football killer

Chapter 248 Demon Slayer ([-])

In the second half, Manchester United obviously began to strengthen their defense. At the same time, they also started a more brief and short pass cooperation, constantly looking for opportunities to slowly infiltrate or tear Liverpool's defense to complete the final fatal blow.

This had to make Liverpool strengthen their defense. Except for George and Owen who were still wandering in the Manchester United half, quietly looking for and waiting for opportunities, the other nine people all stayed in the Liverpool half.

This gives Manchester United more space to allow Manchester United players to fully display their gorgeous foot skills, but it is only limited to their own half. If they enter Liverpool's half, nine Liverpool are not a decoration. They will definitely not let Manchester United players dance like they are in their own half.

Manchester United's midfielders are cool, there are no Liverpool players pressing the whole field, and Manchester United midfielders can be seen everywhere showing their skills at their feet, gorgeous dribbling, and precise long passes.

But the midfielders are cool, but Manchester United's frontcourt players and backcourt players are a bit uncomfortable.When the midfielder handed the ball to the striker, Liverpool's defense line, which had been waiting for a long time, would immediately cut off the ball at the feet of Van Nistelrooy and Solskjaer.

Of course, there are also Manchester United's backcourt players, watching their midfield teammates dancing in front, full of bitterness.Because they are different from the midfielders, they have to be alert all the time, George and Irving, two extremely fast and dangerous strikers.Ferdinand, Sylvester and the others knew very well that if they were negligent and allowed either George or Irving to get the ball and start running with all their strength, it would be very difficult to break the ball under George or Irving's feet.

In the 11th minute of the second half, as Scholes' long-range shot hit Harman's body and popped out of the bottom line, Manchester United won a corner kick.

The Manchester United players attach great importance to this corner kick opportunity. There is no way, because Liverpool's defense is too tight. According to the situation on the field, it is almost impossible so far to break through Liverpool's defense and score goals.

Veron looked at his teammates in the penalty area, and as the referee blew his whistle to indicate that it was time to serve, Veron immediately passed the ball to the penalty area, and the ball flew directly towards Van Nistelrooy.

No way, in the Liverpool penalty area, among all the Manchester United players, Ruud van Nistelrooy is the tallest and has good head skills.As for Solskjaer, let alone Solskjaer is not good at headers, under the defense of Yepes, it is difficult to grab even a position.As for Ferdinand, if he encounters other teams, Ferdinand may rush into the penalty area to grab a corner kick and show off his header skills to the fullest.But now the opponent is Liverpool, with Owen and George, two extremely fast players who are most suitable for defensive counterattacks.During the intermission, Sylvester and Ferdinand had already been tightly pressed by Ferguson in the backcourt, and they were not allowed to go to the frontcourt to compete for headers, in order to prevent the quick counterattack of George and Owen.

So Veron had no choice but to give the ball to Van Nistelrooy, who seemed more likely to get a chance, although behind Van Nistelrooy, Hyypia also defended closely.

The ball didn't fly out in a big arc, but rather rushed towards Ruud's head very directly. The speed was very fast, and it was already in front of Ruud's eyes in a blink of an eye.

Seeing this situation, Van Nistelrooy jumped up on the spot reflexively. In order to fear that Hypia would cause trouble for himself like in the first half, while jumping up, Van Nistelrooy also pressed Hypia's shoulder with his right hand, using Hypia's shoulder as a support point, which allowed Van Nistelrooy to stay in the air for a longer time, so that Van Nistelrooy could better complete the header.

Indeed, Van Nistelrooy's trick was very effective. Hypia wanted to jump up and compete for the header with Van Nistelrooy, but because his shoulders were firmly held down by Van Nistelrooy, he couldn't jump up no matter what. He could only watch as Van Nistelrooy calmly prepared in the air, facing Veron's corner kick, and smashed it hard.

"Coooooooooooooooooal Van Nistelrooy, a floating header, Leah Hyypia, smashed the ball into the goal. Hyypia seemed to have exhausted his physical energy when defending Ruud van Nistelrooy in the first half. This time, he had no way to face Ruud van Nistelrooy's header, even jumping up. He could only watch Ruud van Nistelrooy smash the ball into the goal."

No matter how good Dudek is, no matter how fast his reaction is, but facing Van Nistelrooy's header from less than five meters away from the goal without any interference, Dudek didn't make any saves except subconsciously reaching out and blocking it with a wave.

Although Jiangmen usually subconsciously stretches out his hand, he may block the opponent's ball and complete a wonderful save.But this situation does not happen every time, at least this time when facing Ruud's header, Dudek waved his hand subconsciously, unable to stop Ruud's header.

"Shua!" When Dudek heard the most feared voice of all the goalkeepers behind his ears, his heart was already chilled.Dudek is very aware of the importance of this game. Even if he played super for 10 minutes, but his goal was broken by the opponent in the best stoppage time, his super performance for 10 minutes would have no effect at all.

Hearing the sound of a goal coming from behind his ears, Dudek's heart suddenly brightened. Liverpool's team had worked so hard for such a long lead, but it disappeared and was equalized by Manchester United.

Thinking of his teammates' silent accusations, Dudek was filled with guilt, but at this time, the referee's whistle saved Dudek. Standing outside the penalty area, the referee firmly ruled that Van Nistelrooy's goal was invalid because of Ruud's pressure foul.

The Anfield Stadium, which was originally quiet because Ruud van Nistelrooy scored and thought Manchester United would equalize the score, suddenly burst into cheers from the silence because the referee signaled that Ruud van Nistelrooy had fouled first and the goal was invalidated. More than 6 Liverpool fans celebrated wildly, thanking God and Goddess of Luck, celebrating that Manchester United did not equalize the score, and Liverpool is still ahead of the opponent.

The Liverpool players and fans are happy, happy, and relieved now, but the Manchester United players quit, especially Ruud van Nistelrooy. Seeing the referee signaling that he had committed a foul first and disallowed his goal, Ruud van Nistelrooy rushed to the referee angrily and began to argue.

"Referee, how did you enforce the game? It was obviously a beautiful goal. How can you say that I fouled before going first?" Ruud Ruud could not be excited. This time he was able to score with a header because he played a little trick and didn't make Hypia jump up.Van Nistelrooy believed that if Hyypia also jumped up at the moment he hit the goal with a header, it would be difficult for him to score.

Thinking that Hypia would not give him a second chance like this in the future, it would be even more difficult to score goals, Ruud van Nistelrooy excitedly questioned the referee.

"No, no, you did a pressure foul first, so the goal is invalid. I am very sure that there is nothing wrong with my eyes." Facing the angry Van Nistelrooy, the referee was not timid at all and insisted on his own penalty.

"Referee, that was a foul just now, it was obviously a beautiful goal." At this time, Keane couldn't help but said loudly, this game is really too important, seeing the equalizer with great difficulty, but being unable to score by the referee, Keane also felt angry at this time.

"No, no, no, I stick to my original judgment. Please don't interfere with my law enforcement." Facing Keane, who is known as a villain, the referee did not retreat in the slightest and insisted on his own judgment.

Seeing that the referee has always insisted on his own penalty, the Manchester United players were in a hurry. They surrounded the referee one by one, explaining constantly, hoping that the referee could judge that the goal just now was valid.However, it is clear that the referee is determined and will not change his judgment because of the interference of the Manchester United players. Due to the chatter of the Manchester United players, the impatient referee can't help but frown, put his hand into the pocket of his jacket, and looks at the Manchester United players coldly, as if there is a possibility of playing cards at any time.

The Manchester United players besieged the referee, and the Liverpool players were naturally unhappy. If the referee really judged that the goal was valid because he couldn't bear the indiscriminate bombardment of the Manchester United players, then Liverpool would not even cry.

Thinking of this, the Liverpool players rushed over, protected the referee, separated the referee and the Manchester United players, and kept saying to the Manchester United players: "That is obviously a foul. You Manchester people are ugly actors. You can't act well, and you have thick skins."

At this time, the big screen at the scene played back the picture of Ruud just jumping and fighting for the ball in very cooperative slow motion. From the screen, it was obvious that Ruud was almost completely pressed on Hyypia. This was an obvious pressing foul.

Seeing this scene, more than 6 Liverpool fans immediately began booing loudly, expressing their contempt to the Manchester United players. At the same time, the Manchester United players naturally saw it when it was played back on the big screen.

In the end, the referee still insisted on his penalty. The referee was very confident that his penalty was correct, not to mention that Ruud Ruud’s foul was clearly seen on the big screen playback. Seeing this, it was even more impossible for the referee to change his penalty.

"Shit, this referee must be from Liverpool. Otherwise, he would have accepted a bribe from Liverpool. What a foul. This is obviously a beautiful goal." Ferguson, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but cursed when he saw the referee insisting on his decision.

"Sir, I hope you can calm down. You must know that you are the head coach. It is obviously a foul. If you are insulting the referee like this, I don't mind reporting your words to the FA."

Ferguson's insults were heard by the officials on the side. The officials frowned and said to Ferguson with a serious face.

"Shit." Hearing the warning, Ferguson immediately cursed inwardly, but he wisely chose to shut up. Ferguson knew very well that if the words he insulted the law enforcement referee really appeared on the desks of the big bosses of the FA, then he would definitely be punished.

In the end, the referee insisted on his penalty, and Van Nistelrooy and others had no choice but to accept the referee's penalty very unwillingly and continue the game.

Five minutes later, Manchester United made a comeback. This time it was just a corner kick turned into a wide pass. Giggs received Keane's pass. Relying on his outstanding foot skills and impressive speed, he passed Murphy and passed the ball to Ruud van Nistelrooy in the penalty area.

Faced with Giggs' pass, Ruud wanted to replay the scene just now, but this time Hypia, who had been prepared for a long time, didn't give Ruud any chance.When he saw Fonny was about to press on his shoulder, Hyypia stepped back quickly and dodged Fonny's right hand.

Van Nistelrooy never imagined that Hypia would actually dare to retreat instead of jumping up to grab the ball with him. You must know that if Van Nistelrooy hadn’t played tricks, he would have just jumped up on the spot and headed the goal. Hypia retreated like this, which completely gave Van Nistelrooy a wide space and allowed Van Nistelrooy to complete the header calmly.

At the beginning, Fanny didn't think that Hypia would retreat, so when he jumped up, he didn't control the center of gravity at all, because Fanny pinned all his hopes on Hypia's shoulders, and Fanny planned to press on Hypia's shoulders to make adjustments when he jumped up.

But now as Hyypia retreated, Van Nistelrooy's right hand suddenly had no support point, and his body did not control the center of gravity, and suddenly tilted towards the goal and fell down. At this time, the ball flew past several centimeters in front of Van Nistelrooy.

Fonny regretted that, he had nothing to do to play his own cleverness, if he jumped up honestly, then this time with the header, Fonny has nine levels of confidence and can send the ball into the goal.Or if you are a little later, then you can also touch the ball.

But no matter what Ruud van Nistelrooy thought, the fact could not be changed at this time. The ball flew past Ruud van Nistelrooy's header, flew across the goal and rolled towards the touchline, was caught by Riise who was ambushing at the side, and began to rush towards Manchester United's half with the ball.

"Oh ~ Sami is a great defense. I never thought about it again. The defense can be so wonderful. Hypia didn't even make physical contact with Ruud van Nistelrooy. He just took a step back and Ruud van Nistelrooy couldn't hit the ball. You must know that Hypia stepped aside at the time. With his header ability, Ruud van Nistelrooy could have smashed the ball into the goal in several different ways. But obviously, Ruud van Nistelrooy's cleverness made him miss this excellent opportunity. The gamble successfully made Fonny a clown."

Van Nistelrooy's action just now appeared naturally on the big screen at the scene. Anyone who is not a fool can see that Van Nistelrooy really wanted to use his right hand to press Hypia's shoulder as a support point just like last time, so as to adjust the header by himself.

But it is obvious that Hypia is smarter than Fonny, so he was not fooled, and let Fonny suffer the consequences of his own cleverness.However, while laughing at Fonny, everyone felt a bit afraid of Hypia's bold approach. If Fonny hadn't played tricks just now, then Hypia's retreat would be a qigong door for Fanny.Not to mention the fans and Liverpool players, even Hyypia himself feels scared when he thinks about it now.

While the fans were laughing at Van Nistelrooy for being smart, Liverpool had quietly launched a fast attack.Riise passed the ball to Kewell, and Kewell swayed past Scholes, who was coming to grab the ball. Relying on constant acceleration, he increased his speed to the fastest and rushed towards Manchester United's goal like a gust of wind.

"O~Liverpool's counterattack, let's see how Liverpool handled the ball this time. Kewell passed Scholes, and now there is an open field in front of Kewell. Kewell can speed up and run as much as he wants. God, Kewell's speed is really too fast. I don't know how fast Kewell, George and Michael Owen are in the Liverpool team, and who is the fastest."

"Gary Neville started to rush up. Kewell must be careful. Gary is Manchester United's general in the rear. He is an experienced veteran player. It may not be easy for Kewell to break through Neville's defense."

Originally, he retreated wildly with Sylvester and Ferdinand to prevent George and Owen from making a quick counterattack.But Neville never imagined that Kewell could run so fast with the ball without the interference of anyone defending. According to Kewell's current dribbling speed, if no one stopped Kewell, Kewell might really rush into the Manchester United penalty area to complete the shot ahead of George and Owen.Seeing this situation, Neville had no choice but to start rushing towards Kewell.

(End of this chapter)