host must win

Chapter 118

Liverpool is not only defensive. After Manchester United's corner kick did not pose a threat to their goal, Liverpool began to attack, trying to score another goal to expand the lead and seal the victory early.

Ferguson stood on the sidelines and watched the pitch. He knew what Liverpool were going to do, but for him, it also meant an opportunity.

If Manchester United can withstand Liverpool's offensive, there will be more opportunities to fight back, and Manchester United, with the devil's wings of Giggs and Beckham, has an advantage in counterattack...

Of course, the premise is that Manchester United must survive Liverpool's offensive frenzy and not continue to concede the ball, otherwise any plan will be useless.

As far as Ferguson could see, Liverpool's young midfielder Gerrard, who scored a goal in the first half, received the ball, and Roy Keane leaned forward immediately.

Gerrard seemed to look down on Roy Keane and wanted to force a breakthrough with his own speed.But when he was posted by Roy Keane, he realized that it was not so easy to get up to speed...

Gerrard quickly changed tactics, deciding to shake Roy Keane away with a change of pace.It's just that he stopped suddenly, Roy Keane stopped suddenly, he feinted, Roy Keane was unmoved, he changed direction, Roy Keane also changed direction, and he was always stuck inside him.

Gerrard was out of control, and he would be surrounded if he dragged on, so he could only force a shot across Roy Keane after changing direction!
Butters fell to the ground and threw the football that Gerrard had shot directly into his arms.Then quickly got up from the ground holding the football again, and directly launched a counterattack by throwing the ball with his hands!
"Good goal! Manchester United counterattacked!"

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Liverpool's return to defense was also quick. When Gerrard was still regretting that he had not been able to pose a threat, his teammates had quickly turned around and ran back.

When Manchester United's offense pushed up, Liverpool's players had basically retreated, at least four of them were in their positions on the back line.

Scholes split the football and gave it to Beckham.

After Beckham got the ball, he cut inside and dribbled horizontally.Liverpool's defense moved with him, but they would not rush out. They had a lot of experience, but they just drove him to crowded places, so that Beckham would lose space sooner or later.

On the pitch, losing space means losing possession.

Shouting "give me the ball", Scholes came up to meet him.But Beckham did not do this, because that would be tantamount to playing football back.

After finally attacking, he had to pass back, Beckham was not reconciled.

When Beckham was dribbling horizontally, he found that Yin Jun was stuck between the penalty spot and the penalty area line, and was raising his hand to ask for the ball.

Not far from him is the Liverpool midfielder Harman, and at the same time Liverpool captain Hyypia is not far from him, and the two formed a confrontation with Yin Jun.

The two Liverpool defense generals are ready to defend Yin Jun at any time, which shows how much Liverpool attaches importance to Yin Jun in this game!

It stands to reason that the ball should not be passed to Yin Jun in this situation, but Beckham thought that because the two key players of Liverpool's defense are close, there are a lot of vacancies in the penalty area that can be used.

If he passes the ball to Yin Jun, then he cuts inside and goes straight into the space behind Hyypia, and Yin Jun passes the football to himself, and the two of them hit the wall, two to one, wouldn't he get almost Solo chance?

Thinking of this, Beckham quickly pushed the football to Yin Jun in the penalty area with his right foot, and at the same time changed his line and went straight into the penalty area.

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While Yin Jun was catching the ball, Harman posted it immediately to prevent him from taking the ball comfortably.

Hyypia originally planned to come up to defend Yin Jun, but when he saw Yin Jun turned around and seemed to push the football into the space behind him, he immediately realized where the real danger was.

He turned around quickly, trying to pounce on Beckham who had already entered the penalty area.

Beckham also made a gesture to ask Yin Jun to pass the ball to him. Although he also noticed Hypia's movements, at this time he was already ready to send the ball.

After receiving the ball, he could only break through forcefully, creating a murderous intent.

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The attention of the players on both sides was attracted by the competition for the area in front of the penalty spot. Liverpool midfielder Murphy turned around and rushed towards Yin Jun and Beckham, while Scholes pulled away horizontally, preparing to respond to Yin Jun's possible return. pass.

While pushing forward, Beckham turned his head to look at Yin Jun, and saw that his right foot had indeed pushed the football towards him...

No, no!

He saw Yin Jun's right foot swayed on the football, then stepped on the football and pulled it back, pulled it behind him, and then knocked the football...to the other side of the space!
The football was passed into the space to the left and there was a huge gap!

Giggs, who was originally outside the penalty area, rushed in at this time. Facing Yin Jun's pass, he began to adjust his pace with almost no one marking him.

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"Yin Jun! Beautiful!! Opportunity! Giggs——!"

Amidst the roar of CCTV commentator Huang Jianqiang, Giggs, who had adjusted his pace, raised his foot to kick the football, and faced Liverpool goalkeeper Dudek who was attacking from a blocking angle, he shot directly!
Dudek rushed to the near corner, and the football was pushed to the far corner by Giggs!

"This ball! This ball... this ball——!" He Wei, a new CCTV commentator who partnered with Huang Jianqiang, kept repeating this word until he saw the football brushing past goalkeeper Dudek's toes, and then circled in. After hitting the back corner of the goal, he suddenly yelled, "Beautiful——!!"

At the same time, Huang Qiangqiang beside him was also shouting loudly: "Beautiful!!! Giggs!! He helped Manchester United win back one victory!! In this goal, the cooperation of Manchester United's frontcourt attack combination is very tacit! Although Beckham was not directly involved in the goal, his support on the right wing helped his teammates attract Liverpool's defensive attention! Van Nistelrooy's presence in the penalty area is also a major threat to Liverpool's defense, so Liverpool's other central defender Followed him all the time, which created a loose shooting environment for Giggs!"

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At the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Ryan Giggs, who scored the goal, ran backwards to the corner flag area, and at the same time opened his arms and shouted at Yin Jun who assisted him: "Come on, Yin, come and hug one!"

Yin Jun laughed and went up to meet them. Behind them, Beckham shook his head, but followed them.

Then came Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Keane... the other Manchester United players.They rushed happily to the area where Giggs was, like a series of white meteors, across the night sky of Cardiff.

(End of this chapter)