions shortly after he came on the pitch.
This is Scholes passing the ball in the midfield, after Jonk got the ball, he began a crazy sprint, he first used his speed to break through Hill, and then a change of direction passed by Anyukov's side, continued to dribble the ball, attracted the attention of the defenders of Zenit St. Petersburg, near the bottom line in the penalty area, suddenly knocked the football back, Rooney missed the ball, and Park Ji-sung who inserted the ball met the ball with a powerful volley.
The shot was so powerful that it hit the lower abdomen of the intercepted Zenit goalkeeper Malafev, and then jumped high, and the returning Zenit defender Krizanak hurriedly headed the ball over the crossbar and took a corner.
Nani ran to take a corner kick, but saw the team doctor enter the field, this is the Zenit goalkeeper Malafeif, who had just blocked Park Ji-sung's shot with his body, was lying on the ground with painful convulsions, and he felt as if his stomach had been shot, a piercing pain.
"Poor Malafif, he is so brave!" Lineker watched the slow-motion replay, when Park Ji-sung shot, his calf swing was extremely large, obviously the ball was very powerful, and the football just jumped up, and it was blocked by Malafeif, who attacked, and it can be seen that when Malafev blocked the football, his facial expression was distorted because of pain.
The goalkeeper was receiving treatment, the goalkeeper's position was no better than the other, the game was temporarily suspended, Malafeiv was treated by the team doctor, and it looked like Zenit St. Petersburg had to change the goalkeeper.
"Watch out for the midfield! Don't let Zenit players have a chance to shoot from distance! 'At this time, Ferguson is warning the players to pay attention. Zenit St. Petersburg is now behind the score and has to attack, however, there are not many offensive means, and when there is no chance in the sports battle, he began to frequently try to shoot from a distance, and two shots were slightly off, which surprised Lord Fu in a cold sweat.
Malafev was not substituted after a short period of treatment. Instead, he insisted on playing, which earned him a round of applause from the Zenit fans.
Nani takes a corner. It was a tactical corner kick and Nani passed the football to Park Ji-sung. The latter crossed the football, and after Scholes got the ball, he kicked it straight through, and Jonk ran out of the penalty area and kicked the ball back again, and then Nani suddenly shifted the football to the right side, where there was no one around Cristiano Ronaldo, who had the ball.
The United fans immediately burst into cheers.
Following the camera, Cristiano Ronaldo deftly flicked past Anyukov. Continue to push towards the baseline and then kick in a cross.
The football was attached to the turf, spinning extremely fast and flying towards the back point, Krizanak, who defended Jonker, was obviously slow to react half a beat behind Jonker, watching Jonk keenly and beautifully grab the point, a close-range tackle, shovel the football into the goal, and the St. Petersburg Zenit goalkeeper Malafev who had just returned to the goal subconsciously stretched his legs to block, but still failed to block the football into the net.
2:0!!
Manchester United extended the scoreline!
Jonk was overjoyed after the goal. He pushed away his teammates who had come up to celebrate, rushed to the camera camera behind the goal of Zenit St. Petersburg, waved his fist and roared, venting the depression in his heart!
yes, depressing!
After the start of the new season. It's been two rounds of league games and Jonk hasn't scored yet, not just without scoring. His performance on the court was also barely passing, which put Jonk under a lot of pressure. If you can't score again, neither the media nor the fans. Criticism will increase.
Compared with this criticism, Jonk is also more worried that his sluggish form will affect the team's results, which is why this goal makes him so excited, which is a release of pressure.
After only two consecutive league games without scoring, there were suspicions that something was wrong with him, and now Jonk has hit back at the doubters with a beautiful action.
He told everyone: One qiē is normal, the goal is coming!
Manchester United fans also gave a round of applause to Jork, and the same is true for the fans, compared to the goal that expanded the score, because it was Jork who scored, they were also more happy, and Jork's condition can get better and better, which is the team, and the fans are happy to see.
Ferguson saw Jonker grabbing the point to score, and also rushed out of the coach's bench at once, and the old Scottish man first hugged the assistant coach next to him, and then applauded vigorously to cheer for his disciple's goal.
On the other hand, the head coach of Zenit St. Petersburg expressed extreme annoyance, only to see that the gentleman first punched the roof of the coach's seat, then kicked the water bottle away, and then shouted two words at the gloomy disciples on the bench, and the substitute players all began to warm up on the sidelines as if they were chasing ducks.
Dominguez, who had been substituted before, sat on the bench, and was also scolded by the head coach and asked him why he didn't warm up, just when Domingos was stunned, the head coach also realized that he had made a mistake, and was embarrassed to apologize to Domingos, snorted and walked away.
However, the head coach quickly gave a glimpse of the moodiness of the Russian manager.
Three minutes later, Zenit attacked with a ball from Bergrebjak, Zenit midfielder Danny burst into the left side of the box, flicked past Rio Ferdinand, and volleyed into the far corner, but Van der Sar couldn't keep the ball out of the net despite his best save.
1:2, Zenit St. Petersburg pulled a goal back.
Seeing the goal scored, the Zenit head coach hugged Dominguez next to him, yelled, and the camera zoomed in, and it could be seen that poor Dominguez was almost out of breath by the coach's strong arm.
"Stupid!" Ferguson saw Ferdinand being swept over so easily this time and allowing the opponent to score, the old Scottish man sighed unhappily and sat down in the coach's box, he looked up at the time, the game was already in the 81st minute.
Ferguson decided to make a substitution.
He replaced Nani, who was no longer running, with O'Shea, to strengthen his defence in midfield.
However, in the 87th minute of the game, there was an accident.
Jonker received O'Shea's long ball and burst into the box, where he faced the Pigrenier defence and beautifully split the ball to the side and cut in Evra's foot-to-foot cross.
In the penalty area, Scholes grabbed the point in the middle but scored the ball with a volleyball smash.
Due to the angle, Jonker didn't see exactly how Scholes got the ball in, and he had to run over to celebrate the goal. only to hear referee Rossetti's whistle, then pull out a yellow card and show it at Scholes. A red card was then shown for Scholes for a foul on Dominguez in the first half. There is already a yellow card in the body.
Although Jonker and Gary Neville surrounded referee Rossetti to intercede for Scholes, the decision was irrevocable.
Scholes walked to the sidelines, and was scolded by Ferguson, 'Ginger Head' remained silent, he also knew how low-level his yellow card was, and even Scholes himself couldn't explain why he chose to 'smash' the goal at that time. Is it too hungry to score?
Paul Scholes was sent off and Manchester United played with one man less, which also boosted the morale of Zenit St. Petersburg, who were down by one goal. This gave them hope of an equaliser and even a UEFA Super Cup.
In the following game, Zenit St. Petersburg launched a crazy counterattack, especially the team's attacking core and number one star Arshavin showed a strong desire to attack.
He frequently tore through Manchester United's defense, sharing the ball, breaking through, and shooting from distance, showing good attacking ability.
"This Russian is good." Arshavin's table made Ferguson's eyes light up on the sidelines, he knew that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had a crush on the Russian international, if the old Scottish man didn't have any ideas before, at this time, he saw Arshavin's table. It's still the intention of love.
Of course, Ferguson is not the kind of person who will jump to conclusions after watching a game, and he decided to study the video footage of the Russian international after the game before making a decision. Even if it is not possible to buy the Russian international. If it can cause a little trouble for Wenger's purchase, Ferguson naturally won't mind.
In the end, the result of this game was 2:1, and the score was not rewritten again. European Cup champions Manchester United beat League Cup champions Zenit St. Petersburg by a narrow goal.
The Russian team's last-minute comeback was tragic, but. It didn't bring them a goal, and they could only reluctantly accept the defeat.
After the game. The best player of the game also came out, and Jonk was named the best player of the game, but, in fact, in this game, Cristiano Ronaldo's table was better than Jonke, however, because in today's game, Jonk scored his first goal since the start of the new season, and the media reporters on the scene took this factor into account more.
As Manchester United celebrated another UEFA Super Cup victory, the camera caught a glimpse of gloom in Cristiano Ronaldo's eyes.
Jonk took off his jersey and took the initiative to find Arshavin to exchange jerseys, although the star of Zenit St. Petersburg was only a substitute, but after the appearance, Jonk was also impressed.
Seeing that Jonk took the initiative to exchange jerseys with him, Arshavin looked a little surprised, or flattered, although Arshavin is older than Jonker, but Jonck's current status in football is not comparable to Arshavin.
The two exchanged jerseys and chatted briefly, but Arshavin's English was very poor, and Jonk didn't know Russian, so the two exchanged more sentences through guò gestures.
With Arshavin's Zenit St. Petersburg shirt on his shoulder, Jonker was surrounded by reporters asking him how he felt about scoring his first goal of the new season.
This question makes Jonk think it's funny, isn't it just a goal? It was as if he hadn't opened in years.
However, Jonker, who is already familiar with how to deal with media reporters, still responded politely, nothing more than "I'm happy to score a goal", "I also know respect for the watch", "It's the team's effort to win the UEFA Super Cup".
After taking the stage to receive the silver medal in the UEFA Super Cup in St. Petersburg, Manchester United walked to the makeshift podium to the cheers of the fans to claim the UEFA Super Cup.
With captain Gary. Neville lifted the UEFA Super Cup high, red fireworks fell on the podium, and beautiful fireworks set off over the Stadio Morocco II.
Jonk took a deep breath, this is the smell of fireworks, he likes it very much, for Jonk, this is a good sign, today he scored a goal drought in the new season, and won the European Super Cup, which makes him feel very good, Jonk will not have the European Super Cup is not important, the gold content is not such a bullshit idea, for him, any championship is attractive, to use an inappropriate metaphor, Jonk is like a hungry wolf who never knows satisfaction, and the trophy is in Jonk's eyes, It's like a piece of fatty meat, a gluttonous worm that seduces him with such a fragrance.
Since then, Manchester United and Jonker's personal honour room has added the glory of the 08/09 UEFA Super Cup, and when the fireworks go off in the beautiful night sky, Jonker seems to be back to the night when Portugal defeated Spain to lift the Delaunay Cup in the European Championship final. (To be continued......)