our champion dream

Chapter 106
Obviously, this is the counterattack opportunity that Manchester United has been waiting for! An opportunity that has been waiting for and seized for a long time.United are playing like seasoned hunters right now.

However, Manchester City will not be so stupid that they have no defense against Manchester United's defensive counterattack.

While the football was passed to Scholes by Carrick, Manchester United midfielder Barry also pounced on Scholes from behind.

Scholes leaned back slightly, supported his right foot, raised his left foot, and made a movement to catch the ball.

But when the football really rolled over, his left foot was lifted up a few centimeters, allowing the football to slip under the sole of his left foot!
At the same time, twist the right foot supporting the body and turn forward!
Passed by Barry who rushed up to block him, Barry couldn't stop the car.Can only watch Scholes pass him by...

"Strong goal! Nice escape! This is Manchester United's chance" He Ping shouted excitedly when he saw this scene.

Scholes, who had passed Barry, turned around and accelerated, catching up with the football he let behind him, and didn't continue to dribble the ball, but didn't even lift his head.Just swing your right foot and kick the football!
A diagonal pass!
But the football doesn't fly in the air, but sticks to the turf and runs forward, very fast, like a low-flying rocket, rushing past a Manchester City midfielder, skipping the Manchester City player who is about to stick out. feet, because the speed is too fast.He could only watch the football fly past his feet.

Then the football did not slow down at all, like a galloping maglev train, it drew an arc on the turf and turned to the left.

There, Berbatov was speeding up.

This time, Berbatov, who got the football, did not show off his gorgeous and explosive foot skills, but lightly headed the ball to Li Xiaoming behind him.

"Oh! Lai, he got the football!" Marcel Leif exclaimed.

Vieira, the Manchester City midfielder who was stuck in front of Li Xiaoming, was originally in Li Xiaoming's defense line. He knew that there was a Manchester United player behind him, but the problem was actually very simple for him, because he was on the inside and was still the Manchester United player. In front of him, as long as he destroys the football before the opponent.He could watch Li Xiaoming in front and Berbatov in the back.

At this moment, in his eyes, he was surprised to see Li Xiaoming stop the football steadily. You must know that because the football was passed very quickly, Berbatov did not return well. Not good, or players with low concentration can easily make mistakes because of this.

In the high-speed return defense, Vieira was thinking about getting stuck inside, while observing the football, calculating the trajectory in his brain, and judging the best time to destroy the ball with his feet.

Then he shoveled out!
He thinks he can tackle the ball.

Manchester City fans also think he can.

Manchester City coach Mark Hughes on the sidelines also thinks so.

As long as he touches the football, even if he touches it, Li Xiaoming will be stopped by Vieira, this is out of trust in a top superstar
Li Xiaoming took the football. , Sarpe shoveled out.

But he missed the tackle!
He watched the football pass in front of his toes, and then turned his head to see Manchester United passing by him, using the instep of his right foot to steer the turning football towards the middle!
He went to the meeting alone!
He broke through the Manchester City defense zone!" With He Ping shouting, a red figure rushed into Manchester City's penalty area like a sharp dagger.

At this moment, there were huge exclamations and boos over Manchester City's home stadium, the Etihad Stadium.

These are sent by Manchester City fans!
Because everyone knows what this scene means.

"It's a one-shot!" Martin Taylor exclaimed excitedly.

Li Xiaoming's breakthrough is very beautiful. He completely took advantage of the weakness of Vieira's flying shovel, which is a desperate defense. He pulled the ball with the outside of his right foot while catching the ball, and his whole body wiped Vieira. legs, and also completed the adjustment while catching the ball.

Next, he sprinted towards Manchester City's penalty area.

In front of him, Manchester City's goalkeeper Given, who could stop him, decided to take a powerful long shot.

Shay was very focused.

Taking advantage of the few seconds when the opposing defense did not come up, Li Xiao was obviously calm. He did not try to overtake the opponent, nor did he continue to dribble forward, but shot directly from outside the penalty area.

This powerful volley went straight to Manchester City's goal with a howling wind.

"A powerful long-range shot!"

Amidst the exclamation of the commentators, the football flew into the air, flew over Shay's head, and rushed straight into the goal. The speed was so fast that Shay couldn't even make a save, so he could only look up and watch. With the football falling towards the empty goal behind him!
Everyone's hearts seemed to have stopped beating at this time, and no breathing sound could be heard.

Their eyes were firmly fixed on the football, watching it fly past the defense, past goalkeeper Shay Wen, and then into the net.

Finally... in the goal!
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"3:1! Manchester United took a two-goal lead! This goal almost killed the suspense of the game!" Martin Taylor shouted excitedly with his head in his hands. "It's incredible! In the first half, Manchester City obviously took the initiative. Vieira's performance was very good, but Li also fought back. He is the key figure in this game!"

After scoring the goal, Li Xiaoming did not stand still. There are not many opportunities to show off, especially to celebrate the goal at the opponent's home court. There are many such opportunities.

The noisy voices of the scene filled his ears, reminding him from beginning to end.He scored.

Seeing the football fly into the goal, he turned and ran to the corner flag, and then slid and kneeled!
Sliding on the turf for more than ten meters.Only finally stopped.

Li Xiaoming seldom used such a passionate celebration, which showed that he was really excited now.It was Vieira he passed, and he broke through Vieira with a Marseille maneuver named after Zidane.

And whoever scores a goal in the same city derby will be so excited?

Scholes, Rooney, Berbatov, Ferdinand and others also rushed up from behind, sliding over and hugging him one by one.

In the entire Etihad Stadium, for the first time, the voices of Manchester City fans became overwhelming.

"We are the only kings in Manchester."

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When the football fell into the goal, the Manchester City fans in the stands sat in their positions, with their heads in their hands, or simply stunned, without any movement.

The reaction of the Manchester City players is also the same. The gap between the two goals is like a mountain lying in front of them. It is obvious that they have the advantage of the game and they are the first to score.

Vieira didn't sit up from the ground, he just quietly looked at the back of Li Xiaoming, this boy who was not tall and not strong suddenly overlapped with the person in front of him.

The same calm, calm.

"Lei!!!! He scored the third goal for Manchester United! He helped Manchester United from a 1:1 draw to a 3:1 lead with an incomparable performance! Vieira did not have his madness, and neither did Manchester City We were able to stop his madness, and we saw Li's long-range shot, which once made Chelsea tremble, but the most important thing about this ball is actually Li's stop," He Ping said. "When there is no adjustment, he directly stops this difficult return pass, and then he can pass so beautifully. It is really impressive! His breakthrough, at that moment, was like a knife cutting a block Buttery! Sharp"

"It can be said that without Li Xiaoming's extremely elegant Marseille maneuver, there would be no subsequent goals! It is appropriate to describe Li Xiaoming's breakthrough with precision and elegance. Of course, his shot was also very good. Brilliant, precise penetration of Manchester City's defense and the goal of Given's handle, I think this goal is even the best goal of this round of the Premier League."

Martin Taylor was also very excited: "There is no accident, Li, and we fans who watched him play have never been disappointed. His elegant and concise style of play has conquered us, just like watching him break through Vieira, I can't help but think of a European football legend. Maybe this is the charm of football! It is full of countless unknowns! No one can know what will happen in the next second!"

The Manchester United players ran back to their own half, and the Manchester City players were already in their positions.

Although they are now two goals behind, because this is a Manchester derby.The battle of fire and sea, so the battle will always last until the last second.

Now Manchester United's two-goal lead cannot completely destroy the fighting spirit of Manchester City players.And now there are still 5 minutes before the end of halftime, as long as a goal can be scored in these 5 minutes, then the difference of one point is nothing.

After the restart of the game, they continued to launch a fierce attack on the United goal.

Although Li Xiaoming seized the opportunity to concede the goal because the offense was too aggressive, Manchester City did not restrain themselves.

It's not that Manchester City are fools from the players to the manager. Of course they also know things that even ordinary fans know.

It's just that they don't have a choice.

Two goals behind at home, if you don't attack with all your strength, how can you pull it back?
Of course, attacking with all your strength may lose more balls, but if you don't attack because you are afraid of losing the ball, then the game will be lost.Nor does it fit the "derby" ethos.

So Manchester City knew that they might lose the ball if they played like this.They also went all out and came out in full force.This is to fight Manchester United with a mortal determination.

Facing Manchester City, which is going all out, of course Manchester United has to defend at this time, and it is impossible to attack Manchester City.No matter how many goals Manchester City loses, they lose. As challengers, they are not afraid to lose the ball after the attack.But Manchester United are afraid.They want to continue to consolidate their advantage in the standings
And City have nothing to lose.All they can do is try their best.

Generally speaking, when Manchester City wants to defend with all their strength, Li Xiaoming can go down.

Ferguson also planned in the same way. Although it was not half time yet, Fletcher had already been ordered to warm up.

2 minutes later, Li Xiaoming was replaced by Fletcher in No. 703 minutes.Ferguson wanted to hold on to such a big advantage in the first half.In this way, he can take the initiative in the second half.

When it's time to end.Li Xiaoming walked slowly, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Manchester City fans in the stands, boos sounded.However, Li Xiaoming was unmoved, and still walked off the stage slowly, looking very tired.

Manchester City's players protested to the referee that Li Xiao was delaying the time.

The referee came up and signaled Li Xiaoming to go down quickly, Li Xiaoming smiled slyly: "I'm tired, sir, exhausted. You know my physical strength..."

He gasped and spoke incoherently.

Li Xiaoming's physical fitness is indeed notoriously weak, so that Ferguson can only give him half of the game time, and everyone who knows Li Xiaoming is deeply impressed.And because I just played a fierce Champions League group match three days ago, even though I was replaced early, playing the Champions League is more tiring than playing the league. Playing two consecutive fierce games in such a short period of time, Not to mention Li Xiaoming, even some players with good physical fitness will find it too much.

So Li Xiaoming was really tired this time.

There are Manchester City players behind them roaring to remind the referee that Li Xiaoming should be given a yellow card.

After listening to Li Xiaoming's explanation, the referee turned around and made a "quiet" gesture to the Manchester City players, then pushed Li Xiaoming with his hand, exerting a little force to make Li Xiaoming hurry up.

But no cards were played.After all, behind him is Sir Alex Ferguson, who can make the Premier League tremble three times. The referee does not want to bear such unwarranted charges.

In this way, Li Xiaoming was "escorted" off the field by the referee.

As he walked to the sidelines, he paused to greet the fans in the stands with his hands up, even though Fletcher was waiting in front of him.

But this is not Manchester United's home court at all, so his action does not seem to be a compliment, but a provocation...

Sure enough, the Manchester City fans in the stands booed more frantically and raised more and more middle fingers.

The media is even more happy. This kid has never been a master of trouble, so the media likes this kid more and more.

But Li Xiaoming didn't care about the boos from the Manchester City fans. With a harmless smile on his face, he high-fived and hugged Fletcher, and finally left the field.

Afterwards, Ferguson took a step forward, stretched out his hand, shook hands with Li Xiaoming, pulled him into his arms, and whispered in his ear: "Good job, go to rest now, kid!"

There were 3 minutes of stoppage time in the first half.Li Xiaoming did not go back to the locker room, but sat on the bench and untied his shoelaces.

After Li Xiaoming left the field, for Chinese fans, the sense of expectation plummeted.And Manchester United now looks like they are winning.

The game seemed to be over early, with only a few fans of other players hoping that their favorite players would score.

After Li Xiaoming left the field, Manchester United entered a comprehensive defensive stage in the last 5 minutes.

The Manchester City players put up a desperate spirit to fight against Manchester United, coupled with the cheers of the fans in the stands, gave them courage and motivation.

Finally, after a continuous attack, their last attack bounced off the goal frame, was kicked by Ferdinand into the stands, and the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

(End of this chapter)