Chapter 983
The second half began with a group fight by fans.
The backwardness of the field made Manchester United fans very dissatisfied, but Manchester United had the advantage in the field and played very hard, constantly suppressing Liverpool, making Manchester United fans unable to expose their anger, so they vented their anger on their opponents.
At first, Manchester United fans were just provocative and insulted Liverpool and Chen Yu with singing. When Liverpool fans also responded with singing, the conflict escalated. First, they scolded each other, then threw miscellaneous items. Then Manchester United fans flipped over the isolation and took them to beat Liverpool fans. The fans of both sides fought together, and finally the security and police intervened to separate the fans of both sides.
Before the game, Manchester United's police station had made a very careful security plan, but still failed to completely stop the conflict between fans on both sides. They intervened very early and took decisive and powerful measures. In the end, three fans were injured and sent to the hospital.
Manchester United and Liverpool were already angry in the first half, and the fight between the two sides was very big. Now there was a group fight between the fans, which made the atmosphere on the court even more tense.
The referee Weber's judgment standard in the first half was relatively open and he ignored his general physical contact. This was not entirely because of his good relationship with Manchester United. This was also the tendency of the FA. The more intense the championship war, the better. Liverpool lost its appeal if it was a standout, and it would be as exciting as last season. Therefore, Weber adopted such a standard on a fair basis, which allowed Manchester United to benefit secretly, but Liverpool had nothing to say.
But now it is not possible, fans are fighting together, Old Trafford is filled with a suffocating and terrifying atmosphere. If the law enforcement standards are less rigorous, it may lead to conflicts between players.
At this time, Weber dared not think about what he always thought, nor did he think about whether the league was attractive. He had to ensure that this world-renowned game could end without any unexpected results. This is the key to his successful selection in the European Cup referee circle. How could Weber be careless?
In the second minute of the second half, Chen Yu retreated to get the ball, but Giggs knocked it down to the ground by kicking and pushing it from behind. According to the standards of the first half, it was a verbal warning at most, but this time Weber directly showed Giggs a yellow card.
In the fifth minute of the second half, Mascherano was also shown a yellow card by Weber, and also verbally warned Scholes who was fouled.
Manchester United had the upper hand in the first half, and Chen Yu's goal was more of an accident. Even Chen Yu had no confidence in scoring that goal. Manchester United wanted to continue to suppress Liverpool in the second half as if they were in the first half, but soon they found that the difficulty of doing this was much greater than before.
In the first half, they could use almost fouls to prevent Chen Yu and Gerrard from holding the ball with the ball, and prevent Liverpool from making a quick counterattack. However, Weber's penalty standards in the second half were tightened, and Manchester United's players' defense did not dare to take action easily. Chen Yu and Gerrard's ball control and ability to break through finally showed a powerful threat.
In the 10th minute of the second half, it was also the 55th minute of the entire game. Chen Yu took the ball in the frontcourt with his back to the goal. This time, defender Brown did not dare to step on, so he could only stick to Chen Yu tightly and prevent Chen Yu from turning back.
Chen Yu turned to the right and dribbled the ball horizontally to get rid of it.
Brown dared not foul, and he was almost helpless against Chen Yu. Chen Yu took the first step to get rid of him.
Brown was in trouble. If he didn't foul again, Chen Yu would get rid of him immediately. Brown knew that he could not compete with Chen Yu in speed, but just now Webber's yellow cards were given two consecutive cards, and hesitated, which made Brown a little timid. After hesitating, Chen Yu would throw Brown more than one meter away, and it was too late to foul.
Chen Yu got rid of Brown and rushed from the wing to the middle, which immediately attracted the attention of Manchester United players. He was once the fear of being dominated by this Chinese, and Manchester United's midfielder and defender almost rushed to Chen Yu to surround him.
Chen Yu scored a goal full of personal heroism in the first half, which did not make him in confidence. He did not think he could score again in front of Manchester United's complete defense line. After attracting defense, Chen Yu passed the ball lightly to Gerald who ran from one side to meet him. He quickly ran to the neutral gear, dispersed Gerald's pressure and provided the pass point.
Gerrard's game experience and awareness are not weaker than Chen Yu. He also sensitively sensed the changes in the referee's standards and Manchester United's defensive movements. After receiving the ball, he decisively dribbled forward, creating greater chaos.
Carrick came from behind, Ferdinand came from the front, and the two of them were attacking each other one behind.
Gerrard did not dare to run to both sides. On the right is Chen Yu and the Manchester United player who had just surrounded him, on the left is Kuyt who was giving him space, and of course Manchester United defensive players.
Gerrard did not dare to directly target Manchester United's two major defensive masters. It was difficult to break through, but he and Chen Yu attracted a lot of troops. Babel over there was empty, and Gerrard didn't care that he was a young boy and immediately passed the ball to Babel's running line.
As soon as Babel started, Gerald passed the ball over, which made Babel admire him. What is a superstar? This is a superstar. His vision is simply 360 degrees without blind spots, and the speed of the passing distance is very comfortable to connect.
Babel gave Gerald a hundred praises in his heart, wishing he could shoot the ball in immediately or complete an assist to prove that Gerald's pass was correct.
A momentary ecstasy blinded Babel's reason. He had only the goal in his mind. He forgot to observe the situation around him, or he thought there were superstar seniors such as Chen Yu, Gerald, and Kuyt to attract firepower to himself. Manchester United would not pay too much attention to him as a young player. After he took a few steps, he realized that Manchester United had not let go of a player who threatened them. He had been double-teamed by two people. The situation behind him was unclear, so Babel dared not pass it back.
Babel only had one way forward, but he was sideways in the penalty area and ran to the front of the penalty area to shoot at a low angle.
Babel did not find a chance to pass the ball when he arrived in the penalty area. Facing goalkeeper Van der Sar who blocked the near corner and defender Evra who came up to intercept, Babel could only barely shoot from the far corner to end the attack.
Evra's interception failed, Van der Sar did not hit the ball without hitting the ball, and the ball missed far beyond the back post and flew out of the baseline.
If Babel's shot was more reliable, Liverpool players might not blame him for not passing the ball early. A nearly clearing shot requires no angle and no strength. Liverpool players looked unhappy and felt that this kid likes to show off too much, especially Gerrard, which gave him a more threatening feeling than to take the area himself.
Then when Gerald got the ball again, although Babel ran to the open position, Gerald did not give it to him, but chose to pass back Alonso and continue to organize the attack.
Later, Chen Badminton took the ball to break through, and Babel followed behind to support him. Chen Yu was fouled by his opponent and did not pass the ball to Babel. This made Babel understand that in such a focus battle, the newcomers actually have very few opportunities. If you can't grasp it once, it will be difficult to have a second time. The opponent is so strong that there are few opportunities that can make the newcomers waste.
Babel regretted, but he did not play negatively, but ran actively to help his teammates open the defense, retreat deeply, assisted the midfield defense, and strive to win the trust of his teammates again with the inexhaustible physical fitness of the young man.
Manchester United's offensive was higher and higher, and the Red Devils' running was more active than they did at the beginning, but they could no longer find the advantage in the first half. Liverpool was at a slight disadvantage, but they were able to attack and defend with Manchester United, truly reflecting the foundation and strength of the defending champion.
At 70 minutes of the game, Manchester United coach Ferguson saw that he couldn't start the game, and decisively made a substitution when serving a corner kick, and two players were replaced at the same time. No. 8 Anderson came off, No. 32 Argentine striker Tevez came on the court, veteran Giggs came off, and young player Nani came on.
Ferguson's substitution had an immediate effect.
Nani is responsible for serving this corner kick. Liverpool's players and goalkeepers are not familiar with the skills of the Portuguese young player and are unable to judge the speed and landing point correctly, which gives Nani's compatriot Ronaldo the chance to shoot.
Ronaldo performed well before and repeatedly attacked Liverpool's defense, causing a lot of trouble for Liverpool. It turned out that Alonso had always been defending him, and Mascherano assisted in defense. After Tevez came on the court, Mascherano was very familiar with his compatriots. He knew the power of the beast, so he focused more on Tevez, and was taken advantage of by Ronaldo.
Before Nani's corner kick was off, Ronaldo started to start. Alonso's explosive power was worse than Ronaldo, and Ronaldo's early start was beyond his expectations. When Nani's ball was passed, Alonso could not find Ronaldo's shadow.
Cestiano Ronaldo jumped high, pulled out half a person from the crowd, and smashed it hard with his forehead with his head as if he was pressing against the top of the crowd.
This header is less than seven meters away from the goal, with fast speed, strong strength, and sharp angle, heading straight to the lower right corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Reiner had no time to react at all. He just subconsciously flew down and stretched his arms to block. This was already the limit of Reiner's reaction, but he still couldn't touch the ball. Before his arm was completely straightened, the ball hit the goal and swung the side net hard.
1:1
The goal-scoring Ronaldo frantically lifted up the jersey, ran to the stands with his head covering, and a domineering kneeling came on the sidelines.
Chapter completed!