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

Chapter 424 Overtime Free Kick Lore
After 5 minutes of rest and preparation, every Manchester United player felt the "bang bang" sound brought by his violent heartbeat, which seemed to pour into the cranial cavity, as well as the neat shouts of the Manchester United fans in the away fans' stands that seemed to be about to cover the home fans.

The prop manager distributed towels and sports drinks to the players as quickly as possible, and Chen Xiaoliang took a sip after another.

His physical recovery has been activated in the 78th minute of the second half. Based on his current feelings, his current physical strength should be around 80%.

Although it is not a lot, compared to other players, this is simply a cliff-like advantage.

Aguero 9320's lore card also expires with the end of the regular time, but the bonus of [Big Heart] is still there, and he has also activated [Passive Skill: God of God] after scoring two goals in a row. After scoring 2 goals in a single game, all technical attributes +1 until the end of the game.

The current Chen Xiaoliang is just like the Night Demon King in the night, the barbarian king in the late period, and the bloody Cheng Yaojin.

In the game, when it comes to overtime, there will be one more opportunity and quota for substitutions, so the team still has 2 opportunities for substitutions and 2 substitutions.

Ten Hag has already warmed up Lindelof, Luke Thomas and McTominay. All three of them played the full 120 minutes of the game against Brighton the day before yesterday, but they are also the team's last three outfield players who have participated in this year's Champions League and can go up this field.

Of course, Livakovic also needs to warm up. In case of a penalty shootout, the team has to rely on him as a point-puncher.

Although Braden Williams is also on the squad, Luke Thomas, a member of the Youth World Cup (U21) champion, was introduced because his ability cannot meet Ten Hag's standards. At the end of the season, Williams has been notified that he will be sold.

Chen Xiaoliang didn't choose to say anything more, and so did Ten Hag. The game can be played to this level, and everyone has fought back from the edge of the cliff relying on faith and ideas.

For a group of people who are "putting to death and reborn", no amount of language is superfluous. At this moment, a little rest is a little bit, and a little bit of recovery is a little bit.

There are not enough team doctors and physiotherapists, and the substitutes, including the two injured B Fee and Rashford, are stretching and massaging the calves of the players sitting on the ground.

Joe Hart is also stretching and relaxing for de Gea's former opponent.

Sesco is serving Benzema and Kwa is icing the knees of Luke Shaw's legs.

Casemiro, who was replaced, was actually very unwilling. He was extremely eager to fight with his teammates until the last moment.

But the 32-year-old has gradually taken away some physical things quietly. He knows that replacing his teammates will help the team more than himself.

He walked up to Chen Xiaoliang and motioned for Chen Xiaoliang to lie down so that he could lift his feet and stretch his calf muscles to avoid cramps.

Chen Xiaoliang declined gratefully.

Casemiro knew that the young man in front of him seemed to have infinite energy in his body, and he had won the nickname of "Nuclear Powered Midfielder" when he was in Rome.

To be honest, he was really envious.

Youth is really a good thing.

He said to Chen Xiaoliang: "Do you still remember that question?"

Chen Xiaoliang was taken aback for a moment, his mind was on the subsequent game: "What's the problem?"

Casemiro: "Karim (Benzema) asked when he arrived at the team."

Chen Xiaoliang laughed loudly: "What? Do you have the answer?"

Casemiro put his left hand on Chen Xiaoliang's right shoulder: "There are still 30 minutes left, come on the field, lead us to the final, win the championship, the answer is self-evident!"

"You know, even when that person was around, we never had an unbeaten season, nor did we win the Triple Crown!"

Chen Xiaoliang also stretched out his left hand and hugged Casemiro: "Okay!"

Maguire was also tired today, but it was he who overwhelmed Harland's header in the backcourt at the last moment and won the corner kick for the team.

From the loss of being deprived of the captain's armband at the beginning of the season, to the torment of trying to integrate into the new system and new core, to adapting to his new identity as the main rotation player, the former Manchester United captain enjoys the feeling at this moment very much.

The feeling of being needed and needing others.

Maguire: "Chen! If you have a chance, you can pass it to me. I feel pretty good today."

On Chen Xiaoliang's side, Casemiro had just left to deliver ice packs to Milinkovic and was drinking water alone. When he heard Maguire calling himself, he gave him a thumbs up.

Maguire: "Of course, if there is a chance, I will also ferry the header to you!"

Chen Xiaoliang: "Good!"

The fourth official came to inform that there was still one minute of rest left, and the players stood up one after another to avoid stagnation in the blood flow due to sitting for a long time and squatting for a long time.

Timbell and Lima also came to find Chen Xiaoliang: "Captain, if we press later, we should stay behind, how about?"

Because of the short height of these two defenders, Lima 175 and Timber 179, among the players who play central defenders, the height of these two brothers is definitely an alternative among mainstream players in modern football, so they are not often allowed to overwhelm them in corner kick attacks.

Chen Xiaoliang nodded to them both: "Okay!"

Luke Xiao also came over: "Captain, today's corner kick feels average, let Diogo (Dalot) go for the left corner later."

Chen Xiaoliang is still: "Good!"

The players began to gather on the sidelines one after another. Unlike the quiet Manchester United side, Guardiola gathered the players in a circle and gave loud lectures on the Manchester City side.

But what was said, no one at Manchester United could hear it, it was too noisy in the stadium.

Chen Xiaoliang walked over, and Benzema patted his butt: "Made, I'm too tired playing football with you."

Chen Xiaoliang smiled at him, and gently pushed him down, which is a way of joking among acquaintances, which means "don't do this".

Benzema pointed to Chen Xiaoliang: "Boy, remember that I have never won the Triple Crown, it's up to you."

Chen Xiaoliang: "Good!"

Finally, it was De Gea: "Chen, to be honest, I was not in a good state at the beginning today. I should not have conceded two goals. But since the second half, I feel that my state is fine. You can take them and attack in front. I will do everything to defend the goal!"

Chen Xiaoliang stretched out his left hand, hugged De Gea's back side by side and patted hard: "Okay!"

He turned his head and waved to all the players. Everyone surrounded them. The players on the field were inside, and the substitutes and coaches were outside, forming two circles. Everyone lowered their heads and put their hands on each other's backs. Chen Xiaoliang was also on the inner circle. De Gea was on the left and Benzema was on the right.

This is the leader's final motivating moment.

Chen Xiaoliang: "The day before yesterday, we played one more game than their main players, allowing them to rest for three days."

"They would rather give up the FA Cup to win us."

"So today, it wasn't that they scored our four goals, but we took the initiative to let them score four goals."

"But they still can't beat us."

"Guys, do you think you are better than yourself?"

"I believe you must feel that you are quite awesome."

"But it's useless to say it yourself, you have to let others say so."

"Listen to me, win today's game, then go out and say to the group of reporters: 'I let them have four today, but they still can't win'."

"After saying this, you are the most powerful boy in England!"

"Together, we will win the game and go to Wembley!"

Now, it's everyone else's turn to say that word to him:
"it is good!!!!!!"

After finishing speaking, eleven fighters who were exhausted just now, but now full of hot blood, stepped onto the court.

The role of hidden attributes, Chen Xiaoliang has never been able to figure it out, because they seem to be useful, but they seem to be useless.

But just now, in the toughest moment of the season, in the most exhausting state, his full 20 leadership put his ability to inspire, incite, motivate and inspire teammates to the peak.

Whether it is Benzema who has won the Golden Globe, De Gea who has been with the team for 13 years, Casemiro who has won five Champions Leagues, or Lima who has won the World Cup, they all believe from the bottom of their hearts that the 7-year-old captain wearing No. 19 will definitely lead them to the final victory.

As for Manchester City, the leader of the team is Guardiola.

Under his very strong management and football philosophy of pursuing perfection, what players have to do more is to obey and execute.

Originally, there were Aguero and Kompany in the team as locker room leaders to motivate the younger generation, and then there was Gundogan barely, but after Gundogan's free transfer to Barcelona, ​​neither Harland, De Bruyne, Rodri, or Ruben Dias can no longer afford the ability to lead the team.

Haaland is a little pure off the field, and has relatively little desire for things other than football;
Although De Bruyne is the captain and the captain of the national team, but looking at the dressing room of the Belgian team, you can see that his leadership is not much higher;
Rodri is the same as the B seat, although he has a high status in the team, he is not a person who likes to stand out;

On the contrary, Ruben Dias has a bit of a "big brother" demeanor, but he came to the team later than De Bruyne, and his statistics are not as explosive as Harland's. Coupled with Guardiola's strength, he can only be regarded as a locker room at best.

It's also good that the manager is the leader of the team, Sir Alex Ferguson was, and Mourinho was to some extent in some of his most successful teams.

But these two powerful coaches have ruthless captains under their command. Whether it is Keane, Terry, Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand or Zanetti, no matter what coach they work with, these people are born ruthless.

In Manchester City's team, there is a lack of such a number one figure.

"Beep!"

After the two sides stood still, the referee Slavko Vinci blew his whistle, and overtime began!
At the beginning, the two sides played a little cautiously. After all, the previous 90 minutes of the plot was too ups and downs. Only a 5-minute rest did not allow everyone to fully adapt.

But after six or seven minutes, the two teams began to drag their obviously tired bodies and launched a desperate fight.

Manchester City's side is naturally Haaland, and the team began to frequently try to pass the ball to him.

But without De Bruyne and the B seat, even though Guardiola replaced Bellingham and Glarish, he and Kovacic alone were not enough to send a fatal pass to Harland under Manchester United's concerted defense.

In the end, they all evolved into forced crosses.

But even so, Haaland is still Haaland.

Although he has scored 60 goals this season, although he does not have the stamina of Chen Xiaoliang's "two-management physical strength", his physical fitness and innate conditions are visible to the blind.

Even though Timber kept retreating to help, Maguire, whose physical strength had declined significantly, still struggled to defend.

Ten Hag decisively replaced Maguire with Lindelof.

Maguire was somewhat disappointed when he saw his number on the electronic card raised by the fourth official's sign, but this emotion flashed past. He knew that the team still needed to score, so he walked to the sideline with the last of his strength and slapped Lindelof's hands hard.

"give it to you."

Then he greeted Ten Hag who came up to hug him, and immediately sat back on the bench.

The moment he sat down, he felt tired all of a sudden, making him feel a little dizzy. Only then did he realize that once he relaxes at this moment, it is really difficult to lift his legs.

On the Manchester City side, Rico Lewis, Dias, and Stones surrounded Chen Xiaoliang, and on the Manchester United side, Lima, Lindelof, and Timber stared at Harland.

Although the positions of the two are not exactly the same, and their playing styles are completely different, everyone knows that they are the core trump cards that can most determine the outcome of the game among these two top teams.

Just now, Chen Xiaoliang has already proved with two goals during stoppage time and a perfect countdown that superstars are not so easy to defend.

In the 103rd minute, two minutes before the end of the first half of extra time, when Luke Shaw pushed from the left to catch the ball and tried to advance to the left corner of the penalty area, he had physical contact with Alvarez who was defending him and was tripped by the latter. The referee Slavko Vinci gave a free kick on the left side of the front court.

It was another set-piece, which made Manchester City, which had conceded two goals in a row and lost the game just now, feel like a formidable enemy. Although Manchester United had a lot fewer players on the side, except for Alvarez, other players on Manchester City's side came back to participate in the defense.

Luke Shaw rubbed his left foot backwards, but the ball didn't rub up, and he was pushed out by Glarish as soon as he entered the penalty area.

Manchester City wanted to catch up with the ball and counterattack. Wan Bissaka, who was behind, pushed the ball back. Timber behind him received the ball and passed it back to De Gea. A potential counterattack was thus resolved.

Manchester City's formation spread out, and Manchester United passed from the backcourt to organize forward again.

The ball came to the right, and Wan Bissaka, who returned to his position, took a pass to Dalot in front of him. Dalot, under the defense of Glarish, directly kicked the ball at a 45-degree angle and hoisted it to the penalty area.

Benzema wanted to ferry the header to Chen Xiaoliang, but I don't know if it was because of serious physical exertion. Whether it was Luke Shaw or Dalot, the long-distance and long-distance passes of the two were a bit short, and the landing point was a bit forward.

The ball was pushed out first by Rodri, who retreated to defend Benzema.

The ball flew to the right rib of the penalty area, Milinkovic rushed up to get the ball, collided with Kovacic and fell to the ground.

"Beep!"

Referee Slavko Vinci blew the whistle and awarded Manchester United a free kick in the frontcourt.

"Wang Defa!" Guardiola on the sidelines scolded directly, "Why should we be sentenced to a foul!"

The Manchester City fans in the stadium also responded to the coach's anger, and boos immediately broke out covering the audience.

The referee Slavko Vinci was very restrained and gestured to Guardiola to calm down, but the commentators and commentators in the broadcast rooms of various countries clearly saw that it was indeed Kovacic who saw that he was not tall enough and secretly pushed Milinkovic while scrambling for the ball.

Zhang Lu: "This referee is quite good, and he maintains his concentration very well. You must know that the referee, like the players, has also run for more than 100 minutes. It is normal for the physical strength to decrease and the concentration cannot be concentrated."

Zhan Jun: "Slavko Vinci, was promoted to an international referee in 2010, and was promoted to a UEFA elite referee in 2020. In the World Cup in Qatar, he once officiated two games including the group stage between Argentina and Saudi Arabia."

"However, his law enforcement in the World Cup at that time was still questioned by the outside world after the game, but so far in this game, his performance has been perfect."

Zhang Lu: "Indeed, tonight's penalty scale and field control are very good."

Although Guardiola stopped talking, he still shook his head and complained and muttered to himself, while the commentaries in the live broadcast rooms of various countries were confirming that Kovacic had indeed fouled based on the playback just now. On the court, Chen Xiaoliang was discussing with the players how to take a free kick.

The right rib is less than 4 meters away from the restricted area line, and about 28 meters away from the door.

Manchester United's players pressed forward, including Lindelof, Wan Bissaka, etc., leaving only Lima and Timber behind.

This ball is different from the free kick from the left corner just now. Now the time has passed 104 minutes and 20 seconds. There is no stoppage time in overtime. After this free kick is taken, the first half of overtime will end immediately.

Benzema also came to join in the fun, although he was far behind in the team's free-kick order: "What?"

According to the usual habits, if the free kick on the right is shot directly, the left-footed player will execute it, and it is better for the right-footed player to kick the cross.

Luke Shaw and Dalot have no idea. Several people are discussing. Manchester City's human wall has been lined up. The three offensive players of Harland, Grealish and Alvarez have formed a human wall. Edson is directing the three to move to ensure that the tallest Harland can block the center line of the shot.

"I come."

Chen Xiaoliang picked up the ball, rearranged it, and aimed the valve of the ball at his side.

Seeing what the captain said, the others immediately nodded and walked away, those who should go to the front of the penalty area to advance, and those who should support on both sides.

After the positioning and adjustment, "beep!" The referee whistled.

At this time the clock is already 104 minutes and 51 seconds.

Standing behind the penalty spot, Chen Xiaoliang took a deep breath!

His free kick attribute is 15, plus 2 points from [Big Heart] in this game, and 1 point from [Avatar], now it is 18.

This is already quite a powerful free kick ability.

But in such a state and environment, it is far from enough.

He must do everything possible to maximize his confidence, and the rest can only rely on the power of luck.

[Ronald Koeman free kick lore attribute activated]

In an instant, his free kicks became 20, and at the same time, he had two skills [good at strong free kicks] and [good at long-distance free kicks].

Chen Xiaoliang started to run up.

This process was fleeting, but it made the people waiting on and off the pitch feel that it had been a long, long time, especially the coaches and players of Manchester City. They couldn't understand why this person who obviously had a right foot would choose to take a free kick with his left foot.

Of course, there are similar cases. The most recent case among well-known players is that former Arsenal player Cazorla played a perfect free kick with his left foot on the right side of the arc of the penalty area in the AFC Champions League group stage on April 2021, 4.

The position is almost exactly the same as that of Chen Xiaoliang.

In anticipation of the completely different moods of the two sides, Chen Xiaoliang swung his left leg back, then suddenly retracted his waist and abdomen, kicked his left leg forward, and hit the valve facing him with the inner instep!

The ball flew out in an instant!
According to Chen Xiaoliang's vision, the ball hit the goalkeeper Edson's top corner, relying on nothing else but the flight trajectory going straight to the dead corner and the powerful flying speed.

One power down ten sessions!

But by coincidence, when the ball passed Glarish's side on the innermost side of the wall, the England winger, who is currently worth 7500 million euros, saw the ball approaching him and subconsciously stretched out his right foot to block it.

The ball hit the sole of his foot and everything changed!
The ball, which was going to fly over Edson's head, changed direction slightly and flew to Edson's right.

And the ball, which had no arc, was touched like this. Not only did the speed not weaken much, but it made a strong internal rotation!

Edson, who had already jumped with his feet on the spot and was about to jump up to block the ball, suddenly noticed the change in the trajectory of the ball, and immediately fell to the ground and threw himself to the right.

But Chen Xiaoliang's own strength and the full free kick and free kick skills attached to him at this time will not give Ederson a chance to save the situation!
Zhan Jun: "Lore!!!"

"Will this goal be the game's lore!!!

"Xiao Liang scored a hat-trick with a direct free kick!!!"

"Also rewritten the score of this game to 4 to 3! The total score was changed to 4 to 5!"

"No reversal! No Red Devils!"

Zhang Lu: "This ball is worth thousands of gold!"

Guan Zeyuan: "If there is really controllable luck in this world, it must exist for warriors who do not yield to fate and do not shrink from challenges!"

(End of this chapter)