Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 118 A Tribute to the Legend
Castaigno, who joined Waiters on loan at the beginning of this year, hasn't gotten too many opportunities to play in the last few games. Last season, the Eredivisie silver boot Fan Xiaolang was in a stable state. Naturally, Fraser will not take the risk of replacing the main striker at will.

Originally according to Fraser's design, the away game was based on using the overall age and physical advantages to fight a war of attrition.Castaigno's keen sense of smell in front of the goal can maximize the containment and consumption of the opponent's two central defenders Smalling and Rojo, and Fan Xiaolang is the real backup.

But Fraser himself didn't expect that this change would lead to a perfect start.

He Wei stood up directly from the commentary booth and shouted: "Unexpected dream start! Wen Zhihao's playing style is always false and unpredictable, and the kick from the side just now is a top player's overall view and strength in handling the ball. It seems that Mourinho still did not do his homework enough, and encountered trouble with Wen Zhihao twice. It really does not match his reputation and worth."

Other Chinese media at the scene clapped their hands one after another. In their hearts, Wen Zhihao's performance and achievements are always the first.

The German media was very happy at this time.The current situation is also beneficial to Mainz. Other neutral media put on a curious expression that watching the excitement is not a big deal. Only the British media looked like a bride who had not entered the bridal chamber and was robbed of her marriage, with dark clouds on her face.Sky Sports commentator Joe Kruka slapped the table angrily and said "stupid" three times in a row. He didn't know whether he was scolding Mourinho or the two central defenders who didn't mark the man closely.

This goal was beyond everyone's expectations. Younger players such as Rashford, Pogba and Mkhitaryan immediately turned red-eyed and wanted to fight back. If Manchester United were allowed to attack with all their strength, Fraser would wish for it.Anyway, with the advantage of one goal in hand, and counterattacking fast horses like Wen Zhihao and Nakamba, as long as they seize another opportunity to expand the victory, they may even retreat from this top devil's stadium in Europe.

An old family is like a treasure, and the 35-year-old captain Wayne Rooney played the role of Ding Haishenzhen at this time.Take the initiative to slow down the offensive rhythm by a beat, so as to prevent the team from following Waiters into a fast-playing and fast-defending rhythm.He knows very well that including himself, it is impossible for a few old arms and legs to run past young people with an average age of 23 or [-] years like Waiters.

After fully falling into the positional battle, the overall rhythm and the initiative to control the ball naturally fell into the hands of Manchester United.Waiters obviously had a plan for this situation. The overall movement of the defense line was done very well, while paying special attention to the protection of the back and the top of the head.Although Sweden's Gautaib has a height of 1.9 meters 1.8, his jumping and explosive power are obviously not as good as at his peak.Van Beek also has a height of [-] meters [-]. He is more than ten years younger than Ibrahimovic. He is completely two generations on the court.

In view of the fact that Wen Zhihao's defensive strength in the last game was still far behind that of Manchester United's stars, Fraser simply allowed him not to participate in the team's defensive nine-man system, and his position was always kept in the midfield, as an accelerator for transition from defense to offense.

Mourinho hopes to equalize the score in the first half. If he returns to the midfield dressing room with a disadvantage of one goal behind, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no doubts in the team.He has just taken over the Red Devils this season, and he urgently needs to establish his authority in the dressing room, otherwise it is very likely that there will be a disagreement between Casillas and Ronaldo at the end of Real Madrid's coaching career in the 2012-13 season.

Wayne Rooney complained about Mourinho's tactic of pressing the offense in the first half to try to equalize, but the head coach has absolute authority. As the captain, he must set an example on the field, so he accelerated the rhythm of the ball in the midfielder position.

For most of the first half, the situation presented on the field was that the six players in the frontcourt of Manchester United surrounded Waiters' penalty area for a continuous siege of 40 meters, but failed again and again.

After Manchester United took over the situation on the field in 25 minutes of the first half, the high-intensity siege for a full 15 minutes did not knock on Waiters' goal.

The Red Devils fans in the stadium went from their initial expectations to their disappointment again and again. There were even some dissatisfied boos near the end of the first half.

The Red Devils fans can't accept that they are still behind at halftime at home. Not to mention solving the battle at halftime, there should be no problem scoring goals, right?Now what kind of plane is this!
When the first half was about to enter stoppage time, He Wei joked: "Manchester United spent 200 million euros this summer to build a group of shooters who only scored [-] million euros in this game. It is estimated that club chairman Glazer has a strong willingness to return at this time."

Sky Sports' Joe Crooka and Rudy Davies on hosts' disdain: "Is Man Utd trying to warm up Waiters? Mourinho going into charity?"

If Mourinho heard such doubts, he probably wanted to slap the table used by the two for commentary. Damn, they forgot to wear their shooting boots. Do they want me, the chef, to feed the food into their mouths?
Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw knew that his biggest task was to prevent Wen Zhihao from accelerating forward in a counterattack, so today he completely suppressed his assist attributes.Watching his teammates wasting opportunities time and time again, and there was not much time left in the first half, he also decisively stepped in to support his teammates. As for the head coach's arrangement, he completely forgot about it at this second.

Luke Shaw stepped in a lot, which was a good opportunity for Waiters to fight back. There was no one around Wen Zhihao who could interfere and limit his starting speed in the first place. This super small sports car can be set to the highest gear at will.

In the final stage of stoppage time in the first half, it was Wen Zhihao's acceleration and strong rush that created a threat. In order to make up for Luke Shaw, Pogba hooked Wen Zhihao from behind. The referee Stark showed a yellow card. Waiters won a free kick near the center line.

Goalkeeper De Gea was very dissatisfied. He ran to the penalty area line and yelled at Luke Shaw. Wen Zhihao shouldn't be given such a near-single-handed sprint opportunity.

When Wen Zhihao took the ball from the foul spot, he looked up. Suddenly, he had an idea, and then glanced at the referee Stark. He didn't signal that he must listen to the whistle and serve. Wen Zhihao almost gritted his teeth and made up his mind in a few tenths of a second.

In the next second, Wen Zhihao's actions stunned the audience.

Just after placing the ball, Wen Zhihao took a short run-up of two or three meters, but he stepped on every step quite firmly. If the whole court was quiet, the sound of shoe spikes almost embedded in the turf could be heard around him.

In the next beat, the ball was wrapped in thick grass and flew directly towards the distant goal.

De Gea didn't take it seriously at first, and slowly retreated from the penalty area line. Such a ball is tantamount to a gift for a goalkeeper of his level.

Seeing that De Gea was still retreating slowly, Wen Zhihao grinned.

Under the gaze of tens of thousands of eyes in the audience, the ball flew into the penalty area, with a little side spin, and fell rapidly!
Tens of thousands of Red Devils fans suddenly widened their eyes and only uttered a short "Oh!", and then saw the ball first kissed the crossbar, then obediently got into the goal, and touched the net behind De Gea.

Until the goal was scored, De Gea did not make any substantial saves, and he didn't even figure out why the ball scored inexplicably.

Old Trafford, this second, time and space stand still.

In the blink of an eye, there are two heavens of ice and fire.

Fraser prayed on the sidelines, thanking God for the gift, and then jumped directly on Jorgen like an old urchin, almost overwhelming Jorgen, who was also aged.

Wen Zhihao was nowhere to be seen on the court, and he was pushed to the bottom by the teammate who came over to celebrate at the first time by stacking arhats.

"GOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!" Carus shouted to the sky with a distorted expression, which really made people worry whether his vocal cords could bear such a heavy load.

In the commentary booth next door, CCTV's He Wei and Xu Yang were not much better, and they had already said "beautiful" four or five times incoherently.

"Do the old fans in front of the TV feel familiar? This goal makes people dream of Beckham's classic famous work in the 1996-97 season! Beckham used the same long-range lob shot to surprise the football world. After 20 years, at the home court of Beckham's home team, Wen Zhihao paid tribute to the legend in the same way! Chinese fans now have 1 reasons to believe that Wen Zhihao will be the next world-class midfielder!"

At this moment, Wen Zhihao's starlight shrouded the entire Theater of Dreams, where the light passed, all the superstars of the Red Devils were eclipsed.

(End of this chapter)