our champion dream

Chapter 80 This is a Memorable First Time

"Li Xiaoming! Was replaced! Audience friends! You may have witnessed history! This is the debut of the new Red Devils No. [-] at Wembley Stadium." Martin Taylor continued in the studio: "I think, Ferguson let him play, not just for him to experience the game, but Lai's playing carries the hopes of Manchester United wanting to change the game and win, let's see how she can perform."

When Li Xiaoming stepped onto the court, the excitement gradually calmed down.

The voices of the fans at the scene could no longer affect him, his pores were closed again, and there was no current from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

His brain is in a calm state.

The referee blows his whistle, the dead ball is over, Manchester United takes a throw-in and the game continues!

Li Xiaoming's first official match in his professional career, which was also a real championship battle, also began!

The football will still be passed to Carrick first. Carrick is a central axis of Manchester United's midfield in this game. Scholes's physical fitness is not as good as before, and Carrick has also begun to take on the heavy responsibility of pitch organization. Has been in this role for a season and has done a good job.

Therefore, Chelsea's targeted defense of Carrick's holding point in this game.

As soon as Carrick got the ball, Chelsea's Lampard and Anelka rushed up.

At this time, Carrick glimpsed Li Xiaoming out of the corner of his eye!Li Xiaoming is indeed where he can pass the ball at any time!

So Carrick didn't hesitate, and directly passed the football to Liaomei.

"That kid just came on, force him!" Just as Carrick passed the football to Li Xiaoming, Lampard, who had jumped on Carrick, shouted.

Before he finished speaking, Li Xiaoming caught a glimpse of Barak rushing towards him from the corner of his eye.

Generally speaking, players who have just entered the field have not yet had time to enter the rhythm of the game. Their reactions will be half a beat slower than the players on the field.

As long as you put pressure on them at this time, they may make mistakes.

Facing the ball from Carrick, Li Xiaoming didn't even stop, and directly flicked his right foot to the side, and it bounced to the side.

The football flew past Ballack's feet, but Ballack, who was pounced on him, was powerless and could not do anything. He could only watch the football roll to the feet of Nani who was on the sidewalk.

At this time, Li Xiaoming turned around and passed by Ballack, pointing to the gap after Ballack came up, at the foot of the gap behind him, and Nani who understood it didn't show off his excellent personal skills, and directly passed the ball to the gap. .

After Li Xiaoming received the ball, he swiped horizontally. He did not choose to directly attack Chelsea's defensive champion Essien, but chose to be steady.

So he was in a relatively safe position.

"Not bad!" Ferguson's eyes lit up off the field.laughed.

Li Xiaoming's strike may not be unusual in the eyes of many ordinary fans.

But in the eyes of real professionals.But saw something different.

The use of this technique requires players to have a detailed understanding of the teammates and opponents behind them.

Li Xiaoming made Ferguson feel good precisely because he still used the most reasonable moves without panic at this time, taking the football out of a relatively difficult area, which was beyond the expectations of the Chelsea players on the field, and even created a frontcourt for Manchester United. Chance to break through.

Ordinary people in the circumstances at the time.They will definitely pass the football back, but it is not a good choice to pass the football back to Carrick, who is heavily armed, because once Carrick makes a mistake and the midfielder falls and loses, what Manchester United will face is Chelsea. steal counterattack.

Li Xiaoming, who chose to be steady, did not pass the ball forward, but distributed the football to Carrick who ran into the gap again.

After Ancelotti saw that Manchester United began to choose to press the ball aggressively, he directed the team to give up the frontcourt. Instead, they chose to recover the defense. The reinforced concrete defense that parked the bus in front of the goal was Chelsea. The best thing, besides, there are 15 minutes in the game, Ancelotti is not worried about what disturbance Manchester United can create.

Manchester United's shrinking defense made Carrick's position as a defensive midfielder a bit more premised, and Li Xiaoming, who was already in front of Carrick, moved forward even closer to Chelsea's penalty area.

Seeing Zhou Lixiaoming running forward, Ferguson smiled.

In fact, what Li Xiaoming is best at is not just organizing offense or supporting. His most powerful feature is that she can find the most reasonable route in a messy situation. Simply put, besides being able to control the midfield in the midfield, It can also help the team on offense.

This is the characteristic that Ferguson values ​​​​most.

Ferguson also knew that making Li Xiaoming just an organizer was actually a waste of his talent.

So when he saw Li Xiaoming go further and run to the front of the opponent's penalty area, Ferguson's expectation for Li Xiaoming welled up in his heart.

After three months of training, it should be time to break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly.

In the face of Chelsea's intensive defense, Manchester United actually doesn't have much to do, even players like Rooney and Berbatten.

Rooney's strength lies in his ability to hold the ball. After breaking through, the ball is his main offensive method, but such a player also means that he needs space for sprinting.In this kind of positional battle, Beiba can only come up to respond like an ordinary center forward.After all, the Bulgarian's header was not very good in front of Chelsea defender Terry.

Carrick, the organizer on the Manchester United field, is mainly responsible for controlling the rhythm of the team and making some major adjustments.He is not good at passing that kind of pass that is extremely penetrating and threatening, and he still has a slight disadvantage in doing more delicate work.

Therefore, with Carrick as the core of the midfield, Manchester United will inevitably encounter such a problem-how should Manchester United attack when the opponent shrinks the defense?

This is why Ancelotti dared to let the team give up space and shrink the defense.He chose to ignore Li Xiaoming.

Carrick can only find the opponent's space by crossing.

And Chelsea paid special attention to maintaining the integrity of the defense line, that is, to prevent Manchester United from finding space in this horizontal inversion pass.

For now.What they did was fairly successful, Manchester United really didn't have a chance.

Li Xiaoming also participated in these kicks a few times. It's not that he didn't want to pass forward, or he didn't want to pass a penetrating pass with one kick.But there is no way.If he takes the risk of doing so, the biggest possibility is that the possession of the ball falls to the opponent's feet.Now Manchester United cannot easily give up the ball.Possession of the ball means threat.

Li Xiaoming has been observing their running and formation changes in the constant back and forth.

However, it seems that it is difficult to tear apart the opponent's defense purely by passing the ball.

Manchester United need strikers.

So after Li Xiaoming received the ball, he began to pass the football more to Nani and Rooney on the side. Their side has a wider space.

"The opponent's line of defense is too tight, and we need people to open the breakthrough from the wing." Off the court, Meulensteen also talked about this issue.

"Well... maybe I should have brought Valencia too? But Nani is already on the field." Ferguson said with a smile.

"Let them play more on the wing." Ferguson shrugged, "In addition, we can increase the long-range shots appropriately."

So Manchester United began to keep walking on the side, hoping to attract Chelsea to shift their defensive focus to the side by attacking on the side.

But Chelsea was unmoved. They knew that when they attacked from the side, they always had to go back to the center in the end, so as long as they defended the center, it would be fine.Moreover, their wing strength is not weak, Bosingwa and Ashley Cole are both first-class full-backs.

Besides, Manchester United now has only one striker Berbatov.Still not good at heading.

In Ancelotti's view, this is the aftermath of Ferguson's substitutions. He replaced Scholes, who has outstanding personal ability and can shoot, pass and pass, with a Chinese who seems to be able to pass the ball. It's just asking for it, so Manchester United's offense in the frontcourt has reached a deadlock.Now Li Xiaoming's last trace of effect is gone.If this substitution quota is not wasted, what is it?

Seeing that Manchester United's going wide has not been very effective, Li Xiaoming began to think that it might not be a good idea to go wide. After all, Chelsea's defense is too strong.

Li Xiaoming watched everyone crossing back and forth, hitting from left to right, and then from right to left, a thought suddenly popped up in his mind, and then he would be attracted by these thoughts.

Actively run to the middle.Then I watched the passing of my teammates, looking for opportunities.

At the same time, he was constantly observing the Chelsea players and found that they didn't seem to be paying attention to himself.

This is a good opportunity...

Just at this time, Nani encountered difficulty in getting the ball from the wing, and wanted to cut in to the center to seek development.

After he cut in, he found that Chelsea's defense was still very tight, and several defenders were on standby.There was no loophole for him. Berbatov advanced diagonally, but he couldn't pass the ball because there was no passing route, which led to him being in a more advanced position. .

As a result, even if you yearn to pass in the penalty area, you can't do it.

On the right side, Rooney is going into the penalty area from the side, but it takes time, and Nani is not sure whether his pass can be accurate, so he still wants to be safe.

He knew that Chelsea was just waiting for an opportunity to fight back. If they easily handed over the ball to the opponent, it would also be a blow to their morale.

While hesitating and not knowing what to do, Nani saw Li Xiaoming running towards him slowly.

Seeing Li Xiaoming, Nani passed the football without any hesitation.

Then he made a sudden stop and changed direction.Cut across Chelsea's defense.

At this time, as long as Li Xiaoming can pass the football overhead to the back of the defense, he can receive the ball.

But if it is late, he will be offside like Berbatov.If it is early, the ball will definitely fall to the feet of Chelsea players.

So the timing of the pass is very important.

But Nani is worried about this.He has confidence in Nani.In the preparation stage, Li Xiaoming passed the ball countless times through the defense led by Vidic and Ferdinand.

That's why he didn't have any hesitation.

However, Nani, who ran forward, did not wait for Li Xiaoming's pass. Nani ran to the position and was in an offside position, so he could only look back helplessly.

He saw Li Xiaoming swung his feet towards the football!

Judging from the size of his kick, it was definitely not an action to pick a pass, but... a shot!
Facing the ball from Nani, Li Xiaoming had no intention of stopping at all.Instead, he shot directly!
"Shoot?!" Martin Taylor was a little unsure, with doubts in his voice.

In fact, not only Nani was surprised, but everyone who saw this scene was shocked!
Most of them have only one idea in their minds - is this kid going to shoot directly?Is he crazy? !
This is his first game, and he is about to shoot 20 meters from the goal?

Many people seem to be able to see the football flying high over the crossbar and falling on the stands.

A very good opportunity to attack was wasted hastily by such a stunned head!

And the surprise of the Chelsea players was directly reflected in the fact that when Li Xiaoming shot, no one came up to defend him, block him, or interfere with him, and they just watched helplessly, letting Li Xiaoming shoot with his right foot!The conscientious Essien is even about three meters away from him.

Of course, Nani and Berbatov are also responsible for this-their sudden inward cut and pull attracted the attention of some Chelsea defenders, and they all retreated to guard him, which invisibly widened the front of Li Xiaoming. free time...

The football drew an arc, soared into the air, skipped in front of Essien, and just bypassed the Chelsea players in front of the penalty area!

Everyone thought that Li Xiaoming's kick must be a powerful volley, including Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, who was ready to pounce upwards, shifting his focus to his near foot to accumulate strength.

But when Li Xiaoming kicked the ball around Terry, he was surprised to find that it wasn't a volley!Instead, it took an arc and spun towards the upper right dead corner of his goal.Cech's reaction was really fast enough, and he made adjustments quickly. He moved a step sideways, kicked out with force from the far side foot, stretched his 1 meter body, and threw a pair of giant hands towards the football.

At this time, the origin of Chelsea pinned their hopes on the greatest goalkeeper in Chelsea team history

Cech stared at the spinning football. He saw that his fingertips were about to touch the football. Even if he couldn't touch it, the football might hit the goal post.

Knowing that the football is getting closer and closer to the upper right corner of the goal.He found that his body began to get heavier, and his fingers were getting farther and farther away from the football. He couldn't overcome the pull of gravity on his soaring body. When Cech fell to the ground, the football flew into the goal.

After the football hit the ground, it bounced twice on the ground and returned to calm.

In the 80th minute of the game, Manchester United pulled the score to [-]-[-].

The entire Wembley Stadium was silent.

(End of this chapter)