rpbooks Chapter 128 Breaking the Deadlock
Chapter 128 Breaking the Deadlock
Chapter 128 Breaking the Deadlock
On February 2011, 2, the 12th round of the Premier League, Old Trafford Stadium.Manchester City's away game against Manchester United is about to begin.
Players from both sides appeared on the channel one by one, with awe-inspiring expressions.There were so many verbal battles before the game, and when the game was about to start, everyone forgot that they had only one goal.
victory.
Manchester United wants to defend Old Trafford, and Manchester City wants to challenge Manchester United's hegemony.There are enough reasons to choose victory.
Manchester United has all the elite here. Van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, Smalling and Evra, Rafael are all young and old partners in the backcourt. Ferdinand has a calf injury, and Evans also has a certain ankle injury, so they are unable to play.
Midfielders Nani, Carrick, Scott Parker, Scholes and newcomer Morrison started together, and Ferguson left Rooney alone on the forward line.
It can be seen that Ferguson is very afraid of Manchester City's attack power. He has arranged 5 players in the midfield. If Fletcher's health condition is not good, he even wants Fletcher to play.
Manchester City did not give up much here, and Mancini had a good card in his hand, choosing the best from the best.
On the defensive line, Hart did his part to start. This season he has conceded the fewest goals in the league and has the most clean sheets. He is expected to win the Premier League Golden Glove.On the back line, Zabaleta, Lescott, Kompany and Richards lined up.
The midfield four generals, Kolarov, Yaya Toure, Barry and David Silva.The defensive midfielder Milner has been suspended for accumulating yellow cards, otherwise he is more likely to start the game. Italian coaches seem to like players of Milner type.
The team still has a double striker configuration, with Carlos Tevez and Balotelli starting together.High center forward Dzeko, like Berbataba, is on standby on the bench. The midfield confrontation in this game will be quite anxious, and the two soft centers will be given up.
"Morrison, I'll wait for you." Balotelli's voice suddenly sounded in the quiet passage.
He couldn't wait, and he wanted to challenge Morrison at every opportunity to take down England's greatest young man.
Morrison didn't even look back, and kept reminding himself that he shouldn't be as fussy as Balotelli, after all, he is not an ordinary person.Nani next to him couldn't help it, "Someone challenged you by name? Balotelli?"
Morrison shrugged helplessly, "I didn't hear that."
If Anderson were here, he would probably have fought with Balotelli, but unfortunately he didn't even make the squad.
Nemanja Vidic and Kompany led the team to play, half sea water and half flames, the breath of tension suddenly exploded, when the players came out, the fans of Dream Theater began to burst into cheers.
Morrison took the caddy and took a simple group photo for the opening ceremony.
City currently sit third in the league and are well on their way to qualifying for next season's Champions League, eight points behind Manchester United, who have a game in hand.
Tevez squinted his eyes and kept saying, "I want to beat Manchester United, I want to beat Manchester United." Tevez has almost scored goals in the last few games against Manchester United. Now the team is in better condition. Hope to beat his old club at Old Trafford.
In the competition for the Premier League scorer list, Carlos Tevez is only 3 goals behind Berbataba, "I have scored a hat-trick, and I am the league's top scorer."
Beep! ~
With the whistle of the bald referee Marina, the game officially began.
Manchester City showed great strength at the beginning. The combination of Yaya Toure, Silva and Barry suppressed Manchester United's midfield line.Parker has not been able to integrate with other players, and the defensive end is a bit difficult.
In the 4th minute, Silva, Yaya Toure and Tevez continued to pass and cut and cooperated, while Balotelli pulled aside, Silva finally received the pass from Tevez, shot single-handedly from close range, and went wide far corner.
In this wave of defense, both Parker and Smalling were in a state of embarrassment. One couldn't handle Yaya Toure, and the other was almost knocked over by Tevez, which was quite embarrassing.
Morrison looked at the performance of the team's defense, and it was really not reassuring.He stepped up his frontcourt attack, and faced the entanglement of Barry and Zabaleta, he also struggled.
"Hey, Ravel, don't blame me." Barry had a good impression of him, and while making small gestures, he pretended to apologize.
"It's okay, you will release the water later."
Morrison stuck to the ball, moved to the middle, and gave it to Parker. Parker didn't dare to take it too much, so he quickly passed it back to Carrick.Carrick and Scholes combed the attack, Rooney kept retreating, trying to hold the ball.
He couldn't find an opportunity in the frontcourt either. Morrison saw Rooney retreat and quickly advanced forward. When the ball arrived, Scholes was very good at finding opportunities.
It's a pity that Morrison was entangled by Kompany before he could make a move in the penalty area, and the ball was kicked out of bounds.
Corner chance.Manchester United continued to put pressure, and the ball was pushed out of bounds by Kompany and Lescott three times in a row, consecutive set-piece opportunities.
Finally, Nani shot the ball into the stands.
The status of the two sides is almost the same, the game is very difficult, and the situation cannot be controlled under the strong fighting, and Manchester United is slightly at a disadvantage.
Balotelli took the initiative to entangle Morrison, "Aren't you proud that I took the initiative to defend you?"
Morrison smiled slightly, "Thanks!"
He kicked the ball forward with his left foot, leaned close to Balotelli, then stepped on the heel of his right heel, twirled, straddled half a step, and turned around in front of Balotelli, a beautiful extraordinary movement .
Balotelli's deliberate defense was unceremoniously crushed by Morrison, and he was so angry that he directly brought Morrison down.
Roaring towards the sky, I felt very domineering.
"Beep!"
Marina couldn't bear it and showed Balotelli a yellow card. It was such a serious foul that he was still celebrating.
Morrison stood up quietly and looked at the position of the set ball. It was not bad. Although it was a little far away, he could shoot directly. He has been very confident in the set ball recently.
This is a good opportunity to break the deadlock.
Rooney also came over and wanted to take the penalty.
"I will shoot directly, aiming at the upper left corner. If it is blocked, you have a better chance of making a follow-up shot." Well, Morrison rejected Rooney's request to take the penalty.
The set kick was taken, the concept of the world wave was insufficient, and Hart fished it out of the goal post.With a snap, the ball fell to the ground.
Rooney plugged in decisively, and after a little bit, he kicked his heel and swept the ball into the goal, breaking the deadlock.
He quickly ran to Morrison, "Handsome, this is what I want."
Morrison is a little helpless, where is my goal?He still ran to Rooney to congratulate him, it was not easy, Elder Lu finally scored a goal.
Just now Morrison's words came true, Rooney scored the first goal, he rushed to the sidelines excitedly, celebrating with the Old Trafford fans, scoring in the Manchester derby is always exciting.
1:0, Manchester United lead the score.
Manchester City decisively set off a wave of offense. They obviously played better football and did not score any points. Yaya Toure was like a humanoid tank, crushing him directly. Parker couldn't defend him. Pierced from the side.
Ferguson looked gloomy, "There are too many disadvantages in introducing players during the winter break. This game is not over yet."
(End of this chapter)