Football: Start by playing as Ronaldo and beat Manchester United!

Chapter 206

"CCTV5, CCTV5!"

As the game started, an emotional voiceover came:

"Welcome to watch the 2010-2011 Premier League FA Cup final!"

"I am your old friend, Zhan Jun!"

After saying that, he paused for a moment, quickly read the information at hand again, and then continued:

"After the players passed the ball in the center circle, the two teams' competition in the final officially started!"

"We can see that the 'Gunners' Arsenal, wearing the red and white home uniforms, are Attacking from the left side of the screen to the right side. "

"And Manchester United, wearing the black away uniforms, is attacking from the right to the left at this time. The result of the coin toss is that Manchester United kicks off first."

"As many media speculated before the game, our Shenzhou young player Su Fan did not appear in the team's starting lineup today. Rooney temporarily wears the captain's armband!"

Afterwards, Zhan Jun took advantage of the fact that both sides were testing each other with passing and receiving the ball, and the game was not fierce, and introduced the player lists of both sides to the Shenzhou fans in front of the TV.

For Arsenal, goalkeeper Fabianski, Vervallen and Koscielny partnered as central defenders, and the two full-backs were Sagna and Clichy, forming Arsenal's defense line.

In the midfield, Alexander Song and the key player Wilshere played as double defensive midfielders, increasing the defensive strength while strengthening the connection between the midfield and backcourt.

Fabregas, the team's new star, was placed in the central midfielder by Professor Wen in this game. He had to retreat to receive the ball and move forward to participate in the attack, taking on part of the work of the front midfielder.

The three players at the front are Nasri, the right winger with excellent footwork, Arshavin, the left winger with strong dribbling and breakthrough, and Arsenal's star player...

The world's top center forward with accurate positioning and superb shooting skills, Van Persie!!

On the Manchester United side, goalkeeper Van der Sar, the back line from left to right is still O'Shea, Vidic, Evans and Evra.

Sir Alex Ferguson's lineup in the midfield is Fletcher, the midfielder Scholes, the left and right wingers are Giggs and Nani respectively.

Rooney and Owen continue to partner up in the front line, at the forefront of the lineup.

On the field.

After a short trial, the two teams have almost finished their warm-up and immediately launched a threatening attack on the opponent's penalty area!

"Nice catch! Let's see how to deal with this ball next..."

Zhan Jun's eyes lit up: "The first half of the game is in the tenth minute!"

"Van Persie was a few meters in front of the opponent's penalty area line, overpowered Fletcher, successfully competed for the header, and passed the ball to the front with his forehead..."

"In front of Arshavin who came up from the wing, the latter used the muscles of his chest to stop the ball steadily at his feet, and then dribbled forward and stepped into Manchester United's penalty area!!"

Just then!

Victor, the central defender of Manchester United, immediately strode forward and blocked the opponent's attack route with his tall body.

Arshavin was not afraid at all when he saw this.

He first stopped the ball in front of him, deliberately lured the opponent to make a move first, and then waited for an opportunity to break through.

Just after the two of them confronted each other for a moment...

Arshavin soon discovered that Victor was actually rough but delicate, and did not rush to grab the ball rashly.

So, he immediately changed his attack method and suddenly used the outside of his left foot to push the ball to the left front.

In the blink of an eye, Arshavin took two steps at a time before Victor's body center of gravity turned around, caught the ball close to the opponent's side, and completed the breakthrough, forming a single knife!

Just as Arshavin was about to withstand Victor's pressure and face Van der Sar who was attacking, and pushed the ball into the near corner of the goal...

He suddenly saw a black figure appearing beside him in his peripheral vision!

"Not good! Manchester United's defense speed is faster than expected!"

Arshavin frowned when he saw this: "If we pursue the shooting angle again, this ball will most likely be intercepted by them!"

"Instead of boosting the opponent's morale, I might as well reduce the success rate, kick out threats, and boost the team's morale!"

Thinking of this, he simply stopped restraining himself and raised his foot to shoot a powerful shot!

At this moment, Evra, who came to assist in defense, saw this and his heart sank.

Then, his eyes widened, and he turned his head nervously, and a "bang" sound happened to ring in his ears.

As far as he could see, the ball hit the right post of the goal and flew out of the bottom line.

Goal kick!

"Huh."

Zhan Jun couldn't help but let out a long breath when he saw this scene, and the following words expressed everyone's thoughts:

"It was a close call, it was a narrow escape!"

"Although the ball didn't go in, Arsenal's momentum has risen!"

"If Manchester United can't respond with strong offensive measures in time and threaten the opponent's goal, in the following games, the whole team will be in trouble.This line of defense is estimated to be very difficult! "

Hearing this, many Red Devils fans sitting in front of the TV felt that this was alarmist.

Admittedly, Arsenal does have an offensive player like Van Persie.

The classic goal he scored against Spain in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa with a "carp jump" is still fresh in the memory of countless Chinese fans.

But the Arsenal in people's impression is not the Dutch national team.

There is neither the world's top striker, nor an all-around midfielder who can attack and defend, and there are no stars in the back line, and they can only rely on the two defensive midfielders to support.

It is really hard to believe that Arsenal's lineup at this time can pose a threat to Manchester United, the undefeated team.

Just in the next period of time...

The Arsenal players seemed to be stimulated by Arshavin's powerful shot and saw the hope of scoring first.

Therefore, they were like chicken blood, constantly pressing high, trying to threaten the opponent's goal!

At the same time.

The Manchester United players obviously did not expect …

Under the command of Professor Wen, the Gunners changed their previous tactics of firmly passing and controlling the ball and counterattacking. They fought so hard and excitedly that they were a little uncomfortable for a while, resulting in a series of goals.

With the active defense of veterans such as Evra, O'Shea and Nani, Manchester United's penalty area seemed to be impregnable and successfully resolved several crises.

The successive failures made the Arsenal players on the field somewhat frustrated, but instead allowed the Manchester United players to quickly adapt to the rhythm of the game and gradually regain the ball possession rate.

When the first half was scored It was the 35th minute.

Arsenal players had been unable to attack for a long time, and their physical strength was too much, while Manchester United players who had been playing steadily were still full of energy!

As one side gained strength while the other lost strength, Manchester United players took the lead in launching a very threatening attack!

Fletcher, with the assistance of Scholes, successfully snatched the ball from Nasri in his own half.

Then, he raised his foot and made a long pass in the air, which went straight into the opponent's penalty area and was caught by Rooney with his back turned!

"Bang!"

Rooney overpowered Alexander Song, turned around smoothly, and kicked and shot directly!

Goalkeeper Fabianski didn't have time to react, and the football turned into a shadow and came in front of him.

When he wanted to make a save again, he heard a "swish" in his ear...

The ball had already entered the net! !

"Oh, good shot! ”

Zhan Jun was delighted when he saw this: “It seems that Rooney is in very good condition today, helping the team to score the first goal and breaking the deadlock on the field!”

As he said this, he saw the celebration action when he ran to the billboard, and couldn’t help but smile:

“‘Little Fatty Rooney’ has lost a lot of weight recently. He should be encouraged by the captain Su Shen to stick to fitness and lose weight. His muscles are also visibly stronger, which is why he scored this difficult goal! !”

“From the slow-motion playback, we can clearly see…”

“Rooney stopped the ball, turned around and shot at a position about 16 meters inside the goal post of Arsenal. This set of actions was done as smooth as flowing water and in one go! "

Just saying.

Under the slow-motion picture...

The moment Rooney kicked the football with the inner arch of his left foot, it immediately shot out like an arrow, with a whistling sound, and quickly passed several defenders of the Gunners and arrived in front of the goal line!

Finally, in the eyes of everyone's expectation, it hit the net close to the raised left hand of goalkeeper Fabianski!!

Seeing this, Zhan Jun smiled and sighed:

"I believe that many viewers who follow the Premier League in front of the TV are probably feeling the same as me at this moment, very emotional..."

"Since Ronaldo joined Manchester United, and then he left for the Iberian Peninsula for more than five years..."

"It has been a long time since we have seen Rooney be like when he first debuted, full of the energy of a newborn calf who is not afraid of a tiger, and dare to stand at the forefront of the lineup alone, and take up the offensive responsibility of the whole team!"

"But at this moment... countless old fans of the Red Devils can finally shout out the sentence: 'My youth is back again'! ! ”

On the field.

Arsenal was not too discouraged in the face of a bad start.

When they heard the referee's whistle "beep", they immediately passed the ball from the center circle and began to reorganize a new round of attack.

With the fans cheering at the top of their lungs, the players of the two teams played back and forth.

Even though they each had a good chance to kick in the penalty area, enough to change the score on the field, they were intercepted or cleared by the steady defenders at the last moment.

Seeing the time of the game pass by madly in the missed opportunities, Arsenal's players were inevitably a little anxious.

When they noticed that the first half of the game was about to enter a minute of injury time,After the stoppage time, the mood was immediately tense.

The passing and receiving in the midfield seemed a little hasty.

The connection between the players became more and more chaotic.

"Bang!"

Just at this moment!

With his bold and careful experience, Giggs stretched out his foot decisively and poked the ball out of the opponent's feet when Fabregas received the pass from his teammate at the top of the arc in the center circle!

But before Giggs' toes touched the ball, Fabregas had already noticed the opponent's actions with his peripheral vision.

Just as he was about to pull the ball back and protect it under his body, his eyes inadvertently glimpsed the gap in front of him, and then his mouth curled up slightly, and he came up with a plan to deliberately let Giggs touch the ball.

"What?"

The next moment, Giggs quickly realized...

Although he did poke the ball under Fabregas' feet without committing a foul, he did not disrupt the opponent's attack. His eyes widened immediately:

"He had adjusted the position of the ball in advance, waiting for my poke, and sent the ball directly to his own penalty area!"

"This kid... is really smart!"

With emotion, he could only helplessly watch Fabregas turn beautifully and catch up with the rolling ball.

Then, Fabregas sprinted at full speed, successively throwing O'Shea and Fletcher who came to assist behind him, and finally kicked a diagonal pass in front of the central defender Victor...

And soon, Van Persie, who came from the wing, first used the outside of his right foot to pad the landing point of the ball and lifted it over the head of Nani who was defending him.

Then, speed up, speed up, speed up! !

Right at this moment!

Van der Sar saw Van Persie run to the ball's landing point and use his strong upper body muscles to squeeze his teammate Nani behind him, and he immediately became alert.

"Trouble is coming!"

He quickly noticed that his players were unable to effectively block Van Persie, who was already in a one-on-one situation, so he gritted his teeth and thought to himself:

"If this kid runs into the small penalty area again, there will be no way to stop him!"

As his thoughts turned, he quickly attacked and blocked the opponent's attack route.

When Van Persie saw his old teammates rushing towards him, he was not nervous at all, but rather a little happy:

"Haha, just as I expected, my old teammates rushed over impatiently when they saw me rushing into the penalty area alone, trying to intercept my ball to help the team clear the siege?"

"However, you attacked so decisively, didn't you think that this is actually the most important part of my offensive plan this time?"

Just thinking about it, he kicked the ball again, and kicked it towards the opponent's goal with a "bang"!

"Shoot?"

Van der Sar immediately jumped up subconsciously, trying to intercept the ball, but he could only hear the whistling wind blowing over his head, so he made a judgment:

"It's too high!"

"Either it goes directly out of the baseline or hits the crossbar!"

Perhaps it was during the training camp with the Dutch national team that they developed a rare tacit understanding.

The ball kicked by Van Persie hit the crossbar with a "bang" and bounced out of the penalty area as goalkeeper Van der Sar had expected.

Before Van der Sar had time to be happy, Fabregas, who was "ambushing" outside the penalty area, stood precisely at the point where the ball landed without being marked!

Then, under the watchful eyes of Manchester United players, he actually used his forehead to easily ferry the ball back into the penalty area.

And at this moment!

At the moment when Fabregas' forehead touched the ball, Van Persie had already run to the attacking goalkeeper Van der Sar, so...

He was not offside if he retreated and received the ball at this time!

The Manchester United players who came to assist in defense also quickly realized this and hurried over to clear the ball to a safe area.

Van der Sar was also shocked.

At this moment, he was shocked by the meticulousness of his old teammate in the national team. At the same time, he rushed forward with big strides, trying to knock the ball out with his clenched fists!

But just when Van der Sar finally got a step ahead and picked it up, his eyes suddenly noticed...

Fabregas' header was very tricky, just between the inside and outside of the penalty area line! !

According to the regulations, the goalkeeper can of course touch the ball with his hands inside the penalty area line, but what if it is outside the line...

If he hits the ball with his hands, he will not only get a yellow card, but also give the opponent a penalty kick for nothing!

Just as Van der Sar was hesitating in the air whether to punch or not, the ball flew high over his head at this moment...

"Bang!"

Seeing this, Van Persie couldn't hide his smug look on his face, as ifAlmost everything was as he expected.

Then, he sprinted forward while observing the trajectory of the ball in the air.

When he was about to run to the landing point of the football, Van Persie noticed from the corner of his eye that there was a defensive player on his side who was constantly chasing back.

So, he immediately jumped up, leaned forward in the air, made his center of gravity forward, stretched his neck hard, and finally pushed his forehead forward, finally touching the ball surface! !

"Bang..."

The next moment, the ball fell rapidly and refracted immediately after hitting the grass.

Before Victor and his team could kick the ball, the ball had already entered the goal line...

"This ball counts!"

Zhan Jun saw the referee pointing to the center circle and could only shake his head and sigh helplessly:

"Oh...without Suarez in the frontcourt, it is difficult for Manchester United's midfielders and backcourt players to form a big problem of mutual cooperation and connection, which is difficult to cover up."

"Facing a team with similar strength, even if we can temporarily take the lead, it is difficult to hold on."

"We can only watch the opponent tie the score to '1-1' in the last stage of injury time in the first half."

After saying that, he heard the referee's whistle beep, and then he was a little embarrassed. Ping said:

"At this time, the whistle for the end of the first half sounded."

"Manchester United established a one-goal lead in the 36th minute, but the opponent had to return to the same starting line with Van Persie's goal."

"Facing the current score and situation of both sides, both are in a state of anxiety. I believe that many fans in front of the TV are like me, wondering in my heart..."

"Will coach Ferguson consider letting Su Shen play at the beginning of the second half during the 15 minutes of halftime?"

"For this, we can only wait eagerly. I hope Manchester United can show a better performance in the second half, defeat the opponent, and win the championship of this FA Cup!!!"