Chapter 717 Lore Ball
"Beep!!!!"
A crisp whistle sounded from the TV, and the referee blew a foul whistle.
The entire Calderon Stadium was completely exploded. Even through the TV, Gao Han and others could still clearly feel the tragic atmosphere at the scene at this moment.
The live TV camera quickly pointed at the referee Olfreber.
This is an Atletico Madrid offense.
Goalkeeper Cech took the ball with his big foot and landed in the frontcourt. Torres grabbed the first landing point, and headed the ball and rubbed the ball behind Manchester United's defense line. Villa was very fast and cooperated with Torres to quickly penetrate the ball and chased the ball.
At this time, Manchester United's central defender Pepe chased back all the way, defending closely. When Villa got the ball first and was about to enter the penalty area, Pepe decisively fouled and directly tackled Villa with the ball to the ground.
The Portuguese international central defender is also very experienced. As soon as the whistle sounded, he immediately jumped up from the ground, explained loudly that he had tackled the ball first, and pointed at Villa who was lying on the ground and holding his legs, pretending to be injured.
"Mar United players all seemed very excited and seemed to be a little worried about Obreber's law enforcement."
"Indeed, as early as the first half, Olfreber had reminded Pepe twice that this time he was chasing Villa back and putting a shovel from the diagonal back. Judging from the slow-motion replay, it is impossible to determine whether he had shoveled Villa, but the danger of the action is beyond doubt, and this should be a tactical foul."
"Sure enough, Olfreiber decisively showed the red card and sent Pepe off the red card."
"This is the 61st minute of the second half. Manchester United is still behind zero to one, but the main central defender Pepe was sent off for a tactical foul. This means that even if Manchester United enters the final, Pepe will be suspended due to a red card."
Looking at the live TV screen and listening to the commentator's voice, everyone in the office sighed.
How to say it?
It is hard to say whether Pepe's foul was worth it, because if he hadn't made a move at that time, with Villa's personal ability, he would basically have a single shot after entering the penalty area, and the possibility of scoring is very high.
If one goal behind and there is hope for Manchester United, then if you lose another goal, the Red Devils will be completely finished.
But Pepe's kick kept hope, but the price was also very high, a red card.
There is still half an hour left in the game, and Manchester United is in danger.
In the TV camera, Pepe was protesting all the time before, but when Obreber showed him a red card, he collapsed. He hugged his head with both hands, raised his head high, opened his mouth wide, as if he was whining silently.
The teammates around them also walked forward one after another, hugged Pepe one by one, comforting him.
Manchester United entered the Champions League final last season, but in the end, they lost to Barcelona, fulfilling the latter's triple-champion. This season, the team's strength has improved to a higher level and ambitiously trying to make a comeback, but the result...
"If Manchester United can reach the final, Pepe's kick will be valuable." Gao Han sighed.
Sometimes, professional players are like this on the court and have nothing to worry about.
Ferguson must also know the value of Pepe's foul, so when the Portuguese walked off the court like a walking corpse, he walked forward desperately, hugged his beloved player hard, and kept comforting him.
Manchester United also made adjustments quickly. Young player Evans came on the court and replaced forwards Berbatov, Rooney and Tevez formed a double striker. Ferguson's idea was obviously still to continue to strengthen his defense.
Pepe was recommended to Ferguson by Gao Han, and his agent was Mendes. During this period of time at Manchester United, he and Matic made rapid progress under Ferguson's coaching and took on the leap of Manchester United's midfield and backcourt, especially the central defender combination of Pepe and Ferdinand, which showed a very high level.
The only thing that is criticized is that Pepe's performance is not stable enough, just like Ferdinand, he is prone to rashness.
But his absence has a great impact on Manchester United's defense.
Heinx must have understood this, so he continued to increase his offense, which clearly means taking advantage of Manchester United's loss of defense and terror to seize the opportunity to expand the score.
Manchester United retreated and acted as a defensive posture.
"One goal behind, one person is missing, Manchester United is over." Rummenigge shook his head and sighed.
It is undoubtedly quite good that the Red Devils can persist until now and fight like this.
Even if it really stops in the semi-finals, it will probably be recognized by fans all over the world.
However, on the court, Atletico Madrid has gained the advantage of the home court, has an advantage in numbers and an overall strength, and has repeatedly planned very threatening attacks, but it has never been able to break through Manchester United's goal.
He finally broke into the penalty area several times, but was blocked by Van der Sar again and again.
A red card seemed to arouse the Red Devil's determination to fight to the death.
The game passed minute by minute, and Atletico Madrid organized attacks again and again, but was blocked from the goal again and again. Manchester United, with only ten players, defended their half on the court to an almost iron wall, making Atletico Madrid's attack return in vain again and again.
This is not the first time.
In the Champions League this season, especially since the knockout stage, the Red Devils and Manchester United have repeatedly staged such a scene.
Ferguson still stood on the sidelines as if he was still moving, and he seemed to be unstoppable and unfair, as if he was completely unaffected by the game.
Seventy minutes... Eighty minutes...
He was still standing there, motionless.
Everyone realized that what Gao Han said was wrong, that is, with Ferguson's personality, it is absolutely impossible for him to give up like this. He is the kind of man who even in the Champions League final, knowing that he is unable to compete with Barcelona, but he still wants to fight to the death with Barcelona.
Will he be willing to admit defeat like this?
What's more, he still has three substitutions, and veterans such as Giggs sat on the bench.
"He is waiting!" Gao Han said confidently.
"Wait? What are you waiting for?" Everyone found it strange.
Eighty minutes have passed. If Ferguson had the will, he should have taken action long ago.
Gao Han frowned and thought, "If I was not wrong, Ferguson had determined the tactics of this game since the morning, attacked the game at the beginning and counterattacked in the final stage."
Those present were all those who had been in professional football for many years. When they heard Gao Han’s meaning, they immediately understood.
Needless to say, Manchester United has adopted the attack at the beginning and achieved certain results, but he was scored by Atletico Madrid's counterattack, which directly led to Manchester United being passive throughout the game.
As for the final counterattack, this is a bit interesting.
For Manchester United, if they want to win, they must at least score a goal, bet that the two sides will be 0 to zero and then score a penalty kick. The possibility is quite low. As a famous coach, Ferguson will not bet on such a low-probability event.
To some extent, for Manchester United, zero to zero and zero to one is actually a result.
This is also the reason why the Red Devils dared to let go of their hands and feet at the beginning, but immediately became conservative after losing a goal.
Even now, as long as Manchester United scores a goal, even if both sides finally play one-to-one, Manchester United won, and even doesn't have to play in overtime anymore.
Therefore, Gao Han concluded that Ferguson would make a big effort at the final stage of the game and bet on a big bet.
And not only Gao Han had this idea, Heinx must have thought so too.
When the game reached the 85th minute, Ferguson finally moved.
Soon, everyone noticed that Manchester United made a substitution adjustment and replaced midfielder Matic with veteran Giggs.
This midfielder is both offense and defense, diligent and diligent, and plays an important role in Manchester United's midfield.
After Giggs came on the court, Atletico Madrid continued to maintain its offensive against Manchester United without any slackness. He took advantage of the substitution and made two threatening attacks in a row.
But until now, both sides have been relatively tired and both attacks have failed.
In the 89th minute, the fourth official on the sidelines finally gave a notice of five minutes of stoppage time, but the two sides were still hard to tell, and everyone was worried and worried.
In the first minute of stoppage time, Atletico Madrid once again broke into the front of Manchester United's penalty area, but during this attack, Torres fouled Ferdinand, and several players led by Rooney put pressure on the referee, but were warned by a yellow card.
This time, the game was paused for more than a minute.
When the game started again, Manchester United took advantage of the opportunity to serve quickly and made a steal. Left back Leiden Bynes inserted diagonally into the front of the penalty area and shot a long shot, but it was slightly off.
But soon, Atletico Madrid also got a chance. Navas' forced breakthrough on the right gave the team a corner kick opportunity. The bed sheet army pushed up, but Pablo's header failed to hit the front and was slightly higher.
Pablo also protested to the referee. Ferdinand made a foul while he was fighting for the header, but the referee rejected his protest. The Spanish central defender was a little anxious and pointed at the referee and shouted, and was warned by a yellow card.
The emotions of the players of both teams were obviously ignited, and the game has reached its last and most critical moment.
Manchester United quickly launched a counterattack, and all the players pushed up.
Giggs took the ball from the left and got rid of the defensive player. After a long diagonal pass was passed to the ball into Atletico Madrid's penalty area. Pablo jumped high in a hurry to retreat to defend, headed the ball to clear the ball.
But the ball did not fly far. After Tevez grabbed the ball, he passed it to Giggs on the wing.
After Giggs got the ball, he passed the ball diagonally to the right side of the penalty area without thinking.
Rooney inserted it and cut the ball first.
But as soon as he stopped the ball, Carvalho quickly approached, forcing Rooney to turn around to protect the ball.
At the same time, the referee has put the whistle in his mouth and the game may end at any time.
After Rooney blocked Carvalho with his body, he took two steps back from the bottom line and suddenly passed back to the front of the penalty area.
At this time, Scholes, who had been silent all the time, suddenly penetrated to the front of the penalty area like a ghost.
Everyone at Atletico Madrid was shocked, and Xavi Alonso, who was disturbed by Tevez, flew towards Scholes at the first time.
But Ginger Head beat a very fast ball before Xavi Alonso.
Cech's attention was attracted by the two Manchester United strikers, and his vision was also disturbed. When he realized, the ball almost rubbed against the post on the right and drilled into the bottom of the goal net.
Everyone was shocked at this moment!
Not only the fans of Calderon Stadium on the TV, but also Gao Han and others outside the TV were dumbfounded.
A goal has been scored!
It was the final and most critical moment again!
The referee's crisp whistle announced to the world that the goal was valid.
Chapter completed!