At the end of the first half, the players from both sides walked to the players’ tunnel, and the commentators of the various TV stations began to review the first half of the game.

Mourinho, who arrived in the dressing room early, stood next to the tactical board and drew something with a serious face, and the sweaty players first went to the bath room inside to rinse their sweat, and then changed into a dry jersey and replenished carbohydrates by the way to prepare for the second half of the game.

Fifteen minutes of intermission passed quickly, the players from both sides returned to the pitch, and a feverish atmosphere erupted over Old Trafford: “aoaooaoaoo-”

Pulling back before the end of the first half also gave more than 60,000 Manchester United fans in the crowd a chance to equalise for the home team.

Before Yi Bian fought again, the broadcast screen gave a very allegorical picture, the Manchester City players who had to face the sun in attack and defense subconsciously blocked the sunlight with their hands, and the commentator of Celestial Empire 5 He Wei laughed: “Blind’s two mistakes in the first half are largely related to the harsh sun, I don’t know if Otamendi, who has always been prone to mistakes, will also be affected by the sun…”

“Beep~”

Just then, referee Oliver blew the whistle to signal the start of the second half of the 2016-2017 Premier League season fourth round match between Manchester United and Manchester City.

Manchester City, who have the advantage of kick-off, did not rush to attack, but slowly penetrated forward through the transition of the central midfield, and Guardiola, standing in the coaching area of the visiting team, clearly saw David Silva shake his head helplessly after passing the football.

He raised his eyebrows, obviously aware of something.

In order to consider overseas ratings, many focus battles are placed at half past noon, and some will even be put at half past twelve noon, and now the attack and defense have to face the harsh sun, and he is very worried that the team’s defense will have problems.

Although more than 200 million euros were spent this summer, they were basically aimed at the central midfield, only Stones and goalkeeper Bravo were on the defensive end, and the left and right backs in the starting back line were over 30 years old, and their form was much lower than when they played, and it is very likely that they will make mistakes in the face of the harsh sun, just like Blind in the first half.

Manchester United’s players were in significantly better mental condition in the second half than in the first half, with aggressive running and scrambling effectively reducing the strength gap between the two sides.

Rooney received a pass from Van Carrey and dangled Fernandinho’s decisive long-range shot from the top of the penalty area, but Bravo made up for it and kept the goal intact.

Seeing this, Guardiola decided to make changes to the lineup first.

About two minutes into the past, De Bruyne’s long-range shot deflected off the post, and referee Oliver blew his whistle to signal a change on the sidelines.

Defensive midfielder Fernando replaced Iheanacho, the attacking hero of the first half, to bolster the defence in the centre while releasing David Silva and De Bruyne.

Jose Mourinho’s subsequent successive substitutions went head-to-head with Herrera replacing Mkhitaryan, freeing up Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford replacing Jesse Lingard to increase the pace of the counter-attack.

Both substitutions are targeted, and the commentator in charge of the commentary is consciously inclined to gradually strengthen the attacking Manchester United.

Manchester City’s passing is indeed excellent, but as the efficiency of high-post pressure caused by the decline in fitness gradually loses the threat, Manchester United can quickly get the football to Van Carrey or Marcus Rashford with a quick pass.

However, Marcus Rashford is prone to conceding the ball, and Van Carrey, who has excellent ball control, has become United’s passing choice from defence to attack.

Van Carrey has high accuracy in holding the ball and strong ability to protect the ball, and Manchester City defenders must pay the price of fouls if they want to break the ball, otherwise it is difficult to complete the defense.

The game flew by very quickly with Manchester United’s attack, and in the blink of an eye, it was 60 minutes, that is, only the last half hour left in the second half.

The defence faltered, and Guardiola decided to make another substitution.

Sane, an alternative to Van Carrey this summer, came to the sidelines to wait for a dead ball to appear.

At this moment, De Bruyne’s powerful sweep on the right was blocked by Blind in front of the box, and left-back Luke Shaw was quick to clear before De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling’s counter-attack.

The football flew into the arc of the center circle of the home half, and the chant of Manchester United fans sounded over Old Trafford: “aooaoaoaoooooo-”

In addition to Manchester City’s Stones and Otamendi, there is also Manchester United striker Van Carrey.

From the visual view of the audience, it is closer to Van Carrey!

According to Mourinho’s tactical arrangement before the game, Van Carrey has no defensive tasks, and his physical strength can be used all in attack, so even if the game has come to the full 60-plus minutes of the game, he is still alive.

The ball had a bounce in front of the center circle arc, and Van Carrey, who had the advantage of speed, used the arch of his foot to give the football mat to Rooney, who was running forward, and in order to prevent Stones’ additional foul move, he also ran back two more steps before turning to the right rear and facing the direction of the attack.

Rooney, who was running at high speed, dribbled to the right front, giving the illusion of passing the ball to Marcus Rashford on the right, tricking Otamendi into running to the left to make up for the space behind Kolarov.

When Van Carrey finished turning, Rooney unexpectedly made a long pass to the left, giving a large space behind Stones, considering Van Carrey’s speed, giving a relatively large amount of advance.

Only then did Stones realize anything.

Shit!

Give the dummy!

Van Carrey, who turned around and ran forward, was at full speed, and the rapid swing of his arms drove his two powerful long legs to speed up the alternating pedaling rate, and he also went from being close to a meter behind Stones at the beginning to only two positions after crossing the halfway line.

Fans sitting in the north-south stands clearly saw Van Carrey like a red supercar with the accelerator pressed to the bottom, passing the stadium at high speed, catching up with Stones at a speed visible to the naked eye.

New England Sports commentator Jin Xiangkai exclaimed: “Van Carey is really fast!” ”

Guardiola looked at the speed of the players chasing back in the middle and shook his head in pain.

It’s like an old man racing with a college student!

Stones gritted his teeth and reached out to pull on the jersey, but he didn’t expect Van Carrey’s swing arm right hand to suddenly hit, ‘click’, the left hand under the pain instinctively retracted, and when he realized that it was too late to continue fouling.

The distance between the two has widened again!

“aoaooaoooooo——”

At Old Trafford, the shouts grew louder and louder, and Van Carrey of the Tigers used the outside of his right foot to send Wayne Rooney’s long pass right into the middle and face goalkeeper Bravo directly.

Single knife!

When the two were still about three meters away, Fan Carrey’s body center of gravity kept shaking left and right, and his two feet looked like a pendulum every time to pick the ball, but they didn’t touch the ball, and the Celestial Empire 5 commentator He Wei’s voice was an octave higher: “This is… Da Luo’s pendulum is brilliant! ”

Bravo, who was fighting and retreating, watched Van Carrey’s extremely realistic pendulum-like shaking, and finally couldn’t hold it with the body that changed the center of gravity, and fell inside the line of the big penalty area.

At the same time, Van Carrey pressed the sole of his left foot, his right shoulder sank, and the outside instep of his right foot pulled the ball to the right, breaking through in the opposite direction of Bravo’s fall.

“aooaoaoaooaooooooo——”

All Manchester United fans at Old Trafford stood up and raised their arms as if a goal had been scored.

Van Carrey’s next move after Bravo was very simple, with a gentle push of his right foot, the football quickly rolled against the ground towards the empty door that was already unguarded…


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