Scholes is not the only farewell today, nor is Zhuo Yang. 41-year-old Edwin van der Sar also regarded this game as his farewell performance.
Although Van der Sar is not a direct descendant of Manchester United's youth training like Scholes, today, his retirement ceremony seems to be more grand than that of Ginger Head, because until the last day of his career, he was still a member of the giant Manchester United.
Main force.
To be able to retire in the Champions League final as the main starter, counting on the fingers, it seems that only Maldini in 2009 has done it before. Although there is a big gap between Van der Sar and Maldini in terms of realm and status, but after all
He is also an awesome figure in the goalkeeper world.
In order to reward him for his six years of experience at Manchester United, Ferguson specially asked Van der Sar to wear the Red Devils armband in this game, hoping that he could win the championship trophy as captain after 90 minutes.
Sir Alex Ferguson and Van der Sar also agreed in advance that if the score was leading, preferably by two goals, they would replace him after 85 minutes and let him accept the cheers of the audience alone so that he could have a glorious farewell.
However, at present, it seems that it is difficult for Van der Sar to repeat the success of Maldini at the Olympic Stadium in Rome two years ago. On that day, in the 89th minute of the game, AC Milan led Barcelona 3:2, and the 41-year-old Paolo Malti
Ni bid farewell to his 31-year football career and gave up the armband of the red Milan Empire to Zhuo Yang.
Van der Sar is far less legendary than Maldini, and he cannot let Manchester United retire his No. 1 jersey. In his football career of more than thirty years, it was only in the last six years that he became famous as a top goalkeeper.
In his six-year career with the Red Devils, Van der Sar has blocked the shots of many outstanding strikers, and has also been missed by many top strikers. Among them, the one who impressed him the most was Zhuoyang.
Counting today, Zhuoyang and Manchester United have played against each other eight times and scored 10 goals. All 10 goals passed through Van der Sar. However, Van der Sar was not impressed by these 10 goals.
He remembers Zhuoyang because of a successful defense.
On April 25, 2006, Manchester United and Madiburg met in the Champions League semi-finals at Old Trafford. In the first half, Zhuo Yang's sudden long shot knocked Edwin van der Sar into the goal from the small penalty area line.
Although the ball was thrown out by him, the shock in Van der Sar's heart was something he would never forget in his life. It was his first time playing against Zhuo Yang, and Zhuo Yang scored two goals that day. To this day, Zhuo Yang
Young had many shots saved by Van der Sar, but he was always thinking about that powerful shot.
Van der Sar is a somewhat fatalistic person. He always feels that when he met Zhuoyang for the first time and was kicked out by him with a terrifying shot, now that he faces him for the last time, maybe something like this will happen again. There is a beginning, an end, and a reason.
Fruit is called fate.
People are always good at hinting themselves. The closer to the end of the game, the stronger Van der Sar's premonition becomes. He firmly believes that Zhuoyang will not let him go today. Although Barcelona is now almost overwhelmed by Manchester United's hysterical attack, but
Van der Sar is always ready to receive Zhuoyang's secret blow.
Barcelona feels very young, but in fact Manchester United has more young players on the court. The crazy offensive attacks of the young boys have beaten Barcelona back. Zhuo Yang no longer needs Guardiola's orders and has consciously retreated to the midfield.
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The time has exceeded 80 minutes, and there are less than 10 minutes left after full play. Although the score of 3:1 seems very safe, when a dog goes crazy, it can drive the tigers all over the ground, let alone Manchester United going crazy. One of the wonders of football,
The thing is that you can never say absolutely.
Zhuoyang transformed into the midfield gate, and worked with Busquets to block Manchester United's offense as far as possible from the 40-meter line, and even the midfield line. Even if Barcelona is passive, they will not be clumsy. They can't learn from Mourinho.
The only way to do this is to press the entire court.
Manchester United's wing attack was too sharp. Valencia, Nani, Rooney, Hernandez, including Park Ji-sung, attacked Barcelona's rear over and over again. Xavi and Xiaobai were both played as full-backs, but
One can only imagine how ruthless these red devil scoundrels are.
Barcelona was crumbling under the violent storm of Manchester United. At this time, Manchester United was already invincible. Maybe it was just one breath away from destroying Barcelona's strength. Ferguson looked at Giggs anxiously.
Manchester United is just short of Wang Laoji! Giggs is still smart, but he is indeed old. The nearly 90 minutes of high-intensity confrontation makes him unable to do what he wants at this time. He is almost 38 years old, and now he has to fight Zhuo
God will feel sorry for Yang, a beast in his prime, wrestling with him over and over again.
Zhuo Yang just pinched the key point of Wang Laoji, causing Manchester United to miss the final pass. Various surprise attacks were vigorous, but they just couldn't form an attack at the most reasonable position. It seemed that the football was constantly attacking like a cannonball.
Valdez guarded the goal, but he had no choice but to kick the ball off.
Giggs dribbled the ball in an attempt to get rid of Zhuoyang's entanglement. Rooney was approaching from the left to meet him. Wong Lo Kat was very experienced. He first made a one-two stance with Rooney to the left, then braked and swung his leg to push to him.
Scholes on the right.
It's a pity that he failed to catch Zhuo Yang, and Wang Laoji was seen through. Zhuo Yang came down from his right side quickly, and cut off the blow without any mercy.
Giggs used both hands to grab Zhuoyang's jersey. Although he could not completely grab it in the end, he finally prevented Zhuoyang from counterattacking. Rooney was unambiguous. His sliding tackle was like a Tomahawk missile, forcing Zhuoyang to stumble.
Pull the ball out of the way.
After advancing less than ten meters, before Zhuo Yang had time to distribute the ball to Boss Mei or Calabash, Scholes came again, and in the blink of an eye he got in front of his face.
No matter what, Zhuoyang, who was already very tired, simply kicked away. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, let’s hit the football first. 0.1 seconds before Scholes pounced on him, Zhuoyang was 40 meters away.
A hasty long shot from a distance.
Van der Sar, who was guarding the door, felt a shiver in his heart. The scene back then was deeply engraved in his mind. It was exactly the same as now, at the same distance, and so 'improvised'. Even Zhuo Yang's ugly look with his teeth and crooked mouth was exactly the same.
Even the ball speed is equally unhurried.
Coming! Coming!
Van der Sar was facing a formidable enemy, and he didn't want to risk his life in the last football match. After his Dantian sank, his feet dug into the ground, and the soles of his shoes were about to dig into the turf. His cheeks were pumping, and his horse's steps were like bridge piers.
indestructible.
With his back bent into a bow, Van der Sar shifted his center of gravity forward, bending his arms to make a perfect hand shape, waiting for this sky-shaking blow. He solidified himself into a boulder, a mountain peak.
However, Zhuo Yang just casually shot a long shot. He aimed at the goal but did not have time to pursue the blind spot. His power was average and the accuracy was average. It was an ordinary long shot with a curve ball.
The key point is the word ‘arc’!
Chapter completed!