The strongest winger

Chapter 729
The atmosphere at the new Wembley Stadium is still hot, but many fans consumed too much energy due to the non-stop cheering in the first half. During the stoppage time of the first half, they had to choose to leave their seats and line up to the stadium restaurant or store to buy some potato chips, burgers or Coke to replenish the energy lost by the body.

At this moment, huge exclamations and shouts suddenly erupted from the sky above the stadium.

The two voices fought countless times in a short period of time. In the end, the reason for the large number of Chelsea fans made the cheers above the stadium 'the last laugh'

Those fans who left their seats and lined up to leave the stadium suddenly turned to look at the stadium, just in time to see the white football flying at high speed in mid-air without a trace of rotation, just like the exhaust left by an airplane flying through the clouds.

Therefore, the hormones of all the fans at the scene rose accordingly, their eyes widened, and they focused on the football flying towards the goal and Van der Sar making a save.

Will you go in?
They don't know.

So we can only wait!

Veteran Scholes, who was passed by Aiello, turned subconsciously and looked towards the goal after hearing the sound of the shot. The football flew towards the goal like a cruise missile.

At this moment, the worries of Manchester United fans came to their throats. They were not afraid that the team would fall behind again before the end of the first half.

At the same time as exclamations erupted from the sky above the new Wembley Stadium, Mourinho and Ferguson were full of expectations and fears respectively.

The switching speed of the camera is very fast, almost following the football to give Van der Sar a close-up.

Van der Sar's body in mid-air is very stretched, and his slender figure is extremely gracefully displayed by him, but I believe that no one pays attention to this at this time. Everyone's attention is on whether he can save this seemingly powerful football.

"Edwin van der Sar!!!"

The Manchester United TV commentator shouted Van der Sar's name. He knew that only the old Dutch goalkeeper, who was about to turn 40, could save Manchester United.

In fact, Van der Sar did throw the football, but because of his age, the muscles between his fingers were not as explosive as when he was young. He gritted his teeth and insisted on using his fingertips to pull the ball away from the original trajectory, but he did not expect it to be successful.

Because... the power of the shot is really too great!

It is very rare to be able to respond to Ai Luo's explosive shot, and it is already the end of his strength when Van der Sar's fingertips touch the football.

Van der Sar in mid-air could even feel the pain coming from his fingertips. His rich game experience made him realize that it was a broken finger!
The deviating trajectory of the football cannot be discerned with the naked eye, so the football was not pushed higher than the crossbar by Van der Sar, but plunged into the arms of the snow-white net.

At the same time, the Chelsea fans in the stands raised their arms violently and burst into loud cheers.

The two giant Aiello posters in the stands seemed to come alive and lifelike under the shaking of the excited Chelsea fans.

After finishing the shot, Ai Luo quickly stood on tiptoe and kept a close eye on the trajectory of the football until the football plunged into the goal net before rushing towards the corner flag on the right side of the team's attack. He flew up and kicked the corner flagpole, and then turned to face the densely packed Chelsea fans in the stands.

Immediately, the female fans in the stands were as excited as if they had taken an aphrodisiac. At this moment, they all shouted Ai Luo's name excitedly, followed by various explicit confessions.

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Not long after, the referee on duty blew the whistle to end the first half. The players from both sides walked towards the player tunnel with different moods, and then separated left and right at the end of the player tunnel and entered their respective dressing rooms. The Chelsea fans in the stands were thinking about Ai Luo's powerful long-range shot.

Or even forget to leave the course to buy energy.

At the moment when the players on both sides left the field, the on-site director very interestingly gave the shots to the faces of Aiello and Cristiano Ronaldo respectively, and used technical means to advance the shots to give close-ups of the faces.

The expressions of the two are very different. Ai Luo has a strong smile on his face, while Cristiano Ronaldo pursed his mouth, walking towards the player tunnel while communicating with Rooney, with a very serious expression.

The Chelsea players who entered the dressing room embraced Aiello's shoulders, and within 2 minutes after the score was equalized, they miraculously helped the team exceed the score again.

Indeed, the Manchester United players who slowly entered the locker room from the pitch did not recover. They were overtaken again shortly after the score was equalized. This not only affected the morale, but also dealt a huge blow to the players' self-confidence. When they thought they had hope of beating Chelsea, Ai Luo was like a magic soldier descending from heaven, completely shattering their hopes.

Is there anything more striking than this episode?

As a result, there really is!
What hit them even more was the debriefing of veteran team doctor Rob Swire.

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As the Manchester United players walked towards the player tunnel, no one noticed that Van der Sar was clutching his right hand in pain to find team doctor Rob Swire.

After a simple test, Van der Sar's right index finger and middle finger had cracked phalanges. This kind of injury is impossible for the goalkeeper to persist in the game. Therefore, the old team doctor Rob Swire immediately notified No. [-] goalkeeper Foster to warm up, and then notified the head coach Ferguson.

Ferguson, whose face was already flushed, trembled slightly after hearing the report from the old team doctor Rob Swire.

Park Ji-sung, Carrick and Scholes, who made fatal mistakes in this defense, all lowered their heads subconsciously. They knew that Aiello's goal had a great relationship with them.

If one of the three had sacrificed and kicked Aiello to the ground, the goal would not have happened, and goalkeeper Van der Sar would not have suffered a broken finger.

The morale of the team can be said to have fallen to the bottom.

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"The League Cup final was really exciting. Both sides scored two goals in a row before the end of the first half, and the goals were very exciting, especially the powerful long-range shot scored by Ai in stoppage time to break through Van der Sar's ten fingers. It was very domineering! Through the slow-motion playback, it can be clearly seen that Van der Sar pounced on the football, but it was helpless because of Ai's shot, which was a 158km/h heavy artillery..."

Lineker analyzed the data during the intermission according to the data given by the broadcaster.

His guest commentator said: "Converting 158km/h into meters per second means flying 43 meters per second. That is to say, it takes less than one second for the football to fly from Ai's right foot to the goal. How fast should this be? If it weren't for the slightly positive angle, it is still unknown whether Van der Sar can respond."

"Ai really showed us his more versatile side in this game. He turned around and volleyed without looking at the goal. The second goal was a long-range shot over 30 meters. This is not good news for Chelsea's opponents..."

In the chatter of the commentator, the 15 minutes of the halftime news passed in a blink of an eye.

The sharp-eyed commentator saw Manchester United take the lead in making substitution adjustments at the first time.

"Huh? Manchester United replaced someone at the beginning of the second half? Who did they replace? No way??" The Manchester United TV commentator raised his brows looking at the footage given. When he saw that the replacement was actually the team's No. [-] goalkeeper Foster, he said suspiciously: "Replace No. [-] goalkeeper Foster? What about Van der Sar? Logically speaking, the two goals conceded in the first half had nothing to do with him directly. Could it be that he was injured?"

While the fourth official held up the electronic card for the substitution, the commentators in the live studio began to be puzzled.

It wasn't until the on-site director cut the camera back to the scenes at the end of the first half that he guided why Manchester United changed the goalkeeper at the beginning of the second half.

"Oh my God, Van der Sar prevented him from finishing a game normally in order to block Ai's shot. How powerful is that shot?" Andy Gray saw the scene of Van der Sar receiving simple treatment on the sidelines through the camera playback, and exclaimed: "Ai's shot was completely violent.

After watching the entire slow-motion replay, Liu Jianhong took a deep breath: "Aiello's long-range shot before the end of the first half directly sent the Dutch veteran van der Sar off the field. This is definitely good news for Chelsea! Although Van der Sar is 39 years old, his contribution to Manchester United is still unquestionable. With his end, the League Cup final is likely to be more and more biased towards Chelsea!"

Seeing this substitution adjustment, almost none of the commentators are optimistic about Manchester United, even the fans in the stands.

In their minds, Van der Sar is the patron saint of Manchester United's goals. Now that the patron saint has been kicked off the field, could it be God's will to tell his devout believers that the winner of the League Cup final is Chelsea?

When Ai Luo came out of the player tunnel slowly and saw Manchester United No. [-] goalkeeper Foster who was about to play, he frowned.

Obviously very puzzled by Manchester United's substitution adjustment.

In his impression, Van der Sar served as the main goalkeeper for Manchester United, but he didn't retire until the summer of 11.

Therefore, it can be easily concluded that the old Van der Sar is getting more and more evil as he gets older, otherwise he would not have kept the young goalkeeper on the bench. He didn't know until the conversation with Rooney before kick-off that it turned out that... Van der Sar was shot off by himself.

Looking at Van der Sar who was sitting on the bench applying ice, Ai Luo felt a sense of guilt—would he kick Van der Sar to retire?

(End of this chapter)