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Chapter 636 European Super Cup

"After the opening of the second half, Gary Neville's assists on the right side were very active. It seems that the injuries during this period have allowed the old Gary to accumulate too much energy." Taibi joked that everyone thought Gary Neville When Neville was about to retire, the veteran renewed his contract with Manchester United again.

There was also a burst of laughter in front of the TV. Lineker's full name is Gary Lineker. Recently, there have been reports that Lineker and his wife had an argument, and neither of them wanted to start the fight. Apologize to the other party, even sleeping in separate beds at night, let alone 'sex and life', so, Taibi's words are pun intended.

Lineker smiled and didn't say anything. When he encountered a partner who said such bad words, what else could he say besides a wry smile?
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In the 53rd minute, Gary Neville intercepted the ball from Zenit midfielder Zlyakov. The Manchester United captain squeezed Zlyakov behind him, and then sent a beautiful long pass.

Cristiano Ronaldo took two steps back. After stopping the ball with his beautiful chest, he knocked the football behind him with his heel. Li Rui immediately got the ball, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who had successfully passed the ball, was caught by the Zenit midfielder. Hill fell to the ground hard.

The referee Rossetti held his whistle in his mouth and made an offensive gesture, but did not stop the attack.

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Li Rui broke through with the ball, defending him was Zenit defender Pigrenier, he passed Pigrenier with two consecutive fake moves, and made the defensive defender feel no temper at all. .

Obviously, Zenit's defenders must have received special instructions from the head coach before the game. Anyukov, who followed all the way back to the defense, saw that Pigrenier was easily broken through, and he was unambiguous. , dragged Li Rui down.

The referee Rossetti did not hesitate this time. He showed a yellow card to Anyukov who had fouled, and awarded Manchester United a free kick about 30 meters away from the goal. Hill, who fouled, was given a verbal warning.

Anyukov pretended to pull Li Rui up, and he said fiercely in Li Rui's ear, "You're still young, boy, be careful with your ass!"

In the camera, Li Rui's face suddenly changed. Of course, he was not afraid, but angry. He stared at Anyukov's back and spat hard on the ground.

Anyone who is familiar with Li Rui knows that this time, Li Rui was really angry.

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This free kick, within the range of Li Rui and Cristiano Ronaldo, both stood on the penalty spot. Seeing the two most threatening stars in the Manchester United team standing on the penalty spot, the fans of Zenit St. Petersburg were nervous , These two are free kick masters, let alone Li Rui, Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick is also very dreadful.

Li Rui and Cristiano Ronaldo had a soft conversation, which made outsiders wonder who would take the kick.

Rossetti's whistle sounded.

Li Rui started a run-up. He ran in front of the football. This was the incumbent Cristiano Ronaldo as a cover. Zenit's defenders were fooled and they jumped off the wall.

Immediately afterwards, Cristiano Ronaldo took a shot. The free kick he kicked was not the familiar arc kick, but an extremely fast ground ball floating on the turf, which fooled the Zenit goalkeeper. Everyone including Malafev, Malafev didn't react at all, he turned his head to see that the football was already rolling in the goal.

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"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Cristiano Ronaldo!!!! The goal finally came! 55 minutes into the game, Manchester United took the lead!! It's a beautiful goal! The cooperation between the two superstars of Manchester United, St Petersburg Zeni The special human wall was completely deceived!!"

After scoring the goal, Cristiano Ronaldo looked very excited. He even took off his clothes in excitement, rushed to the stands, and then threw the jersey out suddenly.

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In this summer, Portugal fell into the sand in the European Cup. As the leader of Portugal's new generation, Cristiano Ronaldo was also criticized by the domestic media, who believed that his performance in the national team was far better than that in the club.This makes Manchester United's No. 7 very hurt.

In addition, there is another point, that is, even in the club, Cristiano Ronaldo has been suppressed by Li Rui's brilliance, which makes the proud Portuguese very unhappy, even though he and Li Rui can be regarded as good friends now , but, after all, geniuses always refuse to admit defeat, and no one wants to be under someone's halo forever.

At this time, Li Rui certainly didn't understand what Cristiano Ronaldo was thinking. He was happy for this goal, rushed over and hugged Cristiano Ronaldo in his arms excitedly, and then shouted at him: "Haha! This ball is so beautiful ! Great work!"

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Manchester United scored, the tie was broken and Zenit St Petersburg had to invest more in attack.And their offensive is indeed very strong.In fact, in today's game, the performance of this European upstart from the Russian Super League was not conservative.

In the 63rd minute, Anyukov faced Fletcher's interception. He and Temostruk made a collision with the wall and then broke into the penalty area and kicked a cross from the right side. His cross was cleared by Ferdinand's header.

Domingos, who was keeping up, took a long shot and missed it.

After completing the shot, Dominguez was replaced immediately, and Zenit St. Petersburg's number one star Arshavin came off the bench.At this time, Arshavin was put on the bench as a punishment because he was clamoring for a transfer. However, now it seems that without Arshavin, Zenit's attack power will indeed drop a lot.

There is no other way, and Arshavin has to be replaced.

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Seeing Arshavin playing, the fans of Zenit St. Petersburg at the Morocco II Stadium did not applaud the team's number one star, but booed.

Arshavin recently made up his mind to transfer to Arsenal, which has caused great dissatisfaction among the fans. In the camera, a banner appeared on the stands of Zenit fans, which read in Russian: Slaves of money!Get out of here!
After Arshavin came on the field, Zenit's offensive improved a lot immediately.

He got the ball in the midfield, broke through Scholes and Fletcher successively, and after attracting Evra's attention on the right, he suddenly made a pass back from the bottom. This pass was beautiful, but it was unguarded. Bergrebjak's shot was not of high quality, it went over the bar and fired an anti-aircraft gun.

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In the 66th minute, Manchester United made a substitution, and Park Ji-sung came off the bench to replace Fletcher.This is a routine substitution. Shortly after the Korean star came on the field, he expressed his existence to everyone with actions.

This is Scholes passing the ball in the midfield. After Li Rui got the ball, he started a crazy sprint. He first broke through Hill with great speed, and then swiped past Anyukov with a change of direction. After dribbling the ball and attracting the attention of the defensive players of Zenit St. Petersburg, he was close to the baseline in the penalty area and suddenly knocked the football back. Rooney missed the ball.

This shot was so powerful that it hit the intercepting Zenit goalkeeper Marafev in the lower abdomen, and then jumped high. The Zenit defender Krizhanak who was defended back hurriedly headed the ball over the crossbar and took a corner kick. .

Nani ran to take a corner kick, but saw the team doctor enter the field. It was the Zenit goalkeeper Marafev, who had blocked Park Ji-sung's shot with his body just now, was lying on the ground and twitching in pain. He felt his stomach There was a piercing pain in the chest, as if being shot.

"Poor Malafef, he is so brave!" Lineker watched the slow-motion playback. When Park Ji-sung shot, his calf swayed greatly. Obviously, the ball was powerful. As soon as the football jumped up, it was caught. Malafev, who was attacking, blocked it. It can be seen that when Malafev blocked the football, his facial expression was distorted due to pain.

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The goalkeeper is being treated, the goalkeeper is in no other position, the game is temporarily interrupted, Malafev is being treated by the team doctor, it seems that Zenit St. Petersburg has to change the goalkeeper.

"Pay attention to the protection of the midfield! Don't let the Zenit players have a chance to shoot from a long distance!" Taking advantage of this time, Ferguson was warning the players to pay attention.Zenit St. Petersburg is now behind in the score and has to attack. However, there are not many offensive methods. When there are no opportunities in sports warfare, they began to try long-range shots frequently. Two shots went slightly wide. His lord was in a cold sweat.

After a short treatment, Malafev was not replaced, but insisted on playing, which won him a round of applause from the Zenit fans.

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Nani took a corner kick, which was a tactical corner kick. Nani passed the football to Park Ji-sung, who crossed the football. Kick it back, and then Nani suddenly kicks the football to the right, where there is no one next to Cristiano Ronaldo who has the ball.

Manchester United fans immediately cheered loudly.

Following the camera, Cristiano Ronaldo dexterously swayed Anyukov, continued to rush to the bottom line, and then kicked in a cross.

The football was attached to the turf, spinning extremely fast and flying towards the back point. Krizanak, who was defending Li Rui, was obviously slow to react half a beat behind Li Rui, and watched Li Rui's sharp and beautiful grab At this point, a close-range shovel shot shoveled the football into the goal. Zenit St. Petersburg goalkeeper Malafev subconsciously stretched his legs to block it, but he still failed to stop the football from entering the net.

2:0! !
Manchester United expanded the score!
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After scoring the goal, Li Rui was overjoyed. He pushed away his teammates who came up to celebrate, and rushed to the camera lens behind the goal of Zenit St. Petersburg, waving his fists and roaring, venting the depression in his heart!
Yes, depressing!

After the start of the new season, the league has gone through two rounds, and Li Rui has not scored yet. Not only did he not score, but his performance on the court is also barely passable, which made Li Rui suffer a lot. If you can't score again, whether it is the media or the fans, there will be more and more criticisms.

Compared with the criticism, Li Rui was more worried that his sluggish state would affect the team's performance. That's why this goal made him so excited. It was a release of pressure.

Just two consecutive league rounds without scoring, some people suspected that something was wrong with him, and now Li Rui fought back the doubters beautifully with practical actions.

He told everyone: everything is normal, the goal is coming!

The Manchester United fans also gave Li Rui a round of warm applause. The same is true for the fans. Compared with the goal that expanded the score, because Li Rui scored the goal, they were also happier. Li Rui's state can be improved. Better and better is the team and what the fans are happy to see.

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When Ferguson saw Li Rui rushing to score, he also rushed out of the coaching bench. The old Scottish man first hugged the assistant coach beside him, and then applauded vigorously for his disciple's goal.

On the other side, the head coach of Zenit St. Petersburg was extremely annoyed. I saw that the gentleman punched the ceiling of the coach's bench first, then kicked the water bottle away, and then punched the bench on the bench. The sad-looking disciple yelled a few words, and the substitute players all began to warm up on the sidelines as if they were chasing ducks.

Domingos, who had been substituted before, sat on the bench and was 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 Made a mistake, and was embarrassed to apologize to Dominguez, snorted and walked away.

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However, the head coach quickly made people see the moodiness of the Russian head coach.

Three minutes later, Zenit made an attack. Bergrebujak sent a ground ball. Zenit midfielder Danny broke into the left side of the penalty area. After passing Ferdinand beautifully, he volleyed from the far corner. Van der Sar, despite his best saves, was unable to stop the ball from entering the net.

1:2, Zenit St. Petersburg pulled a goal back.

Seeing that the goal was scored, the head coach of Zenit threw his arms around Dominguez beside him and yelled. The camera zoomed in, and it could be seen that poor Dominguez was almost caught by the strong arm of the head coach. Le medicine is out of breath.

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"Stupid!" Ferguson saw that Ferdinand was swayed so easily this time, allowing the opponent to score. The old Scottish man sighed in displeasure, and sat down on the coach's bench. He looked up at the time, and the game was already underway. It's the 81st minute.

Ferguson decided to make a substitution.

He replaced Nani, who could no longer run, with O'Shea to strengthen his defense in the midfield.

However, in the 87th minute of the game, an accident occurred.

After receiving a long pass from O'Shea, Li Rui broke into the penalty area. Facing Pigrenier's defense, Li Rui split the football beautifully, and Evra kicked in and made a cross.

In the penalty area, Scholes scored in the middle with a volleyball smash.

Due to the angle, Li Rui didn't see clearly how Scholes scored the goal. He was about to run over to celebrate the goal, but he heard the whistle of the referee Rossetti, and took out a A yellow card was shown to Scholes, followed by a red card. Scholes already had a yellow card for a foul on Dominguez in the first half of the game.

Although Li Rui and Gary Neville surrounded the referee Rossetti to intercede for Scholes, the penalty could not be changed.

Scholes walked to the sidelines and was scolded by Ferguson. "Ginger Head" kept silent. He also knew how low-level his yellow card was. Even Scholes himself couldn't explain why he did it. Select 'Smash' for the shot.Is it too eager to score goals?

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Scholes was sent off, and Manchester United lost one player, which also boosted the morale of Zenit St. Petersburg, which was one goal behind. This gave them hope of equalizing the score and even winning the UEFA Super Cup.

In the next game, Zenit St. Petersburg launched a crazy counterattack, especially the team's offensive core and number one star Arshavin showed a strong desire to attack.

He frequently tore through Manchester United's defense, splitting the ball, breaking through, and shooting from long distances, showing a very good offensive ability.

"This Russian is not bad." Arshavin's performance caught Ferguson's eyes on the sidelines. He knew that Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger had taken a fancy to the Russian international. If the old Scottish man had no idea before, at this moment, Seeing Arshavin's performance, he was moved to love talent.

Of course, Ferguson is not the kind of person who jumps to conclusions after watching a game. He decided to study the video of the Russian international footballer before making a decision after the game.Even if the Russian international can't be bought, it can cause some trouble for Wenger's buying, Ferguson naturally won't mind.

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In the end, the result of this game was 2:1, and the score was not rewritten again. The European Cup champion Manchester United defeated the UEFA Cup champion Zenit St. Petersburg by one goal.

The Russian team's counterattack at the last moment was very tragic, but it did not bring them a goal, and they could only accept the defeat helplessly.

After the game, the best player of the game also came out, Li Rui was named the best player of the game, but in fact, in this game, Cristiano Ronaldo performed better than Li Rui, but , Since Li Rui scored the first goal since the start of the new season in today's game, the media reporters at the scene took this factor into consideration more.

As Manchester United celebrated their return to the UEFA Super Cup, the camera caught a glimmer of gloom in Cristiano Ronaldo's eyes.

(End of this chapter)