Zhigao Supreme: The Legend of Greenery

Chapter 419 08 Second Crown - FA Cup Champion
Repeating the old tricks can have unexpected effects under certain circumstances.

Obviously, this method is no longer applicable in this game.

After the start of the second half of the game, Cardiff City directly retreated to the half-court and defended with the advantage of one goal.It is also a good method for them, but it seems a little useless.

And the Manchester United team did not intend to repeat the old tricks. After the whistle sounded, they directly launched a strong attack.

"Yu Liang made a long pass from the backcourt, Rooney flew the header, Carlos Tevez passed through, and Rooney shot directly... Manchester United's offense is simple and rough, returning to the traditional English football long pass! But such tactics can threaten Cardiff City?"

The answer is obvious, no threat.

Although there is Yu Liang's precise long pass guidance, Rooney, Carlos Tevez, Ronaldo and Nani's continuous rotation changes in the frontcourt have an impact on Cardiff City's defense.

But with such a single offensive method, coupled with the absence of a strong center forward, it is difficult to pose a threat to Cardiff City's defense.

The only threat came when Carlos Tevez teamed up with Rooney up front, and in the end Rooney's shot went just wide of the post.

Knowing that the long pass is not a big threat to Cardiff City, but the Manchester United players seem to not hit the south wall and don't look back, playing long pass there as always.

Yu Liang, who sits in the midfield, is also happy to continue to attack with long passes.

"Manchester United are wasting time attacking like this!"

In the blink of an eye, 15 minutes passed in the second half. After the continuous attack, Yu Liang began to control the rhythm of the game.

In the midfield, start to pass back and forth to make a dispatch.

After adjusting for a few minutes, Yu Liang made another long pass to attack.

When the football flew straight towards Rooney, Cardiff City's defensive formation immediately began to shrink. Their defensive focus was all concentrated in the front and middle of the penalty area, and a huge gap was exposed on the two sides.

After passing the ball, Yu Liang moved forward quickly.

At the same time on the two wings, Evra and Brown are also quickly advancing.

After unloading the football, Rooney did not choose to turn around and break through, but passed back.

The ball returned to Yu Liang's feet again.

At this time, Yu Liang, who was only [-] meters away from the goal, could take a long shot.

However, he did not choose to take a long-range shot. When the Cardiff City players jumped at him, Yu Liang kicked a pass, and the football flew over the defender's head and flew directly into the penalty area.

Rooney, who had completed the pass back before, held the opponent's defender and successfully broke into the penalty area.

After stretching out his foot to unload Yu Liang's pass, Rooney made a slight adjustment, raised his foot and slammed the football hard.

Mixed with broken turf, the football roared into the goal, and the goalkeeper of Cardiff City did not respond at all!

"GOAL! Wayne Rooney, score another goal and help Manchester United tie the score!"

There was a burst of cheers in the new Wembley Stadium, and the red wave rolled continuously in the stands.

Rooney still didn't celebrate. He ran into the goal again, took the ball out, put it in the center circle, and then returned to his own half to celebrate briefly with his teammates, waiting for the game to restart.

The Cardiff City players all looked at the head coach on the sidelines.

Now is it defensive or offensive?

The score has been tied, is there any point in keeping it?
David Jones (Cardiff City manager) still chose to defend!
He hopes to drag the game to extra time and then to penalties, so that they still have hope of lifting the trophy.

But David Jones was too optimistic, he underestimated Manchester United's determination.

A week later, Manchester United still has a Champions League final to play, and Ferguson obviously does not want the game to be dragged into a penalty shootout.

This will consume more physical energy of the players.

So when he saw that Cardiff continued to defend, he directly pushed Pique, who is 1.9 meters tall, to the front line, adding a fulcrum in the opponent's penalty area.

Ferguson's adjustment is not bad.

With Pique acting as a fulcrum in the penalty area, Rooney and Tevez were directly liberated.

In the 78th minute, Manchester United used Pique to score a goal to overtake the score.

The offensive routine was not much different from Rooney's second goal before.Yu Liang made a long pass, Pique flew the header, and Rooney knocked back.When Yu Liang received the ball, the Cardiff City players immediately strengthened their defense in the center, creating a large space on the side.

Yu Liang took advantage of the situation to split the sides.

By the time the Cardiff City players reacted, it was too late, and Ronaldo broke into the penalty area directly after receiving the ball.

Facing the defensive player who reacted, Ronaldo made a low pass after cycling continuously, and Pique pushed into the net.

Manchester United overtook the score 3-2, directly ruining Cardiff City's dream of winning the FA Cup.

At this moment, there are still more than ten minutes before the end of the game. David Jones didn't want to give up. After making two substitutions and adjustments in a row, Cardiff City launched an attack after shrinking for almost the whole game.

But David Jones ignored the inner changes in the players.

If they take advantage of the victory and pursue them in two cities, they may rely on the morale after the goal to create some threats to Manchester United.

What now?
It was the time when morale was exhausted, and their offense was equivalent to scratching the surface for Manchester United, without the slightest threat.

On the contrary, it gave Manchester United a good chance to counterattack.

In the 82nd minute, Yu Liang formed an interception in the midfield and assisted Ronaldo with a diagonal long pass to complete the goal.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who performed a one-stop breakthrough on the wing, broke into the penalty area and volleyed from a close corner to make the score 4-2.

At this time, it was not long before the end of the game, and Cardiff City gave up the game directly.

Manchester United also stopped, and the 4-2 score was maintained until the end of the game.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the new Wembley Stadium turned into a sea of ​​red, and all Manchester United fans cheered heartily in the stands.

Amid the cheers of Manchester United fans, the awards ceremony began.

The first to step onto the podium was the Manchester United coaching staff. After the members of the coaching staff received the championship medals, the Manchester United players stepped onto the podium one by one and received the championship medals from the presenters.

After everyone received the championship medals, the exciting moment came.

The championship trophy was handed to Manchester United captain Ferdinand by the presenters, and the familiar melody immediately sounded in the stadium - we are the champions!

In the stadium filled with cheers, ribbons gushed out.

When he was about to raise the trophy to celebrate, Ferdinand seemed to think of something, and pulled Yu Liang to his side, "Come on! Dedicate this championship trophy to the people in the disaster-stricken areas! I hope football can bring them happiness!"

"Thank you!"

After receiving the championship trophy from Ferdinand, surrounded by his teammates, Yu Liang raised it high above his head.

Champion, dedicated to you!One is not enough, after a week, I will give you another one!
Holding the trophy high, Yu Liang muttered while looking at the night sky.

Then Yu Liang and his teammates celebrated the second championship trophy of the year-the FA Cup champion together in the stadium!

(End of this chapter)