green showman

Chapter 700 Reversal
On the sidelines, Spalletti yelled at Arshavin angrily. The famous Serie A coach has been in Russia for more than four years. Although he has won two Russian Super League titles, his transformation of Zenit is not considered a success. .

Although Valencia's assault was wonderful, in fact Arshavin had a chance to intercept it before the opponent's speed up, but the Tsar was too lazy to take a few steps...

After a few games at Old Trafford, Spalletti had given up hope of beating United to the Champions League quarter-finals, but after a 1-0 first-half ended just two minutes into the second half. Being equalized by an opponent with a shocking long-range shot is still difficult for Spalletti to accept.

This goal boosted the morale of Manchester United. Sun Wu and Carrick began to direct the team to gradually press up. It happened that the snow had stopped during the intermission. For a while, Manchester United overwhelmed Zenit.

In the 55th minute, Valencia once again successfully broke through Criscito's bottom pass. Zenit central defender Lombalz made a header to clear the siege.

"Shooting... oh, it's Valencia again!"

"Shooting...a follow-up shot!"

"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

"Thomas Müller's late strike puts Manchester United back in the game."

Erwa rushed out of the restricted area with a serious face... Sun Wu gave him a thumbs up, but he was holding back a smile. This expression really looks like Erha.

"Manchester United's performance in the second half was completely new!" Zhan Jun praised: "Especially Valencia, he completely overwhelmed Criscito's side!"

"Wait...Zenit players are complaining about offside?" Zhang Lu stared at the screen, "Muller's supplementary shot is definitely not offside... Sun Wu crossed, watch the replay..."

On the screen, when Lombalz made a header to clear the siege, the Zenit players in the penalty area were all pushing out to make an offside. This is the conditioned reflex of the defensive players.

Sun Wu from the outside made a volley, faked and dunked his old friend Tymoshchuk, and then sent a diagonal ball. The ball rolled from the gap to Valencia near the baseline. He was indeed in Zenit behind the line of defense.

But there's another one lying just off the baseline, Criscito, who had tried to shovel Valencia's cross, the Italian defender was on the slippery turf... and crashed into the sidelines and was piled up by the staff In the snowdrift!

"Not offside..." Zhan Jun grinned, "I'm very curious now, did Sun Wu see Criscito or not!"

"If he didn't see it, he probably wouldn't pass it to Valencia. After all, the offside is too obvious." Zhang Lu was also puzzled, "But if he saw it... Sun Wu's vision is too wide."

The referee on duty obviously noticed this too. After pointing out Criscito, he whistled and pointed to the center circle, indicating that the goal was valid.

In the first half, he failed to score a goal in 45 minutes and was successfully attacked by the opponent. In the second half, he scored two consecutive goals in 10 minutes to complete the reversal. Pochettino finally sat back on the coaching bench with a sigh of relief.

First, the opponent scored a world wave, and then conceded a very unexpected goal. The morale of the Zenit players fell to the bottom. Although the winter and Hulk in the frontcourt were still working hard, the overall situation was settled.

Although due to climate and venue factors, Manchester United's frontcourt attack was not very smooth and often made mistakes, but at the same time, Manchester United's high-position pressing also frequently worked. Thomas Muller and Griezmann's interspersed running Let the Zenit defenders suffer.

In the 61st minute, Griezmann intercepted the ball with a sliding tackle in the frontcourt. Sun Wu stabbed the ball to the left under Witsel's close pressure. Giggs sent a wide-arc cross from the left rib. The front point defender, the back point Valencia flew to block the ball back to the center, and Thomas Muller scored twice with a volley push.

In the 65th minute, Giggs lost the ball in the frontcourt, Zenit counterattacked with a long pass, but Ferdinand overwhelmed Midwinter with a header back to the top, and Schneiderlin pushed forward and knocked down Tymoshchuk who was holding the ball.

"The referee didn't blow!" Zhan Jun's voice was hoarse, "Good opportunity!"

"Schneiderlin... split sides, Valencia is coming up."

"Cross... such a direct cross has little chance, the Zenit defender made a clearance."

"Sun Wu ran over to ask for the ball... Let's see what Sun Wu can do!" Zhan Jun's words were full of confidence and hope.

After consecutive passes with Valencia and Schneiderlin on the right, Sun Wu, who ran to the right flank, suddenly picked up the ball and turned around to throw off Tymoshchuk behind him. He adjusted his pace at the corner of the penalty area and swung his left foot. !

"Get rid of it, shoot...or score!"

"It's Valencia again!"

After sending a direct pass with his left foot, Sun Wu lightly picked out Witsel, who was coming with a flying shovel. This Belgian midfielder looks a bit like Fellaini, but his running ability and flexibility are much stronger.

Valencia, who shot out from behind Criscito again, waded the ball directly into the penalty area. The boos from the home fans in the stands were deafening, and the strong Russian men behind the goal all had hideous faces.

Valencia knew what he had to do. After looking at the dense center, he was about to send an inverted triangle that surprised the opponent... This is a routine that Manchester United often appears on the training ground.

Sun Wu ran horizontally on the penalty area line and took Witsel away, and Carrick suddenly inserted in the back row and crossed with Sun Wu...

But none of them caught the pass.

"Dick!" The referee's hand reached for the penalty spot.

Criscito's flying tackle missed the ball but brought Valencia down as he was about to pass.

"Penalty kick!" Zhang Lu said immediately: "There is no problem with the penalty kick, and it is a tackle behind the back, at least one yellow card!"

Spalletti on the sidelines was expressionless. He didn't know how Criscito, who was regarded as a first-class full-back in Serie A back then, would become like this now...

"Wow! The referee showed Criscito a red card!" Zhan Jun opened his mouth wide. "Although it was a shovel from behind, it didn't destroy the opponent's obvious chance to score after all, and the nature of the action was not very bad."

As Zhan Jun said, the Zenit players could hardly accept the red card. It took the referee 5 minutes and three yellow cards to convince them.

Ryan Giggs easily scored a penalty kick to rewrite the score to 4 to 1.

In the 75th minute, Klose, who had returned from injury, came on as a substitute for Griezmann. The German veteran immediately scored a corner kick and jumped up and shook his head like a crowd.

"5 to 1, is Zenit saying goodbye early?" Compared with the first half, Zhan Jun's face was obviously much more smiling at this time.

After 5 to 1, Pochettino replaced Sun Wu and Thomas Muller successively. After the front trident was replaced, Zenit began to try to counterattack, and finally found a chance at the end of the game.

In the middle of the penalty area, like a crap stick, Ferdinand was thrown away. Although he lost the ball, he immediately leaned up and successfully counterattacked from Smalling's feet. The ball bumped back and forth and fell to Hulk's feet. Push shots fixed the score at 5-2.

The teammates on the bench and the coaches on the bench were a little bit regretful, but Sun Wu frowned tightly.

(End of this chapter)