Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 414 Ferguson: "He is stronger than he was back then!"

This day will come sooner or later.

If it is said that Manchester United, which has not lost a single battle on the four fronts so far this season, has shown super strength and excellent form in the pure football field, then there is indeed not much room left for opponents.

Therefore, they can only find solutions in areas other than pure football.

Fouls, cutting the fluency of the game, and even malicious fouls to cause injuries are one of the options.

The West Ham players didn't know what happened in the Manchester United locker room during the intermission. They tasted the sweetness in the first half, and started their advanced plan after the start of the second half. After abolishing the wingman, they will start targeting the core .

Only half a minute into the second half, when Chen Xiaoliang caught the ball at the center line, Harvey Barnes pounced on him, without any blocking or containment, and directly shoveled Chen Xiaoliang's legs, who was turning around and preparing to drive forward with the ball.

Chen Xiaoliang pushed the ball forward, and he jumped up lightly, and then began to move forward with the ball.

Zakaria made it up.

He doesn't have the recklessness of the young Barnes, and he has to be a little more careful after eating cards.

He turned sideways and tried to block Chen Xiaoliang's forward path with the ball, and then waited for Barnes, who got up, to come and double-team him.

Chen Xiaoliang began to change direction with the ball.

He first dribbled the ball to the right, and Zakaria turned to the left to block.

Just as Zakaria finished his turn, Chen Xiaoliang turned to his left again.

While retreating, Zakaria shifted his focus and shifted to the front of Chen Xiaoliang again.

Just after Zakaria finished his turn, Chen Xiaoliang changed direction again.

In such a back and forth change of direction, one keeps changing direction after the opponent moves the defensive center of gravity, and the other keeps shifting the defensive center of gravity after the opponent changes direction with all his life.

Finally, when Chen Xiaoliang changed direction for the 5th time, which was the 3rd time and rushed towards his front right, Zakaria, who was running back with his back on his back and was dizzy from being shaken, hadn't been able to adjust from the 4th time. Came back, slipped and fell out.

This series of changing directions, let alone Manchester United fans, even the West Ham fans in the stands exclaimed "OH! NO!"

James Madison, who was lagging behind, and Tavares, who was adducting, rushed over from right to left to double-team, but Chen Xiaoliang took a long shot with his right foot directly 32 meters away from the goal!
West Ham's French goalkeeper Areola did not make any saves, but turned his body slightly to the left to twist his neck so that his eyes could follow the flying ball.

"Boom!"

The ball hit the crossbar!

Through the pickup on the goal, the clear and loud sound of a heavy iron hammer hitting a red-hot anvil immediately spread throughout the stadium, followed by another exclamation of "Oh!"

The fans of West Ham exclaimed that they almost entered, and the fans of Manchester United also exclaimed that they almost entered!

Less than a minute after the start of the second half, Chen Xiaoliang almost scored a goal from the center line. This made Moyes on the sidelines break out in a cold sweat, and immediately shouted and waved to make the players resolutely implement defensive tactics.

Two minutes later, James Maddison made a cross from the right of West Ham, but Milinkovic pushed it out. McTominay immediately controlled the ball and passed it to Chen Xiaoliang in front.

Chen Xiaoliang started immediately after receiving the ball and dribbled the ball forward.

But West Ham has significantly strengthened the hardness and "yin" of the defense this time.

Chen Xiaoliang first pushed forward to the left, bypassing Zakaria who retreated and passed by him, trying to pull him.

Then, taking advantage of the speed of the change of direction slowing down, Harvey Barnes, who was on the side, jumped up and wanted to tackle the ball, but he was shaken by Chen Xiaoliang and couldn't get anything. He didn't give up, and directly pulled Touch Chen Xiaoliang's right arm.

This pull made the whole body gain strength, and Chen Xiaoliang, who was about to turn around halfway through the change of direction, immediately lost his balance and fell sideways on the ground.

But he put his hands together, and almost instantly, he stood up and caught up with the ball again!

At this time, Zakaria, who had just retreated halfway and wanted to pull Chen Xiaoliang, who had missed him, made up for it, and pushed his body horizontally against the right side of Chen Xiaoliang, who had not yet started to speed up.

But because he had taken a card, he was a little reserved when doing the action, so Chen Xiaoliang just swayed and was not broken. Instead, relying on Zakaria's strength to push himself, he rushed forward.

At this time, Bowen, who ran all the way from the frontcourt to catch up with the lore hero of last season's European Cup and played right winger in this game, came over and tackled the ball. Chen Xiaoliang slammed the ball again, took off, and dodged past.

At this time, Ganacho had already run out of space on the left, Chen Xiaoliang adjusted a step, and sent the ball straight through with a big slash with his right foot, and the ball went directly from behind the center line to the left side of the third offensive area.

Ganacjo received the ball and tried to force the Czech right back Caofar along the outside line, but after a few meters, he found that he couldn't open the distance, so he made an emergency stop and passed the ball to the center.

The ball was passed a little late, and Benzema, who was advancing forward, had no time to adjust, so he had to make an emergency stop, then retreated a step to take off, and pushed the ball to Anthony, who was retracting from the right.

Anthony took the ball and shot it to the left of the goal. West Ham goalkeeper Areola threw himself sideways and blocked the ball with a single palm.

It was only 4 minutes into the second half, and he had been shot on goal twice, as if he was close to conceding the goal, which made Moyes very annoyed.

He kept yelling at his players on the sidelines:
"Defend harder! Retreat faster!"

The more Zakaria and Harvey Barnes listened, the more anxious they became. It was as if they were launching a suicide attack, and they rushed over with their lives. They either shoveled or bumped into them. They even used them to pull people, but it didn't work. Chen Xiaoliang launched two attacks.

Moyes was speaking on the spot here, and Chen Xiaoliang was not idle. He turned around and found Anthony Taylor:
"It pulled me to the ground just now, why didn't you call a foul?!"

Anthony Taylor: "You guys were fighting for one-half of the ball just now. It is reasonable to have physical contact at this time."

Although he may be visually impaired, Anthony Taylor still has rich experience, and he himself knew that such words were not enough to calm Chen Xiaoliang's dissatisfaction, so he said: "Take it easy, trust me, I will pay attention to every move. "

Ten Hag on the sidelines was also looking for the fourth official to complain: "Don't you think there are not enough people coming off the field?!"

The fourth official Gavin Ward: "The referee said that the pull just now did not constitute a foul." Then he warned Ten Hag to let him return to the coach's command area.

Chen Xiaoliang on the field was also dragged by Milinkovic and Benzema. The two old players did not want Chen Xiaoliang to receive a unnecessary yellow card, but Chen Xiaoliang still shouted to Anthony Taylor: "It's not a foul. That’s not a foul, so why is it a foul? Putting it on a stretcher?!”

The game eventually continued after a small twist.

In the stands, Sir Alex Ferguson, who came to watch the game, sat with former Manchester United CEO David Gill.

David Gill joined Manchester United as the financial director in 1997, and began to serve as CEO in 2003 to take charge of Manchester United, witnessing the 1999 Triple Crown and 2008 Double Crown.

The 10 years under his leadership as CEO were the most successful ten years for Manchester United in terms of competitive strength and business operations, and established the absolute leading position of the football club in the development of the global business map in one fell swoop.

At the same time, he also served as the vice chairman of "G14", the predecessor of the "European Super League".

In 2013, Ferguson decided to retire. As a close friend and a comrade-in-arms who had worked together for Manchester United for many years, David Gill also chose to leave the post of CEO of Manchester United. Later, with his unparalleled influence and professional ability, he was elected as the vice chairman of the FA. Together with then FA chairman Greg Deckard and vice-chairman Anthony Frye, he was known as the "FA Big Three" by the outside world.

He was later elected to the UEFA executive committee and represented UEFA as the vice president of FIFA.

During his tenure, he actively exposed the corruption of the then FIFA president Blatter, and released the information publicly in 2015. He resigned from the position of vice president because he was dissatisfied with Blatter's re-election, and finally helped the current FIFA president Infanti Nuo completed the "reverse fabric movement".

This is a real power figure with far more influence and real status in the field of football than the head coach and star players who stand at the front desk and have a great reputation.

In the mouth of the Dutch coach Van Gaal who later served as the head coach of Manchester United, when he teased the then CEO Ed Woodward for not knowing football and only knowing business development, he also mentioned David Gill, saying that he is the one who really understands football. CEO of Football.

David Gill: "Those two dribbles and changes of direction just now are really like Chris."

Cris (Cris) was the nickname for Ronaldo in the Manchester United team. Of course, some people called him Ronnie (Ronnie), mainly because his full name was too long.

Ferguson: "He is transforming, I mean he is transforming at this moment, he can become better than Ronnie."

David Gill: "Oh? Are you serious? I've known you all this time and I've never heard of anyone better than your Ronnie."

Ferguson chuckled and touched his red nose: "There are more things he can see in his eyes and think in his heart than Ronnie."

On the field, the game continues.

Manchester United's players proved with practical actions that Falk squid did not shout in vain when he left the locker room.

In the 54th minute, Milinkovic wrestled with West Ham center Antonio when he was leaning on his back to catch the ball.

Antonio doesn't have too many defensive tasks, so he hasn't "dedicated" in today's game, but at this time, he raised his right elbow and pointed his elbow at Milinkovic behind him, showing that, He was ready to "break his virginity".

Milinkovic thought to himself, Serie A is just a little slower and less confrontational, but there are not many old men like you at all, not to mention, do you think I am a vegetarian every day in Lazio?
The moment the ball fell, Milinkovic jumped on top of Antonio.

Antonio's right elbow hit Milinkovic's right hip joint, and he felt a numbness in his right hand, and his shoulder was pressed by Milinkovic's left hand.

But under the limited vision of the referee Anthony Taylor, he only saw Antonio, who was unable to take off, swinging his elbow and hitting someone.

"Beep!"

Anthony Taylor decisively showed a yellow card to Antonio, who was stunned and questioned the referee with open hands, and other players from both sides also surrounded and quarreled.

What's interesting is that there are two other players on West Ham's side, especially Tavares and Zakaria, who have already taken the cards, but Manchester United's other 10 players are all Those who came to quarrel, even if James Madison took Zakaria away, Anthony and Ganacho still chased him and scolded him.

All of a sudden, the home fans cursed everywhere, and the content of the entire stadium soared, showing the momentum to compete with the Guoan Gongti of the Red Country.

Seeing that the situation was about to collapse, Anthony Taylor had no choice but to use the ultimate method of peace - each played [-] boards, and gave a yellow card to Ganacho and defender Cao Far who were the most scolded and relatively unimportant on both sides. .

The game was stopped for 2 minutes and continued, but the West Ham players also seemed to feel that Manchester United was starting to fight hard.

As the momentum of the team changes, the mentality of the players will also change. Seeing that there were three consecutive injuries in the first half, the situation was obviously good, but they were unable to score for a long time and were kicked off the offensive by Manchester United. Get impatient.

He pounced more fiercely and grabbed more fiercely, but he also became disorganized.

In the 65th minute, the score was finally changed.

Under Antonio's high press, Joe Hart passed the ball to Luke Thomas on the left, who then kicked forward directly under Bowen's press.

This kid listened carefully to "Professor Chen"'s passing lesson, and also carefully studied the catching habits of Sesco and Benzema.

Both forwards have a good ability to catch and return the ball outside the box.

The long pass crossed more than half of the pitch, and Benzema pouted his ass, and put West Ham's 28-year-old Moroccan central defender Agde behind his back like a blame, and then turned his head back to push the ball back.

Chen Xiaoliang made a flash from the right rib to catch the ball.

Because Luke Thomas' long pass was too sudden, Harvey Barnes and James Madison, who wanted to double-team and intercept Chen Xiaoliang in the midfield, didn't have time to turn around and catch up with Chen Xiaoliang who was going forward, so they were thrown away.

Chen Xiaoliang took two steps, and before Zakaria caught up with him from behind, he hit the door with his left foot 30 meters away from the door!
The ball flew to the left, flew to the right, and then changed direction to the left again when it flew to the goal!
A typical S-shaped trajectory long shot!
West Ham goalkeeper Areola wanted to change his center of gravity twice, but finally saw the ball suddenly change direction and fly above his head, so he could only jump up and reach out to fish.

But the ball still flew over his right hand and blasted into the goal!
Xu Yang: "World wave!"

"Xiao Liang in the second half is like a gods help! It seems that after reappearing Beckham's full moon scimitar in the last game, this game has the former Xiao Luo attached to him again!"

"This ball is not his previous Gerrard-style or Riise-style violent bombardment, but a goal with obvious control over the hitting part, allowing the ball to change directions many times in the air, and a goal with both skills and strength. .”

"Facing the collective yelling and cursing of West Ham fans, Xiao Liang did not celebrate. Instead, he stood in the middle of the stadium and looked around, as if he was hitting back at those fans with his eyes-in my case, insidious and despicable tricks don't work!"

"I have to say that the current Xiao Liang is more determined than Xiao Luo back then, and also has more absolute leadership qualities!"

"Before the start, I was still saying, don't get kicked by West Ham because of Joe Hart's first start. As a result, Xiao Liang scored a ground-breaking long shot in the second half with Benzema's counterattack!"

Seeing Chen Xiaoliang looking at the fans in the away stands with contemptuous eyes like Cantona did back then, the West Ham fans scolded even louder, but after leading by one goal, three people were injured and retired, and the midfielder was blocked by the captain. Under the stimulation of anger, Manchester United was completely awakened.

After only 7 minutes of scolding by West Ham fans, many people chose to give up and leave the field silently to express their helplessness and depression.

McTominay received the ball and passed it to Chen Xiaoliang. When Chen Xiaoliang received the ball, Tavares, the left back who was on top, put a shovel directly to intercept the ball. Chen Xiaoliang shook off the opponent after a quick touch and ran to the middle.

That's when Harvey Barnes pounced.

Chen Xiaoliang took a few steps horizontally, first pretending to take it back, Barnes grabbed Chen Xiaoliang's back and wanted to steal the ball, but Chen Xiaoliang immediately exerted force to his right side after a false shot, and began to rush towards the frontcourt.

With a flash, Barnes was left behind.

But Barnes did not give up. He chased after Chen Xiaoliang, desperately chasing, while stretching out his left hand to pull.

As a result, I stretched it once, but failed to pull it, then swung my arm and ran two steps, and stretched out my hand again to try to pull it, but I still couldn't pull it.

Zakaria on the side didn't care whether he committed a foul or not, he got down to the ground when he came up, and slid and shoveled towards Chen Xiaoliang with both feet.

This kick clearly did not intend to break the ball, but to break Chen Xiaoliang's foot.

Chen Xiaoliang took a big step, kicked his left leg, raised his right foot and stepped over Zakaria's leg first, then hopped lightly with his left leg, without letting him touch it at all.

Now, there were only two central defenders left in front of Chen Xiaoliang.

Central defender Zouma took the lead and rushed forward. Just now, he made two open long-range shots, one on the crossbar, and one goal. Now letting Chen Xiaoliang shoot is tantamount to giving up the game.

After Zouma lost his position and rushed up, the full-backs Cao Far and Tavares on both sides quickly retracted. After all, the middle of the penalty area is the place that needs protection most.

Chen Xiaoliang saw that the shooting route was blocked by Zouma. He wanted to pass it to Benzema and go straight behind him to help him shoot, but in the blink of an eye, he saw the full-backs on both sides retracting, and immediately kicked it to the left. Luke Thomas.

Chen Xiaoliang's original idea was to use himself to attract the attention of the defense, and after the ball was out, he went forward, and then Luke Thomas dribbled the ball to the bottom and then made a pass or passed back in an inverted triangle, assisting Benzema or other players who advanced behind to shoot Score.

Luke Thomas did the same, but the final effect shocked everyone!

After receiving the ball, he ran towards the bottom line. Before West Ham right winger Bowen caught up with him, he swung his left foot and kicked a pass.
All commentators think he is a cross, and all fans and players also think he is a cross, including West Ham goalkeeper Areola.

But the ball he kicked with his left foot drew an arc that Chen Xiaoliang didn't know how to kick, and flew towards West Ham's goal!

Areola, who deliberately stood in front to prevent a cross from the middle, waited for the ball to fly over, and found that there was no arc to the penalty spot, only to realize that it turned out to be a shot, so he had to retreat quickly.

But the falling ball has been falling faster and faster like a falling meteor.

He struggled to take off, but in the end he only made himself the first spectator to appreciate this unreasonable lob at the closest distance.

This ball completely fooled the West Ham fans.

Moyes on the sidelines could only shake his head.

This ball made them understand that what ultimately depends on the court is strength, talent, and a determined competitive spirit, rather than those insidious and despicable tricks.

At the same time, Anthony Taylor, who finally regained his eyesight briefly because of dangerous movements and flying tackles with both feet, showed Zakaria a second yellow card and sent him off the court.

10 to 11, 2 goals behind, or Manchester United, which is getting more and more powerful.

The game thus far has completely become a one-sided revenge.

In the 77th and 86th minutes, Manchester United, who hadn't made any substitutions in the second half, scored two more goals.

Benzema was tripped by Zuma in the penalty area, Chen Xiaoliang gave him the penalty, and the French veteran made it overnight, 0-3.

At the last moment, Milinkovic took advantage of his height in the corner kick attack. After Maguire's header was blocked, he jumped up to compete for the top for the second time and hoisted the ball into the goal.

0:4.

In the end, amidst the boos of West Ham fans, this embarrassing game finally came to an end.

After the game, apart from two world waves in this game, there was one statistic that the media talked about.

Chen Xiaoliang completed an exaggerated 11 dribbles in the game, two of which were three people with one dribble.

Many fans also posted the video and animation of the goal on social media. Aite was far away from Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia, but after several days, the person involved did not respond to this.

The media and fans in England and even Europe quickly forgot about it.

Because Manchester United has already set off to Barcelona, ​​the new captain of Manchester United, the new No. Recognized veteran champion.

Lionel Messi!

　Acknowledgments to be posted later
　　
　
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