The strongest winger

Chapter 778 Ferguson's Apology
Both Fletcher and O'Shea were highly focused during Aiello's run at full throttle.

There is no doubt about his direct threat to Van der Sar's goal guarding. It has been perfectly verified in the past dozens of games. In fact, it is not that they have no time to look up and observe the oncoming football, but their attention is always on how to defend Ai Luo, which led to Ai Luo's sudden stop and jump.

Only then did Fletcher and O'Shea have time to look up.

The jumping directions of the football and Ai Luo... seem to be the same!

So their expressions paled in an instant, as if they had seen the final result!
All the fans held their breath when Ai Luo jumped to the highest point, and the scene became strangely quiet, as if time was completely frozen at this moment, and everyone's eyes were focused on Ai Luo who leaped high, and it seemed... for billions of years.

But in fact, it is fleeting.

Ai Luo opened his arms to maintain his balance without any interference, then twisted his waist and shook his head to attack the goal!
Van der Sar made a judgment in an instant. When he moved to the center, he used the inertia of his body to fly sideways to the right, and his body was very stretched in mid-air, which looked very ornamental. His slender body was fully displayed at this moment.

It's just that at this time, no one focused on the viewing, but on Ai Luo's header with excellent angle and strength.

In the end...the football scraped the inside edge of the left post of the goal and flew into the goal net.

"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooal—"

The Chelsea fans in the stands jumped up from their seats following Clive Walker's shouts, and cheered wildly for Aiello's wonderful goal with their arms raised high. They have realized the significance of this goal. Leading Manchester United by two goals in the first half basically means winning the Champions League final!

In other words...the Chelsea they support will become the first team to defend the Champions League since the restructuring of the Champions League!

Although the frenetic atmosphere was very enthusiastic from the beginning of Chelsea's attack, this time was the craziest moment, even louder than Drogba's first scoring goal! !
"Long live! Ai!!"

Immediately afterwards, the fans in the stands shouted slogans hoarsely.

The slogans chanted by tens of thousands of Chelsea fans burst out with very strong energy in a short period of time, like a mountain torrent that is about to collapse. It makes people feel panic from the bottom of their hearts, and the sensory impact is extremely strong!
Of course, this is for fans outside of Chelsea.

Mourinho on the coach's bench was very excited. He jumped up from his seat and shouted.

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After scoring the goal, Aiello opened his arms and turned around. During the running process, he kept calling his teammates to celebrate. He didn't stop until he reached the stands where the hardcore Chelsea fans gathered. Therefore, the Chelsea fans in this stand were particularly excited.

Of course, the most important reason why Ai Luo came to this stand is that there is the famous 'Chelsea Wagons' here.

A few days ago, Taylor Swift had too much contact with Li Shiyin because of the preparation of the team, which made Taylor Swift a little jealous, so he wanted to take this opportunity to express his inner feelings.

But when this shot was transmitted from the live signal to the country, someone pouted...

"Aiello scored! This is his No. 17 goal in the UEFA Champions League this season!! Although he cannot break the record of 2006 goals he scored in a single season in the 2007-21 season, this goal has basically guaranteed Chelsea to win half of the Champions League trophy!" He Wei said excitedly at the moment Aiello celebrated the goal: "Chelsea coached by Mourinho has natural defensive attributes in their bones. The team he coaches absolutely does not allow the team to collapse when the team leads by two goals!!"

Equally excited was the BBC commentator Lineker, who said emotionally: "From the opening to the goal, Manchester United's defense against Ai can be said to be impeccable, but he still finds a chance to score with a header. I have to say... the number one star in world football today is undisputed!!"

Guest Phil said with a smile on his face: "Judging from the whole process of scoring, Ai is both the initiator and the finisher of the offense. Recently, Real Madrid's offer of 1 million pounds is definitely worth the money! If there is no accident, then this season's Champions League champion will soon belong to Chelsea!"

Immediately, Lineker nodded fiercely and said, "That's right!"

"Before we praise Ai's goal, we have to praise the Ivorian Kalou who performed well today! He first assisted compatriot Didier Drogba to open the scoring, and then assisted the team's top scorer Ai with a header before the end of the first half! If Chelsea wins the Champions League this season, then his outstanding performance in this game will become the team's second hero in winning!"

The commentator who can praise Kalu so much is naturally a domestic commentator from Côte d'Ivoire.

Just when Chelsea's goal celebration was almost in progress, the on-site director's camera switched to Mourinho and Ferguson one after another. The former's expression was obviously too rich and he raised his arms and shouted, while the latter was dull, and... the on-site director also found an interesting detail.

The camera then didn't fully show Ferguson's face, but moved the camera closer to his hands through technology.

Coach Ferguson's hands convulse frequently like an old man with Parkinson's disease. What's interesting is that his facial expression is relatively normal, and he is still chewing gum rhythmically in his mouth.

"Hahaha...Manchester United fell behind by two goals. Ferguson's heart must not be at peace at this moment. Just now we clearly saw that his hands were spasming rhythmically, like an old man suffering from Parkinson's disease. Maybe Ferguson is really old. A tactical error at the beginning caused the team to concede a goal first, and then another goal was conceded because of a temporary adjustment of tactics before halftime. The tactical error directly caused Manchester United to fall behind by two goals before halftime..."

A neutral commentator said with a smile.

At this moment, no one noticed that the eyes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney had lost the brilliance before the goal.

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When the game restarted, it had reached 44 and a half minutes of the game, which means that only half a minute was left for Manchester United in the first half.

Not long after, the fourth official held up the electronic card for 1 minute of injury time.

But one and a half minutes is obviously not enough for the frustrated Manchester United players, even if they have possession.

Chelsea's tactical changes are also very fast, that is, they strive to maintain their 2:0 lead before the end of the first half.

Following Cristiano Ronaldo's forced shot and an anti-aircraft gun, Busacca, the referee on duty, blew the whistle to end the first half, and the players on both sides turned and walked towards the player tunnel.

Immediately, the camera was shown on Aiello and Cristiano Ronaldo, and pushed to a close-up of the face through technical means.

The expressions of the two also directly expressed the situation of the entire first half. Chelsea's two-goal lead made Aiello in a good mood. After the end of the game, he talked and laughed with Modric and Drogba who had a good relationship, while Cristiano Ronaldo seemed a little preoccupied.

The completely different facial expressions also directly represent the epitome of the entire first half of this Champions League final.

"At the end of the first half, Chelsea entered the locker room with a score of 2:0. As long as there are no loopholes in their defense in the second half, they will have no problem keeping the score until the whole game. Moreover, Aiello's role in the counterattack is very obvious. In addition, Kalou is in a very hot state today, becoming the most active frontcourt player besides Aiello. If they can seize one or two quick counterattack opportunities in the second half, they will directly kill the game..."

The referee whistled, and the signal was switched back to the BJ studio, commentator Liu Jianhong said.

Guest Zhang Lu went on to say: "This is a very likely result. Manchester United have lost too many games to Chelsea in the past two seasons, and at the same time they have lost many championships, especially in various competitions this season. The League Cup, League and FA Cup are all runners-up. If they lose to Chelsea again in the Champions League final, then they will become the laughing stock of the entire European football world. It is unheard of for the four Asian kings in one season!"

"So in the second half, Manchester United had no way out. Either press out and score a goal to win a turn, or they can only wait for death..."

While the two commentators in BJ's studio were discussing, the players on both sides had already returned to their respective locker rooms.

Manchester United's starting 11 returned to the dressing room and sat on the stool listlessly, and no one spoke.

At this time, the door of the locker room was tightly closed, and the noise of the stadium stopped abruptly.

But no one looked at the door, they all lowered their heads and didn't know what they were thinking...

It wasn't until 2 minutes later that Scholes raised his head in doubt to look for Ferguson. According to his usual style, this time should be showing his natal skill-hair dryer.

But... the players had already entered the locker room for several minutes, but he stood at the door with his arms folded and his assistant coach Ferran, looking at them without saying a word.

Then, one after another, players looked up at Ferguson, seemingly ready to feel the 'hair dryer'.

but……

"sorry!"

No one thought that Ferguson's first words would be an apology!
Ferguson didn't give the players time to react, and continued: "The score lag on the field has nothing to do with any of the players here. My tactics were too aggressive. I wanted to take advantage of Chelsea's unsteady foothold to open up the situation first, but I made a mistake in principle. The original housekeeping skill of this attacking Chelsea team was to defend and counterattack. They have a mature defensive system. It is not a wise choice to take a strong attack..."

(End of this chapter)