Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

The goal was a great success.

This goal immediately quieted the home fans.

Essien ran to the away fans and celebrated wildly.

Van Gaal also nodded with satisfaction on the sidelines, applauding their wonderful performance.

Ferguson's face turned cold, and he was already thinking about what he would say during the halftime break.

Manchester United's players also knew that it was not good, so after the restart, they immediately sped up their running, trying to use the remaining time to equalize the score.

In the 39th minute, Manchester United passed the ball to Giggs again through the pass.

Sun Jihai followed him, and Essien was also moving here.

The Welsh winger glanced at the field and found Scholes was moving forward.

So he handed the ball to Scholes without hesitation, and started running forward.

Scholes had thought of the passing route before he received the ball. He passed it directly to Saha who was retreating to get the ball, and continued to move into the penalty area.

Saha leaned against Distin behind him, and then passed the ball to Quaresma on the right.

Quaresma didn't even dribble after getting the ball, and directly chose to cross the ball with the outside of his foot!

This is his signature move!

The ball went straight to the center of the penalty area with a strong rotation, and Van Nistelrooy was already there waiting!

But Stam was also fully prepared. He judged the landing point, jumped high, and headed the ball out in front of the king of the small penalty area!

However, this ball was also interfered by Van Nistelrooy, and the clearance was not far away!

At this time, Scholes had reached the top of the arc. He adjusted his steps and volleyed the ball directly towards the incoming ball!

The ball was fast and urgent, and went straight to the upper left corner of the goal!

Scholes's foot is very hard, and he has scored this kind of goal countless times!

As soon as he kicked the ball, he felt very good!

Ferguson on the sidelines couldn't help showing his expectation!

But there was Van der Sar in front of Manchester City's goal!

Van der Sar moved two steps quickly, then stretched his body directly and touched the football with his fingertips!

The football was touched by him, and the trajectory of movement changed instantly, rubbed the crossbar, and flew out of the bottom line!

Scholes hugged his head regretfully.

Ferguson's expectant expression instantly turned into disappointment. He chewed his gum twice in depression and muttered a few words in dissatisfaction.

Yang Luo in front of the TV couldn't help laughing: "Old Sir, I'm sorry, this should have been your goalkeeper!"

After missing this great opportunity, Manchester United failed to form a threatening attack before the end of the first half, and the score between the two sides remained at one to two.

Outsiders don't know what Sir Alex Ferguson said during the halftime break, but the players all had fearful expressions on their faces after they came out.

Sir Alex Ferguson also made a substitution after the halftime break, with Roy Keane coming on as a substitute.

After he came on, the 442 midfield became a diamond formation, so Scholes was positioned further forward and posed a greater threat to the goal.

But the biggest problem with this formation is that the single defensive midfielder will have problems protecting the back line, which also made this diamond formation gradually eliminated in the later years.

After Ferguson, only Real Madrid in 2017 had used diamond 442 to succeed, but that was also a small diamond formation with a ceremonial midfielder and Isco.

It really takes a lot of courage to arrange this large diamond formation with a front midfielder, a defensive midfielder and two wingers.

Yang Luo in front of the TV couldn't help laughing: "Old Sir Alex Ferguson is really tough!"

So, the second half really became a game of mutual poking with full rhythm.

As soon as Van Gaal saw the opponent's deployment, he immediately asked the players to start a crazy attack on Roy Keane.

Now Roy Keane is almost 33 years old, and his condition can no longer be compared with the previous years. This is definitely their biggest weakness!

In the 53rd minute, Ronaldinho got the ball in the frontcourt. Facing Roy Keane's defense, he made several changes in a row and shook the Irish ruthless man, and then rushed towards Manchester United's defense line.

Roy Keane saw that it was not good, and quickly turned around and knocked Ronaldinho down with a shoulder!

The referee blew the whistle, indicating that Roy Keane had committed a foul.

But he did not take out the yellow card.

Van Gaal on the sidelines was very dissatisfied: "You still don't give a yellow card? What do you do as a referee?"

The fourth official on the side immediately stepped forward: "Mr. Van Gaal, please pay attention to your words and deeds!"

Van Gaal waved his hand dissatisfiedly.

If Roy Keane could get a yellow card now, it would be a big deal for them.

The attack is too important.

But the referee did not give the yellow card, which should be a face to Ferguson.

Manchester United, who escaped a yellow card, also started to counterattack. The configuration of five people in the front court made their attack much calmer.

In the 60th minute, Giggs got the ball again.

Scholes and Saha both moved to this side, preparing to form a three-person group in this area.

Giggs also knew their intentions. He passed the ball directly to Saha, who passed the ball to Scholes who was advancing.

The ginger head took the ball and controlled the rhythm. He glanced at Giggs who was advancing. He directly passed the ball to Giggs!

At this time, Giggs had Sun Jihai stuck behind him. He took the ball beautifully and passed it directly to the middle after taking a step!

Van Nistelrooy and Distin in the middle jumped high, but the ball passed over their heads!

It turned out that the ball was not passed to Van Nistelrooy at all, but was chosen to the back post!

Quaresma inserted at high speed and directly kicked the ball!

The football flew into the goal at a very fast speed!

Van der Sar had no way to deal with this close-range shot, and could only wave his hands helplessly!

2 to 2, Manchester United equalized the score!

This goal completely made the fans at Old Trafford crazy!

Quaresma ran excitedly after scoring the goal. This was his first Manchester United goal!

The old Sir Alex also celebrated with the assistant coach with satisfaction, thinking that my hair dryer is useful!

But he quickly calmed down. After all, this was the equalizer. If you want to win, you have to keep working hard!

Van Gaal frowned and turned his eyes to the bench.

The Cameroonian was looking at the court with a serious face at this time, and I don’t know what he was thinking.

Van Gaal clapped his hands: "Samuel, get up and warm up!"

Eto'o's eyes lit up, and he quickly took off his coat and got up to prepare.

Now Manchester United's defense is somewhat empty, it's time for the speed forward to show his skills!

Five minutes later, Manchester City played the substitution card while the ball was dead.

Van Gaal said to Eto'o: "Use your speed and impact more after you come on the court to break through their defense! Pay attention, I want to speed up!"

Eto'o nodded in understanding.

At this time, Teacher Tony also ran to the sidelines.

Van Gaal patted Eto'o on the shoulder: "Go, Cheetah!"