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Chapter 401 First record, McLaren in the stands

"The most surprising thing about this game is that Cristiano Ronaldo did not appear in the starting lineup." Lineker is still introducing the starting lineups of both sides. There is a problem, Ferguson put him on the bench for a while, of course, if Manchester United's offensive is not smooth, Cristiano Ronaldo can play at any time."

At this time, on the court, O'Shea got the ball.

"O'Shea got the ball. This is a rare chance for him to start in recent rounds of the league. However, he seems to be a little lacking in confidence. After receiving the football, O'Shea didn't take a step. He kicked the football back again, which happened to land on the front. Fletcher's feet!"

"After the tentative attack for a period of time after the opening, the game has calmed down. Both sides are old opponents. They know the details of each other, so they are not impatient."

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Fabregas immediately moved towards Fletcher.

"Cesc Fabregas' purpose is obvious, he wants to steal the ball from Fletcher's feet, and if he succeeds, steal the ball from Fletcher's feet and launch a counterattack directly-this is the midfield of both sides-WOWO-"

Just as Fabregas pounced, Fletcher suddenly passed the ball.He didn't pass to Giggs who was the closest to him, nor did he pass to Scholes who came to meet him. Instead, he made a long oblique pass of nearly 30 meters, passing the football directly to the right. There, Li Rui suddenly retreated and asked for the ball.

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"WOWOWOWO -- this -- what an accurate pass!" Taibi also applauded the pass.

"Nice job!!"

Fletcher's pass was really accurate, and Li Rui hooked the football while running at high speed.Arsenal's defense immediately felt like a formidable enemy. Torre left Giggs beside him and greeted Li Rui.

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Seeing this scene, Wenger on the bench shrank his neck slightly, turned his head and looked at Manchester United's bench. Today's game, Cristiano Ronaldo did not start, which made him a little surprised, Wenger Gecai didn't believe the so-called news that Cristiano Ronaldo was injured. In his opinion, this was Ferguson's strategy. He tried to be stable in the first half of the game, and replaced Cristiano Ronaldo in the second half to play the three forwards, suddenly exerting strength.

However, Wenger did not underestimate the offensive ability of Manchester United on the field at all, because with Li Rui on the field, the 'professor' had to remind his players to deal with it carefully, which is a threat that can be caused if one is not careful guy.

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Li Rui took the ball and immediately attracted the attention of the entire Arsenal defense line. Torre came up to intercept the ball, but was pulled by the inside of Li Rui's dexterous running foot, and then an accelerated change of direction passed, Gallas had to Come up to defend.

"Boy, it's over here, you're finished, I say you're finished." Gallas's mouth was not clean.

"You're the prettiest guy I've ever met, Number 10—tsk tsk."

Li Rui smiled contemptuously. The grievances between him and Gallas are well known. He deliberately wanted to provoke this guy. Everyone on the earth knows that Gallas is a guy with a strong desire to express himself, otherwise he would not There will be a defender wearing the number 10 jersey.

Gallas was really angry, but the French didn't rush forward as Li Rui expected, which made Li Rui have to think highly of Gallas in his heart.

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"It's over! Lee broke through Torre, he attracted the attention of the Arsenal players, and now it's Gallas guarding him, haha, this is a matchup everyone is looking forward to. Is it, Gary." Taibi was like It was crying like a gilt in heat.

"That's right, man, it's like the two of them greeted each other verbally," Lineker said.

Li Rui moved and moved the football forward. When Gallas moved half a step to block, he suddenly smashed the ball and cut in. Gallas reacted quickly and immediately blocked Li Rui's continuous breakthrough. Route, when Gallas looked at Li Rui with a little complacency, he saw the guy in front of him smirking conspiratorially.

"Up?!"

"WWOWOWO——The pass was passed, and Gallas didn't block Li's pass. This time, Li Rui didn't even think about rushing into the penalty area with the ball. Gallas was deceived, and Li Rui passed the ball out. .”

"Nice pass."
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Scholes showed up where the football fell.

"Stop him!"

"Don't let him shoot from long range." Arsenal goalkeeper Lehmann shouted in front of the goal. He knew the threat of Scholes' long-range shot.

Senderos rushed up immediately.In the penalty area, Eboue also came back to fill his position, ready to grab at any time.

Just as Senderos rushed up, Scholes suddenly passed the ball.He didn't pass to Giggs and O'Shea, who were following up at high speed on the two wings, but passed to the line of the penalty area——

There, Li Rui had gotten rid of Gallas' marking and appeared there.

"God, Li, when did he come up, it's dangerous." The commentator in London wanted to swear, he didn't understand how Gallas was thrown off by Li Rui.However, at this time, no one cared about this anymore, Li Rui appeared in the danger zone! !

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Some Manchester United fans at Old Trafford have already stood up. Everyone is looking forward to Li Rui to get the ball in such a dangerous area.

Li Rui met the football, he swung his right foot and seemed to shoot directly, this is what everyone subconsciously thinks, Li Rui's long shot is definitely a very threatening way in his "shooting grocery store", Eboue Not daring to neglect, he rushed forward to block the shot.However--

Li Rui's shot was false, but the pass was true. He knocked the football horizontally again, and the football reached Rooney's feet. The little fat man didn't intend to shoot. The moment he caught the ball, he tiptoed, and the football rushed over. The intercepted Flamini's cheek flew up and flew into the penalty area.

"Two over one?! Beautiful!!!" Taibi jumped up and shouted loudly.

That's right! !
It is the two-for-one between Li Rui and Rooney, the extremely tacit and creative cooperation between the two young people who were also born in 1985! !

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After Li Rui passed the ball to Rooney, the football picked up from Rooney's toes. Li Rui seemed to have a "tactile heart", suddenly accelerated, and passed by Eboue's side, and Eboue's reaction was obviously half-slow Shoot, when he turned his head and followed, Li Rui had already entered the restricted area! !
Now, Li Rui straightened his chest in the penalty area and received the ball, but he was not offside.Now he doesn't even have a single Arsenal defender around him -

Gallas was attacked by Li Rui twice in a row, and now he is 'forced' to defend Giggs outside the penalty area. Senderos is beside Scholes, Eboue is behind Li Rui, and only Torre is in the penalty area. On the left side, he originally came up to intercept Rooney, but he didn't expect Rooney to pass the ball. He wanted to turn around and pounce on Li Rui, but it was too late.

Li Rui raised his head and glanced at Lehman, who was attacking hastily. Facing the timely falling football, he volleyed vigorously with his foot, but the moment his foot touched the football, it turned into a volley! ! !

A wonderful arc fell from the top of Lehman's right hand and hung into the net, splashing a wave of snow-white waves! !

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"Shoot!!!! Brilliant - the goal went in! GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAL!!! Li Rui!!!!!! He opened the scoring for Manchester United at home!!! Manchester United took the lead in the 26th minute of the game , Let's see, Old Trafford is almost going crazy!! This kid has once again become the hero of the stadium. Congratulations to him!!"

When the goal was scored, Ferguson jumped up on the spot and shook his fist vigorously. The camera also captured it specially. When Li Rui scored the goal, Cristiano Ronaldo also jumped up immediately, rushed out of the bench, and waved a white towel This also indirectly confirmed the media's speculation that the relationship between the two has improved significantly.

After scoring the goal, Li Rui did somersault on the spot. After landing, he was about to run towards the edge of the home stands, but was thrown down by his teammates. They played a game of stacking arhats. to no avail.

The entire stadium is already a sea of ​​red, and the fans burst into thunderous cheers.

Its momentum is huge, and it is unimaginable without going to the scene to watch the game.

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"24! The 24th goal! This is Li's No.20 four goals this season. It seems that this young man is very likely to win the league Golden Boot again." Lineker said with admiration.

At this time, on the big screen at Old Trafford Stadium, it was played that Chelsea were 0:1 away from Liverpool at Anfield Stadium, and the cheers of the entire stadium became even louder.

The 24th round of the league, which is the current round of the league, is a standard strong dialogue. Manchester United VS Arsenal at home, Liverpool VS Chelsea at home. The results of this round of the league are also considered to affect the final ownership of the league this season. .

Before the game, the media generally believed that there would be a fierce battle between Manchester United and Arsenal, and the game would be very anxious, while Chelsea would not have too many problems at Anfield. After all, Liverpool's recent situation Not that good.

However, now, less than 10 minutes into the first half, both sides have scored goals, both Arsenal and Liverpool at home have scored, leading the away team.

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Wenger frowned when he saw the goal was conceded. His plan was to score goals on the basis of a solid defense in the first half. It will be much easier to play, and Manchester United, who are eager to score an equalizer, will also be seized by Arsenal to counterattack.

However, the team still failed to defend Manchester United's offense. To be precise, they failed to defend Li Rui. However, Manchester United's offense did play well this time. torn apart.

Now the team is one goal behind, as the head coach, Wenger must make a choice.Is to strengthen the defense, or continue to attack?
This multiple-choice question only stayed in the mind of the 'professor' for a few seconds, and the answer came out without any suspense.

Wenger stood up from his seat, walked to the sidelines and whistled to attract the attention of all players, and then told the Arsenal players with gestures-don't take this conceded goal to heart, and continue to attack!

This is also the current situation of Arsenal's team. Arsenal's players are strong offensively and defensively weak. Of course, this is also relative to the opponent Manchester United in this game. When Gallas faced other teams , is still good, but the French central defender seems to be suffering from Li Rui's phobia. Although the two have deep resentment, Gallas also gritted his teeth before the game to give Li Rui a good look. However, from the beginning of the game, Gallas Si was eaten to death by Li Rui, and everyone could see it.

"The best defense is offense. Only with a stronger offense can we regain the disadvantage..." The professor sat back on the coaching bench.

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In the camera of the director, there is a guy with the highest exposure rate in England. Even if he is said to have a higher exposure rate than the British Prime Minister or the Queen, it is not an exaggeration.

McLaren looked very serious. He was lowering his head to write and draw in his notebook, and then looked up from time to time to look at the situation in the stadium.

The classic collision between Li Rui and Rooney just now made McLaren's heart flutter. For the first time, he began to fantasize about how wonderful it would be to transplant the attacking pair of Manchester United to the England national team. what.

Before, McLaren scoffed at the idiotic dream of the "Swede" Eriksson to play for Li Rui to play in the England team. On the one hand, McLaren was a bit "nationalistic". He didn't think the England team needed an outsider. Come to the rescue, he thinks England's striker is strong enough, and there is another point, that is, when Li Rui was at Leeds United, he once had a conflict with McClaren, that was the game between Leeds United and Middlesbrough, Li Rui After the game, Rui ridiculed McLaren for his lack of level, which also made McLaren worry about it all the time. Everyone knows that McLaren's mind is smaller than the eye of a needle.

However, the current situation is that England is struggling in the European Cup qualifiers, and now it is only ranked No.3 in the group after Russia and Croatia. According to the rules, the top two in each group will qualify for the 2008 European Cup , Therefore, England's group qualifying is not so optimistic now, which makes England fans who have always regarded themselves as the "top European team" very dissatisfied.

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The FA has also issued an ultimatum to McLaren. If you cannot enter the 2008 European Cup finals, then you, Mr. McLaren, should get out. Therefore, the question hanging over McLaren's head The Sword of Damocles' could fall at any moment.

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Now everyone knows that England's biggest problem is offense. Owen's current level can be said to be in decline, and Rooney is in good condition. However, his performance in the national team can only be said to be average, and the little fat man has said more than once, I lack a 'perfect partner'. As for what Rooney calls a perfect partner, I believe everyone has a template in their hearts after seeing the assist that Rooney gave to Li Rui just now. So far this season So far, the two have scored 11 goals together, needless to say the tacit understanding between each other.

As for other English strikers, Crouch has proven to be useless. Of course, Liverpool strikers will occasionally explode like crazy, but you can't always pin your hopes on Crouch not knowing what is going on in the year of the monkey. Let's explode.

Husky?Who remembers when was his last England game?

Defoe?No one would have thought that this man would be England's savior.

Therefore, McLaren found very sadly that in England, which is considered to be "very strong", there is really no one who can support him and score goals.

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McClaren came to see Manchester United's England internationals today, especially Rooney's performance, which is also a well-known reason.

Another point, I believe that even the most daring media has not guessed that it is the first time for McLaren to seriously watch Li Rui's game from the perspective of a non-opponent head coach. He really moved the super star The thought of bringing it to the England team has been raised, even though it has just moved its mind, but who knows in the future?
A few days ago, a friend of McLaren asked him cryptically, if the No. 10 of Manchester United can obtain English nationality, does the Three Lions coach have any intention of calling this recently famous striker into the England team?

Although there is no head coach who would dislike a top shooter like Li Rui, it is a club. If it is really a national team, it will not be so simple. There are many issues to consider.

However, McLaren, who has been troubled by England's Euro 2008 finals issue, is really tempted.

"Is this what Lee meant?" McLaren asked his friend.

"NO, Li himself doesn't know about this, but someone is operating it... In short, you and I can only say that there is indeed such a possibility."

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At this time, on the court, Arsenal got a good offensive opportunity.

It was Thierry Henry on the ball, and the French star is one of the top goalscorers on the planet, and Manchester United certainly will not take his marking lightly.Fletcher defended Henry, maybe he was too careful. Fletcher didn't press the ball as soon as he came up, but was about one meter away from Henry, staring at the football under Henry's feet.

Henry obviously had full confidence in his skills. He noticed that Fletcher, who was defending him, did not press close to him as soon as he came up. Seizing this opportunity, he suddenly accelerated and changed direction, rushing past Fletcher! !
Shocked, Fletcher hurried forward to defend, but Henry swayed past with a very concealed spike.

Gary Neville hurried up to fill the seat, only to see Henry swaying his upper body, causing the Manchester United captain who rushed over to lose his correct judgment and lose his center of gravity.Henry immediately pulled the football past Gary Neville, jumped again, and rushed past Gary Neville.

Facing Ferdinand, who was rushing forward aggressively, the 'King of Highbury' showed superb skills amidst the harsh boos of the Manchester United fans. I saw him suddenly score a personal goal in a very small space!Just passed Ferdinand!
Ferdinand didn't expect that Henry was in the penalty area, surrounded by people, it was impossible to accelerate the sprint, and he dared to use the human ball to pass. He was stunned and watched Ferdinand go around from his other side. .

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"great!!"

"Beautiful! Beautiful--Thierry Henry!!! He has passed several people in a row!!! He is facing the goalkeeper!! Van der Sar strikes! Shot--"

Henry wanted to take a kick, but Van der Sar was already prepared. Although his body was lying on the ground, his right hand was raised high.The football that Henry shot hit his hand, and he shot the football out of the baseline in a very awkward position!
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The Manchester United fans applauded. Of course, this applause was not for Henry. It was dedicated to their goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar. lose.

'Saint-Van der Sar! ! ' Such a shout sounded.

The narrators lamented that Henry's wonderful long-distance attack did not result in a goal.

"—What a pity! The goal was not scored!! Van der Sar's timely attack resolved Manchester United's dangerous situation in front of the goal! Henry's this time is simply a kind of enjoyment." Taibi said full of praise, "special It was unbelievable that he had the ball past Ferdinand in the box."

"That's right." Gary Lineker said, "Although he didn't score a goal, the Frenchman gave us an exquisite personal breakthrough! This is Henry, the Henry who can change the course of the game in an instant , Unfortunately, Van der Sar's save was also very exciting."

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The live TV gave Henry a back view. He just got up from the top and looked at the football that had fallen outside the bottom line.Henry stared at the football with sharp eyes, which brought back the memories of many veteran Arsenal fans. When the 'Professor' brought this French boy from Juventus, who would have thought that this would be the history of Arsenal. This is the beginning of a great legend.

"One man broke down almost the whole of Manchester United's defense, in such a small area of ​​​​the box and dared to pass the ball! It was the best moment of the game - it's just a pity - Van der Sar's attacking save was also brilliant .Beautiful attacking, beautiful saves! That's what the fans love to see."

After getting up from the top, Van der Sar patted his big hands and shouted loudly: "Concentrate! Don't let him break in so easily! Darren!!" He was calling Fletcher's name, It was Fletcher's hesitation and being too cautious just now that made Henry start this performance.

Fletcher turned his head to look at his team's goalkeeper. He knew that his slight mistake just now almost caused the team to concede a goal.

Van der Sar crossed his hands: "Stick to him. Keep him out! Don't give him a chance to sprint."

Fletcher nodded. He was also afraid for a while. If Henry scored the goal just now, he couldn't imagine how he would face the angry Scottish old man.

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The captain, the veteran Gary Neville, also came up and patted Fletcher on the shoulder, not only to teach him but also to comfort him, saying, "Darren, you are the team's midfielder, you should be stronger, you must go up and press immediately, don't be afraid Mistake, there are us behind, if it doesn’t work, just—” The captain of Manchester United made a pulling motion.

Fletcher nodded vigorously.Of course, Gary Neville was also consoling the Scotsman. The position of the midfielder is so critical. Once the midfielder makes a mistake, it is easy to be counterattacked by the opponent. However, if the midfielder is not strong and does not rush up, it will not work. It is the ability to read the game and grasp the timing. Gary Neville saw Fletcher's hesitation just now, so he encouraged Fletcher and encouraged him to be more resolute when he went up to the tackle.

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Arsenal's corner, Hleb drives the ball into the box, Adebayor squeezes Vidic out of the way and makes a beautiful lion-toss, the ball flies into the goal, Van der Sar He jumped sideways but didn't touch the football. He fell heavily on the ground. Van der Sar was already desperate, but he didn't hear the whistle for the goal, and the Arsenal people didn't celebrate the goal either——

The ball didn't go in? !
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"WOOWWOWO - Adebayor's header just over the crossbar knocked Van der Sar into a cold sweat - he jumped up and missed the football, which looked like it was about to fall into the net, no Thinking that it didn’t fall, but flew out in a straight line.”

Although falling from the sky hurt a bit, Van der Sar heaved a sigh of relief after getting up. Seeing that the first half of the game was coming to an end, it would be too bad to be scored by Arsenal. It would definitely be bad for morale Great hit.

"Ah! Damn it! What a pity! What a pity!" In a moment of desperation, the commentator in London even swears to show the intensity of his pity, "This is the first time since the start of the game that Adebayor has The threatening shot, the header is quite beautiful, unfortunately, if this goal is scored, the second half of the game will be easier."

Wenger on the sidelines also looked annoyed. Seeing that the first half of the game was coming to an end, first Henry's long-distance attack and then Adebayor's header missed the goal. This is really a pity.

On the other side, Ferguson muttered dissatisfiedly there, no one knew what he was talking about, the old Scottish man turned his head and glanced at the Arsenal coaching bench next door, and then sat back on the coaching bench.

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PS: Please correct the mistakes made in the previous chapter. There is no Clichy in Arsenal's starting list, and Gallas should start.Apologies again.

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