Glory Greenery

Chapter 393 The Golden Header
Manchester City's defense is rock solid, and Manchester United's offense is timid.

In such a game situation, this high-profile Manchester derby, which should be the championship battle, is in a state of anxiety.

On the sidelines of the game, Ferguson looked uncomfortable.

On the field, Yang Mo also played very unhappy.

Manchester United, who are well aware of his abilities, defended him quite well in this game. As long as he makes any movement, the defensive players in the midfield will immediately double-team him.

In this game, he was assigned to the center forward position. The deterrence was there, but the space for holding the ball was virtually compressed.

So apart from the steal in the opening game, Yang Mo didn't make any outstanding performances throughout the first half.

When the whistle sounded for the end of the first half, Manchester City and Manchester United entered the intermission with a score of 0-0.

As soon as the players from both sides entered the waiting room, on the Manchester United side, Ferguson immediately arranged the offensive tactics for the second half.

Manchester City's game is even, but Manchester United can't. Ferguson is absolutely unwilling to win the championship and wants to see Manchester City's face.

As for Manchester City, although they didn't score a goal in the first half, Mancini was very happy.

What Mancini wants is this kind of effect. Do a good job of defending first, and score goals when you have a chance. If you fail to score, even a draw is acceptable.

After encouraging the players, Mancini began to arrange the tactics for the second half of the game.

In the current situation of a tie, there is no need to guess, Manchester United will definitely strengthen their offense in the second half.

Because Mancini knew that Ferguson was absolutely unwilling to accept a draw.

Therefore, Mancini still intends to carry out the defense to the end, and the tactical arrangement is naturally based on defense.

For the team, the time of halftime will always feel too short.

But the rules wait for no one, and as time comes, the second half of the game officially begins.

After the exchange of venues, Manchester City attacked first.

After Yang Mo gave the ball to Aguero in the middle circle, he immediately ran towards Manchester City's half.

Behind him, Aguero passed the ball back to Silva, and Manchester City began to attack.

But even when launching an attack, Manchester City is cautious.

Under the control of Silva's rhythm, Manchester City began to infiltrate steadily from the midfield. Although Yang Mo did not participate, he used his running position in the frontcourt to constantly involve Manchester United's defense.

But under Manchester United's cautious defense, it is not easy for Manchester City to want this kind of frontal attack to pose a threat.

After dawdling in the middle for more than a minute, Silva saw that he couldn't break through the defense by passing the ball, so he could only make a long pass to find Yang Mo.

Unfortunately, although Yang Mo succeeded in catching the ball against Carrick and Smalling, under heavy defense, he had no choice but to hastily hit the goal. As a result, the shot was too straight and was directly blocked by De Gea out.

The first offense in the opening game failed, and the two teams entered into a tug-of-war. The cautious scene was enough to make the fans drowsy.

In order to take care of the Asian fans, the Premier League deliberately arranged this game at noon. In Asia, the game time is exactly ten o'clock in the evening.

For Asian fans, watching European games during this time period is considered "golden time".

But even though it was still early, watching such a boring game, I couldn't help but gasp.

But for Mancini, this kind of steady and steady scene is what he wants to see the most.

Even in Mancini's view, this situation does not feel stable yet.

So at 51 points in the second half, Mancini made Manchester City's first substitution, replacing left forward Nasri with De Jong.

"Manchester City made a substitution, De Jong replaced Nasri, another defensive player, and Mancini continued to strengthen the defense on the field."

"In order to win, Manchester City played this game really conservatively..."

For Penguin Sports, Zhan Jun's words were quite tactful, but Director Zhang next to him seemed to have no scruples.

"This game almost makes people drowsy. I think Mancini's style of play can only be used in a team with little background like Manchester City. If he is the head coach of Real Madrid, even if this game is defended, it is estimated that And people say it’s ugly.”

Director Zhang's words are not an exaggeration. After all, what Manchester City fans care about most at this time is actually the championship.

As for whether the game is good or not, these fans still don't care about it now. They are definitely not as demanding as the Real Madrid fans who want to win and play well.

Seeing Mancini make personnel adjustments, Ferguson also reacted quickly. Manchester City can afford to delay, but Manchester United really can't delay any longer.

In the 58th minute of the second half, Ferguson waved his hand and Manchester United also made their first substitution. Welbeck replaced Park Ji-sung.

Replaced by the 90-year striker, Ferguson's plan is self-evident, that is to strengthen the offense.

However, Mancini saw that Manchester United replaced the offensive players, and then looked at the Manchester City lineup on the field. He suddenly felt that it was still not safe enough, and then made adjustments again.

In the 66th minute of the second half, Manchester City took advantage of a throw-in and made a second substitution.

This time, Mancini replaced Aguero directly, and Aguero was replaced by defender Kolarov.

"Aguero was replaced. It seems that Mancini would rather draw than give Manchester United a chance in this game."

"541, facing Manchester City's current formation, it is estimated that Ferguson is also suffering."

Following Zhan Jun's ridicule, Ferguson understood that it was not the time to look forward and backward, and he followed closely to make adjustments.

In 71 minutes, Pea Hernandez replaced Scholes, and Manchester United had four strikers present.

"Hernandez replaced Scholes, Ferguson replaced two strikers in a row, obviously ready to put all his eggs in one basket."

"Because Manchester City is one point behind in the standings, this game is a game that must be won for Manchester United."

"Even if it is a draw, the decision to win the championship will remain in the hands of Manchester City. This kind of ending is unacceptable to Manchester United."

"But in the face of Manchester City's defense without leaving any gaps, even if Manchester City has four forwards on the field, they cannot completely let go. After all, Manchester City still has Yang Mo on the field. As the Premier League and even the European League. As the top scorer, Yang Mo's deterrence Manchester United has to pay attention to."

As Zhan Jun said, after Manchester City's offensive player in the frontcourt is only Yang Mo, after Manchester United's Hernandez came on the field, Manchester United has completely overwhelmed Manchester City in terms of offense.

But the problem is that even so, Manchester United's backcourt defense does not dare to be careless.

Not to mention that the two central defenders have to stare at Yang Mo, even the full backs and midfielders must always pay attention to Yang Mo's movements and be ready to help defend against flanking attacks.

As a result, Manchester United's offensive pressure in the frontcourt has never been able to completely overwhelm Manchester City's defense.

In this way, when the game time passed 10 minutes a little bit, Mancini made the last substitution of Manchester City in this game.

Defender Richards came on and Silva was substituted.

"Richards replaced Silva. Manchester City has no offensive player on the field except Yang Mo at this time."

"Director Zhang, this match reminds me of the match between Inter Milan and Barcelona in the Champions League in [-]. It seems that Mancini really wants to keep a draw."

As soon as Zhan Jun finished speaking, Director Zhang beside him shook his head.

"It doesn't mean that Yang Mo is still on the field. Although Manchester United defended Yang Mo tightly in this game, as long as the game is not over, Manchester United will never dare to be careless. After all, Manchester United has suffered too much from Yang Mo."

Mancini continued to stick to the substitutions, Ferguson frowned and made the last substitution, Phil Jones went off and Ashley Young came on.

On the field at this time, apart from Yang Mo, Manchester City's other nine players have already arrived near the penalty area, completely letting go of the backcourt for Manchester United to attack.

But it was the existence of Yang Mo that prevented Manchester United from completely letting go of the attack. Phil Jones could have participated in the attack on the wing.

But just now, Yang Mo took advantage of Phil Jones' opportunity to go forward and counterattacked. If Smalling hadn't pulled Yang Mo down with a yellow card foul, Yang Mo's counterattack would have almost been completed.

But looking at the 86-point mark on the monitor, Ferguson must attack with all his strength even if he cares about Yang Mo.

Ashley Young originally debuted as a winger. Although he was transformed into a full-back when he came to Manchester United, he also took the forward offensive route.

If it weren't for Mancini's focus on safety in this game, Ashley Young would definitely be the starter.

After Ashley Young came on the field, he did not participate in the defense of Yang Mo, but rushed directly to the frontcourt and began to participate in the siege of Manchester City.

In the 89 minutes of the second half, with 4 minutes left in stoppage time, there is not much time left for Manchester United.

Manchester United just had a long shot from Rooney outside the penalty area, but it was directly confiscated by Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart.

By this time, Manchester City had no intention of attacking at all. Joe Hart kicked the ball towards the midfield with a big kick, regardless of whether Yang Mo could catch it.

Yang Mo ran two steps, trying to catch the ball.

But Joe Hart's pass was really far away from him. In the end, he could only watch Ferdinand grab the ball and pass it to his backcourt.

In front of Manchester City's penalty area, Manchester United players kept turning their feet back and forth, trying to pull Manchester City's formation and attract Manchester City players to take the initiative to defend.

Faced with the temptation of the Manchester United players, the Manchester City players were completely unmoved, just sticking to the penalty area, and they almost didn't put a wall in front of the goal.

Seeing that the involvement could not work, Giggs tried to score with another long-range shot after receiving a pass from Nani.

But this time, before the shot football could be saved by Joe Hart, it was directly stopped by Richards with his body.

Richards blocked the ball, and Barry next to him stepped forward and made a big-footed clearance, sending the ball directly towards the midfielder.

"Giggs shot from long range, was blocked by Richards, Barry made a big-foot clearance, and Manchester United's attack is over again."

"Hey! No, Barry kicked the ball a little cleverly, and it was aimed at Yang Mo!"

Accompanied by Zhan Jun's commentary, all the fans watching the game saw the football that was cleared by Barry fly high and land right where Yang Mo was.

Seeing Yang Mo rushing forward to catch the ball, Ferdinand immediately stepped forward to press for it, but Barry's pass was a good enough "pass". Yang Mo received the ball comfortably by leaning on Ferdinand.

First, he bumped towards the falling football, which was gently picked up by Yang Mo and flew to Yang Mo's waist.

Immediately afterwards, when the football fell, Yang Mo stretched out his feet again and flicked the ball back, followed by the whole person turning back, and got rid of Ferdinand with a chic flick.

In a hurry, Ferdinand grabbed Yang Mo's clothes. Ferdinand understood that Yang Mo must not let him pass easily, otherwise their goal would be in danger.

However, relying on his strong physical fitness, Yang Mo insisted on speeding up, causing Ferdinand to run away just as he grabbed onto his jersey.

After getting rid of Ferdinand, Yang Mo began to dribble the ball across the midfield, and Ferdinand chased desperately behind Yang Mo.

However, with Ferdinand's speed, he still couldn't keep up with Yang Mo, and was thrown away by Yang Mo after a few steps.

Seeing Yang Mo attacking with the ball, Evra and Smalling rushed to help defend against the attack.

Because Manchester United's midfielders are all besieging Manchester City, when Yang Mo dribbled the ball to attack, Manchester United had only Evra and Smalling in the backcourt except for Ferdinand who was closely guarded by Yang Mo.

Ferdinand has been freed. If Evra and Smalling can't keep Yang Mo, then Manchester United will be in danger.

In such a situation, Evra didn't care about being polite, and he didn't care whether he rushed at people with a sliding shovel, just to force Yang Mo to stop.

Picking the ball, jumping up, and running like the wind, Yang Mo jumped over Evra like a goshawk.

At this point, the consequences of Ferguson replacing Phil Jones became apparent.

After jumping over Evra, there is only Smalling left between Yang Mo and the penalty area.

Seeing Yang Mo getting closer and closer to the penalty area, and the last defender, Smalling, also posted up, the stands of the Etihad Airways Stadium suddenly fell silent.

On the sidelines, Mancini stood up from his chair. Although he wanted to stick to the game, it would be great if Yang Mo could score this goal.

Not far away, Ferguson outside the sideline of the battlefield also kept his eyes on the field, not wanting to miss any moment.

Fans, coaches, media, everyone is waiting, waiting for the final result.

Yang Mo, who was dribbling the ball, was getting closer and closer to the penalty area.

Smalling felt that it was becoming more and more difficult for him to keep up with Yang Mo.

No matter what the price is, Yang Mo can't be allowed to carry on, Smalling made up his mind.

While running, Smolin's right arm was directly in front of Yang Mo, and his right leg tripped towards Yang Mo.

No matter how strong Yang Mo's confrontation is, he can't stand up to Smolin's capture and legs.

In the eyes of everyone, he turned into a gourd with Smalling on the spot and fell in front of the penalty area.

beep—

With a whistle, the referee rushed over.

At this time, Smalling got up from the lawn without saying anything, just waiting for the referee's punishment.

From the moment he decided to do that, Smalling knew what was waiting for him.

First a yellow card, followed by a red card.

Two yellows turned into one red, and Smalling was sent off.

Next, the referee awarded Manchester City a free kick.

Seeing the Manchester City players approaching and preparing to take a free kick, the Manchester United players hurriedly began to set up a human wall. It's not that they didn't think about taking advantage of Manchester City's free kick to attack, but before that, they had to deal with the free kick safely.

The position of this free kick is very good, it can be directly attacked or passed.

Silva went off the field, and Kolarov took the free kick. In the Manchester United penalty area, Yaya Toure, Kompany, and Sabaletta were ready to respond, while Yang Mo was cruising outside the penalty area.

When the referee signaled that a free throw could be made, Kolarov kicked the ball after a run-up.

The football flew up and fell straight into the penalty area, not directly attacking the goal, but passing the ball.

In the penalty area, the players of the two teams huddled together, all desperately rushing towards the football.

In the midst of this chaos, a Manchester City player in a blue jersey leaped high and was the first to touch the football with his head.

Immediately afterwards, the touched football suddenly changed direction and fell towards the lower left of the goal.

Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea reacted in a timely manner. He saw the football change direction and saved it to the end.

But what made De Gea helpless was that the angle of the chased football was too tricky. It first touched the inside of the left goalpost, and then refracted and flew into the goal.

"Kompani! Kompany! Kompany scored with a header!"

"After a whole game of anxiety, after the game time has entered stoppage time, Manchester City used a free kick to complete the goal!"

"It was Kompany who scored the goal, Manchester City's backcourt defender, but he scored a golden header in this game!"

(End of this chapter)