i am a football star

Chapter 140 Elimination of Manchester United
During the intermission, I don't know if Ferguson scolded the whole Manchester United team, but Heynckes from Liverpool was praising the performance of the whole team.

Now that the situation has begun to favor Liverpool, Heynckes asked everyone to continue to maintain it in the second half, especially Manchester United's impact style of play should be careful at all times, because the opponent has the ability to end the game in a few minutes.

At the beginning of the second half, the two teams also played tepidly at the beginning.

For Liverpool, even if Manchester United wants to drag the score into a penalty shootout, they are willing to accompany them.In the end, it was Manchester United who launched the attack first.

In the 52nd minute, Park Ji-sung passed the ball, Ronaldo broke through to a position one step inside the penalty area and shot hard, the ball was saved by Reina.

Park Ji-sung performed well today, and if Manchester United advances, his rating will definitely not be low.

Then Manchester United took a corner kick, and Anderson's hanging goal from outside the penalty area was higher than the crossbar.

Liverpool also attack when they get the chance.

In the 56th minute, Dirk Dirk made a breakthrough from Evra on the right, and Gerrard's header went wide.

Manchester United finally found a chance, and the goal was still the same person.

In the 62nd minute, Manchester United had a quick counterattack opportunity. Park Ji-sung made a direct pass from the midfielder. Rooney received the ball from the edge of the penalty area and crossed it.

"Ronaldo! Score twice! He helped Manchester United lead again, and we are only half an hour away from Rome!" The goal made Manchester's commentary shout.

Liu Ting was called to the sidelines by Heynckes. Eunuch Hai said: "Liu, we are only one goal behind. We only need to score one goal to eliminate the opponent with away goals. I think you should look for more opportunities on the sidewalk."

Eunuch Hai pointed to the field and said, "The opponent has problems on both sides. Their right back O'Shea can't defend you, but the most serious thing is their left back Evra. The Frenchman obviously played with an injury. He didn't perform well today. He couldn't even defend against Dirk. You can change sides to attack the opponent at the right time."

"You know? We only need one goal!" Heynckes patted Liu Ting on the shoulder and said.

Seeing Liu Ting return to the field, Heynckes said to Hermann: "We were all deceived by that old guy Ferguson. The media kept hyping Ferdinand's injury. We all thought that Ferdinand might become a loophole in their defense today, but Ferdinand performed very well. After half the game, we realized that Evra was the loophole in their defense. It may be due to an injury. I hope there is still time to adjust."

Liu Ting was told by Heynckes just now that he remembered that it was true. In the weekend game, Middlesbrough fought Manchester United fiercely at home in order to avoid relegation. Evra was injured in that game.

He had passed Evra a few times before, and Liu Ting thought that it was because of his excellent condition today. It turned out that Evra was injured.

The game restarted, and Ferguson first replaced Anderson, who was mediocre, with Giggs. Liu Ting also switched positions with Dirk.

Ferguson is not a vegetarian either. He knew what Liverpool wanted to do when he saw the exchange of positions between Liu Ting and Dirk Dirk. Before Liu Ting could do something, Ferguson immediately used a dead ball opportunity to make a substitution. Brazilian teenager Rafael came on to replace Evra.

Zhan Jun said: "This is the Brazilian full-back Rafael that Manchester United introduced last summer. He was born in 90. He is not yet 19 years old. Ferguson asked him to replace Evra. In fact, Rafael is playing right back. Because Manchester United's right-back position is densely populated, he is often used as a substitute for left-back. I don't know why Ferguson replaced him."

Liu Ting did not expect Ferguson to be so decisive. He immediately replaced Evra as soon as he saw that Evra might become the opponent's breakthrough point. This substitution is obviously a gamble. A young player who only came to the Premier League for a year and only played in a few games, can he withstand the pressure of the Champions League semi-final? He may perform well to complete his task, or he may become a time bomb in the defense.

Although Manchester United made substitutions and adjustments, Liu Ting did not switch back to the left. O'Shea has played a lot of games in the past two years and is considered to be rich in experience, and he has to face the constant entanglement of the Korean Park Sanfei on the left. If he is a little slower in handling the ball, the Korean catches up. And this Brazilian boy with a childish face and a thin body who has just changed into the game is obviously easier to deal with.

Liu Ting and Arveiroa exchanged views, planning to join forces to attack the opponent's left side, targeting the Brazilian boy who just came on the field.

In the 68th minute, Liu Ting and Arveiroa teamed up to pass Rafael. Liu Ting repeated his old trick at the top of the penalty area. The quality of the lob this time was not very high, and the ball was confiscated by Van der Sar within the goal range.

In the 71st minute, Liu Ting dribbled the ball from the right, and Rafael made a tackle directly. This time the tackle was very clean, and the ball returned to Manchester United easily.

It seems that Ferguson dared to let Rafael play, and there is still something to rely on. The Brazilian's defense is fierce and his assist ability is very strong, and his thin body may be the most likely reason for limiting his growth.

After a few minutes of probing, Liu Ting also knew that the Brazilian was good in all aspects, but he liked to play, which was not a good thing for a defender.Of course, young players often have this problem. They want to steal the ball from the opponent's feet to complete a beautiful steal as soon as they come on the court, but most of the time they will be easily broken by the opponent because they stretch their feet blindly.

Liu Ting hasn't found an opportunity on the wing, Liverpool only needs to launch some offensives in the center.

In the 72nd minute, Gerrard's shot from the center hit the side netting.

Manchester United is also willing to play a positional battle with Liverpool, after all, they are leading now.

On the sidelines, Heynckes was already asking Babbel to wait for the substitute striker to warm up. If they couldn't equalize after waiting a little longer, Liverpool would have to replace the striker and fight to the death.

As the game time passed, the Liverpool fans who came to Old Trafford sang "You will never walk alone", but they were quickly suppressed by the "Glory to Manchester United" of the Manchester United home fans.

In the 79th minute, Liu Ting and Arveiroa made a cooperation in the midfield to pass Giggs, and Liu Ting quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

Rafael came to defend Liu Ting again, and Vidic was behind him, ready to fill him in at any time.Liu Ting kicked the ball, as if his kick was a little too big.

As expected, Rafael got the trick, he stepped forward and wanted to steal the ball, Liu Ting was already ready to go, as soon as the opponent made a move, Liu Ting immediately stepped forward, Marseille circled, and easily left Rafael behind.Rafael reacted quickly when he was passed, and immediately turned around to chase back, but just blocked Vidic who was planning to cover Liu Ting. Liu Ting seized the opportunity to quickly rush into the penalty area from the two of them.

Liu Ting took advantage of the opponent's defensive frizz and dumped two defensive players.

The other players of Manchester United did not dare to let Liu Ting continue to dribble the ball. They all knew how difficult Liu Ting was when he entered the penalty area. Ferdinand and Park Ji-sung had to come to stop Liu Ting.

Gerrard had been waiting for a long time. Liu Ting passed the ball, and he immediately stepped forward to grab a shot.Gerrard still couldn't touch the ball and was tackled from behind by Fletcher the moment he started.

"Foul... penalty!" Alan Hansen yelled.

Gerrard failed to touch the ball, and the ball flew into the opponent's goal, because there were still people in Liverpool's back point, and Arbeloa appeared on the back point in time and stretched his legs, and the ball flew into the goal.

In fact, Abeloa's shot was very positive, but just now Gerrard's grabbing point has already deceived Van der Sar, Van der Sar directly fell to the ground to catch the ball, and the goal was completely empty. As long as Abeloa's shot is within the goal range, it is a goal.

The moment the ball flew into the goal, the referee blew his whistle. Everyone looked back at the Italian referee to see how he would judge. Did he call the goal valid or did Gerrard get fouled?
Zhan Jun said: "The ball was first fouled by Gerrard who was tackled from behind in the penalty area. If Liverpool should be awarded a penalty based on this, Fletcher should have received a red card. However, when Gerrard was fouled, Aveiroa scored the ball from behind. According to the principle of favorable offense, the goal is valid, so Fletcher may escape punishment."

If Liverpool wins a penalty kick, Fletcher will definitely be sent off with a red card. It is a good thing for the opponent to hit one less player, but a penalty kick cannot guarantee 100% goals. After all, the scoring rate of penalty kicks is only more than 80%.

Even if the goal is valid, the referee is likely to allow Fletcher to escape the red card due to the balance of the game. Next, Manchester United will still have 11 players, and there is a greater possibility of scoring another goal.

Liu Ting would rather count the goal as valid, so that he can also get an assist, and Gerrard's recent comeback is in a mediocre state. If he misses a penalty kick, Manchester United will definitely not give Liverpool another chance.

The Italian referee hesitated for a few seconds, raised his finger to the center circle, and signaled that the goal was valid.

Alan Hansen yelled again: "The goal is valid! Liu assisted Arveiroa and Liverpool equalized the score, 2:2! This score will be maintained until the end. Liverpool will rely on more away goals to eliminate Manchester United and advance. There are still more than 10 minutes. We are only more than 10 minutes away from Rome!"

The next action of the referee completely angered the Manchester United fans. He walked over and gave Fletcher a yellow card. Liu Ting was a little surprised why the Manchester United fans were so excited?A yellow card is not a red card. It's cheap for you to get a yellow card for this kind of shoveling behind. It's not that Liverpool will definitely get a red card if they score a goal.

Then the referee took out a red card again, meaning that two yellows turned into one red, and Fletcher was sent off.

Only then did Liu Ting remember that Fletcher had already received a yellow card in the first half. The game was so intense that Liu Ting didn't remember it, but the referee did.

Old Trafford was full of boos, mixed with many shouts of black whistle. Ferguson was also irritated and cursed on the sidelines. This time he scolded very clearly and blatantly. The referee also had to go over and give Ferguson a red card according to the rules.

Liu Ting thought maliciously: Ferguson may be looking for a step down for himself. He was equalized in 80 minutes and was sent off. Manchester United's Champions League is basically over.

The game restarted. After Queiroz left, Ferguson's new assistant Renee Mullensteen temporarily guided the game. Now that Manchester United have few away goals, they must score to advance. Mullenstin made a normal substitution, replacing Park Ji-sung with striker Berbatov.Even if Park Ji-sung performed well this time, in the eyes of the Manchester United coaching staff, he is just a pure defensive player. If he needs to attack hard, he will be replaced first.

With such a substitution, Manchester United had three forwards on the field, but only two midfielders Ryan Giggs and Carrick. Obviously, the midfielder was not enough to be cut off easily, so they adjusted and let Rafael step forward to play in the midfield. Anyway, the Brazilian has good skills at his feet.

Manchester United started the final struggle, but on the one hand, they missed one player, and on the other hand, the Manchester United players were a little impatient. Without Ferguson sitting on the sidelines, Manchester United's attacks every time were nothing but shots.

In the 83rd minute, Rooney impatiently fired a long-range shot into the sky.

In the 85th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo's direct free kick hit Modric's chest in the wall. The Magic Flute was also experienced and immediately fell to the ground and couldn't afford to be injured. The Manchester United players thought that the Magic Flute pretended to be injured to delay time and wanted to come and pull Modric. Gerrard led the Liverpool players to confront them. The referee had to come and separate the two sides.

Manchester United had used up all three substitutions, but Liverpool had one useless. After Modric was on the field for a while, the team doctor came up to check again. The stretcher continued to pass the time slowly, and Heynckes replaced the 'injured' Modric with Lucas.

In the following time, Liverpool ran out of two consecutive substitutions, and Zheng Zhi also got the chance to play in the 91st minute.

Zhan Jun said: "Zheng Zhi finally got the chance to play. After the first Chinese player to participate in the semi-finals of the Champions League, he became the first Chinese player to appear in the semi-finals of the Champions League."

The final time of the game was exhausted like this. Liverpool drew 2:2 away with Manchester United. Because of the 1:1 draw with Manchester United at home in the first round, the total score was 3:3. Liverpool relied on away goals to eliminate Manchester United and enter the Champions League final.

(End of this chapter)