Football: Starting from the Ronaldo Template

Chapter 377 Funny Goal

In the home team's locker room.

"There were still some problems in the first half. The connection between the midfield and frontcourt was too monotonous, and we did not play the diversity we expected. When advancing in the second half, remember to combine the wing and the middle and use the width of the field as much as possible."

"Also, stay in your position when defending, switch between zone defense and man-to-man defense according to the situation, don't just stand there."

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Mourinho briefly reviewed the problems in the first half and told the players how to adjust in the second half.

Finally, he asked again: "Chu, how do you feel?"

Although Chu Feng scored twice in the first half, he did not have much coordination with his teammates. He basically relied on his personal abilities and Van Dijk's mistakes.

"It's OK. Now that my body is warmed up and I've adapted over the past few days, I think I should be able to play better in the second half."

Chu Feng changed his wet jersey.

The intensity of today's game was indeed very high, and he clearly felt the pressure and fatigue, but it was all within his tolerance.

Moreover, he found that Van Dijk's condition was getting worse and worse, especially at the end of the first half, and he even had to use fouls to stop him.

"Well, I think Liverpool will make adjustments later and replace Van Dijk around 60 minutes. When the time comes, remember to use this time to increase our offensive intensity and try to expand our score advantage."

Mourinho nodded.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly and players from both teams returned to the field.

According to Klopp's habit, he would boost the morale of the players during the half-time break to get a head start, and suddenly speed up the pace in 45-50 minutes to try to catch the opponent off guard.

"Salah got rid of Ashley Young and was forced to the sideline by Kante who was helping him!"

"Hey, a clever back-heel pass found Henderson!"

"No more short passes, just long diagonal passes to the penalty area!"

"Sane shakes off Wan-Bissaka and shoots!"

"Beautiful! De Gea! He blocked the ball to the bottom line with his right leg!"

De Gea clenched his fist and roared after the save. He won the Golden Glove Award last season and his form is getting hotter and hotter now.

The goal is naturally to win the Premier League Golden Glove for two consecutive years, or even win the Yashin Award from France Football for two consecutive years.

"Pretty!"

Maguire hugged De Gea's head and spit all over De Gea's face.

"Be careful of the corner kick!" De Gea wiped his face with his arm in disgust.

Maguire hasn't had any illness recently, but who made him have it?

So De Gea is usually very careful when guarding the goal.

"Don't worry, my air defense is top-notch!"

Maguire grinned.

Soon, Liverpool took a corner kick and the ball went straight to the front!

Thiago Silva positioned himself in advance and headed the ball out of the penalty area before Firmino!
“Are there any chances outside?”

"Yes! It landed in front of Fabinho. He turned sideways to volley?"

"This shot is of high quality! It goes in!"

"Fabinho's long shot hit Maguire's thigh and bounced to the left, and De Gea just jumped to the right side of the ball's long trajectory! What a clever misunderstanding!"

"According to Premier League rules, if the interference of the defensive player has a substantial impact on the offensive player's shot, the goal should be counted on the defensive player, which means it is an own goal!"

"Liverpool equalised three minutes into the second half!"

At Old Trafford, Liverpool fans burst into shrill cheers and laughter after a brief silence.

Scoring an own goal at the beginning of the second half would greatly damage Manchester United's morale and make Manchester United's defenders more cautious.

It seems that Liverpool's success rate in winning this game has reached 70%!

Liverpool fans thought so and gave Maguire a big thumbs up.

Maguire was still a little dazed at the moment. After he reacted, he covered his head and said, "Shit!"

Do you think he can be blamed for this ball?
Actually no.

No one knew that Fabinho's shot would hit his thigh and be reflected in the opposite direction of De Gea's save.

But Maguire still couldn't forgive himself, after all, this was a crucial game.

Chu Feng finally seized the opportunity and scored two goals to overtake Liverpool, but in the end all the results were lost because of himself.

A deep sense of self-blame suddenly emerged in his heart.

"Harry! Some things can't be avoided, so don't let them bother you. You have to learn to look forward. There are still 40 minutes left in the game. You can't just hold your head all the time, right?"

Chu Feng patted Maguire's head vigorously, then looked at De Gea and said, "Besides, David didn't blame you, right? In fact, none of us blamed you. Put away your self-blame and keep going!"

"What Chu said is right. I used to score own goals frequently, but Alessandro never blamed me. On the contrary, he said it was an experience that would make a central defender more stable and mature!"

Thiago Silva also nodded.

Of course, it is a bit exaggerated to say that he often scores own goals.

"Haha! Own goal! Is this the level of Manchester United's central defender?"

Carragher in the commentary booth burst into laughter, without any of the frustration he had in the first half.

Like Neville, he never fights against the odds.

"Speaking of which, the player who scored the most goals against Liverpool is Chu, the second is Henry, and the third is you. How dare you laugh at Harry?"

Neville said with a livid face.

Back then, Carragher scored twice in the Manchester derby. No, it was an own goal and he became the laughing stock of all Premier League fans.

Not only that, he scored a total of 7 own goals in his career, becoming the local player who scored the most goals against Liverpool.

"Can something that happened more than a decade ago be dug up?"

The smile on Carragher's face disappeared instantly.

"Not only do I want to turn it over, I still remember that game, I made a cross from the bottom of the wing and you headed the ball directly into the blind corner!"

Neville retold it vividly.

Suddenly, the commentary booth was in a mess.

And the game has restarted.

After equalizing the score, Liverpool took advantage of the situation and began to frequently break through from both wings, and made continuous passes and cuts with Firmino.

This is to achieve the goal of infiltrating Manchester United's hinterland and delivering the ball into the penalty area.

During this period, Kante became the busiest person. He kept running around to strengthen the areas where the defense was lacking.

Chu Feng was also forced to retreat to relieve the pressure on his teammates to pass the ball.

As for Van Dijk, he did not follow him, but pressed forward to participate in the attack, leaving the task of defending him to Gomez.

"Liverpool's attack, Wijnaldum passes the ball diagonally to Mane, and the Senegalese explodes!"

"Wan Bissaka was half a body behind and he decisively chose to commit a tactical foul. If Mane had been allowed to enter his own penalty area, he would have been a threat to the goal."

"Look at the free kick from the left side of the penalty area. Wijnaldum knocked it across the middle, and Fabinho followed up with another shot!"

Fabinho was disturbed by Kante when shooting, resulting in his touching the ball not being accurate enough.

boom!
Maguire blocked the ball with his waist and abdomen, and immediately kicked it forward.

When Van Dijk's attack failed, he quickly retreated to Chu Feng's side, and the two of them ran wildly under the flying football!
"The competition was intense!" "Van Dijk couldn't keep up. His condition today was really average!"

"Hey, it's a tactical foul. He didn't hesitate this time and decisively pulled Chu Feng down!"

Liverpool fans at the scene breathed a sigh of relief.

scare someone to death.

If Van Dijk had been half a beat later, he would have been left behind by Chu Feng and would not have been able to commit a foul.

After getting the ball, can Chu Feng score a goal against Gomez and Alisson?
I definitely can’t say it’s 100%, but at least the probability is very high.

After all, he has scored many similar goals before.

Now that a yellow card was used to stop Chu Feng, Liverpool fans felt that it was not a loss, on the contrary it was a gain.

Manchester United's counterattack interrupted Liverpool's offensive rhythm. The visiting team began to gather its lineup and strengthen its defense, waiting for the next wave of forward pressing.

On the sidelines, Mourinho frowned his gray eyebrows and pointed at Liverpool's No. 4, signaling the players to target Van Dijk.

"Boss, will Klopp really make a substitution? I think even if Van Dijk is not in good form, his ability to command the defense is there. Without him, Liverpool's defense will only be more difficult."

Faria asked doubtfully.

Van Dijk, who has now become the world's number one defender, has an obvious impact on Liverpool. The results are completely different with or without him.

So Klopp should not dare to replace him.

"If the opponent doesn't make a substitution, we will penetrate Liverpool's vital point and I believe we will see the effect soon."

Mourinho's tone was flat.

The own goal was an accident, but he did not lose his composure and continued to follow his original plan.

As long as Chu Feng can force Van Dijk to make two mistakes, he will have the chance to threaten the goal, and it will only be a matter of time before he overtakes the score again.

What Mourinho needs to do is to slowly erode Liverpool's defense to ease the defensive pressure in the midfield and backcourt.

After all, he couldn't guarantee that Maguire wouldn't get sick again.

In the 63rd minute of the game, Grealish held the ball on the right side, and faced Robertson, he stopped and started again. After creating space, he did not pass the ball, but kicked the ball back and tried to cut inside.

Looking at Grealish's perky butt and his ridiculously thick calf muscles, Gomez turned around and stretched his legs to steal the ball in frustration.

As a result, he failed to grab the ball and instead kicked the person down.

"Oh my, does Grealish have a built-in taunting buff? This is already his 74th foul, ranking first in the Premier League foul list!"

"You know, it's only been half a season, and even Chu Feng hasn't been able to catch up with him!"

Zhan Jun didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Hey, isn't that right? He's always in front of people, sticking to them and bringing them around. No one can suppress his anger."

"When you see him wandering around, you tell me whether to kick or not? If you don't, it's humiliating, but if you do, it's a foul. Maybe this is the temptation of Grealish!"

Zhang Lu explained with a chuckle.

On the field, Manchester United took a free kick from the right side, and Havertz kicked it forward!

In the picture where the football moves!

Manchester United's No. 7 and Liverpool's No. 4 jumped at the same time, but the former obviously jumped higher than the latter. Chu Feng headed the ball towards the far post!
clang--

The football hit the crossbar, making a crisp sound.

Liverpool fans immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

However, just five minutes later, Ashley Young broke through the wing and made a cross to the back of the penalty area.

It was Chu Feng again. He got into position earlier than Van Dijk and headed the ball when the angle was close to zero degrees!

Unfortunately, the ball was blocked by Alisson with both hands, and Grealish's follow-up shot was also cleared by Gomez on the goal line.

"Wow! Manchester United's attack has been very fierce recently!"

"Not to mention high-pressure defense, even clearing the ball from the back is difficult. It's like a compressed spring that has reached its limit and can't bounce back."

Van Dyke wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Chu Feng with lingering fear.

As the game went on, he felt that Chu Feng was recovering, while he himself was becoming more and more exhausted.

It is still the negative impact of playing too frequently, but it is not obvious in the early stages of the game.

Klopp also discovered this problem and quickly shouted to the bench: "Matip go warm up and come on in five minutes!"

The situation is urgent now and we have to change people.

Minamino Takumi, who was sitting on the bench, looked intently at Chu Feng, who was wearing the No. 7 Manchester United jersey on the field.

In the U23 Asian Cup some time ago, he felt that the Chinese team's victory was unfair because the Japanese team did not send any main players at all.

Head coach Moriyasu Hajime was also questioned by fans.

This annoyed him as he transferred from Red Bull Salzburg to Liverpool in the winter window.

Then, he sighed silently again.

I don’t know if I will have a chance to play.

I thought it would be great to join a top club, but in reality I couldn't play in any game. I either sat on the bench or wasn't even on the roster.

Just as he was thinking this, Old Trafford suddenly became noisy.

Sandro, who had just come on for Manchester United, broke through Arnold one-on-one on the wing, and then made a reverse triangle pass from the bottom line.

Matic followed up and shot the ball, but Gomez blocked it with his body!

Immediately afterwards, there was chaos in Liverpool's penalty area, with countless legs poking at the football.

"Robertson cleared the ball, but it didn't go far, the danger is still there!"

"Herrera volleys!"

"Being blocked by Matip, he kicked the ball away——"

Carragher's voice stopped abruptly.

In the chaotic penalty area, before Matip cleared the ball, a foot suddenly appeared!

boom!
The football was like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath, and went straight into the right side of the goal!
Alisson didn't even react.

"The ball goes in! The ball goes in!"

"A shot scored in the chaos of the fight!"

"Matip, who came on as a substitute, was a little slow in clearing the ball, but it was a fatal mistake!"

"Chu Feng seized this opportunity and helped Manchester United overtake the score again!"

Neville felt very happy when he saw Carragher standing next to him, looking like a frost-bitten eggplant.

Facing the cheers of Manchester United fans, Chu Feng ran to the corner area and slid on his knees to celebrate!
Without Van Dijk, Liverpool's defense was in chaos, which led to a chain reaction later.

And my luck has improved a little bit.

Van Dijk, who was still sweating on the bench, had a look of frustration on his face.

Damn, it’s only been a few minutes since I came on the field, how come Manchester United scored a goal?

Klopp's face turned pale and he pointed at Matip and wanted to scold him.

But when he thought about how Mourinho didn't get angry even when Maguire scored an own goal, he took a deep breath to calm himself down, and after a long time he continued to make substitutions.

Liverpool has no way out now. Either they draw or they win. They absolutely cannot fail at Old Trafford.

(End of this chapter)