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Chapter 402 Really Strong!
At this time, an electronic sign indicating 1 minute of stoppage time in the first half of the game was raised on the sidelines.

Manchester United almost expanded the score in this 1 minute.

This was a cooperation between Rooney and Li Rui. Scholes put the ball through. Li Rui ran towards the football, but did not stop the ball. Instead, he jumped directly from the football. .

The little fat man directly accelerated and used speed to forcibly break through Senderos' defense, then broke through to the left side of the penalty area, and volleyed directly. The football bounced past the goal and shaved the goal. sidelines.This caused a rueful gasp from the home fans at Old Trafford.

McClaren in the stands also raised his arms high. From his perspective, he almost thought that the goal was scored. The head coach of the Lions was lost in thought again.

McLaren has been regarded as a 'big cup' since his tenure as England manager, and the gentleman is so eager to prove himself.

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The whistle sounded at the end of the first half and Manchester United led Arsenal 1-0 at home.

The player tunnel at halftime was very lively, with the sound of footsteps and conversation mixed together, buzzing.Li Rui sneezed, Giggs asked him concerned, Li Rui shook his head and said it was all right, maybe his nose was a little allergic, the Welsh veteran joked that Li Rui was a baby of Manchester United all over his body.

The group were talking and laughing. However, most of the Manchester United players did not talk to the Arsenal players. Some of the players between the two teams were good friends. However, the game is not over yet. The two teams are sworn enemies. At this time, it is true Nothing to talk about.

Back in the locker room, once the door was closed, the noise in the corridor disappeared, there was no sound, and the locker room became quiet. The Glazer family in the United States accepted Manchester United, and Manchester United's locker room has also undergone some renovations , the effect after the transformation is really good. At least the sound insulation performance is better than before. Now that the door of the locker room is closed, you can’t hear any noise from outside. In the past, singing or booing in the stadium could float into the locker room Come on, the sound of walking in the corridor will also faintly come in, which will still affect the team more or less.

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Ferguson first praised the team's performance in the first half. Generally speaking, the old Scottish man was satisfied with being able to open the scoring and keep a one-goal lead. Ferguson praised Li Rui and Rooney. The two cooperated very well today tacit agreement.

Of course, dissatisfaction also exists.

Next, Ferguson scolded Fletcher bloody, and the old Scottish man could see off the field that if Henry's long-distance attack could have been made even more fierce by Fletcher, Henry would not have So comfortable, of course, not only for Fletcher's defense this time, several other defensive players were also scolded bloody. In Ferguson's view, the pressure Manchester United put on Arsenal players Not enough, completely improve the defensive hardness.

Although Fletcher was unwilling to be scolded by the head coach like this, he didn't dare to say anything. He lowered his head and looked annoyed. Seeing him like this, captain Gary Neville patted him next to him. his shoulders, expressing comfort.

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The method of one big stick and one sweet date is a universal truth. After criticizing Fletcher, Ferguson praised the Scot again. He praised Fletcher's kick in the attack that Li Rui scored. long pass.

Fletcher's mood improved a lot, and there was a smile on his face.

This is Ferguson's brilliance. First he reprimanded Fletcher and the defense to let Fletcher and the defense know the shortcomings in the first half, and then praised Fletcher a few words. This is to improve Fletcher's self-confidence. The sequence is also very important, and it is not random. Ferguson's psychological tactics are very good, we all know it.

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In the dressing room of the visiting team at Old Trafford, the atmosphere was very quiet.

The players, who were a little listless because Wenger was behind, laughed.Of course, he regretted entering the intermission with the settled score at the end of the first half, but the 'professor' was not too dissatisfied. Manchester United's attack, Li Rui's goal, Arsenal Na's defense was torn apart and he had nothing to say, and he couldn't blame the players too much.

What's more - the professor also knows that he is the head coach and the leader of this group of people, and he can't show too many negative emotions in front of them.

Therefore, Wenger smiled, telling his disciples that he didn't really care about the score. Sure enough, some players were relieved when they saw the expression of "professor". They are under pressure, and it will be even more uncomfortable if they are scolded again.

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Wenger spread his hands and said to the players: "I didn't say that in this game we will have a clean sheet, so I don't want to say anything more about the conceded goal. Conceding goals is normal. Facing Manchester United, no one will To be able to guarantee a clean sheet, in fact, our luck in the first half was really not very good."

Hearing what the 'professor' said, many players nodded secretly, and they also complained in their hearts. Arsenal did not have a chance in the first half of the game. Henry's long-distance attack and Adebayor's subsequent use of corner kicks The header is a chance, but unfortunately, Arsenal's luck was a little bit, and the two chances failed to form a goal.

Wenger saw that the atmosphere was right, and the players' emotions were up. At this time, he also began to wake up his players. "In the second half of the game, the first thing to pay attention to is defense. Pay attention to Li Rui's defense. I believe that no one will be beaten now. This kid has been deceived by his youth, the strength of the No.3 European Footballer of the Year cannot be ignored, everyone must keep this in mind. Do you understand what I mean?"

The players in the locker room nodded in understanding.

"Next, let's talk about the offense. Now we are the ones who are behind. Only the offense has the chance to win..." The 'Professor' drew an arrow on the tactical board and began to arrange the tactics for the second half.

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"Hleb passed O'Shea, beautiful - precise through ball!! Adebayor broke into the penalty area! Shot! Blocked by Van der Sar! Very dangerous!"

"Arsenal's corner, Thierry Henry takes the point - WOWOWO wide."

"Henry dribbled sideways, Vidic was following him - foul! Arsenal got a free-kick at the front of the box. It was a good position, Henry, he came up to take it - it was Arsenal's chance - ah. It's a pity that it flew out of the bottom line by rubbing against the beam!"

After the start of the second half, Arsenal started a frantic attack, and situations like this continued to happen within ten minutes after the start of the second half.

For a moment, Manchester United's goal seemed to be in jeopardy.

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Ferguson couldn't sit still.He got up from his seat, walked out and walked around and came back.

Manchester United's defense in the midfield was not strong enough. Fletcher's defense was tougher than in the first half. However, Giggs' strong offense and weak defense also became a characteristic of Manchester United at this time. The problem is, after all, the Welsh veteran's age is there, and it is impossible to work as hard as he did when he was young.

Ferguson is now hesitating whether to replace a midfielder with a strong defensive ability to increase the hardness of the midfielder, retract a little bit, and strive to hold the advantage of a ball, or replace Cristiano Ronaldo and use offense to contain Arsenal. What about the counterattack——

To attack or to defend, that is the question.

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Just when Ferguson hadn't made a decision, the whole Old Trafford stadium cheered like an explosion at this time, and the fans started shouting excitedly again.

Ferguson looked up towards the court. It was Li Rui who received a pass from O'Shea in the frontcourt.Now, in this stadium, as soon as Li Rui receives the ball in the front court, the fans will start cheering enthusiastically. Li Rui has become the favorite player of Manchester United fans.

O'Shea's pass was a bit big, Li Rui stretched out his foot to hook the football back, and then he poked the ball forward, facing Torrey who came up to intercept, Li Rui immediately accelerated and passed him quickly, Torre subconsciously When he wanted to reach out to pull Li Rui's jersey, he only caught the corner of Li Rui's shirt, and Li Rui jumped away from his hand immediately.

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Li Rui didn't continue to take the ball, he knocked the football to Scholes.

Facing Flamini's attack, Scholes pushed the football lightly with his right foot, and the football passed by the French star. Scholes also started to accelerate immediately. The ball was passed to Li Rui. Li Rui leaned on Senderos, who was returning to the defense, tapped his heel lightly, and passed the football, and the football returned to Scholes' feet.

The continuous wall-to-wall cooperation between the two! !

"WOWOWOWWOWOWO - wonderful passing! Paul and Lee are getting better and better, haha, now, it seems that every Manchester United attacking player has a Brazilian soul occasionally." Lineker roared , said humorously.

Scholes pulled the football horizontally, and it was a powerful long-range shot. After the football was thrown by Lehmann, it went out of the baseline.

corner kick!

Ryan Giggs took a corner kick, Fletcher from the front kicked the football to the back, Rooney kicked an unconventional kick, and the football went slightly wide, which also surprised the Arsenal fans who came to the away game in a cold sweat , From their point of view, Rooney's shot was half a centimeter above the inside, and it was a goal.

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Manchester United's offense also made Ferguson on the sidelines make a decision. He yelled at Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench and asked Cristiano Ronaldo to warm up.

The action on the Manchester United bench also attracted the attention of the Arsenal coach not far away. Wenger saw Cristiano Ronaldo getting up to warm up, and knew that his deadly enemy was going to replace him with Cristiano Ronaldo to strengthen his attack .

The 'Professor' was also lost in thought, he must make changes as soon as possible for this possible adjustment of the Manchester United team.

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Rosicky took a long shot about 35 meters from the goal and flew to the stands, a dead ball chance.Manchester United also made substitutions immediately.

In the 69th minute of the game, Giggs was replaced and Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench.

After playing, Cristiano Ronaldo found O'Shea and conveyed the coach's new tactics. He let O'Shea go to the left midfielder position, and Cristiano Ronaldo appeared on the right. It all depends on Cristiano Ronaldo's self-assessment of the timing on the field.

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The effect of Cristiano Ronaldo's playing is still obvious. He shared the offensive pressure of Li Rui and Rooney, which also greatly increased Arsenal's defensive pressure.

Arsenal has not changed yet, and Flamini, who was asked by Wenger to mark Cristiano Ronaldo, also feels a lot of pressure and can only cope with it.

Not only because of Cristiano Ronaldo's strong personal ability, but also because the cooperation between Cristiano Ronaldo and Li Rui has become more and more tacit, which makes Arsenal's defense very uncomfortable.

Just now, after Cristiano Ronaldo and Li Rui hit the wall, they suddenly pulled the football horizontally. When Flamini came up to intercept again, Cristiano Ronaldo passed the ball to Li Rui again. The player didn't stop the ball and split the side directly. Rooney stepped in. However, the line referee raised the flag to indicate that Rooney was offside.

In fact, it was a misjudgment. The moment Li Rui passed the ball, Rooney and Senderos were on the same level.Rooney also received a yellow card for protesting, and the home fans booed harshly for the referee's decision.

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When the football was passed to Cristiano Ronaldo again, Flamini hesitated for a while, but came up to press close.

The position where Cristiano Ronaldo took the ball was about 25 meters away from the goal. Flamini pushed Cristiano Ronaldo from behind for a while, and Cristiano Ronaldo smartly chose to fall forward.

The referee's whistle sounded immediately, and he awarded Flamini a free kick for a foul.

"Flamini fouled! Cristiano Ronaldo is very smart, Manchester United now has a direct free kick from about - 25 meters away from the goal. This may be an opportunity. Whether it is Cristiano Ronaldo or Li Rui has a kick Very good free-kick footwork."

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Flamini felt that he was a little wronged. He had just met Cristiano Ronaldo. He didn't use much force, and the opponent fell to the ground. This is obviously a free kick.

Flamini explained to the referee, but the referee waved his hand and ignored him. Flamini also seemed very anxious. He knew that a free kick in this position was dangerous and wanted to continue protesting. Henry hurried over to throw Flamini Mini pulled away and let him go to the wall. Henry didn't want Flamini to anger the referee because he continued to protest and get a unnecessary yellow card.

Flamini had no choice but to back away slowly, ready to help the team line up the wall. He saw Li Rui and Cristiano Ronaldo standing in front of the football. The two were talking in a low voice, as if they were discussing who would come Take the free kick.

Flamini subconsciously thought of asking Li Rui to take the free kick. He didn't want to be cheated by Cristiano Ronaldo for a free kick, and then that annoying Portuguese kid would take the free kick himself.

However, Flamini also knew that Li Rui's free kick was also quite good, so Flamini was even more annoyed by Cristiano Ronaldo's "cheat free kick" behavior just now.

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Li Rui stood in front of the football and was discussing with Cristiano Ronaldo how to kick the ball.

At this time, McLaren in the stands is also paying attention to this issue, but he hopes that Li Rui can take the free kick at this time. He knows that this guy's free kick is good, and now he wants to observe it carefully on the spot.

Cristiano Ronaldo backed away. He didn't intend to kick the ball. Now everyone's eyes are on Li Rui. It seems that Li Rui decided to take the free kick.

However, Arsenal goalkeeper Lehmann did not dare to draw conclusions so early, because both Li Rui and Cristiano Ronaldo are free kick masters, both of them took the kick, and the characteristics of the two free kicks are different. This confuses Lehman.

However, Li Rui really wanted to take the free kick. He felt that he had a good foot today. He offered to take the free kick just now, and Cristiano Ronaldo also agreed. The two were whispering to each other just now. , but to confuse the Arsenal people.

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Li Rui carefully placed the ball on the turf, then took two steps back and waited for the opponent to line up the wall.Next to him is Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Arsenal people still don't know who will take the penalty.

Arsenal's human wall was finally lined up slowly, and a few tall men blocked all the lines in front of Li Rui.

The referee retreated, and when he retreated to a place where he would not interfere with the flight of the ball, he blew the whistle in his mouth——

"beep!!"

Cristiano Ronaldo didn't move, everyone saw Li Rui's run-up, and Lehmann saw it too, so he was sure that it was Li Rui who took the penalty.

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One step, two steps, three steps, Li Rui stopped, stepped on the ball with his left foot, and quickly whipped the middle and lower part of the football with his right foot like a whip. At the same time, he stretched out his hands and kept his upper body straight.The whole person is as tall and straight as a lighthouse!

The football flew out, bringing up a piece of grass at the same time.

A very, very clear arc, like a rainbow in the sky, crossed the wall of people who jumped up to block it, and went straight to the upper left corner of the goal.

Lehmann threw himself at the football, trying his best, but—

When the football was close to the goal, there was a sudden drop, it slid into the goal against the crossbar, and hit the net!
Leaf Ball! ! !
The stadium at Old Trafford was boiling for the second time. The moment the ball hit the net, nearly [-] fans jumped up and raised their arms. They cheered loudly. They were shouting: "GOOOOOOOAL !!"

"Wonderful goal - Li Rui, he is the king of this stadium!!"

Amidst the cheers and applause of the audience, Li Rui waved his fist on the spot, then he rushed to the side of the stands, opened his arms, and accepted the tsunami-like cheers from the home fans——

The entire stadium boiled like a volcano because of him! !
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McLaren didn't stand up. He sat in the stands, shrunk his neck, and looked at Li Rui, who was surrounded by Manchester United players and was being cheered by the audience——

"It's really strong!!"

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