Football irons are burning

Chapter 343 The Champions League Final: Xiao Dong's Broken Egg
On May 5, the 29-2002 UEFA Champions League final was held at Old Trafford.

Forecasts before the game, there are naturally more people who are optimistic about Manchester United. They occupy the home field advantage and have two consecutive double-time football player Li Tie.

This is also Li Tie's fourth Champions League final. Few players can match him. It is estimated that it will be many years ago that the invincible Real Madrid team can be compared with Li Tie's players.

After the players from both sides enter the field, the game officially begins.

At the beginning of the game, the home team aggressively attacked.

Li Tie is very active in the frontcourt.

Jerry Mays still pressed Li Tie close to him. This was the meaning of Bayern coach Heathfield. Heathfield almost dismissed midway, but Bayern did not have a suitable candidate, so he continued to coach Bayern.

This season, he also issued a military order, and if he fails, he will be benevolent.

Jeremys is indeed very similar to Li Tie's previous defensive style. He runs aggressively and has a low center of gravity. It still interferes with Li Tie's holding the ball.

In the 5th minute, Li Tie made a breakthrough with the ball. After Jeremys interfered, the ball bounced and was stabbed by Kovac. He then passed it straight to Ballack.

Ballack turned around and wiped Fletcher, and was put directly by Fletcher, giving the opponent a free kick and getting a yellow card.

Ballack did it himself, and his unsolvable world wave made Neuer helpless. 1:0, Bayern took the lead in this way.

The Bayern fans shouted frantically, and Ballack also rushed to the sidelines triumphantly, and turned his head to look at Li Tie.

In the past, he had been suppressed by Li Tie all the time, but today he finally felt proud.

The fans of the home team were silent, all of them looked very uncomfortable. Of course, they couldn't be happy when someone else scored in their own home court.

Queiroz's expression was also a little unnatural. It was really unexpected to lose the ball so quickly.

This is his first time coaching a big game, so he looks very nervous.

On the field, Li Tie quickly communicated with his teammates, telling everyone not to worry and continue to play according to his own style of play. Soon, the morale of the army was stabilized.

After re-kick-off, Li Tie quickly broke through again, but this time he did not stick the ball too much. Instead, he saw Giggs on the sleeve and immediately passed it to the wing.

Giggs also decisively changed direction in the face of Sagnol. He changed direction twice in a row, making the French dizzy and kneeling directly.

Giggs then swept to the goal, Dong Fangzhuo poked it, the ball bounced off Link's leg, and was caught by Kahn who was attacking.

The ball was almost unlucky. After Dong Fangzhuo grabbed the point, he also lost his balance.

Three minutes later, Manchester United attacked from the right again. Simao and Li Tie cooperated with each other to kill Lizarazu behind him.

As a result, Lizarazu turned slowly and was passed by Simao.

Simao also forced a cross afterwards, this time it was a half-high ball, which accurately passed Kovacs and fell between him and Link.

Van Nistelrooy stretched out his foot and shot again, but this time he missed the right spot, and the ball bounced again and was taken by Kahn.

Van Nistelrooy's state has not recovered, which also made him kick a piece of turf away in frustration.

On the bench, Saha had a weird expression. He probably thought he could get in if he got on.

Bayern quickly recovered and began to defend with all their strength.

Now, the scene has become Manchester United's offense and Bayern's defense.

The leading party will always take the initiative to shrink like this.

Manchester United's offense has been wave after wave.

In the 14th minute, Li Tie made a straight pass in the middle, and Van Nistelrooy turned around and volleyed slightly wide.

In the 17th minute, Li Tie took a long shot from the middle, and the ball was pushed out of the crossbar by Kahn.

In the 19th minute, it was still Li Tie's through pass. Ruud van Nistelrooy shot from the far corner this time, and Kahn finally poked the ball out of the baseline with his fingertips.

There are so many top goalkeepers.

The gorilla was also getting more and more excited at the moment, with a ferocious expression on his face, and he kept loudly ordering his teammates to move.

In this game, Manchester United played more and more difficult.

In the 26th minute, Li Tie and Dong Fangzhuo suddenly changed positions. Dong Fangzhuo immediately hit the overhead ball. Li Tie caught the ball in the penalty area and was knocked to the ground by Kovac. He immediately waved for a penalty kick, but the referee ignored it.

Moreover, he gave Li Tie a contemptuous expression, which means that you are a Premier League team, have you never seen this kind of collision?

Kovac actually made a foul. Li Tie had already protected the ball. He hit Li Tie directly from behind. Is it a reasonable collision?

It's a pity that if the referee doesn't judge, there is nothing you can do.

Li Tie got up and chased back, quickly caught up with Kovac, and brought him down directly, Bayern's counterattack came to an abrupt end.

This time, Heathfield also yelled on the sidelines, intending to play Li Tie's card.

He wished that Li Tie would be sent off as soon as possible, so that it would be much easier for Bayern to win the championship.

But the referee ignored it. The foul was committed in Bayern's half, and Li Tie's movement was not too big, and he didn't shine the soles of his shoes. It was not the time to play.

In the 30th minute, Ballack stole the ball in the backcourt, and then drove straight in, and Giggs did not stop him for a foul.

Fletcher came up and wanted to foul again, but thinking about his previous fouls that caused the team to lose the ball, so he hesitated.

This hesitation almost caused a catastrophe.

Ballack passed the ball, threw him away, and then kicked straight into the penalty area.

Qu Hanqing ran out and gently pushed to the back point. Elber was unguarded and shot a low shot. However, the ball was saved by the brave Neuer to the bottom line.

Neuer also raised his arms and shouted. His goal is to replace Kahn on the opposite side and become the No. [-] goalkeeper of the German national team.

This performance definitely gave him extra points.

In the stands, the German team coach Vöhler nodded frequently and recorded it in his notebook.

Elber had a dejected expression on his face. He thought the ball was a sure thing, so the force of the push was a little lighter, and the angle was still very tricky.

However, Neuer's brave performance exceeded his imagination.

Fletcher also ran over to give Neuer a high-five, thanking him for wiping his butt clean, otherwise, Manchester United would fall behind 0:2 today.

In the 33rd minute, Li Tie took another long shot from an angle in the middle, and Kahn flew to save the bottom line again.

Today, the goalkeepers on both sides are so good, and it is so difficult to score a goal, which also surprised Li Tie.

In the stands, the Manchester United fans sighed again, feeling very sorry.

Change the goalkeeper, the goal has already been scored, the opponent's gorilla is still so good, and he saved the ball again. The Manchester United fans are now suffering.

After the corner kick was taken by Li Tie, Zhang Heizi swung the ball with a header, followed by a kick from Dong Fangzhuo, who also threw it out, but with a bang, the ball hit the post and bounced off the baseline, and Dong Fangzhuo also clamped the goal post, his whole face changed!

Manchester United's team doctor rushed in hurriedly, Dong Fangzhuo must be fine, otherwise, how can this be played?If Ruud van Nistelrooy is not in good condition, it is up to Dong Fangzhuo. Now that his egg is broken, it affects the hearts of everyone in Manchester United.

Li Tie originally wanted to use the villain value to heal Dong Fangzhuo, but then he forgot it. Now he feels that it is better not to interfere too much with the players from the second perspective, and let them fend for themselves.

Those who are capable can adapt. After all, this is professional football, not raising children at home.

This bit of pain may be more helpful to Dong Fangzhuo's future career.

Besides, he's still so young.

After some emergency treatment, Dong Fangzhuo finally recovered, but he still felt a bit painful to walk, let alone run.

The Manchester United team doctor hurriedly signaled Queiroz to make a substitution. Queiroz muttered something, and then called Solskjaer and Saha to warm up.

After a while, Saha came up and replaced Dong Fangzhuo.

It seems that Queiroz is still more optimistic about the faster Saha.

(End of this chapter)